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When you step into something new, the adrenaline spikes, the fear kicks in, and the unknown gets loud—but that's also where your real strengths finally get a voice.
Show Notes – You are now listening to Shark Theory…Baylor breaks down the full experience of completing his first HYROX race after 13 weeks of training—and the life lessons that shook loose along the way.
From realizing the arena was nothing like he imagined, to understanding how adrenaline can sabotage clarity, to discovering which stations were surprisingly hard (or surprisingly easy), Baylor uses the race as a blueprint for how we should approach challenges, pain, and personal ceilings in everyday life.
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