From Games Athlete to Doctor With Julie Foucher

She's competed at the CrossFit Games four times. She stood on the podium twice. In her final year of competition, she took 8th at the Central Regional—in a boot and with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

She's Julie Foucher, and now, in "retirement," she's fighting chronic disease with two swords: fitness and family medicine.

In this episode, she and Sean Woodland talk about the memorable moments from her years as a CrossFit Games competitor, how she honed her mindset to build confidence, why she wanted to become a doctor and how she plans on helping her patients with fitness.

Links:

"Founder, Farmer, Tinker, Thief"
"Two-Brain Business"
"Two-Brain Business 2.0"
"Help First"
Free Tools

Contact:

http://juliefoucher.com/

Timeline:

2:30 – Finding CrossFit in the dorms at the University of Michigan.

4:31 – Becoming a competitor.

5:41 – Lessons in confidence.

8:57 – Training for the Games while in medical school.

12:31 – Taking 2013 off from competitive CrossFit.

14:01 – Returning to the Games in 2014 and developing her mental game.

17:11 – Going out with a ruptured Achilles.

19:22 – Accepting the end of her competitive career.

21:16 – From high-school biology to engineering major to pre-med student.

24:00 – Which is harder: medical school or competing at the CrossFit Games? 

26:32 – Staying focused for nine years before officially starting a career in medicine.

27:44 – What makes a good doctor?

28:39 – Bridging CrossFit and medicine. 

32:01 – Health care and personal accountability. 

33:38 – Health and the power of the mind.

35:52 – Fitness post-CrossFit Games.

40:46 – Lessons from the journey from athlete to doctor.