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Elisa Fuliano | Athletes of the 2024 CrossFit Games · Clydesdale Media Podcast

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In the kitchen you decided
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What is going on, everybody?
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Welcome to the Clydesdale Media Podcast.
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My name is Scott Switzer
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I'm the Clydesdale.
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And I am with,
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who has become one of my
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favorite CrossFit athletes in the world,
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Elisa Fuliano.
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Elisa, how are you?
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Thank you.
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Thank you so much.
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I'm good.
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Thank you.
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I'm very good now.
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For sure better than before semis.
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Yeah.
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So let's talk about that a little bit.
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You got your third straight
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invitation to the CrossFit Games.
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Yes.
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I would like it would be
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like an invitation.
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Unfortunately, I had to sweat for it.
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And it was like being in a war.
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But I'm happy how it went.
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And I'm happy to have earned
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this third precious
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qualification to the Games.
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This year, it's been so tough.
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So this makes it even more
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like I'm more proud than myself,
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more than last two years.
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So Jethro,
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I think he's speaking Italian for you.
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Buongiorno, Jethro.
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Thank you.
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So let's talk about that.
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When we first met three years ago,
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we talked about a lot of
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things that were going on in your life,
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rheumatoid arthritis,
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different things that were
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going to possibly limit your career.
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And at that point,
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if you would have told me
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that Elisa was going to finish,
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qualify for the Games three
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straight years,
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I would not have believed it.
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Yeah, me neither, for sure.
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So what made this year so
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tough and so rewarding at the same time?
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So fortunately, every year I say, okay,
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maybe I can go on for other
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two years and then I quit.
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Then next year, everything is okay,
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even better.
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So I think, well,
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maybe from now on another
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two years and then the next year,
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same thing.
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So I'm so happy it is going like this.
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As you said, I...
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I wouldn't bet to find
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myself here three years ago.
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So I think I'm very, very lucky.
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I mean,
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I'm also stubborn and I'm happy to
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be stubborn as well because if
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I should have followed the
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recommendation from doctors
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and families and friends.
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I should have stopped doing
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any kind of competitive
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sports right away.
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But fortunately, as I said,
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I'm very stubborn and I'm
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proud of myself to have sticked to it.
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and being here I mean uh it
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seemed impossible three
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years ago um but as I said
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um maybe uh it's also I've
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been lucky and but of
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course luck I think is one
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of the um I mean you have
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to be lucky as well uh
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apart from the hard work um
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how much you want it but of
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course luck I think uh plays
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a crucial role as well.
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So I'm happy.
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I've also been lucky that my
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rheumatoid arthritis let me
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achieve what I've achieved.
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And it's just amazing.
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So because of, because of that,
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Every year,
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it allows you to soak it in
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because you don't know if
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it's going to be your last, right?
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Yes,
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I leave every competition like it was
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the last one.
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So I try to leave every second I can to...
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So that I can say, OK,
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if this is my last competition,
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I want it to be good.
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So every competition for me is like, OK,
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I'll give my best so that
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in the case I have to stop like tomorrow,
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I want to be happy to stop.
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So I'll do everything I can
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every time I can.
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So the last time we talked,
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which was probably about a year ago,
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everything was in check
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with the rheumatoid arthritis.
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You had kind of found some
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ways to manage it.
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Are we still in that good place?
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Yes, we are, fortunately.
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And I'm still with the same therapy.
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And I think my pain is under control,
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but I think it is causing
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maybe some inflammation
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more often than maybe they
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could appear normally.
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So it happens that sometimes
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like my knee or my wrist or
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some other part of my body
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are with inflammations.
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But I think we can manage,
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me and my coach,
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He managed to change each
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training based on where I have the pain.
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So, of course,
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I have to thank him a lot
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because he always finds a
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way to make me train hard anyway.
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But I think, yes, I cannot complain.
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I mean,
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I guess every athlete has its pain
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here and there.
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So I think it's just a normal thing.
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I think you just have to
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accept to have pain when
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you want to stay in this level.
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I mean, between top athletes,
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you have to take into
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account that you're going
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to hurt a lot of your time.
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So it's just part of the journey.
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So what does an average day
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look like for you?
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And does it incorporate like
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mobility and stretching and body work?
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um yes I start with a lot of
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mobility um so I have to
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make sure that my joints
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are well um are working
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well so um I make sure I
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start with like half an
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hour mobility and um this
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really help I mean um I
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have to make sure to start the training
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being well functioning.
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And then, for example,
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when I have a weightlifting session,
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I have to make sure not to
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jump too much weight.
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So adding very small weight
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and go up slowly and so
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with not too much gap
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between one attempt and the other.
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Yeah,
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it's a bit maybe I just need to be a
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bit more
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to pay a bit more attention
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than maybe other athletes.
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But if this allows me to, like, to gain,
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like,
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three times in a row CrossFit game
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qualification,
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then I'll do it with pleasure,
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even if I have to spend more time to it.
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Also, like, later after the session.
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So I start with stretching and mobility.
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And then after it, I have to...
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um like do it very long cool
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down so every muscle I use
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in the training uh I have
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to make sure it is well
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like again mobility and um
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I do I stretch a lot um
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logan ewing says my respect
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just grew even more thank
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you logan yes always a good
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word for me you always
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write me on instagram so thank you again
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So are you capable of doing
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ice baths and things like that,
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or is that too quick for
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you to cool down?
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Actually, each time I have the chance,
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I like to do it.
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For example, during semifinals,
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there were the ice baths,
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and I did it like this.
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I think every, every, after every workout.
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And I think it really helps.
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I would like to have one, um, actually the,
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the brand that there were
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at semi send me a,
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ice bath but at the moment I
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don't know where to put it
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like in my gym I have to
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figure out a place but as
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soon as I have the chance
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to I would like to have one
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for like to use every every
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time I need because I
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noticed that every time I
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do it like for example
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during competition actually
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competitions are the only
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occasions where I can do ice baths and
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I noticed it really helped
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for sure for legs more than
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every other body part.
