"Wake Up Call" - With Kevin and Willi Schmidt

About this episode

Willi Schmidt shares his unexpected experience with a stroke during a workout and his journey to recovery.

Willi Schmidt is a longtime friend of WA and has been a great example of the type of hunter-athlete we all strive to be. He’s had a pretty crazy year, and we thought it would be great to have him on to tell us about it. Willi, in good health and with no pre-existing conditions, experienced a seemingly random stroke while working out - as he would on any normal day. Thankfully, his journey to full recovery seems to be moving at a good clip. We’d like to thank Willi for sharing this story and...

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Schmidt

Guest: Willi Schmidt

Topics covered

• health
• fitness
• recovery
• stroke
• hunter-athlete

Keywords

• stroke
• recovery
• fitness
• health
• hunter-athlete

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wilderness Athlete

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