The Victory and The Struggle

The Kitsap CrossFit community wanted to know…and expected to know sooner…how the owners felt about the explosive comments from the CrossFit CEO. They wanted to know where these leaders in the community stood on issues of race and social justice and how those positions aligned (or didn’t align) with the stance of the larger organization. Dan and Amy Hollingworth sat down and answered lots of questions. They are affiliate owners as well as employees of CrossFit. The interview is raw and uncut. Why did they decide to stay affiliated? How do they feel about Glassman’s comments? What are their hopes for CrossFit moving forward? What changes do they want to see? What changes are they planning on making in their local community?

Cade Strong comments on BLM, racial inequity, and CrossFit: Watch Now

Mike Stadshaug’s video mentioned in the episode was shared privately on the KCF private community page.

Call to Action: 1. Recognize your influence and share your opinions with the people in your community.

Call to Action: 2. Lean into the uncomfortable conversations and work to have patience and grace for others.

Dan and Matt take a deep dive into some of the important distinctions between niceness and kindness.

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CALL TO ACTION: DO MORE INTENTIONAL ACTIONS OF KINDNESS

Jeff Cain sits down and shares his passion for literature. From Homer to Shakespeare to more modern classics, Jeff helps us see the enduring lessons and stories to be learned from prominent literary pieces. Work-life balance? Got it. Loyalty to friends versus honor and duty? Got it. Sordid family dynamics? Got it. Struggles and victories? Got it.

CALL TO ACTION: PICK UP A BOOK WITH REAL PAGES, IDEALLY ONE THAT CARRIES LEGITIMATE LITERARY VALUE, AND START READING. FIND AN ANTHOLOGY OF LITERATURE OR TRACK DONE SOME OF NORTON’S ANNOTATED CLASSICS.

Dan and Matt give their perspective on participation trophies. Good? Bad? Ugly? It’s not as straight forward as you may think.

We sit down with submariner Andy Wooster to breakdown his near-death experience after a strenuous day at the gym. His undiagnosed heart issues left him unexpectedly in a life-and-death situation. Andy’s humble retelling of the events shines a light on all the people involved in helping him stay alive and his own determination to respond with resilience

Dr. Jon Gary joins the hosts to explore how to wade through all the complicated scientific literature in the health and fitness field. Together, the three of them break down the resources and strategies ANYONE can use to get the most out of the legitimate research out there…and how to avoid the nonsense.

CALL TO ACTION: Identify a specific outcome you’re shooting for, track down original review articles on the topic, commit to a change and track outcomes.

Dan and Matt discuss the physical and mental demands of endurance events. They cover long-distance running, Ironman competitions, rowing events and mention several other massive endeavors. From exploring the limits of the human body to understanding and leveraging the appropriate mindset, the hosts share their perspectives on the uncanny feats all of us are capable of achieving. The Central Governor Theory comes and Dan recommends “Endure” by Alex Hutchins

The hosts revisit the last episode’s call to action and share some personal victories and struggles.

Call To Action: Lean into discormfort…at least a little bit and widen the expectations you have for yourself.

Dan and Matt discuss the differences between empathy and compassion and the importance of each in terms of leadership, relationships, and any other sort of interaction. Is compassion “better” than empathy? Can we have compassion without empathy? Empathy without compassion?

When we put out the call for audience questions we weren’t sure what we’d get. Our audience came through with some great questions. How do we manage rest days? Is it possible to minimize the plateau when it comes to personal records? What’s the best way to redirect our fitness efforts away form personal ego? How can we create mental toughness? Dan and Matt break it all down in this episode. Big thanks to Lauren, Ian, Jay, and Jené for contributing these great questions.

Interested in Matt’s workshop on living a values-driven life? You can check it out here.

Jason Ackerman of Own Your Eating and the Best Hour of Their Day Podcast spends an hour exploring nutrition, adversity, health, and coaching with the Victory and Struggle cohosts. Learn some of Jason key strategies for taking control of your diet and eating from a place of health rather than restriction.

Jason also discusses some backlash he received (and how he dealt with it) about a video that was poorly received largely due to public ignorance and misinformation. You can watch the video here.

CALL TO ACTION: Initiate the habit of tracking your food – regardless of your “success” in terms of eating healthy, just write it down, track it on an app, or record in any other way.