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Rebecca Fuselier - Clydesdale Media Podcast | The Search for Big Becca, has She Found Her? · Clydesdale Media Podcast

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I was born to kill it.
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I was meant to win.
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I am down and willing,
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so I will find a way.
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It took a minute,
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now it didn't happen right away.
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When they get hot in the kitchen,
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you decide to stay.
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That's how a winner's made.
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Stick a fork in the head of a McKinney.
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what is going on everybody
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welcome to the Clydesdale
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media podcast it's our
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interview series and we are
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here with the one and only
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Rebecca Fuseli um how's it
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going Rebecca it's going
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well it is always a treat
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to get to talk to you um we
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met a couple years ago
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right before the mag and um
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we've been friends ever
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since and it's been awesome
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yeah definitely kind of
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grown together you know
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I was looking at like some
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of your numbers.
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These are later in my notes,
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but I'm going to talk about it now.
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When we first got with you
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or interviewed you,
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I was doing a semifinal
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series and I always look to
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see like how many followers
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the person had.
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And if they,
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if they shared any of the content,
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how much would that help us?
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And,
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and you had about 5,000 followers back
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then.
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Yeah.
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You are now at, I think,
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300 and something insane.
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20-something right now.
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Yeah, just over the past year.
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I mean, it's been a steady climb,
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but every now and then you
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get a little blow up.
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Yeah.
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Like and you're you're
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killing the Internet like
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you are amazing at it and
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you're getting better and
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better as I as I've gotten
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to know you over the last
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couple of years.
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Some of the first stuff you
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put out back when we first
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met was really funny, really raw.
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And now you're getting so good at it.
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You're playing multiple characters.
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You're and it's all over the map.
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You have you have like education.
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You have funny.
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You have a podcast now.
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You like you're doing it all.
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What is your favorite aspect of it?
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Probably, I mean, above all of it,
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the comedy skits are always
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fun just because that's
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like my creative side that comes out.
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When I first started growing
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my Instagram page,
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I always wanted it to be a
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good balance of
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entertainment because
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that's what social media is
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and I have fun on that side.
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People gaining something
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from watching me train and
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also gaining something from education,
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coaching,
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because that is also a big
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passion of mine.
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So I always wanted it to be balanced.
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But lately I've been
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branching more into
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entertainment and comedy.
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but still trying to sneak in
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some educational,
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like this is what I'm still
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doing in training because
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people love to see that too.
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But seeing the comedy skits
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come together when an idea
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pops in my head is funny.
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It entertains me.
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Maybe I'm just over here
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entertaining myself.
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Well, it's working.
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HarleyMom223 says, hello, Rebecca.
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You are awesome.
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Hey, thank you.
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You're awesome too.
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And Corey Leonard says,
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we call it edu-comedy.
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Oh, I love that.
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There we go.
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So, so when you,
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when the idea pops in your head and then,
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then you have to like plan it out,
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like how you're going to
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film it to get the vision into reality.
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How much better are you at that today?
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And how long does that generally take?
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Okay, so surprisingly,
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just being that I do
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everything with just my phone,
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like I shoot all those
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shots with just my phone,
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I can shoot them pretty fast.
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I think the eye that I have
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for like the different
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angles and putting some of
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the skits together is
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similar to how some people
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are really good at writing.
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or really good at building
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stuff with their hands or
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sculpting or I even talk
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about like my little sister
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is such a good um artist in
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every sense like painting
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and drawing and um she has
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an eye for that I think I
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kind of have my creative
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side has an eye for uh
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creating these videos and
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skits and I think that's
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where my weird faces come
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from too I'm like just a little bit um
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busting out those little
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weird things that we see on
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a daily basis.
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And then it's also like a
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little bit of a challenge
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of a skill to try to portray that.
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So I don't know,
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I think I thought back to a
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while that I've been
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editing videos for a while.
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It's just now this comedy
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side and creative side has
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come out over the last couple years.
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So
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And you've I know that you
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for you might still be
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doing it painting shoes.
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You have art in in your mind anyway.
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Right.
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Like so visual arts.
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So now that you've added
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multiple characters,
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do you do you have to like
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have spots on the floor
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that you stand to make sure
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that like all of the Rebecca's fit?
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Yes, that is a big part of it.
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And basically,
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I just you would act out a scene,
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just how you would see it in your brain.
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So if coach is standing on
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this side of the gym,
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that other side of the gym,
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and I don't know if other
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people can tell.
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But if I don't get that the
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way my picky brain wants to see it,
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I don't like it.
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It doesn't make sense to me.
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So
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There are some challenges in that,
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but I think where the reels
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and the skits that I do
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really hit hard is that
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sorry to everyone at CrossFit Bolt.
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They're all based off of you guys.
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Everything that we do here.
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So you probably some some
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people have taken on the
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liberty of guessing who
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this reels was made off of.
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So it's a game now.
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Um,
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has anybody sit at like complained
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about it or do they just
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laugh at themselves?
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No, they just laugh.
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We all, we're all one big family here.
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They laugh or they, everybody including,
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or sometimes a lot of times
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they're built off of like myself too.
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And we all just laugh,
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laugh together or it's a fun way.
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I think some of my old reels
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used to be like with the
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gym and making fun of, uh,
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Just messy equipment or
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something like that.
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Having a more creative way
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to get our point across
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without just being like,
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pick up your equipment.
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You know,
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I think it kind of started that way.
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And now it's just the
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silliness that goes on in everyday life.
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So just relatable things for
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everyone that everyone can laugh at.
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Yeah, that's awesome.
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We had a meme guy in my old
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gym and every meme was
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something from the gym, right?
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Like a coach,
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like you can pick which coach
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he was making fun of or
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which athlete or whatever.
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And it actually became
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really an awesome
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experience to kind of be a
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part of as he grew in
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popularity that you knew
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who he was talking about.
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Well, there's a tactful way to do it,
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right?
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You're not,
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we're not just going out and
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making fun of people and there's a,
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there's a classy, funny way to do it.
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And then there's ways that
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it can come across in the wrong way.
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But, um,
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luckily everybody kind of
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understands me and my,
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my sense of humor and we
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can all get a good laugh from it.
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Yeah.
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So cool.
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Um,
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So I am trying to mute my
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mic and I'm trying to do some things,
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but I was in Michigan this
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last weekend covering my
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co-host doing quarterfinals
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and my setup is all messed up.
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We're making it work.
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Yeah.
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I had like multiple mics
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plugged into the soundboard
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and now they're all on.
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I don't know which one's mine.
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All right.
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We sound good on my end.
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Cool.
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Well, so there it is.
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Anyway, so you're also a podcaster now.
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We talked about that last
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time you were on the show.
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You started doing this podcast.
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You were just in the
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beginnings last time you were on.
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Now you've been doing it for about a year.
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Mm hmm.
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So how do you like doing podcasting?
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Is there any pressure coming
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up with topics every week?
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As someone who does weekly shows,
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sometimes that can be tough.
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And then sometimes CrossFit
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just makes it super easy for you.
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Yeah, especially while you're in season,
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right?
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You have things to talk
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about and everything.
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And when you're out of season,
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it gets a little bit more challenging.
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Um, I think, well,
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we're trying to get on on
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y'all y'all's level, Scott,
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because we're doing really
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good for a while of getting
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one out every week.
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Like last week,
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quarterfinals kept me from
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shooting another one,
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I need to get like episodes ahead.
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So I have time to edit them
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and everything.
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But our podcast,
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and I've always wanted it to be this way,
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is not so much a news podcast.
