Some Crossfit O.G. Talk W/ Blair Morrison and Ben Alderman — Real Chalk #62
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2019
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
I'm teaming up with two CrossFit OGs for this episode, comin' atcha from Wodapalooza weekend! As veterans of Regionals, the Games, podcasting in the fitness community, gym-owning, and everything in between, Blair (@morrison_blair) and Ben (@ironmile_ben) need no introduction—which is why they don't get one. We get right down to airing our unfiltered opinions on Sectionals, Ben Smith's post about event programming, Rich Froning's shoes, Jen Widerstrom, and why the CrossFit community brings together the most awesome people. 🤗
We go way back to the beginning of literally everything: our early gym days, competing, what our moms thought good nutrition looked like, training for the Olympics, starting podcasts, starting families, and what we used to dream about when we were kids. Flash forward to today: we're setting new goals, climbing new mountains, and living far, far away from Jersey. 🏔
Don't worry, it's not just the best shit-shooting session you've ever gotten to listen in to. It's also packed with useful tips for business-building, training safely, achieving epic things, and staying relevant even after you're not actively competing anymore. Plus, if you've ever wondered whether other CrossFitters are unimpressed with HQ's sweethearts, now is your chance to find out. 😉
Enjoy!
-Ryan
0:30 Who's the real CrossFit OG here
7:30 The people who win the CrossFit Games are not that interesting
11:00 Ben Smith's thoughts on Sectionals
14:00 The timers are all fucked
19:30 CrossFit is getting generic and it's lame
21:00 The Jamaican bobsled team is actually really funny
24:30 CrossFit Anywhere, and the shift back to mindfulness
29:30 Does anyone care about scores anymore?
33:00 Passion is more important than your career choice
37:00 What happened to Matt Chan?
38:30 How do you mobilize a following? Leverage your network.
45:00 CrossFit's cool because the people are real
51:00 This is where we talk shit about Jersey
52:30 What's next?
55:00 Ryan, the DFC, and a $260,000 room service bill
1:01:00 Beyond the Barbell and the Real CHALK story
1:07:30 Attention spans, and how different social media platforms cater to different situations
1:17:30 Why we all stopped competing
1:25:00 The juice isn't worth the squeeze, but we still have some unreached fitness goals
1:30:00 Where to find these guys
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| 0:00.0 | All right ladies and gentlemen can you believe that I am in Canada right now and it is negative 10 degrees outside as we speak Fahrenheit |
| 0:11.0 | I know a lot of you guys are like well it's Celsius over there in Canada. Yeah, I'm aware but it's 10 degrees Fahrenheit right now |
| 0:18.0 | Negative 10 sorry negative 10 is very very very very very cold the last time I peed I thought it looked like I was peeing on my ball sack |
| 0:27.0 | And I realized I did have a penis still and it was just very very very small |
| 0:33.8 | TMI maybe |
| 0:35.8 | Anyway, I'm about to share an episode with you that is gonna be teamed up with Blair Morrison and Ben Alderman |
| 0:43.0 | These guys are super OG crossfitters Blair placed in the CrossFit games like |
| 0:49.0 | I actually can't remember what year but I remember when I was coming up in the CrossFit game |
| 0:53.0 | He was like somebody I looked really looked up to and he was doing a lot of really cool things including |
| 0:57.7 | CrossFit anywhere which now is kind of a cooler thing a lot of people are trying to get out of their gyms and do a lot of things outside of the gym now |
| 1:04.8 | And he was doing that way before everybody so |
| 1:07.8 | It's really cool his gym is still called CrossFit anywhere and he's still an advocate for doing things outside and taking care of everybody |
| 1:15.1 | On a on a higher level than I think most athletes have been in the past since it's a |
| 1:20.9 | Destroy yourself for all accounts to win. So |
| 1:24.8 | He's a great person. He has a lot of great feedback and Ben is also been a super OG for as long as I can remember and he's been to regionals |
| 1:32.3 | I think he's been there more than I have I think |
| 1:35.5 | He's just he's just an OG and we can't really decide what an OG is on this episode |
| 1:41.0 | So we're trying to define exactly what that is and we're doing the best job that we can so in this episode we hit a |
| 1:47.6 | Couple things about sectionals. We talk about a post that Ben Smith posted on Instagram |
| 1:53.3 | We talk a little bit about |
| 1:55.3 | Nutrition a little bit about our future endeavors a little bit about pretty much everything so this is just like a fun |
| 2:01.3 | Hangout conversation with a couple of dudes that have a lot of |
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