Jason Carroll's got his retirement plan all figured out: be a stunt double for Tom Hanks. But for now, he's focusing on fitness.

The Hollywood lookalike made his CrossFit Games debut in 2017 and finished in 28th place as a rookie. He returned two years later and took 39th.

He joined Sean Woodland to talk about how basketball led him to the weight room, which in turn led him to CrossFit, how he turned disappointment in 2016 to triumph the following year and just how many times he’s actually been mistaken for a movie star.

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Timeline:

2:19 – Playing basketball at “5 foot nothing.”

5:16 – Pursuing strength and conditioning, biomechanics and bioenergetics in college.

7:24 – How a layoff led to a passion for CrossFit.

12:14 – Becoming a CrossFit competitor.

14:04 – Jason’s first Regional.

16:58 – Missing the Games by a hair, then making it the next year.

20:07 – Making friends—or not—at the CrossFit Games.

22:41 – Lessons learned as a rookie Games athlete.

28:02 – Reacting to the Games season changes in 2018.

31:13 – Killing the 2019 Open. 

34:17 – Getting inducted into the Trash-Talk Thursday tribe.

38:11 – Mai Tais and kalua pork.

40:32 – Coronavirus and the competition season.

44:01 – Rediscovering a love for the bike.

48:29 – On being a Hollywood doppelgänger.