This week Doug and Chris chime in on their thoughts with programming cycles, specifically for this time of year. Should you do them? If so, what are some of the things you can work on? They talk through some of the ways they approach this with the different groups of athletes they are working with […]

This week Doug and Chris talk it up with Sam Dancer. Sam is one of the more colorful CrossFit competitors out there and has a personality about as big as his deadlift. Hear Sam’s previous athletic background (yeah, he’s always been strong) and how he got started in CrossFit. His work ethic and approach is […]

This week Doug and Chris run through their thoughts on the 2017 CrossFit Games. Hear their thoughts on the mens and women’s competition, the workouts, and Chris’s experience in the masters division for the first time. A good weekend but far different than what he has experienced in the past. Listen in on the takeaways […]

This week Doug and Chris catch up with Guido Trinidad. The founder of Wodapalooza, 2012 CrossFit Games Competitor, and now competing at the games in the new Masters 35-39 category. Guido and Chris have remarkably similar approaches and experiences with their training leading into the Games and what the past 2 years of life has […]

This week Doug and Chris talk about the Games workouts… or at least the elements that have been announced. What they think they will be, how they could be applied, as well as an update on Chris’s training. The diagnosis from the first doctor and what the next steps are with just a few weeks […]

Last week Doug and Chris hit the hard reality of the difficulty with making the decision to compete in the masters division or not for Chris. All the things that come along with it in helping make that decision… but we got called out. One of our own Icon Athlete members had questions regarding the […]

This week Doug and Chris go through some of the recent issues Chris has been having with his back/hip. After a slight increase in volume and some tweaks to programming some of the older issues from competition have crept up but more intense. The question of going to the CrossFit Games lingers for Chris Spealler. Is it […]

This week Doug and I answer one of the questions we often get from some of our members with Icon. When do we push through some of the tweaks we may feel, and when do we back off? It’s easy to get caught up in thinking that pushing through things is the “right” or “tough” […]

Sports dietitian Kary Woodruff identifies and dispels many common weight-loss myths. Be sure to listen to see if you’ve been following something that may not actually have any evidence to support it!

This week Doug and I check back in with some questions we received from a listener, “randomly” chose a review to read, and address the following: -How do we get better at gymnastics movement and improve them for the general population in our gyms -Training For the 2017 Games in the Masters Division and how […]