Obakhan Jones

Connect What fuels your passion for health and fitness?

Being an example to people I know who are sick causing them lost hope in their own ability to overcome sickness & maintain health. Our reliance on professionals can create a habit of thinking professionals hold all the answers in complicated formulas rather than a natural simplistic and wholistic approach overtime. I try to bridge that gap by doing some extraordinary workouts to show my peers that I work a 9-5 but still can train as an athlete without the need for enhancers.

What’s your favorite way to train or stay fit?

My favorite is in the water. I put my professional life to the side for about 2 years and focused on freediving (breath hold diving). I achieved a personal best depth of 78 meters (255ft) on a breathhold. I was living out of my van and could no longer support it so I had to stop. I competed in an amateur competition one time but haven’t been able to go back. Now days I’m focused on weighted calisthenics, and I still swim regularly.

What would you do with $20,000?

Beyond getting the money I would like to find a way to tell this story. Along with that I would possibly continue my dream of diving beyond 100m in the FIM (free immersion) discipline of freediving because I can afford to do it. And now that I’m a plumber (the other side of being a water man) I would also use it to study and research methods of water harvesting and purification.