INFLUENCER. what is her message?? When you compare this to what Laura Horvath says in her winners speech at the Games. That's INFLUENCE. Speegle just sounds bitter!
These new athletes are so ungrateful, and one of the many reasons Rich was so great not just winning but he grew the sport. He brought exposure not just to himself but would let CrossFit use him to make CrossFit bigger. Maybe some of these ungrateful people should go around bringing recognition to CrossFit and be a part of making it bigger, instead of complaining it's not bigger without helping. You hit the nail on the head with this Andrew 👏
There’s a guy that goes to the same gym as me, he’s got a wife and three kids he runs his own landscaping business and has a couple of employees. He works hard, he’s a good father and husband. Basically he’s just a good dude. Him and his wife are people I look up to and they don’t even know it. I can never understand how people believe it’s their responsibility to put themselves in the spotlight and inspire people. Just seems weird to me.
It’s called being self absorb and constantly looking for validation. They just try and pass it off as being a good human being. It’s like when they go on a rant about being a strong woman and breaking down barriers yet nobody has put barriers in their way.
She contradicts herself All. The. Time. It’s exhausting keeping up with her swaying positions. And she’s not controversial. But she really wants to be. She wants to portray this strong female character but she’s obsessed with playing victim. The two things don’t go together.
I’m sorry. She’s not a smart person. All of her answers were general and vague. This is a 6th grader doing a book report off the back of a book. She HAS to do CrossFit because it’s the only “influential” space she has. She’s a hanger on, as bad as she apparently hates it.
This is exactly what is wrong with the world…It’s interesting how someone who has used CrossFit as a platform to generate an income and become an “influencer”, who has now become irrelevant in the sport, finds fault with the sport. Accountability needs to be taken for her poor performances in recent years and not playing the victim. If I was TYR would I want to be associated with an athlete that doesn’t like the sport that we invested in and sponsoring him or her for!
Summary: "If I'm not good at it and I don't get my way, it's not CrossFit" Sounds bitter and petty. Also, for mayhe the first time since she's entered the CF world, she's getting a little blow back for standards of performance and then having a bad attitude. Not a good look
After watching the whole video I can say with confidence that this woman DOES NOT know what CrossFit is. She has been training what she loves doing from CrossFit and has decided to believe that THAT is actually CrossFit. She has used CrossFit to built up her fanbase, which is fine. But why do CrossFit give her a spotlight her when you can clearly see there are other women athletes who love CrossFit and could push the Sport part of CrossFit forwards? OH, and she confuses "for quality" with "movement standards". Please...She has no idea and I feel sorry that NO ONE in her life has told her this. This has been embarrassing to watch, she is someone so many people admire and she is showing so much ignorance overall but specially when she mentioned Dave Castro. Thank you for the video Andrew!
@@C.B.-nq4dx When I heard that I was like, "yep definitely, not someone who should be given spotlight in the CrossFit media space." As I said, I do know there are other women who can be interviewed and will do a much better job at representing CrossFit, i.e. the woman in one of the @hillerfit BTS video who said: "I don't mind/care. If they ask me to jump I say "how high". Regarding a question about the programming. That was lit.
@@hillerfit She's just an attractive athlete who got her start in CrossFit to moderate success (Regionals and Games appearances), but soon to capitalize and monetize their following and fame, branches out to stuff out of CrossFit, see Brooke Ence becoming an extra in the Wonderwoman movie.
@@chfan1 true Brooke never bashed CF like this, but just highlighting there’s a bunch of parallels between them and Brooke was the 1st person that popped in my head when she went on an on about aspirations outside of CrossFit.
@smotwani true, but I don't see anything wrong with that. Brooke, Miranda, Margeax, Scudds, Kristi Eramo, Rich, and Fraser all went on to bigger things using CF as a launch pad
Dani speegle is proof that looking good in a bikini isn’t enough to make it to the games or even be in contention to be the fittest on earth. You don’t see the top athletes parading themselves because they’re too busy working to be amazing. She’s content with being mediocre at CrossFit and having a career as an influencer which is fine… just say that! Stop blaming it on the programming, or the size of your legs, or the judges or the community, or leadership. 🤷🏽♀️
Listened to this last week. And good lord, does speegle even know what CrossFit is? Her saying the programming wasn’t CrossFit drove me nuts. And it felt like she was just bitter she didn’t make the games. All I heard was her complaining.
