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ANNOUNCER: Back at the
StubHub Center in Carson,
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California, we are two
events away from crowning
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The fittest man on earth.
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We're going to start off
by talking about the guy
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That everybody wants to know.
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Can he make it four
straight CrossFit Games
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Championships... Rich Froning?
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NARRATOR: In sports, legends
appear once in a generation.
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They are athletes who not
only change the way a game is
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Played, but also, regarded
entirely... Michael Jordan,
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Wayne Gretzky, Pele, Babe Ruth.
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In CrossFit, that
man is Rich Froning.
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In 2014, he stood on the cusp
of becoming a legend as he took
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The floor at the CrossFit
games for the final time
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As an individual competitor.
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Froning was on the brink of
being crowned "the fittest"
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"Man on earth" for the
fourth straight time
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And solidifying his legacy as
the fittest man in history.
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Is Rich Froning the
fittest man in history?
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Rich, being the
fittest man in history.
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What do you need to know?
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Well, we need to see a snapshot
of his physical capabilities
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Against as many possible
physical challenges as you can
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Dream up, and against
as many people as you
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Can possibly put him against.
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Rich is tough to beat.
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I think if you're
going to beat Rich,
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You're going to have
to bleed to do it.
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Anybody's beatable
on any given day.
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I mean, he's... he's been
in the game a long time.
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Physically, I feel great.
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Physically, I feel
like I could do
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This for another 7 to 10 years.
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But mentally, it
takes a toll on you.
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Mentally, it's...
It's a different,
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Uh, different animal.
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So we'll see.
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NARRATOR: Froning's quest for
his fourth straight CrossFit
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Games Championship began four
months earlier in the World
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Wide Open... the first step in
a two-part qualifying process
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For the games.
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MAN: We're in San
Francisco, bro.
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People get wild
in San Francisco.
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RICH FRONING: It's
like enemy territory.
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I competed in enemy
territory the entire time...
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The games, too.
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Hey, watch "The Ninja
Turtles" trailer.
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"Ninja Turtles."
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Oh, they released the trailer?
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Just today, just now.
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This looks way cooler than
I thought it was going to be.
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I know, right?
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It's like
"Transformers," almost.
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There we go.
OK.
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Here we go.
I don't know.
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It's kind of tough
to have a favorite.
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They're all awesome.
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When I was a kid,
it was Michelangelo.
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Did you see the new
"Transformers" trailer?
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Holy crap.
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REPORTER: Merry CrossFit
Christmas... five champions
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Tonight in San Francisco...
Three on the men's
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Side, two on the women's side.
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I mean, we usually
have to wait till July
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To see this type of thing.
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ANNOUNCER: Tonight,
the former champs
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Take on the defending
three-time fittest man
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On earth here in San Francisco.
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RICH FRONING: Rich Froning
looks to go out strong in what
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Could be the end of an era.
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This is my last year
as an individual, yep.
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ANNOUNCER: Three, two, one!
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Go!
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14.5 underway from a
jam-packed Kezar Pavilion!
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RICH FRONING: Three, two, one,
go means thrusters and burpees.
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There's no real skill in it.
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It's just go.
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Sam goes out like
a bat out of hell.
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Didn't even think about it.
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I was like, well, she's going
to kill us on this workout,
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Not even worth it,
just let her go.
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ANNOUNCER: But now, Rich Froning
has taken the lead from Sam
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but just barely.
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RICH FRONING: So once I started
getting a little closer,
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I was like, all right.
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Now I'm going to try to
beat Sam for America.
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ANNOUNCER: It's Rich
Froning, who else?
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The champ... another victory.
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[Cheers]
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ANNOUNCER: Unbelievable!
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She said, I let him win.
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REPORTER: And when
you saw Rich Froning
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Creep on that lead, what
was going through your head?
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I let him.
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At the time, I was
kind of like, what?
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What is that?
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What is that?
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NARRATOR: For the
third straight year,
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Froning would finish
first in the open.
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While it wasn't
his ultimate goal,
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It was a competition and
that meant he wanted to win.
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HILLARY FRONING:
Oh, my goodness.
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He is stupid competitive.
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Everything... everything he
does... he's competitive.
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Pictionary... he doesn't
like losing at Pictionary.
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He'd get pretty mad
if he lost at anything.
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And like, that was
like, Wiffle ball,
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Home run derby, anything, even
just with, like, neighbor kids.
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We just... he was not
a very good loser.
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You would think that it's
like an NFL football game
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When it's just flag football.
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But don't say it's
just flag football
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Because he gets all torn up.
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You know, it's serious.
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Like sore loser competitive...
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Everything we did was
competition, whether we were
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Riding bikes, whether we
were swimming to our dock,
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Whether we're playing king
of the dock, video games,
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You name it.
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We always were
competitive with it.
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It's just in him.
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You know, everybody's
like, what's the secret?
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I said, he hates second.
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Second is last.
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There's no way to describe it.
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I mean, he's just driven.
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It's been that way since,
like I said, since he
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Could pick up a baseball.
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RICH FRONING: Part of the reason
I've become so competitive
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Is being part of a
big family with a lot
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Of boys in the family.
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There were a lot of...
A lot of alpha males,
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A lot of testosterone at...
At family get-togethers.
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NARRATOR: While Froning and
his family lived in Tennessee,
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They would often get together
with his 30 first cousins
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From Michigan.
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25 were boys.
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One became a best
friend and brother.
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Donny, my cousin who is
Darren's older brother... oldest
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Brother... my best friend.
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Rich and Donny
are 12 days apart.
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They were twins.
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I mean, I have
pictures that... when
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They were like three months old,
of them talking to each other.
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I mean, they were
just best friends.
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We're all like
brothers, you know.
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It's not really I'd
call us cousins.
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I'd call us brothers.
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RICH FRONING: I didn't get
to play a lot of sports
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With those guys, but you
could still compare stats.
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And you know, the dads, I
think, made it a little bit more
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Competitive than we even
wanted it to be, so...
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JANICE FRONING: He was all boy.
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He had bruises from
the time he could move,
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And just loved every sport,
played with his cousins
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Every... everything you could
think of... fishing, baseball,
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Football.
Get him!
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Get him!
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JANICE FRONING: They were always
out in the backyard playing.
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Na, na, na, na.
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JANICE FRONING:
Climbing whatever
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He could climb, fearless.
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Let me try.
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He was always very
active, very active kid.
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Probably had a touch
of ADHD, but, uh,
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Just had to channel that.
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He was always in sports.
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So he was always
very structured.
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Kept him busy doing things
around the house... either that,
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Or doing sports.
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Next it's
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We never babied him... never.
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With them doing so much with
sports and all that, you know,
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We were always
with them that when
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There was stuff to be
done around the house,
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He had to help.
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Nobody loves him
more than his parents.
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But nobody's probably pushed
him as hard as his parents.
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Even when his friends
would come over,
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He goes, my friends aren't going
to want to come over anymore.
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Because we always had them
doing whatever, you know.
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Mostly when we were up here,
we had a lot of apples.
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And I just hated
running over them
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Because I liked the clean yard,
and plus the wasps and bees
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Collected.
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And so we'd make him
pick up the apples.
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But he made fun out of it.
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When his friends were up here,
they got out baseball bats.
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And uh, they would see who could
get them over the power line.
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But that was the thing.
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They made fun out of
what they did, you know.
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It was a challenge who
could do this better,
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Or who could hit the
apple further, whatever.
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So there was always
competition even
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In doing what he had to do.
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The Froning's... they're
just wired like that.
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They're workers.
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I've heard stories...
The legend...
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That she would sleep a
couple hours a night,
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And she would take them
to school, go to a job,
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Pick them up, go back to a job.
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I don't think she
saw it as a chore.
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It's just what she did.
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And you know, Big Rich... I don't
think he sees work as a chore.
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It's just... it's how you do
things, and you do it right,
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And you do it right the
first time so you don't have
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To go back and do it again.
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WOMAN And now,
entering the Froning Arena...
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Urban Cowboy!
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Looks like
he's going to be hard to beat.
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And now, his opponent,
Redneck Rambo.
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Let's
get ready to rumble!
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Oh!
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Oh, look at those!
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And now, a word
from our sponsors.
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Use Stetson cologne.
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It attracts all the ladies.
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JANICE FRONING: There's my baby!
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[Whistle]
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: There you go.
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NARRATOR: It wasn't always
fun and games for Froning.
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He had to earn the right
to play by constantly
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Doing chores around the house.
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The work ethic he
learned from his parents
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Would not just stay in the home.
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COACH BUTCH CHAFIN:
The first time
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I saw him from the
very first workout,
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We were doing a
couple little things,
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And I told my assistant
coach, I said,
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That's our starting
second basemen.
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Who is that kid?
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Everything we do, we're going
to build around that kid
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Right there.
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Because that kid is a go-go kid.
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He's high energy, high
level, hard-nosed,
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Dirtbag kind of kid.
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That's the kind of kid
you can build around.
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Rich was the guy that
was the first to get
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There, the last to leave, wanted
to take the most ground ball.
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JANICE FRONING: But he was
the filthiest one out there
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Because, like I said, a
ball didn't go past him.
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White uniform and it was
filthy from head to toe...
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Whether sliding into the
base or catching a ball.
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They called him
the "Human Glove."
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He would never let
a ball go past him.
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And his baseball coach
even said one day.
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He goes, that kid knows
where the ball's going
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Before it comes off the bat.
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COACH BUTCH CHAFIN:
In basketball,
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They call it court awareness.
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He was always aware
of situations.
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He always knew where
to throw the ball.
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I personally, had to
keep an eye on Rich
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To make sure he
didn't hurt himself.
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Because he is all in.
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JANICE FRONING:
They had a booklet,
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And in it, it said, "Rich
Froning dives on pavement."
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Enough said."
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COACH BUTCH CHAFIN: We
were in a parking lot
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Because the ground was wet,
and we were hitting ground
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Balls to him with rubber balls.
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It was freezing cold.
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Rich was in shorts
and a t-shirt,
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And he was driving on
asphalt for ground balls.
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NARRATOR: Following
his win in the open,
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Froning moved on to one
of the 17 Regionals.
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In 2014, Froning
would not only have
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To battle some of the toughest
competition in the world,
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But also, the flu.
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Keys... holding them.
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We are headed to
the Central East
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Regional... Cincinnati, Ohio.
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RICH FRONING: The events
aren't great for me.
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Nothing is, like, my
wheelhouse, especially
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With the competition, you know.
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Central East is
pretty tight, so...
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Thursday night, started to
get a little sore throat.
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And Friday morning,
woke up, felt like crap.
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HILLARY FRONING: He had a fever.
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He got a cough.
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He was up all night
because he couldn't
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Sleep because he was coughing.
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JUSTIN BERGH: The battle
between Scott and Rich
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Was one of the most
epic back-and-forths
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That I've ever seen in sports.
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ANNOUNCER: Here comes Panchik.
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One run for Rich, one for Scott.
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And Rich Froning is just
behind Scott Panchik.
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There was some talk...
Lots of talk going on.
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I feel like Rich has
kind of flat-lined.
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I feel great.
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[Coughing]
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Never better.
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RICH FRONING: Rich is washed-up.
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He's old.
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He's flat-lined.
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Scott's going to beat
him at the games.
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ANNOUNCER: Second
to Scott Panchik.
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Trying to make up for what he
lost last night at Nasty Girls.
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And now the time...
Who's it going
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To be... Panchik, Froning,
Froning, Panchik, and Froning
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Won!
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ANNOUNCER: Oh!
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ANNOUNCER: He never beat
you by more than one second.
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There's definitely
some home-cooking going
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On here cause you
beat him in one race
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And he goes down as a tie.
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NARRATOR: It became two
brothers going head to head,
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And one brother
had won everything.
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And then all the younger
brother wanted to do
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Was just beat him once.
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MARCUS HENDREN: I guess
his level of increasing
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Is kind of peaking.
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It, uh, it was a little
motivation in that.
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ANNOUNCER: Rich Froning
known for his work capacity.
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Scott, his tempo
is always bigger
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With every single movement
that they do. [Inaudible].
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And Rich Froning
will be the first man
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Off the rower and walking
across the finish line.
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ANNOUNCER: This guy is
so, so relaxed.
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That hurt.
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That was crappy.
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I needed one win over Scott
that was more than a second.
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You did good.
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That hurt you, didn't it?
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.
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NARRATOR: When Froning
started CrossFit in 2009,
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The qualifying process for
the games was evolving.
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Athletes competed
in local sections
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To earn the right to
move on to the bigger
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Regional competition,
and then the games.
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In 2010, Froning decided to
compete with low expectations.
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RICH FRONING: Me and Darren
started doing CrossFit...
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Solely doing CrossFit
actually in this exact spot
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July 1, 2009.
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And our times were decent with
some of the guys in our age
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Bracket, or whatever, so...
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JANICE FRONING:
Six months later,
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He says he's going
to go to compete,
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And I had to work a double.
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And I was so bummed.
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He's like, no.
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He goes, I'm not going to
make it past the first day.
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He goes, these guys are beasts.
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Oh, man, when I got there,
all the other athletes just...
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I didn't think I had a
chance, to be honest.
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That year, if you
were in the top 15,
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You got to go to Regionals.
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If I'm not in the
top at least 20,
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Sniffing the top 15
in the first day,
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We'll go ahead and have
an early spring break.
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The first event was a
quick little burner.
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Finished it, laid out... don't
think I've ever gone that
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Hard in a workout in my life.
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I think it was about
an hour or two later,
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They said they had
the times posted.
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So we walked over
to the whiteboard.
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My name was at the top.
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And I was like, it's got
to be a typo or something.
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There's something wrong there.
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It was so cool because
you know, all these people
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Are like, who is this kid?
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NARRATOR: Froning won
two of the four workouts
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To finish first
in the sectional.
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The height was building.
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There were some known
competitors there.
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I think Spencer Hendel was
competing in the field.
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Russell Berger was competing.
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And guys you expected to go
to the games, and guys who
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Had been to the games before.
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Well, there was another
guy there that everyone
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Was raving about,
and I had never
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Really heard much about him.
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And it was this young
kid named Rich Froning.
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JUSTIN BERGH: He was actually
just different than some
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Of the other guys.
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He was stronger.
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He had great mobility.
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He could actually perform
the movement the way
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It looked like it was
supposed to be performed,
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Not like somebody who was just
figuring it out on the fly.
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DAVE CASTRO: I
watched him compete.
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I watched him do the final.
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And he was yards, miles
in front of anyone else.
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And these were
established competitors.
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And he dominated the field.
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And at the time, you
know, you don't ever
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Really want to say
about someone...
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That person can win the games.
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Because there's so many
variables that go into it,
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And one event really doesn't
show the complete picture
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Of someone.
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But that was the
type of person that I
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Thought, man, that guy can
do really good at the games.
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He's probably going
to be really good.
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JUSTIN BERGH: I remember
him actually lapping
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Other people in the final heat
that were really good athletes.
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He made squat snatches
actually look easy.
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So I end up winning my region,
completely surprised by that.
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JANICE FRONING: So
when he won Regionals,
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And Castro come up to
him, you could just
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See Rich was just... you know.
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Because it's Castro.
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And he's just shaking
his hand, and talking,
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And just... you know, just
shell-shocked that he'd
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Come up to talk to him.
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DAVE CASTRO: You just knew
that we was going to be around.
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He just had a
certain air to him.
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And he was comfortable
in competition in a way
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That not a lot of other
guys were in 2010.
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NARRATOR: One week from
the CrossFit Games,
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Rich was home in
Cookeville, a place
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Where he can get away from
the pressure of competition
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And return to the
joy of being a kid...
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But only with bigger toys.
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00:17:51,730 --> 00:17:52,830
This is a big truck.
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00:17:52,860 --> 00:17:53,660
Yeah.
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00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:55,370
Are you compensating
for anything?
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No.
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00:17:56,130 --> 00:17:57,140
Mmm.
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I don't know.
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Rich... what do you like?
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What do I do for fun?
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JOSH BRIDGES: He's just
a good, old boy who likes
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To shoot guns and lift weights.
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JAMES HOBART: I think Rich
is a normal dude in the sense
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That he still likes
to do all this stuff
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Of, like, just causing mayhem.
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[Gunshots]
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Riding our bikes around,
blowing stuff up.
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RICH FRONING: There it is.
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Playing sports...
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Dude stuff.
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We wanted to make
something new.
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MAN: He's very
simple guy, doesn't
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Take a lot to make them happy.
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RICH FRONING: If I was
going to be in a movie,
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It'd be a Micheal Bay
movie or a Marvel movie.
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[Music playing]
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I describe it as, like,
he's like a 12-year-old boy
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With a lot of money, you know.
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PAT SHERWOOD: He's really fun.
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He's a fun guy to
hang around with.
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He jokes around with his crew
or whatnot, works really hard,
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But plays really hard, and
does stuff off the field that,
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Like, if you were his agent, you
would just have a heart attack
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In the middle of the
night because he would be
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Zipping around on some, like,
little pit bike with no helmet
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On.
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You're like, you're gonna
kill... what are you doing?
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You're gonna break your
arm or wrist, you know.
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And then he's going to
just play hockey, you know,
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And get hit, check the
ground, you're like, why
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Aren't you wearing more pads?
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You earn your living
being a Cross athlete.
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Why are you exposing
yourself to these risks?
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And it's just he's
just being him.
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To force him not to
do that, I think,
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Would actually take
something away from him.
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I don't know what it is... this
competitive, rough house spirit
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That if you had to
turn it off, and just
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Lift weights, and
just run... it wouldn't
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Be the same Rich Froning.
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Anything that gets the
adrenaline going, I enjoy.
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But then also, just being
around... being around family,
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Hanging out.
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Uh-oh.
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Heads!
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He... Heber did it.
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Anniversary gift from my wife.
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Told her I wanted a
motorcycle, so she
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Gets me a child's motorcycle.
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[Laughing]
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So I can't hurt myself.
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00:20:42,930 --> 00:20:44,540
But now, she realizes
you can go a little
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Faster than she thought.
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00:20:45,900 --> 00:20:47,640
Two tickets if you
want to go to Aspen.
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You want a knuckle sandwich?
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Fist, noggin, dude.
513
00:20:56,610 --> 00:20:59,820
[Mimicking monkey]
514
00:20:59,850 --> 00:21:01,050
Sounds a monkey make?
515
00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:02,050
M-hmm.
516
00:21:02,090 --> 00:21:03,290
What sound does a horsey make?
517
00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:03,890
Neigh...
518
00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:04,890
[Blows raspberries]
519
00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:06,820
What sound's a donkey make?
520
00:21:06,860 --> 00:21:07,760
[Growling]
521
00:21:07,790 --> 00:21:08,490
Hee-haw.
522
00:21:09,990 --> 00:21:10,760
[Cries]
523
00:21:10,790 --> 00:21:11,500
I got you.
524
00:21:13,900 --> 00:21:14,630
Hee-haw!
525
00:21:22,510 --> 00:21:24,510
RICH FRONING: After sectionals,
before Regionals in 2010,
526
00:21:24,540 --> 00:21:26,040
Hillary and I got engaged.
527
00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:31,380
And we'd scheduled our
wedding for June 18, 2011.
528
00:21:31,420 --> 00:21:33,720
And then we found out that
the CrossFit Games 4 were
529
00:21:33,750 --> 00:21:35,720
Going to be in the end of July.
530
00:21:35,750 --> 00:21:39,890
And so everybody that we were
crazy... got married on June 19.
531
00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:41,930
RICH FRONING: And Hillary
said there was no working
532
00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:43,630
Out on the honeymoon.
533
00:21:43,660 --> 00:21:45,030
HILLARY FRONING:
Rich told me that he
534
00:21:45,060 --> 00:21:47,430
Couldn't go on a
honeymoon because he
535
00:21:47,470 --> 00:21:48,930
Couldn't train for the games.
536
00:21:48,970 --> 00:21:50,300
RICH FRONING: I could
work out once a day.
537
00:21:51,370 --> 00:21:52,970
That's what she said... I
could work out once a day.
538
00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,540
He packed our car
with weights and put
539
00:21:54,570 --> 00:21:56,710
Our bags over them
so that I wouldn't
540
00:21:56,740 --> 00:21:58,710
Know that they were in the car.
541
00:21:58,740 --> 00:22:03,680
He has done that four times
since we've been married.
542
00:22:03,710 --> 00:22:04,650
Hillary doesn't know the terms.
543
00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:05,820
It was dumb bells.
544
00:22:05,850 --> 00:22:07,420
I didn't have no
barbell in a Ford Focus.
545
00:22:07,450 --> 00:22:08,950
I had a Focus at the time.
546
00:22:08,990 --> 00:22:12,420
HILLARY FRONING: He had weights
in our car under our bags.
547
00:22:12,460 --> 00:22:13,390
I get it.
548
00:22:13,420 --> 00:22:13,920
It's his job.
549
00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:15,630
And this is our vacation.
550
00:22:15,660 --> 00:22:16,430
It's OK.
551
00:22:17,090 --> 00:22:18,600
You can take a vacation too.
552
00:22:18,630 --> 00:22:20,130
But he isn't like that.
553
00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:24,670
If he doesn't work out,
it's not good for anybody.
554
00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:26,400
He's a diva.
555
00:22:27,810 --> 00:22:29,410
James, you wanna
overhead squat?
556
00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:29,940
Yeah.
557
00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:35,110
NARRATOR: Froning
has transformed
558
00:22:35,150 --> 00:22:37,920
The CrossFit games
landscape by revolutionizing
559
00:22:37,950 --> 00:22:39,420
How to train for them.
