WEBVTT 00:00:12.624 --> 00:00:16.647 I was born to kill it. 00:00:16.707 --> 00:00:17.849 I was meant to win. 00:00:17.868 --> 00:00:19.089 I am down and willing, 00:00:19.109 --> 00:00:20.350 so I will find a way. 00:00:20.390 --> 00:00:21.352 It took a minute, 00:00:21.391 --> 00:00:22.974 now it didn't happen right away. 00:00:23.053 --> 00:00:24.515 When it get hot in the kitchen, 00:00:24.535 --> 00:00:25.475 you decide to stay. 00:00:25.495 --> 00:00:26.676 That's how it win us, man. 00:00:35.310 --> 00:00:36.490 What is going on, everybody? 00:00:36.610 --> 00:00:39.332 Welcome to the Clydesdale Media Podcast, 00:00:40.353 --> 00:00:41.573 presenting the athletes of 00:00:41.615 --> 00:00:42.914 the semifinals. 00:00:43.415 --> 00:00:43.756 Today, 00:00:43.776 --> 00:00:45.197 we are so privileged to have with us 00:00:45.616 --> 00:00:46.177 Max Krieg. 00:00:46.438 --> 00:00:47.359 Max, what's going on, man? 00:00:48.058 --> 00:00:48.518 Not much. 00:00:48.539 --> 00:00:49.479 Thank you for having me on the show. 00:00:50.220 --> 00:00:51.881 Yeah, excited to have you on. 00:00:53.162 --> 00:00:54.764 It's funny, last year, 00:00:54.804 --> 00:00:56.905 my co-host for my Thursday night show, 00:00:56.945 --> 00:00:57.765 Jamie Latimer, 00:00:58.847 --> 00:01:02.189 had you pegged as her dark 00:01:02.228 --> 00:01:03.570 horse to make the games 00:01:03.670 --> 00:01:04.790 last year out of semifinals. 00:01:04.811 --> 00:01:04.870 Yes. 00:01:06.362 --> 00:01:06.602 Wow. 00:01:07.144 --> 00:01:08.465 And so because of that, 00:01:08.864 --> 00:01:10.325 we watched you very closely 00:01:10.385 --> 00:01:11.287 last year at semis. 00:01:13.828 --> 00:01:15.230 And she actually interviewed 00:01:15.250 --> 00:01:16.370 you after one of the events. 00:01:16.430 --> 00:01:17.510 I don't know if you remember that. 00:01:18.831 --> 00:01:19.132 I do. 00:01:19.393 --> 00:01:19.612 I was, 00:01:19.852 --> 00:01:21.834 I was pretty smoked and I probably 00:01:21.853 --> 00:01:23.034 didn't make much sense of the interview, 00:01:23.094 --> 00:01:24.376 but I remember it. 00:01:24.936 --> 00:01:25.076 Yeah. 00:01:25.137 --> 00:01:25.236 I, 00:01:25.777 --> 00:01:27.177 if I remember you still had your ruck on 00:01:27.278 --> 00:01:29.780 from the ruck muscle up workout, right? 00:01:30.281 --> 00:01:30.400 Yup. 00:01:30.421 --> 00:01:30.521 Yeah. 00:01:31.882 --> 00:01:32.022 Yeah. 00:01:34.045 --> 00:01:35.486 What I find fascinating with you, 00:01:35.525 --> 00:01:36.966 and this has nothing to do with CrossFit, 00:01:37.027 --> 00:01:38.787 is you look completely 00:01:38.828 --> 00:01:40.289 different with the mustache 00:01:40.969 --> 00:01:42.171 than without the mustache. 00:01:43.271 --> 00:01:43.671 Thank you. 00:01:43.811 --> 00:01:44.031 Yeah, 00:01:44.072 --> 00:01:46.612 this is only two weeks strong right now. 00:01:47.433 --> 00:01:49.575 I'm calling it my semifinal stache. 00:01:49.615 --> 00:01:50.396 I had one last year. 00:01:52.600 --> 00:01:53.641 I'll grow it out every once 00:01:53.682 --> 00:01:54.662 in a while just for fun. 00:01:55.643 --> 00:01:56.424 I'm in the military, 00:01:56.483 --> 00:01:58.564 so we can't really grow out 00:01:58.685 --> 00:02:00.746 much facial hair except for a mustache, 00:02:00.787 --> 00:02:02.468 so it's fun to grow it out 00:02:02.487 --> 00:02:03.269 every once in a while. 00:02:03.808 --> 00:02:05.909 I grew it out last year. 00:02:06.730 --> 00:02:09.332 It exceeded my expectations at semifinals, 00:02:09.393 --> 00:02:10.794 so I figured I'd grow it 00:02:10.834 --> 00:02:12.814 out again this year and see what happens. 00:02:14.656 --> 00:02:15.437 Jake Chapman says, 00:02:15.516 --> 00:02:16.598 Max looks like a World War 00:02:16.638 --> 00:02:18.979 II Army captain called John Stanley. 00:02:18.998 --> 00:02:19.819 Yeah. 00:02:21.317 --> 00:02:21.837 Thanks, Jake. 00:02:24.180 --> 00:02:25.600 We also have a guy in the chat. 00:02:25.681 --> 00:02:26.281 I don't know if you know him, 00:02:26.320 --> 00:02:26.882 Corey Leonard. 00:02:26.901 --> 00:02:29.764 Yeah, I just love that guy. 00:02:29.824 --> 00:02:31.066 And we'll probably see him 00:02:31.086 --> 00:02:32.646 this weekend at Franco's. 00:02:33.207 --> 00:02:33.508 Yep. 00:02:35.068 --> 00:02:35.689 I will be there. 00:02:36.929 --> 00:02:38.949 So Corey's been a longtime listener. 00:02:39.530 --> 00:02:40.629 He was actually my roommate 00:02:40.689 --> 00:02:41.570 at the Masters Fitness 00:02:41.591 --> 00:02:44.711 Collective when I got to 00:02:44.872 --> 00:02:46.372 kind of see his first ever 00:02:46.412 --> 00:02:47.272 big competition. 00:02:48.092 --> 00:02:48.893 And we couldn't be more 00:02:48.932 --> 00:02:49.893 stoked that he's actually 00:02:49.913 --> 00:02:52.433 going to get to compete in 00:02:52.473 --> 00:02:54.354 semifinals in the Masters 00:02:54.395 --> 00:02:55.215 Division this weekend. 00:02:55.694 --> 00:02:56.515 Yeah, that's awesome. 00:02:56.695 --> 00:02:57.975 I'm excited to see him throw down. 00:02:58.915 --> 00:03:00.037 Yeah. 00:03:00.157 --> 00:03:00.877 What a funny guy. 00:03:00.896 --> 00:03:05.258 So I don't know if you've heard of... 00:03:06.638 --> 00:03:07.919 The Southland competitors 00:03:07.979 --> 00:03:09.618 camp that Brandon Luckett puts on, 00:03:10.158 --> 00:03:12.159 I met and, uh, 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:13.920 somehow me and him always 00:03:14.001 --> 00:03:15.001 end up sitting next to each 00:03:15.040 --> 00:03:16.162 other during the seminars. 00:03:16.921 --> 00:03:18.943 And we're just, we're just bust. 00:03:19.122 --> 00:03:19.802 Like we're just having a 00:03:19.823 --> 00:03:20.802 good time the whole time, 00:03:21.022 --> 00:03:22.804 just messed around and he's 00:03:22.843 --> 00:03:23.683 a fun guy to be around. 00:03:24.985 --> 00:03:26.344 So that's truly how Corey 00:03:26.366 --> 00:03:27.186 and I kind of got to know 00:03:27.225 --> 00:03:27.966 each other's through the 00:03:28.006 --> 00:03:29.507 Southland Southland group. 00:03:30.227 --> 00:03:31.507 And the way I know the 00:03:31.526 --> 00:03:33.048 Southland group is I live 00:03:33.068 --> 00:03:34.329 three miles from Rudy burger. 00:03:35.288 --> 00:03:35.489 Okay. 00:03:36.542 --> 00:03:38.842 And so I covered him last 00:03:38.883 --> 00:03:42.943 season through the open and semifinals, 00:03:43.563 --> 00:03:45.304 did little mini documentaries of that. 00:03:46.424 --> 00:03:48.205 And he talked about the 00:03:48.245 --> 00:03:50.264 group down at Southland and 00:03:50.305 --> 00:03:51.405 how him and Lynette go down 00:03:51.444 --> 00:03:53.126 there and hang out with 00:03:53.165 --> 00:03:55.066 Brandon and the crew and 00:03:55.105 --> 00:03:56.006 how much they love it. 00:03:56.786 --> 00:03:59.127 And that's how I got introduced to Corey. 00:03:59.646 --> 00:04:00.926 And then we actually met in 00:04:00.967 --> 00:04:02.008 person for the first time 00:04:02.527 --> 00:04:03.728 at Masters Fitness Collective. 00:04:04.454 --> 00:04:06.996 okay awesome well yeah small 00:04:07.015 --> 00:04:09.858 world and uh funny that you 00:04:09.918 --> 00:04:11.459 say that um the burgers are 00:04:11.598 --> 00:04:14.580 awesome I i met them at 00:04:15.262 --> 00:04:16.362 competitors camp I think 00:04:16.442 --> 00:04:17.702 three three competitors 00:04:17.742 --> 00:04:19.024 camps ago I saw him at 00:04:19.403 --> 00:04:20.925 water palooza briefly and 00:04:20.964 --> 00:04:22.507 then um some of the most 00:04:22.567 --> 00:04:24.648 recent competitors camp and 00:04:25.267 --> 00:04:26.088 when I was doing 00:04:26.189 --> 00:04:27.389 quarterfinals this year um 00:04:29.274 --> 00:04:30.295 A couple people recommended 00:04:30.315 --> 00:04:31.055 that I get a coach, 00:04:31.877 --> 00:04:34.858 and I haven't had a coach up until, 00:04:35.218 --> 00:04:36.178 I mean, very recently. 00:04:37.019 --> 00:04:39.600 And so I'm a very analytical person, 00:04:39.620 --> 00:04:42.362 and I appreciate people who 00:04:42.403 --> 00:04:43.463 are very analytical at 00:04:43.483 --> 00:04:45.084 sport and kind of a student of the sport. 