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What is going on, everybody?
Welcome to Clydesdale Media Roundtable.
Again, two weeks in a row,
it's the Scott and Amy show,
or the Amy and Scott show.
And now Amy's frozen.
Yeah, my screen,
everything went black for a second.
I was like, oh my gosh,
what just happened?
And Amy is sporting the thick boy shirt.
I am.
Here it is.
Look at that.
Yep.
What do you think?
I like it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Really good quality stuff.
You can go to thickboy.fit
and he has tons of shirts out there.
I'm going to be checking in
with him hopefully later
today to find out where is our merch.
Where's merch?
You know,
I was just watching our intro and
looking at Charlie and why
does he always look so angry?
I know.
He doesn't.
He never smiles.
I know.
I mean, but even there, I'm like, dude,
we got to fix that.
Maybe he is.
Maybe having 17 kids does that to you.
I think probably that definitely does it.
He's just tired.
He always tired because all them kids.
Yeah.
Okay.
That's what it is.
All them kids.
Yeah.
I can't even imagine having
kids at my age now.
No.
you know my neighbors at the
age of 50 just had a baby
first no like fifth oh my
god and their youngest
other than this baby is uh
like 13. wow wow so they
just had a kid graduate and
they just had a newborn
That would be like me
starting all over again.
No way.
No way.
No.
No way.
No,
like we see the dad in the driveway
just going like.
Yep.
Like I just had to get out.
Right.
I just need to get out of the house.
Oh, my gosh.
So, yeah.
When Julie and I heard that, we were like,
no way.
No way.
Yeah.
What's up, everyone?
Glad you're in the house today.
Yeah.
Jodi, it's awesome.
Most importantly, did you work out today?
I never work out on Tuesday.
Because of this is the time you work out?
Correct.
Okay.
Did you work out yesterday?
I did.
And what did you do?
So I was craving a sandbag.
I did it in my garage yesterday.
I threw down the one car.
And so Corey has our other
car in Pittsburgh because of some things,
but we don't need to get into that.
But I was craving a sandbag.
So I did some low ring rows,
some sandbag cleans, and then I, um,
I shifted it and took the
sandbag and tossed it over my shoulder.
Yeah.
Um,
and then I did air squats just trying
to move.
I love it.
Feel good.
Um, and yeah, it was great.
Yeah.
Awful outside of our house though.
oh my gosh yes awful it's I
mean like it looks like
there's snow on people's
houses because of all the
cottonwood yeah we have one
we have a tree right in our
backyard oh it is awful
speaking of I need an
update how's the deck I've
been waiting for deck picks
So the deck is gone.
All the posts are out except
for a couple my dad and I
cemented in not that long
before he passed away.
And I've got to dig those out,
but I've already got like planter set.
And so we're going to,
we're doing raised beds for tomatoes,
peppers, cucumbers.
And those are set.
And now I,
so much dirt has washed away
from the house.
I need to get a load of dirt
to get that leveled out
before I can do anything with a patio.
Okay.
So you're doing a patio, no deck.
Correct.
Okay.
Got it.
Well, there's going to be, we need stairs.
Yeah.
I was going to say there's
gotta be some stairs.
So there'll be like a little mini deck.
Okay.
To come out like a landing
and then down the steps.
Okay.
Okay.
But we found like an outdoor gas line.
So we're going to put in a
gas fireplace or fire pit.
Yeah, fire pit.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's real cool.
Yeah.
But it's my piddle project for the summer.
Yeah.
So no rush, just like as we get time,
work on it.
So, you know,
I'm on my – I'm on summer break already.
We just started.
Yeah.
and I couldn't even make it
through the whole weekend
before I had to start doing
some projects like it was
sun it was sunday night and
I was like well I guess I'm
gonna go uh power wash the
house because I needed
something to do but so
here's my summer project so
I am going to because I got
this new power washer I'm
going to power wash off my deck
an area and then I bought a
new spray painter so I can paint.
I'm gonna have to do it on a
day that my husband's not
home working because I
didn't tell him I bought it,
first of all.
And second of all,
I know he probably wouldn't
be excited about me using it.
So I'm just gonna wait and
show him what I did when it's done.
I don't know if you remember the story.
I went to work on a Saturday
to get some overtime.