560
00:22:40,580 --> 00:22:42,520
People have trouble beating
him because they have not
561
00:22:42,550 --> 00:22:43,890
Discovered how to outwork him.
562
00:22:48,060 --> 00:22:50,560
When it comes to training, I
know Rich takes no days off.
563
00:22:54,630 --> 00:22:56,730
First year, like, we were doing
this, we were only doing, like,
564
00:22:56,770 --> 00:22:58,540
One workout a day,
and just following,
565
00:22:58,570 --> 00:23:00,540
You know, like a main side
or something like that,
566
00:23:00,570 --> 00:23:02,010
And then slowly
starting making it up.
567
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,610
Then started doing two
a day, three a days.
568
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,640
Now I can't even tell you
what his... his number's at.
569
00:23:10,650 --> 00:23:12,520
PAT SHERWOOD: When that
guy writes workouts,
570
00:23:12,550 --> 00:23:17,860
They're beautiful, elegant
programming of loading, of rep
571
00:23:17,890 --> 00:23:22,890
Schemes, of the movements that
are very artful, quite frankly,
572
00:23:22,930 --> 00:23:24,930
In how they look
in the symmetry,
573
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:27,730
And then produce
devastating fitness as well.
574
00:23:30,970 --> 00:23:32,440
RICH FRONING: I
love programming.
575
00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:34,810
Programming's probably one of
my favorite parts of CrossFit,
576
00:23:35,810 --> 00:23:37,440
Just to make up workouts,
how movements feed
577
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,740
Off of each other, and
how to get the most
578
00:23:40,780 --> 00:23:42,050
Power out of a workout.
579
00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:43,650
It's also a curse because
I'll look at workouts,
580
00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:45,650
And I'll be like, that's dumb.
I'm not doing that.
581
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,750
There should probably be some
workouts with random numbers
582
00:23:47,790 --> 00:23:48,750
And stuff like that
that you should
583
00:23:48,790 --> 00:23:50,590
Probably do just because.
584
00:23:50,620 --> 00:23:52,820
It's really fun to, you know...
Ooh, that workout looks cool.
585
00:23:52,860 --> 00:23:53,990
I just want to try it.
586
00:23:54,020 --> 00:23:55,490
That part is fun.
587
00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:57,730
Maybe in the back of our head,
the ultimate goal is to, like,
588
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,000
Find the magic pill program.
589
00:24:00,030 --> 00:24:01,570
And we know that
it doesn't exist.
590
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,800
But I think when I'm
putting something together,
591
00:24:03,830 --> 00:24:06,570
I'm always looking for what
is the next terrible, yet
592
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:07,670
Effective, thing?
593
00:24:09,510 --> 00:24:11,170
He's also remarkably smart.
594
00:24:11,210 --> 00:24:13,080
I... I know some stuff.
595
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,180
I mean, my track record has
shown I train pretty decent.
596
00:24:20,220 --> 00:24:22,220
I know enough about
metabolic pathways,
597
00:24:22,250 --> 00:24:24,560
And different intervals,
and how to train
598
00:24:24,590 --> 00:24:27,930
Different energy systems,
and I know what I'm doing.
599
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:29,090
I'm not completely stupid.
600
00:24:31,630 --> 00:24:33,260
You got to have people thinking
you're a little crazy...
601
00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:34,160
Come on.
602
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,870
COACH BUTCH CHAFIN:
But I know this.
603
00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:38,500
I know he broke his ankle
and didn't miss a day,
604
00:24:38,540 --> 00:24:39,700
And squatted the next
day with a broken ankle.
605
00:24:39,740 --> 00:24:41,710
The Rich Froning
method for Rich Froning
606
00:24:41,740 --> 00:24:43,110
Works incredibly well.
607
00:24:43,140 --> 00:24:45,110
Does the Rich Froning
book that we wrote,
608
00:24:45,140 --> 00:24:47,650
The method that he
has work incredibly
609
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:49,050
Well for all the other guys?
610
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:50,210
No, and especially
the older guys.
611
00:24:55,850 --> 00:24:57,590
RICH FRONING: There's been
things that I've tried
612
00:24:57,620 --> 00:24:59,520
That have worked masterfully.
613
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:00,790
And then there's
some other things
614
00:25:00,820 --> 00:25:02,630
That have been a
complete failure.
615
00:25:02,660 --> 00:25:05,230
But it's cool to... to try
to see what you can do.
616
00:25:05,260 --> 00:25:07,800
And, you know, the body's
an incredible machine.
617
00:25:07,830 --> 00:25:11,740
And it was designed and
created to do what we do.
618
00:25:11,770 --> 00:25:13,940
And what's cooler than
getting to test that everyday?
619
00:25:17,210 --> 00:25:19,640
There'll be a lot of people say,
well, he's not doing CrossFit.
620
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,580
He's won the CrossFit
games not doing CrossFit.
621
00:25:21,610 --> 00:25:23,580
I've seen that comment a lot.
622
00:25:23,610 --> 00:25:24,550
I do high intensity.
623
00:25:24,580 --> 00:25:25,980
I do functional movements.
624
00:25:26,020 --> 00:25:27,850
And I constantly vary it.
625
00:25:27,890 --> 00:25:28,590
That's CrossFit.
626
00:25:34,660 --> 00:25:36,660
So the last three
years, me and Hillary
627
00:25:36,690 --> 00:25:39,130
Have been trying to have kids.
628
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,160
Hillary, ever since
I met her, you
629
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,170
Know most people want to
be a doctor, or a lawyer,
630
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:44,070
Or something.
631
00:25:44,900 --> 00:25:47,140
Hillary's always
wanted to be a mom.
632
00:25:47,170 --> 00:25:48,170
Before we got married, the Lord
had already put on our hearts
633
00:25:48,210 --> 00:25:49,240
That we were going to adopt.
634
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,710
We wanted three kids of
our own, and adopt one.
635
00:25:52,740 --> 00:25:55,980
We been trying to get
pregnant for three years.
636
00:25:56,010 --> 00:25:58,720
Um, we did the shots.
637
00:25:58,750 --> 00:25:59,880
We did the medicine.
638
00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:02,190
We've done the surgery.
639
00:26:02,220 --> 00:26:04,860
Um, it's heartbreaking.
640
00:26:04,890 --> 00:26:07,190
The worst part of the
whole deal is, you know,
641
00:26:07,220 --> 00:26:10,190
I have the disappointment
of... of... you know,
642
00:26:10,230 --> 00:26:12,030
It not working every month.
643
00:26:12,060 --> 00:26:15,300
But then to see the
disappointment on her face
644
00:26:15,330 --> 00:26:17,640
And to have both of
those... it was tough.
645
00:26:17,670 --> 00:26:19,370
It was real tough.
646
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:23,770
It's almost
embarrassing to say, um,
647
00:26:23,810 --> 00:26:25,710
But for those three
years, I was angry.
648
00:26:25,740 --> 00:26:32,620
[Crying]
649
00:26:32,650 --> 00:26:38,120
I just felt like, you
know, everybody around me
650
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:39,720
Was... was pregnant,
and it was so easy.
651
00:26:42,260 --> 00:26:45,230
And it was so hard to
be... because you're
652
00:26:45,260 --> 00:26:48,870
So happy for them, but you're
so... you want that joy, too.
653
00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:49,600
And...
654
00:26:58,210 --> 00:26:59,710
NARRATOR: Their prayers
would be answered.
655
00:27:01,710 --> 00:27:04,880
The Fronings added baby
Lakelyn into their family.
656
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,850
Rich was in the middle of
preparing for the games.
657
00:27:07,890 --> 00:27:10,120
He would have little time to
prepare for being a father.
658
00:27:13,090 --> 00:27:15,790
What are you doing, Squirt?
659
00:27:15,830 --> 00:27:18,000
Here... eat this, not your hand.
660
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,030
I haven't got to
spend as much time
661
00:27:22,070 --> 00:27:24,230
As I'd like to, just because
of the timing right now.
662
00:27:24,270 --> 00:27:26,870
But at night, I
try to give Hillary
663
00:27:26,900 --> 00:27:30,110
A little... a little
break and just hang out
664
00:27:30,140 --> 00:27:33,010
With-hang out with the Squirt.
665
00:27:35,250 --> 00:27:36,150
Are you bleeding?
666
00:27:36,950 --> 00:27:38,220
RICH FRONING: Yeah.
- From what?
667
00:27:38,250 --> 00:27:38,950
[Inaudible]
WOMAN: What's this?
668
00:27:38,980 --> 00:27:40,080
[Inaudible]
669
00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:42,050
We need more girls around here.
670
00:27:42,090 --> 00:27:45,120
I've always, um, had it
in my heart to adopt,
671
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,290
And I always felt like it was
God's plan for us to adopt.
672
00:27:48,330 --> 00:27:51,760
And when I met Rich and I told
him that, he felt the same way.
673
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,770
And so I think it was always
God's plan for us to adopt.
674
00:27:58,140 --> 00:28:02,240
We started praying for a birth
mom instead of with the agency.
675
00:28:02,270 --> 00:28:07,040
And this all happened within
three weeks... less than a
676
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,210
Month... which only God
can work that fast.
677
00:28:09,250 --> 00:28:13,850
Because somebody who knew
somebody knew a birth mom.
678
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,420
This birth mom had been
working with another family
679
00:28:16,450 --> 00:28:18,790
For four or five months.
680
00:28:18,820 --> 00:28:20,920
And they had just backed out.
681
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,430
You know, Hillary found
this girl, found out she was
682
00:28:24,460 --> 00:28:27,160
Pregnant, wanted to give
the baby up for adoption,
683
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,200
Reached out to the girl.
684
00:28:28,230 --> 00:28:30,000
So I met her the next day.
685
00:28:30,030 --> 00:28:31,840
We had lunch.
686
00:28:31,870 --> 00:28:32,970
And it was kind of
like, all right.
687
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:33,970
We're going to do this.
688
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:34,770
When are you due?
689
00:28:34,810 --> 00:28:36,510
It was, like, two weeks.
690
00:28:36,540 --> 00:28:39,410
And so you're like, we
don't have a home study.
691
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,210
We don't have background...
We don't have anything,
692
00:28:42,250 --> 00:28:43,310
Like, what are we going to do?
693
00:28:44,310 --> 00:28:46,320
Hillary's like, we're
going to get it done.
694
00:28:46,350 --> 00:28:48,220
Oh yeah, and the CrossFit
games is four weeks away.
695
00:28:48,250 --> 00:28:51,520
Yeah, we literally got
everything done in two weeks,
696
00:28:51,550 --> 00:28:53,490
Had a baby.
697
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:55,390
Me and Hillary were
there for the birth.
698
00:28:55,430 --> 00:28:59,360
Hillary slept in the hospital
in the room next door.
699
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:00,860
I cut the cord.
700
00:29:00,900 --> 00:29:03,800
I mean, it was a crazy,
whirlwind experience.
701
00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:06,300
And we had a baby two weeks
before the CrossFit games.
702
00:29:06,340 --> 00:29:08,410
HILLARY FRONING: And
then from day four,
703
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,510
There's 10 days
for her to revoke...
704
00:29:10,540 --> 00:29:13,010
Her or the dad to revoke.
705
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:16,010
And if they do revoke,
there's nothing
706
00:29:16,050 --> 00:29:17,410
That we can do about it.
707
00:29:17,450 --> 00:29:22,320
We have to give her back,
which is terrifying.
708
00:29:22,350 --> 00:29:24,920
But that's not going to happen.
709
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:31,130
She has until Monday night at
midnight to change her mind.
710
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:32,930
So we're kind of in
that waiting period.
711
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:37,470
But... but Lakelyn is... is with
us, and, uh, it's been awesome.
712
00:29:37,500 --> 00:29:43,140
So originally, Lakelyn
was, uh... the mom
713
00:29:43,170 --> 00:29:45,880
Went to have an abortion.
714
00:29:45,910 --> 00:29:49,480
And, uh, so she went to the
crisis pregnancy center.
715
00:29:51,380 --> 00:29:56,450
And, uh, somebody
changed her mind.
716
00:29:56,490 --> 00:30:00,260
And so, we now have
a... a beautiful baby.
717
00:30:00,290 --> 00:30:01,460
[Crying]
718
00:30:01,490 --> 00:30:02,590
And, uh,
719
00:30:02,630 --> 00:30:04,060
[Clears throat]
720
00:30:04,090 --> 00:30:05,360
[Exhales]
721
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:10,130
So anybody who's that's
an option or a thought,
722
00:30:10,170 --> 00:30:11,970
Think twice about it.
723
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,940
Because, uh, you know, you
get to change somebody's life.
724
00:30:17,940 --> 00:30:21,850
And uh, you know, the...
Like Hillary said, the mom,
725
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:25,180
You know, one of the cool things
she told Hillary... she said,
726
00:30:25,220 --> 00:30:27,550
You know, there's some things
I'm not proud of in my life.
727
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,390
But, uh, this is my one
chance to do something right.
728
00:30:32,420 --> 00:30:34,930
And she did do something
right, and, you know,
729
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:36,290
Give this baby a chance.
730
00:30:36,330 --> 00:30:40,260
And, uh, so if she does
see this, thank you.
731
00:30:40,300 --> 00:30:41,830
And for anybody else
thinking about it,
732
00:30:43,070 --> 00:30:45,570
Or anybody who's given up a
baby for adoption, and... and not
733
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,410
Done the other... other
option, uh, thank you.
734
00:30:50,610 --> 00:30:52,040
You weren't supposed to cry.
735
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:53,040
I didn't.
736
00:30:53,980 --> 00:30:54,640
That... I didn't...
Didn't mean to do that.
737
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:55,310
Sorry.
738
00:31:03,020 --> 00:31:05,290
[Crying]
739
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:07,290
Oh, I'm sorry.
740
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:08,290
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
741
00:31:08,330 --> 00:31:09,960
Don't cry.
742
00:31:09,990 --> 00:31:10,960
Look at that sad face.
743
00:31:10,990 --> 00:31:12,300
Here.
744
00:31:12,330 --> 00:31:14,130
Lord, thank you for this day.
745
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,370
Thank you for this beautiful
child that we have,
746
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:18,940
And this gift.
747
00:31:18,970 --> 00:31:23,110
We just pray that You would
help us to bring her up
748
00:31:23,140 --> 00:31:28,680
In Your image, and to serve You,
and just pray that we would do
749
00:31:28,710 --> 00:31:32,580
All those things that Lakelyn
needs, and be there for her,
750
00:31:32,620 --> 00:31:34,220
And be as good of
parents as we had,
751
00:31:34,250 --> 00:31:36,520
And, uh, just bless
this child, and pray
752
00:31:36,550 --> 00:31:40,960
That we would continue
to serve You and glorify
753
00:31:40,990 --> 00:31:43,330
You in all that we do.
754
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:44,930
And I just pray that
You would watch over us
755
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,300
In these upcoming
weeks, and make
756
00:31:48,330 --> 00:31:49,470
The travel as easy as possible.
757
00:31:51,230 --> 00:31:55,340
Pray that You'd give
us strength and courage
758
00:31:55,370 --> 00:31:56,640
For what's coming up next.
759
00:31:57,910 --> 00:32:00,040
And just pray that You'd keep
us all safe in all that we do.
760
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:01,410
And in Jesus' name
we pray, Amen.
761
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:02,110
Amen.
762
00:32:08,220 --> 00:32:11,020
[Music playing]
763
00:32:12,660 --> 00:32:15,130
PAT SHERWOOD: I got to hang out
with him out there in Tennessee
764
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,560
For like three or four days,
hang out with him, the family,
765
00:32:17,590 --> 00:32:20,060
Watch his daily routine,
watch him train.
766
00:32:20,100 --> 00:32:27,570
And I was so blown away and
just awestruck by what he did
767
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,610
Every day of his normal life.
768
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:32,610
[Music playing]
769
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:42,150
I don't know.
770
00:32:43,190 --> 00:32:44,420
I don't want to add
anything to this until we
771
00:32:44,450 --> 00:32:46,020
Finish more stuff on here.
772
00:32:46,060 --> 00:32:47,290
We see some progress here.
773
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:48,230
OK.
774
00:32:48,260 --> 00:32:51,530
Uh... this...
775
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,430
We've done this
one. [Inaudible].
776
00:32:53,460 --> 00:32:54,600
Nope.
777
00:32:54,630 --> 00:32:56,030
Well, the board
just got [inaudible].
778
00:32:56,070 --> 00:32:57,270
Sure did.
779
00:32:57,300 --> 00:32:59,070
But there's still a
lot of crap up here.
780
00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:00,670
Three rounds, 10
dumbbell snatch,
781
00:33:00,700 --> 00:33:03,470
10 D-ball, 15
chest to bar... just
782
00:33:03,510 --> 00:33:05,180
Watch me have a total meltdown.
783
00:33:05,210 --> 00:33:07,380
I just don't really want
to overhead spot right now.
784
00:33:07,410 --> 00:33:08,150
That's what [inaudible].
785
00:33:11,380 --> 00:33:12,620
Let's do the [inaudible].
786
00:33:12,650 --> 00:33:16,020
[Music playing]
787
00:33:24,290 --> 00:33:26,200
PAT SHERWOOD: Nothing else I
had seen you could compare it
788
00:33:26,230 --> 00:33:30,470
To... regard to workouts,
loading, volume, intensity,
789
00:33:30,500 --> 00:33:34,270
How much he wasn't beat up, how
much he could handle and still
790
00:33:34,300 --> 00:33:37,340
Go in the next day, and
just repeat it ad nauseum,
791
00:33:37,370 --> 00:33:41,240
And then, like, barely even
eating food or drinking water.
792
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,810
And you're like, how is your
body even capable of sustaining
793
00:33:44,850 --> 00:33:46,220
This level of work?
794
00:33:46,250 --> 00:33:47,550
I'm watching you
with my own eyes.
795
00:33:47,580 --> 00:33:48,590
You don't feed yourself!
796
00:33:48,620 --> 00:33:52,260
[Music playing]
797
00:33:58,300 --> 00:34:02,070
Where is the energy coming from
for your muscles to contract
798
00:34:02,100 --> 00:34:03,300
And pump blood everywhere?
799
00:34:04,470 --> 00:34:05,400
I don't even... that doesn't
even make any sense to me.
800
00:34:06,070 --> 00:34:07,300
And he does it all day long.
801
00:34:10,570 --> 00:34:11,810
That's not normal.
802
00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:13,480
It's not normal.
803
00:34:13,510 --> 00:34:16,110
And when you take
that work ethic,
804
00:34:16,150 --> 00:34:19,450
You know, that strength,
that [inaudible],
805
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:23,850
All the components of fitness...
And that just freak of nature
806
00:34:23,890 --> 00:34:28,660
Ability, as well, to just
perform... I was just like,
807
00:34:28,690 --> 00:34:29,590
No one's going to
touch this guy.
808
00:34:34,430 --> 00:34:37,300
NARRATOR: Froning,
his family, and baby
809
00:34:37,330 --> 00:34:39,370
Lakelyn arrive in
Carson the Monday
810
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,240
Before the CrossFit games.
811
00:34:41,270 --> 00:34:44,340
And for once, the
three-time champion's focus
812
00:34:44,370 --> 00:34:46,580
Was not on competition.
813
00:34:46,610 --> 00:34:49,450
At 10:00 PM that night,
he and Hillary would
814
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,180
Officially become parents.
815
00:34:51,210 --> 00:34:52,250
Three minutes.
816
00:34:53,250 --> 00:34:54,150
WOMAN: Would you fill
out this birthday card?
817
00:34:54,180 --> 00:34:54,720
We have a child.
818
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:57,790
HILLARY FRONING: It's funny
because the last two years,
819
00:34:57,820 --> 00:35:00,190
I wanted to be pregnant
at the games so bad
820
00:35:00,220 --> 00:35:02,560
So that I could just tell
him as soon as the games
821
00:35:02,590 --> 00:35:04,560
Were over, hey, I'm pregnant.
822
00:35:04,590 --> 00:35:06,730
I wanted to tell him so bad.
823
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:07,860
[Inaudible]
824
00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:09,530
You're lucky it's
your birthday.
825
00:35:09,570 --> 00:35:10,700
HILLARY FRONING: It was perfect.
826
00:35:10,730 --> 00:35:11,830
[Crying]
827
00:35:12,940 --> 00:35:15,210
Because this year, I didn't
say, hey, I'm pregnant.
828
00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:17,870
It was hey, you know,
here's our daughter
829
00:35:17,910 --> 00:35:24,180
Which God put everything...
It was perfect timing for us.
830
00:35:24,210 --> 00:35:26,480
It all happened
within five weeks.
831
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:29,820
And it all happened for it to
be final right before the games,
832
00:35:29,850 --> 00:35:30,920
And final for his birthday.
833
00:35:30,950 --> 00:35:31,690
[Inaudible]
834
00:35:33,290 --> 00:35:33,790
It was awesome.
835
00:35:36,430 --> 00:35:39,230
I'm never putting her down.
836
00:35:39,260 --> 00:35:39,930
You can put her down now.
837
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:40,700
No.
838
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:42,170
Nobody's going to take her.
839
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:46,340
I can't talk.
840
00:35:46,370 --> 00:35:46,770
You're going to have to.
841
00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:54,380
It's the best.
842
00:35:54,410 --> 00:35:55,880
She's awesome.
843
00:35:55,910 --> 00:35:57,780
Life is so great.
