5X CROSSFIT GAMES CHAMPION MAT FRASER ANSWERS 10 OF YOUR QUESTIONS

[@camerongray7767]

I’ll never get enough of listening to Mat talk about competition

[@ThomasMiller3D]

Love this type of content! One tip: read the questions out loud for the people who are listening but not watching.

[@gemmadawson2230]

Yesssss, pls read. I often have headphones in feeding my babies or settling them, and i love a good toned talk video like this!

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

Good idea. Thanks for the feedback

[@oliviablack1334]

Yes please!!!

[@molloplease]

this

[@A_Flourishing_Life]

Agree!

[@disgruntled.pelican]

I started CrossFit in early 2016, and that year was my first time ever watching the Games. I still can’t fathom how much you dominated, it’s inspiring

[@WayneGlass1]

I appreciate seeing Mat's vulnerability throughout this video.

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

It was fun. I’ll do another AMA soon. Thanks for watching

[@michaelbean4878]

This type of content is so cool, it’s rare that champions in any sport just have a vulnerable sit down like this. Thanks for being open with us Mat! Will you have a booth at the games?

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

Thank you. Yes, we will be there

[@ItsMarkWeller]

Listening to mat speak so openly was fantastic, loving the new content recently!

[@JordanBaileyMerkel]

It always makes me smile when super incredible people say the one who made the biggest impact on them were teachers. One of the hardest jobs. But truly one of the most important. No one becomes a 5x champion alone! Thanks for sharing Mat!

[@tiffanykimberley587]

Hey Matt, You were my inspiration to reach my goal of becoming a female Firefighter in Australia. It took me 4 years but finally I reached that goal at 46 yesrs of age, you really inspired me and trained like i never thought I could. You were definitely my inspiration. Tiffany 🙏

[@Roseabovewellness]

You’re far from a quitter & love to prove people wrong - we have that in common! I also love the vulnerability throughout your video, it’s really meaningful to see it coming from you and shows your authenticity. Goosebumps and teary eyes all throughout this watch!

[@biggucci3hunna741]

Mat, thank you for taking the time to genuinely answer these questions. You are exemplary. I Always appreciate and value when you share your perspective on life. Your insights are enormously helpful. Thank you!

[@isabelphillips6399]

Loved it. Enjoyed this immensely. Greatest of all time.

[@sonjaoskarsdottir41]

Matt is the man could listen to him all day long.

[@anonymityman3448]

For those who don't know, in the HWPO Flagship 2.0 programming this week we did both 6x6 emom backsquats and ALSO same day the 9 round 1:40 on,0:20 off rowing interval workout. Fun to watch this after having done both!

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

Glad you noticed

[@anonymityman3448]

@@MatFraserHWPOTraining Love you dude!

[@loqueponelagallina]

Not because you are bad are something you are going to be bad forever I needed to hear that in this exact moment of my life, thanks a lot Mat. Hard work do pays off

[@ACSW-f5h]

Mat you are truly inspirational, GOD Has Blessed you thru your life in ways so when you tell your stories you give hope to many. Mat your Athlete Work Ethic Is extraordinary incredible. the mind set of focus and determination ( like there is nothing else because i will not fail ) Amazing, and in having that mentality in everyday life - awesome. and me and my wife have 5 kids, you will be great at being a DAD bro foreal. GOD Bless.

[@alwaysABadWolf]

This had me in tears. It was an honor to be a spectator during your competition years.

[@ericplaza5283]

HWPO is the mantra for life, you’re the living embodiment of it my man. Appreciate you and what you’ve done as I strive to live my life through this ethos. ✊🏽

[@tvraven]

Always love listening to Matt talk about his experiences and mindset around training and completing. Defo throw it back into my own training

[@beachralph]

Awesome mat really interesting to hear what all your thoughts for all the questions. I’m 53 years old I been watching you for last 3 years and you inspire me so I joined cross fit it’s only been 7 months now but wow it is incredible and I have a whole a lot of respect for the sport. So thank you Mat Fraser for who you are and the champion that you have become and the influence you have did. Keep make more videos and hopefully one day I can shake the hand of 5 time worlds fittest cross fit champion THANK YOU 🙏

[@geoammerman523]

Bigger Mat Fraser fan than I was 40 minutes ago. Thanks for doing this.