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It really helps to recovery.
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For example,
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after event number one at semis,
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the one with the run,
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like I finished that I was
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literally dead and my legs
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were not responding anymore.
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So I really needed a nice
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bath and that really helped
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to recover faster.
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Yeah,
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so I saw something on your Instagram.
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I was trying to find it.
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I know you're a Reebok athlete.
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Here it is.
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So I'm going to show this.
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I just bought these shoes.
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You?
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Yeah.
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Oh.
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So the Reebok runners.
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Yes, I like that video.
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I just bought a pair of
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these in the like turquoise.
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Okay.
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Yes.
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I'm sure you won't regret.
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They are the most
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comfortable shoe I've ever worn.
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Yes, I agree.
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They're amazing.
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I was really happy because
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until that moment, as I wrote, I think,
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on the post, I was not really,
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really 100% satisfied about
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running shoes because as
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far as nanos are concerned,
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I think they're the best.
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I've always worn nanos since
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I started doing CrossFit,
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but I was not very
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satisfied for running shoes.
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So when...
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The guys from Reebok told me,
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soon we're going to drop a
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very cool model.
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You're going to like it.
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I was like, yes, okay.
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And when they sent it to me,
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I just find it amazing.
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I think the thing that I
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like the most about them,
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I don't know if you agree,
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but it's that they are super,
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super light.
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It's like you have nothing at your feet.
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So that was really impressive.
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I really like them.
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So when I got them,
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I was worried because the sole,
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there's like gaps in the sole.
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And then the outer sole is solid.
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So it's like there's gaps in between them.
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And I was like,
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because I'm not a small guy, right?
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Is it going to be able to hold up to me?
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And they have been awesome.
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Yes.
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And they are the lightest
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shoe I think I've ever owned.
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Yes, they are.
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They're amazing.
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I think they really helped
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for Sammy's workout,
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even if it didn't go as planned,
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but they really helped with the running.
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They were amazing.
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So you did the workout,
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workout one in these shoes?
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Yes, yes, I did.
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So that blows my mind
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because I cannot imagine
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lifting in these shoes.
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Yes, they're not like made for lifting,
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but I think for that workout,
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at least for me,
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the worst part was the running.
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So I wanted the running to
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be the part like best treated.
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So I wanted to make sure that running was,
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I wanted to be as much
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comfortable as I could.
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That's why I've chosen that
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type of shoes because I
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knew that clean and jerk
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were going to be not the main problem.
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I think the run was the main problem.
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So I wanted the best shoes
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for the run so that I could
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do the best as I could.
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So let's dive into that
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semifinal performance because...
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You had a great semifinals,
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but it did not start great.
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No.
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Yes.
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Actually, every year at semifinals,
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the first event is the worst.
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And this time was the third year.
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So I already knew that
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probably the first was
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going to be the worst.
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And so that was it.
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But I didn't imagine...
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like the 20th place out of 40.
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I mean, yes,
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it's in the middle of the leaderboard,
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but I was hoping maybe between 15 and 20,
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because usually, as I was saying,
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the first workout of semi
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is like with ergometers or
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last year there was the sled.
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So they're usually not,
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there are not movements that I like.
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So I know that the first
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workout is the one where I
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have to like limit the damages.
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And so this year was exactly the same.
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So I faced that workout thinking, OK,
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this for sure for you is
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going to be the worst.
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So do everything you can and
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we'll see where it gets.
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So the 20th place was not good,
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was not too bad, was OK.
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I think actually it was like
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our expectations.
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And I knew that after that,
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climbing the leaderboard
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was going to start.
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So actually,
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if I look at the whole competition,
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it went exactly as we planned.
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I mean, me and my coach expected.
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I mean, first day with the first workout,
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we knew I was going to be
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in the middle of the leaderboard.
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We knew that with day number two,
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I was going to climb a bit
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the leaderboard,
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but still maybe be out of
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the 10 qualifying spots,
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but still in that zone with
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the more or less same number of points.
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And then I...
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on day number three, uh,
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it was going to be my day.
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And I know that, um, uh,
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I was going to find the
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workouts more for me.
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So I knew that on day number three,
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I had to give my, my best to, um,
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do the climbing and, uh, earn what I,
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what I deserve.
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So yes, first workout was the worst,
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but I knew it was going to be the worst.
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So like no big surprises,
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but actually I didn't think
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apart from the result, I, uh,
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I would have suffered like this.
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I was literally dead.
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I think it was one of the
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worst workouts ever.
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I mean, with the feelings.
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It took me like three
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minutes to get on my legs again after it.
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Yeah,
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it's funny you say that because I
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talked to James Sprague
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yesterday and he said he
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won it in his semifinal and
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it was the worst he felt
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after any event the entire weekend.
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Okay.
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So you're not alone.
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Perfect.
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Yes.
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This makes me feel a bit better.
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So when you... Let me... So
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you say every year the
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first event is like your heart event.
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Is it program specific?
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Or is it nerves going into the semifinals?
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No,
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I think because the first workout is
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usually the one which lasts the most.
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So around...
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between 20 and 30 minutes every year.
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Like the endurance workout
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usually is workout number one.
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And I'm not usually that
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good in endurance workouts.
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So we're working on them a lot.
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But still,
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I think between all the type of
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the workouts,
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endurance is still one of my weaknesses.
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So I know that in that workout,
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I'm usually not able to give my best,
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but we're working on it.
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That's why it's not the nerves.
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I think, yes,
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as far as nerves are concerned,
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the first one is for sure the worst.
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because after the first
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workout in every
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competition then it goes
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like a bit better you know
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uh when they call you you
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know where where you have
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to be when you have to be
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uh you know the drill so uh
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after the first workout
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that the ice is is broke um
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everything goes more smooth
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so maybe that also a little
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bit I i remember I was
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scared so maybe that maybe
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yes maybe that um
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influenced a bit the
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performance but is uh
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mostly because not workout
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number one is the the
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longer workout during the
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weekend in like in every
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semifinals was like that so
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it's for that reason so
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back to the rheumatoid
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arthritis a little bit and
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your weakness being
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endurance can your body
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handle training those
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longer uh time domains yes
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I think it's not
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A problem, maybe more my feet.
