This interview is with athlete Kristóf Horváth and was recorded in October 2021.
Kristof speaks about his childhood, growing up in Hungary with his fit family, 
how he and his little sister Laura got into CrossFit, that first CrossFit Games
experience, how he manages to support his girlfriend Gabriela whilst keeping focus on his own goals, and a lot more. Kristof will be competing soon at the Madrid CrossFit Challenger. 
Please look out for an interview soon with the organisers 

Min 0 to 4.00 Country boy, Mallorca in lockdown and peacock sightings 
4.00 Growing up with parents who were PE teachers, adventure sports 
8.00 Snow life 
9.00 Ski instructor at 16
11.30 What makes a good coach?
12.30 How kids have changed in the last decade
14.00 Stop labelling kids
17.25 Kristof reveals which instrument he plays 
18.30 Kristof's CrossFit entry story 
19.15 Inspired by 2013 regionals on TV 
19.40 Kristof's CrossFit heroes
21.00 Decision to compete
21.30 Kristof's sister Laura tags alone 
22.00 She starts to beat him 
22.30 The 39 family Horvath start CrossFit, the backyard gets full 
24.00 Discovering their first CrossFit community 
26.00 Learning English through sport 
26.30 Shout out to Klaus
28.30 Supporting his sister 
30 Kristof's pride in his family 
30.30 The first CrossFit Games experience 
31.30 Being star struck
34 What do you do when you become famous overnight? 
35 How do you tell who is going to help you or use you? 
36 His sister's comeback 
37 Kristof's goals for the future 
39 Finding the right coach 
39.40 Being the best boyfriend in the world to Gabi 
40.10 Building a team and the strategy behind it 
41.30 Carrying through his commitments to the team 
42.00 How does he switch the focus 
43.00 Being in a relationship with an athlete when you are also an athlete 
44.45 Training with women 
45.45 Making the commitment to train in Mallorca 
47.30 What does Kristof have to work on? 

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Min 0 to 13 Opportunity or obstacle, we discuss the changes to the 2022 Games Schedule and what they might mean for Teens and Masters.  Who should be programming the official CrossFit competitions and should anyone read anything into "off season" performances?
Min 13 to 13 German Throwdown  (Congrats to all the athletes and a shout out for Martin Feiferlik who trains with The Progrm).
Min 13 to 17 How do elite athletes choose which competitions to attend? How much does it cost to go to compete?
Min 17 What's the big deal about Rogue, Dubai and Wodapalooza?
Min 19 Sola, Mia and Julie GoWod Team
Min 20 Focus for the Games
Min 21 Preparation for Dubai
Min 22 The argument for one day competitions
Min 23 Schedule for the next phase

Our next episode features Kristóf Horváth, Hungary's fittest man, we chat about his sporting career, his ambitions and whether there is any sibling rivalry with his sister Laura....

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If you have taken your level one in Spain then it is quite likely that you were taught by today's  guest Coach Nat Diez (@nat10p)

We talk about her career in CrossFit, her humble beginnings in the sport, working her way up to the position of Country Manager for CrossFit Espana (@crossfitespana). We speak about the incredible rise in popularity in CrossFit in Spain, and how the pandemic has contributed to that. Nat has also judged elite athletes in CrossFit competitions since 2015 and she has some valuable advice for anyone who is a judge, plus we discuss the future of CrossFit in Europe.  And we talk about her amazing collaborative project with a local hospital in Mallorca working with people with cancer

