Ep. 15 - The Changing Face Of CrossFit

Iron Culture

The MASS Crew

Sports & Recreation, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2019

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, the hosts learn about the brief but interesting history of CrossFit, both as a fitness movement and competitive sport. They are joined by James Fitzgerald, the first CrossFit Games champion, who transitioned from athlete to coach, to a coach of coaches as the sport has evolved. A highly influential leader and thinker in the high-intensity functional fitness arena, he has watched CrossFit change and morph over time. Also, they are joined by Marcus Filly, a prolific athlete having competed at the games six times while CrossFit only became more competitive. He is also a coach, and pioneering thought leader using rational approaches to combining high-intensity functional fitness training with other modalities such as bodybuilding.

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0:00.0	Soul clap, one, two, three.
0:02.5	This guy.
0:04.4	Hey, back with another episode of the Iron Culture podcast,
0:09.0	thrilled to be reunited with the one and only Eric Helms,
0:13.4	who recently just competed in a bodybuilding show.
0:17.0	I want to talk about that on another episode.
0:19.7	This episode, Eric, today, is interesting because we're talking about a hot topic,
0:25.3	something that maybe our community, our little enclave, the iron culture, the lifting culture,
0:31.7	either might not be as familiar with or might have some preconceived ideas, and that is CrossFit.
0:37.8	Yeah, and we're really lucky.
0:39.7	Well, first, thanks for the congratulations on competing in the bodybuilding stage.
0:43.1	It looks great.
0:44.2	And thank you, brother.
0:45.9	I appreciate it.
0:46.8	It's been a good scene.
0:47.8	It actually did, right up.
0:48.1	Everyone wants to check it out.
0:49.0	Hold on.
0:49.4	Let me shout out your Instagram quickly.
0:51.3	Helms 3DMJ.
0:52.8	You could check out he does a comparison photo with Frank
0:55.4	Zane highly recommended go on it is not a comparison photo sorry no that's true homage homage
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