Linchpin Conversations

Mike is a husband, as well as a father of two children. He is a full time fire fighter that has learned how to manage fitness while having a demanding job that requires him to work 24 hours on & 48 hours off. He also enjoyed doing Jiu-jitsu twice a week. We discussed all of these topics & much more.

1. Checkpoint Golf
2. Checkpoint Hotel
3. Checkpoint India
4. Checkpoint Juliet
5. Checkpoint Kilo
6. Checkpoint Lima

Jesse is a husband, as well as being a father of 4 kids. During his life he has dealt with difficult times, for example, he attended Grad School while working full time & have a 2 month old baby at home. He has weighed as little as 135 pounds to as much as 220 pounds & everything in between. No matter that sort of chaos life has dealt him, he has put his family first & still found a way to take care of himself. This is his story.

1. Skipping the warm-up.
2. New Linchpin Monthly Tests
3. Why do Bulgarian Split Squats wreck me?
4. What do people ask me to add or remove from programming?
5. Humidity, sweat & nastiness.
6. The VNR Back Squat Capacity program.
7. Sandbags are fun.
8. What Supplements do I take?

1. Skipping the warm-up.
2. New Linchpin Monthly Tests
3. Why do Bulgarian Split Squats wreck me?
4. What do people ask me to add or remove from programming?
5. Humidity, sweat & nastiness.
6. The VNR Back Squat Capacity program.
7. Sandbags are fun.
8. What Supplements do I take?

Amy has been serving in the Austrian police force for 15 years. She is married & has a 10-month old baby boy. She did the "heavy lift + metcon" style of CrossFit for several years before leaving that behind & choosing Linchpin. This is her story.

1. Is "Fasting" hype or real?
2. Becoming a better runner.
3. Power Snatching your Bodyweight 18 times.
4. Linchpin & Jiu Jitsu
5. Workouts I like.
6. Shift work makes fitness tough.
7. Why is the Air Runner so tough?
8. Clean & Jerk vs Shoulder-to-Overhead
9. Building out your garage gym.
10. Using Accessory work as a 2nd session.

Emily lives in the U.K. & trains in an old barn that is hundreds of years old. She has been into sports her entire life & her true passion is Rugby. She has experimented with classic strength training, long distance running & CrossFit. She is a self-proclaimed program hopper that keeps making her way back into the Linchpin community. This is her story.

1. The mental game of fitness.
2. Muscle-up substitutions.
3. Raising Chickens.
4. Returning to training after illness.
5. Caloric demands of training.
6. Considerations for Rowing.
7. Who needs extra strength work?
8. Uncommon equipment that I enjoy.

Rob is a husband & a father of 3 girls. He entered the Army after college & traveled the world a bit. After the military he got a membership to 24 Hour Fitness & would do whatever workout routine caught his eye. Once he learned about CrossFit he got hooked & never looked back. This is his story.