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It's more of just Matt and I
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sit down and talk about topics,
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what's going on in our life,
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and then the broader
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picture of CrossFit and how
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that all ties together.
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And then just random
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questions from folks and fans just to...
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make it more of a
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conversation and honestly I
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i don't feel much pressure
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when it comes to podcast
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topics and everything
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because matt and I will
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talk about anything fitness
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related or maybe it's like
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not even close to fitness
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just the most random things
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and I think it's something
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we really enjoy doing
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together because we'll get
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on the weirdest subjects um
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and it's just a conversation between us
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But I will say on the
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podcast that I didn't have
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like some bullet points and
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some things prepared.
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They went all over the place
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crazy wild and I didn't
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like them as much.
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So there's an element of
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organization with a little
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bit of spontaneity.
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I'm still trying to figure out that.
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So Holly, love the podcast.
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Holly is our statistician.
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If you see any stats coming
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out on our Instagram page, all her.
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Awesome.
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Oh, I love it.
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I love it.
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You guys are always posting awesome stuff.
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She's amazing.
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She does all the
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leaderboards at every
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competition so we can show
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who's won an event or
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whatever you were going to
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say it looked like.
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Oh,
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I I'm sure you feel the same way when
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when you have people and I
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had I was really thankful
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at Wadapalooza when people
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would come up and say, hey,
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we listen to the podcast and we love it.
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That's like a whole nother
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level of appreciating like the content,
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because I feel like.
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the people that listen to
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your podcast are your friends, right?
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Because they're in on the
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conversation with you.
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So that when I have folks that say, hey,
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we listen to the podcast
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and we laugh and enjoy it,
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that means that's probably
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a little bit above just like, hey,
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your reels are funny and everything.
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It's like a whole other
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level because you're
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sitting there in the
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conversation with us.
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So we love hearing that.
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Well, if you look at it,
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like when you're doing a podcast,
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it's an hour generally, right?
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Mm-hmm.
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Like it's a commitment from
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these people to sit down
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and listen to you for an hour.
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Mm-hmm.
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Instagram, scrolling by.
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Yeah.
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Right?
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That is it.
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Yeah.
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Right.
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And it's 60 seconds or three minutes or,
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but a podcast is an hour
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and they're getting to know you more.
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Yeah.
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And if they stick with you,
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that means they must like you.
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Yeah.
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It is like-
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Or that.
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I mean, thank you for watching either way.
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Yeah, exactly.
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So yes, but we love doing the podcast.
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It is super fun for us to
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sit down and have some
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crazy conversations each
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week and to hear that
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people love them and laugh with us.
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It means a lot.
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It's funny because when we first started,
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we had one show that tried
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to do everything.
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We'd have an interview.
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We'd talk about our personal lives.
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We'd talk about the news in the space.
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And it got cluttered really bad.
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Now,
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our roundtable that we do every
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Tuesday afternoon is just
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my friends getting on and
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talking about our personal lives.
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And maybe a little bit of CrossFit stuff.
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But...
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that's one show we do.
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Then on Thursday nights,
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we do like a strict new show now,
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like straight down the middle,
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straight down the fairway.
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We're talking CrossFit news,
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what's going on, giving opinions,
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all that kind of stuff.
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Um,
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but Jeffrey Birchfield brings this up
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and I wanted to ask you myself, uh,
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speaking of people who are
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your friends now, uh,
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Jay Birch is one of those.
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Uh,
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have you thought about live or bringing
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on a guest?
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And when we switched to live, uh,
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it was a game changer for us.
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Yeah.
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So we have thought about that.
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I can honestly say we don't
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have a good setup for what
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we do right now.
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It's literally Matt and I in
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our office chairs in our,
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in my phone recording in
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our Bluetooth mic.
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So in the future,
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when we have a better setup,
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that would be so fun.
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Actually, I have to say this in the past,
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Matt,
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when he's done his individual podcast,
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he called it the bolt pod.
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He used to bring some
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members of the gym and,
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uh, onto it.
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And it was a really fun
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thing because these are
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your friends that you
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always work out with,
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but you get to learn a
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little bit more about them
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when they're on the podcast.
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So I would love to do stuff like that.
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Um,
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obviously big names and everything are
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always fun to talk to as well,
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but it's kind of like the
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same thing you do, Scott,
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is you give those athletes
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that haven't like myself to
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two years ago that haven't
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gotten to tell their story yet.
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And given the opportunity,
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I'd love to do that,
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like within our community and,
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And then if anyone else wants to jump on,
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but it's, it's,
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we're limited a little bit
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by my schedule and our
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setup a little bit when it comes to that.
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Yeah.
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If,
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if the only time you have is 3am live
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probably isn't that good anyway,
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because nobody's up, you know,
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I end up at 3am, but I would be if I,
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I mean, sleep is boring,
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but I have to sleep.
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Yeah.
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I don't even know how you
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keep your schedule.
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It's, it's insane.
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Yeah.
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I like it that way.
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Omar says, funny AF.
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And you are.
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More laughs.
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We need more laughs.
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Denise Moore,
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amazing 65-plus Masters athlete, says,
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I love Becca.
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I love you, too.
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Thank you, guys.
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It always means a lot to
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know you guys are out there
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cheering us on over here.
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It's funny you say that when
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we first talked,
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you hadn't had a lot of
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opportunities on a podcast,
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and that's what this show does.
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We try to give a voice to
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those that don't have one in the space.
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But honestly, it was out of greed.
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The stories are way more
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interesting from those
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people than... Everybody's
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heard what Justin has to say.
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Everybody's heard what Tia has to say.
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Nobody heard what Rebecca
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had to say two years ago.
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Yeah, it's just new conversations.
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That's good stuff.
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Right,
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and sometimes it's like Denise's
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story that we just pulled up.
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I just interviewed her.
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She's a breast cancer
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survivor who is competing
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and went through a lot of
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trauma overcoming some things,
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and then she won Legends last year.
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That's amazing.
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Just as, if not more,
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I would argue more
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inspiring than standing on
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top of the podium at the end of the
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at the end of the season.
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So I it's, it's,
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that's the power of
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everything that we do in
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this sport and just in
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sports in general is just,
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it's hard work.
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It's putting yourself in
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uncomfortable situations, challenging,
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and then pulling yourself
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out of these challenges and
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getting stronger because of it.
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So I love it.
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I love hearing those stories.
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Uh, Jay Birch says,
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I knew Becca was an incredible athlete.
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The first time I saw her
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compete hard of fire for sure.
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Oh, thank you.
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That means a lot.
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I mean,
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I've been... I... If anyone has
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been around since I competed,
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I started competing as a teenager.
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And how cool is unofficial?
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We're going back to Carson.
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I competed as a teenager in Carson.
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So there is about to be a
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full circle happening there.
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But I used to... And I'll
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still kind of say it to this day.
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I was a very...
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a nervous wreck competitor, just not a,
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not a strong competitor,
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put way too much pressure on myself and,
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uh,
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in a bad way to where it hindered a
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lot of performances and
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just not being confident going out there.
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So it's really, it's,
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I can look back at so many
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years and be proud of how far we've come.
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So before we leave the internet topic,
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and I want to get into that a little bit,
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what you're talking about,
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you were inside my head on
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one of these reels.
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Oh, no.
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So I'm going to share it
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because you were inside my
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head and that's not right.
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But here it is.
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You know,
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that's probably my biggest one of
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all time.
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Really?
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I think it touched a little
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bit different community
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just being that it was the Pokemon one.
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Yeah.
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Because if my brother
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thought it was funny and
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that I wasn't being completely ridiculous,
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then we were on the right track.
