Aaron Helmy is a masters student at the University of Miami who is also a coach at Peak 360 Fitness. He was a former competitive sailor, lacrosse player, and is currently active in the sport of CrossFit.  Find him at https://www.instagram.com/aaron_helmly/ ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Intro 4:30 - Originally deciding to do Medical School and then changing his path to strength & conditioning at U Miami; paid college athletes issue 23:46 - Aarons athletic background when he grew up in Maryland, Rotational movements that CrossFit lacks and burning out 45:30 - Burning out in sports and how does one have a long and sustained career without feeling  overworked  56:12 - Sailing career; going from New York to Florida to Canada to Netherlands to compete; Team USA 1:20:00 - Getting into CrossFit and the story of how that happened; sailing stories from being part of Nationals; Aaron having the hard conversations of leaving a sport for the better  1:40:00 - Going to Montana for medical school; changing lifestyle dramatically and hunting; the great outdoors and comparing to Miami life 2:11:00 - Using gratitude as a motivator for accomplishing your goals; outworking people and showing that never willing to give up will make you reach excellence  2:27:45 - Aaron’s CrossFit story that will show you how hard he goes! Does CrossFit need a villain? 2:45:00 - Discussion of doping  2:54:53 -Outro ~ YouTube EPISODES: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyLKzv5fKxGmVQg3cMJJzyQ/videos ~Song provided by: Ayush Garg