Sevan Matossian (00:01):
Hey, welcome to the most reliable news source in the world. Quarterfinal announcements are starting to come out, information today from the Dave Castro, but more importantly, the barbell spin, the fastest, most reliable news in the space. Also home to what appears to be a battle between Colt Mertons and Jeff Berman. Jake Berman, a burpee contest, hunter burpees for time over the barbell. Coming soon, I think April 3rd. More details to come check out the Barbell Spin podcast. CrossFit hosted a virtual affiliate town hall this morning during the town hall of Dave Castros shared some big news. Why this affects me is seven podcast is hosting the semi-finals world invitationals, brought to you by born primitive and peptides. Individual quarterfinals will now be four workouts. We were planning for six workouts, but now it’s only four workouts. Jason Hopper, doll and Pepper, Colton Mertons, Taylor Self, Taylor Self versus the world’s quarter final competition coming soon, I think we’re three weeks away Now, before you say that’s not enough to narrow the field down to the top 40, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. If you want to read the rest, go over to the spin, but four workouts. There it is.
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The news is in. The news is in the New York Times. What a horrible news source. If you’re wondering if you’re brainwashed, one way to start the process is to ask yourself, do you ever believe anything that the New York Times tells you? You should not. It is a completely horrible resource with any reliability here from the CrossFit Games Instagram account. This young lady points out just another reason why the New York Times is a garbage rag. Do you
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Remember when the New York Times published this article that said Why women Can’t Do Pull-ups back in 2012? Well, according to the Beyond the Whiteboard team, over 22,000 women not only completed 50 Chest to Bar pull-ups, but they also completed at least one bar muscle up during week three of the 2024 CrossFit open.
Sevan Matossian (02:10):
Imagine the dumb shit you could say if you own a newspaper like the New York Times, you could just utter complete bullshit and thank you for being on the whiteboard, for being around since the dawn of time, recording CrossFit workouts for people being a platform. That’s a resource to debunk just absolute horseshit. What’s crazy is so many people will believe this, and yet every day, thousands of times a day, maybe a million times a day, someone sees a woman do a pull-up thousands of times a day. Someone sees a senior citizen woman do a pull-up. More horseshit from the New York Times from the proven podcast. This one made jealous. I’m not going to lie. Colton Mertons ranking as a 1.2 as a podcast guest just two years ago now has got to be the best podcast guest available. Here we go, Colton Mertons dropping the facts. Goggin shit
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Not going to be easy, and there’s going to be a lot of hard things, even if you do have the opportunity to train full time. We’ve seen a lot of athletes struggle with it mentally, but if it didn’t for you, go hang drywall for 10 hours a day and see how you like that too. I mean, it is a privilege to get to do this sport at a high level, and fortunately for the athletes that have had a hard time mentally, they’ve had the finances and the opportunities to take a year off and kind of collect themselves. Just looking at it kind of from the perspective of there’s a lot of people.
Sevan Matossian (03:53):
Think about it. Colton Mertons, by the way, that was a proven podcast. Episode three, the Proven Fitness podcast, spelled PRVN. I’m not sure who the host is. This is great lighting, great guest, great content. Episode three with Colton Mertons. Minimum five days a week. This guy’s carrying a host spraying shit out of a fucking a box with 3000 pigs in it. Then he comes home, he works on his gym and then he works out. But don’t forget, he worked out in the morning before he went to spray the fucking down the pig stalls shit off the walls.
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Pig farmer, Colton Merton’s, first week of the open, unexpectedly has a death in the family about as close as it can get to his mom. It’s all context, people relativity and context. Is it work less or work harder. Thank you, Colton. It’s all about relativity and context, which the people at the training think Tank did an amazing job with. These guys are, these guys are off the hook. This show’s wild training. Think Tank. What episode is this? CrossFit Open Awards the training. Think Tank Reacts. The seven podcast was honored on this podcast, and I don’t say this lightly with three legends in the space. Let’s listen. It’s the 22 minute and 24 second mark.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
Why do you need the phone? And ladies and gentlemen, up next, we have the best open content from 2024. Your choices are CrossFit, hq, mayhem, Avon, and proven Max l Hoge will have the announcement
Sevan Matossian (05:51):
On
Speaker 4 (05:53):
Going to be on. Come on. Oh, this year’s best open concept is seven. Hey, 47% of the vote to Avon, 31% to Mayhem, 14% to CrossFit hq, and 8% to proven
Sevan Matossian (06:11):
Now. Now, why is CPT writing my name now? He knew he had to have known. How could you not have known? I say that with all humility. 47%. Thank you, Taylor Self. Thank you Will Branstetter. Thank you. JR Howell. Thank you. Tyler Watkins. Thank you Mr. Susa. Thank you Mr. Beaver. Caleb Beaver. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you CrossFit Charlotte. Anyway, thank you. It is cool to get this award
Speaker 4 (06:46):
And our media guy got fired for not putting us on this list. This is Chris’s last video. We can’t put our own myself on our own list.
