ROB ORLANDO WAS ALWAYS STRONG.
WHEN HE DIVERSIFIED HIS TRAINING HE ONLY GOT
STRONGER—AND FITTER.
Doing one thing well was always fine with Rob Orlando.
But weighing in at 231 pounds at only 5'8" didn’t feel right. He was growing out of size 38 jeans and needed a size 50 jacket.
Attending a Crossfit seminar with Greg Glassman made Orlando realise, “I was far from being in shape.”
In the years since, he has thrown himself at Crossfit, placing as high as 15th in the Crossfit Games in 2010.
Today, at age 39, he has shed the unnecessary weight and tips the scales at 189. Most impressively, though, his concerns over diminished strength proved to be overblown.
In the past year, Orlando—our resident Crossfit expert—has deadlifted 610 pounds, squatted 510, standing strict-pressed 255, and performed a 165-pound one-arm barbell snatch
(pictured).
You can decide whether or not Crossfit is for you, but Orlando’s story is important for trainees everywhere: if you don’t work on what you’re bad at, you’ll never be the best version of yourself you can be.