844
00:35:57,810 --> 00:36:00,580
It's crazy how
something so small
845
00:36:00,620 --> 00:36:02,250
Can just make your
life so much better.
846
00:36:04,450 --> 00:36:05,150
I love being a mom.
847
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,230
She's part of the family
whether she likes it or not.
848
00:36:13,260 --> 00:36:14,860
DAVE CASTRO: There's people
who are going to participate
849
00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:16,830
And there's people
who are going to win.
850
00:36:16,870 --> 00:36:18,470
REPORTER: The last
time Rich Froning did
851
00:36:18,500 --> 00:36:21,870
Not finish first in an
individual competition
852
00:36:21,900 --> 00:36:24,770
Was the 2011 Open.
853
00:36:24,810 --> 00:36:27,710
But there is a good stable
of individuals behind him
854
00:36:27,740 --> 00:36:28,650
Who are trying to
chase him down.
855
00:36:29,450 --> 00:36:30,950
Who are the five
who have the best
856
00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:32,380
Shot of accomplishing that?
857
00:36:33,550 --> 00:36:34,850
REPORTER: I've get a list
of pipehitters here for you,
858
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,420
Shawn... Jason
Khalipa, Ben Smith,
859
00:36:36,450 --> 00:36:38,360
Dan Bailey, Tommy Hackenbruck...
860
00:36:38,390 --> 00:36:39,320
REPORTER: Matt Fraser.
861
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:40,220
REPORTER: Matt Fraser.
862
00:36:41,020 --> 00:36:41,920
DAVE CASTRO: The
big one is Fraser.
863
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:42,560
Fraser's special.
864
00:36:43,590 --> 00:36:44,460
MAN: He won the Northeast
Regional this year.
865
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:46,360
He's got elite level strength.
866
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,830
His times beat Rich Froning's
times on three of the seven
867
00:36:49,870 --> 00:36:51,470
Workouts at Regionals.
868
00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:52,940
And then, Scott Panchik...
869
00:36:52,970 --> 00:36:55,000
Scott had an incredible fire.
870
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:58,410
That's the type of heart
that's going to take down Rich.
871
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,710
If you don't have that,
you're not taking down Rich.
872
00:37:00,740 --> 00:37:02,780
You're just going to participate
in the CrossFit games.
873
00:37:02,810 --> 00:37:04,780
You're going to have fun
at the CrossFit games.
874
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,390
NARRATOR: So here's Rich's
MO... first day of the CrossFit
875
00:37:16,430 --> 00:37:18,530
Games... not his bat.
876
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:20,860
He's usually struggled
on longer events...
877
00:37:20,900 --> 00:37:22,870
Beach events, long hill
runs, and things like that.
878
00:37:30,410 --> 00:37:32,040
ANNOUNCER: It's a
day at the beach,
879
00:37:32,070 --> 00:37:34,880
But it certainly will
not be easy for the 43
880
00:37:34,910 --> 00:37:38,350
Men vying for the title
of the "Fittest on Earth."
881
00:37:38,380 --> 00:37:41,820
Hello, everybody, and welcome
to the opening event of the 2014
882
00:37:41,850 --> 00:37:42,950
Reebok CrossFit games.
883
00:37:45,420 --> 00:37:49,060
The ocean swim... that was
the first time that... that I
884
00:37:49,090 --> 00:37:50,290
Was like, oh, wow.
885
00:37:50,330 --> 00:37:54,600
Rich worked on something which
has been a historical weakness.
886
00:37:54,630 --> 00:37:56,500
Like, I'm not worried about
him cleaning, jerking,
887
00:37:56,530 --> 00:37:57,300
Or snatching, or walking
on his hands, or, you know,
888
00:37:57,330 --> 00:37:58,640
Blah, blah, blah.
889
00:37:58,670 --> 00:38:00,470
But, like, you think
about swimming.
890
00:38:00,500 --> 00:38:01,900
You think about running.
891
00:38:01,940 --> 00:38:03,470
And those are the
things you're like, ehh,
892
00:38:03,510 --> 00:38:04,540
He's going to get hurt here.
893
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:09,650
RICH FRONING: So this year,
announced the ocean swim...
894
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,950
[Sighs]
895
00:38:12,980 --> 00:38:16,620
So 2013, I almost
died in the pool.
896
00:38:16,650 --> 00:38:18,920
There's nowhere
to hide in a pool.
897
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,360
Uh, you can't just
hide among people
898
00:38:21,390 --> 00:38:22,890
Like you can in the ocean.
899
00:38:22,930 --> 00:38:26,700
So it was exposed that I
wasn't a very good swimmer.
900
00:38:26,730 --> 00:38:29,100
I was a very poor swimmer.
901
00:38:29,130 --> 00:38:31,600
REPORTER: You know, right
there... not a typical place
902
00:38:31,630 --> 00:38:34,100
We see Rich Froning... the
last one out of the water.
903
00:38:34,140 --> 00:38:38,410
However... see, look at his kick.
904
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:39,780
That is not an efficient kick.
905
00:38:39,810 --> 00:38:41,480
When he's kicking
that hard like that,
906
00:38:41,510 --> 00:38:42,950
He's never been
in this position.
907
00:38:42,980 --> 00:38:44,850
He's never had a
score like this.
908
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:46,080
So how is he going to
be able to handle it?
909
00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:47,520
That's what's going
to be interesting.
910
00:38:51,690 --> 00:38:55,890
So this year, the swimming was
the easy part of that workout.
911
00:38:55,930 --> 00:38:57,660
REPORTER: Event
number one underway
912
00:38:57,690 --> 00:39:00,030
As the athletes make
their way into the water
913
00:39:00,060 --> 00:39:02,130
For that initial 250 yard swim.
914
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:03,870
And you know, Bill,
better than anybody,
915
00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:05,100
You can train in a pool.
916
00:39:05,130 --> 00:39:06,440
You can learn to swim there.
917
00:39:07,500 --> 00:39:08,540
But swimming in a pool
and swimming in open water
918
00:39:09,410 --> 00:39:10,040
Are two completely
different things.
919
00:39:11,010 --> 00:39:11,910
ANNOUNCER: They are
absolutely different.
920
00:39:12,940 --> 00:39:13,780
The... with the pool
swimming, you got the line
921
00:39:14,410 --> 00:39:15,450
On the bottom of the pool.
922
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:16,850
You have your goggles.
923
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:17,910
Everything is a
controlled setting.
924
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,550
The ocean or open water is
completely opposite of that.
925
00:39:21,580 --> 00:39:25,490
REPORTER: So Rich Froning is a
guy who, last year, at the pool
926
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:27,820
Suffered his worst finish ever.
927
00:39:27,860 --> 00:39:29,930
He finished 30th,
but still managed
928
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:31,960
To win the CrossFit games.
929
00:39:31,990 --> 00:39:35,730
If Froning finishes
anywhere inside the top 15,
930
00:39:35,770 --> 00:39:37,000
That is a huge win for him.
931
00:39:37,030 --> 00:39:38,030
REPORTER: That'll be a
gigantic [inaudible].
932
00:39:41,100 --> 00:39:43,570
Well, Dave... when I came out
of the water after the 500,
933
00:39:43,610 --> 00:39:46,110
You know, he's directing
traffic, making sure people
934
00:39:46,140 --> 00:39:47,810
Are running out and other
people are running in.
935
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:49,450
You're not running into
each other, and all that.
936
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,150
And, uh, he looks
at me, and he goes,
937
00:39:52,180 --> 00:39:55,050
Wow, you have been
practicing your swimming.
938
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,620
DAVE CASTRO: I was
surprised, but not because I
939
00:39:57,650 --> 00:39:59,620
Knew he was swimming a lot.
940
00:39:59,660 --> 00:40:00,920
Is that him out there?
941
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:01,890
Come on, Rich!
942
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:02,890
There he goes!
943
00:40:02,930 --> 00:40:04,990
There he goes!
944
00:40:05,030 --> 00:40:06,900
REPORTER: Rich Froning
is out of the water.
945
00:40:06,930 --> 00:40:08,800
And this is huge!
946
00:40:08,830 --> 00:40:11,030
[Cheers]
947
00:40:11,070 --> 00:40:12,770
I didn't die!
948
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:16,110
REPORTER: Eighth place
finish for Rich Froning.
949
00:40:16,140 --> 00:40:17,740
REPORTER: He could be
your leader after day one.
950
00:40:17,770 --> 00:40:19,480
And he's going to be
a tough man to catch
951
00:40:19,510 --> 00:40:20,810
Going into the weekend.
952
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:23,910
PAT SHERWOOD: Where he placed on
that event was the first time I
953
00:40:23,950 --> 00:40:27,820
Was like, wow, it's... if
the champ is doing that good
954
00:40:27,850 --> 00:40:31,150
On something which historically,
has been a kind of a survival,
955
00:40:31,190 --> 00:40:34,890
Kind of a middle of the pack
event, people better be scared,
956
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:36,090
You know?
957
00:40:36,130 --> 00:40:38,030
Whole hamburger...
Cheeseburger... bacon.
958
00:40:38,060 --> 00:40:39,560
Are you going to
put it on Instagram?
959
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:40,460
Oh, yeah.
960
00:40:40,500 --> 00:40:41,230
Yeah.
961
00:40:41,260 --> 00:40:42,000
Tag me in it.
962
00:40:46,970 --> 00:40:48,070
How you doing, brother?
963
00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:48,910
[Inaudible]
964
00:40:48,940 --> 00:40:51,540
[Laughing]
965
00:40:51,570 --> 00:40:55,040
[Music playing]
966
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:04,090
Going into the overhead
squat, I had zero
967
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:05,120
Planned whatsoever... nothing.
968
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:07,690
Really.
969
00:41:07,720 --> 00:41:08,220
No, I didn't.
970
00:41:10,260 --> 00:41:11,990
NARRATOR: Having
conquered the waves,
971
00:41:12,030 --> 00:41:14,660
Froning moved to the weights.
972
00:41:14,700 --> 00:41:19,000
While water had always been a
weakness, barbells were not.
973
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:21,140
And that meant it was
time for Rich Froning
974
00:41:21,170 --> 00:41:24,610
To do what he always does.
975
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:27,010
DAVE CASTRO: I always talk to
Jason and Rich about showtime.
976
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,850
And that's what a bit of it is.
977
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:31,250
It's a bit of a show.
978
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:34,120
REPORTER: Rich Froning, who
with a solid performance
979
00:41:34,150 --> 00:41:38,250
Here, if he can get
close to Matt Fraser,
980
00:41:38,290 --> 00:41:40,220
Could find himself on
top of the leaderboard
981
00:41:40,260 --> 00:41:41,920
Heading into Friday.
982
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:47,700
REPORTER: Here's the champ, Rich
Froning, at 365 for the champ!
983
00:41:47,730 --> 00:41:50,100
REPORTER: So he's going
to be pushing Matt,
984
00:41:50,130 --> 00:41:51,270
And that's exactly
what the fields
985
00:41:52,330 --> 00:41:53,940
Didn't want... a good swim
and a good lift by Rich.
986
00:41:53,970 --> 00:41:55,200
DAVE CASTRO: Well,
so, he admittedly...
987
00:41:56,370 --> 00:41:59,140
The... the small job... the
377... the match to Fraser...
988
00:41:59,180 --> 00:42:00,880
He just said, I made a mistake.
989
00:42:00,910 --> 00:42:04,080
He should have
put on 378 or 379.
990
00:42:04,110 --> 00:42:05,950
REPORTER: [inaudible]
for Rich Froning,
991
00:42:05,980 --> 00:42:09,150
Looking to tie Matt
Fraser in his second lift.
992
00:42:09,190 --> 00:42:10,090
REPORTER: Oh.
993
00:42:10,990 --> 00:42:14,190
REPORTER: The Champ
is on the warpath.
994
00:42:14,220 --> 00:42:20,600
377 and now tied for first place
overall in event number two.
995
00:42:20,630 --> 00:42:22,630
So I hit 377.
996
00:42:22,670 --> 00:42:25,300
Me and Matt Fraser are tied.
997
00:42:25,330 --> 00:42:27,640
But in hindsight, I could've
taken away five points
998
00:42:27,670 --> 00:42:29,110
From him.
999
00:42:29,140 --> 00:42:31,210
Probably should have went
the conservative route... hit
1000
00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:32,880
380, 385, maybe.
1001
00:42:32,910 --> 00:42:34,180
Dave walks up.
He's like, what's your weight?
1002
00:42:34,210 --> 00:42:35,010
I said, 400.
1003
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:35,950
He goes, all right.
1004
00:42:35,980 --> 00:42:37,350
Do it.
1005
00:42:37,380 --> 00:42:40,220
REPORTER: 400 pounds
on the bar for Froning,
1006
00:42:40,250 --> 00:42:42,150
And that's not
gonna happen either.
1007
00:42:42,180 --> 00:42:44,290
But Froning will tie for first.
1008
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:48,790
And he could be very well on
top of the leaderboard after day
1009
00:42:48,830 --> 00:42:49,830
Number one.
1010
00:42:49,860 --> 00:42:53,130
But I couldn't get it.
1011
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:56,700
DAVE CASTRO: And so, he
did that for the show.
1012
00:42:56,730 --> 00:42:59,270
And that's really cool, and I
really respect him for that.
1013
00:42:59,300 --> 00:43:01,740
It would've been amazing if
he was successful at that.
1014
00:43:01,770 --> 00:43:03,670
But, you know...
1015
00:43:03,710 --> 00:43:06,910
@CrossFitgames, @RichFroning,
@MatthewFraser, @NoahOhlsen.
1016
00:43:06,940 --> 00:43:09,680
Rich, you [bleep] suck.
1017
00:43:09,710 --> 00:43:11,280
No way you win this year.
1018
00:43:11,310 --> 00:43:13,220
Thanks.
1019
00:43:13,250 --> 00:43:14,920
Thanks, bro.
1020
00:43:14,950 --> 00:43:16,290
Appreciate that... @DamoMay17.
1021
00:43:18,820 --> 00:43:21,020
Such a nice guy.
1022
00:43:21,060 --> 00:43:23,230
@DamonMay-we'll pray for you.
1023
00:43:23,260 --> 00:43:25,900
So pumped... so...
Dude, I was shaking.
1024
00:43:25,930 --> 00:43:26,860
That I went for 400?
1025
00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:27,660
Yeah.
1026
00:43:27,700 --> 00:43:28,630
[Laughing]
1027
00:43:28,670 --> 00:43:30,200
Can we get a milkshake?
1028
00:43:30,230 --> 00:43:32,970
Yeah, I'm trying to think,
like, what's down this strip.
1029
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,670
You want a McDonald's
milkshake, or do you want,
1030
00:43:35,710 --> 00:43:36,240
Like, a Johnny Rocket?
1031
00:43:45,010 --> 00:43:47,180
(SINGING) You lost
that loving feeling.
1032
00:43:49,220 --> 00:43:50,850
Whoa.
1033
00:43:50,890 --> 00:43:51,850
All right, guys.
1034
00:43:51,890 --> 00:43:52,660
Good night.
1035
00:43:52,690 --> 00:43:53,260
Good night.
1036
00:43:53,290 --> 00:43:54,090
Later.
1037
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:54,960
What a day.
1038
00:43:54,990 --> 00:43:55,760
Hey, guys.
1039
00:43:55,790 --> 00:43:57,330
What's up?
1040
00:43:57,360 --> 00:43:58,760
Hey, James is here.
1041
00:43:58,800 --> 00:43:59,360
Hey, James.
1042
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:00,730
Ooh, Red Bull.
1043
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:02,100
Gives you wings!
1044
00:44:02,130 --> 00:44:02,900
I know.
1045
00:44:02,930 --> 00:44:03,930
I need a shower.
1046
00:44:03,970 --> 00:44:04,900
I need to wash my feet.
1047
00:44:04,930 --> 00:44:06,070
They're disgusting.
1048
00:44:06,100 --> 00:44:07,200
It was the 400 [inaudible].
1049
00:44:10,910 --> 00:44:11,840
400 pounds.
1050
00:44:11,870 --> 00:44:12,710
It was close.
1051
00:44:13,510 --> 00:44:14,840
[Interposing voices]
It wasn't.
1052
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:15,280
- It was close!
- It wasn't that close.
1053
00:44:17,780 --> 00:44:19,850
You're thinking
[inaudible] wasn't close?
1054
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:22,890
I mean, I think 400 pounds?
1055
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:25,790
Yeah, look, hold on...
So I clean... when I clean
1056
00:44:25,820 --> 00:44:30,830
And jerked 370, uh, as soon
as I got it done, she goes,
1057
00:44:30,860 --> 00:44:33,830
Is it really necessary
to lift that much weight?
1058
00:44:33,860 --> 00:44:34,960
[Laughing]
1059
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:36,900
What happened?
1060
00:44:36,930 --> 00:44:38,770
I think it's a
legitimate question.
1061
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:39,740
Hillary...
1062
00:44:39,770 --> 00:44:41,700
[Laughing]
1063
00:44:41,740 --> 00:44:42,440
[Sighs]
1064
00:44:43,310 --> 00:44:44,340
My and Hillary's
relationship is awesome.
1065
00:44:44,370 --> 00:44:45,810
Our relationship's crazy.
1066
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:47,140
It's fun.
1067
00:44:47,180 --> 00:44:48,710
It's not normal.
1068
00:44:48,750 --> 00:44:49,880
But I love it.
1069
00:44:50,980 --> 00:44:51,910
RICH FRONING: If you've
seen an interview with her,
1070
00:44:51,950 --> 00:44:52,480
You know her.
1071
00:44:52,510 --> 00:44:53,720
[Laughing]
1072
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:56,920
She's, uh, she's not afraid
to tell you how she feels.
1073
00:44:56,950 --> 00:44:58,350
[Crying]
1074
00:44:58,390 --> 00:44:59,920
Hey, buddy.
1075
00:44:59,960 --> 00:45:01,220
I just want a towel.
1076
00:45:01,260 --> 00:45:03,830
That's all that was down there.
1077
00:45:03,860 --> 00:45:05,330
Our marriage is
successful, I think,
1078
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:09,900
Because we are the definition
of opposites attract.
1079
00:45:09,930 --> 00:45:11,100
But it works for us.
1080
00:45:12,230 --> 00:45:15,970
I feel like, um, we both
support each other without being
1081
00:45:16,010 --> 00:45:17,140
In each other's way.
1082
00:45:17,170 --> 00:45:18,040
Um, she's...
1083
00:45:18,070 --> 00:45:19,480
- Pooping.
- She is.
1084
00:45:19,510 --> 00:45:20,780
Did you hear it?
Nope.
1085
00:45:20,810 --> 00:45:21,280
See you later.
Is she?
1086
00:45:21,310 --> 00:45:21,940
I don't know.
1087
00:45:22,510 --> 00:45:23,780
There's no real filter.
1088
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:26,020
From the brain to the
mouth is... is what you get.
1089
00:45:26,050 --> 00:45:27,120
You know how you stand.
1090
00:45:27,150 --> 00:45:28,180
You know where you stand.
1091
00:45:28,220 --> 00:45:29,790
I think he likes it though.
1092
00:45:29,820 --> 00:45:32,220
I think he likes when
I'm like, you're hot.
1093
00:45:32,250 --> 00:45:33,920
Sometimes you need the truth.
1094
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:35,160
[Laughter]
Yeah.
1095
00:45:35,190 --> 00:45:36,360
See, that's Hillary.
1096
00:45:36,390 --> 00:45:38,760
She, uh, she's perfect
and she knows it.
1097
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,130
And I give it to
him all the time.
1098
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:43,000
They balance each other out.
1099
00:45:43,030 --> 00:45:44,770
She calls his bullshit,
and he calls hers.
1100
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:45,770
[Laughing]
1101
00:45:46,700 --> 00:45:47,970
And I think that's
what I love about it.
1102
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:48,940
I call it playful banter.
1103
00:45:50,070 --> 00:45:51,210
She... I think she takes it
a little bit more serious
1104
00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:52,040
Than I do.
1105
00:45:52,070 --> 00:45:53,210
I'm more joking.
1106
00:45:53,240 --> 00:45:54,810
She's really going
for the kill shot.
1107
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:56,480
But you gave her a towel.
1108
00:45:56,510 --> 00:45:59,780
He gave her a
washcloth... a hand towel.
1109
00:45:59,820 --> 00:46:00,820
I didn't give her a washcloth.
1110
00:46:00,850 --> 00:46:01,520
I gave her a hand towel.
1111
00:46:02,350 --> 00:46:03,220
I actually think
he gave her the rug.
1112
00:46:03,250 --> 00:46:04,020
The rug?
1113
00:46:04,050 --> 00:46:05,450
I did not give the rug.
1114
00:46:05,490 --> 00:46:07,860
[Laughing]
1115
00:46:07,890 --> 00:46:09,130
JANICE FRONING:
I love the way he
1116
00:46:10,330 --> 00:46:12,390
Looks at her... I mean, his
smile, the love he has for her.
1117
00:46:12,430 --> 00:46:13,530
She is everything
that I am not.
1118
00:46:15,500 --> 00:46:20,100
She is, uh, she's awesome.
1119
00:46:20,140 --> 00:46:20,900
She, uh...
1120
00:46:20,940 --> 00:46:27,410
[Crying]
1121
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,350
I wouldn't be where I am today
without her, that's for sure.
1122
00:46:32,250 --> 00:46:35,820
NARRATOR: Heading into day two,
Froning was threatening to run
1123
00:46:35,850 --> 00:46:38,220
Away with the competition.
