The two Olympic weightlifting events are the snatch and the clean and jerk. So 90% of the time, you're practicing the snatch and the clean and jerk. With CrossFit, it's different all the time. It's fun. — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
Before most events, I dry-heave or throw up, because I'm so nervous. It's not enjoyable. — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
The biggest mistake I see with people who are new to CrossFit is trying to advance too quickly. Just because you can do a… — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
After school I would go to the gym where I actually did Olympic weightlifting. And usually that night I would do bodybuilding stuff, core,… — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
I have accidentally fallen asleep twice in my life and it freaked me out when I woke because I didn't know what happened. — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
I almost looked at it as a waste of my experience, from weightlifting into my CrossFit career not to share some of the stuff… — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
The pull-ups aren't my strength. That's the gymnastics guys' game, and I don't have to be shoulder-to-shoulder with them going into the next movement. — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
Waking up naturally to light is way better. It feels way better than waking up to an alarm. — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
There are so many movements you can do. You can modify almost everything and still train, but stay off your injury. — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
There's a handful of guys who have a 300-pound snatch. But if they go run a mile and then try to snatch, they're going… — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
Unless I go through my nighttime routine of telling my body it's time to go to bed, for some reason if I get into… — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
If there's a lot of pull-ups or muscle-ups there's a big potential for tearing your hand or something like that where, if you tear… — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