The crazy thing of all of this is that CrossFit originally didn’t involve such heavy weights into workouts unless it was a max lift. It was more about your engine than it was your engine lifting heavy. As the years have gone, it has progressed. The weights, in the Games, have increased. To me, scaled has move into the old RX and RX is now RX+. It’s definitely evolved
@@dhall75608 just like Pro Wrestling, Body building , Cycling, Olympic sports, this will all come out one day after years of denying it…….I remember when people called out Lance Armstrong for years and it was almost sac religious to question his success
Great feedback and commentary on this video. The majority of what Speegle said felt like projection in response to the criticism people have of her. Her monologues felt like the daily affirmations she tells herself in the mirror every morning. It's hilarious how Niki looked like she was having an internal battle to prevent herself from screaming STFU and/or fighting to keep herself awake the entire time lol
A 5k run is not Crossfit? I think Rebecca Fuselier and the entire crowd at the Capitol in 2022 would disagree. Never seen so much cheering for a last place finisher ever. I still get chills every time i rewatch that event
Honestly it’s the VARIETY of skills and events that should be the beauty of CrossFit. As a fairly thin, 5’11 woman, when I was new to the sport I felt like my short, muscular friends had every advantage in things like Olympic lifts, kettlebells, handstand push-ups, squats, etc. I still think shorter, stockier women have a bit of an advantage in the sport, but I have my few favorite things that I excel at (running, box jumps, rowing, wall balls, bike). But for the rest I cheer on my friends, recognize their hard work, and try to keep improving on those skills even if I don’t have as much of a physical advantage. I COULD just ignore or complain about the things I’m not as good at and cherry pick the things I am good at, but that misses the point of CrossFit entirely. I was excited to see a 5k (4.5k lol) at the games this year because it not only gives taller, lankier athletes a chance to shine, but it challenges the ones who have less of an advantage to show that a height difference isn’t going to stop them from pushing themselves to excel at every aspect of their sport. If she channeled some of her negative energy into actually doing better at the things she spends all of her time complaining about, she’d probably be a lot more successful, well-rounded athlete overall.
I loved watching Niki Brazer's expressions, or lack of them, during the entire interview. Is it boredom? Exhaustion from the Games? Does she think Speegle is a moron, but is resigned to biting her tongue for the sake of the show?
@@hillerfit I've only watched the parts of the interview you clipped on your show. I did not watch the original interview. I shouldn't have said "entire interview".
A- Brent Fikowski competes and he’s doing what he can to fix and/or improve the sport of CF. B- Dani S, got disqualified and now she’s talking against the sport of CF and doing nothing about it. Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds.
Ugh that this video even exists. I admired her until this past year when I started hearing more of her opinions. I also unfollowed her on Instagram because she’s more interested in thirsty followers than CrossFit ones. Can we just stop talking about her and maybe she will move on from CrossFit?
She’s probably realizing her time has come to age out now that it’s super competitive and doesn’t cater to her strengths as much. Imagine if she was winning and she made it to the games this year
@@furezjwho cares about ped use if you think you can get what she has without work you are ignorant! She’s got a big ego now and will vanish some being a has been and will never be mainstream. The ped comment is played out !
Jesus. She is all over the place and makes no sense. If she was at the CrossFit Affiliate lounge when Don spoke, MAYBE she would get it She ONLY went to Madison for Sponsorship commitments. She is NEVER making another Games. Pin it, clip it, put it in ink. Dunzo.
There are 14,000+ affiliates; the "pro" athletes did not make CrossFit, CrossFit made the athletes. Their egos won't allow them to see the big picture. I don't watch the Games unless my box is involved. I don't care where any of the athletes place. The only ones I can almost relate to are in my age group. Even then, most of them have time to workout several times per day. I have a full time job that I spend much too much time at so I can feed my family. I will support my box however I can.
She's a regular on their show and they're friends with her. John seems to have thrown in a couple zingers, but he and Nikki would never go all in on calling her out.
I will officially say that over the last few weeks, Hiller has won me over. This isn’t an easy video to put together. Even the time just to put all this together is a lot. But man did you nail some points. I agree that this might have been the most CrossFit at a CrossFit games that I’ve seen in my opinion. It wasn’t perfect but I think the test did exactly what it was supposed to do. Just because they barely put you in a documentary and you don’t like certain movements, doesn’t allow you to crap all over everything else.
Hiller, you remember that one year she cheated and used grips to deadlift and still couldn't manage to make it to the games? Yeh, me too. Maybe she is bitter because she couldn't even finish any better than Haley, Mal or Tia this year.
Leg size? I don’t recall Kara Saunders complaining about not doing full depth squats, or Sam Dancer? Anyone? Idk I feel like if next year she struggles with qualifying again I wouldn’t be surprised. Yet, what she is doing is just attracting media? Would be due to a lack of performance? Idk
Long story short, Dani Speegle is the center of the universe, I don't know, man; call me a hater, but I saw a purely narcissist person with many behavior and mindset problems. Stupid programming; why they don't program a 200Lb KB swing, coz (I) wanna be at the games!. In fact, I thought at once she would say that Crossfit does the competition programming to prevent her from reaching the games.
Niki sitting there looking like there’s a million places she’d rather be while WhiteKnightWooley just laps it all up. I honestly cringe every time I see that man speak about anything Speegle related. As for Speegle. She’s just a walking contradiction now. I can’t take anything she says seriously.
2 points here. All I remember her for was whining about rope clims with a vest. "Now they know how hard it is for me" Really.. Your weight is your choice. No whining in crossfit.
Right, you didn’t hear her complain about her weight when she dominated the sandbag ladder. CrossFit isn’t about being good at one thing, it’s about being good at everything.
It’s kills me that Dani gets countless followers and sponsors while athletes like Fuselier (who love, live, and bleed cf) remain obscure in the space. Anyways, regarding the professionalism of the sport, I keep thinking of GG expressing over and over that the sport is not (and never was?) profitable. We just hope as crossfit lovers that the net impact of the games is positive for the affiliates, but it’s hard to professionalize a sport (as if it isn’t already) when the host company doesn’t turn a profit on running the season. On paper, all we see is that the season costs money that is essentially robbing the value of crossfit from affiliate owners.
