I think they really really like us.
I have never seen anybody make the barbell look so heavy before in my entire life.
This is the untold story of Team Good Times.
It started with a tweet. @Rorymckernan said "I'm a free agent for the CrossFit Games. #TeamSeries Anyone need a Clydesdale with moderate to above average fitness?
#HaveFitsWillTravel"
And then I, from across the hall, was like,
"@RoryMckernan @CrossFitGames, I'm across the hallway."
That led to–
Hey Sam Briggs and Margaux Alvarez,
Me and Heber here have an offer you can't refuse
One-time tryouts only for Team Good Times.
Heber: CrossFit Games Team Series. Bring the heat. Bring the Heat.
Rory: Say yes to life.
Please be on our team.
Anybody, please somebody be on our team.
Turns out Margaux and Sam were already on some other team.
When we called the fittest woman in America, Chyna Cho,
she said, "Ugh, it's Rory again!
Listen, Rory, my fiancé's a cop.
I don't know how you got this number,
but you need to stop calling me.
Bye."
teamcarleen, Carleen Mathews, CrossFit Games veteran said,
"H-a-h-a-h-a-h I am looking for a team dot dot dot dot dot."
But Colleen was confused about who Rory McKernan was,
so she invited Rory Zambard to be on our team,
and that led to–
Yeah, so we're ready to see Mount St. Helens
and pulled up on CrossFit St. Helens.
It's actually not a volcano. It's just a CrossFit gym.
I think these are the ladies.
Hey guys!
Hi!
Hey!
Hi!
What up?
Hey!
Hello, Rory.
Let's get these bars loaded up. Let's do this.
So these boys have a few things in their favor.
They've got Instagram,
on point.
You doing the Team Series?
I am.
Who's on your team?
Lindsey.
Josh Bridges.
Graham Holmberg.
And Christy.
Sam Briggs.
Camille and Annie.
(laughs)
We're gonna crush them.
Good luck, bro!
He doesn't stand a chance.
Their smack talk game
is pretty on point.
Hey, did you see the thing that Josh Bridges posted?
Yeah (laughs).
Josh who?
Josh Bridgers?
What an idiot.
18 fucking times. If you don't (indecipherable) the hair on your ass if you don't use the fat grips on the deadlift.
Each one of you should be holding 350 by yourselves.
Josh Bridges.
(laughs)
Josh Bridges, I use fat grips,
but only on the clean and jerk because I'm a boss.
What you know about that?
Woo!
Exercise,
dah!
I don't really know about that.
The short one, Heber,
his movement was a little shaky.
We've got mechanics, consistency, then and only then intensity.
This is where he was.
225.
(cheering)
I hit that.
Yeah!
I know that we're keeping the women afloat,
but on that last one
Carleen was like, "Hey, hurry up,
because you're killing my vibe."
3, 2, 1.
Yeah!
Woo!
How long did we–I have no idea what time it is. What time is it?
8:15.
It's 8:15?
Time for you to get a watch!
Oh!
Am I right? Am I right? (laughs)
Just smashing shit, you know?
Like, we showed up, and the ladies had donuts.
On point.
There's the real maple bar
with peanut butter dust.
Mexican chocolate, dulce de leche, caramel apple fritter and the good old fashioned.
You want like a glazed donut?
Clearly you are not in the donut game.
You're clearly not in the donut game.
Hey toots, you got those set up yet?
What's taking so long?
I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Today we're doing muscle-ups and deadlifts.
Normally that would be my jam.
But with these guys,
it's not going to be pretty.
Team Series about to go down.
Rory: What are you doing?
Heber, get off Instagram!
I'm making a snap guys.
Ha, my bad.
We tried to do fitness.
But–or, two of us did fitness,
and the other two kind of–
What are you looking for?
The rings are up there.
Announcer: Rich Froning starting to walk, taking a break there.
That's something you don't really see, but the halfway point ...
Are you kidding me?!
What the hell?
Come on!
Announcer: Meanwhile, Josh Bridges
got left in the dust as he was still deadlifting, so ...
Didn't really hold up their end of the bargain, but–
I thought this was going to be funny.
It was actually really sad.
