
Life After Sport | Marcus Filly on Identity, Loss & Functional Freedom
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What happens when the competition ends but your love for movement stays? In this powerful episode, Coach Blake sits down with Marcus Filly — former CrossFit Games athlete and founder of Functional Bodybuilding — to talk identity, purpose, and rediscovering the joy of training.
✅ What Marcus misses about CrossFit
✅ How it felt to leave the sport and lose a big part of his identity
✅ Why high-level athletes often feel lost after the “glory days”
✅ How he fell back in love with training — on his terms
✅ The birth of Functional Bodybuilding
✅ What former athletes can do to find passion in fitness again
✅ One mindset shift that changed everything for Marcus
✅ Encouragement for anyone in a season of reinvention
If you’ve ever asked, “Who am I without the sport?” — this episode is for you.
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