Only watched your video on this, not the original, but her big statement (excuse) on body type and movements/standards is what gets me. Her ability to squat to depth and intentional lack of. blaming it on judges and using her build as an excuse. What is her response then to women who are taller who complete movements to standard like emily Rolfe and Annie . Or Ellie turner who is built pretty damn close and is the same height/weight Would’ve held onto a little respect had she acknowledged and supported any women in the field this year who had achieved the goal she fought for. No dice
She was right. Greg Glassman's changes to the 2019 CrossFit season were the vision to take the professional side of the sport to the next 5 levels. It created a year long season to be followed by the fans and to be targeted by the pro athletes. Gave an avenue to create a month to month income based on doing CrossFit. Gave big events the chance to become bigger and create brands and create fan bases. Created a strategy element for athletes to apply to get to the games and for fans to talk about and analyze. The excitement for the community around the final couple events of the year before the games where certain athletes may have not qualified yet would be like the hype around NFL playoffs. Make the open super relevant because it is where the whole world comes together and make it 5 events over 5 weeks where affiliate owners can do it with their members in every box and every person can do it in their garage and where top 10 make the games and remaining games athletes comes from the sanctional events was genius. The programming for the sanctionals DID NEED to by done in conjunction with the games programming team though to make it 1 step better. Going back to the open, quarterfinals, semifinals was a brutal decision that stalls the growth of the sport.
I agree to a point. The Sanctionals were a GREAT idea. It was something I think a lot of us were calling for. I think the execution of just flipping everything on it's head made for a confusing and low-quality season. The fact they just started randomly adding Sanctionals and no one knew which one was which was horrible. That and so many people made the Games the Sanctionals were giving the 7th place person a Games spot made it very hard to follow. I think they should have 5 Sanctionals (or so), and you HAVE TO WIN to get a spot. If Mat Fraser came back and won them all, sucks for everyone else. Gotta make it through the Open!
@@hillerfit Yep, I listened to the podcast last week I think. She probably earns more from social media than CrossFit. Good enough to stay relevant but not good enough to podium to make it financially viable.
@hillerfit you speak your mind because you care about the integrity and future of the sport and the community …Speegle speaks her mind because she cares about her exposure and how that impacts her bank account. Everything is about her, so I don’t think you two would be besties for long!
They aren't doing the right things because they aren't giving her enough opportunities to market herself in her wheelhouse. I'm surpised she didn't say, "patriarchy" all throughout there. And none of us who own businesses call ourselves any version of boss babe, boss bitch, etc. Ugh
Great video! Nicole was either exhausted or she thought everything that Dani said was absolutely ridiculous. She was right about a few things but clearly she has forgotten what CrossFit actually is. She sounds bitter as hell, and she's not a victim. Everyone is entitled to their views but the majority of this was ridiculous.
Shes just whining because she didnt make the games. Only relevant because people think shes good looking. Doesnt provide any sort of benefit other than that.
She wants to be the Natalie Gulbis of CrossFit. Have a tour exemption and be mediocre but have tons of exposure and the ability to finish 30th every event and keep her card.
This is a parody of a politician answering a simple question mixed with a high schooler spinning a yarn as to why they didn’t complete their assignment, no wonder both hosts looked less than interested.
Oh man. Love the video and your takes on the interview but also wanted it to be over because she is just so infuriating 😂 She sounds like an absolute sore loser because she couldn’t qualify and clearly does not seem to know what CF actually is.
How many times did she say "like"? As a non-native, fluent English speaker I thought native English speakers shouldn't have the vocabulary of a 9 year old.
She dislikes Sevan, Greg, and Dave and 100% hates that they are in the space in some way. Obviously Dave back as an employee their hate wasn’t contagious enough and she mad 😂
she starts sentences fast... and then has to pause or talk slower to figure out what she just said and try and make sense. minus -33 minutes and 48 seconds for saying absolutely nothing specific, dani speegle
Wanna influence more people ? Work harder. Quit making excuses and win the games. Then youll have more eyes on you to influence. Would never want my daughter to be influenced by her. Kim Kardashian of fitness
Also I was at the games with a friend of mine. Who is a runner and a couple of the teams came in under 20 minutes, and he said. That's pretty fast for A5K as a team! Each person between 6 to 7 a mile
It’s a shame, Dani has the potential to be a real positive force. But she mixes up some valid points with a whole lot of invalid gripes and contradictions. Her mindset is negative and destructive.
Her comments may encapsulate what Glassman did not like about the Sport. The focus of Crossfit Methodology is making the general population healthy. Not glorifying individuals or professionalizing a sport.
My favorite part is when she said if she won the CrossFit games she’d be a target, as if she has a tenth of the mentality if takes to win the games lmao
So, Dani just told us all the reasons she doesn't "like" Crossfit more or less. Translation: I'm to lazy to put in the work required to be a top female athlete.