Min 0 to 4.50 Nat talks about discovering CrossFit in Miami after moving to America 
4.50 to 6.30 Nat talks about her art career and her mum
6.30 Nat breaks the news to her mum that she is giving up her Advertising Executive career 
7.50 Nat talks about change 
8.30 Taking her L1 course
9.30 Nat instructed by legends 
11.00 Finally landing a coaching job in Madrid 
14.00 Nat’s judging career, Invitationals and Regionals 
15.00 Nat translates for Head Judge Boz 
16.20 2020 Online CrossFit Games and judging Gabi
16.40 The curse of the judge… damned if you do 
17.30 The difference in behaviour between elite athletes and mere mortals 
18.30 Nat’s advice for anyone who is judging a competition 
20.30 What the Country Manager does 
24.00 Who is the top country in the world for CrossFit affiliate growth and what has inspired it?
27.00 What type of person is taking up CrossFit?
27.40 Online classes and how they affected the popularity of CrossFit 
31.00 The unofficial competition between the countries
32.00 Shout out for Dani 
34.00 Appreciation for pro athletes 
35.00 Sam Briggs hero moment, you are awesome! 
35.50 Virginia Fonol (@virfinol)
36.00 Shout out for pro athletes that Nat has met 
36.40 Will the south of Europe start to send more athletes to the Games? 
37.30 The relationship between the Affiliates and the Sport 
38.00 Nat’s view on how the new reshuffle of the qualifying places for teens and masters and the new length of The Open
42.00 A definite need for more Teens Competitions 
43.00 Lift, move, work? What? 
51.00 The lunch break workout 
52.40 The burpee secret 
53.00 The Prehabilitation project (@crossfit_frontgarden) 
60.00 The unicorn 
61.00 Her love of teaching, the CrossFit Mama. 
62.00 180 seminars down! 
64.00 Passing on the passion 

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In this episode of the Europe is Coming podcast we talk to Gabriela Migala. 

This interview was recorded a couple of weeks before she came third at the Rogue Invitational in Texas. We talk about her start in the sport, the influence her mum Monica has had on her, training with her fellow competitors, gummy bears, oatmeal and dealing with self doubt. 

Coming up in our next episodes, we talk about the redesign of the Games season, how it will affect European athletes, and how the CrossFit community is growing through Europe. 

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Minute: 
2.30 Talking about self reliance 
3.00 Learning how to learn and move on 
3.40 Making the switch from tennis to crossfit 
4.20 Starting CrossFit in Krakow
5.00 Discovering community in CrossFit and the motivation to train 
6.00 Talking about being a teen athlete 
7.30 Qualifying and finishing in 3rd place at the Games 
9.00 Discovering how far behind she was as a young adult 
9.20 Failing and recovering 
9.50 Falling in love with training and the athlete life 
10.30 How tough it is to qualify as a woman in Europe 
11.40 Moving in the right direction
12.10 Maturity and mindset and motivation 
13.00 2019 20 minute Games experience 
13.40 Getting cut, legless rope climbs no rep horror 
14.40 The devastation of being cut, the crash 
15.10 Finding her weakness 
15.20 The determination of her mum 
16.40 Recovering from the disappointment 
17.00 Shout out to Monica 
17.40 Work hard, be patient, progress is happening 
18.30 Starting to train with The Progrm 
19.40 Training partners Jacqueline and Kristof 
20.30 Training and competing with your training partners 
22.10 Competition rituals 
23.00 Online competitions 
24.00 C23  and support from the members of the gym 
25.00 Qualifying for the CrossFit Games 2021 in front of a live audience
26.40 Legless rope climbs, the redemption
28.30 Travelling to the Games, the visa shakedown, missing out on Aruba and the flamingos 
30.30 Returning to The Games, flashbacks and nerves 
31.00 The cuts announcement and panic, self doubt 
32.00 The first workout 
33.30 The yoke workout, chasing down Tia 
37.00 Hungry for more 
38.40 Travelling and time zones 
41.00 Carbs, carbs, carbs 
42.30 Nutrition, and counting macros 
43.30 Talking to the young Gabriela 

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In this episode we catch up quickly with John Singleton, coach to Gabriela Migala and Jacqueline Dahlstrom for a debrief on the recent 2021 Rogue Invitational. 

We chat about Gabriela’s podium finish, competition strategy, the hospitality of Texans, how the rest of the field performed, and a whole lot more.

