HALEY ADAMS ROAD TO THE GAMES // EPISODE 2

2020 one year that has felt like an eternity is finally approaching its conclusion at least where the crossfit games are concerned at these 2020 games haley adams the most junior athlete in the field and a young woman who has grown up inside the sport of fitness will compete for the title fittest on earth where the games themselves spent their childhood the ranch in aromas california in the 14 years since its birth the games grew from backyard barbecue to worldwide sporting phenomena however as is the case for all of us the challenges and restrictions of the covet 19 pandemic have restricted the games to the confines of the internet and home stage one identified the top five men and women via online competition now finally in stage two they will meet in person under strict guidelines to find who is the fittest among them while this year has been uniquely difficult mentally for all of the athletes haley adams has stepped up to each challenge and treated them more like opportunities we're here so yeah we're at phase two ready to go i'm really excited so it doesn't feel real i think when i get out there it'll feel like the games more than it did in stage one so i'm excited for that feeling it's cool to have somebody to root for somebody to push for somebody to train with kind of have a purpose for doing what we're doing you know coming in here every day smashing ourselves into the ground [Music] it's cool because haley's such a good kid i connect with her on the competitive side of like i understand where she's coming from where she's at we've seen haley's confidence grow since phase one i think phase one and phase two is really cool because you get to compete at the games twice i'm super excited i'm ready to go and compete against these girls and top five [Music] i will run i will rise i will grow i will climb to the place i belong will fight like the world's never known like the world's never known [Music] and it burns like a fire in my veins in the end remember money [Music] while haley has achieved greatness as an individual she relies on an all-star team for support in training a team that boasts the greatest athlete ever to play the sport rich froning as well as multi-year team champion of the crossfit games tasia percevich quickly realized my role goes to training partner and so we've literally been haley's training partner ever since and so now what are we in october i feel like we're still grinding and it's been a long year so my role to haley first off i want to say she does it all on her own she doesn't need me right like she is incredible and it's all her i want to definitely pay respect to rich and his incredible programming like everyone knows what he does works and to see him and how his mind works and develop that for her has been great that's one of the things that i feel like i do have from a either programming whatever you want to call it coaching position is in my head as an athlete more more always more i needed to do more i needed like and so i learned over the years in which i wouldn't have learned wouldn't have had those experience now knowing that years i probably did too much you know so pulling her back on the reins like i told her this time of year right now i want her leaving here thinking man i could i should have done a little bit more you know like i don't want her leaving here maybe a day or two a week the last five weeks going oh i feel like crap we did way too much i want one of one or two of those days but mostly i want days of ah did i do enough today like i want that in your head a little bit as far as me i would have more emotional support so just like hey maybe we've done enough today you're doing great like what do you need what can i do can i run and grab this for you um and then just reminding her of the positive right we've seen such a transition in her mindset i think even from phase one to phase two how she's believing in herself and just to try and help continue build that up for her i i look you look at some of the stuff that you know is going to happen at the ranch some of the uh we've stopped we've seen some some testing photos of people swimming we've seen some testing photos of people sprinting and running the hills that to me that's something that right away you're like oh haley adams that she is going to love that stuff i'm super excited for all the running hopefully um yeah odd objects and just getting to compete like it's a once in a lifetime thing hopefully uh to be in this situation so hopefully i can take full advantage [Applause] [Music] yeah i think haley's her demeanor and who she is her composure and how she can go into a competition with a ton of pressure and remain calm and collected is going to benefit her greatly she can separate compartmentalize one workout to the next and also stay calm and when the girls are around her workouts we find out right that even if you start out and you're in the lead that doesn't mean you're gonna win right and she'll be able to just keep going through that and grind through those workouts you gotta get up and go get it you gotta want it from the soul you gotta feel it you gotta seize it every moment every minute every time you get a chance you gotta live it handle your business just kind of see that switch flipped you know right before something's about to happen where the uh you know people call it flow whatever you want to call it but you just kind of shut everything out you don't really hear anything you just kind of go to work and haley has that and it's tough to teach that really you know you see people that get so hyped up and amped up that they go out way too hot or something like that it's a little bit different than that it's almost like a confidence and you know that's i guess the best way to put it but when she starts competing it's like she's there to compete which is cool and i connect with and i understand that 100 so it's cool to see that somebody else and somebody so young that has you know such a bright future as long as she can keep you know keep her head level and and keep working hard so phase one and phase two are definitely different in how you're gonna attack it obviously phase one she was by herself she just really had to go internal and give her best effort phase two is gonna be way better because she's got four other women beside her they're all gonna be in the same heat they're gonna know where each other's at and although we've seen that she doesn't need someone beside her to push her she thrives on that i know that from just training with her it's she's gonna buckle down and go and give it everything so i think it will be easier in a sense that she won't need that right she's just gonna get into the workout and you're gonna see your grind [Music] the grind that adams will showcase in aromas far transcends personal glory it's a glimmer of hope in a dark time for the entire crossfit community athletes and fans alike stage two offers the promise of a cathartic end to an impossibly difficult year but while fans have no function but to tune in haley adams intends to showcase the grit she has earned through months of adversity and uncertainty few could or will ever understand that's why for adams the primary function of her cookville family is simply that misery loves company the same can be said of