Those Summa Guys

Mike and Sean are joined by fellow owner of CrossFit Summa, Katie Hunsberger to to talk about the most common things that they see in their affiliate regarding nutrition and why people are not reaching their goals, with simple steps to start implementing to improve!

Mike and Sean have fun reminiscing over their own personal top 3 favorite workouts of all time as well as the top 3 workouts that made them question their life choices up until that point!

Mike and Sean sit down to discuss the formerly unspoken rules of the gym and best practices to keep the culture and community strong. They discuss:

-Cleaning up after yourself 

-Being on time

-Late cancelling/ No showing

-How to be coachable

-Scaling/ Cheating reps or movements 

-Introducing yourself to new members

-Not giving up!

Mike and Sean get heated in this debate over which Olympic Lift is more functional. They discuss appropriate uses of the lifts for improving health and fitness.

Mike and Sean discuss scaling workouts in the gym, why everyone should do it, ways to do it properly, the mindset around scaling and why it may be the key to consistent long-term fitness gains!

Article mentioned in podcast:

https://journal.crossfit.com/article/cfj-scaling-crossfit-workouts

Mike and Sean are joined by their wives, Katie and Krystal, on the podcast to discuss what health fitness looks like with a partner, in some chances that supports you and then looks at what can be done when one partner prioritizes health more or is not supportive of your goals. Let us know if you want more of Katie and Krystal and it was fun having everyone in on the conversation!

Mike and Sean discuss chasing those mythical PR attempts on heavy lifting days, how often you should expect to PR and what your mindset should be when you get to the gym on heavy days. This was a fun one!

Article that we reference in the episode:

https://journal.crossfit.com/article/cfj-on-unicorns-and-how-to-hunt-them

Mike and Sean share their Top 3 most memorable workouts while traveling and tips and tricks for success on your fitness journey while traveling for fun, work or just having to squeeze a quick workout in at home!

This episode is Sean and Mike answering some concerns from members about "what should I be doing" to improve in their fitness journey. They go into depth on their philosophy on programming for a CrossFit gym for health, longevity and continual improvement. They talk about key issues such as Intensity in favor of volume, doing varied workouts, coaching considerations, building culture all in the context of how to program effective workouts for a gym.