FROM INJURED TO 2ND FITTEST ON EARTH | Emma Lawon and Nicole Torres On The Road Back From Injury

Brute Strength Podcast · Sep 18, 2026 · 48m

A bulging disc at L5 took Emma Lawson off the 2025 CrossFit Open floor and forced her to rebuild from the ground up.In this episode of the Brute Training Podcast, Emma sits down with Nicole Torres to walk through the reality of her comeback and what it looked like, felt like, and took to get to where she is now. They cover what the injury felt like in training, the decision to sit the season out, how they programmed around pain instead of through it, and what it took to get Emma back on the competition floor for the World Fitness Project.We get into:-The moment the back went and why it was…