@@Lkom24 it's all about starting off easy. Just go for a 5 or 10 minute run with a little stone in one hand to work your arms, then come back and stretch for 10 minutes. Those light impact exercises are great, they give you a nice endorphin boost, doesn't take long, and you just get In the habit of doing SOMETHING. Naturally you start to want to workout more and more, it's just like taking a small flame and building it into a roaring blaze. Just takes time and attention
@@Lkom24 what Michael said. You'll feel your capacity to workout increase and gradually go longer/heavier. Experiment with other physical disciplines to increase interest. Consistency
@@crispy4797 i go hiking everyday with my dogs and work 50 hours a week usually, I just feel lazy when it's 8pm and I'm watching TV instead of doing something, im my worst enemy
I've heard a lot of crap about a lot of things. Everybody's thing is better than the other guys thing. The other guys thing is always stupid and possibly dangerous. "My thing is scientifically proven to blah blah". Yet, I think they are similar. Vegans say "I cut out carbs and eat only vegetables". The carnivores say "I cut out carbs and ear only meat". Dur, you see anything in common? These guys believe in God. Those guys believe in Allah. Umm, any chance you believe in the same thing? There are differences, don't get me wrong. But there are a hell of a lot of similarities too. Crossfit seems cool, I guess. If it makes them healthy, that's cool.
The fact he has been able to compete in a nutty ass sport like crossfit games, win 5 times, and still be able to function, is amazingly impressive. Agree, dog on crossfit all you want, but those who are successful have shown the possible limits of the body.
@@mytruthslays1303 limits of the body? Yeah because Lifting heavy weight with improper form is really “pushing” the human body lmao. It’s a good sport to start if you don’t care about your bone & joint health, the entire sport is “do as many improper exercises as you can in a short amount of time”. There’s a reason everybody in the lifting community clowns cross fitters.
@@Bino8724 Mar Fraser was a junior olympics weight lifter. Guarantee he has better form than 99.99% of people lifting. I think people get confused a lot because CrossFit is, at its base, a sport. They have different goals than most people. Kipping pull-ups, though not the best form if you’re going for hypertrophy, are the best form if you’re going for max reps. It’s a different goal and basically a different workout
@@shivashishroy2342 I know but if you’ve listened over the years Joe isn’t too fond of CrossFit practices or doesn’t prefer them. So it was cool to see him bring on not just one but the one whose the “best” of them.
@@smoothbuddha7212 what % of lifters reach 1000lb club? and what % of runners/endurance athletes can do a tough mudder tomorrow? I get your point but not the best comparison. It would take years for even a talented runner to go sub 2.50 in a marathon.
@@andrewheckaman8441 No What? Use your head and stop being biased. The higher the prize the higher the competition for that prize, thats just common sense. Highest pay for crossfit 1st place is $300,000 compare that to highest paid NFL line backer $30,000,000. Multiply the Crossfit prize money by 100 and I bet you this guy will not be standing on the podium.
@@vaticinus Your logic is ridiculously flawed. You are comparing things that can't be compared. You are like "NFL players lift, CrossFit athletes lift, so they must be sharing the same traits and thus can be compared"? First off comparing NFL with CrossFit is like comparing water polo with basketball. The fact that your average NFL player is familiar with most CrossFit movements and reasonably fit doesn't mean anything nor can be used as an argument to support that they will automatically do well. Secondly, NFL has more money so more competition and thus athletes there must be easily able to outperform CrossFit athletes? What? Maybe since soccer has the most money worldwide we can also argue that elite soccer players would easily outperform swimmers like Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe in their sport (since swimming doesn't even come close to having even 1% of the money involved in soccer). Do not compare things that can't be compared. This guy is ridiculously fit no matter who you put up against him. If you are an NFL fan that's cool. If you thing CF is overhyped that's also cool. But has nothing to do with ones or another's ability or fitness.
@@nickvasios3650 he is saying that the best athletes are in the NFL which when you look at measurables is probably a fair statement. His point is that if crossfit paid people and had the following the NFL does you'd see a flood of ridiculous athletes in the sport.
@@hgetahun I've watched the CrossFit Games. It's clown shit. Fucking kettle bell lunges through uneven fields, kipping pullups, putting the runs first so all the good lifters are disqualified and when they get to the lifting it's only people who don't know what the fuck they're doing. I don't have anything against CrossFit, but the CrossFit Games are set up by mentally handicapped people.
