Two-Brain Radio: Adrian Bozman

On this episode of Two-Brain Radio, Sean Woodland talks with one of the OGs of CrossFit, Adrian Bozman. He is one of the few people in the world of CrossFit who is best known by his nickname: “Boz.”

Boz has been around the sport and the training methodology for nearly 15 years. He's been a member of the CrossFit Level 1 Seminar Staff and currently serves as one of the head judges at the CrossFit Games.

He and Sean talk about how he initially got involved with CrossFit, what it’s like dealing with some of the interesting questions he fields from athletes during competition and some of his more memorable moments from his CrossFit career.

Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Founder-Farmer-Tinker-Thief-Entrepreneurs-ebook/dp/B07QH85HSX

Contact:

Instagram: @apbozman

Timeline:

1:34 – Finding CrossFit from amidst a fitness landscape “littered with trash” in the early 2000s.

5:14 – Getting coached by Nicole Carroll at the original CrossFit Santa Cruz.

6:19 – From San Francisco CrossFit trainer to L1 staff member.

7:16 – The “raw,” early days of the L1 Seminar.

8:02 – A decade on the road. 

9:21 – The magic of the L1.

11:16 – How Boz got abandoned with Austin Malleolo, naked in a Russian bath house.

14:55 – Becoming “Head Judge.”

16:22 – On the evolution of the CrossFit Games judging team.

17:26 – Bizarre athlete-briefing questions: “Just keep going until you get tired.”

20:56 – What it takes to be a good judge at the CrossFit Games.

24:36 – The origins and evolution of “Ro vs. Boz.”

28:51 – Boz’s fitness today: CrossFit, jiujitsu and a garage gym.

34:15 – The highlight of it all: The culture of CrossFit.