Linchpin Conversations

Brandon is a husband & a father of an 11 month old baby boy. Over the last year he has dealt with the major life changes that happen when you become a parent. Free time disappears & priorities shift. Through all of this he has found a way not to lose himself or his fitness. This is his story.

1. Repeat workouts vs new workouts.
2. How to improve your pull-ups the right way.
3. Double-under vs Single-unders.
4. Do Hobbies exist?
5. Squatober, Deadcember, Benchuary
6. Burpees & Linchpin Test 13
7. Workout Variations & Equipment.
8. Do I follow the program with everyone else?
9. Pelvic floor concerns.
10. Zone 2 training.
11. Box Step-up Heights.

This is my second interview with Phil & a lot has happened since the last time we spoke a couple of years ago. During that time he spent about 18 months on a GLP-1 & also did a bit of program hopping. In this conversation he speaks candidly about his personal experience on the weight loss drug as well as what lead him back to Linchpin.

1. Do I consult my wife about programming?
2. Do I use AI when programming?
3. Should people improve at a specific rate?
4. Getting Comfortable being Uncomfortable.
5. Tips for Consistency.
6. Does Linchpin have a training bias?
7. Do I program the VNR track?
8. Which movement was toughest for me to learn?
9. Training for Form vs Function.
10. Suffering during Rest Periods.
11. Why do I program in 4-week blocks?
12. Strict vs Kipping Pull-ups

Gustav is a busy husband & father living on a island off the coast of Sweden. His fitness journey has included Youtube workout videos, globo gyms, CrossFit affiliates & Linchpin. He has stopped & started Linchpin several times over the last few years until he finally realized that Linchpin delivers all the fitness he will ever need while still allowing him to have time for family, friends & life. This is his story.

1. Warming up properly
2. Home Gym Gear List
3. Strength Blocks
4. Men's vs Women's barbells
5. Back on the Wagon
6. Defining Interval Training
7. Two Strategies for Intensity
8. Touch-n-Go Reps vs Dropping from the Top
9. Wall Timer vs Wrist Watch
10. Pure Strength vs Barbell Cycling
11. Interval Day Strategy
12. Data Driven Programming
13. Attacking Individual Deficiencies
14. Sustainable Nutrition

Scotty is a busy husband & father of two girls. For years he pursued high volume competition training that included "heavy lift + metcon" style workouts. After two years in Linchpin he had his best placement in the CrossFit Open. He later decided to leave Linchpin & try a "masters athlete" specific program. Scotty eventually decided to stop that program & come back to Linchpin. This is his story.

1. Fitness & wildfire smoke.
2. Questions about the CrossFit Games.
3. What's the point of box jumps?
4. Preventing butt rash during sit-ups
5. Trap bar deadlifts vs conventional
6. Did I ever train with Greg Glassman?
7. The best shoes for training.
8. Getting your first Ring Muscle-up
9. Training when you weigh over 300 lbs.
10. How to enjoy "Side Quests" without overtraining.

Keba is a hard working woman. She grew up on a farm, getting up early, doing chores & tending to animals. Needless to say, she developed a serious work ethic. She has done a variety of things in her life from teaching Spanish, to owning several side businesses. She spent over a decade as the primary caregiver to her ailing mother. This eventually wore down Keba to the point she suffered from clinical depression. Medication & fitness helped turn her life around. This is her story.

1. Intro
2. Should we only share perfect form on social media?
3. How would I scale a roll to support?
4. What if someone never snatches again?
5. Kickstand Squats
6. How does Linchpin programming work?
7. Pros & Cons of only doing Strict Pull-ups.