Good evening everyone. It is April 3rd.
Welcome to the spin, John, Welcome.
Thanks. Thanks for joining us Tyler, in
a different background. Where are you this this this
fine. I'm in Carmel IN my wife's doing
quarterfinals this weekend and the the CrossFit Westfield is
the team that she's on so we had to drive up here from from
Bloomington. So we're staying in Caramel this
weekend. Do you say caramel or caramel
spin? It is caramel I I I used to live
up in Indianapolis area. So it is caramel.
Caramel. Not caramel.
Like it's not California.
It's spelled different. Yeah, it's spelled different.
It's not spelled like caramel. OK.
Well, if you are here looking for Colton Burtons and Jake
Berman, you are exactly 7 days too early.
Unfortunately on Monday he had a little bit of a timing issue,
couldn't make it so he and Colton agreed to push it back
one week. The good news is we do have some
new sponsors down there, so Hero Barbell and Swovering have
stepped up and now it'll be a winner take all next Wednesday
same time $1000 to the winner 100 fastest bar facing burpees.
That's exciting. So, yeah, yeah.
And then we also have another sponsor Manta Sleep so.
So bummed I don't. Get finally got him and I and I
forgot mine, so hopefully John. Remember, I have.
I have my. It's my God.
Bedroom. You want me to go get it real
quick? Better get it because we got
that. That'll be coming up.
Here they are. They are sponsored with blind
rankets. Go ahead and wait.
Go.
Ahead wait, we're we're getting that set up.
We will start it off the iron hog.
Can Jon do 100 Bar Facing Burpees?
How fast could you do 100 Bar facing burpees, Jon?
Around 5 minutes. So you need a 20.
I think, I think I've done it before and I was like 450
something. So give me like 2520 to 25
burpee head head start against those guys.
Oh. Yeah, yeah.
It's wild when. You think about it that way
though, isn't it? All right, well, we don't have
to make me feel bad when I'm pretty sure I'm beating both of
you in that workout. But I don't.
I don't. Probably be able to beat me at
that. A 30 burpee head start.
If you want to give me a 30 burpee head start, I will go
live with both of them. It's it's.
See if I. Can in the post I made on
Monday, Hiller said How about Savon for 30 getting a get a
head start and. I think Savon would need a 60
burpee head. Start, man.
It's going to be interesting to see how fast those guys can go.
But next Wednesday, Colton versus Jake.
If y'all are serious and I get the money, if I win, I will
absolutely send it for 70 burpees.
I completely go as fast as I can until I can't go anymore.
I I I think I think we need to leave it to the guys that
actually finish a complete 100. All right.
First of all, you'll see down there there is a live call in
number. Feel free to call in at any time
if you want to weigh in. We won't let you stay as long as
Travis was last time but if you have a comment go for it.
And then later this evening a new segment CrossFit Games
trivia, but it's not with both of these guys.
It is with John versus the world.
One of you guys will be able to call in compete against John for
some trivia questions. The person who does call in
first that segment will receive a $20.00 gift card from Paper
Street Coffee. So just for participating, you
get $20 paper sheet coffee and if you can actually beat John,
you will get one of the very limited barbell spin flags.
So. The very limited.
Very limited, it's been. Really hard for him to make,
guys. To try to beat everybody.
It's up to you John. Not to not to reduce my
inventory. You are muted.
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don't suck. That's true.
Mint trading cards 999 annual payment to get my logo on the
banner. We'll see about that, but I do
appreciate the 999. All right.
First off, before John loses his mind on the team quarterfinals
workout, we will start off with some viewer comments.
First one comes from one of our favorite fans out in Australia
at Kathy Stan 4379. Getting in the mindset of Ricky
would have been freaking awesome.
The guy trained by himself for four years to make a comeback in
the space where 90% of the population hated him.
That mindset is next level. Oh, and he's a super nice guy.
She then commented after that aerial at #2 is horseshit.
So I agree. I agree.
That was all Tyler, and he has to.
Wrestle Burton for it. He's.
Paid his dues. I don't think it would have been
cool to be be in Ricky's head, like how dark it probably would
have gotten in the middle of that four year period that
probably would have sucked. So it's like yeah, it feels cool
on the other end, but like in the depths of it, no way.
Because wasn't it the 1st? Was it 2018 that he did the open
workouts with everybody or was it the game like he did one of
the workouts that first year, I think, and then he kind of said
then it was quiet for a few years, right?
Like, I think he's still the fire that first year, but that
second and third year he did the whole thing. 2020 he did, yeah.
2020 he did the the 1st 5 workouts showed that he would
have qualified. Like he did a whole bunch of
stuff in 2020. Yeah, I think that's probably
the only way you can kind of keep your mindset there.
So yeah, Blind Rankings is also back tonight.
Hopefully you guys can do better than last week.
Where's the little? Where's the.
The mark the marker. What we got?
A new layout? I don't know.
Tell us if you like it down there.
A little bit cleaner set up. Oh, I like the.
Where you could you like you like the run down, you like the
run down. John doesn't know where he's at.
I know what's. Coming.
He didn't know what's coming. Well, if you guys do not like
it, let me know and I'll switch back at Lynn Jerrick.
I think CrossFit Media, I guess maybe us, needs to change their
narrative on high rocks and their athletes.
High Rocks Media welcomes CrossFit athletes with open
arms, celebrates them when they win, even cash, even when they
win. Casual cross fitters but talking
elite fitness and other CrossFit media.
So maybe not us, are dismissive of High Rocks and not
celebrating their athletes when they win like Mir Ham and other
High Rocks guys who made the quarterfinals.
Isn't CrossFit to be welcoming to all?
John, I'll let you take this because you did.
You did answer in the comments. I'll let you elaborate here
live. Oh, I answered this.
I don't remember responding. Would you Would you like me to
read so you kind of stay on track?
Hold on, I'll let me answer it and we'll see if it's the same
thing. Because I'm curious if I say the
same stuff or if I just kind of rant on different things.
I I don't know. I I would say the second anybody
from high Rocks does anything at the games that I would first
want to celebrate them if like when they win for instance, I'll
give an example. I wanted so badly for Hunter
McIntyre to make it to the ruck run because I'm in in 2019 and
he got cut the event before the ruck run and he would, and Lucas
Holtberg destroyed everybody. There was a German fella who was
right behind him, but he destroyed everybody.
And then. Josh Wistrup.
Yeah, Wistrup, he was second and he was with him for a while.
Then Lucas Hulbert kind of took over.
Hunter would have destroyed both of those guys by more of a
margin than they destroyed the rest of the field.
And I am also. I want to see dominance in what
you are good at. I love seeing that.
I love seeing Fraser's friendly Fran.
I love seeing proning 2115 Nine. I want to see people be dominant
in the things that they are dominant at right now.
That doesn't mean I want I want Tia to just kill everybody.
But like somebody who specializes in something, I like
seeing how much better they are than everybody else.
I like seeing the Mertens wins, right?
And Hunter would have had one of those in the ruck run.
He's the high rocks king, so the second Mir him makes the games
and beats Tia in a 5K and then just I.
Don't. Just forget Dick slaps Tia in a
5K race. Then I will be all for it
singing her praises. I don't care if you win the
Open. I have been vehemently loud
about that forever. I tell Brian all the time that
the Open doesn't matter when you when you try to do your rankings
because when he picks his people he likes to think about the Open
and semi finals. That's not the games the so the
second she does anything in the games I will celebrate.
I will give her praise and I will give her flowers.
But until then I don't care. Now maybe other media people do
care. You know, I know I'm very game
centric and I'm not much on the other competitions other than
like, you know, Rogue and Watapalooza depending on the
field. But that has been my position
with high rocks people forever. I don't care that Christi Aramo
won a local Houston race. I I you know what I mean?
Whenever she beats all the Elite 15 people, then I'm for it.
I'm pretty sure when Ricky tried high rocks, I told Spin and
everybody else, it's not that big of a deal because he can't
beat the top guys. He would have to lose 20 lbs and
dedicate his life to beat those guys.
So I have the same position on Ricky and Christi Aramo that I
do unmire him in CrossFit. You're just not seeing those two
together. I think that's what do you say
that's. That's pretty much what you
said. I mean, you've said it over and
over again, like outside of the top 20 of the games.
