Mat Fraser Discusses Life After Competition and Upgrades for HWPO

After winning five consecutive CrossFit Games and hanging up his competitive hat, Mat Fraser's life looks like anything but retirement. Coming up on nearly a year since he launched his training programming company, Hard Work Pays Off (HWPO), the brand is moving to a new stand-alone platform through Fitr Training. Morning Chalk Up's Lauren Kalil sits down with Fraser to discuss the company upgrades along with life after competition, working with Mal O'Brien, and how he has no plans to take the competition floor again.
Video Breakdown:
:35 - Enjoying "retirement"
1:30 - Nerves on the competition floor versus coaching
3:00 - Mal O'Brien on trajectory to win the Open
4:15 - How Mat helps prepare O'Brien and Hopper to tackle the Open workouts
5:00 - O'Brien's goal to compete for many years to come
6:20 - Changes in his coaching versus when he was training
8:00 - Transition from athlete to business owner
10:40 - Having O'Keefe back full-time
13:30 - Growing HWPO
16:30 - Will Mat return to competitive CrossFit?
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[@athlEATcoach]

Lauren is a fantastic interviewer! Really enoying all her work with MCU :)

[@MorningChalkUp]

We love her too!

[@dominicpeterson7626]

What's up team HWPO !!!! Question from the peanut gallery, how many more athletes you plan on bringing on?

[@JB11334]

Brian Friend would be a good interviewer for athlete interviews or former competitors.

[@julietschutte966]

I love the HWPO programming!

[@birgittamattson6154]

Mal looks great

[@Meejj]

Mat's a potato with that camera lol.