Episode Details

Kevin Bull is an obstacle course racing athlete and an American Ninja Warrior superstar who has appeared on 5 seasons of the show, as well as other competition shows such as Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge. During the day when he’s not crushing ninja courses he’s the general manager of DojoBoom in Thousand Oaks, CA. And he is also a huge inspiration to the many people involved in CAP, or the Children’s Alopecia Project, an organization that promotes good self esteem in kids who suffer from the hair loss condition that he also shares.

What Kevin is perhaps too humble and shy to include in his biography is that he is an absolute badass that approaches every course and obstacle with zero fear or hesitation. He is most famously known for the upside down flip he made on ‘Cannonball Run’ at the 2014 Venice Finals in his first season as a walk-on.

Despite his ability to move through just about any ninja obstacle with ease, in our conversation today Kevin and I don’t talk much about the physical side of being an American Ninja Warrior (although we do dive a bit into the different types of training he recommends). Where we do dive deep is how to develop the mental game of focus required to be successful, how to attack obstacles progressively one small step at a time, and the reason why it’s so important to choose obstacles in life before they choose you.

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Here's What You'll Learn:

• The influence and inspiration of Arnold Schwarzenegger on young Kevin and Zack
• Attacking obstacles progressively one small step at a time
• Kevin's historic ANW Run and how he ended up there
• Learning to seek out challenge in order to improve, "get comfortable being uncomfortable"
• Tackling the mental game of focus, when others are just focused on the physical
• Finding a way to get rid of the ego to get through intense challenges
• Choosing obstacles so that when obstacles choose you, you're prepared
• Focusing on a variety of different types of training because ANW's unique variability
• Searching for your first steps to improvement when discipline seems impossible
• Developing habitual mental and physical training in tandem so that they become inseparable
• How Kevin's experience with Alopecia allowed him to become a more confident person

Useful Resources Mentioned:

Kevin's Historic ANW Run

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