“Fight Training and CrossFit Regionals“ with Jason MacDonald

A little more than two weeks after he competes in the Canada West Regional as part of the team Pure Fitness Red Deer, Jason MacDonald will head to Virginia for a UFC fight. The 36-year-old has been training as a mixed martial artist for 13 years. “I fought a lot of tough guys, had a lot of fights,“ MacDonald says. “Some of ’em went my way, some haven’t.“ Like CrossFit, MMA requires mental toughness, says the owner of CrossFit Red Deer North, CrossFit Level 1 Seminar trainer and father of four. He says he’s in the best shape of his life and is still getting stronger and faster. He worked so hard to prepare for the Reebok CrossFit Games Open that he feels he’s completely conditioned and ready for his next bout in the octagon. “In life and in the ring, you’re going to fail. Really, what the true test is how you bounce back as an individual and how you bounce back as a fighter,“ MacDonald says. “Are you going to let the bear get yo