What she doesn't understand is that the CrossFit games are slanted in favor of the heavy lifters, not the lighter faster athletes. The female CrossFit athletes would be competitive on the championship levels of Olympic lifting. Sure they wouldn't necessarily win, but they would be competitive. They would not be competitive at the regional level of running at any distance (let alone the championship level). The fact the games pulled back a little from just heavy lifting events is a good thing. In fact I would argue that they need to do more if they really want a balanced athlete. Right now it has become who can lift the heaviest and also do a little gymnastics and some cardio.
You can tell she wants every one in crossfit management to be fully woke female style & it sounds like her main issue is she wants to be paid all the time & If she isn't being paid then that's the biggest issue with " crossfit " 😅😮😅
Always enjoy these Hiller. Several similar stories across CF. People get introduced to the world by CrossFit and when they get a little notoriety they turn on the hand that fed them. Boo
Andrew, I really appreciate how you are able to be such a positive influence in the Crossfit community. In all your videos you analyze the athletes or situations with an opinion of course, but you always maintain a level playing field with everything you discuss. That really takes an open mind and you are able to hear everyone out while keeping them accountable. Keep up the great work!!
1. There’s plenty of athletes that have brand deals froning, Fraser, Tia, Katrin, Annie, even Camille Labanc and Josh bridges. They also weren’t middle of the road 2. Quit being pissy that you’re getting out worked cuz you wanna eat cookies and lift
Dani is Brooke Ence v2. One of the stronger females that made the games a few times, used that to start growing a brand and following, fails to make the games and will prob end up just building a brand outside of competition. I get it that Brooke had a back injury that was effectively comp career ending but I’m not sure that it would have mattered, I think her projection was the same either way.
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My favorite part was watching Niki. She does not look like she enjoyed most of that. 😂
She had the most input in the first 5-10 minutes
Haha😂
She really did look bored
Dense
I was thinking the same thing. Niki did not look entertained.
INFLUENCER. what is her message?? When you compare this to what Laura Horvath says in her winners speech at the Games. That's INFLUENCE. Speegle just sounds bitter!
Strong women don’t play the victim. They just stand up and rule……
That’s a statement. A good one
If she would pay attention, I think Laura Horvath showed her how to do just that!
Her arrogance is sad. I’m glad athletes who made it to the Games were there and not her.
All she has to do is change her mind and she would dominate
@@hillerfitno, 😂 not a chance…
@hillerfit so true. The formula is known and she almost uses her image as an excuse to not just crush her weaknesses.
@@hillerfitshe doesn’t have the mindset for that discipline level.
These new athletes are so ungrateful, and one of the many reasons Rich was so great not just winning but he grew the sport. He brought exposure not just to himself but would let CrossFit use him to make CrossFit bigger. Maybe some of these ungrateful people should go around bringing recognition to CrossFit and be a part of making it bigger, instead of complaining it's not bigger without helping. You hit the nail on the head with this Andrew 👏
There’s a guy that goes to the same gym as me, he’s got a wife and three kids he runs his own landscaping business and has a couple of employees. He works hard, he’s a good father and husband. Basically he’s just a good dude. Him and his wife are people I look up to and they don’t even know it. I can never understand how people believe it’s their responsibility to put themselves in the spotlight and inspire people. Just seems weird to me.
Yes! "Inspiration Porn" is shallow. For real inspiration, just look around your own neighborhood.
It’s called being self absorb and constantly looking for validation. They just try and pass it off as being a good human being.
It’s like when they go on a rant about being a strong woman and breaking down barriers yet nobody has put barriers in their way.
She contradicts herself All. The. Time. It’s exhausting keeping up with her swaying positions.
And she’s not controversial. But she really wants to be.
She wants to portray this strong female character but she’s obsessed with playing victim. The two things don’t go together.
Could Not Agree MORE!!! 🤙🏼🤙🤙🏾🤙🏿
I’m sorry. She’s not a smart person. All of her answers were general and vague. This is a 6th grader doing a book report off the back of a book. She HAS to do CrossFit because it’s the only “influential” space she has. She’s a hanger on, as bad as she apparently hates it.
Thank you! [Michael Scott voice]
Well said!
Her level of self-importance behind the idea that she's a "target" no matter what she does is staggering.
main character syndrome
This is exactly what is wrong with the world…It’s interesting how someone who has used CrossFit as a platform to generate an income and become an “influencer”, who has now become irrelevant in the sport, finds fault with the sport. Accountability needs to be taken for her poor performances in recent years and not playing the victim. If I was TYR would I want to be associated with an athlete that doesn’t like the sport that we invested in and sponsoring him or her for!
Summary:
"If I'm not good at it and I don't get my way, it's not CrossFit"
Sounds bitter and petty. Also, for mayhe the first time since she's entered the CF world, she's getting a little blow back for standards of performance and then having a bad attitude.
Not a good look
She buys into the victim mindset, while also only being relevant for being an attractive female (aside from the one event last year)
I think she did well on a few?
Also you don’t see other barbell sports (Powerlifting, weightlifting, etc) bitching about not making money. They get paid mostly by endorsements….
she did, but you know what I mean lol
@@hillerfit "a few" got that right
Yup! Nothing special… That’s every single modern woman feminist mindset.