I don't think you really care about them too much, John.
I don't. You don't matter.
Make the top 20 and then then John will start talking about
you. You'll get close to the
mountain, but if you're. But if you're outside of that,
yeah, good luck. Hopefully Tyler gets back,
considering he's somewhere not at home.
That's basically what you said, John.
You said I would celebrate high rocks athletes with open arms at
the games. The Open is wildly different,
especially since the workouts are easier than they used to be.
Should Mir hum make the games? It'll be all love she's getting.
Mostly the brunt of negativity because I believe Gracie got
robbed. So we talked.
About #Gracie got robbed. And I don't think that's a
terrible like position to come from.
Yeah. So let's see at SLP Baseball
too, is John, an elementary school gym teacher.
I didn't know anyone cared that much about rope climbs I'd.
Probably make more money if I was an elementary school gym
teacher. And then at station 2 fitness
gym, seated legless rope climbs to 8 feet and I think he's
talking about potential quarter final workouts.
Tape line both hands over and then back down 8 feet can be
easily done. Most rig uprights are 8 feet.
Two cheaper to buy more ropes than GHDS, but definitely agree
no GHDS. High volume of toes to bar.
I think. That's a hard standard to judge
for. As far as the seated, like you'd
have to video everybody and like their feet would.
I guess the feet would just have to be off the ground before you
start. That's really creative.
I like that a lot. I don't think Cross is that
creative. As you see the team workouts,
they don't even know how to do work open.
They just made harder open workouts.
We'll get that too in a second. Extra sloppy Dick slap made my
night. So, good job.
John and LDY 2742, thank you for the 499.
These lightweights are super welcoming.
Well, we'll we'll. Have to wait and see.
Speaking of lightweights, John, it's time for some quarter
finals talk. The workouts came out few hours
ago. Your first comment on the thread
was I don't like these workouts, so let's take a quick look at
them. Here we go, OK.
Can we can we get like, context? There was a lot of people chimed
in before I chimed in. It wasn't like I was the first
one to say I didn't like them. No.
But your first comment was, I don't like these.
Yeah, that's very simple. To the point.
I knew you were not happy about it, so the first.
Workout is my favorite one. Male, female pairs alternate
pairs every two minutes for five rounds, 10 synchro lateral
burpees over the bar, 10 synchro front squats and Max ring muscle
UPS one 85125. Not bad, but I.
Love this workout. I, I, and I people think that
I'm going to like go off the rails on on the T on the
workouts. But these are the team workouts.
They are a lot of things similarly tested that we tested
in the open. I don't understand Dave's
obsession with freaking deadlifts.
Like, I just don't. It's like every single thing has
to have deadlifts in it. It's at.
I really don't. And I mean there was no rope
climbs or GH DS. I think that's what some people
are getting at. But the team workouts for the
last two years have not been indicative of the individual at
all. Now I know the very first year
they were like the exact same, but I've been indicative of the
individual workouts really. Like there's not a core and but
so I'm not going to freak out that much because the team
workouts last year I thought were trash too.
As far as like testing and stuff goes.
I think they're better than this year but they're not great but
when but when you compare them to the individuals it's not it's
not super bad. So if you want you want to talk
about this workout individually. Yeah, I mean this one I think is
probably the like I probably agree with you.
This one probably is the best one.
What are your thoughts on Synchro?
James Hobart spoke to it on death by I guess it was maybe
yesterday he hated synchro. Tim Paulson liked it.
Do you like the synchro? Do you think it there's a place
for it in teams or maybe as as much as what happened or what
we're seeing nowadays? And this work out individually I
think. I think it feels like they just
stuck synchro on there because they didn't know what else to
do. Like are you going to have one
person go and then the next person go?
Synchro helps that a lot, right? I think synchro is very
important and in competition because it separates the true
teams from the people that just got a lot of good, got, you
know, good people from around their area together.
So like I like as far as the worm and synchro stuff goes, I'm
all for it. The Max muscle UPS or not
synchro. Right.
So and I I think this is a really good workout.
Like I think you're not going to burpee very fast.
I think the front squats are are heavy.
You know you do five sets at 10 at 185 that's no joke.
Like I'm I would love this workout as an individual
workout. I think that would be really
juicy every two minutes for five rounds.
So 10 minutes total but 10 burpees, 10 front squats and
then Max muscle UPS. Your score is the muscle UPS.
With some type of rest in between.
No. Oh, just straight through.
You get 2 minutes and then you got to go back and every two
minutes. Yeah you have 1010 and then Max
muscle UPS. An amazing individual workout
and their score is how many muscle UPS you get.
Tiebreaker is whatever lift you want to throw on after the 10
minutes. 5 minutes to do a whatever lift against amount of
time and then hip flexion with the burpees and then there's
really, I think people would get really, really tired fast when
you're doing Max muscle UPS for five rounds, like that's a big
separating type of a workout. I would love that as individual
workout. I don't think it's a bad team
workout at all. And then after this is where it
goes South. Yeah, See his.
Yeah, Tyler is. He's frozen.
He's tried to get back in. He's restarted his computer.
Am I? Am I?
It's The people say they can't hear me.
Do I need to come back to? You you're like cutting out and
then come back in. You're.
You're mostly OK, but not great. So you'll go like 10 seconds?
Yeah, go ahead and I'll walk through the workouts and then
you come back and can tell us how much you hate them.
All. Right second workout for the
teams, 503020 reps for time alternating dumbbell snatches.
All team mates are synchronized and then toes to bar pairs are
synchronized. 70 LB dumbbell for the men and a £50 dumbbell for
the women. Time cap of 20 minutes and then
we will go to work out three. This one male, male, female,
female pairs. The first pair has followed the
men followed by the women. A 500 meter row, 50 handstand
push ups, 11 station slip the switch back and forth as needed.
Fifty wall ball shots synchro and then pair one followed by
pair. 250 synchro wall ball shots. 50 handstand push ups and
a 500 meter row Standard 20 LB. Fourteen pound wall wall 10 and
9 feet. Time cap of 25 minutes and then
our last one only four again. Female, female and male.
Male pairs as many reps as possible in 15 minutes.
Thirty dead lifts for the women, 30 dead lifts for the men. 30
shoulder overhead for the female and 30 shoulder overhead for the
male. 315 LB deadlifts for the men, 205 for the women, and then
one 85125 for the shoulder to overhead.
Asymmetric ears. Why meters, not calories.
Yeah, I I do not like the meters versus calories.
I thought in the open you don't get a benefit for pushing as
hard on the row as you do with calories when it comes versus
meters, I don't know. I think it's probably like you
said, it does not read pretty. Do you agree, John?
Meters. Yeah, doing meters in the third
workout. No.
I mean I always think cows are better than meters.
But it's. I mean I have way less of a
problem on that type of stuff than I know than a lot of other
people do. But I mean I'm in everybody
else's camp with like cows is so much better than meters.
I think. I don't know it's at Jr.
Taylor could articulate it much better than I can of why why
cows is better than meters, but it I I'm not.
I'm not near as mad about that as I am other things.
Sir trolls a lot. Meters incentivizes going slow.
Sean M disagrees. Cows versus meter does not
matter one bit. Not sure I I feel like you can
If you go hard on the on the for calorie or for calories you can
get a much better a bigger. Gap right?
Like yeah, gap meters is less separation.
Right. Tyler, are you alive?
No, he is not. He is out.
John Workout 4. Have we seen enough deadlifts?
Yeah. Yeah, man, I I think this is
Castro special. I think Deadlift is his favorite
lift, and he puts it and it biases his programming.
Yes, for workouts. I I know it's teams.
I don't think any of these will make a difference.
And also. Things getting through.
I also think the women's weights should be much heavier and like,
like the weights are not equally distributed.
Men versus women, again, like you're testing like this is not
the open. It's not supposed to be
inclusive. You're testing to separate
people and like women, strong women or fit women have been
shown to move like this is a 2007 weight distribution right
now. I think it should be 225 and 135
and the women who can do the 135 shoulder to overhead should be
able to create that gap. Yeah.
I I completely agree. Now we we talked last week.