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Like it's not like the whole body,
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but my feet are going to
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hurt after some times that
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I stress them out.
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Like, for example,
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also when I'm doing sled, for example,
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last year there was sled in
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the first semis workout.
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And I remember I suffered my feet a bit.
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because of rheumatoid arthritis,
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but it's not a problem actually.
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We can train it.
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For example,
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yesterday I did three hours
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biking and it's not a big problem.
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Okay, okay.
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So then you go into the second event,
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which is... I guess, I'm sorry,
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I guess it's just because
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of my background.
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I used to run...
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But I was not like doing
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like half marathons or 10 kilometers.
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I was sprinting.
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I was doing like 100 meters and that's it.
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So maybe because of my background,
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I was not able to develop
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like endurance a lot.
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That's why maybe now I'm a
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bit more – I have a deficit
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for endurance.
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It's funny too because you are so tiny.
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Um, when, when, when I met you in person,
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like, like I've seen you on TV, I've seen,
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and then when I met you in person,
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like it really showed how tiny you were.
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And so like,
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so the owner of my gym is
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Christy O'Connell,
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a Christy Aramo O'Connell and tiny too.
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Right.
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But like she is an endurance athlete.
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So I think people pigeonhole
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you and think they know
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what you're good at.
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But you're very different
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than other smaller athletes.
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And we're going to get into
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that with what you did
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really well in this weekend.
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Yes.
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Right?
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No one was expecting that.
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Like, looking at me,
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I was going that good on that workout.
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Right.
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Exactly.
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And we're going to get into that.
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But also, I think another reason for...
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because I'm not good in
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endurance is because of that.
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I mean,
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Christine maybe can be an exception.
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I'm so happy that she can,
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she can do well in endurance.
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This gives me a bit more
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hope that I can be better as well,
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but because I'm short, for example,
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every workout with, uh, in, of endurance,
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which have, uh, ergometers, uh, so row,
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uh, skier or eco bike, like being tiny,
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I cannot like,
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I have to push way more than
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the other ones to maintain
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like maybe the same pace, you know,
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so I get tired before.
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And also in running,
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I have like very short legs.
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So for me,
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running fast is more exhausting
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than the other ones.
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That's why also I'm not that
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good in endurance.
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Do you watch the other
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competitions during semis?
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You mean the other semis around the world?
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Yeah.
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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Did you see what Colton
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Mertens did on the run?
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It was, remember me?
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I don't.
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He took top five in the West.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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And that was,
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that was shocking to everybody.
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He had worked so hard on his
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endurance running and he's
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another smaller athlete, right?
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Just on the inside.
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Does that give you hope that
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you can turn around too?
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Yes, yes, of course.
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Also, for me,
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maybe the worst CrossFit
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element is EcoBike because,
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as I was saying,
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I cannot push hard enough
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compared to other bigger athletes.
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But when I saw, for example, Emma Carey,
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she's tiny as well,
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but I saw both at the Games
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and the Rogue Invitational,
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she smashed the eco bike.
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And so I was like, okay,
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so I don't have excuses now.
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She's shorter, like almost as me.
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So she managed to push on the eco bike.
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So I have to push it like her.
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on the eco bike.
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I mean, even if your short is possible.
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So that also gave me hope
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that I can be better on eco bike.
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Yeah.
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It's gotta be a weird
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dichotomy because your power output is,
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is huge.
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Like, and you prove that in lifting.
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Um, and so you can,
23:49
you have that quick twitch
23:51
and that power.
23:52
It's just, how does,
23:53
how do you make it
23:53
translate to a machine?
24:01
I don't know.
24:01
I mean,
24:02
I feel like even if I'm pushing hard,
24:06
I still feel I cannot push
24:08
like the other ones.
24:10
So, for example,
24:12
this was one of the reasons
24:13
I was a bit pissed off for
24:15
some of the workouts of the semis because,
24:18
for example,
24:19
for workout... I don't
24:20
remember which number was...
24:23
each workout,
24:23
but the one with echo bite
24:25
and legless rope climb and
24:27
the one with row and headstand.
24:30
I mean, I'm usually good in skill skills.
24:35
So I'm usually good at
24:37
legless rope climb and, you know,
24:39
I'm good at SN walk,
24:42
but I was a bit pissed off
24:45
that they were like,
24:47
they didn't really count
24:48
that much in that workout.
24:50
So it didn't count really
24:51
much how good you were in
24:53
legless or climb or aspen walk,
24:56
because I think it was counting most how,
25:00
how strong you were going to, uh,
25:02
on the eco bike and how
25:04
strong you were going on the,
25:05
on the Rover.
25:06
That's why.
25:08
Like, I was, when I saw the workout, I was,
25:11
okay, there is the skill.
25:13
I'm usually good at it,
25:14
but I'm afraid that it's
25:16
not going to count much.
25:18
I mean, legless rope climb was not,
25:21
was absolutely, like,
25:22
irrelevant in that workout.
25:24
And I was hoping it was going a bit better,
25:29
but I knew that being the eco bike, like,
25:33
the main thing of the workout,
25:35
I knew I was...
25:38
I was not going to be as
25:42
strong as I wanted,
25:44
as well also in the one with the row.
25:47
I mean, I'm very good in stand,
25:50
but it was tough for me
25:52
keeping the same pace as
25:53
the other ones on the row.
25:58
In general,
25:58
I liked this year workout very
26:02
much because it was a pure CrossFit.
26:04
But on the other side,
26:06
I wanted the skills to count more,
26:09
you know.
26:09
Yeah, it's funny you say that.
26:12
Jody Lynn says,
26:14
nice to hear a bit of emotion there.
26:16
I have to say like with your accent,
26:19
you make sounding pissed
26:21
off the most beautiful
26:23
language I've ever heard.
26:24
Okay.
26:29
But I love your accent.