After watching the whole video I can say with confidence that this woman DOES NOT know what CrossFit is. She has been training what she loves doing from CrossFit and has decided to believe that THAT is actually CrossFit. She has used CrossFit to built up her fanbase, which is fine. But why do CrossFit give her a spotlight her when you can clearly see there are other women athletes who love CrossFit and could push the Sport part of CrossFit forwards? OH, and she confuses "for quality" with "movement standards". Please...She has no idea and I feel sorry that NO ONE in her life has told her this. This has been embarrassing to watch, she is someone so many people admire and she is showing so much ignorance overall but specially when she mentioned Dave Castro. Thank you for the video Andrew!
You are welcome. Sad thing is, this video needs 1 million views to get the point across to everyone.
“Dave Castro coming back is insignificant” I died. I never want to hear a word that comes out of her mouth again.
@@hillerfitI guess our mission is to watch a million time…ugh here we go.
@@C.B.-nq4dx When I heard that I was like, "yep definitely, not someone who should be given spotlight in the CrossFit media space." As I said, I do know there are other women who can be interviewed and will do a much better job at representing CrossFit, i.e. the woman in one of the @hillerfit BTS video who said: "I don't mind/care. If they ask me to jump I say "how high". Regarding a question about the programming. That was lit.
@@ruthco8789 I think that might have been Emily Rolfe? She's definitely said that before. She also works full time so she's a total badass.
Solid, solid takes and fair giving and taking points. It must have been such a light hearted and uplifting chat.
most of it was but I wanted to make sure to also ask some direct questions since we often don't do that with Dani. - John
@@kettlebellsandcocktailsit’s good to dig in from time to time
I wonder if it ever dawned on her that she may be a target because she is such a humble, kind, un-opinionated angel.?🤔
Woah
Dani Speegle is just the new Brooke Ence, nothing more.
Tell me more
@@hillerfit She's just an attractive athlete who got her start in CrossFit to moderate success (Regionals and Games appearances), but soon to capitalize and monetize their following and fame, branches out to stuff out of CrossFit, see Brooke Ence becoming an extra in the Wonderwoman movie.
@@smotwaniFair, but never heard Brooke blast CF like this and has moved on to other things past the games
@@chfan1 true Brooke never bashed CF like this, but just highlighting there’s a bunch of parallels between them and Brooke was the 1st person that popped in my head when she went on an on about aspirations outside of CrossFit.
@smotwani true, but I don't see anything wrong with that. Brooke, Miranda, Margeax, Scudds, Kristi Eramo, Rich, and Fraser all went on to bigger things using CF as a launch pad
This interview convinced me that Speegle is just an old fashioned, blonde airhead. I guess all the muscle confused me about that fact before.
Dani speegle is proof that looking good in a bikini isn’t enough to make it to the games or even be in contention to be the fittest on earth. You don’t see the top athletes parading themselves because they’re too busy working to be amazing. She’s content with being mediocre at CrossFit and having a career as an influencer which is fine… just say that! Stop blaming it on the programming, or the size of your legs, or the judges or the community, or leadership. 🤷🏽♀️
Right. Take accountability. She’s choosing to sell her body, being a whore, not be good at CrossFit. Stop complaining about you giving up
Listened to this last week. And good lord, does speegle even know what CrossFit is? Her saying the programming wasn’t CrossFit drove me nuts. And it felt like she was just bitter she didn’t make the games. All I heard was her complaining.
I tried to hear it for anything other than what you explained, but you got it. She buried herself with her distaste for running
Agreed. It’s like she’s never read fitness In 100 words. Enjoyed this.
She contradicts herself so many time. It’s crazy.
The crazy thing of all of this is that CrossFit originally didn’t involve such heavy weights into workouts unless it was a max lift. It was more about your engine than it was your engine lifting heavy. As the years have gone, it has progressed. The weights, in the Games, have increased. To me, scaled has move into the old RX and RX is now RX+. It’s definitely evolved
And this is why the PED’s have entered the sport
@@twinturbo3470 is this why or were they already there and athletes have gotten stronger and a better engine because of them?
@@dhall75608 just like Pro Wrestling, Body building , Cycling, Olympic sports, this will all come out one day after years of denying it…….I remember when people called out Lance Armstrong for years and it was almost sac religious to question his success
Great feedback and commentary on this video. The majority of what Speegle said felt like projection in response to the criticism people have of her. Her monologues felt like the daily affirmations she tells herself in the mirror every morning. It's hilarious how Niki looked like she was having an internal battle to prevent herself from screaming STFU and/or fighting to keep herself awake the entire time lol
A 5k run is not Crossfit? I think Rebecca Fuselier and the entire crowd at the Capitol in 2022 would disagree. Never seen so much cheering for a last place finisher ever. I still get chills every time i rewatch that event
When I was following main site (2007 to 2017) 5k was by far the most programmed WOD
Honestly it’s the VARIETY of skills and events that should be the beauty of CrossFit. As a fairly thin, 5’11 woman, when I was new to the sport I felt like my short, muscular friends had every advantage in things like Olympic lifts, kettlebells, handstand push-ups, squats, etc. I still think shorter, stockier women have a bit of an advantage in the sport, but I have my few favorite things that I excel at (running, box jumps, rowing, wall balls, bike). But for the rest I cheer on my friends, recognize their hard work, and try to keep improving on those skills even if I don’t have as much of a physical advantage. I COULD just ignore or complain about the things I’m not as good at and cherry pick the things I am good at, but that misses the point of CrossFit entirely. I was excited to see a 5k (4.5k lol) at the games this year because it not only gives taller, lankier athletes a chance to shine, but it challenges the ones who have less of an advantage to show that a height difference isn’t going to stop them from pushing themselves to excel at every aspect of their sport. If she channeled some of her negative energy into actually doing better at the things she spends all of her time complaining about, she’d probably be a lot more successful, well-rounded athlete overall.
