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The WODcast Podcast

17 Lindsey Valenzuela, CrossFit Games Athlete

The WODcast Podcast

The Wodcast

Health & Fitness, Sprinting, Functional, Crossfit, Weightlifting, Fitness, Gymnastics, Crossfitgames

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2012

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Lindsey Valenzuela and her husband Arsenio join Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer as they discuss Lindsey's Games experiences, the future of the Games, her training and recovery, where the Games are going, and Armen's CrossFit crushes.

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0:00.0

And now episode 17 of the Wodcast Podcast with comedian Eddie Ift, Arm and Hammer,

0:10.0

Kenny Kane and our guest Lindsay Valenzuela.

0:13.2

Back again for seconds.

0:15.2

I wanted to ask you because this is such a competitive region in general,

0:19.0

especially for the women.

0:20.3

But like let's say that somebody had an injury and this is like some countries that have good, like Kenya, for example, they sometimes their nationals don't dictate who's going to the Olympics because they know an athlete if they got an injury strain of calf before nationals or whatever

0:33.8

but they know that that person is also a world record holder.

0:36.7

So we've got six women who could theoretically podium at the games.

0:41.3

So what are your thoughts on that? Like as a sport grows and you know I mean

0:48.1

what do you think should people should should should should they be inviting more people

0:52.3

should they be inviting more people?

0:52.7

Should they keep an eye if somebody's injured?

0:55.7

I mean...

0:56.7

The top four, so say if one of us gets injured, knock on wood, the girl that placed

1:02.2

fifth, so Andrea would would take she's an alternate

1:04.6

and I know that's what they do in all the other regions Ryan Fisher if someone got hurt

1:09.4

and the men's he would take their spot. So they do automatically take three or four whatever

1:15.7

the number works out to. I just feel that I understand the reason for being cutthroat and wanting just to take three because it makes it that more exciting for the sport of crossfit.

1:30.0

But I just feel with the growth of how many cross fit affiliates we have in

1:35.2

so cow and how many are growing throughout the nation and worldwide I think that

1:40.6

they're going to have to start taking more people and maybe making the games a little bit more cutthroat or

1:46.0

making it maybe a day longer but I don't know what they're thinking like

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