26:32
But it's funny you say that
26:34
because I host a show with
26:36
Carolyn Prevost and we were
26:38
talking about the same thing.
26:39
like they took the skills
26:42
that like she developed
26:43
like the legless and the
26:45
handstand walk and they
26:47
made them not count like
26:48
with the legless you only
26:49
had to do one and they
26:50
broke it up so it even if
26:52
you have a difficulty with
26:54
the legless it's broke up
26:56
enough for you to recover
26:57
to be able to do them right
26:58
yeah exactly which were
26:59
really good at them they
27:01
didn't get that advantage
27:02
that they would normally
27:03
get exactly yes um and then
27:06
on the handstand walk
27:08
I tried to argue that it was
27:09
a handstand walk workout.
27:11
She flat out slam dunked me and said, no,
27:14
it was a row workout.
27:16
Yes, exactly.
27:18
And she said the same thing.
27:20
It took all the great
27:21
handstand walkers out of the competition.
27:24
Yes, exactly.
27:27
So with that,
27:29
I had this question in my
27:30
head as I was doing the notes for this.
27:32
You seem to be a better
27:33
CrossFit games athlete than
27:35
a semifinal athlete.
27:37
It's 12 events instead of six.
27:40
They do a lot more gymnastic
27:42
stuff when you get to the
27:44
games because they have the ability to,
27:47
a workout can specialize in
27:49
one area because there's
27:50
enough to balance it all out.
27:53
Do you agree that you're
27:54
better when you get to the big stage?
27:58
I don't know.
27:59
I mean,
27:59
I think it depends mainly on the workout.
28:05
I mean,
28:05
the first year it was I didn't
28:09
manage to like I didn't
28:11
like the workouts.
28:12
They were I think mostly
28:15
they were for like big athletes.
28:17
So I didn't really enjoy doing them.
28:21
Like, I didn't like them.
28:23
And last year, instead,
28:25
I like every workout.
28:28
So out of 12 workouts, really,
28:30
I like them all.
28:32
And...
28:36
I think they were more CrossFit.
28:38
So I guess it depends on the workouts.
28:45
Hopefully this year they
28:48
will be on the same style of last year.
28:52
So maybe if this is the case, maybe yes.
28:56
I will be happy if I manage
29:02
to be well in the Games.
29:03
Don't say me.
29:06
Since Dave Castro's come back,
29:08
it's gotten more CrossFit-y.
29:10
Yes.
29:11
Yes.
29:12
I wanted to say that.
29:14
I really like Dave Castro
29:15
workouts more than Adrian
29:18
Bosman's workouts.
29:20
And I think, I mean,
29:22
I think they're working
29:23
together and I think Dave's
29:24
trying to mentor Boz on all that stuff.
29:27
But he has said that he
29:28
wants moving forward this
29:30
to be more CrossFit-y.
29:32
yes I really hope I really
29:34
hope it will be because the
29:35
first uh year really I was
29:37
like okay I'm here at the
29:39
games and I'm I'm not
29:40
having fun like I don't
29:41
like one workout out of the
29:45
one I did like I was a bit
29:49
like angry because I was
29:50
like okay I work hard all
29:52
year and then I'm here and
29:54
I'm not liking it so I was
29:57
a bit angry because
30:00
they didn't... I have some expectations,
30:07
of course, for the games,
30:08
but they were not...
30:13
they were not my expectations.
30:16
While last year, I was like, okay,
30:19
so these are the real games.
30:21
These, I really, I like them.
30:25
I like every workout.
30:26
And also the one, I remember Alpaca,
30:29
where I got stuck on legless or climb,
30:31
but because they were like
30:34
very high with the heavy
30:36
sled and heavy other thing.
30:39
But I remember that
30:41
Because usually when you're
30:42
not doing well in a workout,
30:44
when you finish it, you say like, no,
30:47
I didn't like the workout.
30:48
And instead,
30:49
even if I got stuck on the
30:51
legless rope climb,
30:52
I was sad that I didn't
30:55
have the chance to finish
30:57
it because actually I
30:58
really liked it as a workout.
31:00
So I liked every workout and I was okay.
31:03
So this year I'm having fun
31:05
and I hope I will be here
31:09
next year as well because
31:11
if CrossFit games are like this,
31:13
I'm going to like them.
31:14
Otherwise I didn't like them
31:16
at all my first year.
31:18
So since the direction seems
31:20
to be like more CrossFit workouts,
31:23
hopefully I'm going to
31:25
enjoy them also this year.
31:28
I remember talking to you
31:29
after that first year and
31:30
you were so bummed because
31:32
the stuff you were looking
31:33
forward to was after the cut.
31:36
Yes, that's true.
31:38
And,
31:38
and so you had to kind of endure this
31:41
first part and then you
31:42
didn't make the cut to do
31:43
the stuff you wanted to do.
31:44
Yeah, that's true.
31:46
I remember.
31:47
Um, and,
31:48
and that had to be quite the bummer.
31:50
And then last year you made
31:51
it through all the cuts.
31:53
Yes.
31:54
I was so angry then, uh,
31:57
from last year that I gave
31:59
my all because I wanted to,
32:00
like the other thing is
32:02
that coming to America for us,
32:05
European and every other athletes,
32:07
which is not American is a huge cost.
32:10
So I wanted that cost to be,
32:12
to be worth it, you know?
32:16
i was thinking I didn't came
32:18
here just to compete two
32:20
days I want to compete the
32:22
whole four days so I think
32:24
that was a push for me to
32:26
give my best and to pass
32:28
all the full cuts also as a
32:31
revenge from the past year
32:33
yeah so it's funny because
32:36
I got to talk to you at the
32:37
games last year
32:39
And it,
32:40
it stuck in my head as semifinals
32:42
came out and I play the heat one app.
32:44
I don't know if you know what that is.
32:47
It's like we pick who's
32:48
going to win different events.
32:50
Okay.
32:51
And we get to the snatch ladder in,
32:52
in Europe.
32:55
And I remember you having a
32:57
conversation with me at the
32:58
games last year going,
33:01
I love Olympic lifting.
