Being aware of your emotions and the feelings of others in your space is at times difficult. It can even be highly frustrating navigating the emotional mind field that is society. It takes a lot of self-awareness, to be able to identify another person’s state and adjust your projections accordingly. A difficult task maybe, but a highly liberating experience once you learn how to control your emotions and be mindful of other peoples.

The boys are not experts on emotional intelligence, but both are work in environments that require emotional sensitivity daily. Craig and Simon have a deep and meaningful about their struggles with understanding other people and managing their own emotional state.

In your movement, in your intent, in your life.

Simon and Craig break down why integrity is an important value in the gym and as a human.

From making sure you are hitting depth and crossing the line on your wall ball, and rounding down your DU count, to outright cheating yourself.

The boys go through why believe it’s important to carry yourself with integrity, in the gym, and how it’ll straighten your moral compass in the real world.

Enjoy

After recently hitting A 200m sled push, Simon and Craig discuss what they believe is one of the hardest workouts they've ever done.

The boys then go on to talk about what makes a work out "hard" and talk about some of the hardest workouts in CrossFit. 

Let us know what the hardest workout you've ever done is...

Amazing episode with Founder of DISC, Dr Tamara Ghazi.

Tamara is a long time friend of the boys, and as you would imagine having opened 3 sports medicine clinics in the middle east, has a wealth of knowledge on health and fitness, particularly when it comes to pain management. 

Tamara goes deep and gives us a better understanding in to the causes of pain, and what the best ways to address it.

Amazing episode, we're stoked to have had the opportunity to chat with Dr T.

Craig and Simon discuss three ways you can get more out of your training, without changing anything about your training.

Food.

Sleep.

Hydration.

Three really simple parts of everyday life, which you can improve slightly and have a positive impact on your training. You're training hard already, how do you maximize the effectiveness of you training without having to push harder or change your program.

Have a listen, enjoy!

The boys go deep on this past weekends CrossFIt games, if the games doesn't interest you, skip to min 25ish onwards.

Craig asks Simon a couple nutrition questions, myths and mistakes, how to make progress depending on what your goals are, and a couple of tips for each of those categories.

Really insightful episode picking Simons brain, nutrition is such an in depth topic that could go so many different ways, this one makes a lot of sense and is very easy to digest. 

Enjoy, and give us thoughts!

This weekend the 2019 CrossFit games kicks off, Simon and Craig spend a decent chunk of time talking about what we may see with the new format.

They then break down how to make the best cup of coffee at home (outlined below), as well as answer a couple of listener questions. 

Home coffee variables

- Water temp. Don't let it boil.

- Grind size. Depends on method of brewing but the finer the stronger usually

- Steep time. Again, depends on the method, but a french press 4-9mins, aeropress 1-2mins

- Grind your own beans. The oils evaporate quickly, coffee is best brewed with freshly ground beans.

- Stir the coffee with a non metallic object. Use a wooden object like a chop stick to stir the grounds.

Have a great week homies.

Having a training goal is important, but knowing why you want to achieve that goal is powerful.

It's not uncommon to not know your why, most gym goers have a training goal, lose weight, gain weight, get stronger. Only when you understand why that goal is important to you, will you be truly motivated enough to achieve your goal.

https://base3.ae/blog/what-is-your-why

What makes a good client? What makes a bad client?

Simon and Craig have trained a few people over the years, and have had their share of good and bad clients.

The boys breakdown what they think separates good clients from bad ones, and same for good and bad coaches.

Why the cost of fitness is important, and how you really do get what you pay for.

And obviously talk about coffee, a lot.

We got a little carried away with this one, haha.

This won't be the last time I say this, but this one was PACKED with goodies. Loads of valuable info, pulled from both of our experiences.

We spent the majority of the show talking about injuries and hot manage your training around being in pain, an dhow pain isn't always a bad thing.

We then broke down our favorite fitness industry myths, spoke about judging elite level athletes in competitions, discussed the benefits of doing the CrossFit level 1 as a non coach, and wrapped up discussing our favorite TV shows. 

As always, good chats with good coffee and sharing interesting fitness related information.

Enjoy

https://shruggedcollective.com/common-training-myths-busted-w-dr-andy-galpin/