Came home and Julie had
repainted the entire kitchen.
I think I did know that.
And did not stay in the lines.
So I came home and I was
freaking out and
immediately had to get out
a brush and fix all the stuff.
But see, this is how we work.
So like, if I were to tell him,
I want to do this project,
let's get it started.
He'll him hum around and not
get it started.
But if I start the project,
he can't not finish something.
And I know that's what Julie does to me.
Cause she does.
She'll be like, Hey,
I'm going to paint the bedroom.
And I'm like, no,
you're not have time this
weekend to paint the bedroom.
We don't,
it's not warm enough to open the
windows or something.
You're right.
And then she'll go, well,
I'll just do it myself.
She gets a half a wall done and goes, F it,
I'm done.
Yep.
I get tired.
Well, now,
now I have to do the whole thing.
I get that.
I know that game.
Her and I play it well, obviously.
Oh, gosh, she does it all the time.
And my biggest problem is, like,
in my head, a project is A, B, C, D,
E. That makes sense.
D before A, B,
and C. And then you get to a
point where you have to, like,
make it work together.
And it's much more difficult
than if I had been able to
do it in the correct order.
Then maybe you should have
started it when she said,
this is my idea.
Patio, for instance.
Yeah.
It started.
It's being worked on, right?
Yeah.
But she's already thinking
about the decorations that
need to go and the new
shrubbery and the new all this, right?
Well,
we don't even know where the frame's
going to end up being yet
to know where to put that stuff.
I'm only smiling because I can relate.
But because of
her health issues right now.
I'm safe for a minute.
Cause she's not going to get
up and do it right now.
Right.
She, you know,
we're just trying to get to
like walking without pain.
Right.
Yeah.
And there's no need for her
to lug pots and dirt and
stuff to do the stuff she wants done.
So, so how do we make that happen?
Well,
we are switching back to my insurance.
Okay.
And that is effective July 1st.
Okay.
So we have to be in pain for
another month?
Well, she got shots.
She got cortisone shots done.
So that has alleviated some of the pain.
And you probably can relate to this too.
She gets the cortisone shots.
She feels good.
Well,
I'm going to go do all of this stuff
in one day.
Yep.
And then she's in pain the
next day because she overdid it.
That's hard.
So I'm really trying to put
my foot down and say, I will do that.
You sit down.
We don't need you re-injuring.
Pick two things.
Do those two things.
See, she has a little GSD in her.
She does.
She has a lot of that.
right and so it's like hey I
feel good I got it I got
gsd yeah you know but we're
and you're you're kind of
to this point we don't have
any kids at home I need
stuff to do two of us and
like if that third bathroom
doesn't get cleaned today
it's probably okay there's
nobody even going to use it
yeah but see here's where I
start to feel I feel like
yeah but I can't enjoy
relaxation time until
knowing there's something
else that needs to be done
that's just it's just a
it's something I'm
struggling with and I'm
working on it but I also
create stuff to do that I
don't need to do did I
really need to power wash
the concrete out there no well
And okay.
You, I don't know.
I don't know you.
I know you really well.
I don't know if I know you this well.
Okay.
So Julie will be like, okay,
that bathroom needs cleaned.
But on her way to the bathroom,
she'll see something else needs done.
She veers off there.
And then six hours later,
she's done eight projects.
And the bathroom is still not clean.
Okay.
I get the bathroom clean,
but I do veer off.
And I'm like,
if I don't take this trash out.
Then I'll forget and it
won't get taken out.
Oh, as I'm taking out the trash,
I better drop this off at the recycling.
So it's like that kind of stuff for sure.
Yeah.
So, hey,
aren't we supposed to talk about
some CrossFit stuff?
Yeah.
Did you work out today?
I did.
But yesterday was worse.
Oh, gosh.
I'm not even going there.
Draw your dagger.
Yup.
ADD, cyclone cleaning.
Yep.
That women be crazy.
I guess you're done now.
So that's fine.
Um, so yesterday's workout.
So it's the last time of Murph prep.
So it was, um, run 800 meters,
rest two minutes, run 800 meters,
rest two minutes, then come out,
come in and do three rounds, 20 pull-ups,
40 pushups, 60 air squats.
Is this what rich did in Europe?
