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Escapist Corner
by Escapist CrossFit by Rickard Long
The Escapist Corner is a podcast where we talk about sports, health, nutrition and entrepreneurship. We talk to CrossFit athletes, sportsmen, Doctors and business owners.
Episodes
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He signed up to prove a sign wrong.He had no idea what was coming.
Raanan walked past Escapist CrossFit one day and saw a sign: "We'll make you fit in 12 weeks." He did not believe it. He decided to try it anyway. He had not done serious sport since he was 25. He had chronic back issues. He had a dislocated vertebra that gave him a week every year where he could...
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Why You Are Tired Before You Even Start
Part 2 of the Berlin Professionals & Health series. You finish work. You planned to train. And then something happens, the energy is gone, the motivation has evaporated, and you tell yourself you will go tomorrow. Tomorrow becomes next week. Next week becomes next month. This is not a discipline...
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Why Educated Berliners Still Feel Unfit
Part 1 of a new series: Berlin Professionals & Health. Why do educated, intelligent professionals, people who know exactly what they should be doing for their health, still struggle to do it consistently? Rickard moved to Berlin in 2011 during the Rocket Internet boom and spent years inside the...
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Why I Started Escapist In 2016. And What Ten Years Of Data Shows.
Escapist turns ten this year. Rickard looks back at what motivated him to start it in 2016 — and then looks at what the health data in Germany shows over the same decade. The origin: deep frustration with normal gyms. No real progress. No community. No intensity that made sense. CrossFit changed...
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5 Uncomfortable Ways To Make Germany Healthy Again
Everyone knows they should eat better, move more, and sleep longer. That advice has been on every magazine cover for 30 years — and Germany is still getting sicker every year. So this episode is not about that. Five non-obvious, uncomfortable things that would actually change Germany's health...
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The Doctor Said Stop. They Didn't. Here Is What Happened.
Why does the medical system tell people to stop moving — when movement is often the only thing that would actually fix the problem? What happens when a doctor says stop sport and the patient decides not to listen? And what is a coach actually for when everything the textbook says you should be…
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The Health and Fitness Map. Find Your Level. Get Your Directions.
If you wanted to drive from Berlin to Rome, the first question is not "how do I get there?" It is "where are you right now?" Health and fitness work the same way. And almost nobody starts with the right question. This episode introduces the Escapist Health and Fitness Map — seven levels from…
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Why We Quit Urban Sports Club in 2019. And Why We'd Do It Again.
I meet people at offices, co-working spaces, birthday parties. The moment fitness comes up, someone says "I have Urban Sports Club" or "we give our staff Wellhub." And I ask the same question every time: when did you last go? How often in the last three months? They go blank. Every time. This...
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We Have The Wrong Heroes. And It Is Killing Us.
I was at the Freibad with my kids this week. And something stopped me. The number of seriously overweight children — children who will carry that weight for the rest of their lives unless something changes. And the thing that is not changing is the conversation. We are not having it. This episode...
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Europe Is Paying To Be Sick. Nobody Is Paying To Prevent It.
The President of Finland secretly showed up at an amateur triathlon last week under a fake name. He swam, cycled, ran. Finished second. Nobody knew who he was until it was over. That story is the opening of this episode — because it sits in sharp contrast to what the EU data says about how Europe...
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Stop using AI to get fit. Start using it to buy back the time to actually train.
AI can write you a perfect training programme in thirty seconds. It will not make you fit. This episode is about why most people are using AI to delay getting started — and the three moves that actually work instead. Ingvar Kamprad built IKEA on one principle: remove every unnecessary step so the...
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Two exercises that will change your week
Everyone has 168 hours a week. The billionaire, the lawyer, the parent of three, the business owner — same budget, different allocation. The average person spends nine times more time on screens than moving their body. Real social connection has dropped 40% in a decade. 67% of gym memberships...
