EDITOR'S NOTE: This episode was recorded before the early June events regarding CrossFit Inc. and the statements made by Greg Glassman.

Austin Malleolo is a CrossFit OG.

He competed at the CrossFit Games for the first time as an individual in 2010 and took 6th place overall. He made four more appearances as an individual before switching to the team competition in 2017.

Austin has also been a fixture on the CrossFit Seminar Staff. Here, he talks with Sean Woodland about how his career as a personal trainer led him to CrossFit, the time he got stranded in China and what possessed him to deadlift 600 lb. and run the Boston Marathon—on the same day.

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Timeline:

1:19 – On training and coaching during COVID.

5:32 – Growing up on the “B” team.

6:29 – The first personal trainer to show up for work in a suit.

10:40 – Austin’s first Fran.

15:24 – Cinch bags and cut-off tees: the 2010 CrossFit Games.

19:09 – Joining the Seminar Staff.

21:15 – Seminar Staff memories: stranded in China and food poisoning in Korea.

23:52 – Competing in the North East.

28:58 – Memories of Camp Pendleton.

31:38 – On going team.

35:40 – The Boston Marathon and the 600-lb. Deadlift.

39:20 – The HAM Plan.

41:54 – What makes good programming good.

43:47 – The perspective-altering effect of parenthood.