The Sevan Podcast - CrossFit Games - Dave Castro Update #5

Episode Date: July 29, 2021

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I can. It's weird. With these interviews I've been doing with you, there's this whole Don Corleone vibe coming from you. I don't know if it's your... They've been very cathartic. They have? Yeah, I think so. I'm enjoying this routine but this one i don't want to be too i don't want it to be too long yeah i i don't have a lot of time tonight my kids just got home cathartic providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions causing

catharsis good job thank you is that a good accurate? I mean, for me, it's a stimulant. It's a stimulant. For you, it's cathartic. For me, it's a stimulant. But I understand why it's cathartic. Maybe you should have like a toothpick in your mouth or something a little more aggressive than gum. Can you spit your gum out while we do this interview?

Yeah, good call. Shoo fly, boy. The pig flip, Davey, brilliant, brilliant. Watch me work, people. Watch me work. Watch me massage the brain of the Dave Castro. The pig flip, brilliant to go number of flips as opposed to distance.

Brilliant. Thank you. Did you come up with that? Yes. Or was that Stefan Roche? I heard Stefan Ro you come up with that? Yes. Or was that Stéphane Rocher? I heard Stéphane Rocher came up with that. Stéphane's not on our team anymore. He's working the games. He used to work closely with me, but now he works for training for the education department.

Well, I know you take input from a broad spectrum of people. So how did you come up with that, how did you come up with that? And why did you come up with it? I know it seems like the answer is obvious, but I want to hear it from you. Uh, the number of flips instead of the distance. Yeah. I wanted to incorporate it in a workout like this and make it a small part of it. It's a real challenge. It wasn't a smart part of it. It was a significant part of it. But that thing's really heavy. Distance, they all flip a little differently, meaning some push it harder and it goes a little further than others. So if you're getting six flips and it took someone else seven flips,

that's not really fair. So it just made sense to do not distance, just flips. They all ended up at a different place, a slightly different place. You used the word fair. I didn't even think you knew that word. Cara Saunders, is she recovering from the great COVID? Is she recovering from COVID? She made a post today on her Instagram saying she only has 10% lung capacity.

I think that was, I don't think that's a scientific number. I don't think that's a number like someone measured her lung capacity, but that's what she's claiming. I don't know. That's a sweet shirt you're wearing. Thank you. Can I have it back?

No, it's custom. It's custom. Um, I actually lent this shirt out to someone I know know and it came back with that on it all right keep going uh so so what did you know do you have any updates about cara is she pulling out i know she's tested negative um i don't have many uh i don't have any updates on her. Have you spoken directly with... You told me I can't mention Sevan Matosian.

That's fucking hilarious. I'm shadow banned, my friend. This is the first time I've experienced that. I can't mention you. Hold on, hold on, hold on. Maybe you should tag me more often. I can't mention... Tag me on my other account

Sevan Rinsta Sevan Rinsta that's amazing thank you you're fucking toxic oh my goodness this is hilarious I'm a simple man with three little boys

I love flowers and plants I'm going to get fucking blocked. I shouldn't talk to you. I don't give a shit if I'm blocked. Have you spoken directly with Carrie Pierce or Bethany Shadburn? Carrie before this, since no. So no, not since they both were. Did anyone on the team reach out and offer them condolences?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. We have people who do that. And the athletes are, I don't remember which one it was, but one of the athletes posted that not only that, but you guys stay in touch with them and make sure they're doing well on a. Did you see it? Did you see it? What?

Let's watch this. Look at the bottom of the screen. Can't mention – did you see that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, that's hilarious. Okay, let's keep going. So you're staying – I thought it was that you're in that club. How do I get in that club?