33:04
I love it.
33:04
I love it.
33:05
I love it.
33:05
Yeah.
33:07
And so I picked you to win that event.
33:10
Oh, really?
33:12
I don't know.
33:14
Like it's,
33:16
it would be easy to pick like
33:18
Laura or Gabby to do well in that.
33:21
But you just,
33:22
you stuck in my head from
33:23
that conversation.
33:24
And I was like,
33:25
I'm going to pick Elisa to
33:26
win the snatch ladder.
33:28
Oh, really?
33:29
Thank you.
33:30
I was flipping up and down
33:31
and screaming at my TV that
33:34
you had done that.
33:36
Thank you.
33:37
Thank you so much.
33:38
But I may have been the only
33:39
person in the world that
33:40
picked you to win it.
33:41
I think, yes.
33:42
I think you've been the only person, yes.
33:45
So thanks for the trust.
33:47
Yeah,
33:49
it was a surprise for me as well
33:50
because usually we don't
33:53
try the whole workout in training.
33:57
But we decided to, to do like,
33:59
like to try the whole workout.
34:01
And, um,
34:03
I remember it was like the last
34:05
week of the training cycle.
34:07
I had pain everywhere.
34:08
Yes.
34:08
But when I try it,
34:10
I did like seven minutes 58.
34:13
So it was almost three
34:15
minutes more than I did at semis.
34:19
So.
34:20
I couldn't believe it when I
34:21
saw the result.
34:24
When I was warming up,
34:27
I was very nervous because
34:29
actually I didn't know what to expect.
34:31
I mean,
34:31
I was hoping to be in the top 10
34:36
because with my coach,
34:38
we kind of do some maths
34:40
and in the three workouts of the last day,
34:43
I should have ended up...
34:44
10 for all the three
34:48
workouts to qualify so I
34:51
was hoping to get into the
34:53
the first 10 athletes and I
34:55
knew it was possible but I
34:57
was a bit um influenced by
34:59
how you went in the during
35:01
training so that that is
35:03
also one reason why we
35:05
don't we don't usually try
35:07
the whole workout in the in
35:08
the training because I
35:09
don't want it to affect
35:11
negative negatively the
35:13
competition one so
35:16
I was a bit worried when I was warming up,
35:20
but I was feeling very good.
35:22
Like I was feeling, I was pumped, you know,
35:27
that was my day and it was
35:30
one of my last chance to,
35:32
to climb the leaderboard.
35:33
And I remember I was
35:36
listening to the music with
35:37
my earphones and I was like, okay,
35:41
I want to do good.
35:42
I know I can do good.
35:44
And I hope,
35:46
the time I did in doing
35:48
training was just like
35:50
given by my body hurting.
35:52
So I don't know, it was like a three, two,
35:55
one go.
35:56
I didn't think at all.
35:57
Oh yeah, another thing.
35:59
We had another girl from my program,
36:02
the Mantra program.
36:03
This year we had another girl qualified.
36:07
She was called Martina
36:09
Borrini and she was
36:11
competing in the first heat.
36:14
So when she finished, she went pretty good,
36:17
actually.
36:18
And she finished the workout.
36:21
She came to me in the
36:22
warm-up area and told me,
36:25
the barbell is going to fly.
36:29
You're going to do very good
36:31
in the workout.
36:32
So trust you because you're going good.
36:37
The public will help you.
36:39
So at three to one go,
36:41
I suddenly realized that
36:43
she was right because the
36:45
barbell was flying.
36:46
I think more than every other movement,
36:51
when you have to move the barbell,
36:53
is when the crowd manages
36:57
to help you the most.
36:59
So when you hear your name,
37:01
you hear the screaming, the barbell,
37:05
you feel like it's lighter than it is.
37:10
a three-to-one go,
37:11
like I switch off my brain
37:12
and I just do one rep at the time.
37:17
I was thinking, but nothing,
37:19
like my mind was completely empty.
37:21
I was so focused.
37:22
I was listening to the crowd
37:26
who was cheering because
37:27
also there were many
37:28
Italian people and they
37:30
always give me a lot of power.
37:34
And when I finished the workout, actually,
37:37
I was not tired.
37:38
Like, if I would have to do it again,
37:41
probably I could have
37:43
pushed it a bit harder.
37:45
But, I mean, it was good.
37:47
Actually,
37:48
when I got to the last barbell
37:50
and I looked at the timer,
37:54
I usually don't do, like,
37:55
never look at the timer.
37:57
But I was seeing...
37:59
like, 4.50 or something because it was,
38:02
like, the last two reps.
38:04
And for a moment, I thought, like,
38:07
I saw wrong.
38:08
Like,
38:09
I was thinking, how can it be four?
38:11
Because in training, at this time,
38:13
it was like seven and something.
38:15
So I looked at it twice, and it was like,
38:18
no, no, it's four, it's four.
38:19
So you're going good, you're going good.
38:21
So I did those last two reps,
38:23
and it was amazing.
38:24
I was hoping to finish under five,
38:28
but it was good.
38:31
It's been an amazing feeling.
38:33
And when I got back to the warm-up area,
38:36
doing some...
38:39
cool down we had the TVs so
38:42
I could see the last heat
38:44
where Laura was and I
38:45
couldn't believe that she
38:47
she did more than me so I
38:50
was so happy I couldn't
38:52
believe it yeah and your
38:54
your time's held up for a
38:57
week and then I think you
38:59
ended up with the fourth
39:00
fastest time in the world
39:02
it's still third three third third
39:05
Yeah, I think one was close.
39:07
I think Dani was close.
39:10
Dani was probably like a
39:11
second or two after yours then.
39:12
Yeah.
39:13
Also, yeah, she did the 502.
39:17
Oh.
39:17
So one second.
39:21
Wow.
39:22
Yeah,
39:22
but I'm more happy that if you think
39:25
about me,
39:27
I'm probably one of the shortest
39:32
and one of the lightest.
