Swimming the Impossible: Wen Hsu on the English Channel, Mindset, and Breaking Asian Norms
Impossibile aggiungere al carrello
Rimozione dalla Lista desideri non riuscita.
Non è stato possibile aggiungere il titolo alla Libreria
Non è stato possibile seguire il Podcast
Esecuzione del comando Non seguire più non riuscita
Swimming the Impossible: Wen Hsu on the English Channel, Mindset, and Breaking Asian Norms
-
Letto da:
-
Di:
A proposito di questo titolo
What does it take to swim 12–16 hours in freezing openwater with no wetsuit, no rest, and no turning back?
In this episode of the Angry Asian Uncle Podcast, wesit down with Wen, the first Taiwanese person to ever swim across theEnglish Channel, to unpack the mental, physical, and culturaljourney behind one of the world’s most extreme endurance challenges.
Wen breaks down why channel swimming is 90% mindset,why athletes sometimes need to gain weight instead of losing it, and howopen-water swimming becomes a form of meditation, self-confrontation, and lifetransformation. We also dive into Asian cultural pressure, fat-shaming,fear of failure, and why many people stop themselves before they even start.
From swimming with sharks in the Catalina Channel, tofailing and retrying the Manhattan “20 Bridges” swim the very next day, Wenshares lessons about perseverance, identity, and redefining what’s possible —for athletes, for Asian communities, and for anyone who feels boxed in byexpectations.
This is not just a sports story.
It’s a story about doing hard things, owning failure, and keeping going whenthere’s nothing left to do but swim forward.