The 4th Pull Podcast

Geo and JP have Pat Barber on the show to talk about the landscape of competitive exercise and how it has evolved over the last 15 years. We start with Pats background. Theater and Volleyball are not the usual mix for a dude who lifts weights and runs fast, but it turned out to be an amazing foundation for Pat. He was a college volleyball player who found CrossFit through his Coach at the time Tony Budding.  From there Pat was immersed in the original CF gym, CrossFit Santa Cruz.  He was getting instruction from Greg Glassman and Nicole Carroll back in 2003.  Greg, the founder of CrossFit and Nicole, current director of training at CFHQ.   Check out this sweet old school video of Pat- Demo WOD Pat Barber. Pat talks about the landscape back in 2003 and how the sport and movements have evolved over the years.  The other curve ball Pat threw in was that he started on the CF media team.  He was not picked to be on the Level One Staff or picked to be a great athlete.  He worked his way up the ranks and took on any