Danielle Brandon Leads Team North America at Wodapalooza SoCal

In Episode 6 of DBE Diaries, we go behind the scenes at Wodapalooza SoCal where Danielle Brandon captains Team North America against Team World.

It’s Raddies vs. Raddies as Danielle and Justin Medeiros take on Aimee Cringle and Jay Crouch. The competition came down to the the final event, the Captain’s Challenge, where Danielle and Pat Vellner defeated Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and Ricky Garard, securing the victory for Team North America.

Track list for DBE diaries ep 6 –

0:10 – Nas – Get Down
1:07 – Gunna – Won’t Stop 
3:35 – Central Cee, Lil Baby – Band4Band
5:47 – DaBaby – BOP
8:02 – Nbhd Nick – Summertime in NY 
10:58 – Pharrell Williams, Kyle Richh, Lil Wayne & Lil Yachty – Cant Hold Me Down
15:24 – Wu-Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M.
17:50 – Doechii & JT – Alter Ego
21:42 – Travis Scott – FE!N

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Did you see this for captain? I’m the first ready. I guess that’s why they call me cat. Oh my god. Look at that [ __ ] dog. Get get down. [Music] It is team North America versus team world. We are basically the best of the best to represent North America and world are going to go head-to-head in 11 workouts. One of those being a captain’s workout. So that’ll be Pat, Tia, Ricky, and I. I have Pat Velner, Jason Hopper, Don Pepper, Justin Veras, Olivia Kursetter, Alexis Raptis, Emma Lawson, and myself. Not really nervous. There’s nothing to be nervous about. It’s a pretty like teamfilled weekend with a couple individual things, but I would say I had last year was definitely way more nervous, but I have like one individual role besides the captain’s challenge, but that’s like also Pat. I thought I told you and again, this [ __ ] won’t stop by show. I’m trying to triple a double the pot for at least 6 show here on now 25 great interior from now it’s cloud right here see this look at this look at my style my style so much better than yours I’m easy to please but much easier to piss off as well I think that’s my new motto going to test some dumbbell snatches me and Pat are going to race for like 12 and kind of see who cycle speeds better. And then I’m going to mess around with some rope climbs, kind of see my speed, if I want to do one legless and feet, just use my feet, do them all legless. Not really sure. So, probably do like nine total rope climbs today or something. Where was that one? What’s up? You want to try your hand on your chest? Yeah. Do you like it or not? Yeah. I don’t like it. Perfect. I don’t know. Why does that feel off? Like what is it doing? Is it supposed to just be chilling there to help like stabilize yourself? Like if you I know I look so shaky. If you don’t like it, don’t don’t do that. You don’t have to. Bad [ __ ] on my belt. I cook like a chef on Mr. Child, but I spend whenever I bounce on all of my carpets at the house. I walk on CLS like 200 my heart slouch, can’t quit. I keep Oh, there’s no nerves yet to be honest. Like it’s just more I would say more exciting. Like I’m just looking forward to some fun fun workouts like with uh in a team cuz like we’ve all been saying, we’re just so used to competing individually and that uh that’s sort of what becomes all you know. But then to come I guess in this sort of uh environment and setup it’s it’s exciting. On my team uh we got like four Aussies which is cool. So we got Ricky Tia Grace the Aussies and then uh we got Amy Kringle, Emma Tall, Ghee and Roman. So, it’s a cool team. I feel like a pretty stacked team. So, um we should do like honestly I feel I’m pretty confident that we we should win this weekend. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] We got Echo on Fran, which I think uh you talk to pretty much anybody here and everyone’s a little bit nervous about it. It’s going to be a gnarly one. It’s a one that doesn’t matter if you go a minute slower than you want to do. It’s just one that’s going to hurt no matter what. There’s one point available on this one. So, uh, everyone does it. There’s not that many points to grab on this, but it has to be a team effort here. The guys can beat like who we need to beat, but we need the girls to do the same. I mean, I think Jason’s winning this workout. Hey, right here, man. Fest men’s time. I mean fastest men’s time. Let’s say names. Say Jason. We could go b for ban. [ __ ] that. We can go M for M for the May truck with the factory rims. I got the 90 years. The virgin. I’m really a threat. It’s got to the point that I don’t even care. I got jewels in a safe that I don’t even wear. Bro do it for some shoes and some clothes. See what I do for a necklace. Look like a spider is crawling on a dollar on just she made me want to go harder. I like I think I’m hit him up on his