I loved watching Niki Brazer's expressions, or lack of them, during the entire interview. Is it boredom? Exhaustion from the Games? Does she think Speegle is a moron, but is resigned to biting her tongue for the sake of the show?
Thought the same thing... Her body language is communicating she wants distance from this conversation.
She does have an occasional sarcastic smirk-that tells the whole story. Go Niki! 😂
On mine or on the entire episode?
@@hillerfit I've only watched the parts of the interview you clipped on your show. I did not watch the original interview. I shouldn't have said "entire interview".
It's not exhaustion,I'm looking at her face and she like wtf are you talking about
I’m so over her already.
A- Brent Fikowski competes and he’s doing what he can to fix and/or improve the sport of CF.
B- Dani S, got disqualified and now she’s talking against the sport of CF and doing nothing about it.
Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds.
Ugh that this video even exists. I admired her until this past year when I started hearing more of her opinions. I also unfollowed her on Instagram because she’s more interested in thirsty followers than CrossFit ones. Can we just stop talking about her and maybe she will move on from CrossFit?
I'm thinking narcissistic personality😮😮
She’s probably realizing her time has come to age out now that it’s super competitive and doesn’t cater to her strengths as much. Imagine if she was winning and she made it to the games this year
She has what she has because of CrossFit. Is it that hard to admit?
She shouldn't even have that. If there is an athlete who is OBVIOUSLY cycling PEDS, it is her. Lady has traps higher than the Himalayas.
@@furezjnah i wouldn’t say that.
@@furezjwho cares about ped use if you think you can get what she has without work you are ignorant! She’s got a big ego now and will vanish some being a has been and will never be mainstream.
The ped comment is played out !
And titan games
I once won a 5k. I run the turkey trot every year. Dani Spegal just called me a nobody.
Of course she’s not liking CrossFit, she didn’t qualify, she really loves herself
You didn’t need to create this video…just zoom into Niki’s face while Dani is speaking. It says EVERYTHING that needs to be said! 😂 (Go Niki! ❤)
Jesus. She is all over the place and makes no sense. If she was at the CrossFit Affiliate lounge when Don spoke, MAYBE she would get it
She ONLY went to Madison for Sponsorship commitments.
She is NEVER making another Games. Pin it, clip it, put it in ink. Dunzo.
There are 14,000+ affiliates; the "pro" athletes did not make CrossFit, CrossFit made the athletes. Their egos won't allow them to see the big picture.
I don't watch the Games unless my box is involved. I don't care where any of the athletes place. The only ones I can almost relate to are in my age group. Even then, most of them have time to workout several times per day. I have a full time job that I spend much too much time at so I can feed my family. I will support my box however I can.
My god - the hosts seemed to just sit back and let her go. Nothing she said was constructive. Your green points are generous.
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She's a regular on their show and they're friends with her. John seems to have thrown in a couple zingers, but he and Nikki would never go all in on calling her out.
Makes sense. He was arguing with people in the comments on this video 😂😂😂😂
I will officially say that over the last few weeks, Hiller has won me over.
This isn’t an easy video to put together. Even the time just to put all this together is a lot. But man did you nail some points.
I agree that this might have been the most CrossFit at a CrossFit games that I’ve seen in my opinion.
It wasn’t perfect but I think the test did exactly what it was supposed to do.
Just because they barely put you in a documentary and you don’t like certain movements, doesn’t allow you to crap all over everything else.
Would love to see it become classified as a sport so then WADA and USADA can come knocking
Hiller, you remember that one year she cheated and used grips to deadlift and still couldn't manage to make it to the games? Yeh, me too. Maybe she is bitter because she couldn't even finish any better than Haley, Mal or Tia this year.
Leg size? I don’t recall Kara Saunders complaining about not doing full depth squats, or Sam Dancer? Anyone? Idk I feel like if next year she struggles with qualifying again I wouldn’t be surprised. Yet, what she is doing is just attracting media? Would be due to a lack of performance? Idk
Long story short, Dani Speegle is the center of the universe,
I don't know, man; call me a hater, but I saw a purely narcissist person with many behavior and mindset problems.
Stupid programming; why they don't program a 200Lb KB swing, coz (I) wanna be at the games!. In fact, I thought at once she would say that Crossfit does the competition programming to prevent her from reaching the games.
Niki sitting there looking like there’s a million places she’d rather be while WhiteKnightWooley just laps it all up. I honestly cringe every time I see that man speak about anything Speegle related.
As for Speegle. She’s just a walking contradiction now. I can’t take anything she says seriously.
2 points here. All I remember her for was whining about rope clims with a vest. "Now they know how hard it is for me" Really.. Your weight is your choice. No whining in crossfit.
