HWPO Sweeps the 2024 CrossFit North America West Semifinal

We're back with PART TWO of our experience at the West Coast Classic (North American West Semifinal). Michele, Mat, Jake and O'Keefe run the Triple 3 course, Aimee leads a HWPO LIFT workshop, and Coach Josh just about has a heart attack. Get all the tidbits you DIDN'T see on the competition floor, and get HYPED for the Games this summer.
Shoutout to all of our HARD WOKERS who competed at this event:
Chris Ibarra
Cole Greashaber
Hannah Erickson
Julia Holm
Nick Roberts
Pat Vellner
Rafael Sancen
Sam Kwant
Tristan Harrison
For more on HWPO Training and to download a free trial, visit HWPOTraining.com. HWPO AFFILIATE, led by Michele Letendre, launches June 3, 2024.
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[@harca6]

Awesome that Pat is a hwpo athlete!!! Goat 🐐 status

[@HaydenGoodalll]

Pat looks like a fucking super hero

[@djsgolfer714]

Amazing to me how Mat pretty much never got seriously injured during CrossFit Champion days but then blows out his knee when he retires… but then again it’s Mat… so I’d only imagine the extent of his solitary focused spartan lifestyle

[@Davis.smith.weightlifting]

So, I’m a weightlifter and not a crossfitter, but I had to do a double turn, because I used to see Preslie train at ASU and talked to her once or twice in the sun devil fitness center. It’s cool seeing people you’ve more or less known be successful in their industries. How cool to see a fellow sun devil working with the biggest team in CrossFit now. Small world! #GoDevils

[@vogelbein]

Didt know Vellner is part of HWPO. Thats awesome

[@MarcJansma]

His coach, Michele Letendre, joined HWPO as Head of Affiliate Programming when HWPO acquired her company Deka Comp, which offered affiliate programming. I think that Pat joining HWPO is a result of this acquisition.

[@natefrazee8235]

@@MarcJansmayeah I don’t think that Vellner would be happy if he won the games and had to credit it to HWPO - I’m sure his training is about the same (where it’s him and his coach doing their thing), but he’s now affiliated with hwpo cause of his coach

[@christytaylor6395]

​@@natefrazee8235 He even said on Sevan Podcast he's still training the same. His coaching hasn't changed but HWPO gets to claim credit now.

[@truemarius6171]

I think the guy who made this is called Carlos, and he is the man!! 🤘🏼🔥🔥

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

Carlos is that dude 🔥

[@bownmedia]

Thank you, Marius!

[@edwinsanchez2570]

is the title basically saying their hwpo athletes made the games?

[@christytaylor6395]

Did you have to go back & look at who made the podium too? 😆

[@edwinsanchez2570]

@@christytaylor6395 yeah the title was a bit misleading to me! it worked because it got me to watch it.

[@mas9493]

That wait before naming the 9th winner should be illegal.

[@hanzli2623]

anyone would call out this event was soooooo empty. Honestly a joke, US semifinal are so spoiled. We get to see the best. But look at oceanic and European semifinal that looked fun!!!
Move the games overseas.

[@cdutch513]

What about Tristan?

[@abss4808]

22:01 artist and track name?

[@mball005]

Right? Shazam doesn’t know

[@johnkehoe3230]

MAL please

[@nascentideas]

Its a shame that Mat runs everywhere at these events and doesn't seem to ever give fans a chance to interact with him.

[@PeterWindsor-e1m]

He’s got work to do

[@jondiakanwa4864]

5:20

[@DavidWied]

Do you feel better now...?

[@jeffreywoods7239]

Love the people who don’t watch the entire video and make stupid comments

[@nascentideas]

@@jondiakanwa4864 at an organised meet and greet. He never seems to stop otherwise, watch any video of an event he's at and he's nearly always running or in a private box.

[@gabrielwhitman2243]

Aimee seems like she would get annoying REEEEEEALLLL fast lol

[@brittmasters1391]

Actually she is a quite a pleasure and it sounds like you may need to reflect on your irritability

[@liz9147]

Aimee is an absolutely awesome coach. Gabriel, meanwhile, is just fetid backwash.

[@HaydenGoodalll]

Aimee is the light

[@gabrielwhitman2243]

@@liz9147 🤣🤣

[@TwoOnesTanks]

I love that Pat & Michelle are with HWPO

[@sometimesising1016]

Excellent production. Thank you for the standings and clear explanations.

[@ACSWAB-f5h]

Crossfit HWPO Forget about it , madd lov, and Pats baby - adorable

[@JosephWilliams-v9x]

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[@RegenmeisterMo]

Cool one

[@jpara617]

My testosterone just boosted 200 points

[@bonawah876]

Same here, same here

[@guyfox166]

CrossFit athletes by nature are little dorky and a lot cheesy. And it’s the most adorable thing about the sport and community. Here here! 😁

[@subzero4579]

Media team did a great job making these recap videos.

[@mball005]

What is that song at 22 mins? Final event ?

[@ScalperSpecltr]

Are there HWPO gyms in LA?

[@MatFraserHWPOTraining]

As we rollout Affiliate programming (starting next week), we'll start to build a map of what gyms are following HWPO 🙌

[@ScalperSpecltr]

@@MatFraserHWPOTraining thx Mat!!!!!

[@babinstitution36]