Boys Interrupted

Mayhem Classic Prep, GOWOD Warmups, and Jay Crouch Joins the Pod | Boys Interrupted

The hosts talk about recovering from a recent illness and how it affected training intensity and recovery, then shift to using GOWOD mobility, building and sharing custom protocols, and joking about long warmups. They discuss the Mayhem Classic in about 10 days, travel plans, rumors of an offsite swim, and the officially released “Midline Century” event, including strategy considerations and comparisons to other athletes’ performances. They make podium predictions for the weekend and debate workout programming. Guest Jay Crouch joins to recap his quarterfinals schedule and strategy, describe his daily training routine in Australia, travel challenges, improvements since training full-time with Proven, and his goals to qualify through Torian Pro. The episode ends with banter about moon-landing conspiracies, Halloween stories, and a note on Rob Orlando’s passing, plus a plug for their Ellis Project documentary and motivation for Jason’s final Mayhem prep.

00:00 Back From Being Sick

00:52 Training While Recovering

03:18 GOWOD Routine Talk

04:56 Long Warmup Stories

06:43 Mayhem Weekend Prep

08:56 Midline Century Breakdown

16:01 Podium Predictions Debate

19:45 Random Tangents And TV

22:55 Holiday Conspiracy Rants

27:09 Guest Jay Crouch Joins

30:24 Jay Training And Friendship

35:37 Games Leaders Jersey Memories

38:32 Life After CrossFit

38:50 Life After CrossFit

39:41 Travel And Training Toll

40:53 Breaking Into Top 10

42:55 Demo Team Chaos

45:00 Torian And Ricky Rivalry

46:31 King Arthur Workout Breakdown

48:43 Why Torian Hits Different

50:21 Mayhem Picks And Roman Stories

53:50 Moon Landing Flat Earth Debate

01:01:12 Ranch Games Rumors

01:04:24 Remembering Rob Orlando

01:06:43 Snatch Bets And Prep Talk

01:13:59 Ellis Project And Sign Off

Live Quarterfinals in Boise: Workout Order, Wild Strategies & Josh Bridges Commentary

The crew goes live from Boise to preview their CrossFit Quarterfinals weekend, joking about “the boys” strategy takes, travel meetups, and everyone battling varying levels of sickness. They announce they’ll compete at CrossFit Canvas Friday and Saturday (and may visit CrossFit North Side Sunday), stream workouts starting Friday at 1:30pm Mountain/3:30pm Eastern with different guest commentators for each workout, and collaborate with the CrossFit Games to stream on their networks, with Josh Bridges set to commentate the first live workout. They outline a reverse workout order (row/clean & jerk/handstand push-ups first, then deadlift/double-unders, then bar muscle-ups with hang squat cleans, finishing with a shuttle run/overhead squat/burpee workout), debate pacing and clean & jerk approaches, and plan to draw four different strategies from a hat for the muscle-up/clean workout. They react to donations, tease a comedy-show punishment tied to hitting 10K subscribers and a barbell giveaway, and close with weekend timing updates.

00:00 Boys Breakdown Intro

00:39 Boise Meetup Plans

01:34 Livestream Schedule Guests

02:46 Josh Bridges Hype

03:26 Quarterfinals Vibe Goals

04:00 Sick Week Banter

04:44 Basketball Trash Talk

06:58 Strategy Hat Idea

07:46 Big Donation Moment

13:32 Workout Four Gameplan

21:03 Workout Order Deadlift

23:13 Jump Rope Testing Talk

25:23 Dallas Donation Game

28:50 Next Workout Tease

30:10 Workout Order Debate

31:21 Donation Shoutouts

32:03 Strategy Ideas Chaos

34:28 Grip Fatigue Breakdown

36:00 Chat Tangents Shirts

42:18 Intensity Coaching Talk

43:54 Nasal Breathing Zones

48:38 Weekend Plans Banter

53:48 Sprint Workout Pacing

57:03 Colton Never Lays Down

01:00:01 Bible Study Updates

01:00:40 Live Schedule Wrap Up

Boys Interrupted: Travel Chaos, Meet & Greet Stories, and CrossFit Quarterfinals Workout Breakdown

The hosts kick off Boys Interrupted by joking about recording separately, then recap a hectic stretch of travel, getting sick after Miami, and major flight cancellations that left them stranded and driving long hours, including reroutes through Atlanta and a night in Boise. They discuss airport frustrations, how they pack competition vests, memorable vests from past events, and odd meet-and-greet experiences, including inappropriate fan behavior. The conversation shifts to a conspiracy-theory PowerPoint night, then to CrossFit Quarterfinals: they explain that workouts were released before the official window, outline strategies for all four workouts (including the choose-your-own-rep-scheme workout), and share plans to livestream their attempts with guests. The episode ends with an argument over an Open punishment tiebreak and a push to hit 10,000 subscribers.

00:00 Boys Interrupted Kickoff

00:34 Nonstop Travel Life

02:28 Sick After Training

04:34 Miami Flight Chaos

12:38 Vests And Comp Souvenirs

15:52 Meet And Greet Madness

20:48 Conspiracy Night Stories

25:07 Quarterfinals Plan And Workout 1

33:40 Games Podium Odds And Payout Debate

39:26 Workout Two Breakdown

43:35 Tiebreak And Strategy

45:06 Chaos Rep Counting

47:36 Reality TV Tangent

48:50 Workout Three Deadlift Dubs

52:30 Breakup Sets Lessons

54:48 Workout Four Row CJ HSPU

01:00:20 Weekend Gameplan Recovery

01:06:55 Open Punishment Debate

01:19:06 Final Decision Signoff