CrossFit Athlete Brooke Wells on Training The Mind and Reaching Your Potential | This Is How You Can Talk To The Dead

Dec 8, 2021

Brooke Wells, a seven-time CrossFit Games athlete known for her incredible resilience and success, shares insights on the intersection of mental strength and physical training. She discusses how to achieve greatness without sacrificing joy and the importance of balancing rigorous competition with mental health. Highlights include embracing growth through adversity, finding meaning in challenges, and fostering a supportive environment in sports, especially for female athletes. Brooke's journey emphasizes that true fulfillment comes from the process of improvement rather than just winning.

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ADVICE

Focus on Self-Improvement

Focus on self-improvement, not comparing yourself to others.
Strive for personal growth and benefit from your efforts.

INSIGHT

Mental Training

Reading provides mental training and resilience, similar to physical training for the body.
Athletes often neglect mental toughness, which is crucial for overall performance.

ADVICE

Quality Over Quantity

Prioritize quality over quantity in training.
Focus on each rep's effectiveness instead of rushing through many reps.

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Ryan reads today’s daily meditation and talks to Professional CrossFit Athlete Brooke Wells about getting better not just physically but mentally, how she finds balance in an inherently unbalanced profession, how to be great but not miserable, and more.

Brooke Wells is a 7x CrossFit Games Athlete. She made a name for herself at the 2015 Central Regional, which she won at 19 years old. It was her first individual regional appearance. In 2014, she competed with team 540 Beefy of CrossFit 540 at the North Central Regional. She went on to take 16th in her debut Games appearance in 2015. She proved herself again in 2016, taking third at the Central Regional but catapulting to sixth at the Games with six top-five finishes and one event win. Wells is a student at the University of Missouri and a trainer at CrossFit Fringe in Columbia.

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