Rich Froning Jr.

I like coming home because nobody knows who I am. In Cookville, I'm Rich. I'm not a big deal. People like Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, they just can't live a normal life and you do feel sorry for those guys.

Hard work is just something that my parents, when I was young, they made sure that we knew what hard work was and that it was okay to work hard and okay to sweat.

I put way too much pressure on myself and put too much into CrossFit. It had become who I was. That's really when I figured out I don't want my identity to be CrossFit.

CrossFit is a very humbling sport and you can be really good at something and look like an idiot doing another movement. It's a nasty thing, but it makes it a little more fun.

The guys I work out with used to have a thing where if we didn't read our Bibles for 10 minutes a day we'd have to do burpees. By now we just figure everyone's doing the reading!

Everyone wants to look good, but with CrossFit you get so much more besides looking good.

I've been to CrossFit affiliates all over the world and the programming varies, the coaches are different, but it feels the same. Always welcoming, always fun. Whereas with a regular gym you go in, put your headphones on and don't talk to anybody.

Sleep is huge for me. I don't set an alarm. I just wake up when I wake up.

I'm completely of the opinion that anybody can do CrossFit.

Luckily, I found CrossFit. I do a lot more legs now - that's for sure.

I was a strength coach for over a year where our teams used CrossFit, and our football team won their first conference championship in 36 years!

For anyone beginning CrossFit I would say find a local affiliate and get there. They have coaches and a community set up.

People get injured everyday doing simple things. The problem comes sometimes when people crank up the intensity on skilled movements before they are ready.

I think CrossFit is highly beneficial to any athlete, in any sport.

Everyone always asks if I'm going to 'make my kids do CrossFit.' I'll never make them do anything. I will, however, make sure that they're physically active in some way, that they'll play some type of sport or do gymnastics or dance or something.

I'm one of 32 first cousins on my mom's side, and 25 of us are boys.

I want my kids to understand that hard work is essential and that I wouldn't have them do anything that I wouldn't do with them.

I loved CrossFit before I even competed, I was just doing CrossFit. It was a completely different thing. You learn a lot about yourself and the people around you when you do it.

Definitely stick with a program for more than a week or too. You've got to ride the program out - a lot of people like to hop around on things, but to get a real good base you've got to stick to a good strength program.

The problem I used to have is that I would eat in the morning, get busy training, and then maybe I'd have a shake or two throughout the day, but I wouldn't really eat anything. Then, at night, I would just kind of eat a larger meal or two, but by my second training session, I was usually kind of beat up or worn down.