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Uplift Yourself and Other People, Don't Tear Everyone Down, Chandler Smith pt 2 / DEKA Dec 10, 2021

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"You don't want it to just be challenging for the most capable person in your formation, because then you're going to crush everybody below them and they're gonna feel awful. And you don't want to just make it challenging for the less capable folks in your formation, because then you're not going to challenge the folks up high. You have to consistently work to identify how you can make the experience one that elevates everyone, hopefully simultaneously," says Chandler Smith, former Army Captain, 4-Year West Point Wrestler, and 3x Crossfit Games athlete.

Today Yancy and Jarod talk with Chandler Smith about trying to find balance in life, finding the right environment, and elevating yourself and other people along the way. In this episode, you'll learn:

- Just because you're having a bad day doesn't mean you should make it bad for someone else

- You're open to more pain when dedicated to something

- There's no losses in life if you believe in what you're doing

- The power of remembering someone's name

You can check out Chandler's Instagram @blacksmifff

Connect with Jarod and Yancy on social, and attend a DEKA event:

-Jarod's Social: @jarod_cogswell

-Yancy's Social: @YancyCulp

-Race a DEKA Event: DEKA-FIT

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Producer: Lake Watters

Host: Jarod Cogswell and Yancy Culp

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

Putting Yourself At Points of Friction, Chandler Smith Pt 1 / DEKA Dec 04, 2021

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"But then after these events that you see as only having negative outcomes occur, after they happen, you can, oftentimes, look back and be like, 'Alright well that actually ended up being something that forced me to think about things in a completely different way, that challenged me and made me a lot better.' And that's how I view that now. Like, without the finger thing happening, I definitely don't make the Crossfit Games in 2019 and probably don't end up figuring out the rest of my Army career, as far as how to relate it to fitness... So I'm really lucky, I think, that it happened," says Chandler Smith, former Army Captain, 4-Year West Point Wrestler, and 3x Crossfit Games athlete.

Today Yancy and Jarod talk with Chandler Smith about how having pain exposed has helped him be a better athlete and a better human being. In this episode, you'll learn:

- Learning to suffer on the path to success, and not expecting success to just happen out of nowhere

- You can find positives in everything, even after losing part of a finger

- You need to recognize your weaknesses and realize you will not always be the best at what you do

You can check out Chandler's Instagram @blacksmifff

Connect with Jarod and Yancy on social, and attend a DEKA event:

-Jarod's Social: @jarod_cogswell

-Yancy's Social: @YancyCulp

-Race a DEKA Event: DEKA-FIT