Life Tips From CrossFit's Director of Training & Certification Nicole Carroll
The Michael Caz Podcast
Michael Cazayoux
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2018
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
This week on the Brute Strength Podcast, I’m speaking with the CrossFit HQ Director of Training & Certification herself, Nicole Carroll. This was a very unique experience to hear about the remarkable affects CrossFit can have on someone’s life. In this episode we’re going back into the early days of CrossFit as Nicole describes some of her very first classes with Coach Glassman and what it was like giving up her dream of art to eventually becoming a major part of the CrossFit staff. We’ll be getting into the importance of quality and portion control in nutrition, as well as some of the cool ways CrossFit is fighting chronic disease. Enjoy the show.
Topics:
02:30 - Forgoing the CrossFit Games
06:30 - Balancing your career & training
09:20 - “My first CrossFit class with Coach Glassman…”
18:55 - Going from Art school to CrossFit
24:55 - Combining the physical, emotional, and psychological
30:17 - Trends in CrossFit programming
36:20 - Nutrition & portion control
39:30 - CrossFit & fighting disease
50:20 - Leadership
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Root Strength Podcast, bringing you worldwide experts from all areas of health and fitness. |
| 0:08.0 | We cover training, nutrition, coaching, and mindset. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome your host, Strength and Conditioning Coach, |
| 0:15.0 | 2012 and 2013 Prospect Games Champ, Michael Kaju. |
| 0:19.0 | Mind, Body, Brute. body brute. |
| 0:29.7 | Hey and welcome back. My name is Mike Kaju and you're listening to the brute strength podcast. This week's guest is Nicole Carroll. |
| 0:33.0 | Nicole has been with Cross Fit since the very beginning and even has the workout Nicole named after her. |
| 0:39.0 | She's the head of the Cross Fit seminar staff which coaches tens of thousands of aspiring athletes and coaches |
| 0:44.8 | worldwide every single year. |
| 0:46.8 | You may have heard her in the Cross Fit Open Tip videos or seen her speak at the end of the Cross Fit Games. |
| 0:54.0 | In this show we talk about her early days and even her first Cross Fit class |
| 0:59.6 | with Coach Glassman. |
| 1:01.0 | We talk about why she gave up her dream of going to grad school for |
| 1:04.4 | art to be a personal trainer, the importance of focusing on both quality and |
| 1:09.4 | quantity in your nutrition. Talk about the direction that Cross Fit is going in |
| 1:15.1 | fighting chronic disease and a very powerful story that she has to share that led to |
| 1:21.7 | her becoming so personally invested in this cause. |
| 1:25.2 | And then we finish out by talking about leadership and balancing career with the rest of your |
| 1:29.8 | life. |
| 1:30.8 | Before we get started, if you've been a long time listener of the show and haven't done so already, |
| 1:35.0 | please head to iTunes and leave me a quick review. |
| 1:37.0 | If you're new to the show and haven't done so already, |
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