HCP #85 - Phoenix Review & How to get better at Wall Balls

**Anthony** (0:05)
This is episode 85 of the Hybrid Coaching Podcast.

**Anthony** (0:08)
In this episode, JK and I are back on, talking about his last performance in the Pyron's Phoenix, as well as we answer some questions on how do you get better at wall balls. Additionally, guys, we only have a few days left of our special 40% off promotion for The Feed. You can get 40% off being a first time user of The Feed by going to thefeed.com/the.
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**Anthony** (0:43)
Oh, how's it going today, JK?

**JK** (0:47)
Well, thank you, Mr. Peressini. Happy, what is it, Thursday for you, Friday for me.

**Anthony** (0:53)
Thursday for me, Friday for you. We are a week past JK earning his qualification spot. Actually, just about one week ago, one week and 10 minutes ago, we were standing on that finish line celebrating you going across.

**JK** (1:09)
We were. Yeah. Yeah. What a moment that was for both of us, actually. Now, we can discuss it. But how are you doing post HYROX Phoenix, mate?

**Anthony** (1:23)
It was good. Feeling okay. Had a travel and stuff. I mean, I guess you guys say, I was getting back into it today. It's Thursday, took a few days down. But I was getting back into it today and I was working out and I was doing some wall balls. And I was trying to mess around with how I was doing them and stuff. And I completely missed putting my arms up and when I tried to recover, I slipped through. I didn't catch the ball in time. And dude, I hit myself in the chin right here. So hard, it's all red still. I thought I busted my lip open and my neck has a bad stinger in it. It's all jacked up.

**JK** (2:11)
Did you just?

**Anthony** (2:13)
I just like, I just like, instead of headbutting, I just like kissed and face butted this ball coming down from a 10 foot target. Just like accelerated into it. It was so bad. Like I was like, oh my God, CNS a shot. I'm just all over the place.
Just yeah, yeah, the window.

**JK** (2:36)
Yeah, I did my first threshold session today, which you'll see it on my notes actually, Anthony, that I got it done. Heart rate a little bit elevated. I only got back from Phoenix 48 hours ago from time recording. So obviously, the time difference and just the flight, right, could be the reason for that. But good to get some fast running in my legs this week before we get back into it as of next week, right?

**Anthony** (3:17)
As of next week, we get back into it. Are you going to have quit the block because you're real? I mean, your next race, well, I guess there is one in between, but your actual next race is Brisbane, which buddy, that's not till April.

**JK** (3:33)
I know. It's a good amount of time, right? Yeah. Yeah. I'm excited. I'm excited for, yes, there is a race that I'm not going to talk about right now, but and a little bit of travel for that, but it's exciting to not have to think about traveling more than anything over the next eight to ten weeks at least, right?

**Anthony** (3:59)
So, yeah. Well, you're actually, I just checked it from today when we're recording, it's 64 days. You got nine, just over nine weeks. Okay. Until, until Brisbane.

**JK** (4:12)
Solid, solid amount of time.
Mate, what, if HYROX Phoenix, just a quick question for you. I personally loved the venue and the stadium. A lot of people on the weekend or even since the weekend have said, Oh, was it, was the stadium necessary or it looked as if it was, there was no one there. You're not going to, HYROX is not big enough to fill a 70,000 people stadium yet guys. So that is not necessarily the reason why HYROX put on stadium races. But like, I just loved it. I just loved the atmosphere and due to the fact that the stadium was so big, it allowed us when we were spectating and other spectators to actually move around the stadium as well. So I just loved it. What were your thoughts on it?

**Anthony** (5:18)
I never want to go back to Convention Center.

**JK** (5:21)
Yeah, correct.

**Anthony** (5:22)
The stadium was so cool. Just the pictures, the environment, the amount of air that's in there and able to keep relatively cool. It's a dome stadium. It's a good time of year in Phoenix at least. Even so, Phoenix knows how to keep the indoors cool. It's required to live there. But they have a track that they can wheel the turf, the real grass outside. So we're actually running on real concrete. It's not like the tiles that they lay down for running over other turf and stuff that's permanent fix. So absolutely super cool. Love the stadium. Yeah, you're never going to fill 70,000 seats. Concerts don't fill 70,000 seats. That's why they do them in smaller venues. And I think State Farm Stadium there is 64,000 seats or something like that plus standing room. So you're literally talking about 70,000 people in order to fill that venue. It's not going to happen. But being on the floor, it was filled, especially during the elite races. I know they panned a couple of times. You could see the stands and it's like, oh, nobody's sitting in the stands. It's like, yeah, dude, everybody was on the floor.