1124
00:46:38,250 --> 00:46:39,420
Then he actually had to run.
1125
00:46:39,460 --> 00:46:42,190
I just don't want
to get to that run.
1126
00:46:42,220 --> 00:46:43,190
You don't want to get to it?
1127
00:46:43,230 --> 00:46:43,930
Nope.
1128
00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:49,900
Then Triple 3's, which
I... I knew that event
1129
00:46:49,930 --> 00:46:51,070
Was going to be bad for me.
1130
00:46:51,100 --> 00:46:53,400
I needed to get that event over.
1131
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:56,970
I don't know... didn't have a
good feeling about that event.
1132
00:46:57,010 --> 00:47:01,040
[Music playing]
1133
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:03,610
REPORTER: It's day two, but
it's all about the number three.
1134
00:47:03,650 --> 00:47:06,380
Hello, everybody, and
welcome to the individual set
1135
00:47:06,420 --> 00:47:08,380
For the Triple 3.
1136
00:47:10,650 --> 00:47:13,060
JANICE FRONING: It was
stressful a little bit.
1137
00:47:13,090 --> 00:47:16,030
But I didn't know he
wasn't feeling good.
1138
00:47:16,060 --> 00:47:19,530
REPORTER: Rich Froning, day
one, first place... not where you
1139
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:22,000
Want him to be if you're
a competitor trying
1140
00:47:22,030 --> 00:47:23,900
To... trying to actually
win this competition.
1141
00:47:26,100 --> 00:47:27,900
PAT SHERWOOD: So it
starts off with a row.
1142
00:47:27,940 --> 00:47:29,440
If you're the champion,
you're going to look around
1143
00:47:29,470 --> 00:47:31,310
And modulate your row off
somebody, who are you probably
1144
00:47:31,340 --> 00:47:32,440
Going to look at...
One of the best
1145
00:47:32,470 --> 00:47:33,610
Rowers out there...
Jason Khalipa.
1146
00:47:34,740 --> 00:47:38,410
Well, that's a terrible person
to pace off of on a row.
1147
00:47:38,450 --> 00:47:42,050
Because usually what Rich
can do is Rich can go 80%.
1148
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:44,120
And everyone else is at 100,
and he still has his push.
1149
00:47:44,150 --> 00:47:46,660
Well, it was probably the
polar opposite of the rower.
1150
00:47:46,690 --> 00:47:49,190
Khalipa's probably just, I
don't know, thinking about lunch
1151
00:47:49,230 --> 00:47:50,430
In his head, or
something, you know,
1152
00:47:51,630 --> 00:47:53,560
Rowing some ridiculous pace
at like 75% of his capacity.
1153
00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:55,630
And Froning's heart's
almost exploding
1154
00:47:55,660 --> 00:47:57,100
Trying to keep up with them.
1155
00:47:58,230 --> 00:48:00,270
REPORTER: It's Jason Khalipa...
No surprise here... onto
1156
00:48:00,300 --> 00:48:01,970
His double. [Inaudible] first.
1157
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,440
Rich Froning was off the
rower and is on to his set
1158
00:48:04,470 --> 00:48:07,910
Of 300 double unders.
1159
00:48:07,940 --> 00:48:10,350
PAT SHERWOOD: Gets off the
rower doing a strategy that
1160
00:48:10,380 --> 00:48:12,180
Traditionally has
worked well for him,
1161
00:48:12,210 --> 00:48:13,250
Starts to do the double unders.
1162
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:14,520
He'll be able to
get a small break.
1163
00:48:14,550 --> 00:48:16,550
Khalipa does 300
double unders unbroken!
1164
00:48:18,050 --> 00:48:19,160
JANICE FRONING:
The way it was... I
1165
00:48:20,220 --> 00:48:22,090
Mean, I was standing on a
rail trying to even see.
1166
00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:24,630
And I seen his shoulders when
he was doing the double unders.
1167
00:48:24,660 --> 00:48:28,060
And it wasn't his normal... cause
you know, he hardly ever moves.
1168
00:48:28,100 --> 00:48:31,500
And it was more of a... and
I looked at Hillary and go,
1169
00:48:31,530 --> 00:48:32,270
Something's wrong.
1170
00:48:32,970 --> 00:48:34,540
And she said, what do you mean?
1171
00:48:34,570 --> 00:48:36,640
And I said, his
shoulders aren't right.
1172
00:48:36,670 --> 00:48:38,980
PAT SHERWOOD: Then you
take off on a run, which
1173
00:48:39,010 --> 00:48:41,310
Is the one thing that he's
self-admitted hates to do
1174
00:48:41,340 --> 00:48:42,280
And doesn't work on.
1175
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,620
He would look around
and the look on his face
1176
00:48:47,650 --> 00:48:48,620
Just doesn't look right.
1177
00:48:49,550 --> 00:48:51,290
He's not... very
uncharacteristic for Rich.
1178
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:52,420
PAT SHERWOOD: It
was hard to watch.
1179
00:48:52,450 --> 00:48:55,190
Because, you know,
that's not Rich.
1180
00:48:55,220 --> 00:48:57,060
But you could tell something
was wrong physically.
1181
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:03,070
REPORTER: We are halfway
through the three-mile run.
1182
00:49:03,100 --> 00:49:06,740
And now Rich Froning's starting
to walk, taking a break there.
1183
00:49:06,770 --> 00:49:08,200
That's something you
don't really see.
1184
00:49:08,240 --> 00:49:09,740
But the halfway point...
1185
00:49:09,770 --> 00:49:11,970
PAT SHERWOOD: Him walking on the
Triple 3... it's like a glimmer
1186
00:49:12,010 --> 00:49:14,540
Of hope to the rest of us
mere mortals that, you know,
1187
00:49:14,580 --> 00:49:18,280
That even superhumans
have these days.
1188
00:49:18,310 --> 00:49:21,380
And I think what Rich does so
well... this is just a theory...
1189
00:49:21,420 --> 00:49:24,420
Bit him in the ass,
which is paying attention
1190
00:49:24,450 --> 00:49:25,390
To what everyone else is doing.
1191
00:49:26,260 --> 00:49:27,260
REPORTER: But
Froning is struggling
1192
00:49:27,290 --> 00:49:28,420
On this three-mile run.
1193
00:49:28,460 --> 00:49:29,230
REPORTER: Yeah.
1194
00:49:29,260 --> 00:49:30,660
This is really odd.
1195
00:49:30,690 --> 00:49:32,330
REPORTER: This is something
we have never, ever seen.
1196
00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:34,660
We never see Rich Froning
ever have a weakness.
1197
00:49:34,700 --> 00:49:38,170
REPORTER: And Froning
will finish in 37th place.
1198
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:40,370
[Cheers]
1199
00:49:47,140 --> 00:49:48,210
PAT SHERWOOD: I'm
sure it's going
1200
00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:49,480
To stick with him for a while.
1201
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:52,750
But it's his own fault. You
know, to think that you can
1202
00:49:52,780 --> 00:49:54,680
Have what would be considered
a glaring weakness, and then
1203
00:49:54,720 --> 00:49:57,050
Just, oh, I'll pull
through it somehow.
1204
00:49:57,090 --> 00:49:58,690
He shouldn't have
had to work as hard
1205
00:49:58,720 --> 00:50:00,620
As he did because he should
have been kind of taking
1206
00:50:00,660 --> 00:50:01,420
Care of that for a while.
1207
00:50:03,790 --> 00:50:07,300
[Cheers]
1208
00:50:07,330 --> 00:50:08,560
I'd walk a little bit.
1209
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:10,230
I'd run.
1210
00:50:10,270 --> 00:50:12,130
I just fell apart.
1211
00:50:12,170 --> 00:50:14,600
Thought I'd been running
enough... guess not.
1212
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:15,570
I was going to pee my pants.
1213
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:17,170
I was like, I might just do it.
1214
00:50:17,210 --> 00:50:18,440
I about passed out
a few times, though.
1215
00:50:18,470 --> 00:50:19,180
Hey.
1216
00:50:21,110 --> 00:50:21,610
Man.
1217
00:50:24,110 --> 00:50:25,050
Dang it.
1218
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:25,580
[Inaudible]
1219
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:33,060
JUSTIN BERGH: Man,
to see Rich Froning
1220
00:50:33,090 --> 00:50:37,390
Walking with althletes...
Men and women... passing by.
1221
00:50:37,430 --> 00:50:39,730
It was, uh, it was something
I will never forget.
1222
00:50:43,170 --> 00:50:47,570
Didn't want to
stop, had to stop, so
1223
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:49,070
Damage control, at that point.
1224
00:50:49,110 --> 00:50:50,110
Where'd I fall?
1225
00:50:50,140 --> 00:50:50,640
37th.
1226
00:50:52,870 --> 00:50:56,310
Not as bad as I thought,
but it's not good.
1227
00:50:56,350 --> 00:50:57,450
There's a new worst.
1228
00:51:09,690 --> 00:51:11,330
I'm just looking to
see where everybody's
1229
00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:15,160
At... all the regulars are
at, all the new guys are at.
1230
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:15,760
Huh?
1231
00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:17,370
Stop looking at that.
1232
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:17,830
Just looking at it, bro.
1233
00:51:26,680 --> 00:51:29,250
It's tough going into a
workout after you've just
1234
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:31,710
Done bad at a workout,
especially a workout
1235
00:51:31,750 --> 00:51:32,580
That you don't know.
1236
00:51:33,380 --> 00:51:34,750
So I think what
was the sled push.
1237
00:51:34,780 --> 00:51:35,780
And I knew those were
going to be tough.
1238
00:51:37,650 --> 00:51:39,490
JUSTIN BERGH: There's a couple
of events that stick out
1239
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:41,590
In my mind in the history
of the games that have
1240
00:51:41,620 --> 00:51:43,630
Really just floored athletes.
1241
00:51:43,660 --> 00:51:45,560
And the sprint sled
was one of them.
1242
00:51:45,590 --> 00:51:48,660
On that workout, though,
it caught him in a bad way.
1243
00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:56,210
REPORTER: Rich Froning
is still on the field,
1244
00:51:56,240 --> 00:51:57,140
Hands on his knees...
1245
00:51:57,170 --> 00:51:58,310
REPORTER: Wow.
1246
00:51:59,410 --> 00:52:01,840
REPORTER: One of three
athletes still on the field.
1247
00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:05,210
Now Rich Froning is going
to cross the finish line.
1248
00:52:05,250 --> 00:52:08,620
So what looked like it was going
to be a Rich Froning runaway
1249
00:52:08,650 --> 00:52:10,590
After he finished
eighth at the beach
1250
00:52:10,620 --> 00:52:12,620
And then tied for first
at the overhead squat
1251
00:52:12,650 --> 00:52:15,220
Has turned into
a familiar story.
1252
00:52:15,260 --> 00:52:16,590
Froning will have
to work his way up
1253
00:52:16,630 --> 00:52:19,760
The leaderboard on the weekend.
1254
00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:21,430
So I did bad at that event too.
1255
00:52:21,460 --> 00:52:22,600
It wasn't a good event.
1256
00:52:23,700 --> 00:52:26,270
So it was just kind of like
two... two blows in one.
1257
00:52:30,810 --> 00:52:31,810
Honestly, it
looked like you had
1258
00:52:32,770 --> 00:52:33,940
To sacrifice everything
you knew about form
1259
00:52:33,980 --> 00:52:35,810
To get it moving right.
1260
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:37,710
I mean, the people that...
The people that moved
1261
00:52:37,750 --> 00:52:39,350
It good... it looked awful.
1262
00:52:41,620 --> 00:52:42,850
I mean, seriously.
1263
00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:44,250
There were patches of
grass that would move.
1264
00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:46,220
There were patches of
grass that wouldn't move.
1265
00:52:46,260 --> 00:52:46,890
It was like...
1266
00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:48,760
How heavy was it?
1267
00:52:48,790 --> 00:52:49,890
It wasn't heavy.
1268
00:52:49,930 --> 00:52:51,290
It was just... the grass.
1269
00:52:52,430 --> 00:52:53,430
I'm telling... like if you
hit a good spot of grass...
1270
00:52:54,130 --> 00:52:54,800
It would stop moving quickly.
1271
00:52:54,830 --> 00:52:55,500
Would it?
1272
00:52:55,530 --> 00:52:57,400
Yeah.
1273
00:52:57,430 --> 00:52:57,830
If you had a good piece of
grass, it would move fast.
1274
00:52:58,900 --> 00:53:00,600
And then all of a sudden,
it just felt like you
1275
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:02,470
Were pushing in the mud, so...
1276
00:53:02,500 --> 00:53:05,470
MAN: I'm excited This next
one is going to be cool.
1277
00:53:05,510 --> 00:53:08,310
The way the rest of the
weekend's going, who knows?
1278
00:53:08,340 --> 00:53:10,210
HILLARY FRONING: I said he
better pull his crap together.
1279
00:53:10,250 --> 00:53:11,410
[Laughing]
He's stressing me out.
1280
00:53:14,580 --> 00:53:15,450
Did you get that on camera?
1281
00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:16,620
[Laughing]
1282
00:53:16,650 --> 00:53:17,490
I'm gonna be wife
of the year, huh?
1283
00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:19,290
[Laughing]
1284
00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:20,260
Yeah.
1285
00:53:21,160 --> 00:53:22,790
I'm very, very, very
nervous for Rich.
1286
00:53:22,820 --> 00:53:24,790
It's just nerve-wracking,
in general.
1287
00:53:24,830 --> 00:53:26,900
MAN: What's
nerve-wracking about it?
1288
00:53:26,930 --> 00:53:30,900
Um, just working all year
for one weekend, you know.
1289
00:53:30,930 --> 00:53:32,870
And he doesn't feel very well.
1290
00:53:32,900 --> 00:53:34,340
And that's what's
stressful is, you know,
1291
00:53:34,370 --> 00:53:35,570
He's worked all year
for one weekend.
1292
00:53:36,740 --> 00:53:38,970
And you don't have time...
He can't fell bad, you know.
1293
00:53:39,010 --> 00:53:41,580
And there's not much he
can really do about it.
1294
00:53:41,610 --> 00:53:44,510
I think... I think his
stomach's just nerves,
1295
00:53:44,550 --> 00:53:46,250
To be honest, though.
1296
00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:49,620
So hopefully... hopefully after
this one, and the first day's
1297
00:53:49,650 --> 00:53:51,790
Done, he'll feel better.
1298
00:53:51,820 --> 00:53:52,490
Here.
1299
00:53:53,120 --> 00:53:54,590
You want to eat this now?
1300
00:53:54,620 --> 00:53:55,390
[Interposing voices]
1301
00:53:55,420 --> 00:53:56,360
[Inaudible]
1302
00:53:56,390 --> 00:53:56,890
I'm good.
1303
00:53:59,460 --> 00:54:00,500
I don't deserve to eat.
1304
00:54:00,530 --> 00:54:01,560
You've been [inaudible].
1305
00:54:04,500 --> 00:54:05,970
I don't know if it's...
You'd call it angry, or just
1306
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:09,000
A little frustrated, you know.
1307
00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:11,510
I mean, like I was telling
him, he gets in this situation
1308
00:54:11,540 --> 00:54:13,010
All the time.
1309
00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:16,280
So, you know, I think,
like, I think for him,
1310
00:54:16,310 --> 00:54:17,810
He just does this
whole role-play thing
1311
00:54:17,850 --> 00:54:18,810
Where he goes through this.
1312
00:54:19,750 --> 00:54:20,950
And then he gets out
there in the crowd,
1313
00:54:20,980 --> 00:54:21,980
And it's just totally different.
1314
00:54:22,950 --> 00:54:24,050
He can... he can just
turn it off like that.
1315
00:54:24,090 --> 00:54:27,390
[Music playing]
1316
00:54:34,430 --> 00:54:35,900
JUSTIN BERGH: If you're
not in the final heat,
1317
00:54:35,930 --> 00:54:38,700
And you're Rich Froning,
that's not a good sign.
1318
00:54:38,730 --> 00:54:41,000
And being in the
second-to-last heat on Friday,
1319
00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:42,870
I think it was a
wake-up call for him.
1320
00:54:45,070 --> 00:54:47,980
RICH FRONING: Going into
the final event on Friday
1321
00:54:48,010 --> 00:54:51,580
Was the first time since
the first event in 2010
1322
00:54:51,610 --> 00:54:53,720
That I wasn't in the final heat.
1323
00:54:53,750 --> 00:54:54,850
I was a little angry.
1324
00:54:57,620 --> 00:54:59,560
NARRATOR: The
opening event of 2010
1325
00:54:59,590 --> 00:55:01,520
Was also the first
time Froning would
1326
00:55:01,560 --> 00:55:05,460
Set foot on the competition
floor at the CrossFit games.
1327
00:55:05,490 --> 00:55:07,500
It would be the first
step in a journey
1328
00:55:07,530 --> 00:55:08,860
That would define his legacy.
1329
00:55:10,700 --> 00:55:12,570
ANNOUNCER: Rich Froning!
1330
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:14,840
REPORTER: And I
like this guy too.
1331
00:55:14,870 --> 00:55:17,810
ANNOUNCER: Three, two, one, go!
1332
00:55:17,840 --> 00:55:20,340
Rich Froning, double
[inaudible] 55 seconds.
1333
00:55:20,380 --> 00:55:21,010
REPORTER: Wow!
1334
00:55:21,810 --> 00:55:23,710
Rich Froning's
back on the rings.
1335
00:55:23,750 --> 00:55:25,850
NARRATOR: Athletes face a
pair of technical movements
1336
00:55:25,880 --> 00:55:29,890
In the opening event...
Muscle-ups and squat snatches.
1337
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:32,720
MAN: As he just looked
comfortable at the upper ends
1338
00:55:32,750 --> 00:55:34,560
Of his output, where
everybody else...
1339
00:55:34,590 --> 00:55:35,890
When they get towards
that upper end,
1340
00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:37,360
The wheels start falling off.
1341
00:55:37,390 --> 00:55:39,400
NARRATOR: But Froning
would take third place
1342
00:55:39,430 --> 00:55:41,900
And become a fixture
in the final heat.
1343
00:55:41,930 --> 00:55:43,370
By the end of the
weekend, he would
1344
00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:45,500
Find himself on top
of the leader board
1345
00:55:45,530 --> 00:55:47,870
Heading into the final events.
1346
00:55:47,900 --> 00:55:50,010
He and his fellow
athletes were challenged
1347
00:55:50,040 --> 00:55:52,710
With the unknown and
unknowable as they
1348
00:55:52,740 --> 00:55:56,140
Were sequestered in the bowels
of the Home Depot Center.
1349
00:55:56,180 --> 00:55:58,050
RICH FRONING: No phones, no TV.
1350
00:55:58,080 --> 00:55:59,720
You're sitting in a room
with, like... I mean,
1351
00:55:59,750 --> 00:56:00,920
There was, like, 30 people.
1352
00:56:02,020 --> 00:56:03,050
It was the... the most miserable
experience of my life.
1353
00:56:03,850 --> 00:56:04,820
RORY MCKERNAN: One
group at a time,
1354
00:56:05,620 --> 00:56:07,020
They're brought
out to a steaming,
1355
00:56:07,060 --> 00:56:09,020
Piping-hot competition floor.
1356
00:56:09,060 --> 00:56:10,830
Black matting makes
it even worse.
1357
00:56:10,860 --> 00:56:11,990
JUSTIN BERGH: And
I remember standing
1358
00:56:13,130 --> 00:56:15,560
Next to a guy that worked
for the Home Depot Center.
1359
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:17,470
And he had this device that
he could shoot at the floor,
1360
00:56:17,500 --> 00:56:18,730
And it would tell
you the temperature.
1361
00:56:18,770 --> 00:56:20,600
And I don't remember
exactly what it was.
1362
00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:24,440
He said it was 130.4
degrees on the blacktop.
1363
00:56:24,470 --> 00:56:26,040
RORY MCKERNAN: They're looking
at a competition floor.
1364
00:56:26,070 --> 00:56:27,810
They have no idea if
there's three workouts,
1365
00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:29,080
Five workouts, one workout.
1366
00:56:29,110 --> 00:56:30,180
Do you give it all here?
1367
00:56:30,210 --> 00:56:31,010
Do you wait?
1368
00:56:31,050 --> 00:56:32,580
Do you hold some back?
1369
00:56:32,610 --> 00:56:33,780
They have zero information.
1370
00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:36,150
All they know is that
there's a judge next to them.
1371
00:56:36,180 --> 00:56:37,590
Dave Castro's talking to them.
1372
00:56:37,620 --> 00:56:38,420
And the fans are screaming.
1373
00:56:39,690 --> 00:56:42,790
On the command of three, two,
one, go, you'll do 30 push-ups.
1374
00:56:42,820 --> 00:56:43,990
All the way down...
1375
00:56:44,030 --> 00:56:44,990
RICH FRONING: I
don't even remember
1376
00:56:45,030 --> 00:56:46,190
What he said, to be honest.
1377
00:56:46,230 --> 00:56:47,730
You're just kind
of looking around,
1378
00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:49,030
And everybody drops
down and does push-ups.
1379
00:56:53,770 --> 00:56:57,140
REPORTER: I guess they thought
Dave was kidding there.
1380
00:56:57,170 --> 00:56:59,580
Rich Froning assumes the
mentality that I'm going hard.
1381
00:56:59,610 --> 00:57:01,040
I'm going to win this one.
1382
00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:04,210
They didn't know anybody
else's time from other heats.