39:34
athlete in the whole
39:36
competition floor so um
39:39
this is even more
39:40
satisfying you know big
39:42
athletes like lara or any
39:45
other like big athletes
39:46
where in this case the
39:48
weight body weight counts
39:49
so um I'm proud of myself
39:52
for what I've done being so
39:54
tiny and so light and so short
39:57
What I have to say is watching you do it,
40:00
it was so beautiful to watch.
40:02
You were so smooth.
40:04
And for the bar to feel that
40:06
light and for you to stay smooth,
40:08
because that bar could get
40:10
away from you if it felt too light,
40:12
but you didn't let it.
40:15
It just was beautiful to watch.
40:17
But I have a couple of
40:18
comments asking you questions.
40:21
Did you see Olivia's run?
40:22
Yeah, I saw it.
40:24
I saw it.
40:25
It was crazy.
40:28
It was like the barbell was empty.
40:30
And for a moment,
40:32
I thought that she stepped
40:34
one of the five stations.
40:36
I mean, how could she be so fast?
40:40
But yeah, she was really, really good.
40:43
She totally deserved that time.
40:45
She was crazy.
40:47
Logan says,
40:48
are you in more or less pain
40:50
during competition?
40:54
Um, that's a good question.
40:56
Um,
40:57
I usually heard like mostly of the time,
41:00
as I was saying, um,
41:02
to be an elite athlete,
41:03
you have to take into
41:04
account that you're going
41:06
to be in pain for most of the time.
41:09
So when I got to Samy's, um,
41:12
my knee was hurting a bit.
41:15
It was nothing serious,
41:16
but because of my injuries
41:20
at my ankle during Dubai championship,
41:23
um just to remember on the
41:26
last step of the last
41:28
workout like while I was
41:29
running to the finish line
41:31
I injured my ankle I
41:33
thought I i broke my ankle
41:36
because I heard a crack but
41:38
fortunately they were like
41:41
just like two ligaments
41:42
that I damaged and it took
41:44
me two or three months to
41:46
fully recover but because I was
41:49
um crippling is that the
41:51
right word crippling so I
41:54
was not walking well so I
41:57
was like leaning yeah so
42:00
the knee of the other leg
42:02
started hurting because i
42:05
lean more weight on it so
42:08
during like before semis my
42:11
hurts my knees started
42:12
hurting a bit but the thing
42:14
is that usually when like
42:17
that adrenaline feeling
42:19
start going through your
42:21
body like I usually don't
42:25
don't feel pain anymore
42:27
like I'm not used to take
42:29
like anti-pain pills or
42:32
something I usually don't
42:33
take anything but
42:36
I know that when adrenaline comes,
42:38
I don't feel like anything.
42:39
I remember last year I had, during semis,
42:42
I had back pain.
42:44
same pain,
42:46
it was really hard during the first,
42:49
the past week of the semis, sorry, yeah,
42:53
the previous week of the semis,
42:54
but at three to one go,
42:56
like my brain 100% focused
42:59
on the workout and I don't
43:01
feel pain like any anymore.
43:04
So yeah, fortunately during competition,
43:09
I feel less pain than during training.
43:13
So Logan says,
43:14
I know all about the broken ankles.
43:18
Yeah,
43:18
it was not a good experience also
43:23
because it was the last
43:24
workout and it was one
43:28
workout where the handstand
43:30
walk was counting much,
43:33
but I screwed up that workout.
43:35
So it was like completely a
43:39
moment to forget,
43:40
like two hours to forget, but
43:43
Yes, it was not easy.
43:44
But as I was saying,
43:49
many athletes have to take
43:51
into account that they're
43:52
going to suffer most of the time.
43:55
Vi asks,
43:56
what music pumps you up before
43:58
stepping out on the floor?
44:01
I have playlists.
44:02
So I've been building this
44:05
playlist since year.
44:07
And every time I...
44:09
heard um I listened to a
44:12
song that I really like I
44:13
put that immediately into
44:15
the playlist which is
44:17
always going on when I'm
44:19
doing qualifiers for
44:20
example online qualifiers
44:22
and I remember this scene
44:25
when I was doing qualify
44:26
and quarterfinals
44:27
qualifiers we were like me
44:30
and other other boys and
44:32
girls from my program we
44:33
were in a in a gym and um I
44:38
put my playlist
44:39
before uh right before
44:42
starting to record and one
44:44
of my other friends told me
44:46
oh elisa do you want me to
44:47
put you some pump music for
44:49
you during the workout and
44:50
I was like no no I put this
44:52
song this is the pump music
44:54
like for me and it was like
44:55
oh really so you're going
44:57
to work out with this song
44:59
so maybe for some people
45:02
um, are not the right song to, uh,
45:05
to be pumped up for the workout.
45:07
But, um,
45:09
I think everything is always personal.
45:11
So maybe,
45:13
I don't know if that song has
45:14
some meaning for you or something, but,
45:17
um, I have some song that really,
45:19
really helped me to like
45:22
focus mentally and they are
45:24
able to make me, uh, give my best.
45:27
Like my, my, um,
45:31
Favorite and absolute is the 21 Reasons.
45:35
The title of the song is 21 Reasons.
45:38
And every time I hear to that song,
45:40
I feel like I can crush the
45:43
world and I feel invincible.
45:47
So I guess everyone has it.
45:52
Yes, Jodi, it is on Spotify.
45:54
It's called 21 Reasons.
45:57
I can show you.
45:58
I think she wants to know,
45:59
is your playlist on Spotify?
46:01
There's a playlist.
46:02
I think it is.
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You just need to write my nickname,
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which is Fulix with three
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X. And then the playlist is
46:15
called... I don't know if you can... Oh,
46:20
sorry.
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Yep.
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Qualifica...
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You can screenshot it and
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then you can search it.
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Here you can find some of the songs.
46:35
Actually,
46:35
all the songs I put as background
46:38
music during my online
46:39
qualifiers and also to
46:42
focus during competitions.
46:44
I remember being on the eco
46:47
bike before the last
46:49
workout of Semi this year.