[@michaellim8651]

I was a photographer at the 2017 games….I had my camera locked on Mat and had no idea what a beast

[@jrparker4804]

Great chat with the goat 🐐! Love the format and hearing all the stories from Mat. He’s one of kind and IMO the best ever.

[@theegress3131]

This guy is just BUILT DIFFERENT

[@angelarodriguez9751]

NOT ONLY HIM

[@theegress3131]

@@angelarodriguez9751 well who else you know has went to the lengths he has in the sport? Torn LCL first day of the Games, wins. Some freak anomaly with his rib finds a way to get back to health so he can win. Gets hit by a car on a motorcycle puts a damn ankle brace on and WINS. This is warrior type shit for real. I’m not trying to be rude or discredit anyone else but nah, IT’S ONLY HIM.

[@michaelr1922]

@@theegress3131rich is better

[@alwaysABadWolf]

💯👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼​@@theegress3131

[@nickbloomfield4236]

It's so awesome to see post competitive crossfit athlete Mat Fraser! Cheers for the great stories

[@idahojohnson6105]

Have a poster in my apartment of Mat. Teaching my son about this legend and his principals! Much love from Denmark

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

Tell your son I say what’s up! Show up, work hard, make yourself proud.

[@ToriLeahPlunkett]

Thank you for this content. Thank you for being vulnerable and emotional and unashamed. I felt like we were just hanging out, chatting. So good! Blessings.

[@A_Flourishing_Life]

You are one of a kind, toughest mindset I’ve ever heard by far.

[@aaronburke2469]

Ben Bergeron ACTUALLY said "Drop out of school. Move to Boston. Live in my basement and you'll be a multiple time spirit of the games winner."

[@camerongray7767]

💀💀💀

[@brandoncjgrimes]

😂😂😂

[@DaneFiveNine]

That sprint was crazy. All offseason they were talking about about how slow you were 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

It sounds cliché. But hard work DOES pay off. I worked my ass off that year

[@GregAitchison]

THIS. WAS. AWESOME. Thank you, Mat! 🙏

[@celticguarb]

Love this side of you Mat. It's amazing you can talk so open. My question for you is: If you has the chance to travell back in time, would you do something diferent?. Like a Workout

[@1theaterofdreams]

Have been dabbling in CrossFit for 2 years. Engineering background similar to yours. Protruding l3-l4 and annulus rip with protrusion l4-l5. Miss Hang Power cleans and burpee box jump overs. @MatFraserHWPOTraining - This was great to witness - keeping my head in a good space. Thank you ! It will be a slow painful climb for me . From Upstate NY - right next to Burlington

[@kaiwilliams141]

The total knowledge of your ability to say "I'll fix it again"

[@StevenLum-v3z]

Matt you will always be the MAN awesome video 🤙🏽

[@michellecall8420]

This was really fantastic! I very much enjoy everything you share. If this was something you would ever feel comfortable sharing, I would be very interested in hearing about if you ever had to deal with anxiety or depression or sadness during your competing days and being able to train when you were feeling those things. And what you did to keep yourself going.

[@TheMovementDr]

lots of barks. Godzilla in sub 3 is crazy, in 2013 is even more crazy.

[@alex23011]

really appreciate the vulnerability the goat shows here

[@wolfiepower8103]

That was a great insight to Mat and life. 🎉

[@kristinadavis5515]

Loved this, thanks for sharing Matt!

[@AZ-xr2fx]

You're a good man Matt. Good stuff 👍

[@marc-andreperreault1353]

”A happy competitor is a dangerous competitor” .. so Mal is gonna be sooooooo dangerous next year!! 💪💪

[@jillianoneill8226]

This was awesome. Love the insights.

[@D4SV3NOM]

Appreciate the transparency 🔥

[@vanillaghetto]

Wow, this was my favorite. And we have a lot in common...both in the intellectual and physical! I skipped 5th grade and was still painfully bored AF in 6th. I finished *everything* first, and at least if you finished first or second there were two manual typewriters that you could jump on. Suffice it to say that I became an excellent typist at age ten, long before computers and cellphones, haha.

[@Dwizzle77]

Absolute legend

[@DarkLordRevan]

Great to see you open up. Question, who do you admire most in sports like Basketball and Tennis. For me you're the same kind as Kobe and Djokovic who are my favorites. Love you and what you do keep it up GOAT!

