The co-owner and lead trainer at Club Revive CrossFit Uplift Gym in Lithgow was extremely relieved to get the win. 

“I felt really good, it was my third year to come first, so it was a bit of a relief because I focus my season around that competition,” he said. 

“I think the only pressure comes from myself but with this competition there are just some things you can’t prepare for.” 

The sport of CrossFit tests athletes over a variety of characteristics including endurance, strength and stamina.

Kable competed in the top Hero division, in the 35-39 age group.

“Overall our gym did really well, but NSW came forth which was disappointing,” he said. 

Club Revive had five competitors who made it to the Masters League, including Chris Rhodes, Sonya Wiles, Jae Daley, Vanessa Miller and Kable. 

“Chris Rhodes came first and the three girls from our gym came third,” he said. 

To get to the this level of competition, the athletes train twice a day doing strength and fitness training. 

“To do this it needs to be something you love because you have to train on the things you don’t like,” he said. 

“Its not about how good you are at something, it’s about improving what you aren’t good at, and doing things you don’t enjoy takes drive and passion.”

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To get to the final stage of competition, over the course of the year athletes participated in four weeks of online qualifiers where they video themselves completing workouts. 

If you finish in the top six of your category you go to the invitationals in Sydney and then if you finish in the top two you get to compete for NSW on the Gold Coast in the Masters League. 

Club Revive had 30 make it through the online workouts, then seven people made it through to the invitationals and five athletes competed in the Gold Coast. 

“I might be wrong but in most sports you celebrate the big achievements, but at a CrossFit competition you are all in it together, even if you are coming last, everyone gathers around them,” he said. 

“It gives me goosebumps.” 

Kable described the different challenges that CrossFit competitions offer athletes.  

“It isn’t just lifting weights, we have to swim, do stand up paddle boarding, using the rower, assault bike, running, push ups, squats, hand stand walking through obstacles,” he said. 

Kable’s favourite events include gymnastic elements such as muscle ups, push ups, hand stand push ups, walking hand stands and more. 

“I think that’s what might separate me from the group because I can do those little extra things,” he said. 

Kable said that one of the coolest parts about competing on the Gold Coast was getting to compete with his brother as the top two. 

“My brother qualified from Orange so it was very cool to compete together this year, because I won’t be able to compete with him again as my age group changes next year,” he said. 

Next, Kable will be competing in the Best of the West competition that he started five years ago. 

Teams from around the Central West bring their fittest three guys and three girls and fight it out for the title of the fittest team in the area. 

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