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Going into Regionals our on-site team had hopes to make it into the top 15 as a rookie team, this is their story.

Max lays out whats to come from TTT following Regionals and heading into the Games.

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The first of my three talks at the TTT Open Camp was a fired up plea with our athletes to ensure they did not try to put me or my ideas on a pedestal as the organization continued to grow and gain more notoriety.

At one point, I was the guy who believed that enough reading, enough experience, enough social proof, enough money, and enough physical prowess would be proof that someone had the answers.

It took many years to realize that those 'answers' don't exist and that many of the 'gurus' put on pedestals were just flawed regular people sitting behind a curtain, just like in the famous story "The Wizard of Oz."

I'm not your Wizard. Join me in this 3-part series of my talks from our Open Camp last week and I'll show you what's behind the curtain and how "Oz" was built. - Max

Travis Mayer began working with Max in 2012. This is their story. Our coaches breakdown how 17.4 went for us and our athletes.

--Soundtrack--
Dialogue by Alan Watts
"Race In" by Battles
"Segue 1" by Failure
"Raise Your Weapon" by Deadmau5
"Battleborn" by The Killers

CrossFit Games Update Show footage by CF HQ

TTT Coach Kyle Ruth joins Max to discuss swimming in the sport of CrossFit and how we're going about coaching our on-site group here in Atlanta.

Max El-Hag answers this question from our youtube.

Max answers the following 4 questions (time-stamped and listed below) taken from our Instagram and answers them against a 4-minute clock. Then at the end he'll answer as many questions as possible in 4 minutes rapid fire style.

01:14 - If the strongest powerlifters rarely implement tempo work, why do you favor tempo work so much? Let's assume its for a client with no previous injury background. Layne Norton and Greg Nuckols have written how Poliquin overuses tempo work.

05:11 - Have you ever had an athlete with a messed up hormone profile? After making the proper lifestyle changes how long does it take before the hormones come back to normal? (sorry if the wording is off)

09:55 - Can you discuss the future plans of the educational course offered by TTT?

15:25 - Using MED principle ( Minimum effect dose ) , i assume you did Test for see if the athlete adapt or not .how you know this is the right dose or not? (too much) thinking about 
interference and residual effect.

RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS
21:05 - Which books about training prescription do you recommend? Thanks!

21:40 - Would you ever consider playing Lex Luthor in a Superman movie?

22:08 - Do you ever find it beneficial for individual design athletes to join a group class on occasion? Conversely, how do you coach someone transitioning from group classes who may have a hard time with motivation or giving it 100% effort without the competitive environment a class tends to offer?

23:31 - Are the days of the regional competitor who works a 40 hour work week (standard desk job) coming to a close?

23:51 - Do you (Max) have performance parameters or prerequisites that you use as a guideline for determining if an athlete is a good fit for your coaching or is it more about mental fortitude/performance? I know you spoken about how Travis Mayer was a high level athlete before and now Noah Ohlsen is on board as well. What is that consultation process like?

24:55 - Why is a shoe called a shoe?