How Suffering Could Signal Future Success: Interviewing WAG's Head of Operations, Taylor Lumpp

This episode is the first in a series where Michael Cazayoux interviews WAG staff members and coaches.

In this episode, he interviews Taylor Lumpp, our Head of Operations and one of our original coaches. She's a 64 kg Olympic weightlifter, a multi-time national medalist, and she even won the Arnold Classic this year.

Professionally, Taylor was an FBI agent for 4 years, starting at age 19 (you won't want to miss hearing about this part of her story!).

In this episode, we learn about:

• How Taylor found WAG and why she wanted to join
• What WAG was like in those early days (and how things have changed)
• What it was like being coached by (and developing a friendship with) Adee
• How her relationship with food has evolved and improved
• What she's learned after working with hundreds (possibly thousands!) of clients

Taylor believes that a person's success on a nutrition plan can be attributed, in large part, to the degree of suffering they're experiencing. Check out the episode to hear her explain why!

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Topics:

• 02:18 – How Taylor originally found WAG and began working with Adee
• 04:44 – What Taylor thought about the WAG program & how her body changed
• 06:20 – Taylor's initial nutrition struggles
• 09:23 – What she's most proud of with her nutrition
• 10:36 – Working for the FBI starting at age 19
• 15:31 – Biggest things she learned from the FBI
• 20:35 – What does WAG stand for (and not stand for)?
• 24:35 – Changes in the views of WAG members over time
• 27:30 – Success depends on how much pain you're in

Links:

• Taylor's WAG Staff bio