1383
00:57:04,250 --> 00:57:05,680
He doesn't know if anybody's
finished the thing.
1384
00:57:05,710 --> 00:57:06,410
[Interposing voices]
1385
00:57:09,850 --> 00:57:11,220
REPORTER: Wow!
Finished.
1386
00:57:11,250 --> 00:57:12,190
He did finish.
1387
00:57:12,220 --> 00:57:13,820
He's got to get over the rope.
1388
00:57:13,860 --> 00:57:15,060
He's got to get over the rope.
1389
00:57:15,090 --> 00:57:17,560
He's got 15 seconds
in which to do that.
1390
00:57:17,590 --> 00:57:18,530
ANNOUNCER: 49!
1391
00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:19,930
REPORTER: He's got 10 seconds.
1392
00:57:19,960 --> 00:57:22,800
MAN: And the dude just
sells out, and he finished.
1393
00:57:22,830 --> 00:57:24,730
He gets back over the wall
to finish the workout.
1394
00:57:24,770 --> 00:57:25,800
He was the only
person who did it.
1395
00:57:27,740 --> 00:57:30,110
So then you're in a
complete, just, stupor.
1396
00:57:30,140 --> 00:57:32,870
But he suffered a lot
on the second workout.
1397
00:57:32,910 --> 00:57:36,550
MAN: He had probably gone
out too hard, too fast
1398
00:57:36,580 --> 00:57:39,920
On that first of three, not
knowing what was in store.
1399
00:57:39,950 --> 00:57:42,050
REPORTER: It looks like
a lot of gas taken out.
1400
00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:44,090
NARRATOR: In the
final event, athletes
1401
00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:48,220
Faced burpees over a wall
and 20-foot rope climbs.
1402
00:57:48,260 --> 00:57:50,890
Froning had scrapped his
way to a four-point lead
1403
00:57:50,930 --> 00:57:52,130
Over Graham Holmberg.
1404
00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:53,190
RICH FRONING: Didn't
think anything of it,
1405
00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:56,100
Went to climb that rope,
and my arms are shot.
1406
00:57:56,130 --> 00:57:57,030
REPORTER: Look at Rich.
1407
00:57:57,830 --> 00:57:58,830
Rich Froning...
Doing what he can.
1408
00:57:58,870 --> 00:57:59,970
RICH FRONING: Just done.
1409
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:01,970
Very slowly, the
realization set
1410
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:05,110
In that this dude doesn't know
how to get himself up a rope.
1411
00:58:05,140 --> 00:58:06,940
JUSTIN BERGH: And I remember,
this is, like, a crisis.
1412
00:58:06,980 --> 00:58:08,280
We're huddling up,
trying to decide
1413
00:58:08,310 --> 00:58:09,980
What are we going
to do if this guy
1414
00:58:10,010 --> 00:58:11,610
Ends up on the
top of the points,
1415
00:58:11,650 --> 00:58:14,120
But he didn't have a rope climb?
1416
00:58:14,150 --> 00:58:15,620
DAVE CASTRO: Because
it's like, oh my god,
1417
00:58:16,890 --> 00:58:19,050
This guy did great through the
past two days of competitions,
1418
00:58:19,090 --> 00:58:20,860
And now he can't climb a rope.
1419
00:58:20,890 --> 00:58:21,820
And I said, hey, look.
1420
00:58:22,720 --> 00:58:24,930
If this kid doesn't
do one rope climb,
1421
00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:26,660
We're not even going
to let him podium.
1422
00:58:26,700 --> 00:58:27,900
Finally, just was
like, all right.
1423
00:58:27,930 --> 00:58:29,700
I'm getting up this rope.
1424
00:58:29,730 --> 00:58:32,900
Get up the rope, hit
it, and take about one
1425
00:58:32,930 --> 00:58:34,740
Down, and just let go.
1426
00:58:34,770 --> 00:58:36,910
[Inaudible] Oh!
1427
00:58:36,940 --> 00:58:39,880
[Crowd shouting]
1428
00:58:39,910 --> 00:58:43,010
Because here's the reason why...
How can you make it that far
1429
00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:47,320
And be the second, or third,
or first fittest person alive,
1430
00:58:47,350 --> 00:58:49,320
But not be able to climb a rope?
1431
00:58:49,350 --> 00:58:52,050
Amazingly, he was able
to muscle his way up,
1432
00:58:52,090 --> 00:58:54,160
And he did get
one or two climbs.
1433
00:58:54,190 --> 00:58:57,330
So that negated that fact,
and he was able to podium.
1434
00:58:57,360 --> 00:58:58,660
REPORTER: Boy.
1435
00:58:59,730 --> 00:59:02,030
In a shirt soaked in
sweat, he signals that he's
1436
00:59:02,060 --> 00:59:03,100
Just ready to shoot himself.
1437
00:59:05,170 --> 00:59:09,340
NARRATOR: The rope would cost
Rich Froning the championship.
1438
00:59:09,370 --> 00:59:12,710
And his run as the most
dominant athlete in CrossFit
1439
00:59:12,740 --> 00:59:15,610
Was almost over before it began.
1440
00:59:15,640 --> 00:59:19,280
He had a totally new outlook
on CrossFit after 2010.
1441
00:59:19,310 --> 00:59:21,980
And there was a few
months after where he
1442
00:59:22,020 --> 00:59:22,950
Didn't want to do it anymore.
1443
00:59:22,980 --> 00:59:24,890
He was quiet for a couple days.
1444
00:59:24,920 --> 00:59:27,820
It was a crappy feeling to feel
like, you know, I'd... I'd let
1445
00:59:27,860 --> 00:59:30,230
People down, let myself down.
1446
00:59:30,260 --> 00:59:32,960
It was hard to just watch him
beat himself up over one thing.
1447
00:59:32,990 --> 00:59:35,660
And I felt like, you should
be proud to be in second.
1448
00:59:35,700 --> 00:59:37,800
You know, that
was still awesome.
1449
00:59:37,830 --> 00:59:40,370
He was... he couldn't be happy
because he fell off the rope.
1450
00:59:40,400 --> 00:59:41,640
Everything happens
for a reason.
1451
00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:45,040
I think that was a...
That was a wake-up call
1452
00:59:45,070 --> 00:59:46,340
From somebody else.
1453
00:59:46,370 --> 00:59:48,210
CrossFit had become my identity.
1454
00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:50,110
That's who I was,
and that's what I put
1455
00:59:50,150 --> 00:59:52,280
My identity in was CrossFit.
1456
00:59:52,310 --> 00:59:54,050
He didn't like
the CrossFit games.
1457
00:59:54,080 --> 00:59:55,680
He didn't want to
compete anymore.
1458
00:59:55,720 --> 00:59:57,190
What I want to do, Lord.
1459
00:59:57,220 --> 01:00:00,360
You know, I want to make my city
proud, my... my family proud,
1460
01:00:00,390 --> 01:00:02,190
My, you know, friends proud.
1461
01:00:02,220 --> 01:00:04,230
But I wanted to make
them proud of me.
1462
01:00:04,260 --> 01:00:06,330
And so that was,
uh, it was selfish.
1463
01:00:06,360 --> 01:00:08,900
Faith had always been
in my life, but wasn't
1464
01:00:08,930 --> 01:00:10,230
The center of my life.
1465
01:00:10,270 --> 01:00:11,770
I didn't have bad stuff
at the center of my life,
1466
01:00:11,800 --> 01:00:13,800
Like, people were at
the center of my life.
1467
01:00:13,840 --> 01:00:16,640
CrossFit was at the center
of my life, and not my faith.
1468
01:00:16,670 --> 01:00:19,210
And so I got baptized again.
1469
01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:21,210
It was a big shift
from religion,
1470
01:00:21,240 --> 01:00:23,650
Where it was
something I had to do,
1471
01:00:23,680 --> 01:00:26,950
Like I felt like I had to go to
church, I had to read my Bible,
1472
01:00:26,980 --> 01:00:31,090
I had to pray to I want to.
1473
01:00:31,120 --> 01:00:32,820
It just clicked finally.
1474
01:00:32,850 --> 01:00:36,360
And it was a pretty cool, like,
an aha moment, like this needs
1475
01:00:36,390 --> 01:00:38,060
To be the center of my life.
1476
01:00:38,090 --> 01:00:40,330
And my life has changed
since that point.
1477
01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:46,400
And so in 2011, it was
to give Him the glory,
1478
01:00:46,430 --> 01:00:48,070
Give God the glory,
give Jesus the glory.
1479
01:00:48,100 --> 01:00:49,400
You know, He's given
me these gifts,
1480
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:51,410
And my gift back is to
tell everybody I can
1481
01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:55,440
About why I do what I do,
and what He's done for me.
1482
01:00:55,480 --> 01:00:57,680
NARRATOR: Refocused
and rededicated,
1483
01:00:57,710 --> 01:01:00,720
Froning returned to
the games in 2011.
1484
01:01:00,750 --> 01:01:03,120
The rope was waiting for him.
1485
01:01:03,150 --> 01:01:05,420
Did Castro create
that intentionally?
1486
01:01:05,450 --> 01:01:08,320
I was ready for the rope
climb worked in 2011.
1487
01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:10,290
I've done a lot of rope climbs.
1488
01:01:10,330 --> 01:01:12,260
REPORTER: Rich Froning,
who's back from the rope
1489
01:01:12,290 --> 01:01:14,260
First, for his set
of four rope climbs.
1490
01:01:14,300 --> 01:01:17,200
REPORTER: No only did Rich
learn how to climb a rope,
1491
01:01:17,230 --> 01:01:19,170
But he is moving
very efficiently.
1492
01:01:19,200 --> 01:01:20,900
REPORTER: The crowd
is now on their feet
1493
01:01:20,940 --> 01:01:23,270
As Rich Froning approaches
his final rope time.
1494
01:01:25,310 --> 01:01:29,410
Rich came out of the
gate and in that event,
1495
01:01:29,440 --> 01:01:31,810
Set fire and torched
the field, and let
1496
01:01:31,850 --> 01:01:35,080
Everybody know, like, you're not
going to see me do that again.
1497
01:01:35,120 --> 01:01:37,320
REPORTER: Rich choosing
to walk with two athletes
1498
01:01:37,350 --> 01:01:38,720
Just seconds behind him.
1499
01:01:43,320 --> 01:01:46,090
REPORTER: Rich seals the deal...
Four minutes, 57 seconds.
1500
01:01:46,130 --> 01:01:47,500
[Inaudible] just seconds behind.
1501
01:01:47,530 --> 01:01:50,070
NARRATOR: What people
would see is the start
1502
01:01:50,100 --> 01:01:52,370
Of the most dominant
string of performances
1503
01:01:52,400 --> 01:01:53,900
Ever in the sport of fitness.
1504
01:01:53,940 --> 01:01:54,870
[Music playing]
1505
01:01:55,770 --> 01:01:56,870
REPORTER: But it's
Rich Froning who'll
1506
01:01:56,910 --> 01:01:58,310
Be the first [inaudible].
1507
01:01:58,340 --> 01:01:59,170
REPORTER: Rich Froning
now on pace to...
1508
01:02:00,110 --> 01:02:01,140
REPORTER: One more
pull to seal the deal.
1509
01:02:02,110 --> 01:02:04,510
And Rich Froning is the
champion of the 2011
1510
01:02:04,550 --> 01:02:07,150
Reebok CrossFit Games.
1511
01:02:07,180 --> 01:02:08,520
JUSTIN BERGH: 2011, he
wins the CrossFit games.
1512
01:02:08,550 --> 01:02:11,090
2012 on, he wins it outright.
1513
01:02:11,120 --> 01:02:18,130
[Music playing]
1514
01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:21,800
My name's Rich Froning, and
I'm here to defend my title.
1515
01:02:21,830 --> 01:02:24,100
REPORTER: And Rich Froning,
the competitor that he is...
1516
01:02:24,130 --> 01:02:27,100
REPORTER: And you can start
showing him his gold medal.
1517
01:02:27,140 --> 01:02:29,100
REPORTER: I can't
believe Rich hasn't
1518
01:02:29,140 --> 01:02:30,370
Put the barbell down yet.
1519
01:02:30,410 --> 01:02:33,540
REPORTER: Rich Froning-
one more rep to go!
1520
01:02:33,570 --> 01:02:37,050
REPORTER: Rich Froning is the
Fittest Man on the Planet.
1521
01:02:37,080 --> 01:02:38,050
REPORTER: Unbelievable!
1522
01:02:38,080 --> 01:02:40,050
REPORTER: [inaudible] underway!
1523
01:02:40,080 --> 01:02:42,120
REPORTER: [inaudible]
the games champion.
1524
01:02:42,150 --> 01:02:43,850
REPORTER: He's going to get
back [inaudible] two seconds,
1525
01:02:43,890 --> 01:02:44,850
One second.
1526
01:02:44,890 --> 01:02:47,020
Froning won against [inaudible].
1527
01:02:47,060 --> 01:02:50,330
REPORTER: Here comes Rich
Froning, who can win this event
1528
01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:52,460
If he keeps this pace.
1529
01:02:52,490 --> 01:02:56,330
The crowd on its feet as
the champ chewing up ground.
1530
01:02:56,360 --> 01:02:59,970
The finish line is within reach.
1531
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:01,440
REPORTER: And he will make it.
1532
01:03:01,470 --> 01:03:04,940
Rich Froning is down
100 points richer.
1533
01:03:04,970 --> 01:03:07,410
REPORTER: I'll tell you what...
That guy is unbelievable!
1534
01:03:07,440 --> 01:03:11,250
You can't throw anything at
this kid that he can't do.
1535
01:03:11,280 --> 01:03:12,910
REPORTER: Froning's gotta hurry!
1536
01:03:12,950 --> 01:03:14,920
REPORTER: I mean,
when you're this good,
1537
01:03:14,950 --> 01:03:16,250
When you're this
good, you really
1538
01:03:16,280 --> 01:03:17,920
Aren't threatened by anything.
1539
01:03:17,950 --> 01:03:19,420
Wow.
1540
01:03:19,450 --> 01:03:20,890
REPORTER: Start shining the
gold medal for Rich Froning!
1541
01:03:20,920 --> 01:03:23,860
And he is going to
crush the time to beat.
1542
01:03:23,890 --> 01:03:27,200
Rich Froning, unbroken and
across the finish line!
1543
01:03:27,230 --> 01:03:28,360
[Cheers]
1544
01:03:28,400 --> 01:03:32,330
ANNOUNCER: [inaudible]
CrossFit again.
1545
01:03:32,370 --> 01:03:34,840
This man has won three events.
1546
01:03:34,870 --> 01:03:39,310
I give you the 2013
Reebok CrossFit
1547
01:03:39,340 --> 01:03:43,040
Games Champion, Rich Froning!
1548
01:03:57,930 --> 01:03:59,590
NARRATOR: Froning's first
appearance at the tennis
1549
01:03:59,630 --> 01:04:02,330
Stadium was the start
of his run as the man
1550
01:04:02,360 --> 01:04:03,970
To beat at the games.
1551
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:08,240
As he made his way
to the floor in 2014,
1552
01:04:08,270 --> 01:04:11,270
That run was in danger.
1553
01:04:11,310 --> 01:04:14,180
So Rich Froning attacked
with reckless abandon.
1554
01:04:16,580 --> 01:04:20,480
REPORTER: The 21-15-9
Complex is underway!
1555
01:04:20,520 --> 01:04:22,480
RICH FRONING: Luckily, James
had went out before me,
1556
01:04:22,520 --> 01:04:25,650
And he said, go faster
than you think you should.
1557
01:04:25,690 --> 01:04:26,990
It's short.
1558
01:04:27,020 --> 01:04:27,560
You'll be fine.
1559
01:04:27,590 --> 01:04:28,390
Just go.
1560
01:04:28,420 --> 01:04:31,530
[Cheers]
1561
01:04:31,560 --> 01:04:33,030
REPORTER: The crowd
coming to its feet
1562
01:04:33,060 --> 01:04:35,960
As the three-time
defending champion Rich
1563
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:37,930
Froning moves to the barbell.
1564
01:04:37,970 --> 01:04:40,040
REPORTER: Froning needs a big
performance in this event.
1565
01:04:40,070 --> 01:04:43,300
REPORTER: [inaudible] you don't
see Rich jump onto the front,
1566
01:04:43,340 --> 01:04:45,570
But after the... the devastating
day that he's had today,
1567
01:04:45,610 --> 01:04:46,640
He has to.
1568
01:04:47,640 --> 01:04:48,880
DAVE CASTRO: We usually
don't see him go 100%.
1569
01:04:49,780 --> 01:04:51,950
And he doesn't have
to, so he doesn't.
1570
01:04:51,980 --> 01:04:56,680
So we're very rarely seeing
him push to the complete edge.
1571
01:04:56,720 --> 01:04:59,390
But when he does, that's
a thing of beauty.
1572
01:04:59,420 --> 01:05:00,420
REPORTER: This is
the first time.
1573
01:05:01,320 --> 01:05:02,490
I've never seen Rich
look around to see
1574
01:05:02,520 --> 01:05:03,360
Where the other athletes are.
1575
01:05:04,560 --> 01:05:06,360
He's going into this, I mean,
with true reckless abandon
1576
01:05:06,390 --> 01:05:07,630
That we haven't
seen him do before.
1577
01:05:07,660 --> 01:05:09,300
He's not stopping or
breaking [inaudible].
1578
01:05:09,330 --> 01:05:11,270
He is attacking this workout.
1579
01:05:11,300 --> 01:05:13,530
REPORTER: Froning at
the bar muscle-ups.
1580
01:05:13,570 --> 01:05:17,640
One more to go... and
the champ is back!
1581
01:05:17,670 --> 01:05:24,450
Rich Froning, demolishing
the time to beat... 416.63.
1582
01:05:24,480 --> 01:05:25,480
DAVE CASTRO: In
that heat, he didn't
1583
01:05:25,510 --> 01:05:26,550
Have the same type
of competition
1584
01:05:26,580 --> 01:05:27,680
He would in the final.
1585
01:05:28,750 --> 01:05:30,490
So he has to go harder
than whereas earlier, as I
1586
01:05:30,520 --> 01:05:33,250
Was saying, he
doesn't always go 100%
1587
01:05:33,290 --> 01:05:34,520
Because he doesn't have to.
1588
01:05:35,720 --> 01:05:38,490
That... he really had to because
he knew in the next heat,
1589
01:05:38,530 --> 01:05:40,200
He'd have to just set
the score to beat.
1590
01:05:40,230 --> 01:05:43,030
[Inaudible] that
second-to-last heat no more!
1591
01:05:43,060 --> 01:05:43,970
I know, bro.
1592
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:44,500
[Inaudible]
1593
01:05:48,200 --> 01:05:49,400
I feel like
sand-bagging some stuff.
1594
01:05:49,440 --> 01:05:50,640
I'm going to start
weighing some events.
1595
01:05:50,670 --> 01:05:52,170
There we go!
1596
01:05:52,210 --> 01:05:53,640
There we go!
1597
01:05:53,670 --> 01:05:55,310
That's the champ
I know and love!
1598
01:05:55,340 --> 01:05:56,540
Either crash or go for it.
1599
01:05:58,780 --> 01:05:59,580
I got your stuff.
1600
01:05:59,610 --> 01:06:00,620
I got you this.
1601
01:06:00,650 --> 01:06:01,450
Thanks, man.
1602
01:06:01,480 --> 01:06:03,220
Where's the check?
1603
01:06:03,250 --> 01:06:03,950
Where's the baby?
1604
01:06:06,690 --> 01:06:07,760
That's what I'm going to do.
1605
01:06:07,790 --> 01:06:09,320
Get ready for
push-ups tomorrow.
1606
01:06:09,360 --> 01:06:11,430
Just saying, dude, just
saying, if you want to keep up...
1607
01:06:11,460 --> 01:06:12,690
Just sit on his back
while he's doing them.
1608
01:06:12,730 --> 01:06:16,230
[Laughing]
1609
01:06:16,260 --> 01:06:19,000
After a day of
training, [inaudible].
1610
01:06:19,030 --> 01:06:21,170
Cheese quesadilla and
a half a pound of pork.
1611
01:06:24,710 --> 01:06:26,410
Um, she slept the
whole time [inaudible].
1612
01:06:26,440 --> 01:06:28,540
So she probably needs
to be fed and a diaper.
1613
01:06:30,650 --> 01:06:32,580
OK, I love you.
1614
01:06:32,610 --> 01:06:33,480
I'll be back.
1615
01:06:33,510 --> 01:06:34,780
When are you coming back?
1616
01:06:34,820 --> 01:06:36,480
I just have to take her
laundry to the house.
1617
01:06:36,520 --> 01:06:37,690
And then I'll be back.
1618
01:06:37,720 --> 01:06:39,620
So you're trusting
Rich with your child.
1619
01:06:39,650 --> 01:06:40,720
No, you guys are in here.
1620
01:06:40,760 --> 01:06:42,060
Um, but she'll be fine.
1621
01:06:42,090 --> 01:06:43,360
You can... it's fine.
I'm a father.
1622
01:06:43,390 --> 01:06:44,490
I'm good.
You're a father.
1623
01:06:45,690 --> 01:06:46,560
She's on camera, so she's
like, no, you'll be... it's OK.
1624
01:06:46,590 --> 01:06:47,200
It's OK.
1625
01:06:47,730 --> 01:06:48,330
[Interposing voices]
1626
01:06:50,570 --> 01:06:51,570
[Crying]
1627
01:06:51,600 --> 01:06:54,370
Hey, Lakelyn, Lakelyn.
