Shane van Boening, who is deaf and shuts off his hearing aids when competing, has won the US Open pool tournament 5 times — tied with Earl Strickland for the all-time record.
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The deafness discussion naturally migrates to Joe Rogan's favorite example of auditory shutdown enabling peak performance: Shane van Boening, the greatest pool player alive, who clicks off his hearing aids before every match and enters a state of total immersion in angles, English, and geometry. Rogan describes how van Boening has won the US Open — the hardest pool tournament in the world — five times, tied with Earl Strickland as the only players in history to do so. Sheridan connects this to his own experience with ADHD, which he describes not as a disability but as a superpower: once he knows what he wants to write, he can sit in an airport surrounded by a thousand people and hear nothing. His parents, after a brief and miserable experiment with medication that left him flat and zombie-like, simply let him run. Rogan mourns a neighbor's kid who was similarly medicated into dullness, and both men agree: the education system is designed to suppress exactly the traits that make extraordinary people extraordinary — and anyone who is genuinely good at anything is either ADHD or autistic.
Thomas's wife is already ranked in the top 2,000 CrossFit athletes in the world — roughly the top 1% — and Thomas wants her to pursue the sport professionally now that he is graduating law school.
Research shows athletes who mentally imagine practicing basketball or soccer have better performance than those who do not include imagination in their training.
Rico Verhoeven dominated approximately 10 of 12 rounds against undisputed heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk before a controversial post-bell stoppage.
Rico's appeal confirmed the fight was stopped after the bell rang, and the ringside doctor found no concussion or disorientation — yet the result was never overturned.
Glory Kickboxing uses 5 judges rather than boxing's 3, which Joe Rogan argues reduces the chance of a corrupt or incompetent minority swinging the result.
Rico Verhoeven had only one professional boxing match before fighting undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk for the WBC title.
Despite having just one pro boxing match, Rico Verhoeven had been training boxing for 15 years alongside his kickboxing career.
Rico used a full 6 months to transition from kickboxing stance to a proper boxing stance under trainer Peter Fury, calling it essential rewiring.
Rico Verhoeven has had approximately 75 professional kickboxing fights, giving him a massive combat sports experience advantage over pure boxers.
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