Get a Grip, Games Cuts and A Conversation with Justin Medeiros
Talking Elite Fitness
Tommy Marquez & Sean Woodland
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2023
⏱️ 102 minutes
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CrossFit announced how and when cuts will be made this year at the Games as well as changes to the rules regarding gymnastics grips. Sean, Tommy and Brian Friend discuss the moves and explain what they like and don't like about each one. The two-time Fittest Man on Earth Justin Medeiros joins the show to talk about his performance at semifinals, what he took away from it and why he loves to hear people doubt him.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody. Welcome to another edition of Talking Elite Fitness. Sean Woodland to Tommy |
| 0:04.0 | Marquez and Brian Friend here with you is Lauren Kalila is on vacation. I believe she's |
| 0:08.4 | probably in the air right now. Yeah. Traveling. But we have a lot to talk about today. |
| 0:14.5 | Have some stuff that's come out about the games regarding, you know, format and equipment. |
| 0:20.7 | Have another positive drug test, not and equipment, uh, having another positive |
| 0:22.0 | drug test, not from a qualifier, but that news continues to trickle out. And then we will have an |
| 0:26.5 | interview that Tommy and I did yesterday with Justin Maderas, some really good insight from him |
| 0:31.5 | about what happened at semifinals and kind of what he's working on, uh, moving forward. Brian has |
| 0:36.5 | relocated. So you have moved, Brian. How did that go for you? |
| 0:42.9 | I mean, it was challenging. I've moved a lot in my life and I feel like this was up there and one of the |
| 0:48.0 | more challenging ones. But I'm here, Charlotte, North Carolina, coached my first class at Crosswood |
| 0:52.6 | Charlotte last night. It's 17 years as an affiliate. |
| 0:56.6 | 13 years in the same place. |
| 0:58.2 | Andy Hendel runs a show over there. |
| 0:59.9 | Taylor Self's one of the head coaches. |
| 1:02.1 | And they were very welcoming. |
| 1:03.9 | I did the 4th of July workout with them. |
| 1:05.6 | So I'm excited about getting integrated to a new CrossFit community. |
| 1:10.6 | That's awesome. |
| 1:27.5 | 17 years. You know a gym is old when they have the city name in it. Yeah. Didn't they out? Like that's, you can't do that anymore. Basically you can't do it because it's, yeah, there's, there's too many now. Like I remember that at first used to be able to have a direction. So there was like CrossFit North. Yeah. And then there was like, |
| 1:27.5 | because CrossFit East and Jacksonville was like one of the first or second affiliates. I think. Yeah. And then and then they got rid of that. And then it was like, okay, you can't just have just the city. Like CrossFit Chicago would have a huge leg up on the SEO for that one. But that's impressive. So that's an awesome gym. |
| 1:43.7 | And the handles are good people. |
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