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The Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseSexy Dexy Moves Fast & Lifts HeavyDex Hopkins has qualified three times to the CrossFit Games on a team ... and he's back to do it again in 2023 with Move Fast Lift Heavy. Dex talks about the construction of the team's roster, how it came to be, his hair, his media work, the team landscape, his thoughts on the Open and more.
2023-02-151h 12The Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseUp And Coming Kiwi: Madeline ShellingMadeline Shelling is headed to the individual elite ranks in 2023 after qualifying for the CrossFit Games the last two years on teams. One of the elite CrossFitters in New Zealand, she and Marnie Sykes are looking to make big waves in what hopes to be an expanded field of women heading to Madison from Oceania this summer.
Madeline joins the show to talk accents, her trips to the Games, meeting Brooke Wells, her PhD, her culture, why CrossFit is so popular down under and more!
2023-01-0348 minThe Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseBroken Bones to Burj Khalifa: Dana ParanDana Paran is what we'll call a "reformed weightlifter." A one-time Olympic hopeful, Paran dabbled in CrossFit before becoming a full-time competitor in 2019, traveling to the Asia CrossFit Championship sanctioned event. In 2022 she qualified for the Syndicate Crown semifinal before declining her invitation to focus on her own mental health. Oh, by the way, doctors once told Dana she shouldn't be doing high-level competing like this after shattering her ankle/foot in a fall. A few weeks ago Dana finished 10th at the Dubai Fitness Championship and is locked and loaded for the 2023 season.
2022-12-1938 minThe Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseBaby Talk (and more) with Austin and Jessica CahoyJessica Griffith is one of the more popularly known CrossFit Games athletes over the last several years. Making her debut at the 2015 Games, Jessica's best finish was a team silver medal in 2019. In 2022 she's now retired from competitive CrossFit and just recently became a first-time mother with her husband, and CrossFit / weightlifting competitor, Austin Cahoy.
Matt goes way back -- with Austin specifically -- and we dive into how the couple met, what the pregnancy process has been like, phases of life in CrossFit and so much more!
2022-12-0458 minThe Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseDreaming of the Pit: Brock YostThe Pit Fitness Ranch is one of the more unique CrossFit boxes in the country and hosts one of the more unique competitions for teens. Brock Yost is the mastermind behind the Pit and joins the show talk about how it all came to be.
2022-10-1052 minThe Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseMaking the Masters with Stefani GrahamStefani Graham found CrossFit a little later in life ... but that didn't stop her from going full gear and qualifying for the CrossFit Games at 41 years old in 2021. Stefani chats with Joel and Matt about making it to Madison, CrossFitting as a mom, her performance in the snatch 1RM and more.
Matt and Joel also talk about the 2022 Elite Teen Throwdown that happened in Michigan this month!
2022-09-1558 minThe Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseThe Invictus Secret Weapon: Jorge FernandezJorge Fernandez is the next big name in CrossFit that nobody's talking about. Captain of the third place Invictus team at the 2022 CrossFit Games, Jorge is new to the sport after a standout baseball career at San Diego State.
Jorge talks about placing third in Madison, how he found CrossFit, tearing his elbow and not having it fixed, why he loves team and his experiences with his Invictus teammates on the competition floor and more.
2022-08-2844 minThe Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseWinning The Masters: Bryan WongBryan Wong tried for years to make it to the CrossFit Games. In 2022 he finally qualified in the Masters 35-39 bracket ... and he won.
Bryan talks about his CrossFit journey, the Games themselves, how he makes life work with his training and more. Mouse and Joel also give thier overall thoughts on the Games from Madison.
2022-08-1453 minThe Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseTo the Beat of His Own Drum: Josh MarundeJosh Marunde used to do CrossFit in the parking lots of Wal-Marts while touring as the drummer of the band Pop Evil. Everybody used to think he was nuts.
Well, it all paid off. Today Josh begins his first go as an athlete at the CrossFit Games in the Masters 35-39 division.
Joel and Mouse talk to Josh about getting into CrossFit, dropping in at 500-some gyms, running ultra marathons and more.
2022-08-0440 minThe Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseHang Meat with Joey Tortora and OBAJoey Tortora once quit CrossFit in the middle of an Open workout. Two years later he's back in the CrossFit Games with the "fun team" from Open Box Athletics.
Joey joins Matt and Joel to talk his prior trips to the Games, what brought him back to the sport after walking away, why OBA is the fun team, what it means to hang meat and more.
2022-08-0249 minThe Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseOh Captain My Captain: Alison ScuddsFor the second year in a row, Alison Scudds is captain of the CrossFit Games Demo Team. What, pray tell, does that mean? What is it like to test Games events over, and over, and over again? What does she do during the Games?
We're joined by the Demo Team leader to talk her role in Madison, her competition at the Can West Games, her Born Primitive clothing line, her cats, what the future holds and so much more!
2022-07-3046 minThe Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseLet's Talk PEDsTrevor Kimm is the 96kg USA weightlifting national champion. He's also a clinician and overall really smart dude. So we thought he'd be a good guy to sit down with and chat about the rash of positive drug tests in CrossFit so far this season.
Topics we cover in this conversation:
- What does drug testing look like.
- What is USADA and what is Drug Free Sport?
- What are the drugs that people are commonly using in fitness? What do they do and how long do they stay in you...
2022-07-1838 minThe Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseCanWest Games Preview w/ Mike McLeanThe CanWest Games are back this weekend in British Columbia. Mike McLean is leading the team that's behind the new/relaunched popular brand north of the border. Mike joins the Funhouse to discuss:
- The process of acquiring the name to the CanWest Games
- Recruiting an incredible athlete roster for this year's competition
- The $100,000 prize purse available
- Mat Fraser programming the event
- Which divisions are competing
- Seminars and workshops for fans
- How to build this event up as a co...
2022-07-1252 minThe Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseTeam USA Olympian Harrison MaurusHarrison Maurus placed 4th at 81kg in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for weightlifting, the best performance by an American of his size in some 60 years.
On this episode Maurus discusses:
- His Olympic experience
- How the competition broke down
- Training for 2020 ... and then 2021
- How life changed as he advanced in the sport
- Hiking
- Hiking using hiking poles
- Why he decided to retire and what comes next
- Not cutting his hair for his entire career
2022-07-0855 min
The Joel & Mouse Fitness FunhouseThe Debut Episode: Lexi NeelyLexi Neely is one of the huge up and coming crop of young athletes in CrossFit and one of seven female competitors at this year's Atlas Games 21 or younger. Matt also happens to be Lexi's coach and Lexi happens to coach classes Joel used to take at Three Kings Athletics in Indianapolis, IN.
In this episode Lexi discusses:
12:08 Becoming a member of the PRVN team
14:10 Competing as an elite individual for the first time
19:00 The youth movement in CrossFit
21:50 What is next for her in competing
23:30 Balancing co...
2022-07-0146 min