Coffee, Pods and Wods

Mariah Moore has recovered and finished the 2018 CrossFit Games documentary. We chat about the upcoming film, the 2021 documentary, parenting and creativity. 

Pat Sherwood, the man behind Linchpin; one half of Varied Not Random; countless memorable moments in Games commentary and recent father drops by to chat conversation, Marines, programming and Linchpin.

Matt Torres is the Pied Piper of the CrossFit world. Gathering some of the best teenagers and bringing them to Florida to go 'all in' for 2022. We caught up before Rogue to chat about the coaching Dallin, Emma and others and the coaching beliefs that got him to where he is today.

Justin Medeiros, Fittest Man On Earth, drops by on the anniversary of his Filthy150 win to chat about that season which culminated in a trip to the Aromas. We also chat about joining Podium, NoBull and working with Mat Fraser and the pressure to deliver and becoming Fittest On Earth.

Christine is a phenomenal writer and someone I admire a lot creatively in general but especially around CrossFit. She co-wrote both of Ben Bergeron’s books amongst others and forged a career for herself as a writer having left politics behind. We chat about journaling for Dave Castro, writing with Ben, 2020 and 2021 Games and how they differ and story telling and it’s challenges. 

Phil Southerland explains how he was diagnosed as diabetic as a baby and told he'd likely be dead or blind by his 20s. Instead, he won the Race Across America on an all diabetic team and lead the charge for continuous glucose monitoring. 

Having founded Supersapiens, Phil explains how the hardware and software operates, who it can help and how.

Pete Williams and Ffion Sagar from CrossFit DeltaFox and The 180 Project explain what the initiative is, who it serves and how it serves them as well as explaining the recent fundraising efforts and plans for the future.

Daniel Chaffey is the International Director for CrossFit. He was country manager for France before that and also owns two CrossFit gyms in France and is the founder of the French Throwdown. We chat about all of this and also his love of coffee, his tour of Europe with Eric Rosa and moving to France for a lady.

In the final episode of the Compober series I'm joined by Wilson Pak to unpack one of the first semi final events of the 2021 Games season, The Mid Atlantic CrossFit Challenge, and look forward to the affiliate driven MACCFest coming up in November.

Griffin Shaffer talks all things memes from sitting in bed trying to think of ideas to being hired by CrossFit to create for them. We also talk about coffee in Oklahoma, how he met his wife and the pressure to be consistent online.