Start telling the truth. Post some stuff from the CDC. I heard people on your team are checking up on them and making sure that they are okay, that you guys have a protocol in place, that you're not just like, okay, you didn't make the games, get the fuck out of here. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. We're not monsters. Speaking of monsters, what's going on with the chip timers why was there so much issue on the scoreboard today why why did it have

yana kosky in first place in the run for so long why did it take so long to update that man technology right if i had my way we just use stopwatches but the technology when it's working is so much more accurate. But when it's not, we're dealing with it, and we're making the right adjustments and accommodations and necessary fixes. You don't seem stressed out by it in the slightest. I'm good. We're good. It's just trucking away. Keep going. You were wearing a orange and teal TDC hat the other day.

Does, does that ring a bell today? Uh, that was today. Yeah. Does that ring a bell? Yeah. Um,

are you attached to that hat? Gone. You gave it away? Gave it to Ron Ortiz. Wow. Miami-based. He said, when is he going to be able to get one of those hats? And I said, hey, it's a Miami one.

It's yours. Dolphins colors. Holy cow. Do you have another one? Nope. Oh, okay. Well, if you could get another one. One of my friends is a spectator at the game is

brian friend and he said he really liked the hat if you see him do you think you could um get hook him up with a hat yeah tell me where i can find him i'll get him set up you're a good dude davey you're a good dude uh what was the water temp uh what was the water temp today? Warm. Was it warm? Yeah, it was nice. It was fine. Um, is there anyone, is there, are you seeing any surprises? I know you don't really watch the games in terms of competitors, but is there anything that's like, I mean, obviously, you know, Tia won three events in a row. Um, is there anything, are there any standouts or shocks to you in terms of the performance you're seeing based on the workouts you program? Yeah, hold on one second.

This is a great interview. I wonder if I was 60 minutes if you would be doing this, looking at your phone the whole time during the interview. Mal O'Brien's performance tonight was really impressive. Everyone figured T was going to go in and smoke that, but Mal O'Brien winning it won. That was impressive. And how about Emma Carey? Emma Carey was also impressive on the heat before setting, I think, the

third fastest time on that event. 17-year-olds in general are very impressive. The fucking Scott Panchik's time on that final event was very impressive. I thought people would be 15 minutes, then when he did 13-something, I was very impressive. I thought people would be 15 minutes. Then when he didn't 13 something, I was blown away.

Yeah. Um, when, when, when you demoed that, did anyone do the thrusters on broken? Yeah, we had a guy do the thrusters and broken and he did it in 17 minutes.

Wow. Who is that? Would you say his name? Yeah. I don't want to share our testing data okay understand um and did you say anything to scott yeah i told him fucking an amazing job you crushed it i didn't think it'd be 13 minutes um the time domain of that workout being over an hour. Um, and I believe there's been three other workouts in the history of the

CrossFit games that were an hour longer, including that. I can't Pendleton one was like two hours, right? Yeah. Um, do you have a max length you would do an event? Well,

you're missing one long one. Which one was that? Think. Oh, what you are are you might have already said that's the one that's paying attention they can't they can't Pendleton

marathon row did you say it oh no I didn't say the marathon row but how long was the marathon row that was three hours it's about 248

for the fastest three hours holy shit so is that a staple now in the games like swimming like you should hey you should expect something that's like really long you can't you can't hear that kid crying in the background can you oh you totally can't oh that sucks uh today princess avi uh no it's one of the other ones um today you had two planes fly over in the past i recall there's been three planes uh were you surprised that it was only two

hey the leapfrogs are jumping in tomorrow serious yeah that's killer yeah that's that's breaking news does anyone know that or is that a Savon podcast exclusive that's definitely an exclusive the opening ceremonies was amazing how did Scott Pancheck get picked to hold the flag that's a great question I don't know all stuff that's below your pay grade right

yeah I understand did you receive the flowers I sent you no that's a shame I understand. Did you receive the flowers I sent you? No. That's a shame. What? Your fans are going to start diminishing my brand by doing these interviews. There's no substance.