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nobody loves a bench press
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more than I do oh yeah and
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then to it turn into an
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echo is just insulting
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that's that's one of those
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where this is the beauty of
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content creating and any
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art that I think if you are
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an artist of some sort out
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there whether it's like
18:03
video editing painting
18:04
whatever it is I came up
18:06
with that one on the spot I
18:08
go let's shoot it took me
18:12
like five minutes to shoot
18:14
it and it came together
18:15
like that and it's probably
18:17
the biggest one so I get a
18:18
little bit butthurt when I
18:19
spend like 30 minutes
18:21
trying to set up and edit
18:22
and shoot a reels and then
18:24
it just flops I get a
18:25
little bit butthurt about
18:26
that but what are you gonna
18:28
do um denise jumps back in
18:32
if I don't see a becca ig
18:34
video every day I'm not
18:35
happy I look forward to
18:36
your content every day
18:38
Dude,
18:39
I feel bad if like during quarterfinals,
18:42
I tried to stock up on a
18:43
few videos before we
18:45
started competing because
18:47
it's hard when I get in the
18:49
competition mode.
18:50
I have no my creativity
18:52
brain is shut down.
18:54
And it's just full focus on
18:56
those workouts.
18:57
And I feel bad.
18:58
I'm like, shoot,
19:00
I love to post those videos
19:01
every single day and get some laughs.
19:03
And I feel bad if I don't if
19:06
I don't get a video out.
19:07
I should have another good one today.
19:08
I'm going to show one more
19:11
because it's the one that
19:13
just I think it was out yesterday.
19:16
Yes, sure.
19:18
That that one was that one
19:19
was based off of something
19:21
in quarterfinals, too.
19:23
uh I had a lot of
19:24
quarterfinals ideas that
19:25
matt and I were
19:26
brainstorming on so we we
19:28
had an athlete at our gym
19:30
that would keep when he
19:32
snatched it was always out
19:33
in front of him so he
19:35
always like ran forward
19:36
with it and then we had a
19:38
local comp that actually
19:39
made you do it in a box and
19:40
if you stepped outside the
19:41
box um it was no good and
19:45
he didn't get a single lift
19:47
I mean,
19:48
that's how that's how it should be
19:49
for safety reasons.
19:50
But sometimes in the gym,
19:52
you take it on a little
19:53
walk and everything.
19:56
You know,
19:56
what's funny about that one is I
19:57
was shooting it in the
19:58
morning and then all of our
19:59
neighbors that are all
20:00
around our building complex
20:02
just saw me walking around
20:03
with a barbell in my tripod
20:04
and I just act normal the whole time.
20:08
So the comic brilliance of
20:09
this one is you take a
20:12
concept like keeping it out
20:13
in front of you and then
20:13
you have to run with it.
20:15
But when you stop on the couch,
20:17
took it to a whole different level.
20:19
That's,
20:19
that's on the spot thinking I've
20:21
just walked around the building.
20:22
I was like, Oh, this might be funny.
20:26
So, um, so yeah,
20:27
that one really tickled me.
20:29
Yeah.
20:29
Good.
20:31
Um, so, um, the season, um,
20:38
you came into this season.
20:39
I want to start with this
20:40
last year at the west semifinal was,
20:44
was not ideal.
20:47
Jamie caught up with you after, I think,
20:49
event four,
20:51
and you did an interview with her.
20:53
And what I love about you is
20:54
that you don't shy away
20:56
from the tough conversation,
20:58
and you are probably the
20:59
most self-aware athlete that I know.
21:04
And I'm going to play that interview,
21:06
and then I want to see how
21:08
that evolved into this season.
21:12
Let's see it.
21:13
And then our mics will mute during this.
21:17
It's unit 32,
21:17
but I'm going to show this real quick.
21:21
I personally have thought
21:22
that programming was kind
21:23
of power outweigh strength biased.
21:25
Can you give me your
21:26
thoughts on the weekend so far?
21:28
Yeah,
21:28
I think there's no sugarcoating that.
21:30
I think we've all figured
21:31
out at this point,
21:32
like the programming is what it is.
21:34
And a lot of the workouts
21:36
are leaning towards just
21:37
having a little bit more
21:38
mass behind you and having
21:39
that power output which
21:40
we've been training all
21:41
year so regardless of what
21:43
those numbers look like on
21:44
the leaderboard I'm like
21:45
exceeding expectations and
21:47
everything for what I had
21:47
for myself and then the end
21:50
goal is no matter what the
21:52
programming is I want to be
21:53
able to make it and qualify
21:55
obviously for this year and
21:56
where I'm at right now I
21:57
mean there's it is one more
21:58
workout to go and I'm well
21:59
I'm gonna fight to the end but um
22:02
there's a lot more growth to
22:03
happen and you guys will
22:05
see me competing for a long time.
22:06
Absolutely.
22:07
So, and still trying to soak it all in.
22:09
So you,
22:09
would you say you are even fitter
22:10
this year than last year?
22:11
Oh, of course.
22:12
Yeah.
22:12
Yeah.
22:13
Like 60 pound dumbbells in each hand.
22:15
That wouldn't have happened
22:16
like six months ago.
22:18
So the fact that we almost
22:19
finished Linda and my goal was like,
22:22
I would be stoked if I
22:23
finished Linda two reps short of that.
22:25
So, so I mean, there's still,
22:27
we've seen so much growth
22:28
over the past year and I'm like,
22:30
despite like the ups and
22:31
downs we've had with being
22:33
a little bit frustrated
22:34
with the programming and whatnot,
22:35
like I still feel like
22:36
we're headed upwards.
22:37
Like I still feel it.
22:38
I'm not discouraged at all.
22:40
In fact,
22:40
I'm like encouraged by everything
22:42
we're seeing this weekend.
22:43
That is amazing to hear.
22:45
I'm excited to watch you power that bike.
22:47
Yeah.
22:47
And excited to watch you
22:49
continue for another year
22:50
and come back even stronger.
22:51
Thank you so much.
22:51
Good job this weekend.
22:52
Thank you.
22:55
What a weirdo.
22:55
I'm just kidding.
22:57
So there you are in the
22:58
middle of a competition
23:00
where at that point it was
23:01
obvious you're not going to the games.
23:04
And yet you are still able
23:06
to assess yourself and your
23:08
abilities and how much
23:09
you've improved from the
23:11
year before where you
23:12
actually did go to the games.
23:16
Is that something you've had
23:17
to work on in your career
23:19
or are you just naturally a
23:22
positive person?
23:25
I wouldn't say I'm a
23:25
naturally positive person.
23:27
I think that's grown over the
23:30
i think that's a huge area
23:31
of growth just as much as
23:32
like physical strength uh
23:34
because I'm really really
23:36
hard on myself and I've
23:38
really come to realize over
23:41
the years of competing and
23:42
if I want to keep competing
23:44
if it's worth that are to
23:47
still compete like I have
23:48
to enjoy it and learn how
23:50
to pull positives from it
23:52
if not it's just I'm not
23:53
going to compete if I'm
23:54
just making myself miserable
23:56
all the time, but I am,
23:57
I do feel like the way I
24:00
was raised in the sports
24:01
that I grew up in and everything I was,
24:03
I was made to compete because I,
24:04
I really do love to do it.
24:07
And I know the best of the
24:08
best know when to, uh,
24:12
appreciate like those
24:14
moments and how you got better,
24:16
but also not, I think when I,
24:19
when I look back at an
24:21
interview like that,
24:22
I was very proud of myself
24:23
for staying in the moment and being in,
24:26
in trying to take away every,
24:27
every positive from it.
