Welcome to the Brute Strength Podcast, bringing you worldwide experts from all areas of health and fitness.

We cover training, nutrition, coaching, and mindset.

Welcome your host, Strength and Conditioning Coach, 2012 and 2013 CrossFit Games Channel, Michael Cajou.

Mind, Body, brute.

What's up? This is Mike Cashew, and you're listening to the Brute Strength

podcast. This week I've got Patrick Velner on the show. Pat is a three-time CrossFit Games

athlete. He placed third in 2016 and 17 and second this past year in the

2017 season. He's one of the most consistent athletes in the sports history. And the reason that I've

been so excited to connect with him is that he's one of the most calculated athletes. And I get this

sense that there's more going on upstairs,

meaning he pays attention more to his mindset than most of, if not all of the other athletes.

So I was really pumped to connect with and talk to him.

Obviously, we talk about his evolution over the past three years going from kind of accidentally qualifying for the

games and then placing third his first year he just completely came out of nowhere and it was a surprise

to him as much as it was anyone else and we talk about how he went from that guy to him being touted as going to beat Fraser this year.

And specifically what he changed to get there.

And we talk about the big, especially the big mental shifts that he's made along the way.

He talks about why Fraser has been so dominant over the past few years and exactly how he can beat Fraser. And then finally, we talk about

all of the new changes that CrossFit is making to the CrossFit games and what he and his fellow

athletes think of it and his plans for

the future. This one was a pleasure for me. I hope you get as much out of it as I did. Enjoy the show.

Patrick Velner. What's up, brother? Not much, my man. How are you doing? Doing great. Thank you for

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