You. Were going to high rocks if you
don't see rope climbs and GHD sit ups after seeing these 4
workouts. I think.
I said I are you? Are you ready to head over to
High Rocks and and start competing?
No, look. Again, it's team.
It's team. It's not individual, and the
team events have not looked anything like the individual
events the last two years. I'm not.
I'm not super UPS like quite. I think these workouts are
pretty trash. But but again like team, not a
lot of people sign up for teams. They have trouble getting as
many teams as they can for semi finals.
Like if you look at what could qualify, like you don't have to
be very good to qualify as a team to semi finals.
Now once you're in semi finals, you do have to be pretty good.
But I think, I think like as far as qualifying the right people
to the team semi final, it's literally who wants to do it,
who's capable of doing these workouts.
It's not necessarily needing to separate that much.
Now for individuals, it's completely opposite.
My big thing for individuals is like you, you have to have
things that separate people and there's just not very many hard
skills or heavyweights. And you can call 315 a
heavyweight, but it's not. That doesn't test.
Like. Brute strength, you know what I
mean? And like, I'm all for earning
your strength. I'm all for earning that.
But if they're like, you know there needs to be that 240-5265
snatch for that 270-5315 clean and jerk that that separates the
real deal people. And like if you have to do a lot
of fitness to get there, I'm 100% on board with that.
But there is no but there and I'm not even.
This isn't about like for for me personally, but like the games
people not get separate. Like you look at these workouts,
none of them are good for tall people.
None of them. Like if you're over 6 foot,
you're pretty screwed. That row is insignificant, That
500 meter row, because you got 50 freaking handstand push ups
that all the little guys are going to do in.
In 50. Seconds, right.
And then it's not even like you have a lot of wall balls to take
away. It's 50 wall balls.
I know it's right after the 50 handstand push ups.
So like, you know, you're juiced up a little bit, but 50 wall
balls is not separating anybody. So many people can do that.
I'm broken, right? And like the team workouts are
really just how good are your women For the most part, because
and then like for the really fit people, the this dumbbell is
going to affect like 750-3020 on that 70 LB dumbbell that affects
a lot. Like that's that's hard.
But it's still a total bar workout.
It's synchronized total bar It's 100 total bar.
It's a. Total bar workout, which means
little people. Right.
You already take away the row in the wall balls, which means
little people. The ring muscle UPS are the crux
of the workout. Which little people?
And that was the other one, the. Lift and.
Shoulder to overhead, yeah, strong people on that one.
But it's not that big of an advantage, 'cause it's, it's
endurance. It's a 15 minute I still.
Think it'll be the the shorter people who can cycle those
things faster if they are strong enough?
Seth Page jump ship training. His hair's really short there or
he isn't in a bun. Do you guys think that the team
quarter finals is 2 gymnastics focused?
Are they trying to make up for the Opens lack of skill?
Not at all. I don't think it's gymnastics
focused enough. Here, here's my thought.
They're not trying to worry about the top five or ten teams
in each region to qualify. What they care about is trying
to separate 25 through 35 on the Quarter Final leaderboard.
Like. These feel like those types of
work, like, can you do the requisite amount of work and
then make it into the top 30 in each region?
This is not to separate the top ten, right?
Like those top ten teams are going to qualify.
Not a problem, my concern is. Do.
These foreshadow what we're going to start seeing in
individual quarterfinals and that is.
That's a big question. They're.
They're going to, are they going to be something similar to this
where it's not, I think they're in in the individual side.
I think you could see some people not qualified to semi
finals that probably could if it was programmed differently.
If it if individual was these workouts and whatever individual
individual the I I bet you there are 10 people that made semi
finals last year that don't make semi finals this year and like
when I say 10 people I mean like 10 names that we know not just
10 randoms. Yeah.
I think somebody like Fukowski has a hard time making into semi
finals with these workouts. I.
Completely agree with that and if.
Fukowski has a hard time. Guess what Yellow hosta for Dang
sure ain't making it. You know what I'm saying?
Like I just. Yeah, I again, it's teams.
I don't think there's a whole lot of people that are too
concerned about it, but and the teams are so weak when you get
past each region, past the top 10. 100% and and that's what I'm
hoping. I'm hoping it's just like hey
these are hard workouts we're just getting people who deserve
to be here like capacity wise to through on the team side and
then individuals will be different will be just different
workouts. That's how it has, that's how it
has been the last two years as well.
So, but we did see you know, GH DS handstand walking and rope
climbs in team workouts the years previous, right And.
There's not. There's no, there's no floor
plan. Not.
That here so I. You're right.
Yeah, there's no floor. Plans, I mean you got to figure
most of the, unless you're Invictus or maybe a couple are
affiliates, you have one team going through this at each
affiliate and there's no floor plans.
Individuals you've already talked about, there's a lot of
people that are doing this. So if if there's going to be no
floor plans, no shawl runs, no handstand walking, I mean it's
going to be, I think it's going to be the exact same.
Like not. Much different.
Really hope it's not. It's not.
I really hope that's not the case, I.
Like I like. I will be as upset as people
think I was supposed to be today.
If it's if that is the case and the last two years have proven
that that's not the case. So like, I have hope, wait, and
I agree with Nick. That's wild.
Nick free free freeze, 0 Olympic lifts in the open and quarters
is wild, is my. Mic still bad, Brian.
Yeah, you keep kind of cutting out it was it's like you're
talking and it kind of just keeps kind of blipping let.
Me try the Let me try a difference like my computer mic.
Tyler is in different cities travelling for his wife's.
She's doing the quarter finals on a team and so he is not at
home and his Internet or computer is glitchy and he tries
to log in but he kind of freezes up every time.
So for right now, just me and John and his stuttering Mike,
Jr., Howell Jr. If you want to join, let me
know. The cream all will always rise.
The top ten are in regardless, but those who really care about
21 to 40, many of us definitely will be some disappointments.
Hopefully there are 5 scores and one is not a Max.
So he's talking about the individuals and if there's going
to be a part a, Part B. Is this better?
It sounds tingier, but it's actually Hopefully it doesn't
cut out on you, which is better than nothing, so we'll go with
that. OK.
Yeah.
Come on, Jr., because we need 1/3.
Yeah, Jr. could be a definitely a a good lifeline for the trivia
here coming up. Oh.
Damn, I might be in it if Jr. is.
I got AI. Got a kid?
I got to like. Blow up a little bit, Jr.
I'm not scared of Tyler in the world.
Jr. got a good you know. He he, he might help the the
lucky caller. Anything else before I move on
team quarter final workouts. Otherwise, we're going to be
going to blind rankings and you you're going to be able to call
it all. Well, I'm Jr. from.
I don't. Know.
Keith, you want to join? In a link, Keith.
You want to join? Oh, hold on, we got a special
guest Come in here soon. Tyler again we got.
We we got somebody coming on. It's not Tyler.
All right. Do you want to go get the your
mask while we transition to some blind rankings?
All. Right.
OK. Yeah.
All right. All right, Next up is Blind
rankings. So for those who have seen the
last few weeks, Manta Sleep is now an official sponsor of the
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John is going to get. Seth, what's?
Up thanks. For joining.
Happy to be a part of it. Yeah man, very cool for joining.
Have you seen blind rankings before?
I have. Seen it?
Yeah. So you're going to give a list
of things, and then I'm going to have to choose with John where
to put them, and then you're going to trick us into picking
the wrong order, right? That's exactly how it works
100%. I'm in.
There he comes. Man's asleep.
John has a sleep mask on. He cannot see it.
So. John has his his sleep mask on.
He cannot see anything. Perfect for blind rankings.
As always, nobody knows what's coming up, but this time you
guys are going to guess it's. On here is this the.
The Jump Ship guy. It is Seth from Jump Ship.
What's? Up, man.
What's up? How are you?
I'm good. The topic this week is
Instagramers. You're going to rate and rank
the top five Instagramers of our list.
Not the top five ever, but five Crossfitters.
You're going to rank them on on their Instagramming abilities.
On if we like their Instagram or just who is the most followers.
That's again up to you, not most followers.
This is the quality of Instagram.
I like quality. This is.
