Amanda Barnhart is a rising star in the Sport of Fitness.

She took 15th at the 2018 CrossFit Games, her rookie year, and followed that up with a 7th-place finish in 2019—despite a bum ankle.

She joined Sean Woodland to talk about her collegiate swimming career and how that led her to CrossFit, the ankle injury that nearly took her out of the Games last year and her memorable showdown with Tia-Clair Toomey in the one-rep-max clean event.

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Timeline:

1:31 – Training without a gym during the coronavirus pandemic.

3:55 – Amanda’s athletic background before CrossFit.

6:49 – Gymnastics to CrossFit: a natural progression.

9:44 – Becoming obsessed with the Games from her grandparents’ sewing room.

11:12 – Her first Regional experience.

15:17 – Going from 25th at the Central Regional to Games qualification in 2018.

19:04 – The 2018 marathon row: “I was prepared to take my gloves off and just be a bloody massacre.”

20:10 – Winning the clean-and-jerk speed ladder.

23:38 – On the new competition format in the 2019 season.

25:44 – How to handle pressure.

27:14 – What happened to her ankle?

30:26  – Managing expectations after the injury.

32:32 – Going head-to-head with Tia-Clair Toomey.

34:41 – Taking 7th on a bum ankle and dealing with the “what ifs.”

35:36 – Looking to the 2020 CrossFit Games—and being happy with best efforts.