greatness yeah i don't think people see the work that we all put in every day and the sacrifices and how we eat and i don't think people truly understand until you've done it so it is just hard to explain you know i don't have the words for it either but if you watch you know and [Music] knowing what she's put in and the sacrifices she's made and she's not living like a normal 19 year old so you see those things so you want to see it pay off for you know she gets to do something incredible and you know train for a living and she really enjoys it so there is that side of it but you see how much work and how much sacrifice goes into it yeah heck yeah i uh i get a little bit not rowdy but you know a little overly excited on lakeland's you know six-year-old soccer game that they really don't keep score but we keep score you know that type of deal uh hillary's always like would you be quiet i can't help it [Music] up that one over there was the real one that one i kind of knew i had made it but like just seeing it i was just happy you know but that was the real one when like tears started forming was that was a real one because people like i said you just don't know until you've done it a lot of people say like oh i would love to have your life or do what you do and sometimes i know they don't mean it but it can be a little insulting because i think people think we just it's just so easy just come in here work out all day and that's sure that might be what it is but it's so much more than that and that's just what i mean like people don't know i will learn like i said the sacrifice of you know she's a 19 year old she's not living like a 19 year old kid should i guess you know she's she shows up to work and works and then when she leaves here you know she may not be working out but she's taking care of her body and you know not going out and doing stupid things and it takes that sacrifice and that's you know something like i said i completely understand for years i woke up every morning and my goal was to win the crossfit games and to be the best in world of anything and i pretty much sacrificed everything and not proud of you know looking back i'm like i sacrificed you know some relationships that i shouldn't have or sacrificed even time with my wife that i shouldn't but i think you know everybody wants to talk about balance in your life and if you want to be the best in the world anything there is no balance you know it's obsession and she has that and whether it's healthy or not we'll see but it's you know like i said i i i connect with it and i understand it so it makes sense to me i love seeing messages from like young girls saying that i inspire them because i mean i was once that age and i look up to the girls that i'm competing against now so i know the influence that i can have on other people because if that little girl was once me so just knowing that i can make a girl know that strong is beautiful and that hard work can really take you places is a really good feeling too i absolutely adore haley i really do she is so fun she keeps me young with her tick tock and everything else her her tooth gem that she said if she stands on the podium she's getting a tooth gem so i'm ready for that i might get a tooth gem too i mean for haley but what's great about her is it's not just fitness right she truly cares about the people that she's around and she's super kind and humble and those things are truly her it's not fake she's authentically herself and her passion for crossfit and the gifts she's been given she knows and she wants to use them and just be a light to young women and she already is and i think her recognizing at a young age that her platform is so much greater than just her athlete like her being a great athlete because we know that she is that she doesn't need to prove that anymore she has but that she wants to inspire young women to you know grow up and be who they want to be to be strong and be powerful and that's a big undertaking and to see her just step into that role and really lean into that is really incredible and cool to see so yeah i think i've done way more than prove myself this year obviously i think everyone's goal is to get on the podium but even if that didn't happen i would still be 100 proud of my efforts and i mean top five in the world is something to be proud of [Applause] [Music] i think what's great about haley is it doesn't matter the workout right like even she saw that there's a possibility of a crossfit total which technically wouldn't play to her wheelhouse but she's not afraid and that's going to go a long way right you can't let those fear and those thoughts get in your head and she has none of those she's just excited and ready to roll and that's what's going to benefit her super level-headed you know she is super fit but i think she's you know she's going in there a little bit with a chip on her shoulder she wasn't real happy when you know there was stuff said about how much of a surprise or an underdog she was so i like it i think it's good you always want to let either the target or you want to you know have something to aim at for sure [Music] haley for sure will be on the games podium i would not be surprised if she was standing on top i definitely know she's got a long way to go and to grow still which is awesome right so if we don't see her there this year in the future for sure her future is you know she's got untapped potential she's she's if she stays on this course and is willing to put in the work and the time i think sky's the limit for i think you know this year she could uh she could make some noise i'd like to see it obviously you know her being one of us and part of the family i you know i don't want to say she doesn't have a shot to win the games because you never know and so i'm i'm fired up and like i said i know how much of a competitor she is and kind of the with going to the ranch kind of the playbook has opened i guess and those type of things that she excels at are now possibilities you know when we were doing just open style kind of stuff because that's really what stage one was it was very similar to open style stuff those aren't her it's not her specialty or her strength and not having competitors beside her but now that she has that little bit of uh i think competitiveness and a little bit of chip on her shoulder i think you know i think people should be afraid i definitely don't want to take away from the incredible women that are there and they have so many accolades have done so many amazing things for the sport and they still will be doing amazing things for their sport but we can see that haley she's the future she's so young she has so much time left and not only will we see her across the games champion one day but possibly multiple years in that and i am incredibly grateful that i get to play a very small part in that and to witness her greatness i'm a winner [Music] she doesn't have many holes and i think the workouts in aromas are going to play a lot to her strengths and she's ready [Music] is short [Music]

Channel: CrossFit Mayhem

Views: 137,237

Rating: 4.9771657 out of 5

Keywords: Haley Adams, Crossfit games, rich froning, tasia percevecz, 2020, 2020 Crossfit Games, CrossFit

Id: rK9gF__9CSo

Length: 19min 33sec (1173 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 21 2020