Probably it's mayhem programming.
So yeah, I'm sure.
So my problem with that is, I mean,
I do the work cause I'm
going to do the prep and I
love Murph and those are
all great movements.
I think to do,
I would never in Murph do 40
pushups in a row.
Like I would never do that.
It would, I know my capacity.
It would take me in the weighted vest.
It would take me way too long.
And it did take me way too long yesterday,
which is why.
i choose to break it up in
different ways so it just
took forever and I just was
like so sore my lats are
sore my arms are sore my
chest is sore everything's
be sore but did you die it
was close but I made it
through today's workout I i
did the independence track
which is something I loved
about their programming is
they have like three
different actually four
They have like the compete track.
They have the freedom track,
which is what I would just
consider an RX track.
And then independence.
So like an intermediate
track and then liberty of beginner.
And I love it that it can be like, yeah,
today I'm not feeling a hundred percent.
So I'm going to do
independence track today.
And like, I'll hit the stimulus.
It'll be perfect.
And I'm not feeling like I did too much.
You know what I mean?
Yeah.
We have, we have RX scaled and L1.
okay yeah and l1 is like hey
if you're not feeling today
you just need to move that
this is an option for you
yeah and I think people
need to see that I think
it's it's nice to have that
the visual of the different
tracks other than I know I
can modify but I feel like
I'm modifying you know
everything or something so
Yeah.
I mean,
Christy and Patrick preach like
it's more important you're back tomorrow.
Right.
Than that you kill this today.
Yeah.
Right.
And so when they added that out one,
they really preach that a lot.
Like if you're not,
if you're sore and hurting, change it up.
Make sure that whatever you
do today gets you back here tomorrow.
Yeah.
I'm in.
I feel it.
So there was some CrossFit
going on this weekend.
Yeah, there was.
A little bit in Asia,
which I will admit I did not dive into.
But Europe happened at like
five o'clock in the morning, our time.
Yeah.
I would get up and like fast
forward through as much as I could.
Yeah.
Get it all in.
Did you watch much of it this weekend?
I didn't.
I was wrapping up end of the year stuff.
So even over the weekend,
I was busy with that.
So the quick takeaways are
the programming I thought was awesome.
Okay.
I thought it was a good mix
and a good blend of everything.
Um, and it really was a true test.
And other than Yona Koski, like,
I don't think anybody missed it.
Like I'm crushed over.
Okay.
Yeah.
Like,
I think the right groups of people
got in watching the test play out.
Mm-hmm.
um surprising yona doesn't
make it in has a bad first
two days but then really
comes back on the last day
but it's just not quite
enough to get him into that
top 10. so a games without
yona who you know was at
our hotel two years ago we
got him celebrating after
we won't get to do that this year
Um,
another surprise was Elisa Fuliano
winning the snatch ladder
at five foot one, 30 pounds.
It's amazing.
That is amazing.
And so I met her in person.
She's been on the show a bunch.
Yeah.
Person at the games last year.
She is so stinking tiny.
Yeah.
Not realize how much until
you stand beside her and
you just dwarf her.
Right.
Well, I, because I'm a Clydesdale,
but yeah.
The fact she was so smooth in that event.
So smooth.
And the, you know,
the saying smooth is fast.
Yep.
And she proved it, every bit of it.
So what about the,
and Jason at CF Media was
talking about this, about the injury.
So I talked about it with Carolyn,
who has been on the floor,
and I wanted to get her take on all this,
right?
Yeah.
And so Rebecca Vitteson comes down,
slides down the rope, and she,
her knee buckles.
She immediately goes to the floor,
grabbing the knee.
Yeah.
From watching sports my whole life,
ACL popped.
You can tell it.
It's what happened, right?
Yeah.
It took forever for someone
to get on the floor to her.
Where was her judge?
So the judge is doing
everything he's supposed to do.
Okay.
He's doing the medical wave.
Okay.
We need help now.
Yeah.
In France,
the law is that the venue is
responsible for medical, not the event.
Right.
Okay.
So in every place where I've
ever volunteered,
CrossFit has supplied the medical.
Correct.
That was not the case here.
Okay.
Okay.
And so finally,
an older gentleman hits the floor.
