If you have taken your level one in Spain then it is quite likely that you were taught by today's guest Coach Nat Diez (@nat10p)
We talk about her career in CrossFit, her humble beginnings in the sport, working her way up to the position of Country Manager for CrossFit Espana (@crossfitespana). We speak about the incredible rise in popularity in CrossFit in Spain, and how the pandemic has contributed to that. Nat has also judged elite athletes in CrossFit competitions since 2015 and she has some valuable advice for anyone who is a judge, plus we discuss the future of CrossFit in Europe. And we talk about her amazing collaborative project with a local hospital in Mallorca working with people with cancer
Min 0 to 4.50 Nat talks about discovering CrossFit in Miami after moving to America
4.50 to 6.30 Nat talks about her art career and her mum
6.30 Nat breaks the news to her mum that she is giving up her Advertising Executive career
7.50 Nat talks about change
8.30 Taking her L1 course
9.30 Nat instructed by legends
11.00 Finally landing a coaching job in Madrid
14.00 Nat’s judging career, Invitationals and Regionals
15.00 Nat translates for Head Judge Boz
16.20 2020 Online CrossFit Games and judging Gabi
16.40 The curse of the judge… damned if you do
17.30 The difference in behaviour between elite athletes and mere mortals
18.30 Nat’s advice for anyone who is judging a competition
20.30 What the Country Manager does
24.00 Who is the top country in the world for CrossFit affiliate growth and what has inspired it?
27.00 What type of person is taking up CrossFit?
27.40 Online classes and how they affected the popularity of CrossFit
31.00 The unofficial competition between the countries
32.00 Shout out for Dani
34.00 Appreciation for pro athletes
35.00 Sam Briggs hero moment, you are awesome!
35.50 Virginia Fonol (@virfinol)
36.00 Shout out for pro athletes that Nat has met
36.40 Will the south of Europe start to send more athletes to the Games?
37.30 The relationship between the Affiliates and the Sport
38.00 Nat’s view on how the new reshuffle of the qualifying places for teens and masters and the new length of The Open
42.00 A definite need for more Teens Competitions
43.00 Lift, move, work? What?
51.00 The lunch break workout
52.40 The burpee secret
53.00 The Prehabilitation project (@crossfit_frontgarden)
60.00 The unicorn
61.00 Her love of teaching, the CrossFit Mama.
62.00 180 seminars down!
64.00 Passing on the passion
We have an EIC offer for you. You can get a 10% discount on all of The Progrm courses or the Athlete Academy, just pop in the code EIC at the checkout to get the deal. Visit https://theprogrm.com/ and take a look at the COURSES and ACADEMY and make your pick!
You can find Vicki at https://www.instagram.com/vicmcleod/
The Progm at https://www.instagram.com/theprogrm/
If you have taken your level one in Spain then it is quite likely that you were taught by today's guest Coach Nat Diez (@nat10p)
We talk about her career in CrossFit, her humble beginnings in the sport, working her way up to the position of Country Manager for CrossFit Espana (@crossfitespana). We speak about the incredible rise in popularity in CrossFit in Spain, and how the pandemic has contributed to that. Nat has also judged elite athletes in CrossFit competitions since 2015 and she has some valuable advice for anyone who is a judge, plus we discuss the future of CrossFit in Europe. And we talk about her amazing collaborative project with a local hospital in Mallorca working with people with cancer
Min 0 to 4.50 Nat talks about discovering CrossFit in Miami after moving to America
4.50 to 6.30 Nat talks about her art career and her mum
6.30 Nat breaks the news to her mum that she is giving up her Advertising Executive career
7.50 Nat talks about change
8.30 Taking her L1 course
9.30 Nat instructed by legends
11.00 Finally landing a coaching job in Madrid
14.00 Nat’s judging career, Invitationals and Regionals
15.00 Nat translates for Head Judge Boz
16.20 2020 Online CrossFit Games and judging Gabi
16.40 The curse of the judge… damned if you do
17.30 The difference in behaviour between elite athletes and mere mortals
18.30 Nat’s advice for anyone who is judging a competition
20.30 What the Country Manager does
24.00 Who is the top country in the world for CrossFit affiliate growth and what has inspired it?
27.00 What type of person is taking up CrossFit?
27.40 Online classes and how they affected the popularity of CrossFit
31.00 The unofficial competition between the countries
32.00 Shout out for Dani
34.00 Appreciation for pro athletes
35.00 Sam Briggs hero moment, you are awesome!
35.50 Virginia Fonol (@virfinol)
36.00 Shout out for pro athletes that Nat has met
36.40 Will the south of Europe start to send more athletes to the Games?
37.30 The relationship between the Affiliates and the Sport
38.00 Nat’s view on how the new reshuffle of the qualifying places for teens and masters and the new length of The Open
42.00 A definite need for more Teens Competitions
43.00 Lift, move, work? What?
51.00 The lunch break workout
52.40 The burpee secret
53.00 The Prehabilitation project (@crossfit_frontgarden)
60.00 The unicorn
61.00 Her love of teaching, the CrossFit Mama.
62.00 180 seminars down!
64.00 Passing on the passion
We have an EIC offer for you. You can get a 10% discount on all of The Progrm courses or the Athlete Academy, just pop in the code EIC at the checkout to get the deal. Visit https://theprogrm.com/ and take a look at the COURSES and ACADEMY and make your pick!
You can find Vicki at https://www.instagram.com/vicmcleod/
The Progm at https://www.instagram.com/theprogrm/