I sit down with Ryan Moody, 9-Time World Record Holder and owner of The XWOD. He shares his story of overcoming a huge injury setback into becoming a multiple World Record Holder, and a world renowned coach who travels around the world coaching athletes and giving seminars on explosiveness and mental focus.
We talk about CrossFit, misinformation in the fitness industry, Louie Simmons and Westside Barbell, becoming explosive, and always striving to push the envelope of your human potential.
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Links From Episode
- Connect with Ryan Moody: Instagram (Ryan Moody, XWOD), Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
- Contact through Email
- XWOD Website
- Explosive Seminar
- Ryan’s Article: “High Box Jumps are Just Great Hip Mobility” – Said No Educated Coach Ever
- Ryan jumping on 25″ box jump with 245 lbs
- Jack Cambra’s Podcast Interview
- One of Ryan’s favorite Exercises: Westside Style Marching Sled Drags
- Recommended Books:
- Rise Above, Ryan Moody (Coming Soon)
- Rich Dad Poor Dad, Rob Kiyosaki
- How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie
Show Notes
- Who is Ryan Moody? [4:16]
- Some of Ryan’s jumping heights. For example: Best standing box jump: 65″ or 5’5″ [4:37]
- Ryan’s story of how he got into the strength and conditioning industry [5:48]
- Why is it important to not be the best person in the group you are in? [6:51]
- “It’s one thing to be a big fish in a small pond, it’s another thing to be a big fish in a big pond.”
- Who is Louie Simmons? [8:15]
- How did Ryan get the invite to train at Westside Barbell which is an Invite Only Gym? [9:51]
- What is Box Jumping? [12:26]
- 56″ to Fame, Documentary of Ryan breaking a Guinness World Record, Video
- One of Ryan’s biggest injury setbacks that happened in Lisbon, Portugal [15:55]
- How did Ryan overcome that obstacle?[19:17]
- The Whiteboard technique [21:17]
- Why the color white and what do monks have to do with it? [24:04]
- Buddhist monk’s emitting heat (video)
- What is Ryan’s connection with Hawaii? [26:41]
- What is the XWOD (Explosive Workout of the Day)? [32:56]
- Example of Track Sprinter, Ben Johnson, using PAP on race day [34:12]
- What strength percentages do you work with when you want to activate your nervous system to respond? [37:54]
- “Rather than see limitation, I’m going to see opportunity” – Ryan Moody
- Ryan Moody’s lifting numbers: [42:24]
- Deadlift: 655lbs
- Box Squat: 525lbs
- Power Clean and Jerk: 315lbs
- Snatch: 255lbs
- Force Plate Box Jump research. The amount of force Ryan produces to jump onto a 24 in. box [44:04]
- Our discussion as why you can benefit from the one step power jump [47:00]
- What it means to be an SME (Subject Matter Expert)? [49:06]
- What sort of athletes does Ryan train with the XWOD method? [52:27]
- Some simple progressions to get into box jumping properly and benefiting from them [59:04]
- Misinformation in the fitness industry [1:03:06]
- How do you handle who challenges and criticizes your passion and what you do? [1:07:18]
- “Não vale a pena” – Not worth a feather (Portuguese proverb)
- How does Ryan train? [1:12:52]
- What keeps Ryan pushing forward and continuing his success? [1:18:07]
- Embracing the pain
- Quick fire questions with Ryan [1:21:49]
- When you think of the word strong who do you think of?
- When you think of successful who do you think of?
- If Ryan found himself tomorrow living in ancient Hawaii before the settlers came, what profession would he choose? [1:15:00]
People and Places Mentioned
- Louie Simmons
- Westside Barbell
- Shane Sweatt, CrossFit Conjugate
- CrossFit
- Jack Cambra
- CrossFit Fifty
- Ben Johnson
- National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
- Adam Greenburg (Lurong Living)
- Kendrick Farris
- Holley Mangold
- Mark Bell
- CrossFit Kailua
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