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In this episode I catch up with John Singleton as he and his athletes, 
Gabriela Migala and Jacqueline Dahlstrom prepare for the
Rogue Invitational in Texas.  We speak about the preparations for the competition, the Rogue experience, the workouts, and John's predictions for the top spots for the Elite categories. 

Min 0 to 1, inevitable chat between Britishers about the weather 
1.40 Time difference and flying, adjustments for the athletes 
2.20 Permission to enter US 
2.40 Praise for Rogue about how they have been treating the athletes 
3.30 Cowboy swag jealousy
3.50 Mood in the camp with the competitors, pre competition anxiety
4.30 Workouts and expectations of placing 
4.50 Programming reactions 
5.10 Programming trends 
5.40 How athletes 
6.00 What is an Over, Under Log on Zeus? 
6.40 Event 1, what is the hill and how is it constructed? 
7.50 Event 6 what?!
8.45 Event 2 how will the numbers be affected? 
9.30 Day 2 events 
10.10 The last set of thrusters
11.30 How strong everyone is now! 
12.00 Event 5 could favour the taller athlete. 
12.20 Sunday event 7, what could it be? 
12.40 John's predictions for the weekend. 
13.20 Laura Horvath
14.30 Predictions for the male event... Hopper, Medeiros, Vellner, Adler...? 
15.30 No swimming! 
16.50 The Mountain! 
17.30 Who will win The Legends? 
18.30 Programming, is it fair to have people programming events who have a vested interest in an athlete doing well? 
19.20 Hayley Adams sympathy, definitely going to be hard for her this weekend for her. 

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For this episode we speak to Games Athlete Jacqueline Dahlstrøm.

Jac competed at the 2021 CrossFit Games, finishing 17th.
She is originally from Norway but now lives on the island of Mallorca in Spain.

We talk about her early years as a pony mad teenager, her studies as an engineer, her switch to professional sportswoman, her struggles, her injuries and her triumphs.

This episode was recorded on Jacqueline’s actual birthday, a couple of weeks before she went on to place third at the Madrid CrossFit Championships.

As the episode is released she and her training partner Gabriela Migala are in Texas in the US, preparing for the Rogue Invitational.

So good luck to both of them for the coming weekend,

Intro
Minute 5,00 Showjumping nerding out
6,20 Hardwork 
6,40 Developing as a rider
9,00 Why aren't there more women competing in showjumping?
10.00 Maths and physics? 
11, 00 Jac's reflection on life at 30 
11,40 Bodybuilding success  
13,30 Jac starts CrossFit 
14,20 Jac decides not to compete 
16,00 CrossFit in Norway 
16,40 Kristin Holte first Games was in 2014
17,30 Gymnastics 
17,50 Jac's previous life 
18,20 Jac quits her job and starts her life as an athlete 
19,40 2017 Women 38th 7th Europe
20,14 Jac's family's reaction and her Dad's pov
22,30 Jac meets John Singleton, who becomes both her coach and her partner
23,30 CrossFit divides Europe into two sections 
24,30 2018 failure to get to the Games 
25,00 Life in Mallorca and the decision to live on the island 
25,50 rest days and the sun 
27, 00 Mallorca training hub
28,00 2019 Games and qualifying strategy
30,30 Deadlifts versus Thrusters 
31,00 The French Throwdown injury 
32,00 The Ruck Run 
33,00 Injury details 
35,00 Adrenlin rush at The French Throwdown 
36,20 Recovery 
38,00 Bolted weight work 
38,30 Injury depression 
39,00 Losing a competition year 
40,00 Training as a woman, hormones and training cycle 
46,00 getting into the USA
47,00 The off season strategy 
Outro and goodbyes. 

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Hey everyone, welcome back! This is episode two of our new podcast, Europe is Coming. This time around we've got you an extremely honest interview with the rather amazing athlete Solveig Sigurdardottir. Recorded just a couple of weeks before she won the Madrid CrossFit Championship Sola and Vicki talk about Sola's early success as part of a team and qualifying for the CrossFit Games in 2016, her struggles to find herself as an individual athlete, her ongoing relationship with food and her body, social media, gender equality in CrossFit and a whole lot more. 

