Meet Us At The Rig

“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson.

After the last few episodes of "heady" work with discovering values, determining vision and mission, and aligning them all...this episode, Steve and David talk about who you need to be and how you need to act to make these things come to fruition.

Whether you know it or not, the people, experiences, and ideas you've come into contact with to this point in your life have shaped who you are and how you behave. In today's episode, Steve and David take you through an exercise to bring these potentially unconscious themes. Intentionality reigns supreme in the world of default and surface level interactions...let's start ramping up our focus and directionality!

Steve and David are back with the kick-off of Season 2 of The Rig with a conversation about the importance of values, mission, and vision to aligning actions with our sense of who we are and who we want to become. Listen along as they talk about their gym's (CrossFit Northland) version of these three things.

Steve and David are back for a Season 1 bonus episode to talk about the season thankfulness and thanksgiving. Grab some turkey, some pumpkin pie (with cool whip), and tune in for this discussion about how and why to foster the gratitude muscle and carry it through the year.

This week on The Rig, Steve and David chat about the 2020 Open which is coming to a close this weekend. Whether you have been killing it to this point or are looking back to the last 4 workouts and wondering "what if..", they have some thoughts, some challenges, and a charge for each one of you. Tune in for the last episode of Season 1!

In this week's episode, Steve and David interview Jason "The Kid" Willis on the habits associated with setting Big Scary Goals. Whether it's a marathon, an endurance event, or 500 burpees a day, the talk goes from responding to failure, to declaring a goal in the first place...to quitting when it makes the most sense. Tune in!

This week Steve and David chat about Ben Bergeron's development of his athletes as is discussed in his book Chasing Excellence. They talk through character, process, physical ability, and strategy and how they are ordered to see optimal return on your investments as a competitor. 

Many times in life, we find ourselves focussing, worrying, and expending time and energy on all kinds of events, activities, and decisions. The news is rampant with negative information. As we drive into work we come car-to-car with others who might have different thoughts than we do about what proper following distance, speed, time to merge, etc are. How do you react?

In this episode, Steve and David talk about the benefit of focusing on those things that are actually under your control--what we Stephen Covey calls the "sphere of influence."

David and Steve are back again to chat about the 6 month turnaround on the 2020 Open that starts this week. They give their perspectives on why it's a beneficial test and what you can learn from it regardless of whether or not you're signing-up. 

In this week's episode of The Rig, Steve and David talk about being a generalist or specialist in training. Which are you and which should you be? Topics also covered: David and Steve's college and sport backgrounds, 2020 CrossFit Open/CF Season, getting your goat.