46:51
I stayed like for 15 minutes
46:54
on the bike erg and
46:55
listened to this music like
46:57
with my eyes closed, just focusing.
47:00
And while the music was going on,
47:02
I knew for sure that they
47:05
was going to add up well.
47:08
So just to recap, her username is Felix,
47:11
F-U-L-I, three Xs.
47:15
And then it's Qualifica CF
47:18
is the playlist.
47:20
Yes, exactly.
47:20
Yes.
47:22
So don't judge me if you
47:23
find a song which is not like, okay.
47:27
That's so nice of you to share.
47:29
You're welcome.
47:31
So you had a top 20 finish
47:34
last year at the games.
47:36
After that,
47:37
do you sit down with your coach and say,
47:39
okay,
47:39
these are the things we need to work on?
47:42
And then do you set goals
47:44
for the next season?
47:48
Yes,
47:48
every time during a competition we try
47:51
to learn as much as we can
47:53
from mistakes because of
47:54
course you learn more with
47:58
mistakes than when things
47:59
are going well so every
48:01
time after a competition me
48:03
and my coach sit down like
48:05
we sort of debrief every
48:07
competition see what went
48:10
wrong what went right and we
48:14
We have a list on our iPhone when we,
48:17
every time in the competition,
48:19
we find some workouts or
48:22
movement or maybe combined movements,
48:25
which are not good for me.
48:26
We update the list.
48:28
and um we every time we can
48:32
we work on my weaknesses we
48:35
try to make them a bit less
48:36
weaknesses and um so yeah
48:40
after the last games of
48:41
course we after alpaca we
48:44
work a lot on legless or
48:46
climb and on sled and stuff
48:49
like that so I i feel a bit
48:52
better now but still
48:55
You know,
48:55
you have to work a lot of weaknesses,
48:57
but this means that most of
48:58
the time you work
49:00
on things you hate the most.
49:02
But the risk is that doing them too much,
49:05
you're going to burn out.
49:07
You don't want to do them anymore.
49:09
So he's also good, my coach,
49:12
to make them the right balance.
49:16
So of course,
49:18
he makes me work on weaknesses.
49:20
But also, he needs to put things I like.
49:23
Otherwise,
49:24
it's just working on things you
49:25
don't like,
49:26
and you end up hating this part.
49:29
So yes,
49:30
we usually work a lot on weaknesses.
49:32
And for this year, of course, I mean,
49:37
every year is a war.
49:41
You're there with the 40
49:43
best athletes in the whole world.
49:45
So I think for this year,
49:48
it would be a good result
49:51
to place around 15th position.
49:54
I would be satisfied.
49:59
So you're working on these
50:01
things like legless rope climbs or sleds.
50:04
Do you then want to see them
50:06
in a competition to see how
50:07
far you've come?
50:10
Yeah.
50:12
No, it's always good to, like,
50:14
since you work hard on them,
50:16
it's good to see how far you're going.
50:20
And if it's not enough,
50:22
you know that you can work
50:24
harder and get better and better.
50:28
um of course the the the
50:31
goal of crossfit is having
50:33
less weaknesses as possible
50:35
so uh of course I would
50:37
like to test them uh to see
50:41
like my level compared to
50:42
the other ones even if
50:45
maybe doing them in a
50:47
workout maybe means that
50:48
I'm going to uh maybe lower
50:51
a bit in the leaderboard but of course
50:54
Kevin Doyle asks,
50:56
will Elisa be watching Euros this month?
51:00
You mean football?
51:02
I believe, I believe that's what he means.
51:04
Yes.
51:04
Yes.
51:05
Tomorrow Italy is playing
51:06
and I will be like in the
51:08
front line to watch it.
51:10
Also that there were
51:12
European of athletics in the last,
51:16
last weekend.
51:17
And I,
51:17
I always love to watch sports and TV
51:19
and yeah,
51:20
I was really happy that
51:22
Italy went extremely good this year.
51:25
We won many gold medals.
51:28
So yes,
51:29
but I will watch Euros as well of
51:31
football.
51:32
And the Olympics are coming
51:34
up in a couple months,
51:36
right after the CrossFit Games.
51:38
Yes,
51:38
I think I will stick in front of the
51:39
TV all day.
51:41
I like watching every sport,
51:43
so it's just pure fun for a week.
51:47
So I can't wait to see them.
51:49
Yeah, I'm actually going to the U.S.
51:51
Olympic swimming trials tomorrow.
51:53
Oh, nice.
51:55
I was a swimmer in college and growing up.
51:57
And so my mom,
52:00
for her mother's day and birthday,
52:01
I bought her tickets and
52:03
we're going to see that tomorrow.
52:04
Oh, wow.
52:05
And it's amazing.
52:06
Yeah, so that'll be fun.
52:08
Vi asks, what is more satisfying for you,
52:11
doing well in an event
52:12
you're expected to do well
52:14
or improving in an event
52:15
that contains weaknesses?
52:18
I would say for sure the second one.
52:21
I mean,
52:24
the first rule of CrossFit maybe is
52:27
that it's not that
52:30
important how good you are
52:33
in your workout that are good for you,
52:36
but how you don't go too
52:42
low in the ones you're not good at.
52:45
So, of course,
52:47
when you're not good in a
52:48
workout and after doing that,
52:51
you see that you didn't do that bad,
52:54
of course,
52:54
it's way more satisfying than
52:58
doing okay in a workout.
53:00
I mean,
53:00
doing good in a workout that you
53:01
know was going to be good.
53:05
For example, last year,
53:07
I remember at the Games,
53:09
the workout with skierg and heavy sandbag.
53:16
We had to squat in between skierg.
53:20
And if you take skierg and sandbag,
53:25
probably they're two of the
53:26
most hated movements for me,
53:29
plus combined together.
53:30
So I approached that workout
53:33
thinking this was going to be
53:36
like I was going to be like
53:37
38 in the leaderboard or
53:39
something and I think I got
53:42
like around 10 position or
53:44
12 15 position and that was
53:47
absolutely a surprise for
53:49
me because uh I couldn't
53:51
expect at all a 15 position
53:53
in that workout in the
53:54
crossfit game so I was
53:56
really really I was happier
53:59
of that workout than other workouts which
54:03
Everyone expected me to go good, me,
54:06
myself as well.
