Page 37 - Muscle & Fitness (December 2019)

By Jim Schmaltz

Gallegos jokes
that whoever
trains with him
becomes a WWE
champ, just like
Seth Rollins, W O D I T U P
Becky Lynch
(shown), and Karl
Anderson. W H E N T H E M A N
C O M E S A R O U N D

WHAT IT IS
This WOD (workout of
the day) is one of Josh
Gallegos’ favorites.
Named after the famous
Johnny Cash song, this
workout won’t turn you
into the Man in Black,

but your muscles will
feel like they’ve been
through a ring of fire after
performing this brutal
sequence.

HOW TO DO IT
For this workout, you’ll
perform dumbbell
snatches and burpees
back-to-back in a
1-minute-on, 1-minute-off
BECOMING A CROSS- event. This eventually led to fashion. As for reps, you’ll
FIT EVANGELIST him becoming one of the hosts
start by performing 4 of
Gallegos had his own of the annual CrossFit Games. each move, resting for the
life-changing experience Now he’s the host of the Cross- remainder of the working
when he tried CrossFit for the Fit Games.
minute, and then taking
first time. For years, he trained Right place, right time. But your full minute of rest.
using body-part workouts, none of the timing would’ve Then you’ll repeat but
but he kept hitting plateaus. mattered if Gallegos hadn’t with 2 additional reps, so
Then he saw the new, ripped had the talent and person- 6 snatches and 6 burpees.
physique of an old friend, ality to make the most of it.
Keep adding 2 reps until
who told him that CrossFit Which is why he tries to bring you can’t complete all
was to thank, so Gallegos gave a fun-loving attitude to every- reps in the working
a class a try. “After my first thing he does, an attribute that
minute.
class, I was hooked,” he says. is evident in the DeadBoys
Soon after, Gallegos became programs that he conducts for EQUIPMENT NEEDED
a fixture in L.A.’s top Cross- participants.
Two dumbbells
Fit boxes and well-known in “It’s not just your typical fit- (50 pounds for men,
the local fitness community. ness program. It goes beyond
35 pounds for women).
While working an event at that. It tries to inject a little bit
Sony Studios, Gallegos took of pop culture, some comic
FOR MORE INFO
over the mic and displayed book references and movie
a natural ability for MCing. references. I try my best to Visit Gallegos’ Instagram
The owner of the box he was get on their level so they are (@joshyg27) and the
DeadBoys Fitness site
working at hired him on the stoked to wake up to see what
(deadboysfitness.com).
spot to host a regional CrossFit the workout is every day.”

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