24:30
But I know in the back of my
24:31
mind and in my heart,
24:32
I was still pretty bummed
24:34
and disappointed that it
24:36
didn't end up like the year before and
24:39
But it was there was never discouragement.
24:41
It was just what do I need to do next?
24:44
And the word I think I've
24:47
been catching myself on
24:49
even through this season is
24:51
being patient.
24:53
I realize I'm not at my strong.
24:54
I'm still not at my
24:55
strongest years when I've
24:56
been competing since a teenager.
24:59
I knew it'd be a long,
25:00
long journey to find the
25:03
biggest Becca there is.
25:04
So we're still not at that.
25:07
It's patience.
25:07
It's having patience.
25:10
Uh, so, uh,
25:11
Jamie's actually jumped in the chat,
25:12
loved speaking with her.
25:14
Yeah.
25:16
Um, so big Becca is a still thing.
25:20
It's still a hashtag.
25:21
It's still on your Instagram
25:23
and it's still the main goal.
25:27
It's everything.
25:28
It's everything for me right now.
25:29
And I think it's,
25:30
I hope it connects with other people too.
25:32
It's a mindset.
25:33
I feel like it's an alter ego almost.
25:37
I like it.
25:38
I like it like in eventually,
25:40
hopefully your superhero.
25:43
So when you look at like last year,
25:47
and in all of your, your,
25:49
your lifting numbers improve.
25:53
And it just wasn't quite
25:57
good enough last year in a
25:58
in a programming style that
26:00
was very power output.
26:04
Do you have to tell yourself
26:06
that this programming just
26:07
wasn't ideal and you have to be patient,
26:10
but someday it's not going to matter?
26:14
I would rather go through
26:16
the things that we went
26:19
through last year right now
26:21
because I know my stronger
26:22
years are coming up.
26:24
So yes, there is a bit of...
26:28
disappointment.
26:30
You're really getting all
26:32
the emotions when you go
26:34
hit PRs mid-competition,
26:36
but they're just not good
26:37
enough because you have to
26:38
be proud of that.
26:40
But then it's not anywhere
26:42
where you want to be.
26:44
So I would much rather go
26:46
through this now and keep
26:49
filling in and realize I'm
26:51
continuing to fill in the holes.
26:52
So when I really am at my peak physical,
26:57
Like state my my I'm at my
27:00
peak mental strength state
27:03
or my mind is the strongest
27:05
it's ever been.
27:06
So I think it'll all come
27:07
together in the end.
27:10
And there have been many
27:13
times over the past ever
27:14
since probably since I
27:16
qualified for the games.
27:18
That I felt like I was
27:20
getting beat down and beat down.
27:22
And that's where I've told
27:26
some people before after the 2022 games,
27:29
I was probably in a big rut
27:31
just because I felt like I
27:32
got beat up over there.
27:35
And I was like,
27:37
is this something I'm actually built for?
27:38
And I said,
27:39
if I'm going to keep going for
27:40
this and try to be the
27:42
athlete I know I can be,
27:44
I have to first –
27:46
see a bigger version of
27:48
Becca because I felt pretty
27:49
puny after the games.
27:51
And then coming off of semifinals,
27:53
it's just more tests.
27:55
It's just more tests.
27:56
So I think it's all paying off.
27:58
And I mean, we're,
27:59
we're working through it.
28:00
Every, every stage has,
28:01
we've gotten stronger.
28:02
I think I feel it.
28:05
So those 22 games, um,
28:08
he was your coming out party
28:09
right then there's no
28:10
question about that I I
28:12
have the shirt right there
28:15
um signed and so thankful
28:17
that you did that um the
28:20
capital brought you to the
28:22
Forefront of everybody it
28:24
was a strength event at the
28:25
end it was a strength event
28:26
at the beginning you had to
28:27
flip those pigs you had to
28:29
lift those sandbags
28:33
And why everybody related to
28:35
you is that you struggled
28:36
with that weight getting up those stairs,
28:40
right?
28:41
Yep.
28:42
But it also set an expectation for you.
28:47
Did you feel after the games
28:49
like that might have been
28:50
too much too soon?
28:52
Or did you just embrace it
28:56
and use it as motivation?
29:00
That's a good question
29:01
because when I made the games in 2022,
29:06
I realized and I told people this.
29:09
I go,
29:10
we made the games because the
29:12
programming was perfect for
29:14
where I was at.
29:17
There was, I did, and I execute,
29:20
that's not all of it.
29:21
The programming was great
29:22
for me and I executed
29:25
everything the best that we could.
29:27
Perfect competition.
29:29
Minus the lunge that I effed
29:31
up at the end.
29:33
If anyone remembers that.
29:36
Near perfect competition.
29:38
So I was super proud of that.
29:41
I am a big believer in
29:43
moments happen for a reason.
29:45
And whether they happen for
29:46
the reason of you're going
29:48
to make a debut or you're
29:50
going to go get your ass
29:51
handed to you and you're
29:52
going to get stronger because of it.
29:54
it happened for a reason.
29:56
And after the games,
29:56
I knew I'd have a big
29:57
expectation leading into the next year,
30:00
but I can tell you this,
30:02
no one puts more pressure on me than,
30:04
than my own brain.
30:06
Like I know that's the, I'll,
30:09
that's the hardest thing I have to tackle.
30:11
I mean,
30:12
there's external critics everywhere
30:13
that that's still to this day,
30:15
like still can't understand
30:17
like the workout that we
30:18
just did in quarterfinals,
30:19
like surprise that,
30:21
that I moved a one 65 bar
30:23
that many times I go,
30:24
that's not a surprise to me.
30:25
I know I can move those weights.
30:26
We've just been looking at, um,
30:29
maximal, um,
30:30
one rep maxes for so long and
30:33
heavy sandbags that are
30:34
less technical and,
30:36
and just have to deal with more mass.
30:38
And, but I, I know I've,
30:41
I'm a pretty fit person, so it's just,
30:45
I'm excited to hopefully
30:47
show it off more and more
30:48
each year as we're filling in these gaps.
30:52
So this off season, um,
30:55
you go to Waterpalooza.
30:56
Mm-hmm.
30:57
The first event is a snatch complex.
31:02
Correct?
31:03
Yes.
31:04
Yes, that was the first one.
31:07
And you looked stronger than
31:10
I've ever seen you.
31:13
I was jumping out of my
31:15
chair with excitement for
31:19
your result in that first event.
31:21
It wasn't like your best
31:22
finish of the weekend.
31:24
But I go to a gym where
31:25
Christy Aramo O'Connell is the owner.
31:28
And I've watched her
31:29
struggle with strength.
31:31
She's one of my peeps that I look up to.
31:34
And as she got stronger,
31:36
like just her finishing mid
31:38
cap was mid pack was
31:40
extremely exciting for me.
31:42
And I saw that in you at Wadapalooza.
31:48
What were your thoughts?
31:49
Was that clarification that
31:52
all the work you're putting
31:53
in is getting you to where
31:55
you need to be?
31:57
Absolutely.
31:57
I mean,
31:58
those are the moments we that's why
31:59
you do so many long
32:01
training sessions in the gym.
32:02
But when I went out to do
32:05
that specific event at Wadapalooza,
32:07
I was excited and very,
32:09
very nervous stepping on
32:11
the stage because I knew
32:12
the pressure I was putting
32:13
on myself because I wanted
32:15
to set the tone for the year.
32:18
And I think that that really did it.
32:20
I mean, those lifts too,
32:23
it was one of those moments
32:24
you get in competition
32:25
where it felt effortless.