00:04:45.824 --> 00:04:47.225 And so when I was thinking 00:04:47.245 --> 00:04:48.146 about getting a coach, 00:04:48.206 --> 00:04:49.307 the first person I thought 00:04:49.346 --> 00:04:50.048 of was Lynette. 00:04:50.447 --> 00:04:52.369 And I'm sure, like, as you've, like, 00:04:52.588 --> 00:04:54.009 interviewed and talked to 00:04:54.069 --> 00:04:55.250 Rudy and kind of, like, 00:04:56.190 --> 00:04:57.771 um seeing their their 00:04:57.872 --> 00:04:59.653 process their their coach 00:04:59.752 --> 00:05:00.593 athlete relationship 00:05:00.673 --> 00:05:02.293 obviously they're married 00:05:02.613 --> 00:05:04.175 um but like the way that 00:05:04.634 --> 00:05:05.696 Lynette approaches the 00:05:05.735 --> 00:05:07.757 coaching process and the 00:05:07.797 --> 00:05:09.357 way she analyzes everything 00:05:09.377 --> 00:05:11.838 that Rudy does um she was 00:05:11.858 --> 00:05:13.079 the first person that that 00:05:13.119 --> 00:05:15.860 came in my mind so very 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:16.961 recently I reached out to 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:18.341 her I think like a week 00:05:18.422 --> 00:05:19.182 week and a half ago 00:05:20.543 --> 00:05:22.103 And so she's actually going 00:05:22.124 --> 00:05:22.865 to be coming out to 00:05:22.944 --> 00:05:25.427 semifinals with me to be my coach. 00:05:26.208 --> 00:05:27.509 I'm super excited to work with her. 00:05:27.528 --> 00:05:28.369 And so far, 00:05:28.509 --> 00:05:30.550 we've just been talking back and forth, 00:05:30.610 --> 00:05:33.653 texting, and she's awesome. 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:36.858 Wow. 00:05:38.180 --> 00:05:38.759 That's awesome. 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:39.860 She is. 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:40.800 She's one of the most 00:05:40.980 --> 00:05:43.920 analytical people I've ever met. 00:05:44.982 --> 00:05:46.422 She always says when I talk to her, 00:05:46.841 --> 00:05:48.023 you know how we're data driven. 00:05:48.382 --> 00:05:51.062 Like I think she prefaces 00:05:51.122 --> 00:05:52.124 every statement with that. 00:05:52.144 --> 00:05:54.163 And I'm actually going to be 00:05:54.363 --> 00:05:55.845 over there with them this weekend. 00:05:56.745 --> 00:05:57.785 While you're hanging out with Corey, 00:05:57.805 --> 00:05:58.786 I'll be hanging out with them. 00:06:00.625 --> 00:06:03.627 just I look when we because 00:06:03.666 --> 00:06:05.367 we do like new shows I need 00:06:05.427 --> 00:06:06.547 to see the workouts to be 00:06:06.586 --> 00:06:08.346 able to talk about them and 00:06:08.387 --> 00:06:09.867 who better to watch do the 00:06:09.908 --> 00:06:11.447 work the age group workouts 00:06:12.148 --> 00:06:13.807 than two-time champ rudy 00:06:13.827 --> 00:06:15.668 burger could agree more 00:06:16.629 --> 00:06:17.749 yeah so I'm gonna hang out 00:06:17.769 --> 00:06:19.009 with them this weekend and 00:06:19.048 --> 00:06:21.949 that's super cool um so 00:06:22.689 --> 00:06:24.029 yeah she's she's the best 00:06:25.230 --> 00:06:26.750 and she leaves no stone 00:06:26.831 --> 00:06:28.750 unturned for sure yeah 00:06:30.466 --> 00:06:31.627 Um, so, 00:06:31.646 --> 00:06:34.807 and didn't she program the last 00:06:34.887 --> 00:06:35.608 competitors camp? 00:06:38.428 --> 00:06:38.668 Um, 00:06:39.108 --> 00:06:40.468 I don't know if it was her or Brandon 00:06:40.569 --> 00:06:41.910 or a mix between the two. 00:06:41.930 --> 00:06:44.850 Yeah. 00:06:47.050 --> 00:06:48.870 So just, uh, so follow up stuff. 00:06:48.992 --> 00:06:49.512 Corey said, 00:06:49.951 --> 00:06:50.951 it's great when you guys hang 00:06:50.992 --> 00:06:51.672 out cause we don't pay 00:06:51.711 --> 00:06:53.112 attention to shit and that 00:06:53.153 --> 00:06:54.733 gets to the shit that gets said, 00:06:55.353 --> 00:06:56.112 but we have fun. 00:06:57.112 --> 00:06:57.374 Yeah. 00:06:58.694 --> 00:06:59.254 Sounds like Corey. 00:07:00.255 --> 00:07:04.096 yeah um and he also echoes 00:07:04.177 --> 00:07:05.817 lynette is the best cannot 00:07:05.858 --> 00:07:07.077 express how awesome she is 00:07:09.278 --> 00:07:10.199 there was a group that came 00:07:10.259 --> 00:07:12.920 up to mfc with corey and 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:14.360 lynette took them all under 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:16.100 her wing and made sure they 00:07:16.141 --> 00:07:17.620 were all fed that they were 00:07:17.641 --> 00:07:19.182 all eating right that they 00:07:19.201 --> 00:07:20.281 were all getting taken care 00:07:20.382 --> 00:07:21.783 of even though they didn't 00:07:21.802 --> 00:07:22.923 have any coaches with them 00:07:22.963 --> 00:07:26.163 that weekend um that's just who she is so 00:07:30.733 --> 00:07:32.336 How did you find that 00:07:33.297 --> 00:07:34.577 competitor's camp down there? 00:07:34.598 --> 00:07:36.399 How did you get pulled in? 00:07:37.161 --> 00:07:39.142 And why is it such a good thing for you? 00:07:40.966 --> 00:07:44.970 So I got pulled in from one 00:07:44.990 --> 00:07:46.692 of my buddies that I work 00:07:46.732 --> 00:07:48.173 out at Panama City CrossFit with, 00:07:49.175 --> 00:07:49.735 Tyler Hill. 00:07:51.343 --> 00:07:52.704 Um, and he's, 00:07:53.404 --> 00:07:54.745 he's a photographer in the 00:07:54.785 --> 00:07:55.665 CrossFit space. 00:07:56.266 --> 00:07:58.365 Um, he's very tapped in, um, 00:07:58.466 --> 00:08:00.367 to everything that's going on. 00:08:01.026 --> 00:08:02.747 Um, as you can tell from my Instagram, I'm, 00:08:03.007 --> 00:08:04.408 I'm pretty bad at social media. 00:08:04.427 --> 00:08:08.428 And, uh, so I often rely on others to, 00:08:08.769 --> 00:08:10.350 to kind of like keep me up 00:08:10.370 --> 00:08:11.870 to speed with what's going on. 00:08:12.630 --> 00:08:16.552 Um, he knew that I was someone who, um, 00:08:16.711 --> 00:08:19.293 had high aspirations for CrossFit. 00:08:20.456 --> 00:08:22.536 And he kind of saw how, 00:08:23.298 --> 00:08:24.838 like I was analytical about 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:27.300 things and I was pretty 00:08:27.341 --> 00:08:28.521 deliberate with the process. 00:08:29.262 --> 00:08:31.302 When he saw this competitor's camp pop up, 00:08:31.802 --> 00:08:32.683 he brought it up to me. 00:08:32.703 --> 00:08:33.485 He said like, hey, 00:08:33.544 --> 00:08:34.304 this is something I think 00:08:34.325 --> 00:08:34.966 you'd really like. 00:08:36.446 --> 00:08:37.447 So me, 00:08:37.667 --> 00:08:39.008 him and his wife went to the first 00:08:39.048 --> 00:08:41.389 competitor's camp or our 00:08:41.429 --> 00:08:42.370 first competitor's camp. 00:08:42.409 --> 00:08:43.191 I think it was the second 00:08:43.230 --> 00:08:43.951 one that they hosted. 00:08:43.971 --> 00:08:44.030 And 00:08:47.123 --> 00:08:49.804 um met met brandon met the 00:08:49.825 --> 00:08:51.667 whole team there met met 00:08:51.726 --> 00:08:53.509 roy the owner of the of 00:08:53.568 --> 00:08:56.890 crossfit francos and um met 00:08:56.910 --> 00:08:58.753 a lot of great athletes um 00:08:58.793 --> 00:09:00.654 like scott tella was there 00:09:01.554 --> 00:09:04.577 um who else was there uh 00:09:04.618 --> 00:09:06.840 bill lahey was there alexis 00:09:06.899 --> 00:09:08.221 johnson was one of the 00:09:08.260 --> 00:09:09.761 coaches helping out and so 00:09:09.782 --> 00:09:10.363 this was really 00:09:11.018 --> 00:09:11.258 the, 00:09:11.437 --> 00:09:14.120 my first exposure to high level 00:09:14.179 --> 00:09:15.701 CrossFit athletes and being 00:09:15.760 --> 00:09:18.023 able to like pick their brain, um, 00:09:19.043 --> 00:09:21.004 for an extended period of time, um, 00:09:21.044 --> 00:09:21.985 and really like tap into 00:09:22.025 --> 00:09:22.806 some of that knowledge. 00:09:23.947 --> 00:09:26.668 And, um, yeah, I, I try to take it, um, 00:09:26.769 --> 00:09:28.809 as much advantage as I could. 