They're substance-free. That is not true. What are you talking about flowers and fucking who gets to hold the flag? Hey, I only get to talk to you a few minutes a day. I got to get in all the questions. Um, the, the, the ring and by the way, nevermind. Um, the, the ring bar muscle up, um, order was there. Um, why did you do them in that order? The, the, the rings in the bar. That's here we go go that's a better question gosh originally it started off as like total bar now the original startup is total ring

then ring muscle up then i started playing with some variants and the way the puzzle pieced together with what the teams are going to do and with what these guys were going to do and the age groupers, I decided to put a bar there. And I was going to do Kota Bar and Ring Muscle Up. Then I thought, wow, this idea. Somehow I don't remember when, but this concept of muscle up, muscle up, but on different ring and bar. You know, people are always like, why didn't you have ring muscle ups this year?

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Benefits vary by card. Terms apply. Or the opposite. Well, here was a way where we could include them both. And it's kind of a cool twist. And we've never done that. I'd imagine many people have not. And when we announced this 42 muscle-ups, I imagine nobody had an idea that this is how we were going to do it. So it was a cool little twist, something new, something different with a great test, and I liked it.

And it ended up being 48 muscle-ups, right? I think it's 12, 12, 12, 12, yeah, 48. Okay. Did you hear the story about how they were going to, I want to check to see the validity of the story. They were going to have Danielle Brandon run her own heat at, uh, the 550 meters. And, um, they said, unless anyone wants to run with her and Sam goes, yeah,

that's not right. I'll do it. And Sam and Laura Horvath and another athlete spoke up. Yeah. Uh, very cool on Sam, Laura. And, um, I forgot who the other athlete was super cool of him to do that with Danielle. And you guys were just okay with that. There's a little more that went into it than that, um i'm not going to discuss why not um people's privacy kind of gotcha sam's already positive so it didn't matter i um just so you know if daniel brandon's going to be doing any events alone and you need me, I will fly out there. And because I'm a good dude. I was really impressed with Sam Briggs doing that.

And it validates my belief that if she's ever at the game, she deserves the Spirit of the Games Award. Jason Hopper, 16th place after four events. What do you think? Man. Oh, man. It's so like, damn. That's like we wanted him to be the future, right? And I think a lot of people thought he'd be the future.

The present is not looking like he will be the future. The present is not looking like he will be the future at this moment. Maybe he still has some more developing to do. Games outside of the U.S. How soon will we see the CrossFit Games leave the United States and do like a – Six, seven years, eight years, eight, nine years. And do you have, do you think Europe is the most likely place Australia? Probably Europe. And don't like take me by my word. I'm not speaking, um, authoritatively on

those statements. I'm just, just kind of just winging it. Right. I understand. So like you don't have a city picked out. It's not in negotiations with Berlin. I'm not making an announcement. Right. Don't worry. Someone will pick it up. It'll be in the morning chalk up tomorrow. Brooke Wells. I noticed that she had a slip on the rings and she was wearing an arm cast in the thruster workout. Did you see that? Arm cast is a little strong, but she had her elbow wrapped. Is she okay? I didn't see that.

She seemed in good spirits when I talked to her at the end of the night. Has anyone won any money from Reebok yet? I don't know. Not paying attention. When Hopper was struggling with the thruster workout, Noah came over to cheer him on. That's something. Did you see that?

No, but Noah told me he waved me off. I know that Noah walks over and goes, Oh, he just waved me off. Hopper waved me off. I'm like, Oh,

well, um, you've were, I think as far as I know, you goes, oh, he just waved me off. Hopper waved me off. I'm like, oh, well. I think as far as I know, you have worked at CrossFit longer than anyone who is with the company to date. Pardon me? That's true. That's true. And as far back as I could remember, especially in the early days, the whole cheering on other athletes was sort of a, I don't want to say a core component, but it was something that it's something that makes the L1 where when you take your L1, that's part of the culture that's disseminated upon the class. Do you think that that is going away in the culture?

