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Rich Froning Jr.'s So Called Life: Part 1

Published on Wed, 2012-12-26 17:00

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For the fittest man on Earth, life is pretty normal: a wife, a dog, a house.

In Part 1 of this five-part series, we get inside Rich Froning Jr.’s Tennessee home and learn more about the man who this year became the first two-time CrossFit Games champion.

For starters, Froning’s wife, Hillary, doesn’t CrossFit.

“She’s good for me. Keeps me level-headed, that’s for sure,” Rich says. “Very supportive of what I do but doesn’t care anything about it, which is good … ’cause then I don’t have to worry about how well I do for her.”

Froning adds: “All she cares about is if I’m safe. She doesn’t care about how I finish or any of that—except for this year she did get a little fired up.”

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