1628
01:06:54,400 --> 01:06:55,470
And here we [inaudible].
1629
01:06:58,140 --> 01:06:59,640
Is this the first time you've
been alone with Lakelyn?
1630
01:06:59,670 --> 01:07:00,440
Yeah.
1631
01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:03,380
[Laughing]
1632
01:07:03,410 --> 01:07:04,210
Why is that so funny?
1633
01:07:04,250 --> 01:07:05,580
I... I don't know.
1634
01:07:05,610 --> 01:07:08,320
I just can't stop laughing.
1635
01:07:08,350 --> 01:07:10,150
No... yeah.
1636
01:07:13,650 --> 01:07:14,820
Little... I know.
1637
01:07:14,860 --> 01:07:15,660
I know.
1638
01:07:15,690 --> 01:07:17,390
[Crying]
1639
01:07:17,430 --> 01:07:19,060
Yeah.
1640
01:07:19,090 --> 01:07:20,360
Oh, [inaudible].
1641
01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:22,530
[Crying]
1642
01:07:22,560 --> 01:07:24,170
You probably pooped, didn't you?
1643
01:07:26,200 --> 01:07:29,400
Do I change her before the
bottle or after the bottle?
1644
01:07:29,440 --> 01:07:30,540
Before.
1645
01:07:30,570 --> 01:07:31,540
Shoot.
[crying]
1646
01:07:31,570 --> 01:07:32,510
Flip it over.
[inaudible]
1647
01:07:32,540 --> 01:07:33,240
OK.
1648
01:07:35,780 --> 01:07:36,710
[Inaudible] flip it over?
1649
01:07:36,740 --> 01:07:38,180
I mean, oh, wow.
1650
01:07:38,210 --> 01:07:39,450
[Laughing]
1651
01:07:39,480 --> 01:07:40,180
Ugh.
1652
01:07:41,620 --> 01:07:42,380
Look.
1653
01:07:42,420 --> 01:07:43,650
Open that one up.
1654
01:07:43,680 --> 01:07:44,450
OK.
1655
01:07:44,490 --> 01:07:45,250
It's OK.
1656
01:07:45,290 --> 01:07:46,150
Get a wipe ready.
1657
01:07:46,190 --> 01:07:47,660
OK.
1658
01:07:47,690 --> 01:07:50,660
And when you leave... and then
when you open that one up
1659
01:07:50,690 --> 01:07:53,560
And use the... OK, you're good.
1660
01:07:53,590 --> 01:07:55,260
You got it.
1661
01:07:55,300 --> 01:07:56,230
Girl...
1662
01:07:56,260 --> 01:07:56,830
All right.
1663
01:07:56,860 --> 01:07:58,700
Now... yeah.
1664
01:08:01,500 --> 01:08:02,270
Yeah.
1665
01:08:02,300 --> 01:08:04,510
You're good to go.
1666
01:08:04,540 --> 01:08:05,710
Come on, bro.
1667
01:08:05,740 --> 01:08:06,710
Come at me, bro.
1668
01:08:07,680 --> 01:08:09,540
I think it's squeezing
her brain, actually.
1669
01:08:09,580 --> 01:08:10,610
That's why she's crying.
1670
01:08:10,650 --> 01:08:13,280
I don't like this bow!
1671
01:08:13,310 --> 01:08:14,880
[Humming]
1672
01:08:14,920 --> 01:08:15,720
Oh, no.
1673
01:08:15,750 --> 01:08:17,250
Oh, no It fell off!
1674
01:08:17,290 --> 01:08:17,850
[Laughing]
1675
01:08:17,890 --> 01:08:19,650
Whoops.
1676
01:08:19,690 --> 01:08:20,890
Oh, Lakelyn, you want
to watch SportsCenter?
1677
01:08:20,920 --> 01:08:21,890
What?
1678
01:08:21,920 --> 01:08:22,720
You want to watch SportsCenter?
1679
01:08:24,660 --> 01:08:25,460
OK.
1680
01:08:25,490 --> 01:08:26,660
Last time.
1681
01:08:26,690 --> 01:08:27,430
Good night.
1682
01:08:27,460 --> 01:08:28,600
Love you all.
1683
01:08:28,630 --> 01:08:29,460
RICH FRONING: (YAWNING) See ya.
1684
01:08:29,500 --> 01:08:30,600
See ya all tomorrow.
1685
01:08:30,630 --> 01:08:31,600
Hasta manana.
1686
01:08:31,630 --> 01:08:33,230
See ya.
1687
01:08:33,270 --> 01:08:34,570
Get that beauty sleep.
1688
01:08:34,600 --> 01:08:36,200
You need it.
1689
01:08:36,240 --> 01:08:37,510
[Interposing voices]
1690
01:08:37,540 --> 01:08:38,710
Especially for you, Darren.
1691
01:08:38,740 --> 01:08:39,510
Especially.
1692
01:08:39,540 --> 01:08:40,410
Cause you're pretty.
1693
01:08:44,650 --> 01:08:46,680
Muscle-up biathlon...
Muscle-up biathlon
1694
01:08:46,710 --> 01:08:50,720
Is something I looked forward
to, other than the run, I mean,
1695
01:08:50,750 --> 01:08:52,120
Of course.
1696
01:08:53,290 --> 01:08:55,220
But muscle-ups are something
I like, something I enjoy.
1697
01:08:55,260 --> 01:08:56,860
JUSTIN BERGH: I think
secretly, a lot of those guys
1698
01:08:56,890 --> 01:08:58,160
Thought it was
going to be easier
1699
01:08:58,190 --> 01:08:59,390
Than what it was on the day.
1700
01:09:00,560 --> 01:09:02,560
They thought it was going
to be an unbroken challenge.
1701
01:09:02,600 --> 01:09:04,270
They didn't think they were
going to hit the penalty loop.
1702
01:09:04,300 --> 01:09:04,700
I think most of them, in
the back of their minds,
1703
01:09:05,270 --> 01:09:06,370
Had a break-up strategy.
1704
01:09:07,570 --> 01:09:10,210
But they didn't think they
were going to have to. Use it.
1705
01:09:10,240 --> 01:09:11,670
REPORTER: It's the
muscle-up biathlon
1706
01:09:11,710 --> 01:09:16,840
Avalon for the men at the
2014 Reebok CrossFit games.
1707
01:09:16,880 --> 01:09:18,680
I thought I could
do it unbroken.
1708
01:09:18,710 --> 01:09:20,250
You know, that
was the game plan.
1709
01:09:20,280 --> 01:09:22,420
I was kind of like, I'll
get into it, and, you know,
1710
01:09:22,450 --> 01:09:23,480
Adjust as needed.
1711
01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:26,250
But legitimately
thought I could do
1712
01:09:26,290 --> 01:09:29,590
It, came back around
to do my twelve.
1713
01:09:29,620 --> 01:09:31,230
I was like, I got this.
1714
01:09:31,260 --> 01:09:32,930
You know, some other
guys are already running.
1715
01:09:32,960 --> 01:09:35,700
I'm like, shoot, I'm going to
make up some points right here,
1716
01:09:35,730 --> 01:09:37,430
Not going to be first,
but I'll be top 10,
1717
01:09:37,470 --> 01:09:40,970
Get to 11 muscle-ups, and
missed that twelfth one.
1718
01:09:41,000 --> 01:09:43,440
REPORTER: He says Froning
has dropped off the rings.
1719
01:09:43,470 --> 01:09:45,740
And he's on the
200-meter penalty lap.
1720
01:09:45,770 --> 01:09:47,340
REPORTER: That
right there proves
1721
01:09:47,380 --> 01:09:50,280
How deadly that penalty box is.
1722
01:09:50,310 --> 01:09:52,280
JUSTIN BERGH: Watching
athletes fail a muscle-up
1723
01:09:52,310 --> 01:09:54,620
Or get almost to
the end of their set
1724
01:09:54,650 --> 01:09:56,480
And then have to take
that penalty lap,
1725
01:09:56,520 --> 01:09:59,520
You could just watch the
life leave their face.
1726
01:09:59,550 --> 01:10:00,920
It's hard.
1727
01:10:00,960 --> 01:10:02,460
And it's hard there, too,
because you know you take
1728
01:10:02,490 --> 01:10:04,430
A quick penalty lap,
and the last couple
1729
01:10:04,460 --> 01:10:05,530
Reps are going to be easy.
1730
01:10:05,560 --> 01:10:06,260
And it's disappointing.
1731
01:10:12,770 --> 01:10:15,700
The chips weren't falling where
I thought they, uh, usually
1732
01:10:15,740 --> 01:10:18,770
Should, and pretty frustrated.
1733
01:10:18,810 --> 01:10:20,840
And then the carry...
1734
01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:22,780
REPORTER: It's time for
some straight-up gruntwork.
1735
01:10:24,810 --> 01:10:27,780
How fast can you move
some heavy objects?
1736
01:10:27,820 --> 01:10:30,490
The final heat of the
sprint carry is underway,
1737
01:10:30,520 --> 01:10:31,520
And Rich Froning taking off.
1738
01:10:32,490 --> 01:10:33,390
He comes in to this,
again, in fourth place
1739
01:10:34,490 --> 01:10:37,730
Overall... just 32 points
back of leader Noah Ohlsen.
1740
01:10:37,760 --> 01:10:41,560
RICH FRONING: I mean, started
out a little too slow... part
1741
01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:45,330
Of it... on the carry, made up
some ground towards the end,
1742
01:10:45,370 --> 01:10:48,840
But still... I was like 15th or
something... something not good.
1743
01:10:48,870 --> 01:10:49,570
[Inaudible]
1744
01:10:57,780 --> 01:10:58,480
Stupid!
1745
01:11:01,420 --> 01:11:02,350
Shoot!
1746
01:11:02,380 --> 01:11:03,850
Gosh darnit!
1747
01:11:03,880 --> 01:11:04,590
Gosh darnit!
1748
01:11:06,350 --> 01:11:07,790
NARRATOR: With his
momentum stalled
1749
01:11:07,820 --> 01:11:11,730
And an unknown event looming,
Froning needed a break.
1750
01:11:11,760 --> 01:11:15,400
He would get one in the form
of the clean speed ladder...
1751
01:11:15,430 --> 01:11:19,600
Lift five increasingly heavy
barbells as fast as possible.
1752
01:11:19,630 --> 01:11:21,800
With each round, the
field got smaller,
1753
01:11:21,840 --> 01:11:23,970
And the weights got heavier.
1754
01:11:24,000 --> 01:11:25,570
JUSTIN BERGH: So Rich
Froning's one of the best
1755
01:11:25,610 --> 01:11:27,040
Lifters in the sport.
1756
01:11:27,070 --> 01:11:29,880
The guy is super strong,
great technique, moves
1757
01:11:29,910 --> 01:11:30,880
Fast and efficiently.
1758
01:11:30,910 --> 01:11:34,050
[Music playing]
1759
01:11:40,490 --> 01:11:42,960
The speed clean ladder should
have been one of the events
1760
01:11:42,990 --> 01:11:44,790
That he could really
turn it around.
1761
01:11:44,830 --> 01:11:46,330
And I remember the
event starting off,
1762
01:11:46,360 --> 01:11:47,630
And he had a little
bit of a stumble
1763
01:11:47,660 --> 01:11:49,360
On his very first round.
1764
01:11:49,400 --> 01:11:53,830
RICH FRONING: I go to hit 245,
and catch it too far back.
1765
01:11:53,870 --> 01:11:56,070
And so I'm thinking,
I didn't make it.
1766
01:11:56,100 --> 01:11:58,570
That's a lot of points on an
event I should do well at.
1767
01:12:00,440 --> 01:12:03,880
So Dave calls the
first heat first.
1768
01:12:03,910 --> 01:12:05,650
And I figured since
my time was so bad,
1769
01:12:05,680 --> 01:12:06,650
I'd be in that first heat.
1770
01:12:06,680 --> 01:12:07,850
Well, he doesn't call my name.
1771
01:12:08,980 --> 01:12:10,620
So at that point, I'd honestly
lost my chances to win
1772
01:12:10,650 --> 01:12:11,950
The CrossFit games were over.
1773
01:12:11,990 --> 01:12:13,550
Took my belt off,
put it on the clock,
1774
01:12:13,590 --> 01:12:15,620
Just kind of standing there.
1775
01:12:15,660 --> 01:12:17,430
Second heat... he calls my name.
DAVE CASTRO: Rich Froning!
1776
01:12:17,460 --> 01:12:17,960
Yeah, Rich!
1777
01:12:21,730 --> 01:12:22,960
REPORTER: Heat
number two coming up.
1778
01:12:23,000 --> 01:12:26,970
Look who's in lane
one... Rich Froning.
1779
01:12:27,000 --> 01:12:28,470
REPORTER: He knows
that this is important.
1780
01:12:28,500 --> 01:12:30,440
He needs to do
well on this event.
1781
01:12:30,470 --> 01:12:33,440
REPORTER: And Rich Froning
attacks the 280-pound bar.
1782
01:12:33,470 --> 01:12:34,780
No problem for him.
1783
01:12:34,810 --> 01:12:36,440
He is in the lead.
1784
01:12:36,480 --> 01:12:37,880
DAVE CASTRO: He
made a big mistake.
1785
01:12:37,910 --> 01:12:39,510
He looked left and
right in his heat,
1786
01:12:39,550 --> 01:12:42,080
And saw where he was
relative to the field.
1787
01:12:42,120 --> 01:12:44,590
And he walked to
the next barbells,
1788
01:12:44,620 --> 01:12:45,990
Knowing there was
still one more heat.
1789
01:12:46,020 --> 01:12:48,620
But Rich is so strong
and good at those lifts
1790
01:12:48,660 --> 01:12:51,990
That he should've cleaned, stood
up, and moved with a purpose.
1791
01:12:52,030 --> 01:12:52,960
REPORTER: He looked
over to the side
1792
01:12:53,860 --> 01:12:54,860
To see where people
were on that one.
1793
01:12:55,730 --> 01:12:57,100
Not so much [inaudible]
that we know.
1794
01:12:58,170 --> 01:12:59,570
REPORTER: Rich Froning
will take heat number two!
1795
01:13:05,170 --> 01:13:06,910
JAMES HOBART: I definitely
remember Rich not making
1796
01:13:06,940 --> 01:13:07,940
The final heat of the cleans.
1797
01:13:08,940 --> 01:13:09,880
I was pretty surprised
because I think, uh, I
1798
01:13:10,950 --> 01:13:11,810
Remember when I was walking
off, I was listening
1799
01:13:12,380 --> 01:13:13,150
To them announce names.
1800
01:13:14,210 --> 01:13:15,580
And then there was Rich
sitting right on the edge
1801
01:13:15,620 --> 01:13:16,420
Of the... edge of the court.
1802
01:13:17,690 --> 01:13:18,950
JUSTIN BERGH: And you could tell
when you looked at Rich's face
1803
01:13:18,990 --> 01:13:19,950
At that point, he
wasn't himself.
1804
01:13:21,060 --> 01:13:21,890
He didn't look like the same
confident past champion,
1805
01:13:22,690 --> 01:13:24,830
Like everything
was going his way,
1806
01:13:24,860 --> 01:13:25,890
Or he was just waiting on
Sunday to make a big push.
1807
01:13:27,030 --> 01:13:29,800
It looked like he was mentally
and physically just out
1808
01:13:29,830 --> 01:13:31,500
Of it, at that point.
1809
01:13:31,530 --> 01:13:33,500
And I remember thinking, like,
he could be in trouble here.
1810
01:13:40,170 --> 01:13:41,110
Dang it, [inaudible].
1811
01:13:42,040 --> 01:13:43,510
Not only do you have
to win these heats,
1812
01:13:43,540 --> 01:13:45,580
You must dominate these heats.
1813
01:13:45,610 --> 01:13:46,510
Thanks, Darren.
Thanks, Coach.
1814
01:13:46,550 --> 01:13:47,480
I know.
1815
01:13:47,520 --> 01:13:48,550
I know.
But...
1816
01:13:48,580 --> 01:13:49,480
I'm trying.
1817
01:13:50,350 --> 01:13:51,020
It's not that I'm not trying.
Well,
1818
01:13:51,050 --> 01:13:51,750
I know that.
1819
01:13:52,450 --> 01:13:56,760
I mean, what's the top weight?
1820
01:13:56,790 --> 01:13:59,160
JUSTIN BERGH: It was about
halfway through Saturday.
1821
01:13:59,190 --> 01:14:02,130
I remember that Rich
Froning wasn't standing
1822
01:14:02,160 --> 01:14:04,600
Out the way he had in the past.
1823
01:14:04,630 --> 01:14:07,670
Normally by Saturday afternoon,
he's starting to climb,
1824
01:14:07,700 --> 01:14:10,710
And it looks like he's
going to run away from it.
1825
01:14:10,740 --> 01:14:14,480
And this is the first time that
going into Saturday evening,
1826
01:14:14,510 --> 01:14:16,240
It looked like he was
really in trouble.
1827
01:14:16,280 --> 01:14:19,680
And it didn't look like anybody
that was in the top three
1828
01:14:19,710 --> 01:14:21,080
Was going to give
him any relief.
1829
01:14:21,120 --> 01:14:24,220
[Music playing]
1830
01:14:39,300 --> 01:14:41,940
NARRATOR: Froning was no
stranger to adversity,
1831
01:14:41,970 --> 01:14:44,040
Especially in life.
1832
01:14:44,070 --> 01:14:47,980
In 2007, tragedy
struck his family.
1833
01:14:48,010 --> 01:14:53,010
Donnie, Froning's best
friend, cousin, and brother
1834
01:14:53,050 --> 01:14:55,620
Was killed in a car accident.
1835
01:14:55,650 --> 01:15:00,890
It was... it was pretty hard
to watch just because Donnie
1836
01:15:00,920 --> 01:15:01,960
Was his... he was his guy.
1837
01:15:04,120 --> 01:15:08,900
Man, he was my best friend,
and, uh, it was tough.
1838
01:15:08,930 --> 01:15:10,630
It was hard... still hard.
1839
01:15:10,670 --> 01:15:13,670
[Crying]
1840
01:15:13,700 --> 01:15:18,770
So also, his younger brother...
Who was two years younger than
1841
01:15:18,810 --> 01:15:22,580
Him, two years older than Darren
and Matt passed away too, so...
1842
01:15:22,610 --> 01:15:26,110
It was pretty traumatic to
our family to lose both of them
1843
01:15:26,150 --> 01:15:28,120
In such a short period of time.
1844
01:15:28,150 --> 01:15:31,190
It put a lot of things
into perspective,
1845
01:15:31,220 --> 01:15:33,090
Showed, uh, you're
not invincible.
1846
01:15:35,090 --> 01:15:37,690
Something you don't
normally prioritize
1847
01:15:37,730 --> 01:15:40,960
Becomes a priority... family.
1848
01:15:41,000 --> 01:15:43,600
I was the middle
child, and going around
1849
01:15:43,630 --> 01:15:45,600
From being the middle
child to the oldest
1850
01:15:45,630 --> 01:15:48,240
Just like that... it just
kind of... it hit me hard.
1851
01:15:48,270 --> 01:15:50,300
I really didn't
know how to take it.
1852
01:15:50,340 --> 01:15:55,280
It was... it was devastating,
to say the least.
1853
01:15:55,310 --> 01:15:58,050
You're never going to
be able to replace them,
1854
01:15:58,080 --> 01:16:00,680
But you want to watch out
for them... like Darren,
1855
01:16:00,720 --> 01:16:04,250
And all the... and Mitch,
and Dustin, and Marcus... you
1856
01:16:04,280 --> 01:16:06,620
Take some
responsibility for them.
1857
01:16:06,650 --> 01:16:11,890
And so, you know, like I
said, never want to replace,
1858
01:16:11,930 --> 01:16:16,200
But you still try to step
into that role a little bit.
1859
01:16:16,230 --> 01:16:18,100
He stepped in like a
big brother, you know.
1860
01:16:18,130 --> 01:16:19,800
He kind of took
me under his wing
1861
01:16:19,830 --> 01:16:23,640
And watched out for me, which
at the time, I really needed it.
1862
01:16:23,670 --> 01:16:28,140
I think it helped, um, a lot
when Darren moved down here.
1863
01:16:28,180 --> 01:16:30,910
It kind of healed Rich a
little bit because Darren
1864
01:16:30,950 --> 01:16:33,050
And Donnie were a lot alike.
1865
01:16:33,080 --> 01:16:36,880
So you grow up, mature a
little bit... not immediately.
1866
01:16:38,650 --> 01:16:41,720
Took a little bit of time,
took getting married.
1867
01:16:41,760 --> 01:16:44,190
They're there with them,
picking him up when he's down,
1868
01:16:44,220 --> 01:16:48,230
And I pray to Donnie and
Matt specifically to just
1869
01:16:48,260 --> 01:16:51,130
Be there, just be with Rich.
1870
01:16:51,170 --> 01:16:54,370
I feel like he's their main
reason he's done so well.
1871
01:16:54,400 --> 01:16:57,910
I feel like they have
not left his side
1872
01:16:57,940 --> 01:16:59,110
Through this whole experience.
1873
01:17:04,180 --> 01:17:05,410
MAN: So there's something
special about when
1874
01:17:05,450 --> 01:17:08,020
You turn the lights
on for the final heats
1875
01:17:08,050 --> 01:17:09,320
In the tennis stadium.
