On this episode of the Barbell Shrugged podcast we traveled to West Palm Beach FL for the 2013 CrossFit Games South East Regional where we interviewed Travis Mayer (who ended up taking 2nd place that weekend) and Matt Baird who was ranked 10th in the world for the 2013 season.
Travis Mayer, The OC Throwdown (1:24) Promotions (3:03) L5 Injury & Recovery (4:55) Travis’ Training Sessions (9:45) Shit Talking (11:37) Crossfitters on Airplanes (12:48) Travis’ Show (15:54) Going Gay (17:43) Meatheads (19:08) Back Injury, Recovery Progression (20:50) Baird Olympic Lifting (23:50) Progenex (27:33) Technique WOD (28:02) Crossfit Games (34:53) Competition Food (35:35) Baird’s Pre-Competition Training (37:03) Coaches & Individualized Programming (40:12) Volume, Strengths & Weaknesses (46:26) Travis Mayer’s Background (47:44) Travis Crossfit History (49:26) Hardcore/Worst WODs (50:15) Athletes Believing in Coaches (51:35) Least/Most Liked Event of the Games (52:43) Beginning Individualized Programming (55:01)