[@FabioMarcoBros]

The first answer hits, so HARD. 😮

[@1207Rg]

You've experienced the Crossfit Games as an athlete and now as a coach. Besides the obvious (competing vs not competing), what are the major differences between the two experiences? Is there something new about the Games that you never noticed before? Thanks for the video!

[@eziocometto3887]

Loved this video as much as watching you competing, so ispirational! My question: do you feel treated as a VIP now in your daily life around other people? Or did your interactions with others changed a lot after getting famous?

[@miriamramos1831]

Mat you are truly one of a kind. Love following you and am loving your family. You need to make more babies with Sammi...your daughter is just model-beautiful!

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

That means a lot. Thank you!

[@trishhigginson9888]

The Fraser years were CrossFit’s best years!

[@jorgodaoutis5136]

the greatest!!!!!!!!!!

[@scottb2607]

Definitely a F'n Legend

[@HarleyMom223]

This was great Mat 😊thanks for sharing!!!!

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

Thanks for watching! Love Q&As

[@HarleyMom223]

@@MatFraserHWPOTraining I loved hearing from you!! 💪🏼Big fan!!🤗

[@theantizen]

This was great. Thank you.

[@ailengarcia5751]

Matt: First: I love u. Second: what you think that the thing who makes the difference for qualify to the CrossFit Games?

[@adamalderson9883]

Matt I find it amazing how you were balancing school with being such an elite competitor. Considering your academic objectives at the time, I was wondering what were your grades and did you complete your degree and minors?

[@mistameanor1]

Thanks, GOAT.

[@HMSTRR]

Loved the video!

[@memefortime]

the old school training footage has me feeling nostalgic 🥹

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

Glad you enjoyed the video Rodrick

[@GodisGood794]

Imagine the pain he felt in training and competing. To be 5x in a row is unthinkable. No one has ever felt and embraced the pain cave like Mat. Not even Rich.

[@showup247]

legend

[@SebastianoGeisert]

GOAT

[@NoelNole1221]

Some crazy stuff, awesome

[@puravidaot]

Why you're tasting pennies: The sensation of tasting pennies after a heavy lift is often attributed to the taste of blood, which can be released from the tiny blood vessels in the lungs or airways when they are strained. This metallic taste is due to the presence of iron in the blood. During intense physical exertion, the pressure in your lungs increases, and if some blood vessels burst, a small amount of blood can enter your airways and be tasted. Another possibility is that intense exercise can lead to increased breathing through the mouth, causing dry mouth and a metallic taste.

[@stefanwilbur3332]

So the saying of "making your lungs bleed" is actually what is happening.....nice

[@javierd.6682]

Gold 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@willgriffin7919]

Will you ever ever bring back the Fraser files

[@seedheechhaatee3891]

The touching Angel Alex Guerrero🙏🏾

[@knowlescity]

This was brilliant. Only one MF. Part 2 hurry up.

[@armeous5028]

Question for the next one, 2 parter: were you worried at any point during Saturday and Sunday 2019, and did you welcome the challenge and change of pace of not wearing the white shirt then?

[@Gaiartemis]

Great VLOG. How is your relationship with Tia?

[@ultimatestriderz]

2016 sprint .. I saw camera man running faster than some atheletes.. man they are also built different.

[@marcomendez5010]

With your Mechanical Engineering background, would you ever meausure the distance of your fulcrums to the loads being moved to reduce moment forces on your body? On a similar note, do you plan on designing your own brand of exercise equipment?

[@smartsfitness]

Di you find higher bodyfat was a key to success for conditioning and strength ( I personally definitely feel fitter and stronger at higher bodyfat levels)

[@SebastianoGeisert]

Great Content 👏👌🙏

[@seanaugust8081]

Just did the 9 rounds on the ski for the first time. Held under 1:55. Felt like I could go faster next time. I wonder what Mat held on this one? My guess is 1:39.

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

Sub 1:40

[@seanaugust8081]

Damn called it

[@jigarpatel4515]

You mom is a G for not telling you that you tore your knee

[@deandrejones2002]

Now I’m gonna go watch the muscle up clean workout to watch mats facial expressions knowing his knee is trashed ..

