Today we have Kristi O'Connell on the pod! This is a soon to be 7th time CrossFit Games athlete that has gotten there in many ways! She's been on a team, she's been an individual and she has also qualified through the last chance opportunity last season. Kristi is a vet and talks about how her journey with training has transformed, how she balances life and competing with her Husband/ Coach/ Mr.Mcguyver Patrick O'Connell. She even opens up about getting new assistance this year from Kristin Holte whom shares many qualities as an athlete to Kristi O. and has helped her highlight some of her strengths and minimize her weaknesses. 

We had experienced a bit of a lag on Kristi's end and it created some spotty audio at times. We are doing what we can to clean up and bring you guys the best episodes possible. 

Keep rising. 

Today Adrian is back for another Daily Rise! You won't want to skip this one as he dives into the biggest obstacle for most of his clients and athletes. Many have amazing visions and dreams and aspirations but few are willing to leave their current training, nutrition or lifestyle in the past. You can't become something greater by remaining who you are. 

Today Adrian sat down just hours before the announcement of Phil Toon's positive drug test announcement. As the two had the interview the only thing that caught Adrian off guard was simply the technical difficulties they had while recording. This interview is straight up about not just training and competing at the CrossFit Games but how Phil had in mind to go and contend for a top spot. Take note as Adrian addresses his thoughts on Phil's test results and his personal opinion from what he knows about him and the team around him. No matter how you feel, we just lost a shot to see one of the fittest dudes out there go and compete. Let's hope changes can happen from within our community to make these positive drug tests few and far between and make 2022 a year the athletes transformed their intentionality behind what they put in their bodies. 

The interview jumps around just a touch due to some recording issues from internet limitation on Phil's end. We apologize. 

Today Adrian is back to one of his passions which is to inspire and educate. This is a version of the podcast called the "Daily Rise" where we offer short format time domains that help inspire you to action in your own life. These subjects range from health, mental focus, performance, competition and even business and leadership. Enjoy today as Adrian shares about the "long game". 

This interview Adrian Conway sits down with Arielle Loewen to discuss her dominance on the CrossFit Games LCQ. They discuss her start in the sport, her untraditional methods of training and also how her journey is so very different from many other females at the top of the sport. This year Arielle has her sights set on a better than 14th place finish at the CrossFit Games and in the episode she shares how she's doing to do it. 

Today Adrian sits down with Travis Mayer. The 8x CrossFit Games qualifier that is a father of 4, Husband, affiliate owner and coach. Travis has finished as high as 10th at the CrossFit Games and has his sights on this year being his best year yet! He and his Coach Max El Hag have been together for 10 seasons now and have experimented, tweaked, changed, adapted and overcome many obstacles together. This long term relationship between a coach and athlete is one that we find as rare in our space today, so we find it refreshing. Together along with Travis' mindset coach, they hope to accomplish something they have never accomplished together and that is to stand on top of the Podium in Madison, Wisconsin this year at the Crossfit Games. 

Today Adrian talks about all the drama and the final standings that stemmed from week 4 of the CrossFit Games Semi Finals. Strength in Depth, Copa Sur, and the Atlas games all had unique story lines with some very recognizable faces from Emma Lawson, Paige Powers, Pat Vellner, Jeff Adler, Gui Malheiros, Jonne Koski, Willy Georges, Katrin Davidsdottir, Sam Briggs, and more! 

Today Adrian breaks down the final week of Semi Finals! Atlas Games, Strength in Depth and Copa Sur all go down in just hours to see who will be some of the final athletes to punch their ticket to the CrossFit Games 2022. We've got young bucks like Emma Lawson, Freya Moosbrugger, Paige Powers, and of course Guilherme Malheiros, vets like Pat Vellner, Jeff Adler and Alex Vigneault all throwing down and unfortunately not enough spots to go around! Let's see what kind of tests they face this weekend! 

Today Adrian takes a dive into summarizing this weeks outcomes and the drama around them! Who is going to the CrossFit Games? What's up with Chandler Smith? Phil Toon is the real deal, Brent Fikowski is still the professor, Mal O'brien is a killer and she let us know, Emily Rolfe did exactly what she needed to do! And, is CrossFit preferential for short athletes? We've joked about it a lot in previous years and we know the movements do favor a particular body type, but this weekend with Matt D'lugos finishing only a few points out from the CrossFit Games makes you wonder, is a standard height for the rig and rings fair? 

Today Adrian dives into the CrossFit Games Semi Finals programming review week 3! This weekend we will see the Granite Games and the Far East Throwdown. The workouts are tough and there is a lot to be covered. Adrian has a lot of feedback about the Far East throwdown, take a look at the programming before you listen and see if you can tell what he will have a problem with! We get to see athletes like Chanlder Smith, Sam Kwant, Brent Fikowski, Emily Rolfe, Dani Speegle, Mal Obrien, Matt Dlugos, Sydney Wells, and Anthony Davis all take the floor!