1876
01:17:09,350 --> 01:17:11,190
Push pull... yup, did
not think that event
1877
01:17:11,220 --> 01:17:12,690
Was going to be great.
1878
01:17:12,720 --> 01:17:14,890
REPORTER: Rich Froning...
Fifth place overall,
1879
01:17:14,920 --> 01:17:17,060
Coming into this event...
1880
01:17:17,090 --> 01:17:19,190
MAN: I absolutely love
events like that because I
1881
01:17:19,230 --> 01:17:21,130
Like where... where people
have to figure stuff out,
1882
01:17:21,160 --> 01:17:22,330
Like on the fly.
1883
01:17:22,360 --> 01:17:24,360
And I think that...
That event was great.
1884
01:17:24,400 --> 01:17:26,830
It was just one of those
events... you've never done
1885
01:17:26,870 --> 01:17:28,270
Anything really
like it so you don't
1886
01:17:28,300 --> 01:17:30,140
Really know what to expect.
1887
01:17:30,170 --> 01:17:31,740
This is a good
workout for Rich.
1888
01:17:33,010 --> 01:17:35,410
Handstand push-ups of any kind
are always in his wheelhouse.
1889
01:17:35,440 --> 01:17:36,810
I think in the
back of his head,
1890
01:17:36,840 --> 01:17:38,150
He knew that he had
to beat everybody
1891
01:17:38,180 --> 01:17:39,310
That was within range.
1892
01:17:52,460 --> 01:17:55,930
REPORTER: The final heat of
the final event of Saturday.
1893
01:17:55,960 --> 01:17:58,370
REPORTER: You can see
that he's got to throw it,
1894
01:17:58,400 --> 01:18:01,870
Trying to battle for [inaudible]
to keep that rope under
1895
01:18:01,900 --> 01:18:04,170
Tension... one, and to keep
moving... and consistently
1896
01:18:04,200 --> 01:18:06,810
The whole time, too.
1897
01:18:06,840 --> 01:18:09,440
Going out, hit my first
set of handstand push-ups
1898
01:18:09,480 --> 01:18:12,280
Better than I thought I would,
and then kept doing them fine.
1899
01:18:12,310 --> 01:18:14,210
My shoulders were
good, kept going,
1900
01:18:14,250 --> 01:18:17,920
Staying write
neck-and-neck with Josh.
1901
01:18:17,950 --> 01:18:21,360
REPORTER: Rich Froning,
on his second sled pull.
1902
01:18:21,390 --> 01:18:24,220
Rich Froning got his sled hung
up there for a second now.
1903
01:18:24,260 --> 01:18:26,360
Stoneberg's sled is the closest.
1904
01:18:26,390 --> 01:18:30,200
But Froning is chewing up
more ground with each pull.
1905
01:18:30,230 --> 01:18:31,200
Rich Froning!
1906
01:18:31,230 --> 01:18:33,330
[Cheers]
1907
01:18:33,370 --> 01:18:36,170
[Inaudible] as he is
the first one done.
1908
01:18:36,200 --> 01:18:39,170
But Josh Bridges is in the lead.
1909
01:18:39,210 --> 01:18:43,310
Rich Froning is through nine.
1910
01:18:43,340 --> 01:18:46,150
Josh Bridges has a
chance to win this event,
1911
01:18:46,180 --> 01:18:48,050
But here comes Rich Froning.
1912
01:18:51,290 --> 01:18:54,020
Josh Bridges with
about a 10-foot lead.
1913
01:18:57,290 --> 01:18:59,930
Froning on the left,
Bridges on the right.
1914
01:18:59,960 --> 01:19:04,530
Bridges is keeping just ahead
of Froning on the sled pull.
1915
01:19:04,560 --> 01:19:08,200
Josh Bridges will not quit!
1916
01:19:08,240 --> 01:19:09,970
Neither will Rich Froning!
1917
01:19:12,540 --> 01:19:14,410
Josh Bridges, under the
lights, does it again!
1918
01:19:20,210 --> 01:19:21,520
JUSTIN BERGH: They both
cross the finish line.
1919
01:19:21,550 --> 01:19:22,780
Rich is pumped.
1920
01:19:22,820 --> 01:19:23,780
Josh is pumped.
1921
01:19:24,720 --> 01:19:25,390
And they give each
other, like, this, like,
1922
01:19:26,090 --> 01:19:27,120
Bro hug at the end of things.
1923
01:19:28,160 --> 01:19:29,390
And it felt like you
could have, like, set off
1924
01:19:29,420 --> 01:19:30,220
An earthquake at that point.
1925
01:19:31,330 --> 01:19:32,890
What are you wearing
tomorrow so we can match again
1926
01:19:32,930 --> 01:19:33,860
Like we did the last two days?
1927
01:19:33,890 --> 01:19:34,290
I'll probably wear the red.
1928
01:19:35,360 --> 01:19:38,170
No, I washed the blue in
my sink with regular soap.
1929
01:19:38,200 --> 01:19:39,100
The blue and red... here.
1930
01:19:41,340 --> 01:19:44,940
ANNOUNCER: [inaudible] is with
Josh Bridges and Rich Froning.
1931
01:19:44,970 --> 01:19:45,910
Oh, shit!
1932
01:19:45,940 --> 01:19:47,910
[Inaudible] back on top.
1933
01:19:47,940 --> 01:19:50,880
Let me just take a second
and ask you about this event.
1934
01:19:50,910 --> 01:19:52,850
[Cheers]
1935
01:19:52,880 --> 01:19:55,120
The overall men's
standings just showed
1936
01:19:55,150 --> 01:19:58,590
Us... that's what everyone's
cheering about at the moment.
1937
01:19:58,620 --> 01:19:59,520
My... my bros.
1938
01:19:59,550 --> 01:20:00,290
[Inaudible]
1939
01:20:03,390 --> 01:20:04,190
Yup.
1940
01:20:04,220 --> 01:20:05,160
Fronterage
1941
01:20:05,190 --> 01:20:06,830
Fonterage.
1942
01:20:06,860 --> 01:20:08,230
JAMES HOBART: I would kind
of describe Rich's hotel room
1943
01:20:08,260 --> 01:20:10,600
At the games this past
year sort of like "Animal"
1944
01:20:10,630 --> 01:20:13,230
House" meets "Pumping Iron."
1945
01:20:13,270 --> 01:20:14,100
Crazy.
1946
01:20:14,130 --> 01:20:15,070
Chaos
1947
01:20:15,100 --> 01:20:16,470
Controlled chaos.
1948
01:20:16,500 --> 01:20:18,610
MAN: Like a low-end
college frat house.
1949
01:20:18,640 --> 01:20:20,240
HILLARY FRONING: The total
opposite of everybody
1950
01:20:20,270 --> 01:20:21,480
Else at the CrossFit games.
1951
01:20:21,510 --> 01:20:23,840
People, bodies everywhere.
1952
01:20:23,880 --> 01:20:25,580
There was a pile of all
the clothes of the colors
1953
01:20:25,610 --> 01:20:26,410
He didn't want to wear.
1954
01:20:28,580 --> 01:20:30,620
MAN: People coming in and
out, just joking around.
1955
01:20:30,650 --> 01:20:32,450
JAMES HOBART: A little mini
fridge, which I don't think
1956
01:20:32,490 --> 01:20:34,450
Was ever shut during
the entire time.
1957
01:20:34,490 --> 01:20:37,090
Just food, like, thrown
around, like, everywhere.
1958
01:20:37,120 --> 01:20:39,230
And food, everywhere.
1959
01:20:39,260 --> 01:20:42,630
We had, like, Lay's potato
chips, and Pringles cans,
1960
01:20:42,660 --> 01:20:44,970
And, uh, probably there
was a bag of Mini-Snickers
1961
01:20:45,000 --> 01:20:46,170
Laying around somewhere.
1962
01:20:46,200 --> 01:20:47,130
OK.
1963
01:20:47,170 --> 01:20:48,370
There's two beds.
1964
01:20:49,540 --> 01:20:51,170
There's a minimum eight to
nine guys in his hotel room.
1965
01:20:54,510 --> 01:20:56,080
Every night.
1966
01:20:56,110 --> 01:20:58,210
This is actually the
same set-up at home.
1967
01:20:58,250 --> 01:21:00,250
[Laughing]
1968
01:21:00,280 --> 01:21:01,520
Keeps him in... keeps
him in game mode.
1969
01:21:07,550 --> 01:21:09,060
JAMES HOBART: Going
into Sunday morning,
1970
01:21:09,090 --> 01:21:12,160
There was a solid stack of
Papa John's pizza boxes,
1971
01:21:12,190 --> 01:21:13,630
Half-eaten and empty.
1972
01:21:13,660 --> 01:21:16,060
You're just scratching off
the cheese... my favorite part.
1973
01:21:19,970 --> 01:21:20,470
Yup.
1974
01:21:23,670 --> 01:21:24,910
I've had three bites off of it.
1975
01:21:24,940 --> 01:21:25,870
I don't know.
1976
01:21:26,770 --> 01:21:28,440
JAMES HOBART: It was
just a total mess.
1977
01:21:28,480 --> 01:21:29,380
HILLARY FRONING: They
don't talk about the games.
1978
01:21:29,410 --> 01:21:31,010
They don't talk about CrossFit.
1979
01:21:31,050 --> 01:21:31,580
Kind of keeping the mood
loose and stuff, you know.
1980
01:21:32,550 --> 01:21:34,650
But everybody's joking
around, watching TV.
1981
01:21:34,680 --> 01:21:38,320
And he wants to be around
people who are funny
1982
01:21:38,350 --> 01:21:40,090
And who just want to hang out.
1983
01:21:40,120 --> 01:21:41,560
[Inaudible] hair
regrowth [inaudible].
1984
01:21:41,590 --> 01:21:44,020
MAN: I'm so glad that's not me.
1985
01:21:44,060 --> 01:21:49,060
[Laughing]
1986
01:21:49,100 --> 01:21:51,630
Oh, you know, just getting
ready for another day coaching.
1987
01:21:51,670 --> 01:21:55,000
Uh, it's... it's better for
me, too, just mentally.
1988
01:21:55,040 --> 01:21:56,270
I like to be around people.
1989
01:21:57,470 --> 01:21:59,340
If I'm by myself, then I start
to... you know, especially,
1990
01:21:59,370 --> 01:22:01,310
Earlier in the week this
year, I start feeling sorry
1991
01:22:01,340 --> 01:22:02,540
For myself, stuff like that.
1992
01:22:02,580 --> 01:22:04,580
So some people might
look at it, and think
1993
01:22:04,610 --> 01:22:07,980
It's a little interesting,
but hey, it's what we do.
1994
01:22:08,020 --> 01:22:08,520
[Interposing voices]
1995
01:22:13,350 --> 01:22:14,090
Who's getting breakfast?
1996
01:22:17,190 --> 01:22:17,590
Please, tell.
1997
01:22:19,560 --> 01:22:21,600
I don't want to release
it, like, right now.
1998
01:22:21,630 --> 01:22:23,260
Otherwise, it
won't mean anything
1999
01:22:23,300 --> 01:22:24,700
When I'm screaming at him.
2000
01:22:24,730 --> 01:22:28,300
He's like, yeah, yeah,
I've already heard this.
2001
01:22:28,340 --> 01:22:29,240
My legs...
2002
01:22:29,270 --> 01:22:31,570
This is gonna hurt.
2003
01:22:31,610 --> 01:22:36,680
It's gonna be
fun, gonna be fun.
2004
01:22:40,750 --> 01:22:42,580
RICH FRONING: I don't know
what it is about Sunday.
2005
01:22:42,620 --> 01:22:44,580
I don't know if it's just that
when everybody else is kind
2006
01:22:44,620 --> 01:22:46,420
Of beat down and
wore out, that's kind
2007
01:22:46,450 --> 01:22:48,220
Of where I hit my stride is.
2008
01:22:48,260 --> 01:22:49,190
For me, that's a normal day.
2009
01:22:50,120 --> 01:22:50,960
I don't know how to
work out not feeling
2010
01:22:51,590 --> 01:22:52,230
Sore, not feeling beat up.
2011
01:22:53,390 --> 01:22:54,330
I don't know if it's just
something in my head clicks,
2012
01:22:54,960 --> 01:22:56,000
And it's like, all right.
2013
01:22:56,030 --> 01:22:56,530
It's go time, you know.
2014
01:22:57,660 --> 01:22:59,470
This is... this is the day
when you make some moves.
2015
01:22:59,500 --> 01:23:01,140
[Bell]
2016
01:23:01,170 --> 01:23:02,700
REPORTER: Third and
final heat underway.
2017
01:23:08,640 --> 01:23:10,610
MAN: Traditionally,
the athletes are not
2018
01:23:10,640 --> 01:23:12,310
Able to be at
their highest level
2019
01:23:12,350 --> 01:23:14,610
Anymore because it's
the end of a long week.
2020
01:23:14,650 --> 01:23:17,380
But he's still performing
at a really high level
2021
01:23:17,420 --> 01:23:20,450
As if he's not fatigued at all.
2022
01:23:20,490 --> 01:23:23,390
REPORTER: And Rich Froning
has taken the lead!
2023
01:23:23,420 --> 01:23:26,390
When that event came up, I
was very excited about it.
2024
01:23:26,430 --> 01:23:27,790
He does GHDs nonstop.
2025
01:23:27,830 --> 01:23:29,660
He can walk on
his hands all day.
2026
01:23:29,700 --> 01:23:30,600
I like GHDs.
2027
01:23:30,630 --> 01:23:32,000
I do a lot of GHDs.
2028
01:23:33,170 --> 01:23:34,130
Pretty decent at handstand
walking and overhead lunge.
2029
01:23:35,140 --> 01:23:36,200
You know, my shoulder
stamina's pretty decent.
2030
01:23:37,200 --> 01:23:38,210
MAN: I remember getting
off my last set of GHDs
2031
01:23:38,910 --> 01:23:40,710
And seeing Rich way up in front.
2032
01:23:40,740 --> 01:23:42,180
How'd he get up there?
2033
01:23:43,380 --> 01:23:46,050
REPORTER: That Rich Froning
is making his Sunday charge.
2034
01:23:46,080 --> 01:23:47,510
REPORTER: You're
kidding me right now.
2035
01:23:47,550 --> 01:23:50,720
REPORTER: Rich Froning
is filing up his crown.
2036
01:23:50,750 --> 01:23:53,620
A win on Sunday
for Froning... that
2037
01:23:53,650 --> 01:23:58,260
Is four straight wins
on Sunday for Rich
2038
01:23:58,290 --> 01:23:59,760
Froning at the CrossFit games.
2039
01:24:02,200 --> 01:24:05,770
It was what I needed to
do... start Sunday off right.
2040
01:24:05,800 --> 01:24:08,400
I didn't need Matt to do as well
as he did on that one, needed
2041
01:24:08,440 --> 01:24:09,740
To get some points
between us because he
2042
01:24:09,770 --> 01:24:11,170
Was in second at that point.
2043
01:24:12,340 --> 01:24:13,670
But, you know, hey, you got
to do what you got to do.
2044
01:24:13,710 --> 01:24:16,510
And he did what he
did... needed to do.
2045
01:24:16,540 --> 01:24:17,680
I just think that
that event was
2046
01:24:17,710 --> 01:24:19,380
Something that was
great for... for him
2047
01:24:19,410 --> 01:24:20,680
To get his confidence back up.
2048
01:24:22,880 --> 01:24:28,320
[Cheers]
2049
01:24:28,360 --> 01:24:30,260
NARRATOR: Familiar obstacles
stand in the way of Rich
2050
01:24:30,290 --> 01:24:34,390
Froning and a fourth straight
CrossFit Games championship...
2051
01:24:34,430 --> 01:24:39,370
A rope, an unknown event,
a dangerous challenger,
2052
01:24:39,400 --> 01:24:40,730
And seclusion.
2053
01:25:02,620 --> 01:25:05,860
ANNOUNCER: Immediately
following that event,
2054
01:25:05,890 --> 01:25:16,100
Your next event will
be [inaudible] to you
2055
01:25:20,540 --> 01:25:23,180
For the first time on the
floor once you finish this.
2056
01:25:23,210 --> 01:25:23,710
[Inaudible].
2057
01:25:26,510 --> 01:25:29,480
Therefore, immediately
following this [inaudible],
2058
01:25:29,520 --> 01:25:32,750
The 30 males and the
30 women who advance
2059
01:25:32,790 --> 01:25:35,220
Are going into seclusion
until their heat.
2060
01:25:37,560 --> 01:25:40,630
Oh man, that was... when Dave
said that, I was like, well,
2061
01:25:40,660 --> 01:25:44,300
This solidifies my,
uh, decision to retire.
2062
01:25:44,330 --> 01:25:45,830
Workout will be fun.
2063
01:25:45,870 --> 01:25:48,640
The seclusion thing I
don't enjoy, but whatever.
2064
01:25:48,670 --> 01:25:50,170
This one's going to be fast.
2065
01:25:50,200 --> 01:25:52,810
Four minutes [inaudible],
30 people, six people
2066
01:25:52,840 --> 01:25:53,640
In each heat... is that it?
2067
01:25:55,380 --> 01:25:58,210
[Inaudible]
2068
01:25:58,250 --> 01:25:58,910
Be fast.
2069
01:25:58,950 --> 01:25:59,680
[Interposing voices]
2070
01:26:00,310 --> 01:26:01,480
When Fraser's behind me...
2071
01:26:01,520 --> 01:26:02,720
Just be fast.
2072
01:26:02,750 --> 01:26:04,580
I think... I think
you've figured out
2073
01:26:04,620 --> 01:26:05,590
Finally how to move fast now.
2074
01:26:05,620 --> 01:26:06,320
Thank you.
2075
01:26:08,390 --> 01:26:09,960
Bar of some sort...
2077
01:26:18,800 --> 01:26:20,770
Let's go sit in a room
and look at each other
2078
01:26:20,800 --> 01:26:21,800
And twiddle our
thumbs for awhile.
2079
01:26:24,440 --> 01:26:25,810
Lord, today.
2080
01:26:25,840 --> 01:26:27,340
Just ask You to be
with Rich right now
2081
01:26:27,370 --> 01:26:28,510
And help him to be strong.
2082
01:26:29,610 --> 01:26:30,980
Give him Your warrior
spirit, give him Your speed,
2083
01:26:31,010 --> 01:26:31,750
And give him You grace, Lord.
2084
01:26:32,450 --> 01:26:33,410
Ask You just to be with him now.
2085
01:26:33,450 --> 01:26:34,410
Walk with him.
2086
01:26:34,450 --> 01:26:35,550
And be with all these athletes.
2087
01:26:35,580 --> 01:26:36,450
It's in Your name we pray, Amen.
2088
01:26:36,480 --> 01:26:37,320
Amen.
2089
01:26:37,350 --> 01:26:38,390
Good luck, bud.
2090
01:26:38,420 --> 01:26:39,720
Get them.
2091
01:26:39,750 --> 01:26:40,720
We're going to
seclusion right now.
2092
01:26:42,960 --> 01:26:44,790
Dude, remember that year we
were all stuck in that cave?
2093
01:26:44,820 --> 01:26:46,290
That's exactly where
we're going again.
2094
01:26:46,330 --> 01:26:47,360
That's where we're going.
2095
01:26:47,390 --> 01:26:48,700
It's so bad.
2096
01:26:48,730 --> 01:26:49,930
2010
2097
01:26:49,960 --> 01:26:51,300
Was that 2010?
2098
01:26:52,400 --> 01:26:54,600
Gave me, like, I had
nightmares about that for years.
2099
01:26:54,630 --> 01:26:57,600
Being sequestered, or put in
a room... and it was, like,
2100
01:26:57,640 --> 01:27:00,870
The one thing I remember
from the games in 2010
2101
01:27:00,910 --> 01:27:03,580
That I just... I hated it.
2102
01:27:03,610 --> 01:27:04,910
It was one of those things.
2103
01:27:04,940 --> 01:27:07,350
If we'd have done it in
2011, and 2012, and 2013,
2104
01:27:07,380 --> 01:27:09,580
It would have been too
routine and too gimicky.
2105
01:27:09,620 --> 01:27:11,750
And I didn't think
they saw it coming.
2106
01:27:11,790 --> 01:27:12,490
And I was right.
2107
01:27:13,120 --> 01:27:13,850
They didn't see it coming.
2108
01:27:13,890 --> 01:27:14,490
I'm telling you.
2109
01:27:15,190 --> 01:27:16,520
You better check Fraser, Dude.
2110
01:27:16,560 --> 01:27:17,960
He's got something
taped up in here.
2111
01:27:17,990 --> 01:27:18,830
I heard something
vibrating up his butt.
2113
01:27:22,960 --> 01:27:24,000
Just... you don't
have to like it.
2114
01:27:24,030 --> 01:27:25,400
You don't have to like it.
2115
01:27:26,530 --> 01:27:28,600
As long as you don't...
[interposing voices] A little
2116
01:27:28,640 --> 01:27:30,000
Higher... a little higher.
2117
01:27:30,040 --> 01:27:31,000
Yeah!
2118
01:27:31,940 --> 01:27:34,340
We went back, of course,
back in that room.
2119
01:27:34,370 --> 01:27:36,840
And this was a completely
different experience than 2010.
2120
01:27:36,880 --> 01:27:38,880
It was... we were having fun.
2121
01:27:38,910 --> 01:27:39,880
Bring it in, boys.
2122
01:27:39,910 --> 01:27:41,650
Bring it in.
2123
01:27:41,680 --> 01:27:42,920
Real close.
