The Magic Of CrossFit: Jumping In With CEO Don Faul (CrossFit Games 2023)

Constantly varied, functional movements executed at high intensity. That’s the definition of CrossFit. What started 20 years ago as a challenge to traditional workout routines, has become an institution in fitness revolutionizing the way we think about performance and what the human body is capable of. 

CrossFit CEO Don Faul is a year into the job and joins Fran Racioppi and Jessie Graff live from the US Army Fitness Truck at NOBULL CrossFit Games 2023 to explain why doing hard things is the staple of CrossFit and critical to achieving our goals; and why the Level 1 Trainer Certificate Course sets the foundation for a long and healthy CrossFit journey.

Don also shares his vision to expand CrossFit’s reach, empower affiliate owners, and appeal the brand to not only the elite athletes but everyone who seeks to be all they can be, regardless of age, fitness level or ability. Central to this expansion is bringing the CrossFit Games back to ESPN and leaving Madison, WI for Fort Worth, TX. 

If you’re an OG member of the CrossFit community, or just getting started, take a listen or watch our discussion to chart your CrossFit path and ensure fitness for life. We never know what the CrossFit Games competition will bring, but we can be sure there will be some magic moments we will remember forever. 

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Highlights:

• 0:00 Jessie and Fran join the CrossFit Community 
• 3:19 Preparing for the Level 1 Certificate Course
• 7:04 Be All You Can Be & fitness for life
• 12:02 Scaling, Thresholds and doing hard things
• 16:26 CrossFit Games are back on ESPN
• 19:20 The end of an era in Madison…on to Texas!
• 21:05 The magic will happen

Quotes: 

• “We’re united in people’s passion for CrossFit.” (3:13)
• “It’s not off the cuff. What we do is empirically driven.” (4:00)
• “It is constantly varied by design.” (6:54)
• “At CrossFit we want to help you realize your full potential. It’s fitness for life.” (9:13)
• “This methodology by design meets you where you are.” (12:02)
• “Success for most workouts is feeling like you gave what you could that day.” (14:12)
• “We’ve been around now for over 20 years; and we’ve been around because we have real impact.” (18:19)
• “The magic will happen…and when it does, it’s going to be amazing.” 22:07)

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