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#003 - Dave Castro - CrossFit Open 18.0, Pressures of Programming and Fighting Mat Fraser

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

I caught up with Director of The CrossFit Games Dave Castro at the Launch of Reebok's new Nano 8, as he announced Open Workout 18.0.

After getting completely destroyed in 3 minutes by the workout, and once I got my breath back, I got time to sit down with the man behind The CrossFit Games and ask some questions which I've had for years.

Find out how he deals with the pressure of programming for half a million people, which Games Athletes he doesn't want to meet in The Hunger Games and whether that new burpee standard will be in this year's open...

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0:00.0

It's pretty cool because now you're going to have people assuming and they might be assuming

0:04.8

rider they might be assuming wrong that that burpee that we just introduced will be the

0:08.7

burpee in the open.

0:10.5

Well you'd like to throw a couple of curve balls in right?

0:12.7

Yeah and so this is this 18.0 is provided a nice little it's going to get people talking

0:18.3

about what might be coming.

0:20.5

This is just another Dave Castro Instagram post isn't it?

0:22.6

Yeah basically.

0:30.0

Is it Dave Castro?

0:37.6

Yes.

0:38.6

May man how are you?

0:39.6

Good thank you.

0:40.6

Welcome.

0:41.6

Welcome, Alendon.

0:42.6

18.0 has just ended me.

0:45.4

Can you explain where that came from?

0:47.5

Yeah so the idea of doing an 18.0 or a pre workout before the open starts has been something

0:54.2

that's been floating in my head for years.

0:56.4

I've always wanted to do it.

0:57.6

I've never activated on it or moved on it within CrossFit.

1:01.6

I've never made it a priority to execute on and this year Reebok asked me if I'd come

1:07.2

out and do this event with him and they reignited that idea they said would you be open to

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