For my first five years of weightlifting, every part of my training was focused on technique. My starting position, my pull from the ground, my bar path as it traveled up - everything had to be perfect, and I hated… — 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
