Coffee, Pods and Wods

James Hobart has done it all from individual Games Athlete, team Games athlete with New England, team Games Champion with Mayhem, coach and programmer with The Hamplan, sanctionals programmer for Southfit in Argentina, the new Athlete Advisory Panel for CrossFit. He's also a really nice guy.

Sam Stewart and Tadhg Lawless chat about misconceptions people have of them, training balance that they took time to find, making ends meet in competitive sport and the TV Cop Show that everyone wants - nae, needs in their lives.

Brandon Swan chats from Down Under about his coffee habits, coaching and programming (including the stresses of organising a mini-games for Khan and Harriet before the Games) and his dilemma of choosing between weightlifting and CrossFit.

CrossFit Games Judge to CrossFit Games Athlete is a rare path to follow. Pete Shaw, fresh off the 2020 CrossFit Games chats about his journey from Madison to his own gym through Covid as well as his the fire it lit within him to return and how watching Paul Tremblay made him puke, sort of. 

Jedediah Snelson is a fitness fanatic who's life was turned inside out by an accident in 2014. Jed talks about his journey in fitness before and since his accident and how instead of letting one day define him he used it to fuel him. 

Adrian Bozman talks about his career path in CrossFit to seminar staff and Games Head Judge as well as how he kept himself busy during lockdown and he talks up the 2020 Games and what Castro has in store for the athletes. 

What better time to catch up with Filthy150 ticket puncher, Andrea Solberg, than a week out from the Games. We chat about training through covid, her time in Ireland, training with Kristin Holte and her hopes for the rest of the season. 

Paul Warrior is a coach, programmer, designer and part owner of Built Up North and Campfire. We chat about everything from designing clothes and his dream pair of trainers to the shortcomings of CrossFit and his absolutely horrific ankle break. 

Emma McQuaid chats about how lockdown altered her training, her focus for the Games and beyond and her excitement at getting back to competing sooner rather than later. 
Ellie also makes a brief appearance. 

Laura Horvath is Hungary's fittest female and the 15th fittest female on earth, but she wants more. Laura chats about going from the highs of 2nd in her rookie year to, in her eyes, failing to perform the year after. She also opens up about the angst at changing coach and her positivity about the direction she's heading in. 
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