This goes hand in hand with Pedro's question earlier today
which drove me nuts that no one answered it.
So and. I had dressing.
Because I had no idea what that is, what kind of what kind of a
guy Seth is, so. This will be fun.
You probably. Can't run him over like you do,
Tyler. So we'll see, Spiegel.
Has to be 5I will not stand for thirst.
That's if she's on there. All right.
First one, Pat Velder. I.
Like Trav Founder's Instagram, I think he posts quality stuff.
He's a real funny guy. I would say 2, just in case
there's somebody that's, you know, great that I don't know
about. I.
Might put him. Three, I feel like.
I feel like he is very genuine and he's funny, but I feel like
I haven't seen as much good stuff from him lately.
Maybe he's focused somewhere else, but two or three I think
is totally fair, you see. His blow up on 24.3 I.
Did I did that is? Value right there.
That is the one that made the hopper video, the one where.
The. American Sniper shot shot Hopper
in the row. Video on the deadlift.
He had. He also has one of the the
funniest Instagram videos I think I've ever seen with.
I can't remember. That the song that was trending,
but when he was falling off the cargo net, I think him and Rob
did like a collab on a video like years ago when he felt the
cargo net at the games as. One of the funniest Instagram
posts I've ever seen, I think. He's got to be two, man.
I really do all. Right.
I can go with that. I think we're gonna do, you
know. Rebecca Bousilly.
Oh yeah. I think she has a great
Instagram. She posts stuff all the time and
she's hilarious. Like she she's quite.
Talented with that. Yeah.
All right. Hiller, we'll have you break the
tie. I don't think he needs to be.
On this show, he's going to ruin it with his follower.
Nonsense. I've.
Always wanted to do. This.
Would. You put velder at #2 or #3.
I don't. I don't.
Oh. Wait, wait, we're.
I don't know. Followers, this is just, do you
like his? Quality of work.
Quality of Instagramming. You're going to rank the top
five between fusile and vellenor fusile.
No, no, no. No, no, no two or three, two or
three. Do you think of of We don't
know. You guys don't know who?
The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th. You gotta get me up to speed.
I have no idea what's going on. I saw A tag.
You are going to Let's just go 3 so we have more.
I know. How the game?
Works, I just don't know what we're ranking.
You're. Making Instagram.
Or quality? OK.
OK is. That fair.
I'll rock with three for that. Three.
Yeah, it's fair. The governor's the only one up.
OK, OK. All right.
Next up, Dal and Pepper. Oh, I feel like.
He does. I don't think I can bump him.
Yeah. I don't think I could put him
above Pat yet he's. Like maybe he's Yeah, I I would.
Agree with that. I can totally put them above.
My. Pat needed to be two.
It's not that we're going to get stuffed on number one.
I already know we're going to get so stuffed on #1.
It's going to be awful. It it can't be as bad as Arrow
Lowen. No offense, Arrow.
Lowen, you're great, dude. You.
I. Got her right, I too.
I know, I know. No one is going to do a.
Documentary on Ariel Ariel, I'm. With you.
I'm fair. Yeah, go ahead.
Fair War is good. Yeah.
I, I, I would have actually probably put padded 4
retrospectively, though. All right.
That's why it wasn't tough. But that one can't be two.
No. Joel.
All right. Next.
Danny Spiegel One I don't know what a scam looks like, but you
can make a case. You can make a case for both.
Look at the way she had. Not not my style, but look at
the way she commands attention. Not my style, but you can make a
case for one or five. That's.
A great point, but what is the purpose of?
This is our other than this is our.
Style of a of show. Then five maybe?
Even to seven. Or. 20.
Hey, I I give her number one, she's got the most follow up. #3
Dick pics and she'll be #1, but she's not.
She's #5 'cause this is a great Christian moral throw.
He's got to come to an agreement.
We said 5. Five.
Well, you guys are. You could have heavy influence
in the next two ones, 'cause I know that.
He's going to. Hand us sporty Beth next.
That would be fantastic. We are backed into a corner
here. We are backed into a corner, we.
Are. We're.
Completely it's. Going.
To be like Mikey Swoosh in there for about these three or.
Something. Brookwell's.
Oh, I'm. Comfortable with her at 22.
You know what? I'm going to I don't have a
choice. It's going to have to be two,
But I'll say my part I think. I think her stuff is well
produced on Instagram, but I don't have any value from her in
her post. It's either a random snippet of
her doing muscle UPS or a barbell clean, or she's selling
me something that I don't care about.
There's. No value in her Instagram.
It's one of the ones that drives me the most crazy.
You don't. Think you see the human side of
Brooke Wells when she's getting in that eye?
That's my point. It's only selling.
It's only. Selling Is there a description
to how we're choosing these people, or was it just choose
choose? You.
Got this rank on based on oh, I would have put down with #2.
All right. Carry on.
That's the point of the game. I get it.
And the last one. Oh shit.
I feel I'm nervous about Danielle.
Brandon Bad. Oh, you.
You don't. You're number. 1.
I'm. Fine with it.
It could have been worse. I'm fine with.
It actually. Yeah, this.
Isn't too bad. Overall It actually worked out
OK. You you could have really
screwed us and you didn't. I think a lot of.
People would be OK with this list.
My personal list would have been Pat Bellinor, number one out of
these people. But I understand I'm not
everybody's cup of tea, Daniel. We.
We know you love Pat. I.
I wish we could have put. I wish I went with your got and
put Pat at #2. I'll just say that I wish we
did. That would.
Would you put Brooke 4 then? Yeah, and then that.
Would be the list right there. I think that would be a better
list too, but I don't. I don't mind this list at all.
Hey little, what would your one through 5 be?
Just you personally. It would have.
Been Danielle, Spiegel, Dallin, Pat and Brooke would have been
last. What's?
That. Based on for you combination of
like things people are subscribing to them for and how
many followers they have. I'm pretty sure Brooke's got
more than Dallin, yeah. But nobody gets what they want
out of her. It's like a pseudo ad slash,
like half naked shot, not. Quite thirsty enough?
Not quite at. Least two of the people, what
they want as far as what I remember, like Spin said, I
can't see it anymore, which is cool.
Yeah, that's fine. There you go.
Blind rankings, Instagramers edition.
Go to mantasleep.com. Use code spin.
Save 10%. The next topic I'll you can't
see Hillary if we do it, but we are bringing back.
Oh. This will be fun to get their
opinion on this. I I'm actually really excited to
go with my little spiel and let them critique it.
For bringing back the mountain. Oh, I get to be on a mountain.
Show. Yes.
The mountain is back. All right, get rid of me.
I'll just hang out all. Right, postpone.
You can still hear me, right? Yep.
You're still there, OK? Oh sweet.
So John has some updates to the mountain.
Of course, we always start at base camp, so we have some
people moving up, moving down. John, you ready to kind of
defend yourself on base camp? Yep.
So I would ask. Let me get through the whole
mountain before y'all go on. Like opinions.
OK. Tyler has a hard time with this
sometimes. But then we then we can break it
down and I will take any critique and we can go to war
once the whole rigmarole is done.
All right. So base camp, this is our big
our big entries under this is Austin Hatfield and Gracie
Walton the true winner of the. She is a bad girl.
She is. Amen to that.
And. But they they previously were on
rookie hill. Oh, that was me talking.
I thought that was somebody else talking.
You got sound bites. Now she is a bad girl.
All right. That's right that now it sounds
creepy. Now I don't.
Don't do it again. Why?
Totally creepy. Previously they were on rookie
hill and now they've made their way.
They they looked far into the distance and they saw a much
taller peak and they made their way over.
And they are now at base camp and what this means is I think
they can make noise at the games.
I think they're going to go to the games and potentially be top
20, maybe even top 15. All hot Austin Hatfield has done
is just check off the checklist. He's going to keep on doing that
in quarterfinals, regardless of how trash the workouts are.
Not I think Austin Hatfield is going to thrive.
Everybody else is just, you know, a couple people took a
step back or aren't competing that were competing before or
that we did not know. So there's a couple new names
from it, from that Brandon Luckett, who was. 1st.
In North American West almost. Just putting them him up there
just to see if he can continue on the trend.