Right, you didn’t hear her complain about her weight when she dominated the sandbag ladder. CrossFit isn’t about being good at one thing, it’s about being good at everything.
Dude , your take on this was absolutely brilliant , big respect , solid gold.
It’s kills me that Dani gets countless followers and sponsors while athletes like Fuselier (who love, live, and bleed cf) remain obscure in the space.
Anyways, regarding the professionalism of the sport, I keep thinking of GG expressing over and over that the sport is not (and never was?) profitable. We just hope as crossfit lovers that the net impact of the games is positive for the affiliates, but it’s hard to professionalize a sport (as if it isn’t already) when the host company doesn’t turn a profit on running the season.
On paper, all we see is that the season costs money that is essentially robbing the value of crossfit from affiliate owners.
I agree -- Rebecca Fuselier is such a brilliant person, coach and athlete. Her content is filled with her passion for the sport and helping others.
Dani is the center of her own universe and everyone else is just living in it. These are takes by a narcissist, so of course it won't make sense
In all her videos where she is talking she is very full of herself,this is nothing new
Boys club 🤦♂️ here we go
Yup.
She contracted herself so many times during that interview.
33min? Oh boyyyyyyy, here we go 🍿
🦇 let’s see the engagement 🫠
@@hillerfit I'm definitely engaged
@@FilipBorowski.hell yeah
Only watched your video on this, not the original, but her big statement (excuse) on body type and movements/standards is what gets me. Her ability to squat to depth and intentional lack of. blaming it on judges and using her build as an excuse. What is her response then to women who are taller who complete movements to standard like emily Rolfe and Annie . Or Ellie turner who is built pretty damn close and is the same height/weight
Would’ve held onto a little respect had she acknowledged and supported any women in the field this year who had achieved the goal she fought for. No dice
Her eyes give away her lies. Looking up and to the right is a classic sign of telling untruths.
I think I do that a lot. But I’m usually thinking
@@hillerfitI think your eyes go up and to the left, not right 👀
Her facial expressions in general just made me want to throw things. Just dripping with narcissism.
Don‘t believe that crap. You‘ll judge people wrongly
She was right. Greg Glassman's changes to the 2019 CrossFit season were the vision to take the professional side of the sport to the next 5 levels. It created a year long season to be followed by the fans and to be targeted by the pro athletes. Gave an avenue to create a month to month income based on doing CrossFit. Gave big events the chance to become bigger and create brands and create fan bases. Created a strategy element for athletes to apply to get to the games and for fans to talk about and analyze. The excitement for the community around the final couple events of the year before the games where certain athletes may have not qualified yet would be like the hype around NFL playoffs. Make the open super relevant because it is where the whole world comes together and make it 5 events over 5 weeks where affiliate owners can do it with their members in every box and every person can do it in their garage and where top 10 make the games and remaining games athletes comes from the sanctional events was genius. The programming for the sanctionals DID NEED to by done in conjunction with the games programming team though to make it 1 step better. Going back to the open, quarterfinals, semifinals was a brutal decision that stalls the growth of the sport.
I agree to a point. The Sanctionals were a GREAT idea. It was something I think a lot of us were calling for. I think the execution of just flipping everything on it's head made for a confusing and low-quality season. The fact they just started randomly adding Sanctionals and no one knew which one was which was horrible. That and so many people made the Games the Sanctionals were giving the 7th place person a Games spot made it very hard to follow. I think they should have 5 Sanctionals (or so), and you HAVE TO WIN to get a spot. If Mat Fraser came back and won them all, sucks for everyone else. Gotta make it through the Open!
How the cookie crumbls 😭😭
Bruce Almighty
@@hillerfit Yep, I listened to the podcast last week I think. She probably earns more from social media than CrossFit. Good enough to stay relevant but not good enough to podium to make it financially viable.
@hillerfit you speak your mind because you care about the integrity and future of the sport and the community …Speegle speaks her mind because she cares about her exposure and how that impacts her bank account. Everything is about her, so I don’t think you two would be besties for long!
They aren't doing the right things because they aren't giving her enough opportunities to market herself in her wheelhouse. I'm surpised she didn't say, "patriarchy" all throughout there. And none of us who own businesses call ourselves any version of boss babe, boss bitch, etc. Ugh
Great video! Nicole was either exhausted or she thought everything that Dani said was absolutely ridiculous. She was right about a few things but clearly she has forgotten what CrossFit actually is. She sounds bitter as hell, and she's not a victim. Everyone is entitled to their views but the majority of this was ridiculous.
To be fair I didn’t even look at her loo
Shes just whining because she didnt make the games. Only relevant because people think shes good looking. Doesnt provide any sort of benefit other than that.
hardcore truth
Just pissed we didn’t get to see a 30 minute Speegle 4.5k
She wants to be the Natalie Gulbis of CrossFit. Have a tour exemption and be mediocre but have tons of exposure and the ability to finish 30th every event and keep her card.
That's a really interesting take. At least Gulbis was higher ranked and won something
Wow I never realised how much of a Karen she is. Nice work Hillerfit 👏
You didn’t go hard enough honestly
Thanks for the content man
This is a parody of a politician answering a simple question mixed with a high schooler spinning a yarn as to why they didn’t complete their assignment, no wonder both hosts looked less than interested.
