ActiveLife | ActiveLife Activist: Justin Nucum
Justin Nucum
Obstacle Course Race Enthusiast, Coach and ActiveLife Activist
1) Tell us a little bit about yourself and your fitness background.
I was born and raised in Guam so I love tropical weather and being outdoors.
Growing up, I was into playing basketball and volleyball.
After high school, I started venturing off into different sports: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Crossfit and Olympic Weight Lifting.
During college, I was so intrigued by Ninja Warrior, which was originally from Japan, and I wanted to try these obstacles for myself.
However, at that time, I could not find a gym or a place where I would be able to train for such events.
The options that I found were to either: build my own obstacles or become a member of multiple gyms that had different types of equipment.
As my college senior project, I used this idea of putting all of these workouts and sports into one place creating a hybrid type of training for hybrid athletes.
Today, it is now known as Hardkour Performance.
2) What has been your biggest client success story? Why do you think it was a success?
My biggest client success story would have to be Annaliese A., who is originally from Colorado.
She dropped into one of my intro classes at a rock climbing gym and was determined to do an obstacle course race.
Her dedication, hard work and ability to absorb and just learn everything from scratch is amazing.
With 4 months of training and trusting the process, she competed on her first ever Spartan Race and ranked in the top 10 at one of the hardest venues nationally.
Now, she will be competing at North American Championships in West Virginia in August (which is only her second race!)
3) Talk about the biggest failure you've had. What did you learn from it?
Biggest failure would have to be losing friends in the process of growing the business.
Everyday I learn something new and it is a rollercoaster of emotions day in and day out.
My biggest take away from this is that you start to learn who really supports you and who doesn't.
There always have been people wanting to simply benefit from either me or the business.