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BEAST OF BURDEN

James Newbury will carry his own high expectations into the CrossFit Games, having first identified, then crushed, his weak link

For a busy guy who’s been up since the predawn, James Newbury is in high spirits: loquacious, solicitous – and apologetic, even though I’m the nong who’s forgotten about the time difference between the eastern seaboard and his home city of Adelaide, and phoned early. Turns out his mood’s copped a boost from his having just eaten for the first time today – at 10am – breaking a fast that had started early the previous evening.

“I have an eating window now,” says Newbury, who’s juggling tasks at Soul 365, the inner-city gym he’s owned and run since 2013. “With all the training I

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