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How the best keep on winning
Silver medalists are measurably less happy than bronze medalists. Third place, happier than second. The Cornell research on this is uncomfortable and completely clarifying — and it is the starting point for this week's episode. Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole in 1911 and came home with...
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The Work Nobody Sees Is The Only Work That Counts.
There is the fitness that looks good on Instagram. And then there is the other version — the one nobody sees. The 6am session when you are tired. The hotel gym at 40% energy. The decision made alone with nobody counting. This week: Franz Kafka writing in the dark between midnight and 3am for…
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Surround yourself with people that want you to win
Running a business is lonely in a way that is hard to explain to people who haven’t done it. Not obviously lonely. Quietly lonely. You carry things because you don’t want to bring them home every time something goes sideways. This week I am recording from Chicago, at the TwoBrain Business Summit,...
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The Data About Your Kids Nobody Is Talking About.
A 2025 European meta-analysis of 270,000 children across 17 countries found that fitness levels have still not recovered from the pandemic. In Germany specifically, children are moving 25% less than before. Even kids at sports schools are declining. This episode covers what that data actually...
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Life Hands You Curve Balls. Here Is How You Always Hit.
Does your life hand you some curve balls? Never right?! Honestly, it happens all the time and some of us get emotionally exhausted, but others seems to be just fine. Why? It comes down to expectations. And that is in this week’s Never Start Over Again episode. Sam Harris shared a story that...
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You have more capacity than you think. The question is not if. The question is why you aren't using it.
This week: the data on what sitting all day is actually doing to your body and why your morning workout alone won't save you. Plus why most people are taking the wrong form of magnesium and what switching it changes. A personal thread on what fifteen years of consistent fitness made possible. And...
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People Tell You Who You Are. Most of Them Are Wrong.
J.R.R. Tolkien spent seventeen years building a world nobody asked for. His colleagues had a label for him. It was technically correct and completely wrong.This week: why the people around you can't categorize what you're building — and why that's not a problem to solve. Plus a principle from…
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Das Problem mit den meisten Fitnesszielen (und warum du nicht dranbleibst)
Warum hören so viele Menschen nach ein paar Monaten wieder mit Training auf? In dieser Episode von Escapist Corner sprechen wir über ein Problem, das fast niemand anspricht: die meisten Fitnessziele sind zu vage, zu oberflächlich oder einfach nicht ehrlich. „Ein bisschen fitter werden“ oder „ein...
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Wer rettet eigentlich die Ärzte?
Ärzte kümmern sich jeden Tag um die Gesundheit anderer Menschen. Sie stellen Diagnosen, erstellen Therapiepläne und verschreiben Interventionen – Medikamente, Physiotherapie oder Lebensstiländerungen. Doch eine Frage wird selten gestellt: Wer verschreibt eigentlich dem Arzt selbst etwas? In…
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Escapist hat als Gym aufgehört und das ist der Grund
Escapist hat als Gym aufgehört. In dieser Episode spreche ich darüber, warum klassische Fitnessstudios oft nur Workouts verkaufen aber keine langfristigen Lösungen. Warum Motivation überschätzt wird. Warum Momentum alles verändert. Warum Fitness kein Hobby ist, sondern Prävention. Und warum...
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What Germans pay for Health
Most Germans already pay around €250 per week for their health. They just don’t get healthier from it. Every working person in Germany pays into the health system. Roughly €800–1,000 per month. Whether you are healthy or sick. Now here’s the uncomfortable part. Most people still get sicker over...
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10 Innovation by Escapist CrossFit
Over the years Escapist has evolved and innovated itself over and over again. In this episode we walk thought some of the innovations in the last year of Escapist and even beyond. http://www.escapistcrossfit.com
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Strength, Mindset & Momentum – What’s Coming This November at Escapist
In this episode, Rickard breaks down what’s happening at Escapist in the next 8 weeks and why it matters more than ever to stay consistent. You’ll get a complete walkthrough of our new 8-week strength cycle, “Mayhem Overdrive,” including the movements, the structure, and what kind of results you...