Sevan Matossian (06:54):
Oh, that’s CPTs name. Chris. I didn’t even know that Chris. I thought it was like captain something.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
I voted for ourselves. Anyway, did
Sevan Matossian (07:01):
People just call him the captain?
Speaker 4 (07:03):
Type it in. I was kidding, kidding. A dm. I think this is right again, he does a good job because he can keep a conversation going the entire time. He makes it fun. He tells stories. He has cool people on, so he wins. I was more curious. I wish I could pull.
Sevan Matossian (07:18):
Really, it was Taylor. Taylor sold, sold his junk. It was Taylor. But anyway, thank you boys. Appreciate it. Honored to be on the show. So many people consider you guys the best in the biz and the place where you go to get the real information. So thank you. It means a lot to me to get that award from you. I’m telling you, I’m telling you. I told O’Keefe two years ago, I told Matt O’Keefe two years ago, how the fuck did you not get this guy? He’s blowing up. Here we go. Sorry, train, think, tank, your boy, max L Hajj, the big brain over there takes one in the dumper here. But what are you going to do?
Speaker 5 (08:01):
Max o Hagg on tomorrow? Yes. Why? Why Max O Hagg over the training? Think tub. Those guys, they’re an abomination to the sport. Max O Hagg is an absolute menace. They have their own podcast, the Corpus Anus podcast, and I heard them say the most ridiculous things like the Jake German is the best in the burpees at CrossFit, and I just can’t believe he would say that Me next to him and a burpee workout, I would end this man’s life. They should pray that he never has that fate. They even max o ha.
Sevan Matossian (08:34):
My goodness. And if you want to see how Max l Haj took this, go over to his Instagram account and pull it up and look at his bio. It’s how real men do things. Anyway, great, great, great bit Mr. Burtons. You’re a beast. You’re becoming a staple in the world of good CrossFit content and the best CrossFit content, doing the best interviews, and you just keep reinventing yourself. It’s not like you have one bit, you keep reinventing yourself. It’s more important than ever to do CrossFit. Why is that? Because you need to be personally accountable and responsible for your wellbeing at all times and make sure you know how you’re moving when you’re moving and what you’re sticking in your mouth. And this one is no shocker here, but once again, here we go. Oh, Mayo Clinic just admitted,
Speaker 6 (09:40):
Admitted that they are no longer hiring the best doctors for the job. In a recent job listing post the Mayo Clinic, one of the top hospitals in the world said that they are prioritizing, among other things, refugees, neurodivergent, single parent, blind or low vision, deaf or hard of hearing black. The elderly L-G-B-T-Q and justice impacted individuals. When you prioritize anything other than merit, you are necessarily receiving doctors that are less qualified than they otherwise would’ve been. And in the medical field, this is a big deal and exactly what Elon Musk was talking about.
Sevan Matossian (10:14):
I just want you to think about that for a second. And when you vote in November, think about that. Think about all the causes and things that interest you. Do you want the best doctor working on your mom, your wife, your aunt, your sister, your daughter? Or do you want someone who’s hired because they’re neurodivergent with a penchant for the same genitalia that they have? Just think about it when you vote, because you have two options. One group is enforcing that and the other just wants the best doctor. And the irony is the one that’s enforcing that you hire based on skin color is the one that’s yelling that everyone’s racist. Fascinating times we live in subject, near and dear to my heart. I have shared this with you many, many, many times. I randomly came across this on Instagram today, which is kind of funny. I don’t even follow this guy, but here we go. The sad guru. Here we go.
Speaker 7 (11:27):
At some point I will stop the entertainment totally only answering questions to larger public who don’t do any practice. Those who are practicing every day intensely. Am I taking any of their questions or answering any questions? No, I don’t. The idea of doing ize, all the questions will burn. Not that you find answers. People who don’t do anything about their internal wellbeing, but think by asking a question and hearing an answer, their life is going to be sad. We are still entertaining that at some point I will stop the entertainment totally. Right now it’s still on. At some point, it’ll be only available to those who are intensely doing the ana. I’m not the sort to give you a conclusion. I’m a process. If you are willing to be a process of growth, I’m there for you. You want a conclusion, I will frustrate you. A place from which all these questions are manufactured, that place is incapable of knowing. Don’t ever believe your intellect will know. It’ll not know.
Sevan Matossian (12:43):
Don’t ever believe your intellect will know. It will not know
Speaker 7 (12:47):
You. Ask questions because
Sevan Matossian (12:51):
You don’t have to believe you can know. Love you guys. Talk to you soon. Bye-Bye.
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