The Barbell Changed My Life | Maddie Watkins - Business Owner

Former UFC Fighter turned motivational speaker, author, and consultant, joins the High Performers Podcast.

Maddie Watkins, founder of 202 Strong and StrongLine, kicks of Season 1 to discuss the major moves that she made throughout the pandemic, what she learned over the past year and what she thinks is in store for her personally & professionally moving forward.

Kristen "Cookie" Carr is currently an assistant coach at The Ohio State University and has played in multiple World Cup & World Games as a gold medal winning Women's Lacrosse Player. She hails from one of the hotbeds of lacrosse, Baltimore, and was able to achieve both All-American status and win a National Championship while playing for the University of North Carolina.

Alex Tsironis is the founder of a niche media network in Montgomery County, Maryland with multiple brands such as MoCo Show, MoCo Snow, MoCo Eats, MoCo Homes & more. His platforms have tremendous reach across the DMV region and have proven incredibly valuable to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to its impact and value during day to day life.

Jim Racheff is the president of DMS, a Frederick-based business which provides applied information sciences services to the biomedical research and public health sectors. Jim joined the firm in an entry-level position shortly after graduating from University of Maryland. Working his way up, Jim eventually purchased the company and facilitated its steady growth and success. Jim also founded and runs a commercial real estate company as well as serves as a faculty member for Mount St. Mary's.

Join the podcast for the release of Ben Hardy new book "Personality Isn't Permanent." Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn't Work. His blog is read monthly by millions of people and has been featured on Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, Cheddar, Big Think, and many others. He is a regular contributor to Inc. and Psychology Today and from 2015-2018, he was the #1 writer, in the world, on Medium.com.

This episode features someone who not only crushes it as an attorney but also is a highly sought after spin instructor! She dives deep into her path to becoming a lawyer as well as finding passion in multiple areas of life.

Team USA, UConn Recruit, Miss Maryland Basketball and 3 time All-State. Saylor Poffenbarger is not short on accolades when it comes to basketball. However, for a high school student-athlete, she remains extremely grounded, and stays well rounded with her commitment to self, her family and friends, faith, and the books. Growing up through a tremendous hardship, she learned early that life is about much more than just sports.

Richard is a former "Wolf of Wall Street" partner at Stratton Oakmont before starting his own company in Miami which eventually led him to be imprisoned for white collar crime. After serving time, he went through a period of homelessness and struggle before finding his calling in life. He is now a mission-driven founder pouring his personal experience and passion into 70 Million Jobs, which serves individuals who have been incarcerated through job placement, personal development and more.