Gymreapers Wodapalooza SoCal brings 30,000 people and 1,500 athletes to the Huntington Beach Pier this September and Matt Banwart has a front-row seat to all of it.

He's owned Red Wolf CrossFit on Beach Boulevard since 2012, and he breaks down what the festival actually looks like from the sand, plus why the gym everyone assumes is for hardcore competitors is mostly busy parents squeezing in an hour before work.

What you'll learn:

- What the Gymreapers Wodapalooza SoCal festival is, why HB beat out every other SoCal beach town for it, and what spectators can actually watch on the sand September 25–27

- How "The Gauntlet" lets non-competitors jump in for a one-hour taste of the competition floor - Why Matt says 95% of CrossFitters look nothing like what Instagram shows you

- The 42-day mark: what Red Wolf's own cli ...