2124
01:27:42,950 --> 01:27:43,750
Come on.
2125
01:27:43,780 --> 01:27:44,780
I got a story to tell.
2126
01:27:44,820 --> 01:27:46,450
We're joking around.
2127
01:27:46,490 --> 01:27:47,890
It was a lot different.
2128
01:27:47,920 --> 01:27:50,390
It was a lot like hanging
out here... movie quotes,
2129
01:27:50,420 --> 01:27:52,730
Making fun of people...
It's what we do.
2130
01:27:52,760 --> 01:27:55,460
This was the first
year that Rich Froning
2131
01:27:55,500 --> 01:27:58,900
Had not clenched by the time the
final workout was administered.
2132
01:27:58,930 --> 01:28:00,700
So you've got two
athletes, in particular.
2133
01:28:00,730 --> 01:28:02,970
You've got Tommy
Hackenbruck and Matt Fraser.
2134
01:28:03,000 --> 01:28:05,970
Both of them performed better
than Rich on a very similar
2135
01:28:06,010 --> 01:28:07,910
Workout at Regionals,
and that's the pull-ups
2136
01:28:07,940 --> 01:28:09,040
And the overhead squat.
2137
01:28:10,110 --> 01:28:11,950
MAN: Tommy Hackenbruck
and Matt Fraser dismantled
2138
01:28:11,980 --> 01:28:13,880
That 64 and 8 workout.
2139
01:28:13,910 --> 01:28:16,320
DAVE CASTRO: That workout,
obviously, was an expression
2140
01:28:16,350 --> 01:28:18,820
And evolution of the 64 and 8.
2141
01:28:18,850 --> 01:28:20,520
It was the games version.
2142
01:28:20,550 --> 01:28:23,020
It wasn't totally obvious,
I think, to everyone who
2143
01:28:23,060 --> 01:28:24,390
Was going to come out on top.
2144
01:28:24,420 --> 01:28:26,590
Like there was definitely
an opportunity,
2145
01:28:26,630 --> 01:28:29,460
I think, for Fraser to
come out and make an upset.
2146
01:28:29,500 --> 01:28:32,630
And so Rich, by no means,
has this thing on luck.
2147
01:28:32,670 --> 01:28:35,070
Someone said, oh, don't worry.
2148
01:28:35,100 --> 01:28:37,770
A couple years ago, Rich-
Rich lost the whole thing
2149
01:28:37,800 --> 01:28:38,840
Because of rope climbs.
2150
01:28:38,870 --> 01:28:40,770
And just remember
then, I'm like,
2151
01:28:40,810 --> 01:28:43,040
This man lost the World
Championships off rope
2152
01:28:43,080 --> 01:28:44,340
Climbs five years ago.
2153
01:28:45,380 --> 01:28:46,850
You don't think he's
practiced a couple times?
2154
01:28:46,880 --> 01:28:48,720
And Matt was close.
2155
01:28:48,750 --> 01:28:50,650
So I was a little... there
was some pressure there.
2156
01:28:50,680 --> 01:28:52,450
I was like, I gotta go.
2157
01:28:52,490 --> 01:28:55,660
It's not one of these workouts
that I can just take my time,
2158
01:28:55,690 --> 01:28:56,620
Stay within myself.
2159
01:28:57,520 --> 01:28:59,390
I was like, you're
going to have to go
2160
01:28:59,430 --> 01:29:00,830
And just hope nothing...
Nothing happens.
2161
01:29:00,860 --> 01:29:02,360
He's good at overhead squats.
2162
01:29:02,400 --> 01:29:03,660
I'm good at overhead squats.
2163
01:29:03,700 --> 01:29:05,800
So it was just kind of
a... whoever got to the bar
2164
01:29:05,830 --> 01:29:08,030
First is... is going
to finish it up.
2165
01:29:18,810 --> 01:29:20,950
Is there water or
chalk on the floor?
2166
01:29:20,980 --> 01:29:21,920
Out... out there?
2167
01:29:21,950 --> 01:29:22,650
No idea.
2168
01:29:37,200 --> 01:29:39,830
Now you get to this deal
where he's battled back.
2169
01:29:39,870 --> 01:29:41,400
He's got a couple workouts left.
2170
01:29:41,440 --> 01:29:42,940
The other one... he doesn't
know what's going to be,
2171
01:29:42,970 --> 01:29:44,500
Like he's not looking to
make anymore mistakes.
2172
01:29:44,540 --> 01:29:46,870
And he knows every
single point matters.
2173
01:29:46,910 --> 01:29:49,010
And it's just the whole... it's
a rope climb again, right?
2174
01:29:49,040 --> 01:29:53,510
It's Rich Froning in a rope
climb, which is his nemesis
2175
01:29:53,550 --> 01:29:55,780
From the past which
he's so murdered
2176
01:29:55,820 --> 01:29:57,820
That will never even
be close to a weakness
2177
01:29:57,850 --> 01:30:00,520
Ever again, as he displayed.
2178
01:30:00,550 --> 01:30:04,160
He's so talented with a barbell
that when that thing came out,
2179
01:30:04,190 --> 01:30:08,460
I think he was just like, oh
yeah, it's going to happen.
2180
01:30:08,500 --> 01:30:10,930
And once again, I'm going to let
everyone around here know you
2181
01:30:10,960 --> 01:30:12,700
Guys are working out with me.
2182
01:30:12,730 --> 01:30:14,530
I'm not working out with you.
2184
01:30:24,710 --> 01:30:26,980
REPORTER: Two events
remain, and these athletes
2185
01:30:27,010 --> 01:30:27,950
Only know one of them.
2186
01:30:28,850 --> 01:30:30,480
Up next for them,
it's Thick 'n Quick.
2187
01:30:30,520 --> 01:30:32,120
[Bell]
2188
01:30:32,150 --> 01:30:35,150
Final heat of Thick
'n Quick underway.
2189
01:30:35,190 --> 01:30:38,220
Three, two, one, go... one
rope climb didn't feel so bad.
2190
01:30:38,260 --> 01:30:40,730
I did not want to get
[inaudible] on the rope climb.
2191
01:30:40,760 --> 01:30:42,160
That's just... you're
done at that point.
2192
01:30:42,200 --> 01:30:43,730
MAN: You get to the top
of the first rope climb.
2193
01:30:45,000 --> 01:30:46,930
You hit, and then I remember him
just, like, firemen pole donw...
2194
01:30:46,970 --> 01:30:48,230
Shoot!
2195
01:30:48,270 --> 01:30:49,970
And I just remember
thinking, like, oh, shit.
2196
01:30:50,000 --> 01:30:50,870
I gotta learn how to do that.
2197
01:30:53,110 --> 01:30:56,910
REPORTER: Last year, three
events on Sunday... Rich Froning
2198
01:30:56,940 --> 01:30:58,180
Won them all.
2199
01:30:58,210 --> 01:31:01,580
This year, three events
on Sunday... Rich Froning
2200
01:31:01,620 --> 01:31:03,580
Has already won one of them.
2201
01:31:03,620 --> 01:31:04,880
[Cheers]
2202
01:31:04,920 --> 01:31:07,550
REPORTER: Rich's... Rich
Froning's speed up this
2203
01:31:07,590 --> 01:31:09,520
Rope is absolutely impressive.
2204
01:31:09,560 --> 01:31:14,490
But he is speed-roping
up and speed-roping down.
2205
01:31:14,530 --> 01:31:17,160
You go on that fourth one,
and I was like, ooh, man, went
2206
01:31:17,200 --> 01:31:18,930
A little too quick on this one.
2207
01:31:18,970 --> 01:31:21,000
About halfway up, I was like,
ooh, grips... grips going.
2208
01:31:21,030 --> 01:31:22,500
I needed some chalk.
2209
01:31:22,540 --> 01:31:25,510
Come down, borrowed
some of Matt's chalk.
2210
01:31:25,540 --> 01:31:26,770
I was gonna give it back.
2211
01:31:26,810 --> 01:31:28,110
Sorry, bro.
Yeah.
2212
01:31:28,140 --> 01:31:29,510
That was my favorite
moment of the games.
2213
01:31:29,540 --> 01:31:31,240
He got off the rope,
and he saw chalk there.
2214
01:31:31,280 --> 01:31:32,110
And he just reached over.
2215
01:31:32,950 --> 01:31:35,180
But it looked
really intentional.
2216
01:31:35,210 --> 01:31:37,020
It looked really, like, yeah,
like I'm taking your chalk,
2217
01:31:37,050 --> 01:31:38,220
And I'm going to
take this crown.
2218
01:31:38,250 --> 01:31:40,190
And you know, while
I'm still here,
2219
01:31:40,220 --> 01:31:41,760
I am the CrossFit
Games Champion.
2220
01:31:43,690 --> 01:31:47,130
What he did on the Think
'n Quick was so damn cool.
2221
01:31:47,160 --> 01:31:49,200
REPORTER: And now he makes his
way to the 245-pound barbell.
2222
01:31:52,600 --> 01:31:55,870
There's no bar going on the
back, just closed-hand jerk,
2223
01:31:55,900 --> 01:31:57,140
And just starts going.
2224
01:31:57,170 --> 01:31:59,610
You're like, this dude
is running this thing.
2225
01:31:59,640 --> 01:32:01,210
[Inaudible]
2226
01:32:01,240 --> 01:32:03,640
I thought Matt was a
lot closer than he was.
2227
01:32:03,680 --> 01:32:05,010
So I was... I was going.
2228
01:32:06,280 --> 01:32:07,880
I was like, I'm not having the
same thing that happened to me
2229
01:32:07,910 --> 01:32:09,280
At Regionals with Scott going.
2230
01:32:09,320 --> 01:32:11,220
Just running it
start to finish,
2231
01:32:11,250 --> 01:32:13,650
And everyone else is
here because he permits
2232
01:32:13,690 --> 01:32:14,290
Them to work out with him.
2234
01:32:21,660 --> 01:32:23,730
REPORTER: Three for Froning.
2235
01:32:23,760 --> 01:32:27,070
And he is one step closer
to his fourth CrossFit
2236
01:32:27,100 --> 01:32:29,740
Games Championship.
2237
01:32:29,770 --> 01:32:31,970
Five straight event
wins on Sunday,
2238
01:32:32,010 --> 01:32:34,570
Dating back to last year.
2239
01:32:34,610 --> 01:32:35,780
DAVE CASTRO: He
kills all the doubt.
2240
01:32:35,810 --> 01:32:37,240
You know, Matt Fraser
wasn't going to win.
2241
01:32:37,280 --> 01:32:38,950
Matt Fraser did great.
2242
01:32:38,980 --> 01:32:40,880
But Rich just...
Just cleared house.
2243
01:32:40,910 --> 01:32:42,580
I love a blowout.
2244
01:32:42,620 --> 01:32:44,620
I love when they just romp the
crap out of the other team.
2245
01:32:44,650 --> 01:32:48,020
And I like to see when Froning
just decimates the field
2246
01:32:48,050 --> 01:32:49,190
And walks around
like, oh, I thought
2247
01:32:49,220 --> 01:32:50,920
I was the only one working out.
2248
01:32:50,960 --> 01:32:52,690
I just... I love that.
2249
01:32:52,730 --> 01:32:54,130
He seals the deal in clenches.
2250
01:32:54,160 --> 01:32:56,230
And all he's gotta
do after that is beat
2251
01:32:56,260 --> 01:32:57,830
Matt through Double Grace.
2252
01:32:57,860 --> 01:32:58,630
I want to throw up.
2253
01:32:58,670 --> 01:33:00,070
[Cheers]
2254
01:33:00,100 --> 01:33:01,200
I want to throw up right now.
2255
01:33:03,370 --> 01:33:05,270
DAVE CASTRO: One
minute, one minute!
2256
01:33:05,300 --> 01:33:06,170
So Dave announces it.
2257
01:33:07,040 --> 01:33:07,940
But then, in your
mind, you're like,
2258
01:33:08,640 --> 01:33:10,240
Was somebody playing a trick?
2259
01:33:10,280 --> 01:33:11,750
Like, are they just
messing with us?
2260
01:33:11,780 --> 01:33:13,350
There's a lot of things
going through your head.
2261
01:33:13,380 --> 01:33:16,380
That just mental aspect of
OK, Grace... cool, got it.
2262
01:33:16,420 --> 01:33:19,290
But then hearing that
you have to do 60 reps,
2263
01:33:19,320 --> 01:33:21,220
And you have 30
seconds to do it,
2264
01:33:21,250 --> 01:33:23,860
And all the game plans
that athletes put together
2265
01:33:23,890 --> 01:33:27,230
To attack a workout... you can't
do that on something like that.
2266
01:33:27,260 --> 01:33:29,860
And that's the cool
aspect of it is like, OK,
2267
01:33:29,900 --> 01:33:30,860
I just have to move.
2268
01:33:31,800 --> 01:33:32,670
What also must be
so terrifying to work
2269
01:33:33,830 --> 01:33:35,070
Out with this dude is how
incredibly compliant he is,
2270
01:33:35,100 --> 01:33:36,070
Right?
2271
01:33:36,100 --> 01:33:37,100
Oh, you're going to do grace.
2272
01:33:38,070 --> 01:33:38,940
He's like, OK, we can
do grace... got you.
2273
01:33:39,510 --> 01:33:40,270
Double Grace... OK, fine.
2274
01:33:40,310 --> 01:33:41,740
Now it's 60 reps.
2275
01:33:42,940 --> 01:33:44,410
Like there's just no... just
whatever you tell him to do,
2276
01:33:44,440 --> 01:33:46,850
He's like, OK well,
I'll excel at that.
2277
01:33:46,880 --> 01:33:49,280
If anything is Rich's jam,
I would say it's something
2278
01:33:49,320 --> 01:33:50,280
Like Double Grace.
2279
01:33:50,320 --> 01:33:51,950
[Bell]
2280
01:33:51,990 --> 01:33:53,250
ANNOUNCER: Here we go!
2281
01:33:53,290 --> 01:33:57,320
Final heat of the final
event of the 2014 Reebok
2282
01:33:57,360 --> 01:34:01,230
CrossFit Games... Double Grace.
2283
01:34:01,260 --> 01:34:02,030
Three, two, one, go.
2284
01:34:02,060 --> 01:34:03,700
I was talking to Matt.
2285
01:34:03,730 --> 01:34:05,430
He's like, I don't know if
singles may be the way to go.
2286
01:34:05,460 --> 01:34:07,730
And he's like, I
think we can do fives.
2287
01:34:07,770 --> 01:34:08,740
So I'm like all right.
2288
01:34:08,770 --> 01:34:09,700
So I tried.
2289
01:34:09,740 --> 01:34:11,270
I was like, nope... twos.
2290
01:34:11,300 --> 01:34:13,740
But if you watch him drop the
barbell, count in your head.
2291
01:34:13,770 --> 01:34:15,940
On the first grace, there's
about three to four seconds.
2292
01:34:15,980 --> 01:34:18,980
On the second grace, there's
five seconds in between.
2293
01:34:19,010 --> 01:34:22,220
1,001, 1,002, 1,003,
1,004, 1,000-pick it up.
2294
01:34:22,250 --> 01:34:25,120
For 60 repetitions... boom.
2295
01:34:25,150 --> 01:34:27,420
Just like that... and
that's Rich's game.
2296
01:34:27,450 --> 01:34:30,060
REPORTER: He just
dominates the field
2297
01:34:30,090 --> 01:34:33,330
In anything and everything
that's thrown in his direction.
2298
01:34:33,360 --> 01:34:35,330
Jason was right ahead of
me, so I had to do some work.
2299
01:34:35,360 --> 01:34:36,930
And I was like,
well, I'm this close.
2300
01:34:36,960 --> 01:34:38,260
I'm almost done.
2301
01:34:38,300 --> 01:34:39,700
It's the last time I'll
be in this stadium,
2302
01:34:40,900 --> 01:34:42,240
Might as well push through
and try to win another event.
2303
01:34:51,440 --> 01:34:57,080
REPORTER: Five reps to
go for Rich Froning.
2304
01:34:57,120 --> 01:35:05,020
2011 Fittest Man on Earth,
2012 Fittest Man on Earth,
2305
01:35:05,060 --> 01:35:10,460
2013... Rich Froning...
The Fittest Man on Earth.
2306
01:35:10,500 --> 01:35:16,300
In 2014, Rich Froning is
the Fittest Man in History!
2308
01:35:29,920 --> 01:35:30,920
I was happy.
2309
01:35:30,950 --> 01:35:32,220
It was... it was good.
2310
01:35:32,250 --> 01:35:33,720
It was what I needed to do.
2311
01:35:34,950 --> 01:35:36,460
Finishing the games with a win
was the way I needed it to end.
2312
01:35:36,490 --> 01:35:38,930
It was the way I
wanted it to end.
2313
01:35:38,960 --> 01:35:42,200
I wanted him to win because
I knew that this was it.
2314
01:35:42,230 --> 01:35:43,960
And he wasn't just saying it.
2316
01:35:52,410 --> 01:35:56,880
No doubt that Rich Froning is
the fittest athlete on earth.
2317
01:35:56,910 --> 01:35:58,980
And I maintain the
argument about the fittest
2318
01:35:59,010 --> 01:36:00,910
Athlete in history.
2319
01:36:00,950 --> 01:36:03,950
JAMES HOBART: Rich, being
the fittest man in history.
2320
01:36:03,980 --> 01:36:06,390
He is without a doubt the
fittest man in history.
2321
01:36:06,420 --> 01:36:07,290
DAVE CASTRO:
There's no one who's
2322
01:36:07,320 --> 01:36:09,290
Ever been this fit before.
2323
01:36:09,320 --> 01:36:11,490
There's no one this fit now.
2324
01:36:11,520 --> 01:36:13,360
JUSTIN BERGH: He's not just
the fittest man in history.
2325
01:36:13,390 --> 01:36:16,130
He's probably will go down as
one of the best competitors
2326
01:36:16,160 --> 01:36:17,830
That you're ever gonna find.
2327
01:36:21,000 --> 01:36:22,400
MAN: Any single
metric that you could
2328
01:36:22,440 --> 01:36:25,400
Test... he can blend
them together and come
2329
01:36:25,440 --> 01:36:27,340
Out on top of any field.
2330
01:36:27,370 --> 01:36:28,340
We have seen the data.
2331
01:36:29,310 --> 01:36:31,010
We have it listed of
what he's accomplished.
2332
01:36:31,040 --> 01:36:32,480
JAMES HOBART: Especially
with his performance
2333
01:36:32,510 --> 01:36:35,080
Across the open, across
Regionals, across sectionals,
2334
01:36:35,110 --> 01:36:39,320
Across the games... an
extremely legitimate claim
2335
01:36:39,350 --> 01:36:41,990
Born through competition that he
is the fitness man in history.
2336
01:36:42,020 --> 01:36:43,120
Yeah, I think so.
2337
01:36:43,160 --> 01:36:45,390
He established a
precedent in fitness
2338
01:36:45,420 --> 01:36:47,830
That everybody else will
be measuring themselves
2339
01:36:47,860 --> 01:36:49,930
Against for the rest of time.
2340
01:36:49,960 --> 01:36:52,100
PAT SHERWOOD: I don't know
what he's doing right now.
2341
01:36:52,130 --> 01:36:54,170
But wherever he is right
now, he's the fittest
2342
01:36:54,200 --> 01:36:55,400
Person in the world.
2343
01:36:55,430 --> 01:36:57,140
And wherever he is
tomorrow at this time,
2344
01:36:57,170 --> 01:36:59,210
That's where the fittest
person in the world will be.
2345
01:36:59,240 --> 01:37:01,340
And there's the potential
that if he doesn't show up
2346
01:37:01,370 --> 01:37:02,880
At the games and
someone else wins,
2347
01:37:04,110 --> 01:37:05,280
They're just the fittest because
he didn't show up that year.
2348
01:37:07,910 --> 01:37:11,990
I want to see somebody
beat him at the games,
2349
01:37:12,020 --> 01:37:14,250
And then I will be able to say
without a shadow of a doubt,
2350
01:37:14,290 --> 01:37:16,390
Yes, you're fitter
than Rich Froning
2351
01:37:16,420 --> 01:37:17,990
Because I saw it with
my own eyes, you know,
2352
01:37:18,020 --> 01:37:19,830
Not just that he was out
doing something else.
2353
01:37:22,960 --> 01:37:26,970
He's redefined what it means
to be fit through using CrossFit
2354
01:37:27,000 --> 01:37:28,940
And how we've tested
it in CrossFit.
2355
01:37:28,970 --> 01:37:31,070
Was there someone
20, 30, 40 years ago
2356
01:37:31,100 --> 01:37:33,910
Who had the capacity he did?
2357
01:37:33,940 --> 01:37:35,440
Possibly... who know?
2358
01:37:35,470 --> 01:37:36,840
But they didn't
have the constantly,
2359
01:37:37,980 --> 01:37:39,310
Very functional movements
executed at high intensity
2360
01:37:39,350 --> 01:37:40,480
To express that capacity.
2361
01:37:41,610 --> 01:37:43,150
And they didn't have an
event like the CrossFit games
2362
01:37:43,180 --> 01:37:45,050
To show it to the world.
2363
01:37:45,080 --> 01:37:48,220
So no, not satisfied with
what I've done so far.
2364
01:37:48,250 --> 01:37:49,490
There's so... I've
got to do more.
2365
01:37:52,360 --> 01:37:54,160
I don't know what that more is.
2366
01:37:54,190 --> 01:37:56,330
But there's still more to do.
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