I really don't think he will, but he's been proving me wrong
so far. So I'm gonna, I'm gonna give
give him his flowers until he's until.
Luckett stops and hopefully. He don't stop.
Hopefully he don't stop. He's been killing it.
So he deserves to be at base camp for now.
All right, on to the list. Are you?
Are you just put Luckett on there because he beat you at
some workouts? He He beat everybody.
Yeah, Luckett is a freak. He He was first in North
American West ahead of Valinor. You know.
Him and Cooper Marshall. I know the.
Workouts were. I know the workouts were very
not a lot of separation between the workouts and they were very
accessible, but still just to. Brent, Brandon.
Will be in. Anything, Brandon?
Will be anybody as long as the workout doesn't have a heavy
barbell. For the most part, he is a
metabolic. Freak.
And he has all the skills. He just cannot move a heavy bar.
Yeah, he's letting me know. So he'll, he'll try.
And he. Will do well for sure.
Now it's time to the mountain and I just put I just bit one
big list on here John so you can walk through how you've how
you've changed it oh. Yeah.
OK, yeah. Just.
Yeah. Bottom rope first.
Oh, oh, God. Oh, this was a lot spin.
OK. Colton.
Mertens. Colton.
Mertens. There's not a lot you can say
about him other than he's a bad boy.
And that dude, it looks bitter. Hey, that's.
A little bit cringy. It's inappropriate, he.
Looks like calm. Down.
OK, put a shirt on. OK, raise an eyebrow.
Didn't. You say something.
Similar about somewhere else on the.
List he looks. He.
Looks more ripped out and maybe you can speak to this Hiller,
but he looks very, very. I think he looks more ripped out
than he did last year, and I know last he was a lot smaller,
like 10 lbs. I.
Got something about the open announcement?
Reward on the street is the cameraman moved his rope as they
were filming and if he wouldn't have had to have adjusted his
rope and untangled at mid workout he would have beaten
Mederos. Yeah, no, I mean, I believe it.
He's, he sent me some of his rowing numbers.
And I mean like I think, listen, I think Mertens has potential to
be, I'm not, I don't think, I don't know if I don't think I'm,
I would predict it. What are you saying?
What's over your? Internet bro, you're cutting out
again. Yeah.
You and Tyler. Spoken to do.
You're probably. Making great points, but we
can't hear any of them. Oh.
Are you serious? This.
Is terrible. Do you want me to try to switch
back to my regular mind? No, it's not changing.
Keep going, Haley Adams potential to be.
Top ten I think Hayley Adams is amazing and I'm just thinking
about what we've seen previously with her.
You can't really make any judgment calls on her fitness
until really semi finals, maybe quarterfinals, but I I'm not
really going to say anything until semi finals.
But I know her potential and her top five, and maybe she doesn't
do that, but that's still liable to be top 12.
We'll get the games this year, Hope.
I mean, maybe top six, but like, I would predict top 12 for sure.
And that's worthy of being on the list.
There's not very many. And then Faxon's new to the
list. That's just from Chandler
dropping out. Am I dropping out again?
You're good. Yeah, you.
Just keep going, keep going. We'll have to deal with it, all
right? Oh, now I'm.
I'm all self-conscious. Other than that, there's not a
lot of changes other than Laurel Horvath has inched slightly
higher to Tia Toomey and she was on par with Ricky, but now she's
taking a step higher And honestly, quite frankly, what I
should have done was dropped Tia off the peak a little bit
instead of putting Laura higher because of Tia's wrist thing.
You know, we don't know what that is, but it wasn't good at
the Open. So I just think it puts a little
bit of a wrench into things and I think Laura's closer to Tia
than we thought previously. Certainly at the.
Mountain. So.
Nothing's changed other than those those changes.
If we think about quarter final workouts, the team, the what was
released for teams and we translate that into what
individuals may face only four workouts maybe.
Not. It totally was that bad when he
first started. OK, so you'll make comments.
At least know the history of Brian Friends Internet.
With only four workouts, there's handstand push ups, I guess.
Not really that heavy of a barbell.
Is there any chance that what we see at quarter finals for
individuals with only four Tia finds a workout where she cannot
do it well enough? Where she doesn't qualify?
The shoulder overheads would be a menace even at the 1:25.
I mean. For.
Reps if it's a. 15 minute amp that's a that's a you.
Know what, though? Even even with a wrist issue, if
she puts on one of those super strong, stretchy wrist wraps and
just like deals with it, she's still going to get through.
I don't know what she could give her that would actually stop
her. I don't know.
I mean you you listen to her videos you you have to imagine.
You have to imagine her, her her videos make it sound more
positive than what it is. Right when she says that she
can't do a workout every once in a while.
So again, like she's making making improvements, but all it
takes is 1 workout where she lifts it catches it.
Funny, they do put in heavier cleans.
Like, I have to imagine something dynamic is not the
best for her. Yeah, I I don't know.
But there's. There's.
Certain. Things where like you just when
you have to absolutely get something done and you have to
suffer through it once her. Base.
And level of fitness, injury or not, I think will give her a
good enough score that the things she can do super well and
score high on will balance her out and get her there.
I can't even imagine her finishing 30, like qualifying
for semis in 30th place and getting a slot.
You know how bad she'd have to do for her standard to take 30th
place and get a slot? It's just unless this wrist
thing is a real significant injury and not an itis of some
kind or whatever the the holding the baby too much things she's
talking about is, I don't know what you could give her, what
they could program that would stop her from doing what she
needs to do to take a shot to get the semis and have the time
to heal up between. Hey John, has anyone ever given
you any crap for? I feel like Jon is way behind
what? Your.
Computer is lagging. That's what's happening.
I just got to know how he's got the champ beneath Ricky Gerard.
I mean, I'm not mad about it. I'm a Ricky guy.
And also he's got Mederos kind of low on that thing.
And I wonder if he's looking up. Like, come on, he he moved
Mederos down, He moved Gabby up this last iteration.
You know, I can't talk crap about Gabby.
She's kind of a killer. Yeah, she is.
She is. If if you're talking about 1
underrated athlete, it's Gabby. Gabby's a freak for sure,
unless. She's got to do the.
Standard. I I.
Must have missed episodes as to why the guys are.
Are the way they. Are.
I mean, I could say I I could make an argument for Ricky being
above, but like, how? Where do you bump Adler down?
Like what has he done that deserves him to move below
compared to? What he's shown recently.
All right. Can I use my better now?
Can I explain it? Yeah, you're.
Not, Yeah. OK.
So. This is the 2024 CrossFit Games,
Mountain and Jeff Adler right beneath Ricky Garrard.
Gotcha. Said and done.
That's where he's at. The podium will be between Roman
Adler and Velder. They got two of three spots
right and three of those guys are going to fight it out for
the to three spots. The winner is going to be Ricky
and Laura is Boyd, Mercy and Ricky.
Laura the women, Ricky to the men, but she's got Thea to me in
the in front of her. And then same thing with the
women beneath the Belner. Dude, I'm, I'm hanging.
I'm hanging on your words. Like, you can't imagine.
I'm like, what did you say? I'm.
Trying. I'm trying.
Oh. Man is it?
Better now I'm on. Your phone, dude.
Go on. Your phone all.
Right. Let me do that your.
Your comedic timing is impeccable.
That's all I have to say. Great.
It's like you're planning it. It is here because yeah, he did
have Roman ahead of Ricky before this.
He moved him down and then Adler and Bellner have been sitting
there in the in the third level and then he moved BKG down, put
Haley in, added Saxon and Colton on to it.
So. I would.
I would put. I mean.
I'm not. It's not my mountain.
But if. You're going to have Saxon on
there I. Bet I bet, Luckett.
Beats the pants off. Saxon This.
Year. Oh, that's.
Interesting. What?
What's John with? He's on a.
Mission. John, can you hear us?
You're not. In the chat, are you spin, did
you comment or was that John? That was definitely John.
I I am not sorry. Oh yeah, just have him like
click on the link on his phone, pull it up on there.
Yeah, he should have it. I don't know.
How would you rank the guys Hiller?
Honestly I like him the way that they have him.
I I I started looking at it closer because someone in the
comments said how could Daniel Brandon rap just beyond the same
tier. But I actually kind of think
that they should be where they're at.