[@_Jo-El]

Sick!!!! Bro how were you broke in college with a doctor mom?

[@lafordgirl7549]

What I was thinking.

[@eltennis]

Just cause the parents have money doesn't mean they're giving out donations to their kids.

[@_Jo-El]

@@eltennis yes thank you. My question still stands.

[@NewmanFitness]

Cool video 🙌👌

[@kkelleyjr100]

Question for part 2: How did you and Sammy come up with Eddy's name (I am not sure about the spelling)

[@ABCDenham26]

Do you still have the itch to do games level competition or is it just something you are down with now?

[@sweetd00026]

5 slices of pizza stacked up like a sandwich 🤣

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

Good times

[@tylerscott6640]

What's the longest or most intense training day you've ever had? How many total hours were spent working out and what were some or all of the workouts/movements?

[@linadiaz1953]

hope i will see him at Forthworth, Texas 2024 GAMES

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

I will be there! Follow @hwpotraining on Instagram to get updates about our activations / plans for the week.

[@cngz3.3]

Feedback for the next video. This content could easily be listened like a podcast if you announce the questions.

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

Great point, thank you!

[@tylerscott6640]

I like hearing about the dark side of athletes pushing themselves to the limit and beyond. What are some of the worst injuries- acute or long-term, that you've sustained over the years, and do any of them still affect you today?

[@YSoCruS]

Do you think that genetics is a big part of your dominance or is it just HWPO? Or to ask it in another way, do you think a ”normal” crossfit guy can get as good as that with doing every aspect right?

[@clairesanders1456]

I know you’re not asking me, but just for kicks, IMO yes genetics plays a role for sure.

[@salmu22233]

Not to take anything away from all the hard work but genetics plays a massive part, especially at the highest level

[@derek0730]

id pay to see matt sign up for hyrox and just dominate everyone

[@matthewparrish8305]

How are you finding balance now has a father, entrepreneur, and fitness now

[@CartersFit]

Mat, do you think someone can do what you did with your CrossFit games career?

[@um1369]

Did you use any negative life experiences to drive you ? Ex being overweight when you were younger or did you not use negative experiences as fuel ?

[@danibearhugs]

Do you have concerns for the future of the sport with how things are going?

[@EtanRowleS]

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[@ingles4762]

is Mal still a HWPO atlhete?

[@smatheny80]

Yep, the 2024 athletes are: Mal O’Brien, Jacqueline Dahlstrom, Jayson Hopper, Katrin Davidsdottir, Brooke Wells, Jake Douglas, Amanda Barnhart, Christine Kolenbrander, Sam Kwant, Cole Greashaber, Victor Hoffer. But Mal isn't competing this year, she moved to Hawaii for a year to focus on herself and her mental health.

[@TheDaddymac21]

Big fan Matt. Also a big fan of Tia. I have to know, why would you leave her out of the best training partner question??

[@michaelbean4878]

Because he had her as a training partner. The question is who “WOULD” you have. Just like some pro basketball player being asked. If they trained with LeBron all day every day, but then said MJ if I could. Would you have an issue with that answer?

[@TheDaddymac21]

@@michaelbean4878 of course I wouldn’t have an issue with that answer. And maybe it’s just a me thing but if I had trained with one of the best, I would say something along the lines of “I have been fortunate enough to have the best training partners along the likes of LeBron James and Kobe Bryant but if I had to pick someone I didn’t have the opportunity to train with, I’d pick MJ”. Again, great point. I didn’t see it like that until you brought it to my attention. I just thought he’d at least mention Tia.

[@CristianGalaz-c2o]

I hope its just rumores but none of them have even mentioned one an other for about 2 years. They were awsome together

[@markpalacios6137]

@@CristianGalaz-c2o they’re not friends anymore, been like that for awhile

[@TheDaddymac21]

@@markpalacios6137 that’s what it seems like. I’d like to know why tho. I hate to see it.

[@electrickq]

So did Mat’s mom knew he torn lcl, but didn’t tell him so he would compete without this fear or did she miss it?

[@ReluctorWoW]

the big dog has spoke

[@adambalaz1604]

You described the birth situation perfectly - powerless, whatching her suffer..🙏🏻but magic at the end🩷

[@AntoinetteSusie-r3m]

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