TBT: Mat Fraser - The Man Behind the Medals

The Michael Caz Podcast

Michael Cazayoux

Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2019

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Finally, the episode with the legend himself, Mat Fraser.

This week on the Brute Strength Podcast, Mat joins in on the fun to discuss his upbringing and his eventual rise to the top of the CrossFit podium. Unlike other interviews, Mat spends more time sharing stories from behind the scenes than he does about winning his medals. Truth be told, Mat is a fantastic storyteller, and lucky for you he’s got plenty of them. Tune in to hear more about the man behind the medals, as we get a closer look at his early battles with drugs and alcohol, growing up with Olympian parents and the infamous Home Depot story from the 2014 Games.

Topics:

01:30 – Mat’s parents

13:20 – Weightlifting in junior high and high school

15:50 – Drugs and alcohol

34:00 – Working on an oil rig

43:05 – ECC 2014

53:30 – The Home Depot story

57:00 – Habits and rituals

1:24:00 – Defining “why”

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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 Cross-Tic Games Champ,
0:18.0	Michael Kaju.
0:19.0	Mind, Body, Brute.
0:31.0	Hey, before we get this show started, let me quickly tell you about a program that we just launched called Outside the Box. When we first started Brute, we simply serve people that wanted to train for and compete at the Crossfit regionals and games.
0:38.0	Pretty quickly, we transitioned to also working with people that wanted to compete in the open, people that just
0:44.8	wanted to look better naked, people that wanted to compete in weightlifting, as well as a host
0:49.9	of other goals.
0:51.6	About a year and a half, we started hearing more and more from
0:54.8	members and former members that their priorities were shifting, that their
0:59.5	goals were shifting. They wanted to focus more on their relationships, on their careers, on new hobbies, and they didn't have the same desire,
1:08.0	they didn't have the time or the means to train for an hour or two or three or four like they did when they first
1:14.2	signed up with us. So we created this program with them in mind. Outside the box is a
1:20.4	30 minute a day program for five days a week
1:23.8	and it requires minimal equipment.
1:26.0	There are three different tiers.
1:28.1	The first tier requires only a set of dumbbells
1:30.7	and each higher level requires more and more equipment. So whatever you have, we've got
1:37.3	something for you. At Brute, we really pride ourselves in bringing together experts in every area of the sport of fitness.
1:47.1	And so when we were thinking about creating this program, we realized that we didn't have anyone that was an expert in general physical preparedness.
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