Perhaps bump up Lawson into that third row where the three dudes
are sitting. But then who you gonna bump
down? You can't really.
So it it just I I like it. I think it's a good mountain.
I I. Got nothing to say about the
mountain at the moment? Yeah, I mean Danielle and Alexis
are within a couple spots on last year and Daniel did better
than her the prior year. So I mean you you take the last
two years, I I I think they're good.
Yeah, right. I'm on my.
Phone. Is that any better?
At the moment, yeah, there he is.
Until you say something important, then we'll find out
if it. Matters.
Corey Leonard Did John Young eat some frog grips?
I did not what was the question previous we.
Were talking about the men rankings, Hiller agrees with
where you have them. Oh, nice.
I just. Want to know how you you got to
add there the champ below and I'm not tear with cranny coffin
belliner. It was just it's it's cool.
I I I agree with it it's just interesting.
I didn't think many would say that.
Usually the champ is the champ. I.
Don't agree with it, but I think it's close.
Enough. Well, the next segment is
supposed to be. Some.
CrossFit Games Trivia that you're supposed to try to beat
John in CrossFit Games trivia. Have a call in, have a caller
call in. Oh, you got a phone line?
Now we do have a phone line. Awesome, I bet.
This is Ariel. This is Dylan Lowen messing with
John's Internet. He's tired of him talking crap
on his way. Mad.
About it would not be surprised
Actions. Hopefully he jumps back on.
We are going to skip over the mountain and we will do some
betting with the boys and hopefully that gets solved in
the meantime. So here we go.
All right. Betting with the boys, we do.
Three questions. You guys have to bet, but which
side you're on? Start off with the first one.
Look in the quarterfinals, Taylor Self versus the World
Quarterfinals edition. Who has the most wins during the
showdown at CrossFit Crash? Yes, he's back.
I. Changed.
Rooms in my house. Hopefully this is better.
We'll try it. We will try it.
So we'll start off John, who has the most wins?
Taylor versus the world. Meaning Colton Down and Hopper.
Yes, and. Poor Taylor.
I'm gonna roll with Colton. I just.
Think he's gonna there's gonna be a gymnastics workout that he
should just smash. And I think there'll be some
type of squatting workout that he should smash.
I think that's two out of the four and then it's a wrap if
there's a Part 2. And then there's a lift between
and probably Hopper. Who wins that lift?
I don't. Know what to tell y'all guys I'm
doing in I'm doing. You're doing good.
You're good. Just talk, yeah.
So I'm in Roll Colton. We're talking.
Quarterfinals, right. Quarterfinals.
When Taylor takes on the three guys, I'll.
I'll take Dallin. I'll take Dallin.
I think that. I think he's.
Not. Only is he already established
in here, but he's still up and coming in a big way in a in a
lot of ways of his game and I think.
Each. Year, you'll see him take
another step forward. I think Dallin will put on a
show during Quarters I. I would take Dallin as like the
total quarters, but just winning workouts is is why is just like
in total. I think Dallin would win too.
I. Understand the difference now,
but I'll still stick with that one.
I'm gonna. Take Jedediah Snelson not.
Not many. Squats.
Did you hear him earlier? He he was on, I think, Pedro's
and he was calling out Taylor. And I figured while we're
getting Taylor by not ever choosing him, I might as well
choose Jedediah. I choose Colton as well.
I think Colton's in crazy good shape at the moment, but in
either way like Dallin's a good pick too.
Yeah, I I think if you look at the quarter final workouts again
by teams, I I I just don't see them changing it that much.
I think these would line up for Colton and I think that they're
going to be in the same type, same structure.
I don't think we're going to see anything that's materially
different where it wouldn't be the benefit for Colton.
So I'm I'm going with Colton as well.
Colton I'll just. Say I think I.
Think the the weights. And and some of the movements
will be not that he's not strong, but I think some the
other guys are stronger, will move the weights better and I
think the row will play a significant part in the
individual quarters as well. Which he will fill this room in
Colton. Or the?
Only. Meters, Seth. 500 meters. 1000
meters. God, do I hate meters.
Doesn't bother me, but I think it'll play a bigger role.
What? Weights would stop Colton.
I just feel like. Yeah.
That or maybe even cycling heavy enough deadlifts if the deadlift
carries over again, like to team.
I feel like a heavy enough deadlift.
Could stop them compared to. Someone like Hopper down and it
depends on how many reps you do. Hey dude, you know we're talking
well. Leverage.
Over reps is is different than A1 Rep Max one Rep maxes are not
that important. It's how I know.
You can actually leverage in the world.
Being short, that would be actually incorrect.
No, but I I promise you go go ahead.
I'm not. Saying he's not a good
deadlifter. I'm saying physically levered,
lever levering his body. He will not have the same
leverage. Not wrong, speaking in terms of
physics. I think 315 per reps, Colton
deadlifts faster than everybody that's there at that quarter
finals camp. Maybe.
I think we. Can see from.
The team workouts that I totally think I'll carry over to the
individual workouts. What Dave said is that everyone
who gets into the 25% is going to be able to play, which plays
really well for Colton. That's.
True. Like.
Crazy, but he also made a He made a comment about being able
to play in getting to a certain point.
He actually made a little comment about getting somewhere.
So. Everyone can play maybe in the
first few minutes of something and then something could dead
stop somebody and there could be a tie.
Break in there. So it depends on how they
structure it. But yes, he did say that too.
Yeah, I mean if it, if it's the same as this, I mean, I think.
Why do you think it would be the same, Andrew?
The same. Because it wasn't as far as
Scheme. And look look alike, but not
workouts, probably not even movements.
But I can see like the the thought of it being very
similar. Yeah, I mean, I looked through
these workouts, somebody who just made it into the Masters
25% and like, I could probably do most of them, but I wouldn't
get through very far on them, right, like.
That makes me think gated workouts, right?
Like you know 16.2 type type. All right, moving on to the next
one. Does Tia Claire Toomey finish
top ten in the quarterfinals? Start with Seth.
Man. That is so tough.
I'm going to say yes. I'm going to say she's done,
kind of. Playing.
Around in these in these workouts and finds a way to make
her wrist less of a factor. I'm I'm I'm in the camp that the
wrist is not a huge factor and she's playing it safe being
really smart about it because there's nothing at stake early
on. So I think the risk is not
likely a huge factor and she'll figure out how to mitigate it
and she'll just. Hammer Quarter finals.
Without even. Yeah, without even Max effort.
I think she'll do well. We'll see.
I'll go with her. Hiller.
If John's Mountain is correct, then there's no way that this
chick can finish outside of the top ten and maintain status at
the top of the mountain. So I'm going to say she's in the
top ten because I agreed with the mountain.
Also, I'd like to say right here that she's looking like she's on
the hot tail to be the next David Hip and Steel, like
working through her injury and I can't even hold my baby anymore.
They. Haven't given us any.
Muscle UPS. I'm going to say she's outside
the top ten and before we left the the the last topic, my
question when we were talking about her, I was going to say
how wild would it be if she finished 31st in her region and
she was in the first heat in day one at quarter of semi finals.
How wild would that be? Be a cool story.
It make it a little more interesting.
The first, the first heat, it's top. 10 in the world, right?
That's the question. Yes, but I'm saying that that's
an easy one for me. I'll say no, she's outside the
top ten. I'm.
Going to say no too. I and the Mountain doesn't
matter about quarter finals killer.
It's the 2024 CrossFit Games. OK.
When she gets to the games, her baby wrist is going to be fully
back. Strongest Tia risk.
All right. You and whatever way she wants
to get it done with. I know you're a big fan of her
getting done in certain type of ways As a matter.
She'll be fine come games time. OK.
Our quarter finals I think. I think she'll do she'll there's
a first submission window. She'll know where she stands.
She'll do whatever workout hurts the most the last.
And then she'll just do it. What she You'll be in the top
whatever 40 that in her region. That's what I.
That's. Hard to do that.
But I think, I think that's what you'll do.
All right. So we got 2 outside, 22 inside
and the last one open or the quarter final participation over
under 50% sign up registering for quarterfinals.