I don't think it's going away, but I fucking love that he did that and why is that i want people to be like like i don't need your help i don't want your support i got this like hey you're my competitor i want that that fierce uh kind of just mentality towards competition. And so, I mean, I say I want it. I don't care if it's not there, but I like seeing it. And if it's not, it's not. When I say I want it, I'm not trying to artificially contrive it. So oftentimes I'll make statements like that and don't take that as I'm going out of my way

to make situations where that stuff's happening. Right. But people will take it out of context and say that anyway for sure um i i always thought that the the era of the little man is over but then colton mertens is in there at five four i guess he's not little because he's 185 i mean chris spieler was you know maybe 5 4 5 5 and 145 but are you are you impressed with the huge discrepancy of body types the wide range of body types in the crossfit games this year i guess i'm not noticing it like you're maybe i'll start looking for i guess i guess some guys are so he's short he's not small though no there's some really they're all in my eyes they're all big because i'm fucking small um there's some short and there's some tall i don't think of anyone as small though t is gonna win huh i that. That was fucking sweet.

Thank you. You just bailed on that topic and just had it. That was good. That was a good transition. Yeah, I think so at this point, sure. Unstoppable. I don't know about Unstoppable, but she looks to have a pretty good lead going into day two.

I don't know about unstoppable, but she looks to have a pretty good lead going into day two. If she wins, would you say she's the greatest CrossFitter who ever lived? Would you say her five victories, would that surpass Matt Fraser's five victories? No, I'm a very practical guy. I would say it's equally as good. It's a tie? Her five is his five. And so, like, it's a tie. Her five is his five. And so like it's a,

yeah, it's a tie. She needs to get the six. And then I'd say she's had a more successful career. Have you heard any rumors that she's retiring? No. And my final question for you is how many monster energy drinks did you drink today? I drank.

So did you watch the press conference? No. I didn't drink any Monster Energy drink. I drank a lot of fucking water. They put, it's called tour water. Those cans are full of water. And so I was like, shit, it looks like I'm drinking. Everybody must think I'm just pounding these energy drinks, but it's just water.

So they had them on the table during the press conference. I was like, hey, by the way, guys, I'm not pounding Monster Energy. I'm just pounding these energy drinks, but it's just water. So they had them on the table during the press conference. I was like, hey, by the way, guys, I'm not pounding Monster Energy. I'm pounding water. And Tia took hers off the table. I guess she pulled a Rinaldo and put hers under the... But nobody's going to respond to her like they did Rinaldo.

It's funny because it's funny. And I asked for hers. I said, hey, can I have yours? So she gave me hers because it's I said hey can I have yours so she gave me hers because it's just water do they sell that product yeah yeah it's not just for athletic events oh the water they don't

sell the sugar free energy drink they do sell and but but they don't sell the waters those are just for the for events yeah because when Jessica Griffith won or didn't but they don't sell the waters those are just for events yeah because when Jessica Griffith won or didn't win but when she crossed the finish line

and we were watching the broadcast she saw her crack open a monster energy drink and pour it on her head and everyone just assumed that it was she was pouring they're like everyone's like that's weird that she's pouring an energy drink on her head but now it's clear it's water everything they're drinking on the floor is water it's not the energy drink gotcha all right davey

20 minutes of your time here's the deal i think that's the case of ufcs those aren't fucking that's not monster they're drinking that's water right those are in plastic bottles at the ufc though right i think it's a combination of both. I don't ever remember seeing can and a water. It's interesting. Okay. Here's one more question since you don't know. Again,

it's not like a thing. It's like it only for their sponsored events. Okay. Since you don't want to, since I can tell you don't want to get off the phone. Okay. Uh, what about, um,

what about the rings being, um, so low that Hopper and Fikowski had to bend their knees i mean what about them being so high that merton had to jump fucking much higher than hopper or um fikowski to get to the rings. I mean, it all balances out. You know what I mean? There's things that are advantageous to really tall guys, and there's things that are disadvantageous to really short guys.

But why not just let each person set the rings for their own preferred height? Oh, because you wanted the length of the straps to be the same in order for it to be the same difficulty? Or just the logistics of that. Play that out massive undertaking understood