It looks like a doctor, I'm assuming,
and starts helping her.
She gets up.
She wants to keep going.
Okay.
She jumps on the bike.
She finishes the bike again.
She does a legless rope climb.
Mm-hmm.
Slides down much slower.
Yep.
Goes and attempts a box jump.
Oh, gosh.
Okay.
Does the second one goes to come off.
Yeah.
And the knee buckled as she
came off the box.
Okay.
Went down again.
Okay.
You said that that second
time was much more painful
than the first time.
Okay.
So Carolyn made an awesome
point on Sunday night.
Mm-hmm.
That if medical has to come
out and assist you in any way,
you should be done with that event.
Agreed.
Agreed.
Now,
if you come off and they can tape you
up and do whatever and you
can come back for the next one,
that's fine.
Yeah,
you need to be assessed more than
just oversee.
Yeah.
We penalize people in the
online competition if you
move their barbell for them.
If a medical professional
comes out and assists you, at that point,
I think the event is done.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I thought that was an
excellent point that she made.
Yeah, I agree with that.
I agree with the event.
And then I commented,
I don't know if you saw on
Jason's post was,
because he was talking about, you know,
they let Roman come out and compete.
And, and I was like,
I would love to do did we
forget about Julie fish a
because remember,
she came out with a boot
and was able to continue on
with the competition.
So I think
In both of those cases, though,
medical did not assist them.
No, I'm agreeing.
Yeah,
I'm agreeing and saying I think it's
also there is some
responsibility of the
athlete that they are
assuming some of that responsibility to.
Like if it's AMA, you know,
against medical advice or whatnot.
So.
So this is where, like,
I'm very conflicted.
And I watched Jason CF
Media's whole show yesterday.
Okay.
With Grundler, Young, Mango,
and Mike Halpin.
Mm-hmm.
Any other sport,
they don't let the athlete
make the choice.
Mm-hmm.
Right?
In football,
if they think you've had a head injury,
they call down, stop the play,
pull them off.
Yeah.
Because an athlete is always
going to try to push through whatever.
Mm-hmm.
Um,
but I don't think you can make that
decision on the floor, right?
Like if you're out there and
medical has come out at that point,
the decision isn't yours.
You're in your adrenaline's pumping.
You're,
you're going to try to do something
like she did.
Yeah.
It shouldn't do.
Yeah.
Take her off, assess it.
let the adrenaline cool down a little bit.
Then if she wants to go back
out for the next event,
that's all on her.
Yeah,
I totally agree here with what Nick
is saying.
CTE is way different than a knee injury.
But they do that in other ways as well,
other injuries.
It's not just CTE.
But the other thing is
they're very valuable
assets that teams don't
want them completely gone
if they can fix it early.
Yeah, sure.
So anyway, that's my thoughts on it.
I, they,
that when the medical came out the
second time,
they looked like the Keystone cops.
It was, they had like weird, um,
stretchers and stuff that
we don't normally see on a
CrossFit floor.
Because they're not the
CrossFit medical team.
Right.
So it just looked, it had a bad look.
The other thing that Carolyn
made a point of is the
camera should have looked away.
Like it's just a bad look for CrossFit.
So regardless of what
happens or whatever
decisions have been made,
let that happen kind of in
privacy so that you're not
broadcasting it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What happened to Ante?
Um, I understand he got injured as well.
Yeah.
Um, and I mean, let's be honest,
he he's late thirties,
I think like him making it
to the games last year was
kind of an anomaly.
Um, but he hurt his arm in some way.
Someone said he was one arm
pushing on the bike.
Yeah.
Like his Instagram,
it showed like some weird
bruising on it too.
And he said, you know,
his season was over now to
figure out what,
what's going on yeah so I
don't know I don't know
specifically again judy I i
did not dive into the asian
europe took about all my
weekend I don't know how
I'm going to do this
weekend with with north
america west and australia
going at the same time
because there are
contenders in both that we
need to watch for sure
Yeah, he might be old for a games athlete,
but I don't mind looking at him.
Yeah, he's one of Amy's favorites.
Turns out,
if you have an accent and a man bun,
you're on my list.
It's just the way it is.
What about Victor Hoffer?
I don't know.
Yeah, see,
I would not put him on your list.
But he fits those two criteria.
