Training Time is Learning Time – Paul is Introduced to Crossfit [VIDEO]

When I decided to throw my hat in the ring to be a competitor for American Ninja Warrior, I knew I would need help.

Thankfully, there are a lot of really fit people in this town.

I may have just met one of the fittest. Justin Thompson is a high level Crossfit trainer at Miramont, and one of the original Marines that the tried out the program before the public even knew what Crossfit was.

The reason I like Justin is because within a few moments of meeting him, he taught me something so simple about fitness and working out, I felt like I should have known it. But, he's the professional, as evidenced when he explained how negative repetitions (so, on the pull up, the negative is when you lower yourself back down) actually strengthen us more than their opposite.

I'm around him for a minute and I'm learning. And I'm tired. This is the guy to help me compete on a national stage.