The Sevan Podcast - CrossFit Games - Dave Castro Update #8

Episode Date: August 1, 2021

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Very flavorful. Yodeling with them. Very flavorful. Ooh, must be mating season. Is that a squirrel? Bear! Run! Let's do it. Now. Now. let's do it now now uh 10 o'clock 10 0 8 p.m uh what time did you wake up this morning it's 5 30 crazy and and last night uh um we didn't do the update for yesterday until this morning what time did you get home last night i I don't even remember. It doesn't matter. Move on. It does matter. It matters to me. I like to know how hard you're working. Are you, um, are you ready for this to be over or? Yes.

Is age getting to you? How old are you now? 44. Does this feel harder than it did when you were 34? does this feel harder than it did when you were 34 the event does yes uh not harder on me because of my age but harder on me because of what we do just it just gets bigger and more complicated every year yeah more moving parts etc um i noticed uh i heard something good about you today. Well, it was presented to me like it was good. I don't know if I took it as good, but I heard that there was a team from South Africa and they were struggling on one of the movements. And normally that would have pulled them off the field.

And you went over to them and said, okay, give it one more try. And if not, you guys can still finish the event. And you let them go on the course. Is that true? Yes, that's true. Why did you do that? It was, they're going to get cut right after that event anyways but Davey this is a professional sport and that kind of wiggle room uh only undermines the professional and they and they were going to finish it at last

so I told them hey I'm gonna let you guys continue on the course, but you're taking dead last for this event. And they said, okay. And they were still happy to do it? Yeah. Good dudes. I saw in the swim event for the teams that one of the participants swam in a life jacket. Is that true? Yeah.

And people were asking me my opinion on it. And I'm like, it doesn't seem like who cares what you want to swim in, right? All you have to do is make sure that you use flippers or whatever implements were assigned. Well, that person learned how to tread water like a week ago. And I saw the video. They really are wearing a life jacket. No, I'm not joking. Yeah, that's all true.

And what are the rules? Are there rules around wearing a life jacket no i'm not joking yeah that's all true and are what are what are the rules are there rules around wearing a life jacket can anyone wear a life jacket or was that just an exception no and they uh they got ranked dead last two over that because of the life jacket or yeah oh wow so so you're really not allowed to wear a life jacket? Basically. Okay. I'm assuming they took dead last anyway. How fast could you swim with a life jacket on?

You went not fast, but I mean, she was able to move. Damn. Tia's 31 event wins. Speak freely. TS 3031 event wins speak freely it's a lot it's crazy did you ever think anyone would top Matt Fraser's number of wins I never even knew what the number of wins for any individual or individual was when when did you did you think that someone would come

I feel like we've talked about this before but I forget what your answer did you think that someone would come? I feel like we've talked about this before, but I forget what your answer is. Did you think that someone would ever come so quickly after rich and be so dominant? No, I didn't. What was your mindset? Like, holy shit, this is such a young, or was it like. I didn't expect these to be about stuff like that. I expected them to be about like the games today. Like what happened?

Like ask me something about today. How's Brooke's arm? arm uh she dislocated it um they got it re located relocated within five minutes uh world-class medical team was on it sean rocket and the crew uh crazy situation were you were you were you on the floor were you back there to see it get popped back back into place no no i didn't see it get popped back into place okay so it was a dislocation and not a hyperextension no i don't don't ask me that question okay did you look at the video in slow-mo no um after that happened to, were you kind of like on edge for the rest of the lifts? Yeah, for the women, for sure.

Yeah, it was weird. I never even – it's just chill and all fun and games, and then you see that happen to Brooke, and then the next – for the rest of the women and the rest of the men, you're at home watching, and you're like cringing after every – or right before every lift. It's like, oh, shit. This episode is brought to you by PC Optimum. If you like a curated playlist, why not try a curated grocery list? With Swap and Save, the new feature in the PC Optimum app, you'll get PC Optimum's best price for your grocery items.