Yeah, okay.
That's interesting.
That's, let's start with that criteria.
And then then we'll weed out the rest.
Yeah.
Well, I'm kind of a manly girl.
So he is a little bit of a girly man.
Yeah.
and judy judy is right there
with you he is for so easy
on the eye yeah this
weekend's gonna be stacked
and then as draw your
dagger says and then the
next weekend we'll be
living off of liquid diet
of ghost energy drinks yeah
it's gonna be rough and I'm
not even going anywhere
although I did make a hotel
reservation in knoxville okay but
julie's okay I am probably
gonna go okay I found a
really good deal yeah
hopefully it doesn't have
bullet holes in the walls
like their games hotel um
but yeah I found a really
good deal just outside of
the city how far drive is
it six hours okay yeah so
it's drivable I can get
there I've already put in
some requests for with my
media credentials so we'll
see what happens there
And yeah.
Yeah.
I just,
I love semifinals more than the games.
As for a media person,
you have more access to the athletes.
You can talk to them more.
You can get better content
and the tension of making the games.
Yeah.
I agree.
Then people who get to the games.
I totally agree.
I agree that the excitement
is bigger at that sense of, of that.
kind of what ifs you know
yeah so I so dry dagger I
do have a media credential
for there I'm just I'm
asking for some extra stuff
I put in some requests
because in the media
agreement it says you can
be in certain places you
can't be in certain places
unless you get prior
approval from crossfit so
that's what I'm trying to do
wide zombie will be our eyes
and ears and carson if he
is sober and not
participating in
shenanigans oh denise is
going to be doing um
athlete control I did that
once before it's hard
because a lot of those
athletes they try to go
rogue they just like nope
I'm going to go over here
and you're like nope we're
in charge of you get over
Wasn't your job one year to
bring on the backdrop for
the Sideline Reporter?
Yeah.
All day.
Yep.
It was move it out, bring it back.
Move it out, bring it back.
Yep.
But I got a front row show of everything.
Right at the finish line.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I didn't get to see anything
at that because I was doing
security at Athlete Village.
And so I got to talk to everybody,
but I didn't get to see any
of the games going on.
You got that right, Wadzombie.
I'd even let him boss me around.
And that doesn't happen very often.
That's what I'm saying.
Yeah, I would love to be in Carson.
I have so much FOMO this week.
Yeah, Carson sounds amazing.
but man,
the hotels and the plane tickets
to get out there were
nowhere near affordable
with the late notice we got
for media credentials.
For sure.
But we do have a photographer.
I did get a local LA guy.
Okay.
He's going to be in the building.
I talked to Dylan and Sasha.
I got,
he's using my media credential to
take shots and, uh,
And he'll get us some stuff
back through the day for our headlines,
for our wrap-up shows, stuff like that.
So at least we have that.
Yeah.
So what time does everything kick off?
So it's 9 a.m.
Pacific, which would be here.
All right.
Yeah.
Last year,
Denise got sweated on by all the
athletes when she removed
the timing chips.
Bottled that up.
I think it will help your
score on the Open.
So do you know who Denise is?
No.
So she won Legends in the 65+.
Oh, fantastic.
And she,
I think... She'll correct me if
I'm wrong.
I think she finished second in semifinals.
Yes.
Yeah.
Okay.
Nice.
So she's going back to the games.
Woo.
Yeah.
She's awesome.
Yeah.
Great story too.
We had her on cause I
interviewed all the
champions of legends and, uh,
she has an awesome story of
stuff she's overcome in her life.
So, yeah.
Uh,
one of my favorite people that I've met
on this journey, um,
have no idea I think corey's
been drinking because I do
not understand what that is
I don't understand what
that is either I'm
uncomfortable with what he
might be referring to so
I'm gonna oh oh okay sixth
in the semis got it okay
sorry but she'll she'll
smoke everybody in the in
the live competition I'm sure
So I don't have a lot of
time because I have a one
o'clock meeting.
Yep.
Yep.
But what are you looking
forward to most this
weekend at either semi?
Cause I know you are very
much an Australian.
I don't know.
I'm just not, like you said,
I think I'm just excited
for the excitement and the,
I don't want to say like the,
just the surprises.
I think that's what it is.
