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On Episode 218 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed chef Nick Massie and world-champion arm wrestler and CrossFit 304 owner Travis Bagent. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, April 4, 2012.

The WOW (Workout of the Week) is from Outlaw CrossFit in Alexandria, Va.

Back squat, 20 reps (Note: this will be a single-set test. The recommendation is to use approximately 70… Continue Reading

Get to know Travis Bagent from his home in Shepherdstown, W.Va., to the Nemiroff World Cup table. Proclaimed the greatest left-handed arm wrestler of all time, Bagent was also the announcer at the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games and is a devoted father and coach.

Bagent won the 2005 Nemiroff World Cup wrestling right-handed but had never been back until this year. Starting in 2006, he began coaching youth football for his son, and the season… Continue Reading

Join Sevan Matossian as he captures the athletes, judges, spectators and staff, providing a look at what goes on before, during and after the events of the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games.

In Part 6, Matossian catches Tony Blauer of Blauer Tactical Systems and John Hackleman of The Pit hanging out with the athletes.

After Event 6, The Killer Kage, Matt Chan is fired up.

“I needed something to click for me, and that was it,”… Continue Reading

CrossFit New England placed first in all six workouts at the Northeast Regional. Andréa Maria Cecil investigates what makes the affiliate excel.

On the third day of the Northeast Regional, some of the roughly 1,000 spectators grew weary of three words.

“There’s people out there who are tired of hearing me say ‘CrossFit New England,’” said Travis Bagent, the event’s emcee, as he sat down for some shade beneath a tent.

The solution to the problem is… Continue Reading

Arm wrestling is a niche sport full of specialists—but they get the job done very effectively. Legendary champion John Brzenk and rising star Travis Bagent proved that point by taking on any and all comers at the 2009 CrossFit Games, and neither lost a single match in Aromas.

Brzenk is the subject of Sevan Matossian’s award-winning film Pulling John, and Specialization finds the director back in the world of arm wrestling… Continue Reading

Travis Bagent is one of the greatest armwrestlers in the world. He and John Brzenk will be at the CrossFit Games armwrestling any and all takers. These four videos document Travis’s first attempt at a CrossFit workout.

Sevan Matossian wrote this about these videos:
A series of videos that shows a 6' foot 3", 275lb man (pro athlete) try a simple workout and struggle on all fronts. He wants to… Continue Reading

World Champion arm wrestler Travis Bagent will be taking on all comers at The CrossFit Games in Aromas, California on July 10-12, 2009. In this video, Travis demonstrates three basic arm wrestling moves and explains why they’re often misunderstood by people unfamiliar with the sport. Slow motion replays from competition follow each demonstration.

First up: the top roll. Travis describes it as the art of pulling your… Continue Reading

Episode 71 of CrossFit Radio aired live at 6:00 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.

01:31 Kicking off the show was an interview with Peter Egyed who won a place at the CrossFit Games by finishing first in the Last Chance Qualifier. Peter was disappointed to place 11th at the Great Basin Qualfier. So he welcomed the opportunity to get to the Games by submitting video evidence that he was among… Continue Reading