Was good to finally touch base (even if it was on Zoom) and catch up with Darren. It had been so long since our last conversation.
Darren leads from the front and has seen and done a lot over the years. He was the first to open up a CrossFit affiliate here in NZ.
With all that experience and knowledge under his belt, I was really excited to pick his brain and see what his thoughts and perspective was with all the recent changes surrounding CrossFit, especially with Greg Glassman stepping down as CEO and with all the gym/fitness space going online all over the world.
Darren is one of the few Coaches/Leaders that I really respect, so it was great to talk with him about fulfillment, purpose, programming, movement mastery and fighting the good fight in terms of preaching training for life, longevity, health, vitality and long term sustainability. Especially since this way of thinking and style of training isn't always appealing to hard chargers and goes against a lot of what is popular at the moment with HIIT training, boot-camps, F45 and high volume/intensity CrossFit training.
Really enjoyed this chat and look forward doing it again (in person) sometime in the future after a training session and some food!
Hope y'all enjoy the episode too!:)
Intro: A Bronx Tale Commentary // Music: Common - Be (Intro)
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