Bill Grundler is a commentator on the CrossFit Games and owner of CrossFit Inferno in San Luis Obispo. Photo Courtesy of his Facebook Page.

Bill Grundler is a lot of things. A former Cal Poly wrestler who has been a teacher, wrestling coach, and firefighter, Grundler is now a CrossFit Games analyst and co-owner of CrossFit Inferno in San Luis Obispo.

As the popularity of CrossFit has grown, Grundler has both competed at high levels of the CrossFit open and commented on the Games themselves.

As someone who has worked-out at Inferno for the past four months or so, I sat down with Grundler to talk about how he got into CrossFit, the difference between what workouts people do on a daily basis and the Games, and building the the bonds that may make CrossFit seem like some kind of a cult to outsiders.

Bill is super personable and friendly, which makes it easy to see why he is a natural choice to be on television during the CrossFit Games.

That said some of the questions I had for him were probably as awkward as me trying to climb a rope or do a hand-stand push-up. Here’s hoping you enjoy the conversation anyway.

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