Escapist Corner

Gregor Schregle is one of the pioneers of CrossFit in Germany and is the founder and owner of CrossFit Rhein-Neckar. He is also known as the guy who programs the German Throwdown workouts and well known and liked by the community. We dive in to discussion about health and how to drive people more into a healthy lifestyle and especially how hard it is to bring your family to understand that CrossFi...

Events like German Throwdown are very important for new sports and it is important to have professionals taking care of them. This episode we meet Benedict Gebhardt who is the Managing director of the German Throwdown. He comes from a totally different realm of sports but fell in love with CrossFit while studying and being a semi-pro in golf in USA. In this episode we talk about how CrossFit can g...

Anyone that has met Chris Hinshaw will probably confirm that he is intense, in a good way. He doesn’t leave anything to chance. This is probably also the reason why he could compete and be successful as an ironman athlete and businessman. Many top athletes have now started to listen to Chris and his methodology since he started coaching Camille Leblanc-Bazinet, Jason Khalipa, Rich Froning, Sara Si...

This time we meet two icelandic twins. That do Crossfit. And have a crossfit box. That’s a quite good USP. Elin and Jakobina Jonsdottir. Jakobina is probably the one more recognize from being in the crossfit scene for a while. Workout buddy to ie Annie Thorisdottir and Katrin Davidsdottir. But Elin is not a stranger in the crossfit scene. Mather of fact she was one of the first crossfitters in Swe...

In this weeks podcast episode 8 we meet Giannis Geiss who is not only insanely fast runner, but also strong and funny. He started the Berlin Throwdown in 2015 and it has now grown and is held in Berlins second largest sports arena. We get to know what the aim and goal is for the Throwdown. Giannis has gone to several events and competed him self and found inspiration and seen what is good and what...

In this episode we had the honor to talk to Kelly Starrett, which is a legend whiten the Crossfit realm, but also within the professional sports in the USA. He has coached and helped top tiers from all professional leagues like the NBA, NFL and NHL. As a former national champion in kayaking he is also well known within the paddling sports giving best practice and expertise in these sports. He is t...

Elli Hachmann who is german weightlifting champion, joins the Podcast in this episode and we talk about training, hard life choices, nutrition and also how to pronounce Hamburg correctly. She also shares some secrets on having a balanced nutrition and what some common mistakes here are. Also hear her TOP 5 pro tips to become a better weightlifter. Happy listening! You kind find Elli on FB here: ww...

Ramon Gysin from CrossFit Basel is the guy who introduced CrossFit to Europe and has schooled most European coaches you can meet. He is also a world champion in powerlifting and weightlifting and posses several domestic and international records. 2012 he won one of the regional events in Europe and now focuses on coaching athletes to the games via Jami Tikkanens "The Training Plan" and had 20 athl...

Karl Dyall is a swedish actor, singer, dancer, father, former national team tae kwan do, entrepreneur and crossfit games athlete - making him the fittest guy in Sweden for his age group and almost fittest guy in the world. He is the owner of CrossFit Solid that has had their Team going to the games several times and he has trained Lukas Högberg as he just got started. Karl shares a story about how...

In this episode we meet Lasse Rantala from Tampere who is a multi-talented physio, coach, athlete and founder of CrossFit 33100 Reebok and also CrossFit 33400. He is also the founder of a new training protocol called the Athlete Training Protocol which is a holistic training protocol for performance athletes. Taking on nutrition, sleep and training for any kind of sport. Lasse does this in collabo...

In this episode we meet the fittest guy in Latin America, Marco Casali. He got to the second place in the Reebok CrossFit Games 2016 and has now also qualified for the regionals in 2017. He has recently opened up his own box called "El Camino" and shares his experience of being a guy always in movement. He radiates passion and mindfulness for everyone to hear in this episode.

Carl Paoli aka Gymnastic WOD, Freestyle Connection join the podcast and reveals some exclusive information about the future of Freestyle connection. Paoli is also the brand ambassador for Strike Movement and does seminars all over the world. Carl is also an author of the book Freestyle Connection. Our homepage: www.escapistcorner.com Check out Carls channel here: https://goo.gl/ZnQwBw Also check o...