Ben Smith on why he trains and the evolution of The CrossFit Games PH49

Pursuing Health

Julie Foucher MD, MS

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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0:00.0	I go into the gym and now I have a group of people that I train with. I have my brothers, I have my family,
0:04.3	I have this community around me. It's like that's what it's really all about.
0:11.6	This is episode number 49 with Cross-at- Games champion Ben Smith.
0:17.0	Welcome to pursuing health.
0:21.0	I'm Julie Fushe, medical student and former
0:24.0	across the games athlete. Here I bring to you information and
0:27.6	inspiration from experts and everyday individuals for how to use lifestyle to
0:32.2	maximize health.
0:33.8	Thank you so much for joining me.
0:35.4	Now let's get started with this week's episode.
0:39.8	Hello everyone and welcome back to pursuing health.
0:42.0	I am just getting over a little cold so
0:44.0	please bear with me, but I'm very excited about this next episode. This is an episode I recorded
0:49.2	with 2015 CrossVig Games champion Ben Smith while we were at the recent Reebok
0:53.2	Athletes Summit in the Bahamas.
0:55.2	This was a really fun event that happens every year
0:57.5	and I was glad to be able to participate again this year
1:00.0	to catch up with the athletes, learn more about
1:02.2	what Reebok is working on and get some great
1:04.4	training in. I was glad I had the opportunity to sit down with Ben and chat while we were there.
1:10.2	A little bit of background about Ben before we get started.
1:13.0	He was an avid baseball player growing up and he was introduced to Cross Fit during his senior
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