Chatting with Tommy Hackenbruck — Real Chalk #78
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Tommy Hackenbruck happened to be the owner of the first CrossFit gym I ever stepped foot in. At the time, I didn't even know what the CrossFit Games were or who Tommy really was. He was always a super humble guy who never even made it a point to tell me that he got 2nd place at the CrossFit Games. He later became the Broken Skulk Ranch Champion, an owner of multiple gym locations (which was rare at the time), and worked out alone most of the time at a place called "Gym Jones" which has always been a famous training spot that requires an invitation to walk through the door. I wasn't invited for a few years...
Anyway, while I was out in Columbus, Ohio I happened to walk by Tommy as he was getting ready for the "Legends" competition at the Rogue Invitational. I haven't talked to him in years and wanted to catch up and see what he's been up to. He had a few things to say about his career and business life. Things he'd do different and things that helped him succeed. It's always good to hear anything from someone who's been in the game this long. I hope to enjoy it!
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| 0:00.0 | What's up everybody? Welcome to episode number 78. My 78th episode on the |
| 0:06.7 | Struck Collective. I can't believe how many episodes have gone by. It is |
| 0:09.5 | absolutely insane. What do you talk about after 78 episodes? Well, you mean |
| 0:15.6 | a bunch of new people and things just happen. And conversations just happen. |
| 0:20.0 | And it really, it actually doesn't really get boring. I like it. So currently, I |
| 0:25.0 | am in Hunter McIntyre's bedroom and he's not here. If you follow me on Instagram, |
| 0:30.7 | I made a bunch of hilarious photos of me on his car wearing a speedo and |
| 0:34.6 | basically making fun of him because he's not here right now, which he would |
| 0:38.6 | absolutely 100% do if he was at my house. So I thought that was the only |
| 0:42.2 | appropriate thing to do. Also, so currently I'm in Boulder, Colorado, but this |
| 0:47.9 | podcast that you guys are about to listen to with Tommy Hackenbrook is actually |
| 0:51.8 | in Columbus, Ohio. And I was at the Rogue Invitational. Just hanging out, trying |
| 0:59.4 | to gather up some podcasts with some people that I really wanted to have on the |
| 1:02.4 | show. And Tommy Hackenbrook walked by and I was like, oh my god, like I haven't |
| 1:06.6 | talked to this guy in years. And I really wanted to have him on the show and |
| 1:11.1 | just kind of have a chat with them. And I think it's cool because we didn't |
| 1:14.6 | really talk too much before the show. So I just got on the show and just like |
| 1:17.3 | kind of just went straight into it and we hit a little bit of everything. So for |
| 1:20.7 | those of you guys who don't know, Tommy was the first CrossFit gym that I had |
| 1:24.7 | ever walked in in Salt Lake City, Utah. He owned a gym called Ute CrossFit UTE. |
| 1:29.8 | He played football at University of Utah and I think it just made sense for him |
| 1:34.0 | to call it the Ute's because it's the football Ute's over there at Salt Lake. |
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