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10 QUESTIONS WITH JAMIE GREENE You recently said you're definitely going Teams. Since winning the Open, have you rethought that decision at all? Are you interested in competing as an individual eventually? Jamie: Yes I am still with my decision of going team, I decided from the start and said I wouldn't change. Even if I did end up doing well... Didn't think it would be that well but still still cling with team haha. Yes definitely next year I plan to go individual, new year, new challenge. You placed 391 in 2014, 102nd in 2015 and 1st in 2016. These are huge jumps in performance. This year, you only finished outside the top ten in any single workout once. Firstly, what do you attribute to this kind of meteoric growth? Jamie: Well 2014 I had pretty much just started Crossfit and coming off a snapped Achilles 6months previous, so I think 2014-2015 allowed me to recover properly and learn a lot more about Crossfit. Then 2015-2016 my lifestyle changes I became a full time coach living with all Crossfit athletes and sort of began to life and breath Crossfit which is fun. I also knuckled down on my diet and started dealing with Matt hodges from Buff Box in the UK and alongside my complete focus on strength training my lifts and strength numbers went up significantly which was my major let downs in the other years. Did you have your sights on the top spot going into the 2016 Open or were you just hitting each week like any other WOD? Jamie: We were just taking the open as it comes because we knew we could comfortably qualify for team. But once I was sitting higher after 3 weeks, I tried the last two workouts twice which I've never done before in an open as I always believed I was a one and done kind of athlete but surprisingly with a bit of strategy I easily beat my scores, which was a good lesson for me as I now understand strategizing a workout now and not just red lining every time haha. You completed 14.5 in 10:43, then beat that by 2:25 in 16.5 at 7:43. Unbelievable. What was your reaction when Castro announced the final WOD? Yea, there was a big improvement. To be honest I can't even remember doing the workout in 2014 well barely, which means I probably could have gone a bit harder. This year the bar wasn't as heavy for me and the Burpees were the same so I was excited when the WOD was announced... Two lots of Burpees in one open... Couldn't be happier haha If you get a chance to go head-to-head for an Open announcement event next year, who do you want it to be against? Ahhhh that's a hard one, I wouldn't mind to be honest but I think someone like Julie Foucher, I know she may not even be doing it then but she's always been my favourite athlete! Favorite Girls WOD? Jamie: Fran On Open WODs, one and done, or redo? Jamie: Depends on the workout but one and done more often. What's on top of your playlist right now? Jamie: Six60 .. A New Zealand band... They are always on top. What's your go to nail polish color? Jamie: Blue and grey for Yas 😂 Any motivation for the rest of us? Jamie: Motivation.. Ahhh Hakuna Matata, 😂 no worries, do what you love, as passion with little stress will always bring you the results you want. So we had a chance to catch up with Jamie Greene, the Kiwi in Abu Dhabi who just won the 2016 CrossFit Open. Here's another fact: she placed 391 overall in 2014, 102nd in 2015, then number 1 in 2016. An unbelievable jump year over year. So here's 10 questions we asked this girl to watch.

THE WOD

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When you're out camping and you really need a workout you get creative with. This is what it looks like at Caffeine & Kilos when there's a delivery :) It turns out that broke a window on Monday when she missed this snatch.changes outfits during her workouts.interviewsabout winning the 2016 CrossFit Open

THE COOLDOWN

This is the cutest we have ever seen. This is what Lauren Fisher is having for Jason Khalipa shares a throwback photo from the Nuno Costa, who has competed with CrossFit Invictus for six years at the Games, has announced he's Annie Thorisdottir

This is the cutest human + canine ROMWOD we have ever seen. This is whatis having for dinner and it looks amazing.shares a throwback photo from the 2008 CrossFit Games at the Ranch., who has competed with CrossFit Invictus for six years at the Games, has announced he's competing as an individual . We'd like to think that posted this pic just because we asked her too!