A biography for Rich Froning Jr.hasn’t been written yet.
“The way CrossFit is - anyone, on any given day, could beat you.”
“I worked in a factory for six months and was a firefighter in Cookeville for several years. They paid my tuition, and I got a lot of life experience during that time that helped me grow up.”
“Everyone always asks if I'm going to 'make my kids do CrossFit.' I'll never make them do anything. I will, however, make sure that they're physically active in some way, that they'll play some type of sport or do gymnastics or dance or something.”
“In life, you don't really know what's coming at you. Like a firefighter, or police officer, or anyone else working in the emergency field, they don't know what's going to come at them. You gotta be ready for anything.”
“Luckily, I found CrossFit. I do a lot more legs now - that's for sure.”
“I knew religion from an early age.”
“CrossFit is a very humbling sport and you can be really good at something and look like an idiot doing another movement. It's a nasty thing, but it makes it a little more fun.”
“Don't think about the 50 reps ahead of you, just the next 5.”
“It's how many times you get back up that defines you.”
“Some of the people on the teams I've been on need to be uplifted and kind of loved on. And some people don't need that at all - they need to be pushed; more hyped up.”
“What I realized was that CrossFit wasn't what defined me as a human being, it was the sacrifice that Christ made for me and all of us that defined who I was.”
“I use CrossFit to glorify God with the talents he's given.”
“Broccoli, spinach, celery, and the like are excellent low-calorie foods that are densely packed with vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and fiber. Their ratio of nutritive value to calories can't be beaten, and I eat them with most of my whole food meals.”
“I truly think the secret to the effectiveness of CrossFit is the community side of it: People suffer together, accomplish together, and support each other along the way.”
“I always enjoyed the training part of baseball. I went to play college baseball and decided it wasn't for me.”
“The CrossFit games, the four-time Fittest Man on Earth isn't about me. It's about Him and the talents that I've been given. It's my way to glorify Him through what I do.”
“Eggs are not only one of the highest quality sources of protein, but they come stocked with various vitamins and minerals as well.”
“Yes, when you win once, you feel you can do it again.”
“Everything that I was reading the New Testament - everything was applicable to daily life - trials and stuff I was going through, everything matched up.”
“I eat a lot of peanut butter and drink a lot of whole milk.”