birthday. I get right under Are you going on 45? Yeah, probably. Whatever feels natural. So probably in a killer mood, you know. You type like the type of computers ain’t no top 10. She don’t act bullsh [Music] switching. They’re switching. I think some against which is good. Sarcasm. I was like, “Yeah, that’s great.” Uhhuh. Sure. [Music] You know, everybody been waiting on that baby, man. I mean it like ever since baby on baby drop. Ever since baby nobody jump. Let’s go. H I needed some [ __ ] with some I flew past with that blond. My wife watch the swerving that whip out a cop in it. My [ __ ] got good [ __ ] fly across the country. I finished the show and I hop in it. I got me a millie. I did it legitely. I’m still with the [ __ ] I’m a hot [ __ ] Oh, you asking for pictures with [ __ ] What’s your name? Get the [ __ ] out the spot, [ __ ] Trying to figure which deal I’mma take. I woke up couple meal on my plate. Let’s eat. I’m invested in real estate. I just went gave my mama. Probably won’t hear me. Open my m you hear me talking about finding some money. Let’s go. As soon as I found that, I flip that. I’m a little bit different. They get know I’m stiff on the [ __ ] and she dick. Trying to find out why baby ain’t all in the mentions. Know she ain’t get no DM from me. [ __ ] this rich [ __ ] dick it ain’t free. She be throwing it at she good at it. Turn around when we [ __ ] Make a look at it. She like I needed some [ __ ] with some Yeah, Alexis Alexis died. That’s okay. Echo Fran will do that to you. Yeah, I actually feel great. Emma and I said that we were like we feel really good. Yeah, I knew that was a W. You’re and then I saw Gracie on the board and I was like immediate dub. [Music] I’m swimming fit. I like this fit. Yeah. Yeah. How you feeling? I wanted the rad purple bandana, but they said pink matched better. Whatever. I feel good. Yeah, I’m chilling. Fabby morning. And you got you’re off right now. Not until tonight again. Kind of like yesterday. Just like yesterday. Yeah. What you got going here? I think it’s a raspberry strawberry blueberry. It’s very good. Very good. Very good. It’s very good. We have a 300 meter swim, 2400 meter ski, 2400 meter row, and then a four 4K run. We have Justin swimming, Emma skiing, Olivia Olivia rowing, and Jason running. This is too smooth. I’m excited. Hopefully they take out G. Excited. He’s afraid. They kind of changed the entry point. So now the swim is like a instead of just straight out to the water and around the buoy and back, they’ve got them run down the beach a little ways and go out cuz the current’s pretty strong. And that way people aren’t going to be swept down current and have to swim against the current to get to the buoy. Kind of gives people a hand to get to the marker. But I don’t know. Well, it’s kind of part of the event. I was I think uh it would have been interesting to see if Gee was able to sort himself out. When he was in there practicing, he looked like he was struggling with the current. And I got more faith in Justin to correct quickly. It’s definitely a strong correct. There’s surfers out there to do. It’s just a lot of [ __ ] going on. 3. [Music] I’m talking 6 a.m. T times 18 with the mayor talking lame banks. I waited for it. Got to get mine. Snack a seat up at the table. If my man can’t heading to a meeting, we’re familiar with no briefcase. Just my mind in a free state. I got a plan through a vision, but it takes time. I’mma make my summer. Ricky had him like just the third um lifeguard tower in, but I don’t think Hopper is going to have like any hope really from that point. So, he can sort of either just like game it or just embarrass Hopper really. [Applause] That was actually really hard. I had in my head like hold the same as the games like on the road. So like steady but that was harder than I would have liked. Look at it now. I didn’t need to go as fast but gave Ricky easier run. Right. I think it’s just a better mood. Like not to do three in a row and we didn’t know the time changes but now looking at them I’m like oh yeah coaching everybody up right now. Well, he was supposed to do this workout, but then we switched it last minute. So, he kind of has like the most insight to it cuz he practiced himself. Old wrestling habits, baby. You want to see something real? Tuck tuck in the hood, boy. This is the OG wrestler [ __ ] right here. When you’re wrestling, it can’t get caught in people’s fingers. Let’s go. You’re weak as [ __ ] bro. Stop. Stop. Stop. Let’s just spar. Hands up, bro. I think he’ll take you [Music] for popping this [ __ ] movie like this. Got all his money, I’m feeling like Mitch like I don’t like beefing with kids. I’m on his body like I was a sis. [ __ ] I’m too fight for this [ __ ] Feel like the king. I’m on top of this [ __ ] When they pull on my suit, they