It's right around that number every year at the top 10%.
Now moving to the top 25%, do we see 50% participation?
God. I'm going to say I'm.
Going to say no. Yeah.
No, I'm going to say no. Just.
Under do. You know what?
It was last year by chance when there was top, the top 10%.
I think it was right around 50%. All right.
So they're gonna take an extra 15.
What are those? Extra 15% of people gonna think
about it. Hey, maybe they're less fit.
Yeah, they're less fit. But.
Probably more. I don't.
Know if you keep track of Reddit the way I do, there's a lot of
people who are super pumped about making it until until I
see the word, they might just be the loud ones.
Yeah, they might just be the loud ones though, the ones that
are pumped and there might be so many.
People who are like. I'm going to do the workouts,
but I'm not signing up and I know of a.
Lot of people who are doing that, I was.
Going to say that, I think. That over man O Reddit.
I think it'll be over. Over, over.
Hiller takes over. Over but close.
Yeah. Or way over.
No. Barely.
Like, I think it's just, I think it's just under, hey, and if
that's true, 15% and 50% still that's a crazy bump in money for
CrossFit. Right.
How many people? Fly from this year. 10.
Percent of 10% of 3. 100,000. It'll be 346,000.
So it's gonna go from about 1000 to about 400. 70,000.
Yeah. So it's a it's like 26,000 more
people would participate in quarter finals than last year.
Well. When you put it that way, it
sounds like it's going to be under, but I I I think it's
interesting 'cause you're thinking of the top 10%.
Like. People don't do it, 'cause it's
like, well, I qualified. It's kind of a good achievement,
but I have no chance of making the semi finals.
You now added these people who have now qualified for quarter
finals for the first time. I could see more than 50% doing
it in that 11 to 25 percentile just because it's like, oh, I
made it. I want to try this.
Let's see how I do so. I'm going to go with Hiller,
just over 50%. I think there's a lot of people
who are pumped about it next year.
They might not be, but we'll see.
Yeah, it all depends on what their experience is.
If they stand around looking at a barbell for a while, it's
going to make all the money grab people like really salty.
If it, if it is over 50%, I mean I'll be.
Happy if it's over 50% and then they're pulling to do this with
with. Their.
Ploy of what? I hope they make all the money.
Yeah, I do too. People don't like to be wrong,
but it's like AI kind of hope I'm wrong there about the the
money grab thing. Yeah.
All right, it is now time I need the first caller to do CrossFit
Games trivia. The first time you guys will be
competing against, compete against John Young.
Hopefully he can answer your whiteboard.
Just hold up like your whiteboard.
So hey, if I can't if. You can't hear me.
I'm just going to type my answer in on the comment.
OK. So we have, it'll be 5 questions
each. So each of you know the caller
will and John will each get 5 questions.
If one of them does not get it right, you can steal it and
Hiller and Seth are your lifeline.
So each of them you can ask him for help on one question.
So you get 2 total questions. So the person who does call in
will automatically receive a $20.00 gift card to Paper Street
Coffee. Paper.
Stcoffee.com So even if you're embarrassed, you still can get
that. And then if you do beat John,
somehow, you win a limited edition barbell spin flag for
your garage gym affiliate wherever you want to take it.
So need somebody to call in and we'll get this thing started.
If John. Wins.
Does he get to keep the flag each week?
No, he doesn't get the flag. Does he have like 50 in his
garage? Limited number.
OK, all right, come on. Has anyone ever?
Has anyone? Beat John before.
It's the first time I'm. Undefeated.
Somebody calls, somebody call. How many viewers are on right
now. Someone will call 437.
People shut up. Let's go.
Oh, here we go. Everyone else here.
Losers. Oh.
You got somebody we got. Somebody caller hello here.
We go, hello, YouTube. Make sure you mute YouTube.
Sounds like. Jigsaw.
Wants to play a game. Oh, it's jigsaw.
Hello Hello the. Connection can you?
Hear me. Can I hear, we can start to hear
you. We do.
Not have a good connection. All right, we're going.
To try another caller. All right.
Next one call on in. If nobody, if nobody else calls,
we can do set their healer. Yes, LDY 2742.
Tia tapes that wrist and rocks up.
It should be Hiller and I verse you.
You're the senior. I'm saying we can do that.
I should get to team. Up.
Yeah, we should team up. Caller, how are you all?
Right, I think. That was the same thing.
Caller, hello, caller, can I hear you?
Thanks everyone. Does this 24 hours again.
All. Right.
Go. Ahead, Homie.
It's not that hard, dude. Like, quit being a little bitch
and stop talking to your voice transformer Ortega.
What's? Up.
Can you hear me regard? Maybe a little better.
It's. Ortega Ortega.
Now it's Ortega. I don't.
Know nobody can. Nobody can get through.
If it's your fault, then I'd take a minute.
I can hear you guys. We.
Can't hear you though. Oh, vindicates is not a caller
issue. I apologize for the caller.
Yeah, mine's not callers. I'll try.
This one, the caller's like, what the hell man?
Sorry caller. It's the road caster.
It is the road caster. It is not not cooperative, man.
It's the Road Caster caveman. All.
Right. You just want to do Seth and
Hillary on this one and then we'll try it again next time.
Yep, there we go. We beat John.
Can we pick someone from the the comments to give the prize to
after we destroy him? I do like that.
So we'll do three questions. That's.
Been watching all the old footage you come out with 2007,
2008, stuff like he's he's going to have an advantage, you know?
What? I still screw it all up anyway.
All right, so screw it all up each.
Of you. Each of you will get three
questions, then we'll go in order.
We'll go John, Seth, Hiller. If John does not get it right,
we'll pass it off to Seth. You can steal it and then go to
Hiller. All right.
First question. To.
John What year were burpees not programmed in the CrossFit Open?
That is a hard one. I'm going to say 2010.
Not correct Seth, do you want to can you steal?
I will go with 2012 Incorrect 20. 14.
Also incorrect, 20/20/15 had no curfees in the open, it's 14. .5
No, it's all. Right, Seth. 15 huh?
Which male athlete has four top ten open finishes in the last
five years? Which?
Male athlete has four top ten open finishes in the last five
years. I'll go with Pat Fellner.
Incorrect. Oh, Hiller.
I'm going to go with BKG Incorrect and John.
I really like this game. I'm going to go Yonukowski.
Guys. Oh, for three again?
Wow. Jeff Adler.
Oh, someone said it. Really.
Someone said it right away too. Jeff Adler.
The only time in the since since 20/20 was in 20/22.
He finished 12th. Damn.
Here is one for you guys. Hiller, who is the oldest male
to win the CrossFit Games, is. It James Fitzgerald.
It is. He was 33 in 2007.
Have a softball question? Is that you give us freaking the
hardest open questions ever and you're gonna.
Give him the roll. This person.
Everybody. Men.
There's only like 3. Men who've ever won it.
Mike, good for you. Hey, Beth, Frazier was close,
all right? He was like 80 when he finished
the last year. All right, John, who is the only
athlete to qualify for the Rogue Invitational via the queue
twice. Say.
The question again, who? Is the only athlete to qualify
for the Rogue Invitational via the queue the online qualifier
twice? Danny Spiegel.
No, Seth. I'll say, Lauren.
Fisher. Oh, I have another guess.
I should have it with this person first killer.
Is it Chandler? Smith.
It is not God. You.
Suck we suck. Can I Can I go again?
No. Who You don't get the points for
it, but get Do you know it? Is it?
Who is it? All right?
Well, who did you say, Seth? Who's.
Sesame Junior. Mertens, Colton.
Mertens. No, no.
He made it last, man and Anganese.
I would have never gotten her. I'd like ever.
And I couldn't get that or never got I like her, but.
I listen. I know James questions.
I don't know. He's.
Off the wall, according to. These questions.
You know neither, Seth. Which one you got?
The. You got the only games question?
All right. Right, Seth, here you go.
Which woman won their 2023 semi final without winning one event?
Which? Woman won the 2023 semi final
without winning an event. Oh man, I'm trying to think of.
Did. Did Alex Gazan win her semi
final I? Don't.
Know I'll go Alex Gazan. I don't remember if she won or
not, but that's my pick. Incorrect Hiller.
