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Talking Elite Fitness

Hit and Catch #1 - Meet Monster Michael Todd and his wife Rebecca

Talking Elite Fitness

Tommy Marquez & Sean Woodland

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Monster Michael Todd has earned 23 World titles and 36 National titles in arm wrestling. His wife Rebecca is a 7-time National Women's Arm Wrestling champion. Both are CrossFit fanatics. This year Monster Michael Todd is attempting to win 100 gold medals around the world. Meanwhile, Rebecca will be visiting as many CrossFit gyms as she can as she looks to be able to do every movement as prescribed. We will be joining them on their journeys and checking in with them each week to track their progress. 

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0:00.0

Hi, everybody. Sean Woodland and Tommy Marquez here with you, introducing a new segment that we are super excited about that we'll be doing for this year. It's called Monster Mondays. We're going to check in with our good friend Monster Michael Todd and his wife, Rebecca. They have something really cool going on this year. First of all, Michael and Rebecca, thank you so much for joining us. We're super pumped about this thing. Tell us what you have planned for this year.

0:24.2

Okay, so I'm Monster Michael Todd, a 23-time world arm wrestling champion, 36-time national champion, been in the sport in my 33rd year.

0:32.0

My wife, Rebecca Todd, is actually a seven-time national champion in arm wrestling. But her focus and passion is not arm wrestling. She loves CrossFit. So I'm probably one of the biggest crossfit fans, know all kinds of stats and stuff, but this girl loves to compete, loves the whole atmosphere of the environment. But what we're doing this year is something completely different. Like I said, I'm in my 33rd year competing. And one year back in 2001, I had a sponsor. I competed in 35

0:55.2

events. And I was much smaller back then. I was about 198 pounds. And I won like 112 or 14 awards

1:01.5

that year, but it's like 92 first places. So about midway through last year, I thought, man,

1:06.3

I want to get back on the road. I want to have fun. I want to get back to falling in love the sport.

1:12.7

It's one-on-one format, one match every four months, you know, just train, train, train,

1:16.6

and wait to compete, kind of like UFC in combat tournaments.

1:22.3

So I made a declaration in 2023. I will go on a quest to win 100 first place awards.

1:27.8

And it actually starts in two days. Wow. Oh, man. That's the bomb. I dropped it. And while we're on the road doing that, I'm sorry, while we're on the road doing that, I want to visit as many boxes as I possibly can to help me along with my skills. He made a little misstep. He said that she loves to compete.

1:45.0

I have never loved to compete.

1:46.4

I am a seven time me along with my skills. He made a little misstep. He said that she loves to compete. I have never loved to compete. I am a seven-time champion as well. But that's not where my passion is. I just, I'm totally in love with, I guess, getting my ass kicked on the daily with CrossFit and learning the skills and, you know, driving myself with the Metcons.

2:02.1

And so I'm really excited to start adding a lot of different skills to my abilities.

2:07.7

Right.

2:08.5

And seeing how far I can push myself when I think I'm going to die and actually not die.

2:14.7

I'm really excited.

2:17.0

And you guys are joining us from your gym, which is an awesome facility.

2:21.9

We've had the chance to catch up a few times, and you've shown us around.

2:25.7

And what's really neat about this for us is this kind of cross section of applied fitness,

2:31.5

both from what we're used to is CrossFit, but also how you train in arm wrestling.

2:36.2

And that's kind of how it popped up on the radar.

2:39.2

But what is the kind of fitness element for you, Michael,

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