start popping their heads. Can I put what you want? Make a movie if you trying to stunt. I’m in nobody going to think I’m a nut. All the [ __ ] that you started cannot be a do not call me. Get in that crazy [ __ ] [Music] I am the coach. Don’t forget I’m a ghost. Don’t forget me. Can’t let them let them down. Let them let me down. [Music] I know life can get way better. I know life can get way sweeter. They say life [ __ ] I’m just way in the mirror. I take on days I’m a keep. I take on dates. I’m a love her. I’mma treat her like she is my own. I’mma treat her like there’s no other. [Music] North America’s up 43 on the rope line dumbbell snatch workout. The team with the most number of matchups that win will win the actual event. But if it ends in a 4-4 tie, it’s total time. And it’s Tia versus Olivia for the final match. on fumes. Gray sky is going to fall soon. Third eye got his own views. Small world, but my dog’s huge. Food for thought, that’s a dog fool. Think it’s sweet like some junk food. That’s why I draw the line like it’s old school. They tried out what I can do. I think I’m not impossible. The world is mine. I’m responsible. I’m color blind. I come out the blue world in my hands. I’m hoging. And when the summer spring fall on it, I’m at your grill like Georgeville never [Applause] Jason fumbled and then someone else and I was like, “Oh god.” Like I’ve been known to fumble. I will tell you what I was like, man, I’m really happy she’s with Pat on the deadlift burpee cuz you guys were cruising. But on the transitions, you guys had to be so on it cuz they mattered. And there was one where you guys did the burpee, hop back, reverse, and went. And I was like, that was the smoothest [ __ ] she’s ever done. And I was like I was like, I bet you Pat’s like transition like so she knows. Cuz I was like I would have been like I actually didn’t have to say it. We knew we did. We practiced. Yeah, you guys also really found it in the round three. Like round one and two, you guys were little and then three you hit. Two, it was all [ __ ] rolling over. Oh, okay. The floor was uneven. The bar was over people’s heads. So, oh, dude. Yeah, we like it was bad actually. We like got behind because our bar like when we rolled it, it like rolled and got [ __ ] up. Like the floor was [ __ ] up and we were like, “What the [ __ ] are we doing right now?” It was like you were a half sec behind and then you caught it from 7 to 14 and then you went in and Jason was yelling and I was like if Jason really wanted to get Danielle going he’d be like Danielle you’re slow like he would she would have lost her mind and been like [ __ ] you I’m not slow dude. Well I was like I wasn’t It sucked cuz I wasn’t dying. I just like I didn’t know how to go faster. I was also like always on Pat. Yeah, I looked Did I look cramp? I felt soight. I was on Pat’s hand sometimes and I was like hopefully he doesn’t think this is weird. Yeah, it was so fun. Like when it actually was team [ __ ] it m like they win. Like when it was actual team stuff, it was so cool. I think that’s the most excited I think I’ve ever seen you. Yeah. In a in a fitness setting. Yeah. It was dope. Yeah. It’s just cool. Also, Olivia, like I don’t know. Like what? That’s a dope position to be in. It is. She’s like that’s dope. Hope she’s also like 19. She’ll remember that forever. Oh yeah. You know, I grew up on the crime side. The New York Times side staying alive was no job at second hands. Mom’s bounced on old man. So then we moved to Shon land a young rocking to go to low goose. Only way I g was drug loose unless started like this son. Rolling with this one and that one pulling out gas for fun. But it was just a dream for the team who was a fiend. Started smoking rules at 16 and running up in gates and doing hits for high stakes. making my way off firecape. No question I was speed for cracks and weed. The combination made my eyes bleed. That experience from last year helped with that one. Honestly though, like that one there was so much more weight in sandbags that like like yeah, having the guys being able to double up, but like the girls could only move the 150s so like one with one like there was just so many 150 pound bags and 120s that 125s that like the girls just had to do like multiple trips. So it’s just like a lot more fitness. I think I’m curious like from somebody who like paid attention last year to this year like what it looked like but tied it up dude. Yes. True. Round in the sand for fun. No, we had a workout on the beach. So we got sand everywhere. Sand isn’t like kind of sand. I know. It’s not fun. Well, you might take some home with you with these shoes. They’re signing them. Yeah, just for you, dude. There you go. Thank you. Want to see if we can get the other one on. There we go. Let’s get a picture. One