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Where Is Fitness Going?
In this freestyle episode, Rickard shares reflections from a recent interview about the future of fitness — and why most people still think of it as “just a hobby.” We dive into: • Why the mindset around “sport” vs. “fitness” is broken • How preventive care could change everything — even…
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The Momentum Method, Next week & New Training Cycle
Consistency is the real flex. In this episode of Escapist Corner, we explore the Momentum Method, our proven system for helping people build sustainable fitness habits and long-term results. You’ll learn: Why momentum is more powerful than motivation How we help members make fitness a lifestyle...
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Train Smarter, Not Just Harder: Why Knowing Your Data Changes Everything
If you’re a busy professional or parent juggling work, family, and fitness, this episode is for you. Rickard Long (founder of Escapist CrossFit in Berlin) dives into a crucial insight: the key to long-term results isn’t just training harder, it’s training smarter. And that starts with knowing…
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The Back Pain Trap & This weeks Workouts
Back pain affects 80% of people at some point in their lives — and yet most people handle it wrong. In this episode of Escapist Corner, Rickard Long dives deep into: • Why most back pain isn’t structural and why movement is the real medicine • What world-renowned spine expert Dr. Stuart McGill…
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Pillar 3: The Silent Superpower You’re Probably Ignoring [Recovery & Sleep]
In Part 3 of our 4 Pillars of Health series, we tackle the most underrated pillar of all: sleep. Start with a quick self-check: 🕒 How many hours did you sleep last night? 📆 How many nights this week did you get 7+ hours? If the answer isn’t great , this episode is for you. We’ll bust the most...
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Pillar 2: Nutrition – It’s a Hormonal Symphony
In Part 2 of our 4 Pillars of Health series, we dive into Nutrition, but not the way most people talk about it. Your body is a biological nightclub, and your hormones are the bouncers. What you eat affects who gets let in, and how your body responds. In this episode, you’ll learn: ✅ Why calories...
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Pillar 1: The Keystone Habit of Health few actually use
Welcome to the first episode of our brand-new series: The 4 Pillars of Health, the foundation we use at Escapist CrossFit to build real, lasting results. In this episode, we focus on Pillar 1: Training — and why it’s more than just exercise. ✅ The science behind why training improves mood, brain...
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Part 9: Histidine – Immunity, Inflammation & Nerve Protection
Histidine is one of the least talked about amino acids but don’t underestimate it. This essential nutrient plays a major role in: ✅ Producing histamine, which supports your immune system and digestion ✅ Protecting nerve cells by maintaining the myelin sheath ✅ Buffering acid in muscles (via...
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Part 8: Tryptophan
Welcome to the 8th part of the Essential Amino Acids Series
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Part 7: Phenylalanine – The Brain & Mood Amino Acid | Essential Amino Acids Series
Get our free protein guide here: https://bit.ly/4cg8E7t Our Homepage: http://www.escapistcrossfit.com In Part 7 of our Essential Amino Acids Series, we reveal one of the most underrated building blocks of your brain and mood: Phenylalanine.Did you know that without enough phenylalanine, your body...
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Part 6: Threonine – The Gut, Skin & Immune Booster | Essential Amino Acids Series
In Part 6 of our Essential Amino Acids Series, we explore the overlooked but powerful amino acid Threonine. Without enough threonine, your gut lining weakens, your immunity drops, and your skin health suffers. In this episode, you’ll learn: ✅ How threonine protects your gut and prevents leaky gut…
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Part 5: Methionine – The Detoxifier, DNA Protector, and Longevity Modulator
Methionine is one of the most critical essential amino acids, involved in detoxification, DNA protection, and neurotransmitter production. But here’s where it gets interesting—too much methionine has been linked to aging and disease, while too little can impair recovery, methylation, and…
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Part 4: Lysine for Stronger Immunity, Collagen Production, and Mental Well-Being
Lysine is one of the most underrated essential amino acids, yet it plays a critical role in immune defense, tissue repair, collagen production, and even stress reduction. In this fourth episode of our Essential Amino Acids Series, we break down: ✅ How lysine strengthens the immune system and...
