Overcoming Failure and Starting Small with Spencer Hendel

Next Level Hustle

On this week’s episode of the Next Level Hustle Podcast, Boomer and John sit down with eight-time individual CrossFit Games veteran, Spencer Hendel. Spencer explores what over a decade of elite competition and training taught him about the power of starting small, overcoming failure, creating a winning mentality, and using his hustle to give back and make a difference in the lives of others. Spencer also shares how he took his hustle and expertise to the next level by successfully launching a training and education platform for gym owners, coaches, and athletes, the HAM Plan, that was eventually acquired by Crossfit.

Guest Bio:

Spencer Hendel is an eight-time individual CrossFit Games veteran, competing in every CrossFit Games from 2009-2012 and 2015-2018. Though a bubble athlete frequently on the cusp of qualification, fans were shocked when he missed qualification for this first time in 2013 and then again in 2014, each by just one place. But Hendel proved he wasn’t down and out just yet with a comeback in 2015, returning to the Games and taking a career-best finish of fifth place. Member of the CrossFit Level 1 & Level 2 HQ Seminar Staff. In 2016, Hendel shared the field with his father Andrew Hendel, who took seventh in the Master's Men 55-59 Division.

Episode Recap:

• What does hustle mean to you? (2:57)
• Hustling to live up to the expectations of others (6:07)
• You are the sum of the five people you surround yourself with the most (8:17)
• The fundamentals of training for Crossfit as a lifestyle and career (8:53)
• Show up as professional in every area of your life (11:28)
• Putting on your game face to perform (12:28)
• Nobody can give you confidence in yourself (14:45)
• The power of failing (16:29)
• From failure to a new career (20:12)
• The HAM Plan (21:16)
• A hustler mindset (22:28)
• Using your hustle to give back (23:58)
• How to “just start” (25:58)

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