more picture. Thanks, dude. Have a good one, man. If we can win the squat and the mono, we guarantee it’s high. And then if Danielle and Pat can just get one point on the captains, we win. So like this squat workout’s big. Like we got to execute. Yeah. How do they sing Christmas songs? I have no idea. Um I guess I should concentrate on warming up anyway. Let’s go. I’m kick kick kick. Praising me, praising me. To me, dance to me. to me. Meased [Music] unbothe I’m that I’m that you get money. If you ain’t getting money, don’t type me. Crocodile might hang with a [Music] I come through and be crickets. I come through and moose be switching. I’m the problem. I’m the villain. I don’t see these these shields throwing dirt on my name and he going know who to play with. And these know who to play with. [Music] me to me. Dance to me. [Music] Time we wasting. We could get away. It’s a ego wasting. We could get away. That’s just my ultimate. That’s just my ultimate. That’s just my ego. Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for [Applause] [Music] We need to take one point in the final to guarantee a tie. How are your legs? pretty my quads pretty. So Ricky will have tired legs. Ta is fresh. Great. That’s fine. Our best bet. This is like best case scenario for a [ __ ] workout at these workout. Our best bet at like securing point one point is probably the first one. If we just like got up do our 60 walls unbroken, they might break them cuz Ricky’s going to be a bit tired. And if we can just do that and like punish some box jumps. Yeah. Secure one point out the bat. Pressure’s off. I That might be it. Their best bet is the war of attrition. Wait till round two, round three. We’re going to be more tired collectively. So, you know, if we can just like find it in your legs to do 60, I’m broken. No break. Get the thing. Like, that’s I think the change and we just [ __ ] hustle it. If we trip or we make a mistake and they’re going to go, we just leave it and then we regroup for another one. Our plan is shamelessly to make sure we get one point and then once we get the one point, we go from there. We talk about it. Yeah. So, it’s a a threeminut interval to get as far as you can in the workout. Whoever gets the farthest gets a point. Then we do the same thing, but it’s a six-minute interval. And then they do the whole workout for time. So, each one of those stages is a point. And we need to win one of those points to tie. And two of them to win. They need to sweep us in order to win. So, it’s going to be interesting. It’s all synchro movement. So, it’s definitely like a teamwork style event and we got to make sure that there’s no no reps out there. And I think I’m not sure what our plan is, but I’m hoping uh Pat was talking about possibly just sending the first round, guaranteeing one point, and then bring it into the last for time version of the workout and uh rely on our fitness. So, we’re excited about it. [Music] The career is more at state when you wear your prime. [ __ ] that paper, baby. My face on the dotted line. I’ve been flying out of town for some peace of mind. It’s like I always just want peace of mind. I’ve been focused on the future, never on right now. But I’m sipping I can butcher either pink or brown. I’m the one that introduce you to you right now. Oh my god. Let me write you in the night. Come and [Music] You look like a leader out there. You were talking your girls up all the time. Yeah. I think I just like little confidence in my I was like, “Okay, I know what I’m [ __ ] good at.” And I was last year I was like not fit or didn’t feel as fit. So this year I was like, “Dude, I am fit. I know what I’m good at. I know what I’m bad at.” also like just was like, “Okay, I guess I’ll like tell the people what they’re good at.” Yeah. You know, because like I mean last year too, the team who was on the team, I don’t I can’t think back, but like Emma and Olivia, like they’re easy to like talk to as an adult cuz you’re like talking to like a young child, like you know, like a young adult. They’re not a young adult. Like a young adult. The first one we were just like, “Okay, like let’s go for it.” Because we were like, “If we’re going to get a point, it’s got to be like immediately.” Because he was like, “My legs are pretty [ __ ] up.” up. He’s like, “If I start cramping, we just got to stop.” And I was like literally saying, “If our legs start cramping, we just got to stop.” So, we went for it. Paid off. And then the second set we were kind of like I was like, “Man, like these double unders are really hard.” And then he’s like, “Wall balls.” And I’m like I was like, “I don’t know.” He’s like I’m like, “Fuck it.” Like I’m going unbroken. And he’s like unbroken. I’m like, “Yeah, I’m going unbroken.” And so, we just [ __ ] went for it. And W’s. Yeah. Good job.