John grew up one of eight kids in Denver, played college football, built a business for 22 years, had both knees replaced, and currently holds the unofficial gym record for most blood shed at SSC. He plays improvised music because there are no do-overs. He drives up from Texas to train.
This conversation wanders through all of it — what his dad saw liberating Dachau, what eight siblings and a fork-wielding mother teach you about resilience, what he’d do differently as a leader, and why he still rolls into the gym on days he absolutely does not feel like it.
The best hour you’ll spend today.
