GWL#64: Pain Free Through Mobility Training | Akil Bilal

Grappling With Life

In this Episode, we're joined by Akil Bilal, a black belt in Jiu Jitsu and mobility expert. Born in North Carolina 🇺🇸, lived in Qatar 🇶🇦 for 16 years, currently living in beautiful Cape Verde 🇨🇻 off the coast of Senegal 🇸🇳. A lot of gems dropped in this episode, not to be missed!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:49 - Akil Bilal's origin story

5:15 - How I came to Islam

11:13 - Journey in Martial Arts

17:14 - Migrating To Cape Verde 🇨🇻

22:26 - Muslims In Cape Verde

28:10 - The UK Is Stressful

29:06 - Invitation To Cape Verde

31:25 - Injuries led me to mobility training

33:11 - Mobility in practice

37:58 - Mobility vs Flexibility

44:05 - Fundamental Movement

46:29 - Diagnosing Mobility Problems

51:46 - Joint Pain and Prayer

57:00 - Treating symptoms with drugs

1:02:01 - Integrating mobility training

1:10:57 - Mohammed gets a wake up call

1:12:44 - Invitation to Cape Verde 🇨🇻

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