DAVE CASTRO | CrossFit Open 18.0 and Fighting Mat Fraser

1. CWChris Williamson0:00

   (wind blowing) Mr. Dave Castro?

2. DCDave Castro0:07

   Yes.

3. CWChris Williamson0:08

   Main man, how are you?

4. DCDave Castro0:09

   Good, thank you.

5. CWChris Williamson0:09

   Welcome.

6. DCDave Castro0:10

   Thank you.

7. CWChris Williamson0:10

   Welcome to London. Um, 18.0 has just ended me.

8. DCDave Castro0:14

   (laughs)

9. CWChris Williamson0:14

   Um, can you explain where that came from?

10. DCDave Castro0:17

    Yeah, so the, uh, the idea of doing an 18.0 or a pre-workout before the Open starts has been something that's been floating in my head for years. I've always wanted to do it. We've never activated on it or moved on it, uh, within CrossFit. We've never made it a priority to execute on. And this year, Reebok asked me if I'd come out and do this event with them, and they s- they reignited that idea and they said, "Would you be open to doing a pre-Open announcement?" And I said, "Sure, let's call it 18.0."

11. CWChris Williamson0:46

    Uh-huh.

12. DCDave Castro0:47

    And so we decided to, uh, to do it here. And the workout had to be true, core CrossFit. You know, simple. Nice bite. Uh, two movements that are common to the Open, but with different twists.

13. CWChris Williamson0:59

    Yeah.

14. DCDave Castro0:59

    The- the- the dumbbell snatch we put a new standard on it of just bringing it down below the, uh, head before you make the switch.

15. CWChris Williamson1:07

    Mm-hmm.

16. DCDave Castro1:07

    And then the burpee over the dumbbell is something new. We hadn't seen that.

17. CWChris Williamson1:10

    Yeah, it is.

18. DCDave Castro1:10

    So it's pretty cool 'cause now you- you're gonna have people, uh, assuming, and they might be assuming right or they might be assuming wrong, that that burpee that we just introduced will be the burpee in the Open.

19. CWChris Williamson1:21

    Well, you like to throw a couple of curveballs in, right?

20. DCDave Castro1:24

    Yeah, and so this is- this is- this, uh, 18.0 has provided a nice little, uh, it's gonna get people talking about what might be coming.

21. CWChris Williamson1:31

    This is just-

22. DCDave Castro1:32

    We'll be all.

23. CWChris Williamson1:32

    ... another Dave Castro Instagram post, isn't it?

24. DCDave Castro1:34

    Yeah, basically-

25. CWChris Williamson1:34

    (laughs)

26. DCDave Castro1:34

    ... but just for Reebok and live and for this event.

27. CWChris Williamson1:37

    For sure. Um, so yesterday on Instagram, I saw you trying to put Dan off during a photo shoot?

28. DCDave Castro1:43

    Yeah.

29. CWChris Williamson1:43

    Um, have the guys ever tried to put you off during the games? Have they ever tried to come up behind you and whisper just random movements in your ear so that you end up, like, saying the wrong thing or forgetting?

30. DCDave Castro1:53

    Not during the games. During the games people ... they're pretty occupied with what they have to do.

Episode duration: 11:47