00:09:29.331 --> 00:09:30.851 And so I would say to answer 00:09:30.871 --> 00:09:32.673 your second question, like how it, like, 00:09:32.773 --> 00:09:33.653 what did that competitors 00:09:33.673 --> 00:09:34.374 can't mean to me? 00:09:35.054 --> 00:09:36.755 Um, it, I mean, 00:09:38.028 --> 00:09:39.109 I wouldn't be where I am 00:09:39.168 --> 00:09:41.390 right now without the competitors camp. 00:09:42.591 --> 00:09:45.094 And I would say mostly like 00:09:45.114 --> 00:09:46.615 without Brandon Luckett. 00:09:47.916 --> 00:09:50.378 I'm someone who does better 00:09:50.477 --> 00:09:51.619 if I have people to the 00:09:51.658 --> 00:09:53.139 left and the right of me pushing me. 00:09:53.880 --> 00:09:54.501 And I knew that. 00:09:56.724 --> 00:09:58.465 with the upcoming quarterfinals. 00:09:58.904 --> 00:10:00.105 So this was in quarterfinals 00:10:00.225 --> 00:10:02.105 in 2023 last year. 00:10:02.125 --> 00:10:04.826 I asked for that reason, 00:10:04.866 --> 00:10:06.187 I asked Brandon if I could 00:10:06.628 --> 00:10:07.868 do the quarterfinals with him. 00:10:07.888 --> 00:10:09.828 He said, absolutely, 00:10:09.849 --> 00:10:11.089 you can stay in my house. 00:10:11.389 --> 00:10:13.830 And this is like, I had met him for, 00:10:13.850 --> 00:10:15.490 I had known him for like three hours. 00:10:15.951 --> 00:10:16.331 He's like, yeah, 00:10:16.350 --> 00:10:17.371 I'd do the quarterfinals with me, 00:10:17.432 --> 00:10:21.732 stay at my house, which was awesome. 00:10:21.974 --> 00:10:22.354 And so 00:10:23.443 --> 00:10:23.583 Yeah, 00:10:23.624 --> 00:10:25.947 I just got to got to know Brandon 00:10:25.986 --> 00:10:28.009 better and the community 00:10:28.509 --> 00:10:30.010 around that competitors camp. 00:10:31.211 --> 00:10:31.852 And since then, 00:10:31.873 --> 00:10:32.913 like it's just been a 00:10:32.953 --> 00:10:36.457 really good family and just 00:10:36.518 --> 00:10:38.220 group of people with a lot 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:39.260 of knowledge in the space 00:10:39.922 --> 00:10:41.202 that I've been able to tap 00:10:41.263 --> 00:10:42.605 into and learn from. 00:10:44.767 --> 00:10:46.047 so the more I'm learning 00:10:46.086 --> 00:10:47.207 about this group and I've 00:10:47.268 --> 00:10:48.087 met a lot of them, 00:10:49.327 --> 00:10:51.509 it's almost like CrossFit for nerds. 00:10:52.369 --> 00:10:53.668 Like, I think I'd fit right in. 00:10:53.729 --> 00:10:53.869 Like, 00:10:54.408 --> 00:10:56.009 like Alexis Johnson is like 00:10:56.090 --> 00:10:58.909 supercomputer math whiz, right? 00:10:59.030 --> 00:11:00.650 Brandon is super analytical. 00:11:01.071 --> 00:11:02.591 The burgers, we've talked about them. 00:11:02.610 --> 00:11:05.392 Um, even Scott Tetlow is very, 00:11:05.731 --> 00:11:07.113 like he is so regimented 00:11:07.493 --> 00:11:08.893 because he has so little time. 00:11:09.592 --> 00:11:11.634 His efficiency is like through the roof. 00:11:12.994 --> 00:11:13.094 Um, 00:11:15.186 --> 00:11:16.485 Is it a bunch of like-minded 00:11:16.547 --> 00:11:17.346 people like that? 00:11:18.768 --> 00:11:19.708 Yeah, absolutely. 00:11:20.669 --> 00:11:22.091 Then how the hell does Corey fit in? 00:11:22.610 --> 00:11:23.191 No, I'm just kidding. 00:11:23.211 --> 00:11:25.732 I don't know who gave him an 00:11:25.832 --> 00:11:29.796 invite to that camp. 00:11:29.816 --> 00:11:30.817 Well, that's super cool. 00:11:30.917 --> 00:11:33.058 And people like Brandon 00:11:33.078 --> 00:11:35.179 don't come around every day 00:11:35.780 --> 00:11:37.922 to have just dudes that are that good. 00:11:40.403 --> 00:11:41.644 How cool is it to see how 00:11:41.684 --> 00:11:42.926 well he's doing this season? 00:11:44.826 --> 00:11:46.087 I thought he was supposed to be retired. 00:11:47.349 --> 00:11:49.110 I think he's retired like 00:11:49.289 --> 00:11:50.350 three or four times now. 00:11:51.312 --> 00:11:52.331 But then he just realizes 00:11:52.552 --> 00:11:53.373 how much he loves it. 00:11:53.393 --> 00:11:54.234 I mean, 00:11:54.693 --> 00:11:56.335 he's more of a competitor than 00:11:56.956 --> 00:11:57.596 anyone I know. 00:11:57.696 --> 00:11:59.857 So he just – he loves getting after it. 00:12:01.438 --> 00:12:03.841 And I think every time he 00:12:03.921 --> 00:12:04.761 thinks he's at the end of 00:12:04.782 --> 00:12:05.822 the road and he wants to retire, 00:12:06.222 --> 00:12:07.322 then he just is reminded 00:12:07.383 --> 00:12:08.264 like how much he likes 00:12:08.303 --> 00:12:09.884 competing and then – 00:12:09.884 --> 00:12:10.544 He's back in it. 00:12:10.825 --> 00:12:12.166 And so it's really cool to 00:12:12.186 --> 00:12:13.686 see him at the top of 00:12:13.725 --> 00:12:14.586 leaderboard for both the 00:12:14.706 --> 00:12:16.125 open and the quarterfinals. 00:12:16.385 --> 00:12:17.986 And these these semifinals 00:12:18.027 --> 00:12:19.947 workouts are get the workouts. 00:12:21.126 --> 00:12:22.388 This whole CrossFit season 00:12:22.408 --> 00:12:23.967 so far have been like 00:12:24.107 --> 00:12:25.408 pretty basic and gritty. 00:12:25.908 --> 00:12:27.609 And that's where Brandon thrives. 00:12:29.048 --> 00:12:30.948 And I don't think it's any 00:12:31.009 --> 00:12:31.950 different with the 00:12:32.009 --> 00:12:34.289 semifinals workouts for the most part. 00:12:35.330 --> 00:12:36.091 And so, I mean, 00:12:36.150 --> 00:12:36.931 I think he's going to 00:12:36.951 --> 00:12:38.150 thrive at semifinals as well. 00:12:39.215 --> 00:12:39.455 Yeah. 00:12:39.495 --> 00:12:41.096 With this year's semifinals, 00:12:41.395 --> 00:12:43.836 it's so old school CrossFit. 00:12:45.357 --> 00:12:47.339 Like there's no pulling 00:12:47.798 --> 00:12:48.919 weights on a napkin. 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:52.922 There's no, um, weird rock muscle ups. 00:12:52.942 --> 00:12:55.302 There's, there's no like new movements. 00:12:55.423 --> 00:12:58.484 It is just good old fashioned triplets, 00:12:58.663 --> 00:13:00.684 couplets and get after it. 00:13:00.924 --> 00:13:01.385 Go dark. 00:13:02.265 --> 00:13:02.466 Yep. 00:13:04.086 --> 00:13:05.506 Do you think that plays to your favor? 00:13:06.567 --> 00:13:07.849 I do for the most part. 00:13:08.269 --> 00:13:08.328 Um, 00:13:09.787 --> 00:13:12.409 It's I think I do. 00:13:12.730 --> 00:13:15.874 I think I do best in the workouts that, um, 00:13:16.715 --> 00:13:17.615 where like you really have 00:13:17.655 --> 00:13:18.956 to hurt for the most part. 00:13:19.618 --> 00:13:21.919 Um, like historically I've done good with, 00:13:22.681 --> 00:13:24.082 uh, just like basic movements, 00:13:24.342 --> 00:13:26.144 especially like on machines. 00:13:27.066 --> 00:13:27.186 Um, 00:13:27.546 --> 00:13:29.048 maybe being a bigger athlete helps as 00:13:29.087 --> 00:13:29.347 well. 00:13:30.669 --> 00:13:30.730 Uh, 00:13:32.019 --> 00:13:33.340 So yeah, 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:38.221 I think that part of my game will 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:39.241 be beneficial with like the 00:13:39.562 --> 00:13:40.961 workouts that we see at semifinals. 00:13:41.782 --> 00:13:44.503 I will also say that I enjoy 00:13:45.082 --> 00:13:47.803 like brand new things that 00:13:47.844 --> 00:13:49.264 come out because I think I, 00:13:50.104 --> 00:13:51.283 like relative to the field, 00:13:51.403 --> 00:13:53.804 I adapt pretty well to like 00:13:53.865 --> 00:13:55.164 brand new things that come out. 00:13:56.745 --> 00:13:57.826 So like in quarterfinals, 00:13:59.052 --> 00:14:00.494 I liked it when they did the 00:14:00.514 --> 00:14:01.894 crossovers for the first time. 00:14:02.813 --> 00:14:03.914 I liked the fact that there 00:14:03.955 --> 00:14:05.894 was a rock for the muscle ups. 00:14:07.556 --> 00:14:09.635 So yeah, I guess it's kind of, 00:14:10.177 --> 00:14:11.777 that's kind of a gray answer. 00:14:12.057 --> 00:14:12.317 I do. 00:14:12.376 --> 00:14:12.817 And I don't, 00:14:15.677 --> 00:14:16.899 this is going to be a weird question. 00:14:17.339 --> 00:14:18.298 Do you think you'd be a 00:14:18.339 --> 00:14:19.700 better games athlete than a 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:20.700 semifinal athlete? 