@@DrFrogglePhD Fascinating. I have no interest in 'consumer-level' CrossFit, only the elite level, specifically the Games. But that's Life, eh? Being able to agree to disagree, respecting the other person's way of seeing things. Well, at least that's the idea, anyway. LOL
@@hgetahun Except for all the people who have posted comments who tried it, of course. And it doesn't take an expert to see someone juggling pianos and thinking to themselves that it might not be the best idea. I think it has a window of efficacy, but the cost is greater as you age, and once you hit a certain point it's just going to tear your sh!t up.
There’s no substitute for body building. Everyone wants to reinvent the wheel and make money off of it. They take up space in the gym doing cartwheel garbage.
@@diychad7268 you never know. Mat was a lot more dominant against tougher competition though. Wish I could’ve seen these guys compete against each other when Mat was full time CrossFit.
@DLO 06 you mean in your opinion that's why he hung it up?? In reality he had nothing more to prove, had recently had a kid, and wasn't challenged really, ok that last one was my opinion but still
@@diychad7268 The sport has elevated across the board in difficulty too though. I'm just saying it's kind of an apples to oranges comparison because they never competed against each other while they were both at their peak in training effort. As CrossFit was actually maturing as a sport was around the time Froning retired from solo and went to teams exclusively which is right around when Fraser finished school and really double downed on training to win with a focus on diet, rest, recovery and weakness identification and improvement. Both men are serious athletes in their own right and would wipe the floor with the vast majority of athletes, both can still hang with the 1% of CrossFit.
Few years ago Matt had a little campaign trying to get to JRE. Froning did also. Lots of fans have requested this also. So yes some of us have been waiting this a while
@@willm678 if he really is "one of the best," wouldn't he have made it on an actual pro team and enriched himself? dude, crossfit is for people who can't. those that can't do, teach, and those that can't sport crossfit. same same. guy, crossfitters cheat every rep, you don't get world class at anything by grabbing a pullup bar and flopping like a fish. crossfit actually destroys sports careers, it doesn't build them. go do a google search and prove me wrong.
Really interesting to hear Mat say the quote “There’s a difference between pain and injury” when talking about the weightlifting coach. It’s also a very common quote used by college football coaches. Although it’s true and athletes need to understand the difference, I think coaches shouldn’t totally dismiss an athlete’s concern for the sake of production.
@@tjcogger1974 that's what X-rays, MRIs, CT scans, etc are for. And good physicians and physios. Find out if something's actually damaged or if something just hurts.
@@TheGsquad697 Even juiced bodybuilders cant do what he does, stay in your lane, go back to bodybuilding, maximize your body dysmorphia to its full potential.
@@steve-from-toronto which dude, all dudes, fat and skinny? And if she's a jacked female she's literally jacked like a female. People like you are just scared you might be gay. 🤣
This man is a legendary athlete, but he also comes across as a regular guy, no airs or graces..respect to him.. obviously comes from a good family background..
I dont do crossfit, im a weighlifter. But come on most of us would be dead for a week if we try those work outs. Crossfit as a training methodolgy... not so good. As a sport is respectable. The thing is all these gym bros confusing all strenght/lifting sports with doing bicep curls and training just to look good in the mirror.
I do strongman myself. I hate when people try to talk shit or compare. Powerlifting, Oly-lifting, Strongman, Crossfit, all different disciplines and generally worthy of respect. No one, who’s not a freak of nature is going to do well initially at one when they’ve been doing another.
@@WillJM81280 of course you are 100% right. what bothers me is everybody criticising crossfit for using "bad form". or not using correct form to build muscle when thats no the goal of the sport. is it injury prone? maybe, but not much mire than throwing heavy stuff overhead or lifting heavy stones. all sports comes with some risk .
@@yiprajosie085 the Olympic "scientists" that set the rules say that sexual reassignment surgery is no longer required, a minimum of 1 year with testosterone below a certain level and you must identify for a period of at least 4 years. So not exactly, identifying and hormone therapy are both required.
A welcome exception to most crossfitters I’ve come across. Being dominant at your respective field, you have no natural predators, tends to make you not be a dick. Also, I love how they are including some strongman events too (stones, pressing medley, and farmers carry). Makes it more about real strength and not just who can do a ton of burpees and row fast.
Many of the top crossfit athletes squat in the high 400lbs and squat clean atleast 315lbs, so its never been about who can do body weight stuff the fastest lol.
athletes who compete in the sport of crossfit and people who go to a crossfit gym are very different people. I think that people who go to a crossfit gym that take their training too seriously are off putting to most people. It's like the guy who plays in a rec hockey or basketball league once per week and he thinks he's a pro athlete and keeps track of the score of the game like winning or losing is life and death. This is a much lower percent of these types of people in crossfit than there was 5+ years ago.