32:28
So it was a fun moment.
32:30
So that's even better than it looked.
32:32
If it felt effortless,
32:34
then you're in a good place.
32:36
Yeah, it was.
32:38
We had a really good warm up
32:39
leading up to that.
32:40
I was confused.
32:42
Matt and Gerard were standing right there.
32:44
I was really nervous right
32:45
before stepping onto the stage.
32:47
But the days before Wadapalooza,
32:48
I was like oddly more
32:50
relaxed than I normally am
32:52
before competitions.
32:53
Sometimes I get really quiet
32:54
and don't I'm pretty snippy
32:56
around people sometimes
32:58
when the nerves start building up.
32:59
But I felt pretty good and
33:00
relaxed and like we were
33:01
having a lot of fun in Miami.
33:03
So that was fun.
33:06
It's so funny because as
33:07
we've gotten to know each other,
33:08
I know that you're kind of
33:10
introverted away from your social media.
33:15
And yet you push yourself to
33:18
do all these videos and all
33:20
these podcasts.
33:21
And you're so good at it
33:22
that people would be amazed
33:23
that that's not how you are
33:25
at a competition.
33:26
Yeah.
33:26
I'm just a weirdo.
33:27
I don't know.
33:29
I love making all the weird
33:31
faces for videos and
33:33
characters for all that.
33:35
But when it's time to compete, I'm really,
33:38
really quiet.
33:40
I've tried to be,
33:42
when I was a younger competitor,
33:44
tried to be that...
33:46
crack a joke right before we
33:48
go out for competition.
33:50
But I realized those were my
33:51
own like insecurities
33:52
coming out like example, funny example,
33:55
I'm gonna be the one to
33:56
trip and fall on my face on
33:58
when we're running out to
33:59
our lanes and everything.
34:01
But it's just those are just
34:02
little things I don't put
34:04
in my head anymore.
34:05
So I rather just stay quiet
34:08
and focus on good reps in
34:10
my head good reps keep
34:10
going visualization.
34:14
So you finished what a palooza, what a,
34:17
what a mess that was with
34:18
the rain and all of that.
34:21
Talk about rolling with the punches.
34:23
Yeah.
34:23
I mean, I didn't go this year.
34:26
I watched it on TV and it
34:27
was frustrating just as a spectator,
34:29
trying to figure out the schedule,
34:30
figure out what the new event was.
34:33
I can't imagine being an athlete.
34:35
And I've heard rumors that
34:36
like you're in the corral
34:37
and all of a sudden they're like, Hey,
34:38
we're changing this to that.
34:40
Yeah,
34:41
there was a lot of last minute
34:42
changes is because it would
34:43
start pouring or just start
34:44
raining a little bit harder.
34:46
But I do appreciate Wadapalooza.
34:48
The people that were running
34:50
it seem to be very on top
34:52
of having things ready to go.
34:55
or backup plans ready to go.
34:58
But yeah,
34:58
there were situations where
35:00
things got changed before
35:02
we ran out onto the floor.
35:05
There were weights changed.
35:07
When we got on the floor,
35:08
the dumbbell workout,
35:11
I looked over and I go, oh,
35:13
that's a lighter dumbbell
35:14
because they didn't want
35:15
70-pound dumbbells flying into the crowd.
35:17
Although that would have been exciting,
35:19
I guess.
35:20
Yeah.
35:21
I mean...
35:23
Yeah, Doug.
35:26
So then we get to the open,
35:28
and we're going to talk about,
35:29
I think this is a good segue.
35:32
You win event 24.3.
35:35
And, you know,
35:37
the big saying now is the
35:38
open doesn't matter.
35:39
The open doesn't matter.
35:40
But it's got to mean
35:41
something when you win an
35:42
event or you do well in it
35:45
as a gauge as to where you
35:46
are in your fitness.
35:47
So you win 24.3, and your gym does this.
35:49
Mm-hmm.
35:55
for you and they give you
35:57
this belt we should give
35:59
matt um a ring announcer
36:02
like hype man spot
36:04
somewhere so I think I i
36:08
can unmute it maybe try
36:11
that yeah the other side
36:13
you might know her as coach
36:15
rebecca around here she
36:17
floats like a butterfly
36:18
stinks like a big b 24.3
36:24
World champion!
36:28
Yes, yes, yes.
36:31
Cut down.
36:34
He's the man!
36:36
Oh, look at him.
36:56
How cool was that?
36:57
That was one of the coolest things ever.
37:01
My face has never looked like that before.
37:06
Because if you've been
37:06
around for some time,
37:08
I'm also a big WWE fan and
37:10
have called on WWE to be like, hey,
37:13
if you ever need a backup,
37:15
I know I'm a little bit on
37:16
the smaller side,
37:17
but I can flip off the
37:19
ropes and everything.
37:20
So it was so cool.
37:22
I mean, that spending,
37:25
and I said it when we were
37:26
doing quarterfinals,
37:28
doing a workout in front of those guys,
37:31
a competition workout in
37:32
front of those guys,
37:33
or having moments like that,
37:35
it almost beats anything.
37:37
being on the live stage
37:39
because it has so much.
37:40
This is my family over here.
37:42
They see all the work.
37:43
They know the work we put in
37:45
every single day.
37:46
So that's special.
37:49
I'll never forget that.
37:51
So before we go on to
37:52
another aspect of this,
37:54
I love the belt idea.
37:56
I have been pitching for
37:57
over a year that CrossFit needs to have.
38:00
Like when Colton and Jake
38:02
Berman did the burpee
38:03
workout against each other.
38:04
Uh-huh.
38:05
CrossFit should have had a
38:06
belt for Colton.
38:08
And he is now the burpee champ, right?
38:11
And he holds that title till
38:12
someone can beat him and challenges him.
38:15
And I think it's a way to grow the sport.
38:18
So like, say you're the pull-up,
38:22
chest-to-bar pull-up champion, right?
38:24
And you want to take people
38:25
on and then you win the
38:26
belt and you own that belt
38:27
until someone can beat you.
38:29
Yeah.
38:31
More things like that,
38:33
more involvement in the
38:35
community with competition is great.
38:39
I have nothing against that.
38:40
And I will say this,
38:42
because this is something
38:43
that my perspective has changed on.
38:46
Trophies are cool.
38:48
Like, that's cool.
38:50
Everybody like as much as
38:51
you want to say like, oh,
38:53
the medals and everything,
38:53
because I grew up that way.
38:55
I was like,
38:56
I don't actually do it for
38:57
things like that.
38:58
But to have something that
39:00
you worked so hard for and
39:02
to be recognized for it,
39:04
like that's that's fun.
39:05
That's special.
39:06
And that's competition.
39:08
You get that you get the
39:09
title and it's fun to have
39:11
little things like that to to fight for.
39:14
It just adds a little bit of
39:15
fun and character to the sport, too.
39:20
Trophies and medals are cool.
39:22
A championship belt is the cat's pajamas.
39:28
I've never heard that term, Scott.
39:31
I'm trying to bring it back.
39:32
It's from like the 1920s.
39:33
I hope that means it's
39:37
awesome and it's good.
39:39
It's the Mac Daddy and the Daddy Mac.
39:42
I mean, I felt that.
39:43
That thing is awesome.
39:46
But it belongs here at Bolt, too.
39:47
That's super cool.
39:49
Yeah.
39:50
So I just think I think like
39:51
a championship belt,
39:52
just it it's it's universal
39:56
as like this epic thing.
39:58
Like boxing's been around forever.
40:00
And then you add that to UFC
40:02
and you add it to wrestling
40:03
and and it's this like
40:05
iconic award that you get.