00:14:24.181 --> 00:14:26.802 Maybe I think, I mean, like, 00:14:28.006 --> 00:14:29.126 Looking at my background, 00:14:29.226 --> 00:14:33.828 I played field sports growing up. 00:14:34.609 --> 00:14:39.549 I don't have any fitness in my background. 00:14:39.590 --> 00:14:40.509 I wasn't a gymnast. 00:14:40.590 --> 00:14:42.230 I wasn't an Olympic lifter. 00:14:43.030 --> 00:14:45.191 So I think those types of things, 00:14:46.932 --> 00:14:48.272 if people have a background 00:14:49.111 --> 00:14:51.773 with fitness-related things, 00:14:53.553 --> 00:14:54.173 they do better. 00:14:55.595 --> 00:14:56.456 um, in the gym. 00:14:56.916 --> 00:14:58.397 And then I would say with my background, 00:14:58.417 --> 00:14:59.798 I do better when we like 00:14:59.837 --> 00:15:01.038 start to get outside of the gym. 00:15:01.057 --> 00:15:04.961 Um, especially like the past few years, 00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:05.880 like if they have the 00:15:05.900 --> 00:15:06.682 amount of running that they 00:15:06.701 --> 00:15:08.982 have at the games, like I, I like to run. 00:15:09.744 --> 00:15:12.164 Um, so like that, I like to swim. 00:15:12.365 --> 00:15:14.547 Like if they were to do some, 00:15:14.986 --> 00:15:17.087 some like stuff like, uh, 00:15:17.128 --> 00:15:18.970 like paddle boarding or kayaking, 00:15:18.990 --> 00:15:20.890 I think I would do pretty well at that. 00:15:21.571 --> 00:15:24.393 Um, so I think so. 00:15:25.717 --> 00:15:26.898 And I think the 00:15:26.998 --> 00:15:28.379 underestimated part of the 00:15:28.418 --> 00:15:31.019 games are it's a long weekend. 00:15:31.078 --> 00:15:32.119 It's a longer weekend than 00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:33.080 any other competition 00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:33.879 you're going to go to. 00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:35.600 And you're going to have ups 00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:37.059 and downs throughout that weekend. 00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:39.240 And if you've played team sports, 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:41.181 that's generally something 00:15:41.221 --> 00:15:42.360 you've had to endure at 00:15:43.302 --> 00:15:44.182 some point in your life. 00:15:45.761 --> 00:15:45.942 Yeah, 00:15:46.142 --> 00:15:48.263 definitely had my fair shares of ups 00:15:48.322 --> 00:15:48.702 and downs. 00:15:49.322 --> 00:15:49.523 Yeah. 00:15:50.345 --> 00:15:52.004 And so I just, I think people, 00:15:52.504 --> 00:15:53.125 I don't know, 00:15:53.186 --> 00:15:53.905 I've listened to a lot of 00:15:53.926 --> 00:15:56.446 Rich Froning in the past 24 hours, and, 00:15:56.485 --> 00:15:58.125 like, he's a big team sports guy, 00:15:58.567 --> 00:16:02.346 and it seems like that 00:16:02.466 --> 00:16:03.667 helped him a tremendous 00:16:03.706 --> 00:16:05.607 amount when he was competing. 00:16:06.548 --> 00:16:06.748 Yeah. 00:16:09.368 --> 00:16:10.288 I think Corey just wants to 00:16:10.308 --> 00:16:11.089 take over the interview, 00:16:11.188 --> 00:16:12.428 but he said the Taylor 00:16:12.448 --> 00:16:13.469 Swift shirts he works out 00:16:13.509 --> 00:16:14.688 in also help him a bunch. 00:16:16.149 --> 00:16:17.509 Yeah, they give me special powers. 00:16:19.705 --> 00:16:22.586 you a swifty absolutely not 00:16:22.605 --> 00:16:23.927 and not a recent swifty I 00:16:25.028 --> 00:16:27.089 was old school um yeah 00:16:27.109 --> 00:16:27.889 sophomore year of high 00:16:27.948 --> 00:16:30.350 school is when I really got 00:16:30.549 --> 00:16:31.610 to taylor swift we'd always 00:16:31.630 --> 00:16:32.490 listen to her during art 00:16:32.530 --> 00:16:34.731 class and then uh that's 00:16:34.751 --> 00:16:37.293 when my my love for taylor 00:16:37.354 --> 00:16:38.913 grew I was part of the t 00:16:39.534 --> 00:16:40.875 swift appreciation society 00:16:40.894 --> 00:16:41.475 in high school i 00:16:42.408 --> 00:16:43.249 No, no big deal. 00:16:44.889 --> 00:16:49.052 And then when I met my wife, Meg, she like, 00:16:49.392 --> 00:16:50.652 I think I'm a pretty big Swifty, 00:16:50.692 --> 00:16:53.433 but she's much more than I am. 00:16:53.474 --> 00:16:54.474 She's always at the top of 00:16:54.494 --> 00:16:55.674 the Spotify charts, 00:16:56.095 --> 00:17:00.297 like 0.5% of the listeners every year. 00:17:00.317 --> 00:17:03.018 And so I think that's 00:17:03.057 --> 00:17:04.718 something that like we connected with. 00:17:04.938 --> 00:17:05.318 And then, 00:17:06.219 --> 00:17:07.239 so we just listened to Taylor 00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:07.960 Swift all the time. 00:17:09.901 --> 00:17:10.901 Are you a Chiefs fan now? 00:17:12.623 --> 00:17:15.586 um I'm a I appreciate 00:17:15.645 --> 00:17:19.549 greatness so out nothing to 00:17:19.569 --> 00:17:22.412 do with t swift but I like 00:17:22.553 --> 00:17:24.595 I like greatness and I i 00:17:24.634 --> 00:17:26.737 really appreciate people 00:17:26.777 --> 00:17:29.739 that can repeatedly win at 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:31.941 a high level um more so 00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:34.784 than like an underdog um so 00:17:34.923 --> 00:17:36.144 for that reason I like the chiefs 00:17:38.090 --> 00:17:39.551 they might have NFL might 00:17:39.571 --> 00:17:41.173 have overdid the whole like 00:17:41.452 --> 00:17:44.316 media with T Swift and 00:17:44.355 --> 00:17:47.798 Travis so yeah I must be 00:17:47.877 --> 00:17:48.739 opposite of you because I'm 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:50.079 a Chicago Bears fan and I 00:17:50.881 --> 00:17:51.981 haven't seen greatness in 00:17:51.981 --> 00:17:57.806 30 years stay strong I'm 00:17:57.826 --> 00:17:59.326 hoping this could be the 00:17:59.366 --> 00:18:00.847 year I've said that in 00:18:00.907 --> 00:18:03.430 other years but it is 00:18:03.509 --> 00:18:04.790 actually looking good for a change 00:18:06.067 --> 00:18:09.549 Um, so back to you, um, 00:18:10.871 --> 00:18:11.931 I don't even know where we were. 00:18:12.211 --> 00:18:13.571 So you're active military. 00:18:14.492 --> 00:18:15.353 You were part of the army 00:18:15.393 --> 00:18:16.673 warrior fitness group. 00:18:16.713 --> 00:18:17.674 Are you still a part of that? 00:18:20.316 --> 00:18:21.196 What does that mean? 00:18:21.217 --> 00:18:25.138 It it's become so popular and I mean, 00:18:25.179 --> 00:18:26.200 I've seen them at, um, 00:18:27.555 --> 00:18:28.836 I live here in Columbus, Ohio. 00:18:29.238 --> 00:18:30.259 I've seen them at the Army 00:18:30.278 --> 00:18:32.162 or the Arnold Fitness Expo 00:18:32.603 --> 00:18:34.384 come do competitions here. 00:18:34.806 --> 00:18:35.767 What's it like to travel 00:18:35.807 --> 00:18:36.628 just doing fitness? 00:18:38.211 --> 00:18:38.932 It's pretty cool. 00:18:39.172 --> 00:18:39.313 So... 00:18:40.241 --> 00:18:42.904 The team has two components to it. 00:18:43.484 --> 00:18:45.446 They have in-person athletes. 00:18:46.228 --> 00:18:47.028 So those are athletes 00:18:47.068 --> 00:18:48.830 stationed at Fort Knox that 00:18:48.851 --> 00:18:50.132 fall under recruiting command. 00:18:50.792 --> 00:18:52.273 And then they have at-large athletes. 00:18:52.454 --> 00:18:53.955 I'm currently an at-large athlete. 00:18:54.797 --> 00:18:55.317 With that, 00:18:55.837 --> 00:18:57.980 you continue to do whatever job 00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:59.060 you have in the military. 00:19:00.205 --> 00:19:03.047 Um, but you can go on, uh, 00:19:03.426 --> 00:19:04.667 on trips that the military 00:19:04.708 --> 00:19:06.949 will fund that the army will fund, um, 00:19:06.989 --> 00:19:08.429 to support the warrior fitness team. 00:19:09.068 --> 00:19:09.210 Um, 00:19:09.309 --> 00:19:12.371 so I'm not like in an in-person athlete 00:19:12.391 --> 00:19:12.611 yet. 00:19:12.931 --> 00:19:14.511 That'll be my next assignment, um, 00:19:14.551 --> 00:19:15.071 in August. 