Get With The Programming

2014 was the beginning of the end of a era with Rich Froning announcing this will be his last year as individual competitor.  Before we get to The Games however, we must go through The Open. Bill and Chase discuss the effectiveness of the programming to find the new stock of athletes for this years CrossFit Games Season.

The CrossFit Games just released a full schedule and NEW format for the 2021 Season.  Chase and Bill go through all the details and try to fill in the blanks of what the 2021 CrossFit Games season could potentially look like. 

Bill and Chase reminisce on their Top 4 Moments, Memories and Stories of the 2013 CrossFit Open.  They discuss open cheaters getting busted by social media, birth of the beloved open announcements, secret open meetings and catch phrases. 

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW of our podcast for our Patreon Supporters.  The hear the full episode go to patreon.com "Get with the Programming" to support the show and for only $6 a month become a Programatron. The CrossFit Games NEEDS Ricky Garard to come back. Bill and Chase sit down and discuss why and what stipulations and reservations they have about the "Return of Ricky"

Third times a charm right? This year we had repeats, combo events, terrible events and a new style of programming events. Bill and Chase sit down and analyze the 2013 CrossFit Open. 

Jillian Michaels built her career on publicly shaming, belittling and physically and mentally abusing people on national TV for the sake of "Fitness" and fame.  Now she is back in the news bashing CrossFit's Training Methodology AGAIN with same old uneducated  and ignorant song and dance.  Chase and Bill set the record straight about how dangerously misinformed she truly is and what means for her...

Bill and Chase sit down and share their Top 4 moments, memories and stories of the 2012 CrossFit Open.  In this episode they discuss everything injuries, leader boarding, athlete strategies to a new form of Open Announcements! 

Coming off a successful maiden campaign in 2011 there was a lot of anticipation for The Open in 2012. Participation has nearly tripled from 26,000 to nearly 70,000 athletes as this year presented Athletes worldwide the most accessible and doable Open Workout ever programmed... 7 minutes of Burpees. Chase and Bill analyzing the programming from the 2012 CrossFit Open and see how it stacks up agains...

Bill and Chase share their favorite memories, moments and stories of the 2011 CrossFit Open. 

The CrossFit Community is growing exponentially and so has the interest in the Sport of Fitness.  Gone are the days were you can just sign up for a live competition and try to makes the CrossFit Games, so what does to CrossFit do? Here comes The CrossFit Open, a worldwide online competition meant to serve as the first filtering system for the new CrossFit Games Season. Bill and Chase sit down and...

It was a unique year, a challenging year and a defining year for both Mat Fraser and Tia Toomey.  Mat surpasses Rich Froning with his 5th consecutive CrossFit Games championship with the most dominant performance in history. Meanwhile, Tia Toomey continues to re-write her own History with her 4th consecutive win.  The question is now, if the programming is to find the fittest, how do you not look...

CrossFit's Director of Sport, Dave Castro, joins the show.  We talk everything from the crazy challenges 2020 provided for The Games Season, Dave's unrelenting resolve to save The Games and his approach to each and every event was constructed to crown this years "Fittest on Earth"

Imagine being able to pull a 500# Deadlift. Imagine being able to run a Sub 5 min Mile. Now imagine doing both at the same time.... impossible? Not anymore. In our very first episode of "Fitness Freaks" we sit down with Michael Miraglia how just did his both under the same clock.  We Talk about where the idea came from, how he training for it and what all took place on that day.

A special PREVIEW of our EXCLUSIVE content we provide for our Patreon Supporters AKA "Programatrons".  Bill and Chase sit down and "Grade the Games Athletes" by analyzing their performance relative to the field and their own expectations coming in to the weekend.   If you want to hear this entire episode you can support us on patreon.com and search "Get With The Programming" and for $6 a month you...

Chase and Bill share their top 4 Moments, Memories and Stories of the 2020 CrossFit Games.  They talk COVID protocols, Eric Roza, new blood in the sport and the ever nostalgic Ranch in Aromas. 

Are Tia and Mat the Fittest people to ever walk the Earth? Is this the most boring CrossFit Games ever? Are these CrossFit Games really the hardest one ever? We discuss all that and more with and answer fan questions live from YouTube as well as review and preview the days competition.

Day 1 of the 2020 CrossFit Games lived up to the billing at the start of what is being heralded as the "Hardest CrossFit Games of all time".  Bill and Chase sit down and discuss the first day of competition as well as preview what's to come on Day 2.

It's happeningggggg.. Chase and Bill are in AROMAS and Broadcasting the 2020 CrossFit Games along side the legend Tanya Wagner and Voice of the CrossFit Games Sean Woodland. We take a look at what's to come with what we know about the first day of competition of the 2020 CrossFit Games!

It's been called this the "Cardio Games", "The Running Games" or "The Greg Games".... But what about the programming?! Was this REALLY the most controversial and worst test we have ever seen? Or is everyone overreacting because of the emotional rollercoaster that was The "new" Games Season? Bill and Chase analyze the 2019 Programming, The Cuts and The Scoring and decide if this really was the best...

2018 was the last year CrossFit would have an official media crew and the last year a lot of us got to see each other.  Bill Grundler and Chase Ingraham bring in their good friends Larry Moss, Mike Richards and Brenton Roggow to talk about their Top 4 moments, memories and stories of the 2018 CrossFit Games.

2018 brought some of the most unique, exciting, thrilling and jaw dropping tests the CrossFit Games have ever seen.  Yet, if you weren't there... you probably haven't seen it because the documentary footage has been locked away.  Bill and Chase go back through all the programming and discuss how this Test was different than all the rest to find "The Fittest on Earth". 

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Bill Grundler and Chase Ingraham share their favorites moments, memories and behind the scenes stories of the 2017 CrossFit Games.

Goodbye Carson. Hello Madison! We have a new location to test the "Fittest on Earth" to go along with one of deepest field of athletes the CrossFit Games has ever seen. Dave Castro now has a brand new canvas to paint his programming masterpiece.  Bill Grundler and Chase Ingraham sit down and analyze "The Test" for 2017 CrossFit Games.

Brian Friend joins the show one more time to share stories with Chase and Bill along with their favorite memories and moments of the 2016 CrossFit Games.