Tag: WOD

Scott Dawson has been a friend of mine since he showed up at the box and started turning our athletes inside out at the age of 40 a couple years ago. We later found out he was a part of Naval Special Warfare and had served as a Air Rescue Swimmer for many years prior. (That's why he doesn't get tired!) Currently he's a Naval Special Warfare recruiter. You can find him on the fields or at the pool putting recruits through hours of training. He's preparing them for selections ahead. Navy SEAL, EOD, Air Rescue Swimmer and Navy Diver pipelines. He's a humble guy and a real role model for the youth and everyone around him.

Little did we know, when he's not at the box or out on the road working he's at home in his man cave cooking up music tracks with digital equipment and instruments he plays himself. He's always rocking Led Zeppelin at the box during his class and when he's hit a wall during a WOD he looks over and gives the Zeppelin que and we know what to do. Recently he had this idea to make tracks specifically for CrossFit WODs. He made two tracks based around Fight Gone Bad with built in time queues for each round and station switch. One is a remix of Led Zeppelin songs and the other is his own instrumental mix. This is his first debut and we're psyched he came to us with it.

Captain America Himself

Feel free to download it and use it for the Fight Gone Bad coming up this week. Or play it whenever you do the workout Fight Gone Bad. May this track bring you more reps and adrenaline.

Fight Gone Bad By Scott Dawson - Click to play

Fight Gone Bad (Zeppelin Mix) By Scott Dawson - Click to play

Occasionally I sit down on a rower, facing a rubber floor filled with athletes, and see something that makes me envious. I see someone going at a workout in such a way that almost looks painful, but they won’t stop. There’s a motivation there that only that person knows and it carries them to another place where the pain doesn’t mean shit and the finish line is all that matters. They could be blind. They hear and see nothing. If they do hear anything it’s the voice in their head telling them to keep going.

People feed on this type of energy, especially in a CrossFit gym. They yell and taunt the athlete with no real understanding of the pain and mental battles they’re pushing through in that moment. The spectators are in-sensitive as to whether or not something has happened to that person in the past or that very day that is driving them to fight out of anger, hatred or other personal emotions.