54:08
When you do the skier,
54:09
do you have to jump to get the handles?
54:12
Yes, yes.
54:13
Otherwise, I cannot reach them.
54:16
Everything is way harder being short.
54:20
You have to think about
54:21
things that other people
54:23
even cannot imagine.
54:25
Yeah.
54:27
Yeah, that's crazy.
54:28
So I want to finish up with this.
54:32
The European semifinal was electric.
54:35
It was so deep.
54:38
The stands were packed.
54:40
And it has this feel because
54:43
there's so many countries
54:44
involved in Europe.
54:46
So you have Italy, you have, um, France,
54:49
you have the UK and it,
54:52
and so you can cheer for
54:53
your countrymen and country women.
54:55
We don't get that in the
54:56
United States because we're one country,
54:58
right?
54:59
When we go to semis.
55:00
Yes.
55:02
Is, is it as a, is what is more electric,
55:05
the CrossFit games for you
55:07
or the semifinal in Europe?
55:12
um you mean like the
55:17
atmosphere yeah yeah
55:23
actually I think I prefer
55:25
semifinals because um as I
55:28
was saying yeah like every
55:30
country has its own uh
55:34
people that come to cheer
55:37
people for their country.
55:39
And every time I was doing a workout,
55:42
I really could see,
55:44
could hear people from
55:45
Italy cheering for me.
55:47
And that really gives me strength,
55:49
as I was saying.
55:50
And this, of course,
55:52
it's not the case of the CrossFit Games.
55:55
And yeah,
55:59
I really like the atmosphere of
56:01
semifinals.
56:02
I think it's with this
56:05
thing that every there are
56:06
different countries like
56:08
you it's like international
56:13
environment so every yeah I
56:18
like it more and I
56:21
definitely think that and I
56:25
hope that last year sorry
56:28
next year they're going to
56:30
give us more spots or at least
56:33
maybe make two semifinals as
56:35
in the US because this year was really,
56:38
really, really tough.
56:38
Like I think the first 15 were, um, could,
56:45
uh, earn their spot, the CrossFit games,
56:47
like could go to the games.
56:49
Um, but I don't know.
56:53
Um, I, I know, um,
56:57
many people did um like took
57:01
the scores of every athlete
57:02
of each semi-finals from
57:04
all over the world yes and
57:09
you really can see that
57:10
europe is a very good very
57:13
strong field and it's a
57:16
shame that we we got so few spots
57:21
Europe and North America
57:22
East dominated overall.
57:26
Yeah.
57:27
A lot.
57:29
Yes.
57:31
What I want to say finishing
57:32
up with Europe's semifinal
57:33
is I'm jealous.
57:35
When I see that on TV,
57:37
that's what I want for us here.
57:38
Yeah.
57:39
I think it's amazing.
57:42
It was good.
57:42
It just wasn't that good.
57:48
yes I had the same feeling
57:50
last year as well even more
57:52
than this year because um I
57:54
mean I've been to uh berlin
57:57
last year so in germany and
57:59
the atmosphere was just
58:01
electrifying and every and
58:04
when I when I watched the
58:05
other semi-finals around
58:06
the world they were like not
58:09
the minimum part of that
58:12
what we have so it was like
58:14
and also I remember that
58:16
american um speakers and
58:19
something and all those
58:20
people told that uh
58:23
european semifinals is one
58:25
of the best in terms of
58:27
atmosphere of a number of
58:30
people of uh it was amazing really it's
58:35
one of the best it's like I
58:38
think it's comparable to
58:39
the CrossFit Games because
58:43
both this year and last
58:44
year we had like so many
58:46
people it's like a football
58:50
match when like it's like I
58:54
mean I like the atmosphere
58:55
and yeah I agree it's one
58:57
of the best in the world
59:00
So Philip Borowski says,
59:03
it also has a feel because
59:04
European fans of any sports are crazy.
59:07
Yes, probably.
59:10
Napoli's football team,
59:12
fans at their home games.
59:14
Scott, the whole stadium is shaking.
59:17
Yeah,
59:17
also because I think one of the
59:19
reasons is that,
59:20
as you were saying before,
59:21
we have like 20 different
59:23
countries and every person
59:26
who is there for each
59:27
country needs to make them hear,
59:31
make them feel from the other ones.
59:34
So every country has to
59:37
prevail on the other one,
59:38
also with the cheering, you know.
59:40
So it's like a competition
59:42
also not in the field, but in the...
59:44
in the public so every
59:46
country needs to make their
59:50
own cheers to to win also
59:54
like for the for the
59:55
cheering so so if one
59:58
cheers loud another one has
1:00:01
to cheer louder so this way
1:00:03
the whole building is like
1:00:05
going crazy and it's
1:00:07
amazing that's awesome
1:00:09
Well,
1:00:10
I'm going to leave you with this comment.
1:00:12
Logan says, time to get my ass kicked.
1:00:14
Going to go watch the rest after training.
1:00:16
Scott, you're the man.
1:00:17
Alisa, you're amazing.
1:00:18
Can't wait to see you crush it in Texas.
1:00:21
Thank you so much, Logan.
1:00:23
Have a good training.
1:00:24
So we're up on the hour.
1:00:26
As always,
1:00:27
the time flies when we get to
1:00:28
talk to you.
1:00:29
I'm so thankful that you
1:00:31
took the time to do this with us.
1:00:33
And I can't wait to see you in Texas.
1:00:36
Thank you.
1:00:36
Thank you so much for having me.
1:00:38
Thank you to everybody in the chat.
1:00:40
Your questions were awesome today.
1:00:42
You added so much to this.
1:00:43
Thank you for being here.
1:00:45
With that,
1:00:45
we'll see everybody next time on
1:00:47
the Clydesdale Media Podcast.
1:00:50
Bye, guys.