Oh. That's Ellie Turner.
That is correct. Nice.
Pull John. Did you know that?
That's. Two points, Mr. Young.
I thought. I thought, I I'm sure Hiller's
the best analyst. Hiller to get Hiller to get
three points over under. So John, you have no John, you
have to answer this one for Hiller.
So it's between Hiller and Seth over under.
What's the least number of events a barbell has been used
at the CrossFit Games over or under?
I just choose a number. Yes.
But John, John, will, John will give you over under, oh.
I'm giving the over under and. You have to answer it.
Oh, OK. OK.
Two, Would you see Barkley? 'S freaking comment.
It's. No, I can't see the comments.
Did he say 2? Yeah, does.
He think it's over or under that too.
All. Right now which way is over and
which way is under? I I I want to say is it over?
Would be 3 or more. Under would be one or zero.
OK, I'm gonna say over. That is correct 443 It happened
3 * 2015. 2019 and 2022 only featured a barbell in 4 events.
Hiller. I'll give you the over under all
this one. Like, that's the least amount.
That's the least. Yep.
Hillary, you give the over under How many times has Sam Briggs
won an open workout? That's a fun one.
Is there a clock I'm kidding twice that?
You're over under. Yeah.
Two times. What if?
You choose the number. You can't go over or under.
Yeah, then you win, but you're not going to.
Get it? Which pick is it?
Both of you can answer I'd. Say over.
John, do you agree you? Want to give a number?
I'm going to say over and I'll, I'll say 5.
She's won five, yeah. She is.
She. She won 12 Open workouts, guys.
Whoa, that's amazing. Glad I win with over.
All right. Damn.
Corey Leonard hit a 10. Good job, man.
You're way better. Jr. listed 4 right there.
Wait, wait, wait. I thought you were in my.
Bed Sam. Like, worldwide.
Not an ounce worldwide, right? Yeah.
Open workouts. She won 12 open workouts in the
world. Lord, that's crazy.
That's awesome. That's awesome.
All right, we got. We'll do three more.
We'll go back to start to John, who had the worst event finish
and still won the CrossFit Games.
I'm trying to think if there's a handstand push up event that
Laura. Horvath I'll.
I'll, I'll say, yeah, I'll Laura.
Horvath. 37th and 333. Unless, unless you're going to
count 2000, like hold on 2008, see if Khalifa had like a 97th
and a hill. It's.
It's in. It's in the games era.
So 2011 through current. So not the ranch or 2010, not
the ranch. I'll.
Say I'll say Rich is 37th then. Incorrect Seth.
My. My gut.
Tells. Me.
One of. The workouts Matt may have
bombed back in the day like the rope climb failed, but I don't
know. Let's see in one.
You know, I'm. Gonna go.
I'm just gonna go out of left field there.
I'm gonna say Camille Elizabeth. Elevated was really loud too.
Camille is incorrect. Worth a shot?
It's. Gotta be Sam Breeze.
Also incorrect is. It Adler's Elizabeth elevated
this. Woman took 38th place in the
ranch deadlift ladder. Catrin, David's daughter.
Oh damn. That's a good, that's a good
question. That's the that's the only good
question you've had the rest of the question.
You're out, John. That's a really.
Good trivia question. Thank you.
Glad you like one of them, Seth, who has won back-to-back Dubai
Fitness Championship titles. Let's go with the.
Oh, that. Means he's had no idea.
I'm trying to think back because it's like it's been it's.
Been a while. I'm trying to think of who they
used to invite every year. Yeah, I I.
Have no idea. We'll go with Didn't Matt win at
one time? We'll go with Matt.
Maybe he won twice. I don't know.
He did. He did not win it back-to-back
Hiller. Vykowski.
False, John. Roman, I hate.
You, Roman. I swear Roman did not win it
back-to-back. Karen Freyaova.
Oh, damn, you said Roman. You said Roman.
I said Roman. Exactly, yeah, I said.
It gave you a men's pick and a women's pick.
No, no, wait a minute. You can't choose both.
No other Karen is the only one to have won back-to-back.
Roman did not. And Hiller, last question, which
female athlete has won the Open the most times?
Jamie Green. No, John, that's a.
Good pick though. I know he's been, like, all
sneaky. This one might surprise you
guys. I know.
That's how I'm feeling too. He's he's like pulling these off
the wall that you would never pick think of things.
My original thought was was Sam because of the 12 events.
But I'm going to I'm stuck between Camille and Sarah.
I'll let's roll with Sarah, because I think that I don't.
Sarah is the correct answer 3 * 2017 2019.
That's the only. I didn't know that at all
either. I was just.
Guessing you guys want to do the the did Camille.
Win it twice. I don't know.
It's not my list. I would, I would not have known.
Do you guys want to do 1 tiebreaker?
Yeah. All right.
So this is a list. I'm going to give you a subject
and you have to keep going around in a circle naming off
people. And if you get it wrong, you're
out. OK, So you just have to.
This is called me out right away then.
So Hiller, since you have the most, do you want to go first,
second or third? Third.
All right, so it's John. You'll start off.
All right. Terrible idea.
So you're going to list off athletes who have five or more
CrossFit Games event wins. So basically, you'll say athlete
A. If it's correct, you'll move on
to Seth. He'll list off.
You can't repeat names until you guys miss or you run out.
All right, John. Matt.
Matt Frazier. OK, Seth for owning.
OK, Hiller, I feel like. It shouldn't be that hard.
It should not be hard to get. Helpers should not be hard.
Anyone that's won a CrossFit five or more CrossFit Games
event wins. And yet, the second I say
something like Josh Bridges, I'm bone, but I'm going to say Josh
Bridges. That's correct.
All right, back to John. See it to me.
I thought you already said OK, Seth.
Let's go let's. Go, Carl.
Webb. Saunders Yes, you said five,
right? Five or more.
Freaking Sam Briggs. Yep, she had. 11.
John Annie. Thornton daughter, she.
Had 14 Seth, Jason. Khalipa.
He had six getting close. Hiller, Laura.
Laura. Horvath has had eleven.
No, the other Laura. Oh, you're going to go with
Horvath because you got it. OK, Jon.
Camille. You.
Are out five or more event wins. All right.
Up to Seth and Hiller. This.
Is a games question, John. I know.
I'm really disappointed in myself.
Yeah, I got hard though. I'm just going to throw Kowski
out there because of the swim events.
Incorrect. Hillary.
There you guys are all still in. If you all miss, is that right,
Hillary? If you get it right, you win.
She's I really want to say this person, but.
Dude, Katherine. Katherine David's letterhead 13.
Wait, we? Didn't say.
Catherine, nice job. Yeah, I already said Catherine.
Hey, we did not. We did not include three.
You guys did not include Kristen Clever with six, Akinwally with
six, Kristen Holta with five, Fakowski with eight.
Velner 7. Adler 6.
Guy had five. Spencer Hendel had five.
Spieler and Roman both had five. I was 5.
Five was a big. I wish we.
Had like a little thing that checked off like a name I do.
I wish I was one of those two, the names we.
Said. Would you say what?
I'm saying I would do on the board.
Yeah. But if we have a, if we have a
caller, John, then they can't see it.
So, like Jeopardy? Unfair to you?
Yeah, no, that's why. Well.
Deserving went on Andrew's part. Thanks.
Yeah, that was. Fun I like.
What do I like? You got to.
Give it to someone. I got to give some stuff to
someone. Yeah, pick out a winner and they
will win a flag. I'm.
Going. To give it.
Oh, a flag. Barbell spin flag.
Corey Leonard, Corey Leonard, Corey, message me on Instagram.
You will win a barbell spin flag and we will we'll hold the the
gift card for paper Street coffee for next time.
Hopefully the the road caster wants to cooperate.
But thanks guys. Thank you, Hiller.
Thank you, Seth for jumping on last minute to fill in for
Tyler. We all know that the senior
analyst now is Hiller. John, you've been demoted to
analyst maybe next time. So thank you guys for watching
next week. Open questions, yeah.
Those were tough. He he was not as gay dude.
He was badged out because of his microphone.
Next week, 7:30 Eastern, 4:30 Pacific, same time as always.
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