The Functional Times

Today we had the honor of speaking with Mintra Mattison, the HYROX Global Race Director. We learn more about the World Championship, how the elite waves work, hear Mintra's picks for the podium at the WC, get some info on the 2020-2021 U.S. city locations and more!

2020 HYROX World Championship Berlin, Germany April 4, 2020.

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On today's episode we talk to the man who just dominated down at Wodapalooza Miami - Jedidiah Snelson. Our talk with Jedidiah is both fun and extremely informative. We talk about his recent victory at Wodapalooza, how he's preparing for the 2020 WheelWod Games, learn a little more about the new seated 1 and seated 2 division in WheelWod, and lots more!

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Super excited about this episode, which is the first time we've talked HYROX recap on the podcast! In part 1 you'll hear from Cali Schweikhart and Morgan Schulz. Cali and Morgan went to HYROX Dallas to set the women's doubles world record. In part 2 (51:36) you'll hear from Alex Walker, who won 3rd place in her first-ever HYROX.

On today's episode we talk with Griffin Roelle, winner of the Norwegian CrossFit® Championship. Griffin recaps his winning weekend for us as he climbed from 25th place to 1st place. We also talk about Griffin's disappointment surrounding the Rogue Invitational.

In one of the most entertaining podcasts yet, elite athlete Bailey Meraviglia recaps her trip to the Norwegian CrossFit Championship. Hear what Norway's sanctioned event was like first hand, including how the views were so gorgeous that Bailey almost pulled out her phone in the middle of event 1 to take pictures of the scenery. 

Back in December on Episode 103 of Chasing Excellence, Ben Bergeron and Patrick Cummings produced a show titled “Why CrossFit Shouldn’t Be In the Olympics.” On Episode 4 of The Functional Times Podcast, you’ll hear a response from the International Functional Fitness President Gretchen Kittelberger.

News with the#SpartanProtest continues to move quickly. We had a chance to talk with Spartan Pro athlete Alyssa Hawley about a phone call between several Spartan Pro athletes and Spartan representatives about the 2020 contracts. Find out what changes may come out of that phone call and where Alyssa thinks we are going from here.

We will continue to update you on the subject as we learn more. Stay tuned and let us know if there is something you want to hear more about.

News with the #SpartanProtest is moving quickly. We had a chance to talk with Spartan Pro athlete Cali Schweikhart about the hot topic. Hear her thoughts as a Spartan, Pro and learn more about the sticking points for Spartan Pros. To be clear, Cali is not protesting, but has a lot of insight on the topic considering she has received a Spartan Pro contract for the second year now.

We will continue to update you on the subject as we learn more. Stay tuned!

In today's episode, we talk with Kason "Mo" Morris, team manager for the USA Functional Fitness Federation, about some of the differences between CrossFit® and functional fitness as defined by the IF3 (International Functional Fitness Federations), the USAFF Online Qualifier, Nationals, Masters Worlds in Portugal, and the IF3 Worlds in Abbotsford, Canada.