From D1 football to CrossFit glory, and now finding strength in Dubai.
Tanner Shuck isn’t your average strength coach. He went from strapping up the pads at Rice University to throwing down with the fittest on earth at the CrossFit Games. But behind the highlight reels and the hero workouts was a system starting to crack. I sit down with Tanner to trace his path from Division 1 football to CrossFit stardom, and what he learned when the sport he loved started eating itself alive.
We’re pulling no punches breaking down the downfall of CrossFit, from corporate chaos and lost identity to the erosion of what made it great in the first place: hard-nosed training and real-world performance.
Now living and coaching in Dubai, Tanner shares how he’s redefining strength, building better athletes, and reclaiming what fitness was supposed to be all along, the ability to dominate life, not just post about it.
If you want to understand what happens when discipline, ego, and culture collide, tune in.
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Tagged: CrossFit / CrossFit Games / D1 Football / Strength and Conditioning / Tanner Shuck / football
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John Welbourn is CEO of Power Athlete and host of Power Athlete Radio. He is a 9 year starter and veteran of the NFL. John was drafted with the 97th pick in 1999 NFL Draft and went on to be a starter for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999-2003, appearing in 3 NFC Championship games, and for starter for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2004-2007. In 2008, he played with the New England Patriots until an injury ended his season early with him retiring in 2009. Over the course of his career, John has started over 100 games and has 10 play-off appearances. He was a four year lettermen while playing football at the University of California at Berkeley. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Rhetoric in 1998. John has worked with the MLB, NFL, NHL, Olympic athletes and Military. He travels the world lecturing on performance and nutrition and records his podcast, Power Athlete Radio, every week with over 800 episodes spanning 13 years. You can catch up with John as his personal blog, Talk To Me Johnnie, on social media @johnwelbourn or at Power Athlete Radio.
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