Ignorance goes a long way towards happiness. Kegan rejoins the team to discuss body positivity, unrealistic expectations, deprivation, disordered eating, the astute advice offered by registered dietitians, acceptance vs. settling for less, a six pack vs. a keg, nasal breathing as The Way, The Science of Weight Loss, among other things. Basically, they play "Spot the Industry Plant", and then mock and critique and judge and eventually work their way to back to a less cynical position wherein they offer some ideas that might help drain the cesspool, especially if the body positive movement leads to larger airplane seats.

Mark talks about his visit to the Rusch Academy aka "Gravel Camp" put on by Rebecca Rusch. Michael covers his team's experience at the 65 Roses fitness competition. They discuss teammates vs liabilities, being the weakest guy in the strongest group, the release of RAZE 4 and an Anthology of all five issues of the Zine, as well as a couple of future products and projects. The least cynical episode yet.

This conversation with Burkey as our guest lasts over 90 minutes but if you want the meat it comes between 12:59 and 13:04. It may be the most cynical podcast we have ever recorded. Here are some highlights:
1) "InstaGram Influencer Executions live at Trolley Square, Friday Night at 7."
2) "It wasn't chicken pox ... I think it was a sword."
4) "The truth about HIIT: more work, less rest ... because when you rest it means you're lazy, and nobody likes a sloth ... the influence of morality on our point of view about exercise makes us misuse the means ... rest is lazy and work is great, work is moral ... Moral Superiority Interval Training"
5) "Nothing Christian happens after dark."

Mark speaks with Joe Holmes and professional cyclist Kiel Reijnen. Kiel hails from the Pacific Northwest and races for the Trek-Segafredo World Tour Team. He was in Park City with teammates Richie Porte and Niklas Eg for an altitude training camp following The Tour of California. During the conversation Kiel talks about his journey to the World Tour, his eagerness for a first stab at The Dirty Kanza, not quite fitting the mold of your typical World Tour Professional and how riding with his daughter’s baby seat on the back of his bike has had a significant impact on how much room motor vehicles give him when passing as compared to other options.

Mark praises Greg Glassman for "deplatforming" Facebook, Michael revisits the Authority issue, Mark mocks a (Southern) politician for his domestic violence arrest, and then tees off on the acquisition culture of so-called Everest climbers, "... you're climbing the rope, not climbing the mountain," and people exploiting and damning the environment in order to fulfill their recreational ambition.

Mark and Michael discuss authority, de-platforming, social programming that leads to opinion, the six-legged elephant, and the difference between remembering and knowing. This episode is short but not sweet.

Hoby Darling made us feel like under-achievers once we learned his background. His law degree is from Northwestern, his graduate degrees in business from UC Berkeley and Columbia, and he worked for Volcom and Nike before becoming CEO of Skullcandy. He has raced Ironman events, competed in CrossFit, and when he isn't trail running or skiing he calls being the Executive Director of Jaybird/Logitech his day job. This impressive resumé pales beside his mission, as a founding member of the Liminal Collective, "to advance the limitless potential of humans, preparing and supporting those who take pioneering steps in extreme, unexplored, and unknown spaces." During the podcast we spoke about the Logitech Cognitive Performer Summit, where Mark joined a panel to discuss the influence of the natural environment on creative output, which led to various rabbit holes we vigorously explored.

This is a live recording of the Q&A session that followed Mark’s presentation during the initial “soft” launch of REFUGE. Some questions had to be cut due to audio issues and the whole thing sounds like it was recorded in a large room but it IS listenable if the content matters to you. Ross and Michael join the conversation.

Hydration in the context of endurance sport is as misunderstood now as it has ever been. Too much information is broadcast on the back of a commercial ploy—trying to sell products—and we are still suffering from the bullshit pushed out in the early-70s that has resulted in hyponatremia issues more than it has improved performance. It ain't comedy; we are actually trying to help, for once.

The FitCon episode aka "Don't Waste Your Time" because we already wasted ours for you. Trevor Thompson joins us to discuss changes in the structure of the CrossFit Games but after 45 minutes we lost the plot, started talking about FitCon, stopped recording, visited FitCon with our Bingo sheets, and then returned with nothing good to say. Enjoy.