Sounds like a girl talking about her ex BF who has moved on. 😂
From a very casual CrossFit participant, sanctionals kept us engaged all year round was a great structure 👌
I liked them too
Oh man. Love the video and your takes on the interview but also wanted it to be over because she is just so infuriating 😂 She sounds like an absolute sore loser because she couldn’t qualify and clearly does not seem to know what CF actually is.
How many times did she say "like"? As a non-native, fluent English speaker I thought native English speakers shouldn't have the vocabulary of a 9 year old.
her interview would have come across very different if she had actually made the games. right now just sounds like she's bitter
Is she upset NBC didn’t renew that American Gladiator show for another season?
Is Dani, David Hippensteels granddaughter?
I think niece
That he was grooming?
Best part of the games was her not being there.
Her first open scores were 2017, I was 5 years in by then she doesn’t know old CF
She’s speaking her mind, but she’s wrong. Thanks for speaking yours
Danielle Brandon is everything Speegle wishes she was.
😂 over rated and under performed again this year 🤦🏼♀️
@katefoster9743 And yet she still made it to the games, still loves Crossfit, still loves the community and doesn't call normal people "nobodies".
Agree, much better personality, better ability, better Dani.
She dislikes Sevan, Greg, and Dave and 100% hates that they are in the space in some way. Obviously Dave back as an employee their hate wasn’t contagious enough and she mad 😂
You were trying to think of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon or the frequency illusion
She would do well as a wellness competitor in the physique space.
Girl's gotta eat, y'know. I wonder if she'll be relevant in five years.
she starts sentences fast... and then has to pause or talk slower to figure out what she just said and try and make sense. minus -33 minutes and 48 seconds for saying absolutely nothing specific, dani speegle
Wanna influence more people ? Work harder. Quit making excuses and win the games. Then youll have more eyes on you to influence. Would never want my daughter to be influenced by her. Kim Kardashian of fitness
Also I was at the games with a friend of mine. Who is a runner and a couple of the teams came in under 20 minutes, and he said. That's pretty fast for A5K as a team! Each person between 6 to 7 a mile
It’s a shame, Dani has the potential to be a real positive force. But she mixes up some valid points with a whole lot of invalid gripes and contradictions. Her mindset is negative and destructive.
Dani wants the Saudi Public Investment Fund to bank roll the games so she can “live” like a professional athlete.
Her comments may encapsulate what Glassman did not like about the Sport.
The focus of Crossfit Methodology is making the general population healthy. Not glorifying individuals or professionalizing a sport.
My favorite part is when she said if she won the CrossFit games she’d be a target, as if she has a tenth of the mentality if takes to win the games lmao
She has as many top 10 finishes at the games as my wife, daughters, sister, and mom has.
So, Dani just told us all the reasons she doesn't "like" Crossfit more or less.
Translation: I'm to lazy to put in the work required to be a top female athlete.
What she doesn't understand is that the CrossFit games are slanted in favor of the heavy lifters, not the lighter faster athletes. The female CrossFit athletes would be competitive on the championship levels of Olympic lifting. Sure they wouldn't necessarily win, but they would be competitive. They would not be competitive at the regional level of running at any distance (let alone the championship level). The fact the games pulled back a little from just heavy lifting events is a good thing. In fact I would argue that they need to do more if they really want a balanced athlete. Right now it has become who can lift the heaviest and also do a little gymnastics and some cardio.
Big girls eat……Bitterness!
Shaft the community, not me! - I hear her.
You can tell she wants every one in crossfit management to be fully woke female style & it sounds like her main issue is she wants to be paid all the time & If she isn't being paid then that's the biggest issue with " crossfit " 😅😮😅
Always enjoy these Hiller. Several similar stories across CF. People get introduced to the world by CrossFit and when they get a little notoriety they turn on the hand that fed them. Boo
Andrew, I really appreciate how you are able to be such a positive influence in the Crossfit community. In all your videos you analyze the athletes or situations with an opinion of course, but you always maintain a level playing field with everything you discuss. That really takes an open mind and you are able to hear everyone out while keeping them accountable. Keep up the great work!!
Headline: Dani Speegle plays victim. She is a target! Smh
1. There’s plenty of athletes that have brand deals froning, Fraser, Tia, Katrin, Annie, even Camille Labanc and Josh bridges. They also weren’t middle of the road 2. Quit being pissy that you’re getting out worked cuz you wanna eat cookies and lift
Dani is the Meghan Markle of CF
Am I the only one that in the first 2 seconds thinks she kinda looked like Stiffler’s mom
Jennifer Coolidge…yeah. Same basic shape.
Bringing Castro back is insignificant. 😂😂😂
Hillers quads are compensating for something obviously.
"I DoNt KnOw WhAt RoLe HeS gOnNa PlAy" 🥴🥴🥴
Dani is Brooke Ence v2. One of the stronger females that made the games a few times, used that to start growing a brand and following, fails to make the games and will prob end up just building a brand outside of competition. I get it that Brooke had a back injury that was effectively comp career ending but I’m not sure that it would have mattered, I think her projection was the same either way.
Strongman. She wants CrossFit to be strongman