#16 Wes Okerson on Excellence—Trainer of Jeff Bezos and Tom Cruise, Hyrox Professional Athlete
Key points we discuss
1. Learn to love the process
2. Change your relationship with failure
3. Put the time in
4. Meet as many people as you can
5. Make yourself useful (look to help people first)
Wesley Thomas Okerson is a celebrity trainer to the likes of Tom Cruise, Gerard Butler, Sasha Baron Cohen, Katie Holmes, and Jeff Bezos, and star of the hit NBC show “Strong.” He earned his Bachelor of Sciences degree in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland in where he also played baseball. Wes relocated to Los Angeles soon after graduating, and quickly made a name for himself working with many of the biggest talent agents, managers and lawyers that led to the training of many of their clients.
His first big break came in 2007 when he became Mr. Tom Cruises’ private personal trainer full time. During his two year span with Mr. Cruise, Wes traveled through Europe and spent over six months in Berlin, Germany with Mr. Cruise during the filming of the movie, “Valkyrie”. While overseas Wes began training Mr. Cruises’s wife, Katie Holmes for the New York City Marathon, and within three months the two would cross the finish line in New York’s Central Park in front of thousands of spectators.
Wes is also a Hyrox professional athlete. HYROX is a global fitness race that combines running and functional workout stations. HYROX has been described as the "Iron Man version of Fitness racing". HYROX of the fastest growing fitness competitions in the world.
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