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My Thoughts on The Open & CrossFit Games
In this episode, Rickard dives into the CrossFit Open and its deeper impact beyond just competition. Responding to a heartfelt email from a former member, he discusses the challenges, emotions, and questions surrounding the Open, especially when workouts feel “too hard” or beyond our abilities....
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Part 3: Valine – The Key to Endurance, Recovery, and Brain Function
Most people know about leucine and its role in muscle growth, but valine is the hidden powerhouse for endurance, muscle recovery, and brain function. If you struggle with fatigue, slow recovery, or mental fog, valine might be what you're missing. In this third episode of our Essential Amino Acids...
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Part 2: Isoleucine – The Metabolic Regulator You Didn’t Know You Needed
Everyone talks about leucine for muscle growth, but what about isoleucine? It might just be the most underrated amino acid for your metabolism, insulin sensitivity, and endurance. In this second episode of our Essential Amino Acids Series, we explore: ✅ How isoleucine boosts insulin sensitivity…
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Part 1: Leucine – The Essential Amino Acid for Metabolic Health and Longevity
Everyone knows leucine for muscle growth—but what if I told you that its true power lies in metabolic health, insulin regulation, and even brain function? In this first episode of our Essential Amino Acids Series, we break down: ✅ What leucine is and why it’s crucial for your body ✅ How leucine...
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Self Sacrifice is Selfish?
Most parents would never let their kids suffer. Most business owners would never let their business crash. So why are so many neglecting their own health? In this episode of Escapist Corner, we dive into the self-sacrifice trap that parents and business owners fall into—and why putting yourself...
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Diabetes - WHO Nutrition Guidelines Dangerous?
The World Health Organization (WHO) sets global health guidelines that influence doctors, institutions, and government policies, but what happens when those guidelines are fundamentally flawed? In this episode, we break down the WHO’s diabetes nutrition recommendations and why they don’t make…
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The Blueprint for the Future CEO – Why High Performance Is More Than Just Business
What does the CEO of the future look like? It’s not just about intelligence, strategy, or networking anymore—the future leader must think and perform like an athlete. In this episode of Escapist Corner, we break down how high-performance principles from sports and fitness will define the most...
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The Secret to Staying Consistent: Why Most People Fail at Fitness (And How to Fix It)
Consistency is the ultimate key to success in fitness, business, and life. But why is it so hard to maintain? In this episode of Escapist Corner, we dive into the real reason people fail to stick with their fitness goals and what science says about accountability and long-term success. After...
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The Truth About Back Pain: Why your Doctor is wrong
80% of adults will experience back pain, but what if I told you your doctor is wrong about what’s causing it? In this episode of Escapist Corner, we break down the real reasons for back pain (hint: it’s NOT just posture or a weak core) and give you a simple 5-step strategy to fix it. 🎧 Listen…
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The Hidden Costs of Being Unfit: Eye-Opening Stats You Need to Know
In this episode of Escapist Corner, we dive deep into the true cost of being unfit and it’s not just about you. With shocking statistics from Germany and beyond, Rickard discusses how poor lifestyle choices impact not only personal health but also your workplace, family, and society as a whole....
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Process to set 2025 Goals
Hey! In this episode I help you to set goals for 2025. Follow the plan and write down your wins and lessons. Let’s go!
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Fun, Progress, and the Bigger Picture for 2025
In this episode, we’re diving deep into the updates for next year, reflecting on what keeps us motivated, and why "looking better naked" is just the beginning. From building lifelong habits to improving health span and impacting lives, this is about creating meaningful change—starting in our gym...
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The Escapist Corner is a podcast where we talk about sports, health, nutrition and entrepreneurship. We talk to CrossFit athletes, sportsmen, Doctors and business owners.
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