40:09
And so I think it's cool.
40:11
Yeah, I mean, that whole thing.
40:13
I mean,
40:13
there was there's so much and you
40:16
we talked about it's like
40:18
this whole conversation is
40:19
coming full story of just
40:22
the bringing up of my own story and I,
40:25
everybody has their own story,
40:27
but the moment,
40:29
the whole story of 24 three,
40:31
which I know what you're
40:32
about to bring up, Scott,
40:33
I'm going to get into the
40:34
other side of 24 three.
40:36
It's so much of just adding
40:39
to the storybook.
40:40
And one of the things I'll
40:42
always be proud of, like it's cool to,
40:44
and it's a huge, major,
40:48
accomplishment to make it to
40:50
the CrossFit games.
40:51
But there are very few
40:52
people that can say they've won a,
40:55
they're the best at one workout on,
40:58
on planet earth.
40:59
Like that's, that's really cool.
41:02
That's a special title.
41:03
So, you know where we're going.
41:06
Typical Becca fashion.
41:08
It can't be all good.
41:10
We got a trip going out to
41:11
the floor and everybody's
41:13
got to come down on you for
41:15
the way your elbows were built.
41:20
They're built different, man.
41:23
So there was some internet
41:28
gripe about that you didn't
41:30
come to full extension with your elbows.
41:34
You then... So this is what
41:37
I find fascinating is
41:39
you're the queen of the internet.
41:40
So if anybody's going to
41:42
battle that siege...
41:46
you're going to be equipped
41:47
to do it and immediately
41:49
you put out a video showing
41:51
you doing like 10 other
41:53
exercises and that in your
41:56
elbows in the exact same
41:57
position they were for that
41:58
movement and and other
42:02
exercises where it would
42:03
not be advantageous not to
42:06
be at full extension to
42:08
your capability you are the
42:10
first person to realize
42:11
that do you realize that scott
42:14
Then the other people are not smart.
42:17
Yes, I know there.
42:19
You are the first person to
42:20
realize that that we
42:21
actually struggle a little
42:21
bit with my elbows not being able to.
42:24
It's not that they don't
42:25
lock out all the way.
42:26
Think about like they're
42:27
just not stacked as well as
42:30
I would like them to be
42:32
like a perfect column.
42:34
So they're, they've been through any, they,
42:38
we,
42:38
I do rehab on them all ever since I've
42:41
had injuries from
42:44
gymnastics and everything.
42:45
So yeah.
42:46
And a handstand pushup,
42:48
it's not advantageous to
42:49
have a bent elbow like that
42:52
will crush you.
42:54
And yet you're great on your hands.
42:58
So I thought that was a
42:59
great illustration.
43:01
There's lots of different aspects of it.
43:03
The biggest thing is I'll
43:04
say is a CrossFit has
43:05
helped my keep my joints very,
43:08
very strong.
43:09
And that is one thing I'm very happy,
43:11
especially when it comes to
43:12
something like that,
43:13
like previous injuries.
43:14
It's something everyone
43:16
always has those little
43:17
things that they're always dealing with.
43:18
But weightlifting,
43:20
weight training and has
43:22
kept that joint much
43:24
stronger than I thought it would ever be.
43:27
So that's good.
43:29
Yeah.
43:29
So
43:31
so you say like you try to, you,
43:36
your own opinion matters
43:37
more than any kind of
43:38
critic from the internet.
43:40
Yet you're,
43:40
you're besieged by so much of
43:42
it in this moment.
43:44
Did it take a toll on you or
43:46
did you do that video and say,
43:48
here's my response and I'm done with it?
43:52
Um, the goal, I mean,
43:54
I put out that video with,
43:56
with that positive mindset, um,
44:00
in the forefront.
44:01
But I take it,
44:03
that was honestly one of the
44:06
hardest things to go through.
44:09
And all kidding aside, I leaned on Matt,
44:15
I leaned on my family,
44:16
and I leaned on the
44:17
community for a long time after that,
44:20
because it was a lot of
44:22
just up and downs in my
44:23
head of just the last thing I would ever,
44:28
ever want
44:29
want to be accused of is trying to cheat.
44:32
And that's what was being
44:33
put in my head is like this.
44:35
She's trying to cheat.
44:36
She's trying to cut range of motion.
44:40
That's not how you do it.
44:41
That is everything plus more
44:45
that I am not.
44:46
I would never, ever try to do that.
44:49
And the thing is the whole
44:53
A story of that is that one
44:56
workout was in some way,
44:59
it felt like it had to
45:01
happen the way it was with
45:02
the type of competitor I am.
45:04
Everybody's in this stage of
45:05
CrossFit where they're
45:06
saying the Open doesn't matter.
45:08
I don't care what
45:09
competition you sign me up for.
45:11
Yes,
45:11
there might be a little less pressure
45:13
on the Open,
45:14
But I'm going to finish
45:16
every single one of those
45:17
workouts on my back and
45:18
make sure it was 100% of
45:20
everything that I had.
45:22
And then when I crawled up
45:23
on an opportunity to show
45:25
that and showcase a world record time,
45:28
I knew from the beginning
45:30
what we were getting ourselves into,
45:32
of being under the microscope like that,
45:34
where everybody was going
45:35
to be so nitpicky and everything.
45:37
And some people would understand.
45:40
And in the vlog,
45:41
which I'm sure most people have seen,
45:44
I talk about it where there
45:46
were some things that I
45:48
didn't like about our first attempt.
45:49
And there was a reason to redo it,
45:53
even though I was very
45:54
confident in my first attempt.
45:55
I was like,
45:56
there's more in this workout
45:58
and there's more we have to
45:59
show the world.
46:00
So we redid it.
46:01
And I loved the way the
46:04
second attempt went.
46:06
And there was so much
46:07
emotion that went from starting 24-3.
46:11
I did my first attempt on Friday morning.
46:14
I immediately knew what boat
46:15
we were getting into.
46:17
with the drama of video review these days,
46:20
how much stress I put on
46:22
myself being that I am
46:23
involved in social media,
46:25
I know how to work a camera
46:26
and everything.
46:27
So I want to make sure my
46:28
video is legit and unquestionable.
46:31
And then when Matt said, Hey,
46:35
we're going to go for
46:36
another attempt on this
46:37
open workout because we
46:38
have a chance of setting or
46:40
of being at the top.
46:41
Like that's not a chance you get a lot.
46:44
My whole entire weekend,
46:45
because I did my redo on Monday.
46:47
So we did the first attempt
46:48
on Friday and then leading up to Monday,
46:52
I've never dreamt about a
46:53
workout so much.
46:55
My whole weekend,
46:56
my mindset was dedicated to 24 three and
46:59
And from there on, I did it.
47:02
Score was submitted.
47:03
Everything was official.
47:04
And then we dealt with like, what,
47:07
a week of waiting for the official call.
47:10
So it was just in my brain for so long.
47:14
And it was just a lot of ups and downs,
47:17
a lot of moments.
47:18
But I kept trying.
47:20
And it wasn't until that
47:21
video that we just watched
47:23
of the belt to where I was
47:25
really proud because I felt like,
47:29
the only people that the people,
47:31
like I said, in my post about my elbows,
47:33
the people that know, no, and those are,
47:37
those are my people.
47:39
And when we did,
47:39
when they brought out that
47:41
when people were yelling and cheering on,
47:43
on Saturday, it really,
47:44
it almost brought me to
47:45
tears because it was such
47:47
an emotional rollercoaster.
47:49
It sucks that you can't
47:50
enjoy a moment like that more.
