Semifinals RFP and Gretchen Kittelberger talks IF3
Talking Elite Fitness
Tommy Marquez & Sean Woodland
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2023
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
The CrossFit Semifinals are looking for new homes in North America and Europe. Sean, Tommy and Lauren talk about CrossFit's RFP to cities interested in hosting semifinals competitions for the next three years. Former CrossFit Games athlete and current President of the International Functional Fitness Federation (IF3) Gretchen Kittelberger joins the show to talk about what her organization does to clearly define rules and movement standards, and where they are in the quest to get functional fitness included in the Olympics.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody. Welcome to another edition of Talking Elite Fitness, the usual suspects here with you, |
| 0:05.6 | Sean Woodland, Tommy Marquez, and Lauren Kalil. Beautiful Thursday as we record on May 4th. May |
| 0:12.1 | the 4th be with you, everyone. Happy Star Wars Day. Yes. I'm sure Lauren is celebrating accordingly. |
| 0:18.0 | I have used a lightsaber before. And when I did, that was the first time that I realized it was a light saber and not a light saver. |
| 0:28.2 | Like the candy. Sean's head just almost explode. It's okay. It's okay. You know like in South Park when someone just, their heads just randomly popped from frustration? |
| 0:41.1 | That's what shot said almost just. Using the Chewbacca defense, Bob. So. Okay, that wasn't a button. |
| 0:52.2 | That came from top. No, that's Tommy Marquez doing a wookie impression. Yeah, so happy May 4th, everybody. My wife came to me last night, and she's like, she texted me. She goes, I have a huge favor to ask. I said, okay, what? And she is, one of her coworkers today is getting sworn in. He's a huge Star Wars fan. He got promoted to the lieutenant. |
| 1:11.1 | So he got sworn in as lieutenant. |
| 1:12.8 | And she texted me last night. |
| 1:13.9 | She's like, |
| 1:15.1 | can one of her coworkers |
| 1:17.7 | wear your costume to the swearing in tomorrow? |
| 1:21.4 | I went, yeah, that's fine. |
| 1:23.5 | Sure. |
| 1:24.3 | That's amazing. |
| 1:24.8 | She gathered it all up this morning, |
| 1:26.7 | took it out the door, |
| 1:27.3 | and I was like, Tommy, you'll get this. I was like, Hans Solo in Return La Jedi when he's like, you're telling me not a scratch, right? He's like, well, you get out of here, you pirate. So I kind of was like looking longingly as it went out the door and looked, okay this is going to be all right so yeah he put |
| 1:44.2 | it on and I guess it was a big hit and uh light sabers there not savers light sabers as he was after he got |
| 1:49.9 | sworn in they everyone like lit him up so it was pretty cool so I'm happy to be a part of that I was |
| 1:54.4 | hoping the other line you would have followed it up with as she walks out she goes I love you and |
| 1:58.8 | I know I know. I know. |
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