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Roger that. Thank you. I appreciate that. In the event when the pegboard event, Scott Panchik had – you're holding the phone like how my mom holds it so that it looks like your eyes are closed. You know what I mean? Like if you hold it up – Scott Panchik had a towel on the ground. Oh, I see what you mean. I never knew that.

Yeah, you're looking – so your eyes are closed. Yeah, that's how my mom talks to my – the three plain brothers. I'm like, mom, don't do that. You look like your eyes are closed. Oh, that's good. You look good. Next question. Scott Panchik had a towel on the ground, and I couldn't tell if that towel was wet,

but the commentators were, I think, alluding to the fact that it was wet so that he could have the bottom of his feet be wet so they'd be a little stickier on the wall. Is that an approved technique? I didn't catch any of that is that shit legit on the pegboard wall yeah no weather wet wouldn't make huh i do not think the wet shoes would help you on that well i'm not soaking wet but there's a lot of chalk on the floor. You got to assume that chalk's bad. And so if he has a wet towel down there and he just steps on it. No, he's probably trying to dry his feet off.

Why? Was there water on the floor? No, to keep himself from slipping on the wall. Okay. All right. I disagree with you. People are saying that there's hay bales out on the field now. Is that true?

That is absolutely true. And are the hay bales. Hey the field now. Is that true? That is absolutely true. And are the hay bales? Hey, here's what's a trip. Ready for this? We tested tomorrow's first workout on the field this evening in front of hundreds of people, maybe even thousands. And nobody's piece set together as far as I can tell. Truth is, let me not even say nobody. I'm not looking, so I don't know. But nothing again. I'm not looking, so I don't know.

But basically. Hundreds of people thought, if not that, probably not thousands, hundreds of people were out there in plain sight. We completed the entire first workout tomorrow. And it's in the um uh and my point is it's not like out there now it should be right like someone should have sat down and been like oh there's dave and the demo team oh look they're running and jumping over bales and throwing a curd over and they should have pieced it all together yeah exactly exactly but check this out ready for this we did something for the first time ever. I'm giving you fucking gems here. For the first time ever, do you know what we did?

We took athletes that we cut at the CrossFit Games and then used them to test the workout. Oh, wow. And why did you do that? Because you needed to or just to sort of include them? To see the cumulative effect of the previous few days on the athletes and how it would affect them for this workout tomorrow. Oh, wow. That's cool. And can you tell us who you used? No, I don't want to.

Jessica Griffith and... You're fucking broken. Jessica Griffith and who else? What dude did you use? I don't know. I'm like, oh, fuck. It's a dude? Yeah use I don't know it's a it's a dude yeah

what's his name big guy good guy he's been to the games a bunch Tim Paulson yes Paulson

were they the first two you asked and they obliged yeah and I asked a few others Brandon Luckett and a few others

and they all obliged but I guess we only ended up using them okay oh Brandon Luckett's broken too that's interesting that he obliged he's got that that funky uh elbow thing going um and so so it's out there are the hay bales out there i don't know but nobody's talking about it that i know of did they did they have to sign something saying they wouldn't talk about it

no dude i'm telling you hundreds of fans and affiliates. The affiliates were doing a workout on the field right next to us. We were testing a games workout. And nobody even seemed to care or was filming it or anything. That's awesome. I love it. And are the hay bales higher than years past? I heard they're five feet tall this year. I think we tried making them the same.

Okay. Okay. One more question, then I got to go. I'm fucking done. Not with you, feet tall this year. I think we tried making them the same. Okay. Okay. One more question, then I got to go. I'm fucking done. Not with you, just with this day. That was kind clarification. That's it, Davey. I got nothing else for you.

Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes. One more thing. I heard someone on the demo team today snatched 200, a female on the team snatched 225 pounds. Is that correct? I don't think it was 225.

I think it was 210. Christine Kolenbrand. She's awesome. You'd like her. You should get her on your show. Christine Kolenbrand. Okay, can you get her digits for me? Why, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Go ahead and sneak in her DMs. I'm not going to give you her digits.