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CrossFitter Noah Ohlsen discusses the training mindset, how to frame your goals, and the pursuit of greatness

WHOOP Podcast

WHOOP

Recovery, Health, Life Sciences, Data, Optimize Performance, Science, Hrv, Fitness, Wearable, Health & Fitness, Sports, Strain, Whoop, Sleep

4.6690 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The CrossFit Open begins this week, and we’re excited to have one of the best CrossFitters on the planet join us on the podcast – Noah Ohlsen. Noah won the Open in 2016 and has been a perennial contender in the CrossFit Games for years, finishing 2nd at the Games in 2019. He sits down with our resident CrossFit expert Mike Lombardi for a discussion that covers everything from overcoming disappointment, the power of a positive mindset, and understanding what’s really important as you pursue yo...

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0:00.0

What's up, folks? Welcome back to the Whoop podcast where we sit down with the very best,

0:07.3

from athletes to doctors to scientists and more, help you understand what you can do to perform

0:13.0

at your peak. I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Whoop, where we are on a mission

0:18.3

to unlock human performance. You can learn more about whoop at whoop.com.

0:23.7

You can check out the new Whoop 4.0, which measures everything from sleep to recovery to

0:30.3

strain.

0:31.6

If you use the code Will, that's W ILL, you get 15% off a Whoop membership.

0:37.9

The CrossFit Open begins this week, and we're excited to have one of the best crossfitters

0:42.3

on the planet join us on the podcast.

0:45.0

That is the great Noah Olson.

0:47.8

Noah won the Open in 2016 and has been a perennial contender in the CrossFit games for years,

0:54.0

finishing second at the games in 2019.

0:57.6

He sits down with our resident CrossFit expert Mike Lombardi

1:01.3

for a discussion that covers everything from overcoming disappointment

1:05.2

to the power of a positive mindset

1:07.6

to understanding what your goals are and pursuing them.

1:12.6

Noah is really one of the more honest and optimistic athletes we've had on the podcast,

1:16.9

so I think you're going to enjoy this a lot.

1:19.7

Noah also discusses finding his sense of belonging in CrossFit and competing against

1:24.9

the elite performers in the sport, persevering through disappointment, and the personal toll pursuing a CrossFit Championship can take.

1:33.6

Why enjoyment and what you do equals sustainability?

1:37.3

What he's learned about gratitude and the mental side of performance, I thought this was a really good section. And how Woop is also a tool to

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