47:51
That was the sucky part of it.
47:54
I felt like I was being
47:55
robbed of such a big accomplishment.
48:00
Did it affect your training
48:01
that week at all?
48:04
Training helped.
48:07
When I get into a workout,
48:08
I can shut all that off.
48:11
Okay.
48:12
Do you keep it as receipt and go,
48:15
I'm going to show these
48:15
people what I'm capable of?
48:18
Oh, yeah, I'm excited.
48:19
Now we're past quarterfinals.
48:21
Well, well, we still got video review.
48:22
I never want to jump too far
48:24
ahead of that.
48:25
I've gotten one video reviewed.
48:26
I just saw it this morning.
48:29
But yeah,
48:31
live competitions where it's fun.
48:34
And,
48:35
and the best part about live
48:37
competition is there is no video review.
48:39
Right?
48:41
There's no internet or keyboard warriors,
48:43
whatever the term is.
48:44
Yeah.
48:45
Yeah.
48:46
It's, it's, it's, it's, oh,
48:48
let's go perform.
48:50
So let's talk quarterfinals.
48:53
You went in.
48:54
You finished fifth in North America West,
48:57
which is way above what you
48:58
needed to do to get to Carson.
49:02
You finished 36th worldwide,
49:04
which is a nice checkpoint to see, hey,
49:07
top 40 go to the games.
49:09
Where am I?
49:10
What does that mean?
49:12
Do you look at that as meaning anything,
49:15
or is it just I got to move
49:17
forward and that's...
49:22
The way quarterfinals was structured,
49:24
just being four events,
49:26
I don't take the worldwide
49:27
leaderboard into account.
49:29
Although I was very happy
49:31
with the workouts.
49:32
I think a lot of people were too.
49:34
It seemed I loved finishing
49:37
all the workouts on my back.
49:39
They really tested you and I
49:42
felt like I was doing CrossFit,
49:44
which is getting the ugly,
49:45
we're gonna die at the end
49:47
of this workout feeling.
49:50
um we were quarterfinals is
49:52
kind of what you said make
49:55
sure I mean we've competed
49:57
every workout super hard
49:58
but make sure it's clean
50:00
crisp and it does what we
50:01
need to do to get us to
50:03
live competition and I'm
50:05
happy with my scores I will
50:07
say this I think there's
50:09
more room in in some of
50:10
that so I wasn't like
50:12
ecstatic about some of my
50:14
some of my scores
50:17
um with the blind
50:18
leaderboard how tough does
50:20
that make the weekend when
50:22
you train alone it makes it
50:24
very long yeah like some
50:28
athletes have like their
50:29
training buddies and
50:30
everything and uh I like it
50:33
I like the challenge of it
50:34
but it is a little bit
50:36
nerve-wracking I know last
50:38
year um I was with jamie um
50:41
she was doing quarters for
50:42
masters blind leaderboard
50:45
she trains alone
50:47
And so there's no idea where you're at.
50:50
Like you put in a school,
50:51
you don't know if it's good, bad,
50:53
nobody's sharing anything with her.
50:55
And it was really tough.
50:56
And I'm wondering if you go
50:57
through the same thing.
51:00
For sure.
51:00
And especially take
51:02
quarterfinals workout one this year,
51:05
a whole different structure
51:07
of a workout that we've
51:08
never really competed before,
51:10
like an EMOM structure, right?
51:12
Like fight gone bad.
51:15
That was the one we ended up
51:17
redoing just specifically
51:20
to learn what that work,
51:21
how to do that workout.
51:22
Like,
51:24
I was confident I did better on the
51:26
second attempt.
51:27
And I was we were confident
51:28
in my first attempt that it
51:29
would do what it needed to do.
51:31
But we're like,
51:33
let's go do something
51:34
completely different being
51:36
that we had extra days to
51:37
do quarterfinals versus in the past,
51:39
we'd have less days and more events.
51:42
Um, we just learned more from that one,
51:45
but that having some
51:46
specific events like that one, uh,
51:50
it's nerve wracking because
51:51
you're just waiting to see what else is,
51:54
is going on out there.
51:56
Just kind of don't have that idea.
51:58
You had extra days,
52:00
but there were no sprints
52:02
in this workout in this test.
52:05
And a lot of people got crushed.
52:09
Mm-hmm.
52:10
If you gave 100% to these workouts,
52:14
you were hurting at the end
52:15
of the weekend.
52:17
If anyone out there did that
52:19
wall ball burpee one twice,
52:22
major props to you because
52:23
that's the one that got me.
52:24
My quads were very, very,
52:26
very sore after that one.
52:29
I know some of our folks
52:31
around here were having
52:32
issues getting on and off
52:33
the toilets after that one.
52:39
And I see Jamie still in the comment.
52:41
Her argument was that the
52:43
interval workout was harder
52:44
than the wall ball burpee.
52:46
That was, in my opinion,
52:49
the first workout with the stations,
52:51
the interval one,
52:53
hardest workout we've done
52:54
of the season so far.
52:58
It was and I loved it
53:00
because it was just as much
53:01
as a mental test as it was
53:04
a physical test,
53:05
because you had to be
53:06
mentally engaged with the clock,
53:08
how many reps you were doing each round.
53:12
So I loved it.
53:13
It was very you had to be
53:14
very strategic with it.
53:16
And everybody had probably
53:17
had a different plan going in.
53:19
The funny thing that
53:20
happened on that wall ball
53:22
burpee workout is a lot of
53:24
my friends were texting me
53:26
that their phone shut off
53:27
in the middle of that.
53:29
Many of them passed the 50%
53:31
mark and then had to redo
53:33
it because their camera shut off.
53:37
What precautions do you take
53:39
that that doesn't happen?
53:40
You don't want to even know.
53:44
There is so much that I do.
53:45
I get more and more insane
53:49
when it comes to
53:50
quarterfinals and getting
53:51
these videos on right,
53:53
which is understandable
53:55
with the scrutiny we get on
53:56
videos these days, which is appropriate.
53:58
I have nothing against it.
53:59
Everybody needs to try hard
54:01
on these videos because it
54:02
is weird to do video online qualifiers.
54:05
And we need to be able to
54:06
see everything as best as we can.
54:08
That being said,
54:09
all these workouts were long.
54:11
I was so worried about my phone storage.
54:14
I did have one of my backup
54:16
cameras crash on one of them.
54:18
Luckily, we had that was the backup.
54:23
I have, so on the first two days,
54:25
when my family's around,
54:27
my dad is the best and
54:28
he'll break out his iPad,
54:30
which is an extra camera too,
54:32
just to set it up just in case.
54:33
But I have my phone,
54:34
my iPad as the backup.
54:37
And then usually there's my dad's iPad.
54:39
So I have three cameras on me.
54:43
And I charged up this year
54:45
with all the scrutiny with my elbow.
54:47
I charged up my old phone to
54:48
make a special elbow cam.
54:50
Now,
54:50
I didn't have to use that based on the
54:52
events, but I was like, you guys,
54:53
I'll break this out if needed.
54:55
I will put a camera right on
54:57
my elbow where it looks
54:59
less like like a rainbow.
55:01
So you guys can see that I'm
55:04
getting locked out and everything.
55:06
Uh,
55:06
so there are two to three cameras set
55:09
up before every workout.
55:12
I make sure I have more than
55:13
enough storage.
55:14
It's set to airplane mode.
55:15
I think I shared this on my newsletter.
55:17
I was like, if you guys use this,
55:18
I think you'll be good.
55:19
But airplane mode,
55:21
fully charged electronics, all of that.
