Woah, it is hard to believe that the 2014 CrossFit Games
season is here! I swear I just walked off the tennis stadium after Cinco 2 as
content as I’ve ever been in my life. Yet, I am back for more. It is the habit
that I cannot break. Well, until I break, I suppose.
The “off season” has been 90-to-nothing ride. I have
traveled more than I ever have and met some of the coolest (and fittest) people
on earth. I credit the great sport of CrossFit and my sponsors for all the
incredible opportunities that I’ve been given these last six months. Sometimes
I have to pinch myself to make sure that it is all real. For examples:
Email from CrossFit:
CrossFit: Want to go to Big Sky, MT for the affiliate
gathering? You will work out a little, climb a mountain, swim (almost drown) in the coldest
water of your life, flip the pig, but mostly have fun.
Me: Yes! (Despite the pig and near drowning)
Email from Reebok:
Reebok: Want to go to Miami to train with some of the best
in the sport, go to the beach, get massages, hang at a resort, and chill?
Me: Yes!
Email from Progenex:
Progenex: Want to go to Hawaii to train, surf, cruise with
pro surfers, attend the Surfer Poll Awards, and chill?
Me: (Immediately and without checking schedule) Holy shit
yes!
On to 2014…
My training, while not as consistent as I’d like it to be, has
been going very well. After a few months of being (what I felt was)
underweight, I managed to put on mass and keep it on. Operation #beefcake has
been a success. If you’ve heard my CrossFit Radio or Barbell Shrugged
interviews, you can learn my secrets to this.
The Open starts next week and I am super pumped for it! I am
ready to test myself against the world yet again. My Open strategy remains the
same as all previous Opens:
Do the workout once.
Make it count. Move forward.
But first…
I travel to San Diego, CA for the Invictus Athlete Camp. CJ and crew are exactly the people that I need to surround myself with as I approach the Open. There simply isn’t a better way to tune-up my body and mind, as I prepare for the five
weeks that follow.
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