How To Love The Sport Of CrossFit Without Losing Yourself In It | THE BRUTE BRIEF

Your preparation doesn't start when the clock starts. It starts with how you approach the workout, prepare your body, and build the engine to sustain your effort. In this episode of the Brute Brief, Matt Torres and the George Rhigas break down the mindset, training, and coaching lessons that help CrossFit athletes perform at their best. From visualizing the toughest parts of a workout to building a more effective warm-up, this episode is packed with practical takeaways you can bring into your next training session. IN THIS EPISODE Mindset: See It Before You Do It Learn how to use visualization to rehearse your workout, anticipate the point where fatigue sets in, and prepare yourself to respond. Matt explains how mentally walking through the hard parts can help you execute when the pressure is on. Training: Build a Warm-Up Around the Workout A good warm-up has a purpose. Break it into four parts: mobility, heat-up, priming, and specific preparation. Learn how to get ready for the demands of the event without wasting time or fatiguing yourself before you compete. Performance: How Emma Lawson Cut Her 5K From 21:40 to 19:30 Brute Endurance Coach Mark Cullen outlines Emma's 10-month aerobic development. Matt discusses why identifying an athlete's real limiter matters, how aerobic and anaerobic development affect performance, and why more hard sessions aren't always the answer. Coaching Reflections: The Athlete Who Walked Away Matt shares a personal lesson about coaching capacity, athlete relationships, and the difficult decisions that can shape you as a coach. Learn why pursuing your own goals can sometimes come at a cost, and what it takes to grow from those experiences. TRAIN WITH BRUTE Want to improve your endurance and build an engine that supports your CrossFit performance? Check out Brute Endurance and find the training that fits your goals. Subscribe to the channel for more coaching insights, athlete development, and practical ways to get more out of your training.

Jack Farlow is chasing the next level in CrossFit, and he's making some big changes to get there. On this episode of the Brute Training Podcast, Jack sits down with us to talk about his current training with Coach El, the weaknesses he's working to improve, and what it takes to compete consistently against the best in the sport. We also get into one of the biggest talking points from Jack's recent content: eating around 900 grams of carbs a day. He explains why his training demands that much fuel, how he uses liquid carbs around his sessions, and what he learned from cutting down to 200 pounds. WATCH THE FULL EPISODE and let us know in the comments: What's the most carbs you've ever eaten in a day?

What if the leaderboard isn’t the best way to measure your progress? In Brute Brief #012, we’re talking about what it takes to build a long career in the sport, from the way you communicate with your coach to the way you define success. We break down why your training results and limiters matter, when you need to pay attention to your energy and recovery, and how focusing on micro-wins can help you stay focused on the things you actually control. We also take a look at Aline Wirz’s rise from around 100th in the CrossFit Open to the top 10 and break down the training approach that helped get her there. Plus, we look at where Brute is heading over the next five years and what it means to build a coaching system that helps athletes and coaches find their ceiling. If you’re serious about getting better, competing for the long haul, and making the most of your training, listen to the full episode and subscribe to the Brute Brief bi-weekly newsletter. And if this episode gave you something to think about, send it to an athlete or coach who needs to hear it.

Weightlifting is far more technical, less popular, and much harder to master than most people realize - and Greg Everett explains why the sport still demands true obsession to succeed. If you care about Olympic lifting, CrossFit, coaching, or building real expertise, this conversation will change how you think about progress, training, and what it actually takes to make it in the sport.Greg Everett - one of the most influential weightlifting coaches of the last two decades and the force behind Catalyst Athletics - breaks down the realities behind coaching at scale, why he chose to stay deeply hands-on instead of building a purely automated business, and how that decision shaped his legacy. He also shares how his writing career, early online content, and sheer timing helped him become one of the first major voices in the digital weightlifting world.You’ll discover:Why in-person coaching still matters, even in a remote-first worldHow Greg built a massive library of weightlifting education before social media made content easyThe mental shift from athlete to coach after injury forced a new pathWhy weightlifting needs more than perfect technique dogma - and why flexibility mattersHow CrossFit helped create a much bigger audience for weightlifting and new opportunities for athletesWe also get into the sport’s biggest misconceptions, including why so many outsiders drastically underestimate the difficulty of weightlifting, why elite lifters are often misunderstood by the general public, and why performance and health don’t always move in the same direction. Greg’s take on general physical preparedness, recovery, and the limits of “more conditioning” cuts through a lot of the noise that surrounds strength training.If you want a smarter view of Olympic lifting, athlete development, coaching, and the evolving relationship between CrossFit and weightlifting, this episode delivers both the big-picture context and the practical lessons. Essential listening for lifters, coaches, and anyone who wants to understand how great sports get built.Brute Redmond Code https://living.redmond.com/discount/BRUTE?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fall-eligable-for-affiliate-discountWhich Program Is Best For You: https://www.brutestrengthtraining.com/quiz/

What goes into building a major fitness competition from the ground up? Dylan Malitsky, head of WZA Sports, joins the Brute Training Podcast to give us a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce events like WZA Miami and WZA SoCal. From weather contingencies and building venues on the sand to managing hundreds of vendors, broadcast production, athlete experience, and the Battle of the Camps, Dylan breaks down the work that happens long before athletes step onto the competition floor. We also talk about: Dylan's journey from starting CrossFit in 2011 to becoming a key part of WZA. The differences between WZA Miami and WZA SoCal. How the Battle of the Camps came together and the rivalry it brings to team competition. The real costs and logistical challenges of producing a large-scale fitness event. Why WZA is expanding beyond functional fitness into a broader fitness festival. The role competition can play in motivating people to train, eat better, and pursue healthier lifestyles. The future of WZA, including potential international expansion. If you've ever wondered what happens behind the scenes of a major CrossFit competition, this episode is for you.