00:19:15.872 --> 00:19:17.313 Um, but yeah, it's, 00:19:17.573 --> 00:19:18.173 it's a really cool 00:19:18.192 --> 00:19:19.472 experience to be a part of 00:19:19.492 --> 00:19:20.334 the warrior fitness team. 00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:23.441 uh like I said we fall under 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.582 recruiting command and 00:19:24.602 --> 00:19:26.002 really like the whole the 00:19:26.042 --> 00:19:27.844 whole point of it um is to 00:19:27.943 --> 00:19:29.025 show people that are 00:19:29.065 --> 00:19:30.605 interested in joining the military that 00:19:32.625 --> 00:19:34.445 it's a lot more than just 00:19:35.145 --> 00:19:36.507 suiting up and going on the 00:19:36.567 --> 00:19:37.567 front lines and shooting. 00:19:39.769 --> 00:19:40.808 The people in the military 00:19:40.868 --> 00:19:43.050 are normal people just like me and you. 00:19:43.351 --> 00:19:45.152 They have hobbies just like me and you. 00:19:45.872 --> 00:19:46.553 And there's a lot of 00:19:46.633 --> 00:19:48.012 opportunities other than 00:19:49.814 --> 00:19:54.196 that small tunnel that 00:19:54.876 --> 00:19:55.938 vision that people get when 00:19:55.958 --> 00:19:57.058 they think this is the only 00:19:57.098 --> 00:19:57.739 thing in the Army. 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.840 What is your current occupation? 00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:03.059 I'm a diver. 00:20:04.760 --> 00:20:05.240 Nice. 00:20:06.402 --> 00:20:08.261 And are you in the panhandle? 00:20:09.722 --> 00:20:09.942 Yeah, 00:20:10.042 --> 00:20:13.544 right now I'm stationed at NSA Panama 00:20:13.564 --> 00:20:15.744 City at the Navy dive school here. 00:20:16.865 --> 00:20:17.125 Okay. 00:20:18.546 --> 00:20:20.507 So are you Army or Navy? 00:20:21.431 --> 00:20:22.011 I'm Army. 00:20:22.512 --> 00:20:22.772 Okay. 00:20:23.233 --> 00:20:25.498 But stationed at a Navy base. 00:20:26.118 --> 00:20:26.779 Yeah. 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:29.243 So pretty much every 00:20:29.284 --> 00:20:31.586 military diver goes through the, 00:20:32.328 --> 00:20:33.470 it's called NDSTC, 00:20:33.530 --> 00:20:35.292 Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center. 00:20:36.294 --> 00:20:37.193 here in Panama City. 00:20:37.653 --> 00:20:38.894 The only exceptions to that 00:20:39.134 --> 00:20:40.894 are Navy SEALs who go 00:20:40.914 --> 00:20:42.256 through their training in San Diego, 00:20:42.955 --> 00:20:44.757 and then Army Combat Divers 00:20:44.797 --> 00:20:47.116 that go through a separate 00:20:47.136 --> 00:20:48.077 school in Key West. 00:20:48.778 --> 00:20:49.438 But everyone else, 00:20:49.498 --> 00:20:52.479 so that includes Army Engineer Divers, 00:20:52.538 --> 00:20:55.660 which is what I do, Navy Divers, 00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:59.121 Navy EOD Divers, Marine Combatant Divers. 00:21:00.321 --> 00:21:00.382 uh, 00:21:00.541 --> 00:21:03.163 air force combat divers and coast guard 00:21:03.203 --> 00:21:03.644 divers. 00:21:03.704 --> 00:21:05.625 They all come through NDSTC. 00:21:06.086 --> 00:21:07.087 And so it's a really cool 00:21:07.107 --> 00:21:08.288 melting pot of a bunch of 00:21:08.308 --> 00:21:09.048 different branches, 00:21:09.068 --> 00:21:10.931 a bunch of different types of jobs. 00:21:11.351 --> 00:21:13.413 Um, because at the end of the day, 00:21:13.992 --> 00:21:16.015 military diving is military diving. 00:21:16.654 --> 00:21:16.796 Um, 00:21:17.076 --> 00:21:20.198 so mostly everyone goes through the 00:21:20.238 --> 00:21:21.638 same basic curriculum to 00:21:21.679 --> 00:21:23.040 start out and then we'll 00:21:23.060 --> 00:21:26.323 branch off and do our, um, specific, uh, 00:21:26.383 --> 00:21:27.003 specialties. 00:21:29.214 --> 00:21:30.195 Are you still in training or 00:21:30.236 --> 00:21:31.217 have you actually done it 00:21:32.037 --> 00:21:33.617 as part of your job already? 00:21:34.159 --> 00:21:34.618 I've done it. 00:21:34.739 --> 00:21:34.979 So, 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:38.741 so I went through dive school back in 00:21:38.741 --> 00:21:38.781 2018. 00:21:38.781 --> 00:21:42.224 Um, and then I've, I've been a diver since, 00:21:42.644 --> 00:21:44.807 um, and right now I'm back here, um, 00:21:45.386 --> 00:21:46.107 as an instructor. 00:21:48.134 --> 00:21:48.875 That's really cool. 00:21:48.894 --> 00:21:51.156 I was a collegiate swimmer, 00:21:51.877 --> 00:21:54.299 and I always wanted to do 00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:56.442 some diving and just never 00:21:56.482 --> 00:21:58.664 was in a location where it made sense. 00:22:00.467 --> 00:22:01.988 I've taken some classes and 00:22:02.409 --> 00:22:03.289 done it in a pool, 00:22:03.609 --> 00:22:04.931 but never in the ocean. 00:22:05.672 --> 00:22:06.833 You got to go. 00:22:06.952 --> 00:22:07.473 That's awesome. 00:22:09.882 --> 00:22:11.742 My cousin, who's like a brother to me, 00:22:12.284 --> 00:22:14.165 is in the Navy stationed in Pensacola. 00:22:14.967 --> 00:22:16.188 Okay. 00:22:16.208 --> 00:22:17.709 So what, an hour from you guys? 00:22:18.690 --> 00:22:24.796 Yeah, two hours or so, two and a half. 00:22:24.816 --> 00:22:27.198 But he ended up getting sick 00:22:27.258 --> 00:22:28.659 on a dive and had to stop. 00:22:30.381 --> 00:22:30.780 Oh, really? 00:22:30.902 --> 00:22:32.423 Like he got the bends, 00:22:32.522 --> 00:22:33.203 decompression sickness? 00:22:35.201 --> 00:22:35.422 Yeah, 00:22:35.863 --> 00:22:37.963 and he ended up working for the Naval 00:22:38.023 --> 00:22:41.727 Hospital in Pensacola. 00:22:41.948 --> 00:22:42.367 Okay. 00:22:44.690 --> 00:22:45.109 So, yeah. 00:22:45.451 --> 00:22:46.731 So we get into this season. 00:22:47.652 --> 00:22:49.513 You're coming off last year where, again, 00:22:49.534 --> 00:22:52.096 I think I told you maybe 00:22:52.135 --> 00:22:53.958 before we got online that my co-host, 00:22:53.998 --> 00:22:54.278 Jamie, 00:22:54.738 --> 00:22:57.059 picked you as a dark horse to come 00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.681 out of the West. 00:22:58.500 --> 00:23:00.722 And so we were watching you very closely. 00:23:00.742 --> 00:23:00.823 Yeah. 00:23:01.703 --> 00:23:04.205 And you were close to getting that shot. 00:23:04.246 --> 00:23:05.747 There wasn't a huge point 00:23:05.788 --> 00:23:07.808 difference away from you qualifying. 00:23:08.710 --> 00:23:09.711 What have you changed in the 00:23:09.790 --> 00:23:11.672 offseason to give you that 00:23:11.833 --> 00:23:17.938 better shot at making the games? 00:23:17.958 --> 00:23:20.940 I analyzed my performances 00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.080 throughout the year and 00:23:22.101 --> 00:23:25.584 kind of saw the things that 00:23:25.784 --> 00:23:29.560 I – like major weaknesses – 00:23:29.560 --> 00:23:30.342 And these are things that 00:23:31.083 --> 00:23:32.183 that I kind of already knew, 00:23:32.825 --> 00:23:34.826 but just like competing on 00:23:34.846 --> 00:23:36.388 a big stage like semifinals 00:23:36.429 --> 00:23:37.390 and then and then seeing 00:23:37.430 --> 00:23:40.394 where you where you fall 00:23:40.453 --> 00:23:41.895 compared to some of the big 00:23:41.935 --> 00:23:44.298 boys out there kind of just 00:23:44.318 --> 00:23:45.098 like reemphasis 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:46.902 reemphasizes the things you 00:23:46.922 --> 00:23:47.481 need to work on. 00:23:48.576 --> 00:23:51.298 um yeah so so I did that I 00:23:51.358 --> 00:23:53.621 reached out to several 00:23:53.661 --> 00:23:56.604 people that again I thought 00:23:57.144 --> 00:23:58.244 do a very good job of being 00:23:58.285 --> 00:24:01.327 students of the game that 00:24:01.387 --> 00:24:04.111 was brent fukowski patrick 00:24:04.151 --> 00:24:07.453 velner and then josh who's 00:24:07.493 --> 00:24:09.096 one of the coaches at hwpo 00:24:10.257 --> 00:24:11.478 um I can't remember his last 00:24:11.518 --> 00:24:13.959 name right now um and and 00:24:13.999 --> 00:24:15.598 just like show them like my 00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:17.240 performances and and these 00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:18.300 these are my strengths and 