I just wish they would cut out all the movements that are so easy they are basically swinging or kipping the whole time. Use a weighted vest please. No one wants to see a bunch of fish flopping around.
I read a lot of hate over the years about CrossFit, I tried it last year and I honestly don’t understand where the hate comes from. It’s Oly lifting, running, and agility style training during each workout. I’m not sure what there is to hate lol
It's the fact that they treat lifting as a sport which it isn't. You should never be doing olympic lifts in time increments it leads to bad form which leads to injuries.
@@PmK96 I definitely agree that doing Olympic lifts right after sprinting 200m, and doing 50lb dumbbell snatches can lead to poor form, which leads to injury. But to say that it’s somehow not a sport because it doesn’t have an object going into some kind of goal isn’t valid.
@@lukeblankenship8424 you're definition is wonky, it can be more than that. Usually I'm sport you compete to be the best at something. CF doesn't have the best at lifting, running, etc just mediocre athletes that do these events which are just random. Putting them together doesn't determine the best at jumping, lifting, running, falling or even doing pushups. When you go to a lifting event, those are the strongest people trying to find the best at squats, bench, clean/jerk,etc. As long as you get exercice and have a good physiotherapist, it's still better than doing nothing so its way better than the 30%+ of obese population (just don't get them to do crossfit to lose weight). Just like bodybuilding and its bro science, physio clinics will keep making mint on people trying to combine olympic lifting with speed and fatigue inducing workouts.
@@MSordernature of CrossFit, what else would he be a goat of? I can’t wait for your witty response saying how CrossFit isn’t the true measure of the fittest man on the planet and that he isn’t shit lol hater
No, this guy's fitness far exceeds the 'average' in every domain he gets tested in. The Goal is to be the best all-rounder, which is a very different thing.
@@Jerahzz Peak Mat beats peak Froning. I don’t have a dog in the fight, but you can’t look at how dominant Fraser was this year and compare it to 8-10 years ago when Froning was at his best. The overall weights/times etc now are greater. The average games athlete is better. It’s just progression.
I don't like doing CrossFit and never got into it personally bc I was more into b. B style workouts. But I don't think sum ppl realize how hard it is and how crazy esp the top athletes are. They are in insane shape. There are workouts that alot of ppl would be gassed out in 15-20 min doing and they have to keep that pace for hours. And then go back and do it again. It's one of those sports where u have to almost be alittle crazy in the head for and ready for a challenge every workout bc they are brutal and most ppl even in shape would struggle like crazy
It’s pathetic, some are on steroids, some aren’t, some have better techniques in some exercises and others have better techniques in other exercises, the way it’s scored is so all over, the competitors have multiple different score keepers also, it’s so all over the show who can win it’s a retarded sport that is full of nerds.
This shows the problem with coaching today. They aren’t paid to optimize, they are paid to outperform. If they don’t they are fired and the next one take a a shot.
I've been going for going on 4 years. I'm in better shape at 38 than I was at 22. That's after playing 3-4 sports a year in highschool and going to the gym all throughout college. Keep it up. Listen to your body. Identify your weaknesses and erase them one by one!
If Joe was going to bring someone from Crossfit to interview, I would have thought: Greg Glassmen (who is no longer affiliated with Crossfit anymore), Dave Castro, Rich Froning, or Jason Khalipa. But I am pleasantly surprised to see Fraser to be the first to represent Crossfit on JRE.
Mats mindset is amazing. Really helped me over the years dialing in my weaknesses. I translate his fitness advice into entrepreneurship. I hope he gets into coffee. We can all use his influence.
I bet you've never even ran a 5k, let alone a marathon. Goggins literally destroyed his body running marathons over and over again. Go read his book dummy
Fraser actually got me into Olympic weightlifting over Crossfit cause I didn't want to do the cardio lol. I was like "bruh you guys wild! I'll just stick to the lifting" but just training Olympic weightlifting itself is a damn cardio workout. Can't imagine doin crossfit.
Nope olympic weight lifting isn’t like cardio, look at one of the interviews matt had, when he was a olympic weight lifter, he could lift heavy ass weights, but when it comes to a flight of stairs he was huffin and puffin
I’m a cancer survivor 71 rounds of chemo 25 days of targeted radiation 4 surgeries and a near death experience. I was surgically disemboweled. I listened to a JR Utube and he said just show up no excuses unless you have cancer. I have trained like a UFC fighter through my entire cancer fighting career. I’ve been cancer free for 17 months. You can do it!✌️
