Foul-smelling benefits of the B.O gym

One of my favorite John Wooden (the legendary basketball coach) lessons is when he moved from Indiana to UCLA to coach at a state-of-the-art facility.

(Or so that’s what he was promised)

This new facility wasn’t built until 17 years later…

In the meantime, Wooden had to run practices on the 3rd floor of the Men’s Gymnasium, which was poorly ventilated… had dim lighting… no private locker rooms… and was filled with other sports. So on one end of the basketball court was wrestling practice, the other had gymnastics and the cheerleaders tumbling next to the court.

All this hustle and bustle in cramped quarters gave it the name:

“The B.O. Barn”

To make matters worse, games were played in this tight space, until the fire department forced them to downsize their seating so they had to have home games at the local colleges instead.

However, despite this highly challenging (and odorous) practice environment a few unexpected consequences happened:

“Because of our lack of a real home court an unanticipated benefit occurred. Our team became a much stronger road team because we were virtually on the road all the time... Adversity often produces the unexpected opportunity. Look for it. Appreciate and utilize it”- John Wooden
 
This is just one example of how Wooden was light-years ahead of his time for coaching… leadership… and personal excellence.

That’s why I devoted the latest Mind-Body Breakthroughs newsletter to help you get inside the mind of this genius and use his ‘mental playbook’ to charge through any challenges and break new records on your fitness goals.

Check out his profound philosophy bee-low:

Four Fitness (and Life Lessons) from The Wizard of Westwood

Kelan Ern