00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:19.201 weaknesses what I think I 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:20.040 need to work on and then 00:24:20.080 --> 00:24:22.403 just and brandon luckett um 00:24:22.542 --> 00:24:23.482 obviously reach out to him 00:24:24.522 --> 00:24:26.104 uh just kind of get some 00:24:26.183 --> 00:24:28.565 insight on um some of the 00:24:28.904 --> 00:24:30.026 the strategies that they've 00:24:30.185 --> 00:24:30.986 used to tackle their 00:24:31.026 --> 00:24:32.326 weaknesses and and see what 00:24:32.366 --> 00:24:34.127 their recommendations were um 00:24:35.446 --> 00:24:38.107 and specifically if you look 00:24:38.127 --> 00:24:40.288 at my performances at 00:24:40.308 --> 00:24:41.490 semi-finals the snatch 00:24:41.529 --> 00:24:42.990 event was my worst event 00:24:44.131 --> 00:24:47.311 and then followed by the uh 00:24:47.811 --> 00:24:48.992 the event that had overhead 00:24:49.053 --> 00:24:51.433 squats rowing um pirouettes 00:24:52.354 --> 00:24:54.055 um handstand push-ups rope 00:24:54.075 --> 00:24:56.056 climbs um so overhead 00:24:56.155 --> 00:24:57.375 endurance has always been 00:24:57.435 --> 00:24:59.156 something that I've struggled with 00:25:00.490 --> 00:25:03.432 And so I tackled that by 00:25:03.832 --> 00:25:07.073 taking a break from CrossFit. 00:25:07.093 --> 00:25:10.073 I did Olympic lifting pretty 00:25:10.113 --> 00:25:11.493 much like I didn't touch a 00:25:11.534 --> 00:25:12.993 Metcon from the end of 00:25:13.034 --> 00:25:15.554 semifinals until December. 00:25:17.174 --> 00:25:19.974 I did a few Olympic lifting cycles. 00:25:20.536 --> 00:25:21.836 I reached out to a local 00:25:21.895 --> 00:25:24.435 weightlifting coach here, Aaron Paley. 00:25:25.136 --> 00:25:25.757 Shout out to him. 00:25:25.856 --> 00:25:26.497 He's awesome. 00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:30.823 And I, I worked with him, um, and then, 00:25:30.843 --> 00:25:33.023 so I would do that in the 00:25:33.084 --> 00:25:34.105 morning and in the afternoon, 00:25:34.125 --> 00:25:35.306 I would do different like 00:25:35.326 --> 00:25:36.928 gymnastics progressions on 00:25:37.067 --> 00:25:38.229 things that I need to work on. 00:25:38.368 --> 00:25:39.009 So, like I said, 00:25:39.088 --> 00:25:40.369 overhead endurance is 00:25:40.390 --> 00:25:40.931 something that I've 00:25:40.990 --> 00:25:42.031 struggled with in the past. 00:25:42.451 --> 00:25:42.571 Um, 00:25:42.951 --> 00:25:44.614 so anything from like handstand walking 00:25:44.693 --> 00:25:47.036 to handstand pushups, um, 00:25:47.556 --> 00:25:48.297 ring muscle ups or 00:25:48.336 --> 00:25:49.438 something I've struggled in the past. 00:25:49.458 --> 00:25:51.459 So I did a lot of work with those, um, 00:25:51.499 --> 00:25:52.420 and try to like break that 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.580 down and strengthen 00:25:53.621 --> 00:25:55.021 different aspects of that movement. 00:25:55.843 --> 00:25:55.923 Um, 00:25:57.414 --> 00:25:58.655 Something that Brent 00:25:58.675 --> 00:26:01.257 Fikowski brought up is that 00:26:02.676 --> 00:26:05.239 my mobility is not the best. 00:26:05.959 --> 00:26:07.460 So if you think about it, 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:09.059 like if I'm doing a handstand walk, 00:26:09.861 --> 00:26:11.621 because I'm not completely stacked, 00:26:13.021 --> 00:26:14.262 my movement is a lot less 00:26:14.323 --> 00:26:15.502 efficient than someone like 00:26:15.563 --> 00:26:16.423 Danielle Brandon, 00:26:16.463 --> 00:26:18.263 who's like perfectly stacked. 00:26:21.092 --> 00:26:22.332 And so I worked a lot on 00:26:22.432 --> 00:26:24.212 overhead mobility this off season. 00:26:24.573 --> 00:26:26.554 Um, and just like mobility all around. 00:26:26.574 --> 00:26:27.693 Like if you look at my snatch, 00:26:28.314 --> 00:26:30.154 like my ability to get down into the hole, 00:26:30.275 --> 00:26:32.496 isn't, isn't as good as a lot of athletes, 00:26:32.536 --> 00:26:33.615 which means that I have to 00:26:33.635 --> 00:26:35.817 pull the bar an extra couple inches. 00:26:36.436 --> 00:26:36.557 Um, 00:26:36.636 --> 00:26:38.137 so just like the little things like that. 00:26:39.018 --> 00:26:39.157 Um, 00:26:39.258 --> 00:26:40.238 so really try to hammer those 00:26:40.278 --> 00:26:41.919 weaknesses and then come December. 00:26:43.288 --> 00:26:43.449 Um, 00:26:43.469 --> 00:26:45.191 I started incorporating more CrossFit 00:26:45.612 --> 00:26:47.836 style training and Metcons, um, 00:26:48.336 --> 00:26:50.840 hop back on to, I followed, um, 00:26:51.181 --> 00:26:52.383 I followed my hand programming. 00:26:53.003 --> 00:26:54.707 Um, so followed back on, uh, 00:26:55.672 --> 00:26:56.852 onto Mayhem programming and 00:26:56.872 --> 00:26:58.712 started doing that in 00:26:58.752 --> 00:27:00.992 preparation for the season. 00:27:02.334 --> 00:27:04.013 And then the other thing was 00:27:05.055 --> 00:27:06.315 just my lack of experience 00:27:06.335 --> 00:27:07.535 with CrossFit competitions. 00:27:08.075 --> 00:27:10.875 So something that I think Brent, 00:27:10.976 --> 00:27:12.215 I think all of them, so Brent, 00:27:12.395 --> 00:27:13.517 Pat and Josh, 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:17.064 and Brandon said that I 00:27:17.104 --> 00:27:18.226 needed to do was gain more 00:27:18.286 --> 00:27:22.133 experience because the, 00:27:22.534 --> 00:27:24.577 like part of my performance 00:27:24.778 --> 00:27:27.082 at semifinals this past year, like I, 00:27:28.442 --> 00:27:29.643 went down towards the end of 00:27:29.682 --> 00:27:32.224 the weekend um because I 00:27:32.744 --> 00:27:34.646 think I was just like like 00:27:34.686 --> 00:27:35.708 I'm not that nervous of a 00:27:35.748 --> 00:27:37.108 person typically like I 00:27:37.128 --> 00:27:37.788 don't get that anxious 00:27:37.828 --> 00:27:39.269 about things but I think my 00:27:39.351 --> 00:27:40.431 central nervous system was 00:27:40.471 --> 00:27:41.632 just so taxed by the end of 00:27:41.652 --> 00:27:43.073 the weekend because I was 00:27:43.113 --> 00:27:43.913 just nervous about 00:27:44.013 --> 00:27:46.276 everything um which like 00:27:46.296 --> 00:27:46.996 I'm sure there's a lot of 00:27:47.037 --> 00:27:48.237 factors that go into it but 00:27:48.277 --> 00:27:49.137 a lot of that has to do 00:27:49.178 --> 00:27:50.878 with lack of experience um 00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.700 and so one of the things 00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.401 that they hammered 00:27:53.395 --> 00:27:54.376 was that I need more 00:27:54.416 --> 00:27:55.497 experience with CrossFit 00:27:55.517 --> 00:27:57.219 competitions and competing 00:27:57.239 --> 00:28:02.582 at a high level with good athletes. 00:28:04.443 --> 00:28:04.784 Sorry. 00:28:04.804 --> 00:28:06.404 So this last off season, 00:28:06.444 --> 00:28:07.605 I did Crash Crucible. 00:28:08.727 --> 00:28:10.228 I did Waterpalooza. 00:28:11.234 --> 00:28:11.355 Um, 00:28:11.755 --> 00:28:12.895 and those were kind of like my two 00:28:13.376 --> 00:28:14.917 competitions that I did. 00:28:14.958 --> 00:28:17.839 And I knew like a crack crash crucible. 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:18.980 Um, like I said, 00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.560 I wasn't really doing CrossFit at all. 00:28:20.601 --> 00:28:22.722 I was pretty much like Olympic lifting. 00:28:23.143 --> 00:28:25.183 Um, and then I, I tried each of the, 00:28:25.765 --> 00:28:27.205 the events, um, 00:28:27.625 --> 00:28:29.227 once before I went to crash crucible, 00:28:29.707 --> 00:28:31.709 but like I was not in good 00:28:31.749 --> 00:28:33.210 CrossFit CrossFit shape at 00:28:33.269 --> 00:28:34.269 all and definitely felt it. 00:28:34.891 --> 00:28:36.271 Um, and even at water Palooza, um, 00:28:37.289 --> 00:28:39.352 Like I was getting back into training, 00:28:39.412 --> 00:28:40.932 but still like not feeling 00:28:41.354 --> 00:28:42.855 like I was in the best CrossFit shape, 00:28:42.875 --> 00:28:43.234 but like, 00:28:44.296 --> 00:28:45.376 I kind of had to swallow my 00:28:45.436 --> 00:28:46.617 pride a little bit, um, 00:28:46.719 --> 00:28:48.880 and know that that was 00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:50.060 going to be a reality that 00:28:50.102 --> 00:28:51.542 my performance wouldn't be the best, 00:28:51.903 --> 00:28:53.644 but I could still get, um, 00:28:54.125 --> 00:28:56.207 that experience of competing with people. 