I'm trying not to fuck up the hand slaps.
Ok, so the hardest part was actually not the work capacity.
It was the logistics.
With hard work and team synergy,
Team Good Times made it into the top 13 of the Pro Division.
We'll leave out that there were only 13 teams in the Pro Division.
Konnichi wa. Rory, Heber, peace, quiet, thunder and lightning,
and we've got some guests on today's show.
Rich ... Frowning. Frowning?
Please hold.
Intimidation one.
Intimidation two.
Intimidation three.
Question number one, Rich:
Why does Sam Briggs keep calling to see if she can be on my team?
Sam, sorry Sam.
No.
Good question.
We're not gonna take Sam Briggs,
because she's not American. Heber: She's not American.
This team is made in America.
Heber: 'Murica.
Where's that shirt made, Heber?
A little place called Bedrock?
Bedrock, which America was founded upon.
Ro: We never intended to have meaningful questions.
Hey, girl.
Hey, girl!
(weird noises)
When you're hanging out with your family,
are you having bad times
or good times?
Uh, I'm having fun times.
Josh Bridges, when you win workouts,
are you having bad times–
Josh: You smell like cheese.
Rich: You smell like beef and cheese.
Woo!
I want to win.
Team Series work two–week two.
Workouts were just released. The ladies are here.
Carleen: I think we should write them on the whiteboard.
Ok.
I think we need some whiteboard action.
Well, if Heber asks you a question,
then we would listen to you for a second,
but it was my turn to talk.
Here's the deal:
I'm feeling the best about this one
and this one.
But we could do these two today also,
I don't even care,
but whatever we do,
Heber's doing Randy, and this is a women's bar.
1, 2, 3, Good Times!
Well me and Rory did great,
but the guys ...
These guys are like legitimately
really excited about it.
I think we're kind of into it into it,
like, taking it seriously, kind of,
when they don't really get that they're the joke.
Heber: How did you feel like (indecipherable) yesterday?
Ro: Awesome.
Awesome in a way that I hadn't felt in a long time.
Had I ever taken hallucinogens in my life,
I imagine that it would be the same feeling
of having–like seeing colors differently,
hearing sounds, like not necessarily through your ear holes,
but like from inside of your brain capsule.
They put on a good effort.
Heber, he ... PR'd.
(cheering and encouragement)
The girls love us.
They were having a blast.
They were laughing. I think I saw them laugh one time.
Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of things I'd rather be doing
right now, like,
I don't know, my homework, Scrabble
by myself.
Woo!
Bro, bro. We crushed.
We crushed.
It was during the front squats,
we started to come together as a team.
Yeah, right there. That's right where I catch it.
Mmhmm. Mmhmm.
Carleen: Just make sure you receive that bar well, you know?
Ro: That's how you get it up.
Heber: We realized we needed a little bit more bonding before we could really dominate.
Feel ready?
Yep, yep.
Taking this seriously, alright? Let's do this.
Heber: So what did we do?
This is going to end well.
(laughs)
Last one, my friends. Last one, my friends.
Carleen: All or nothing.
Good Times on three. One, two, three.
Good Times!
Rory: I had a great time with this Team Series event.
I think it really brought out the best in–Heber!
Are you Snap Chatting right now?
Go go go go go go go!
What the fuck was that sound he was making?
It was like a dying cow.
(dying cow noises)
Oh man.
It was fun though.
At the end of the day, we had "good times,"
and they gave a good effort.
Every single workout, they gave 100 percent.
And that's all we can ask of them.
When all is said and done,
we did have "good times."
But what did we learn?
What was the takeaway from this whole adventure?
We learned you have to work really hard in the world of CrossFit
to just be average.
But, at the end of the day,
I had a pretty good time,
and Team Good Times,
it lived up to its name.
There was something really poetic
and beautiful.
Heber: And hey, we beat two teams in the Pro Division.
We won't mention that they didn't show up for the second week.
I would like to have a little bit of funny.
Maybe you can smoke a cigarette.
Do something healthy maybe, yeah?
Smoke a cigarette. Have a sausage, maybe, and a beer.
I would like to do this with you people.
You look very fit. I like this.