THE CROSSFIT KING
WOD GOD
HEADING INTO THE CROSSFIT GAMES, MAT FRASER WAS A MAN WITH A TARGET ON HIS BACK. JUST HOW HE LIKES IT
Every summer, top CrossFitters compete in “the Games,” a five-day, 14-event CrossFit challenge that’s like the decathlon, American Ninja Warrior, and World’s Strongest Man mashed into one ab-tastic sweatfest. Last year, the final event was called Aeneas because . . . well, Aeneas was a war hero, and presumably ripped. It involved five pegboard climbs, requiring you to hold a dowel in each hand and jab your way up a 2.4m board; 40 thrusters, front squats to overhead presses with a 40kg-barbell; and three 10m loaded yoke carries, in which you shoulder a