00:28:56.867 --> 00:28:58.828 Um, yeah, 00:28:58.848 --> 00:28:59.849 so that was kind of my approach 00:28:59.869 --> 00:29:00.530 to the off season. 00:29:03.933 --> 00:29:07.256 So Jay Birch asks, was it Josh Godness? 00:29:08.696 --> 00:29:09.237 Probably. 00:29:10.117 --> 00:29:10.417 Okay. 00:29:11.258 --> 00:29:12.538 A wad zombie with a joke. 00:29:12.919 --> 00:29:13.980 If you want to learn how to dive, 00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.619 watch soccer. 00:29:17.021 --> 00:29:17.442 All right. 00:29:19.303 --> 00:29:21.824 You just play soccer. 00:29:21.864 --> 00:29:23.184 So when you look at the 00:29:23.265 --> 00:29:24.705 events that have come out already... 00:29:26.818 --> 00:29:28.881 Does the snatch ladder make 00:29:28.921 --> 00:29:30.402 you nervous or does the 00:29:30.422 --> 00:29:31.323 snatch ladder make you 00:29:31.383 --> 00:29:32.923 excited because you get to 00:29:32.983 --> 00:29:33.964 show what you've learned in 00:29:33.984 --> 00:29:34.586 the offseason? 00:29:37.188 --> 00:29:38.828 Both. 00:29:42.211 --> 00:29:43.472 I mean, being realistic, 00:29:43.492 --> 00:29:44.394 that will not be my best 00:29:44.453 --> 00:29:46.455 event at semifinals. 00:29:47.612 --> 00:29:50.734 Um, so like, I don't like that. 00:29:50.756 --> 00:29:50.955 Like, 00:29:51.016 --> 00:29:52.958 I'd rather have a bunch of home run 00:29:53.218 --> 00:29:53.577 events. 00:29:54.038 --> 00:29:55.560 Um, but to your point, like, 00:29:55.641 --> 00:29:56.461 I am excited to, 00:29:56.481 --> 00:29:58.544 to see like really where 00:29:58.584 --> 00:30:00.045 I'm at and like the hard 00:30:00.065 --> 00:30:01.507 work that I put into the off season. 00:30:02.106 --> 00:30:03.788 Um, see, see how much it paid off. 00:30:04.269 --> 00:30:05.730 Cause like you can hit 00:30:06.132 --> 00:30:08.314 certain numbers in training. 00:30:08.795 --> 00:30:09.494 Um, and like. 00:30:10.375 --> 00:30:11.797 get a good gauge of where you're at, 00:30:11.916 --> 00:30:14.098 but it's not really until 00:30:14.118 --> 00:30:15.640 like you put yourself to 00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:17.240 the test in a real 00:30:17.300 --> 00:30:18.521 competition until you 00:30:18.541 --> 00:30:20.202 really see like where 00:30:20.222 --> 00:30:21.263 you're at and where that 00:30:21.304 --> 00:30:22.305 hard work has landed you. 00:30:24.787 --> 00:30:26.127 Is a ladder like that better 00:30:26.188 --> 00:30:28.048 for you or would you rather 00:30:28.108 --> 00:30:29.611 just line up and do a one rep? 00:30:30.451 --> 00:30:31.511 It's definitely better for me. 00:30:32.092 --> 00:30:34.974 And I think, I think the fact that 00:30:36.260 --> 00:30:40.102 It's on the last day is also 00:30:40.142 --> 00:30:41.262 better for me because I 00:30:41.303 --> 00:30:42.942 think that everybody's 00:30:42.962 --> 00:30:44.064 going to be sore and tired. 00:30:44.144 --> 00:30:47.684 So it, and I think I recover pretty well. 00:30:48.545 --> 00:30:49.785 So I have that going for me. 00:30:50.286 --> 00:30:51.826 And then the fact that it's the last day, 00:30:51.885 --> 00:30:53.267 I think that levels the 00:30:53.307 --> 00:30:54.606 playing field a little bit 00:30:55.787 --> 00:30:57.347 as opposed to if it was day 00:30:57.468 --> 00:30:58.627 one and everyone was fresh 00:30:58.688 --> 00:31:00.189 and everyone's going for a 00:31:00.269 --> 00:31:01.249 one round max snatch 00:31:02.068 --> 00:31:03.930 probably wouldn't bode as well for me. 00:31:05.753 --> 00:31:07.355 yeah I i was at the west 00:31:07.375 --> 00:31:09.715 coast classic in 21 when 00:31:09.756 --> 00:31:13.439 that first came out and or 00:31:13.479 --> 00:31:14.419 when it the second time 00:31:14.459 --> 00:31:16.359 they did it and it was like 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:18.662 event one or two and people 00:31:18.701 --> 00:31:21.343 were flying like flying on 00:31:21.363 --> 00:31:22.743 that snatch ladder it's 00:31:22.763 --> 00:31:23.625 going to be interesting to 00:31:23.684 --> 00:31:25.685 see this year how it's 00:31:25.705 --> 00:31:26.666 going to be on day three 00:31:27.467 --> 00:31:30.548 yeah especially when you're 00:31:30.888 --> 00:31:31.750 running two and a half 00:31:31.829 --> 00:31:33.371 miles doing 50 clay and jerks 00:31:33.371 --> 00:31:35.874 50 front squats at 225, um, 00:31:35.933 --> 00:31:38.394 people are going to, 00:31:38.734 --> 00:31:39.714 the legs are going to be sore. 00:31:40.556 --> 00:31:40.756 Yeah. 00:31:41.336 --> 00:31:41.556 Yeah. 00:31:42.875 --> 00:31:45.537 And, and even if fresh, it, 00:31:45.856 --> 00:31:47.916 so many races came out of that event, 00:31:48.678 --> 00:31:51.897 like people racing over that last bar to, 00:31:52.719 --> 00:31:53.439 to beat each other out. 00:31:54.118 --> 00:31:55.959 I love the event as a spectator. 00:31:56.419 --> 00:31:57.420 It's so fun to watch. 00:31:58.140 --> 00:32:00.119 Um, yeah. 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.540 So I'm, I'm anxious for it. 00:32:02.441 --> 00:32:02.601 Yeah. 00:32:02.621 --> 00:32:02.701 Yeah. 00:32:03.965 --> 00:32:04.286 is there, 00:32:04.807 --> 00:32:06.028 is there any home run workout 00:32:06.067 --> 00:32:07.788 that you can't wait to get ahold of? 00:32:09.670 --> 00:32:11.172 Um, I, like I like, 00:32:11.192 --> 00:32:13.272 I usually do pretty good in 00:32:13.313 --> 00:32:13.933 running events. 00:32:14.013 --> 00:32:15.355 So I think the first one 00:32:15.375 --> 00:32:16.234 will be pretty good for me. 00:32:17.817 --> 00:32:18.017 Um, 00:32:18.676 --> 00:32:21.058 I like legless rope climbs and machines. 00:32:21.118 --> 00:32:22.819 So the echo bike, uh, 00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:25.281 legless rope climb box jump over, um, 00:32:25.342 --> 00:32:27.223 workout will be pretty good for me. 00:32:27.243 --> 00:32:27.284 Um, 00:32:29.914 --> 00:32:31.536 I'm excited to see how the 00:32:31.576 --> 00:32:32.895 rowing handstand walk, 00:32:33.615 --> 00:32:34.435 like what that event 00:32:34.516 --> 00:32:35.396 actually consists of. 00:32:35.896 --> 00:32:36.717 I know a lot of people are 00:32:36.757 --> 00:32:37.596 speculating that there's 00:32:37.616 --> 00:32:39.238 going to be some obstacles as part of it. 00:32:41.239 --> 00:32:43.558 So, depending on how that looks, 00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:46.200 I think the ratio of rowing 00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:48.121 to handstand walk isn't 00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:51.902 is like pretty good on the rowing side, 00:32:52.541 --> 00:32:55.083 which helps me out as 00:32:55.143 --> 00:32:56.364 opposed to if it was just 00:32:56.403 --> 00:32:59.144 like a handstand walk gymnastics workout. 00:33:00.445 --> 00:33:01.965 So that could potentially be 00:33:01.986 --> 00:33:02.967 a good event for me as well. 00:33:05.106 --> 00:33:06.407 You're going to be outside this year. 00:33:09.148 --> 00:33:11.690 Does that make it better or worse for you? 00:33:14.631 --> 00:33:15.632 I'm never opposed to getting 00:33:15.652 --> 00:33:16.192 some vitamin D. 00:33:18.465 --> 00:33:19.928 uh I'd have to look I 00:33:19.948 --> 00:33:20.667 haven't even looked at the 00:33:20.708 --> 00:33:22.410 weather in carson right now 00:33:23.431 --> 00:33:25.613 um I would assume this time 00:33:25.633 --> 00:33:27.835 this time of year it's not 00:33:27.915 --> 00:33:33.760 that bad so yeah I i 00:33:35.001 --> 00:33:37.444 assuming always gets me in trouble yeah 00:33:39.972 --> 00:33:40.452 Yeah, I don't know. 00:33:40.472 --> 00:33:41.354 I haven't looked myself. 00:33:42.354 --> 00:33:43.595 Wad Zombie actually lives there. 