Like just the unknown, like,
like Yona not making it like, shoot,
you know,
like I wouldn't have predicted that.
So I think just kind of watching to just,
just go along for the ride
and see where it takes us, you know?
Yeah.
What, what's sad for me is like, if,
if I have friends that are
athletes because of like
relationships we built,
they're all in the West.
Right.
Not all, but like a good chunk are Ariel,
Emily, Rebecca, like Hattie,
all those people that I've,
I've become friends with.
Um,
Sam all like, gosh,
so many people and I don't
get to see them live.
So that's where I'm going to
have a lot of FOMO.
Um, but I,
it's going to be a fun weekend
cause I get to see them all
compete and all punch their
tickets to the games.
Yeah.
Well,
that's the one benefit of not being
there is to be able to watch everything.
Yeah.
You know, when, when you're there working,
you don't get,
there's a lot that you miss.
I would say semis,
I've seen every heat of
individual for the last couple years.
I totally have to miss team
because I'm downloading stuff,
uploading stuff.
That's where I choose to take my breaks.
But yeah,
Yeah.
But I don't even know what
the setup is in Carson.
Like,
I don't even know if there's a media
pit around the tennis stadium.
I don't even know how it's set up.
Cause it looked tight when
you look back at like when
the games were there.
Yeah.
So I don't,
I have no idea how that's going
to be set up.
Everything always looks
bigger on TV because I mean,
the first time I ever went to Madison,
I was like, Oh, this is,
this is the field.
Like it just seems so much bigger there,
you know, or on TV.
then when you're there.
Yeah.
So the first time I was ever in Madison,
Mike and I were doing
equipment on the field and
it was so tiny compared to
what it ended up being in the last year.
Okay.
Um,
so in my mind it kept growing out a
little bit bigger and
bigger and the stands
definitely probably tripled
in size from year one to
the year we were last year.
So
That was crazy.
But yeah,
I guess I'm looking forward to that.
Is Justin on his way back?
That's going to be a huge
story after a disappointing year.
We haven't heard much from
him this offseason.
No, we sure haven't.
So what are we going to see?
And yeah, that women's side,
it's so dang top heavy with the top five.
You can't get your message to type?
I typed it,
and then it just said it won't go.
I don't know.
Okay.
What I was trying to say, Wad Zombie,
is I had already said that in my head.
Well,
we're going to be trying to do some
wrap-up shows this weekend.
I know it goes to about 8.30 our time.
Mm-hmm.
And that is provided weather is good.
Uh,
do we have a weather forecast one
zombie for the LA area for the weekend?
Um, but I,
I do believe the scheduled time
for ending is about eight 30 our time.
So we'll probably do some wrap up shows.
I have everybody I've
interviewed in the semifinal series.
I've said, Hey,
we might be reaching out to
you to have you on the wrap up shows.
And I'm almost a hundred
percent of them said that
they would love to come on.
So we'll see.
I did not see that Bethany
has an Adidas sponsorship.
Wow.
Well,
that's what Laura was wearing in Europe.
She was wearing soccer shoes for, like,
the snatch.
A little overcast in the morning,
perfect sunshine in the afternoon.
Sweet.
Mm-hmm.
It's going to be,
and it's the only outdoor venue too,
so it's going to be
interesting to see that.
And Bethany, every year I count her out,
every year she proves me wrong.
Yep.
And so this year I picked
her to make it to the games
because I wasn't going to
get fooled again.
Well, I hope that doesn't screw things up.
And do the opposite.
And just to finish up on our
age group people that we love to death,
Dex Hopkins is in a qualifying spot now.
He's no longer 41th.
No, he's 40th.
Yep, not 41th anymore.
No more 41th.
So super stoked for him.
And once we get through all
that finalization,
we'll have a crew back on
from the age groups to talk
about next steps and how
they're going to prepare for the games.
We did a little roundtable
with Dex and Corey and Ryan Radke,
and it was freaking awesome.
They were awesome to have on,
even though Corey and Dex
could not stay on task
after the entire show.
and we needed subtitles for
both of them with their
southern accents wow yeah
with that uh so stoked that
you could all be here uh
the chat always makes us so
much better with that we'll
see everybody next time on
the glidesdale media roundtable bye guys