55:24
But half the time in the workout,
55:26
especially something like that one,
55:27
I'm thinking about, please,
55:29
I hope the camera's still going.
55:32
I hope it's still going.
55:35
extra stress uh jay birch
55:38
says how many times did you
55:40
check to ensure your scores
55:42
and videos uploaded
55:43
correctly about a thousand
55:46
about a thousand it's so
55:49
this is what I do as soon
55:51
as I finish the workout I
55:53
have this whole I have this
55:54
whole thing figured out
55:55
this is why I'm tired like
55:57
after quarterfinals not my
55:58
body's not tired my brain
55:59
is tired immediately after
56:01
I finish the workout they
56:02
go get uploaded to youtube
56:05
Both the main camera and the
56:09
backup camera get uploaded to YouTube.
56:12
Then the score,
56:13
being that it's a hidden leaderboard,
56:15
you put your score in ASAP
56:16
because you can always go
56:17
back and edit them.
56:19
You can delete scores and edit them,
56:21
so you might as well get
56:22
something in there,
56:23
even if you choose to redo it after.
56:27
What?
56:28
Um, the there was a little bit.
56:31
I think we all know I'm not
56:33
going to sugarcoat anything.
56:34
The mishap with the the some
56:36
people putting in the
56:37
incorrect score for the
56:38
workout for I've heard that
56:40
been going around.
56:42
You know what I'm talking about?
56:44
No, I do not.
56:46
Okay,
56:47
so there were some people that were
56:48
entering clean and jerks.
56:50
I think they're fixing them right now.
56:52
I think I got an update on that.
56:54
But people were putting in
56:55
the max amount of clean and
56:56
jerks they did on the last
56:57
bar and not adding up the
56:59
30 reps that were before that.
57:02
So they were putting in a
57:03
much lower score.
57:05
When you enter in your score...
57:08
on the in on your profile it
57:11
gives you I think the the
57:13
website's great I don't
57:14
know how it does this but
57:17
it gives you a summary of
57:18
what you completed in the
57:19
workout so it goes it it if
57:22
I'm doing the clean and
57:23
jerk workout it gives me
57:25
you did 10 clean and jerk I got 58 reps
57:28
You did 10 clean and jerks
57:29
at workout one or weight
57:31
110 at weight 210 at weight
57:33
three and then 28 reps at
57:36
the final barbell.
57:37
It gives you a summary of your workout.
57:40
And I look at it.
57:42
I screenshot it.
57:44
I show Matt and anyone who's
57:46
standing around me to make
57:47
sure I'm not crazy.
57:49
They all verify my scores.
57:51
And then I submit it and
57:52
then go check it about a
57:53
thousand times before the
57:54
submission window ends.
57:57
No joke.
57:57
I have screenshots of everything.
58:00
So one of my friends who the phone cut out,
58:04
airplane mode and do not
58:05
disturb are not equal partners.
58:07
I've always done airplane mode.
58:11
I think,
58:11
I don't know what do not disturb does.
58:14
He had airplane mode and got
58:15
a spam phone call and it
58:16
cut off his email.
58:19
So we need to put on do not
58:20
disturb as well?
58:23
I think that is what he is saying.
58:25
Okay.
58:26
Thank you, Corey.
58:27
We survived this time,
58:28
but I will take that into account.
58:32
Well,
58:32
I think an iPad is even safer because
58:33
there's no phone calls, right?
58:36
I think my phone connects to my iPad.
58:38
So I think whatever comes
58:39
through on my phone comes on my iPad.
58:42
Yikes.
58:42
We're going to have to test
58:44
that going into next year.
58:45
We made it.
58:46
Yeah.
58:47
You're all live now.
58:52
But yeah,
58:53
that's why I don't... People were
58:55
asking me if I was excited
58:56
about quarterfinals.
58:58
I told them no, for that reason.
59:00
Am I excited to compete always?
59:03
Yes.
59:04
But for the videos and everything?
59:07
That's stressful.
59:08
I know we had a question back here...
59:12
Sure.
59:15
I think it was Sarah Cooper.
59:16
Here it is.
59:17
Found it.
59:18
How were her training
59:19
changed between now and semis?
59:22
Good question.
59:24
So...
59:29
being that the season,
59:32
the dates changed this year,
59:35
we have such little time
59:37
between quarters and semis.
59:41
Like we have a month from here.
59:43
I, Matt,
59:45
Definitely mentioned to me, like he's like,
59:48
we're we're ready for quarterfinals.
59:49
You're always good at in the gym stuff.
59:52
We're training for semifinals right now.
59:54
We're lifting the heavy sandbags.
59:56
We're doing odd objects.
59:58
We're getting on this morning.
59:59
I posted we were immediately
1:00:01
back on the runner.
1:00:02
We're getting some running volume in.
1:00:04
um basically uh to kind of
1:00:08
put it in a short sentence
1:00:11
let's do less in the gym
1:00:13
stuff or less traditional
1:00:16
crossfit and start moving
1:00:18
odd objects getting we
1:00:20
might go jump on a pegboard
1:00:23
we will do some more
1:00:24
running volume we'll hit
1:00:25
longer time domains um
1:00:28
And then just things like that.
1:00:30
So we were already training
1:00:32
for semifinals before quarters.
1:00:35
I'm pretty confident in all
1:00:37
of my in the gym open slash
1:00:39
quarterfinals fitness.
1:00:42
Now it's time to start
1:00:43
moving odd objects and just
1:00:47
filling in any other holes
1:00:49
that we think we found along the way.
1:00:52
Well, as always,
1:00:53
the hour flies by so
1:00:55
doggone fast with you.
1:00:56
And we have already passed it.
1:01:01
So we will let you go and
1:01:03
get back to your day
1:01:03
because I know you are one
1:01:04
of the busiest people in CrossFit.
1:01:06
And as we saw in the chat,
1:01:08
people are waiting for their IG reels.
1:01:10
Yes.
1:01:11
I have to get to it.
1:01:12
I haven't shot it yet.
1:01:13
But it's coming, guys.
1:01:17
Um,
1:01:17
this is a great episode for you guys
1:01:19
just jumping in.
1:01:19
You need to go back and
1:01:20
check this one out.
1:01:22
Um, great talk.
1:01:23
Uh,
1:01:23
thank you for being as always so
1:01:25
transparent about what
1:01:27
happened with you in 24.3
1:01:28
and all of that stuff.
1:01:30
You were awesome as always.
1:01:32
And good luck at semis.
1:01:34
And I can't wait till you
1:01:35
make the games and we'll
1:01:36
have you back on to
1:01:37
celebrate that moment.
1:01:38
Gotta represent Texas.
1:01:39
It's going to be a good rest
1:01:40
of the season.
1:01:41
Thank you for having me, Scott.
1:01:42
It's always a blast.
1:01:43
that's a huge,
1:01:44
how much pressure is on you
1:01:45
that the games are in Texas
1:01:47
and your home state?
1:01:49
And do you want to make it
1:01:51
while they're there?
1:01:52
Yeah.
1:01:53
I want to hold down home base.
1:01:55
This is our state.
1:01:56
I'm just kidding.
1:01:57
Okay.
1:01:57
But I'm not, am I, am I kidding?
1:02:02
I do.
1:02:02
I do want to make my fellow Texans proud.
1:02:06
Awesome.
1:02:07
Well,
1:02:08
That's a great way to end.
1:02:09
Thank you, everybody in the chat.
1:02:10
You guys have made this awesome.
1:02:12
We will see everybody next
1:02:13
time on the Clydesdale Media Podcast.
1:02:16
Bye, guys.
1:02:17
Bye.