00:33:43.615 --> 00:33:46.577 So if he wants to give us a 00:33:46.798 --> 00:33:49.720 forecast for now in the next three weeks, 00:33:50.721 --> 00:33:51.280 that'd be cool. 00:33:52.382 --> 00:33:54.002 Yeah. 00:33:56.305 --> 00:33:58.247 So what is a realistic goal 00:33:58.287 --> 00:33:58.926 for this season? 00:34:01.288 --> 00:34:02.430 The goal is to make the games. 00:34:03.490 --> 00:34:03.711 And I think... 00:34:05.615 --> 00:34:07.115 I think that that's realistic. 00:34:07.455 --> 00:34:07.635 My, 00:34:07.756 --> 00:34:10.016 my goal last year was just to make 00:34:10.076 --> 00:34:12.016 semi-finals and I, 00:34:12.536 --> 00:34:14.056 I definitely exceeded my 00:34:14.137 --> 00:34:16.818 expectations by coming in fifth 15th. 00:34:17.757 --> 00:34:21.179 Um, so looking at last year's performance, 00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:23.019 seeing that I was six spots 00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:26.199 out from qualifying, I, I think it's, 00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:28.880 I think it's a realistic goal and, uh, 00:34:30.581 --> 00:34:31.942 yeah, we'll, we'll see how it goes. 00:34:33.585 --> 00:34:35.827 Corey just checked currently 67 and sunny. 00:34:37.228 --> 00:34:37.807 So not bad. 00:34:37.967 --> 00:34:39.670 And, and you got the dry heat. 00:34:40.630 --> 00:34:41.610 So it's not too humid. 00:34:42.291 --> 00:34:43.773 And I'm originally from California. 00:34:43.972 --> 00:34:47.235 So maybe, maybe like some, 00:34:47.755 --> 00:34:48.936 somewhere in the back of me 00:34:48.976 --> 00:34:49.976 and my body is used to 00:34:50.016 --> 00:34:51.217 being outside of California. 00:34:52.318 --> 00:34:53.820 Well, he says it's beautiful today. 00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:55.320 Sunny 75 to 80 degrees 00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:57.001 should be the same at the 00:34:57.081 --> 00:34:57.762 end of the month. 00:34:58.382 --> 00:34:59.583 Last year was cloudy though. 00:35:02.146 --> 00:35:02.445 Excellent. 00:35:03.998 --> 00:35:05.782 So is that why you compete in the West? 00:35:05.802 --> 00:35:06.963 Because you're from California? 00:35:08.887 --> 00:35:09.768 No, just because I... 00:35:11.690 --> 00:35:14.050 I really wanted to do the 00:35:15.532 --> 00:35:17.052 season at Franco's so I can 00:35:17.092 --> 00:35:18.333 be with guys like Brandon 00:35:18.373 --> 00:35:20.673 Luckett and people who 00:35:21.894 --> 00:35:23.054 compete at such a high level. 00:35:23.695 --> 00:35:24.516 And like I said, 00:35:24.536 --> 00:35:26.456 I do better when I train 00:35:26.476 --> 00:35:29.418 and like compete with 00:35:29.538 --> 00:35:30.518 people who are better than me. 00:35:31.378 --> 00:35:33.119 So that's why I feel at 00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:36.001 Franco's and why I work out 00:35:36.021 --> 00:35:37.382 there and train there so much. 00:35:38.481 --> 00:35:38.802 Okay. 00:35:40.003 --> 00:35:40.163 Yeah. 00:35:41.603 --> 00:35:43.304 I wish they would just, I don't know. 00:35:44.065 --> 00:35:45.007 I wish they'd come up with a 00:35:45.086 --> 00:35:47.989 way to just split the 00:35:48.068 --> 00:35:50.291 country in half and each 00:35:50.371 --> 00:35:51.692 side get the same number of 00:35:52.592 --> 00:35:55.315 invites and you just split 00:35:55.335 --> 00:35:56.815 them up so it's even. 00:35:58.637 --> 00:36:00.398 Because it's hard to figure 00:36:00.438 --> 00:36:02.420 out who's where until I see 00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.920 the leaderboard. 00:36:03.661 --> 00:36:04.382 And they'll change it. 00:36:04.561 --> 00:36:05.822 They'll change it again next year. 00:36:07.123 --> 00:36:08.164 Yeah, I'm sure they will. 00:36:09.186 --> 00:36:10.827 Nothing ever stays the same in CrossFit. 00:36:11.331 --> 00:36:11.570 Yeah. 00:36:13.251 --> 00:36:14.492 So how long have you been doing this? 00:36:14.652 --> 00:36:16.193 Like, when did you start CrossFit? 00:36:17.414 --> 00:36:20.434 I started in 2018 when I was 00:36:20.454 --> 00:36:21.434 coming through dive school here. 00:36:21.454 --> 00:36:25.896 I did it for half a year, 00:36:27.217 --> 00:36:29.338 then tore my meniscus 00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:32.800 snatching because I didn't 00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:34.440 have the mobility or the 00:36:34.501 --> 00:36:35.280 technique to do it. 00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:38.043 And I was just doing a lot 00:36:38.063 --> 00:36:39.922 more weight than I had any 00:36:39.963 --> 00:36:40.563 business doing. 00:36:41.543 --> 00:36:43.346 That was a pretty bad injury. 00:36:43.405 --> 00:36:45.007 It put me out for probably a 00:36:45.668 --> 00:36:46.688 year and a half to two 00:36:46.728 --> 00:36:48.088 years where I was still 00:36:48.108 --> 00:36:49.831 doing some CrossFit-type stuff, 00:36:49.851 --> 00:36:51.271 but there was a lot I couldn't do. 00:36:51.291 --> 00:36:52.452 I did the Open in 2018, 00:36:52.452 --> 00:36:53.554 and then I didn't do a 00:36:53.574 --> 00:36:54.273 season again until... 00:36:54.273 --> 00:37:04.900 21 um did the the opening 00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:06.961 quarterfinals 21 22 and 00:37:07.021 --> 00:37:09.764 then last year um was the 00:37:09.784 --> 00:37:11.324 first time I uh qualified 00:37:11.344 --> 00:37:14.306 for semis so a few years so 00:37:14.326 --> 00:37:15.407 you haven't been like full 00:37:15.686 --> 00:37:16.927 on crossfitting for very 00:37:16.967 --> 00:37:19.829 long at all really yeah 00:37:23.489 --> 00:37:24.170 Well, that's awesome. 00:37:24.570 --> 00:37:26.170 Um, you've, you've come pretty far, 00:37:26.210 --> 00:37:27.692 pretty fast and you're 00:37:27.711 --> 00:37:29.291 surrounded by a good group of people. 00:37:30.172 --> 00:37:31.612 Um, this has been a lot of fun, Max. 00:37:33.494 --> 00:37:33.673 Yeah. 00:37:33.833 --> 00:37:34.193 Thank you. 00:37:34.353 --> 00:37:35.054 Really appreciate it. 00:37:35.474 --> 00:37:35.635 Yeah. 00:37:35.675 --> 00:37:36.494 Thank you for coming on. 00:37:36.554 --> 00:37:37.454 Thank you to everybody in 00:37:37.474 --> 00:37:38.476 the chat for being here. 00:37:39.195 --> 00:37:43.177 Um, good luck at semis and, uh, we'll, 00:37:43.217 --> 00:37:44.498 we'll be watching them rooting, man. 00:37:45.137 --> 00:37:45.677 Sounds good. 00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.719 Thanks so much. 00:37:46.838 --> 00:37:48.059 And, uh, I love, 00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:49.440 I should say that I love 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.699 that the podcast is 00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:51.900 presented by thick boy and, 00:37:52.835 --> 00:37:56.338 I met him at beach ballers 00:37:56.378 --> 00:37:58.800 last year and I love his shirts. 00:37:59.219 --> 00:38:00.501 So shout out to thick boy. 00:38:00.621 --> 00:38:01.581 He's got some funny shirts 00:38:02.021 --> 00:38:03.021 and I got one myself, 00:38:03.583 --> 00:38:04.583 but it's a little inappropriate. 00:38:04.603 --> 00:38:06.244 So I won't, I won't tell you what it is. 00:38:08.070 --> 00:38:10.311 Yeah, he has some good, fun shirts. 00:38:11.032 --> 00:38:13.333 And he sponsors this podcast. 00:38:13.894 --> 00:38:14.454 He just started. 00:38:14.494 --> 00:38:16.097 This is our first month with him. 00:38:17.998 --> 00:38:20.400 And go to thickboy.fit. 00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.740 You can pick out your own 00:38:22.181 --> 00:38:23.882 inappropriate T-shirt and 00:38:23.943 --> 00:38:24.884 get that ordered and sent 00:38:24.923 --> 00:38:25.523 right to your house. 00:38:27.226 --> 00:38:27.606 Awesome. 00:38:28.126 --> 00:38:29.106 Thanks a bunch, Max. 00:38:29.387 --> 00:38:30.628 And we'll see everybody next 00:38:30.688 --> 00:38:32.849 time on Clydesdale Media 00:38:32.969 --> 00:38:34.431 Podcast featuring the 00:38:34.471 --> 00:38:35.552 athletes of the semifinals. 00:38:35.913 --> 00:38:36.253 Bye, guys.