Min 1.00 Life in Iceland and post lunch depression
5.20 Sola talks about the high level of CrossFit in Icelandic gyms 
6.00 How Sola was inspired to start CrossFit after a year in Spain 
7.15 Sola talks about walking into a CrossFit box for the first time
8.15 Sola starts to realise that you could compete in CrossFit
9.00 2016 Regionals, what it was like going team for her first competition. Sola talks about her nerves when she first started competing, and throwing up in a chalk bucket! 
11.30 What was it like competing at the Games in 2016 in LA? 
12.20 Why did Sola switch from team to individual? 
13.20 Sola talks about her first individual competition in 2018 
14.20 Sola talks about mindset and recovering from a disappointing performance at Regionals 2018
15.50 Comparision is the thief of joy 
16.50 Sola talks about building herself back up, and who helps her
18.30 How to balance training and studying for a degree
19.20 Training in lockdown and online qualifiers, doing The 2021 Open on the street
20.48 Sola decides not to do the Quarter Finals and then is talked out of it 
21.20 Sola does better than she expected to! 
22.10 Sola starts to enjoy competing again. 
22.40 Sola talks about C23 and the support of the gym 
23.10 Sola talks about she is feeling now and her motivation. Europe is the toughest region in the world for women. 
24.00 Training for the Madrid CrossFit Championships, and how much she is looking forward to it. 
25.10 Invitation for LFit and plans for Wodapaloosa
27.00 Other ways of measuring success 
28.10 A perfect training day for Sola
28.20 Training with Jacqueline and Gabriela
30.00 Enjoying seeing her training partners doing well 
31.00 Sola talks about her nutrition and how she struggled with counting macros and how it has affected her in the past 
34.30 Struggling with "Being Good or Being Bad" with food 
36.00 Building a normal relationship with food again 
38.20 Talking to yourself like you are talking to your little sister 
38.40 Instagram, influencers and body image 
44.00 Wearing the cool leggings 
46.00 Wear the damn shorts 
47.30 Celebrating the muscular female physique
49.30 Equality in CrossFit
50.30 HWPO

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We are kicking off the season with an interview with John Singleton, coach to many elite CrossFit athletes. John and I talk about how he started out, his time as a budding Kung Fu martial artist, his discovery of CrossFit and his own competitive career, his transition into full time coaching, and how he came to live and work on the island of Mallorca in Spain. 

Min 1.25 - 3.00 John talks about his background, his degree in Osteopathy and his dyslexia. 
Min 3.00 - 5.00 His "Kill Bill" period, and where is the outfit now
Min 5.00 - 8.47 John's introduction to CrossFit 
Min 8.47 - 9.27 Rest day guilt 
Min 9.27 - 12.36 Life in China, what is was like pre-smartphones
Min 12.36 - 14.05 John's time as a competitive CrossFit athlete 
Min 14.05 - 17.07 His decision to stop competing and focus on coaching 
Min 17.07 -19.57  The decision to move to Mallorca and setting up his own gym 
Min 19.57 - 24.21 Setting up The Progrm training system, and his coaching style 
Min 24.21 - 26.01 Spotting potential in athletes
Min 26.01 - 27.43 Mindset, "Sacrifice" or "Decision" 
Min 27.43 - 29.31 Upcoming competitions and a typical training day for The Progrm athletes
Min 29.31 - 33.24 Why do another CrossFit podcast? 

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Europe is Coming, the podcast for anyone interested in the European competitive CrossFit scene.

Dedicated to talking to Elite European CrossFit athletes and the people behind them.

Eat, Sleep, Train, Repeat: we will go inside the mindset of professional athletes.
What drives them and what inspires them.

A Progrm production hosted by Vicki McLeod.

Contact us: [email protected]
Follow us: www.instagram.com/theprogrm

Theme tune: Call of the North, Niklas Johansson
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