CJ Martin on The Mindset of a Competitive Athlete

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

Business, Training, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Paleo, Weightlifting, Nutrition, Crossfit

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🗓️ 31 May 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The California Regionals are all wrapped up and the coach we are presenting in today's show is responsible for getting 30 athletes there. If there is a powerhouse coach in CrossFit®, CJ Martin of CrossFit Invictus is it.

In this episode, we dive into the mind of one of the best coaches in the sport of CrossFit and discuss the process CJ goes through to groom his athletes, the importance of sticking to a training program and the role of strength in the sport of CrossFit.

With the road to the CrossFit Games becoming increasingly more demanding, athletes are pushing their physical and mental boundaries further than ever before. As a result of this increasing demand, successful athletes must possess a strong mindset and it's just as important as being “fit enough”. Along with how he's training athletes to get to the Games physically, in this episode, CJ shares with us how he builds mental fortitude within his athletes and what it is like to deal with the pressure of being a competitive athlete in the sport of CrossFit.

Whether you aspire to compete at Regionals or the Games one day or you're just looking for some valuable insight to improve your competitive, athletic mindset, this episode is a must listen.

Enjoy the show,

Mike

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0:00.0	I want to see that we have the same athletes five years from now that are five years better
0:05.3	in the training process, not athletes that are great for two years out with an injury,
0:11.8	you know, plateauing and stuff like that. I want to make sure and so we just keep our full focus
0:17.0	on that kind of health and recovery because we know that they'll do the work in the gym.
0:30.0	We're going to Barbell Sragg, a Mike Bleser with Doug Larsen, Kenny Kane. We're down here at Invictus.
0:58.9	Is this CrossFit Invictus? Invictus Fitness.
1:02.0	Invictus Fitness. CJ Martin, you're an awesome coach. You've got 30 athletes going to
1:10.5	regionals. Yeah, 30 athletes preparing for regionals. Three teams. Three teams. First time in
1:15.7	history. Yep. Three teams, three nails and three team nails. And if you ever watched the CrossFit
1:21.2	Games, you see the entire crowd of greens, which has got to be amazing. Yeah, the Sea of Green.
1:26.4	That's that's what we're most proud of, I think. Get the community rally behind all these guys.
1:31.6	So you guys create a lot of amazing athletes. You have an amazing facility here. You have more
1:37.7	than one facility. The culture here is strong. It was really cool to be in here this morning
1:42.4	and see all the athletes training together. It's rare to find that many amazing athletes
1:48.4	being in one spot. Yeah, that's, I mean, honestly, that's the secret to our success is to get them
1:54.2	in one spot and to have them trained together, to have them push each other, tweak their programs
2:00.3	for individualized needs. But ultimately, these guys have to be able to train and push hard.
2:06.1	And it's tough to do that when you're alone somewhere. But when you're around a bunch of other
2:11.2	athletes and you know what's going to have to be expected to get to the top, that makes it a lot
2:16.4	easier to get there. Yeah, you may feel like you're training hard. I've been in that place,
2:20.8	where I'm training by myself. I'm like, I'm training really hard. And then I show up with a
2:24.2	crew of people who've been training together. Maybe five guys. I'm like, oh, fuck, I've not been
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