HCP #91 - VO2Max pt1, Hobbies, CrossFit Open, HYROX EMEA Regional

**Anthony** (0:21)
This is episode 91 of the Hybrid Coaching Podcast. In this episode, JK and I are going to discuss a little bit of hobbies. Then we're going to talk about CrossFit Open, the EMEA Regional for HYROX coming up, and then we get into the first part of our Vio2 Max discussion that gets you a little cut off because there were some bees flying around my recording area. So let's make Hybrid Fitness work for you. How's it going today, JK?

**JK** (0:53)
I'm well, thank you, Anthony. Well, happy Wednesday for me, happy Tuesday for you.

**Anthony** (0:59)
Nice. Happy Wednesday for you. We were just talking right before we started this, and we just found out that we both play chess.com. I was asking you what's your username so I could find you as a friend. Then I realized I don't know if I want to add a bunch of people as friends because I have a very aggressive style of play, and it's not like a lot of people will when you're playing Chess, if you're like super aggressive, they're like, oh, that's not right, you shouldn't do that or like, why don't you resign if you're losing on something? I don't usually, I just play to the end, I play timed games.

**JK** (1:43)
Right, take it down. Yeah.

**Anthony** (1:47)
So, if you want to, and I'll delete it later if you don't, if you want me to take it off later, what's your username?

**JK** (1:53)
No, my username is Einder. If anyone wants to play me on chess.com, my username is burpeesrocks with an X underscore JK. Burpeesrocks and the rocks has an X underscore JK.

**Anthony** (2:15)
Wow, you joined November 16th, 2025

**JK** (2:19)
Yeah. I've barely played, but I've got it. The reason why I've got it is because back then, Ted Petro and I were like, I think we need a hobby or something that's not fitness. Is there a hobby that's not fitness?

**Anthony** (2:36)
Just so you know, I'm sorry to cut you off. I can look at your profile. I just pulled it up and it shows friends. The only friend is a picture of you holding a chess piece and it says, Teddy Checkmates, JK is your friend. I'm going to add him as a friend too.

**JK** (2:56)
You should. But we started this because we're like, we need something to not distract us, but that's not fitness. I played chess a little bit when I was young. Not well, but I know how to play. So it's like, yeah, let's get back into some chess. I don't know if I'm, I am not aggressive like you, Anthony, because I just play and just kind of see what happens.
But hey, if anyone wants to play me in chess, burpeesrocks.jk.

**Anthony** (3:37)
Nice. I've been a member since March 9th, 2020 on chess.com. I used to play when I was really young, like elementary school we played. I think I won my school when I was that old. I got a little trophy. Used to have a big chess poster. It was pretty cool.

**JK** (3:59)
Really? Yeah. So you were a chess man. So I was Ted. Ted was apparently a chess man back in the day. That's why he beats me all the time.

**Anthony** (4:10)
So there you go. Do you know what your ELO is?

**SPEAKER_3** (4:16)
What's that?

**Anthony** (4:19)
Your point ranking.

**JK** (4:22)
No idea. It's been a while since I've been on this app. So I have no idea. I'm sure yours is going okay.

**Anthony** (4:35)
No, I mean, I don't know. I don't know how high the ELOs go. I know that Grand Master is like 2400, 3200 or something like that.

**JK** (4:46)
I'm not close to that.

**Anthony** (4:48)
2700 I could look up what Magnus Carlsen is, but we won't do that. Anyway, we were talking, we thought maybe other people would be interested in doing it.
I'll say my chest name on here. People can write in and challenge me. I don't mind. I don't play that often unless it's like a speed game, though. So my chest.com name is StrongBadzGlove. Do you know who StrongBadzGlove is?

**JK** (5:21)
No, I don't.

**Anthony** (5:23)
This was back in... This was back early 2000s. StrongBadzGlove. You should look up StrongBadzGlove. Whole like series of things.
Yeah.

**JK** (5:38)
Oh, so StrongBadzGlove is not a chess player? No.

**Anthony** (5:44)
He's like early 2000s internet thing. He used to like, he's got boxing gloves on and he'd be like doing some spring cleaning and then he'd be like going through stuff and read about emo and be like, deleted. Yeah, that's StrongBadzGlove.