Death By Episode 19 - Should Teams Have Their Own CrossFit Games?
Talking Elite Fitness
Tommy Marquez & Sean Woodland
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Death By, Lauren Kalil discusses if more showcases and fewer competitions in the off-season could grow the sport, whether the team division at the CrossFit Games should be a separate event, and how training camps could battle in the off-season. Our panel of contestants includes CrossFit Games athlete Tim Paulson, CrossFit Games reporte Niki Brazier, and athlete manager Jared Graybeal.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone, and welcome to another episode of Death By |
| 0:03.2 | Where contestants will earn reps for their arguments for a |
| 0:05.6 | chance to stand on top of the podium. I'm your host, Lauren |
| 0:09.5 | Khalil. Whoever I decide has the best argument through the |
| 0:12.5 | final round will earn 30 seconds to talk about a topic of their |
| 0:16.3 | choosing. On today's episode, we have CrossFit Games |
| 0:20.8 | Athlete, Tim Paulson, CrossFit Games reporter Nikki |
| 0:27.6 | Braser with Kettlebells and Cocktails. And for the first time |
| 0:33.6 | CrossFit athlete manager, Jared Graybeel. Welcome to the |
| 0:38.2 | show. It's good to be here. All right, guys, let's play |
| 0:44.0 | Death By. Topic number one, Fit Fest, a new competition in the UK |
| 0:50.2 | announced that it will have a pro athlete showcase where games |
| 0:54.0 | athletes will be paired up on teams. Would more showcases and |
| 0:58.6 | fewer competitions in the off season grow the sport. Why? |
| 1:04.9 | We will let you kick off round number one. |
| 1:09.6 | I miss the name. Yeah, we all miss who get to kick off round one. |
| 1:15.2 | Tim gets to kick off round number one. All right, here we go. |
| 1:21.3 | I think absolutely yes. I don't know if this format would |
| 1:24.8 | necessarily be like the most successful for it, you know, kind of |
| 1:27.6 | creating random teams like that. It would be fun for people to |
| 1:31.0 | watch, but I don't know how much draw would there be. I think |
| 1:33.2 | something like a pro athlete showcase where you invite maybe like 10 |
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