Best Hour of Their Day | Podcast

The community created inside of a CrossFit Affiliate is special. It's embracing and inclusive.  And to those that are fighting addiction and in recovery, it may be life-saving. You'd be surprised at how many of your members are in recovery, and we're talking with Scott Strode about how CrossFit Affiliates can help them with The Phoenix. 00:00 - Intro 02:20 - Scott’s Journey 04:45 - Look Withi...

There's never been a better time to be a CrossFit Affiliate than now. With new leadership in place, we're talking with Gary and Austin about what the focus is for Affiliates around the world and what we can expect in the coming year. _________ SUBSCRIBE to YouTube and never miss a tip, trick, or knowledge bomb! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbue1LPfz1h6pEmBpQkvWxA   Sign Up For Our Newslet...

We're discussing the uncomfortable truth that the single most important differentiator between box owners who win and those who fail, is that those who make the time to work on their business consistently win, and the rest just die full of excuses. _________ SUBSCRIBE to YouTube and never miss a tip, trick, or knowledge bomb! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbue1LPfz1h6pEmBpQkvWxA   Sign Up...

If we take the models of health and fitness from CrossFit and apply them to the health of your CrossFit Affiliate, you can uncover the deficiencies and form a plan to turn your box into a world-class business! _________ SUBSCRIBE to YouTube and never miss a tip, trick, or knowledge bomb! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbue1LPfz1h6pEmBpQkvWxA Sign Up For Our Newsletter https://www.besthouroftheir...

We're talking all things nuts and guts and breaking down the stigmas behind building muscle as a female and eating what Ashleigh VanHouten calls "nose to tail"! Check out her books here: https://www.amazon.com/Ashleigh-VanHouten/e/B08MNX5C9Q/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk _________ SUBSCRIBE to YouTube and never miss a tip, trick, or knowledge bomb! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbue1LPfz1h6pEmBpQkvWxA Si...

Almost every Affiliate Owner who tries to open multiple locations FAILS.   But Max Isaak of CrossFit Tilt is crushing it, and we're here to chat about his success thus far and any tips and tricks he can give to other Affiliate Owners who may be considering opening a second location. _________ SUBSCRIBE to YouTube and never miss a tip, trick, or knowledge bomb! https://www.youtube.com/channel/...

By doing just this one thing, you can bring more money into your Affiliate and afford to upgrade equipment or even hire another Coach. _________ SUBSCRIBE to YouTube and never miss a tip, trick, or knowledge bomb! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbue1LPfz1h6pEmBpQkvWxA Sign Up For Our Newsletter https://www.besthouroftheirday.com/ _________ SPONSORS O2 is an Official Sponsor of the Best Hour of T...

Adversity in our lives can often lead us to growth, new opportunities, and maybe even our greatest potential. We're chatting with Steph "The Hammer" Roach about how she put herself out there and helped create the adaptive division at The Crush Games years ago and her new book that tells her story, Driven. Find her book here! https://www.amazon.com/Driven-Triumph-Inspiration-Attainable-Motivation/d...

If you aren't charging a bare minimum of $150 per month for memberships at your Affiliate, you are either too scared or you just don't know what you don't know. Melody Feldman charges what seems like a lot at her box CrossFit MPH, but she has classes at capacity and provides a world-class experience for her members that keeps them coming back for more. _________ SUBSCRIBE to YouTube and never miss...

CrossFit has had so much growth since it's creation. And along the way, some things have shifted, off-shoots were born, ideas evolved. But we have to get back to the roots. We have to hold the line.  CrossFit...constantly varied, functional movements, performed at high intensity...works. And it will change your life. Lisa Ray give us the gems in her talk on this very thing at a recent CrossFi...

We're talking about the Stories we tell ourselves, the sneaky, confidence-sucking power of Soft Talk, and how to differentiate victims from The Victim Mentality and get our language working FOR US! If you want to hear more awesome stuff like this, check out their podcast too: Get Enlifted | Spotify | Apple And just for the Best Hour audience:  Exclusive Preview of NEW Enlifted Essentials Cour...

Control your breath, control your life. There's so much power in a single breath. Whether creating space to have a deeper thought or deescalating a stress response or making your mind and body feel alive, your breath is a powerful tool for capturing strength, health, and happiness. Brandon Powell is a Level 3 Wim Hof Method Instructor as well as a professional Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Self Defense, an...

Virtuosity means doing the common, uncommonly well. It means a constant and relentless pursuit of excellence. CrossFit teaches us the models that help us capture virtuosity in our movement, nutrition, and health. But what if we applied those models the business of owning an Affiliate? What if you approached your business the same way you do your training? What if it were easy? _________ SUBSCRIBE...

Ben Smith learned of CrossFit from his dad, consumed every Greg Glassman publication and video he could as a young man, and rose in the sport to become one of the Fittest on Earth. He might be younger than his peers, but he's an OG through and through. And it shows when you hear him speak of the methodology, how he analyzes movement, or watch him interact with people in class daily. Ben Smith gets...

For many, hitting the gym day is a way to relieve the stresses of the day. But are we actually paying attention to and working on why those stresses are there in the first place, or are we just using the voluntary “noise” to drown them out for a while? Perhaps, what once was a stress-reliever has now become just another source of mental clutter all its own and produces more negativity. Between The...

The life of a competitor is not always glamorous. Ryan Fischer was broke, sleeping on strangers’ couches, and training hours and hours every single day to be in the competitive CrossFit arena. He had put everything on the line to be counted amongst the best. That work ethic and drive and sacrifice is a commonality amongst the elite competitors in our sport. After leaving the competition scene, Fis...

Should everyone be eating testicles? How about the intra-workout shake to send your fitness skyrocketing to the moon mid-AMRAP? Nutrition is so contentious and coaching your members through it can be a war all on its own. Dr. Nathan Jenkins from RP Strength helps lay out some simple tips for having nutrition coaching conversations with your members and helping them get things dialed in, one little...

There's never been a better time to be an Affiliate Owner.   But is buying an existing one the way to go?   You need to know what questions to ask, what things lie in wait for you once you take the lead, and have a plan for how you will make it your own and implement the things you want to see done.   Even then, is it the RIGHT path to Affiliate Ownership for YOU?! _________ SUBSCRI...

He's a CF-L1 Coach at CrossFit Minnetonka . He prefers all of his shirts half-sized. And he lit the building up when he repped out crossover double unders in the Skill Speed Medley. We're chatting it up with the 14th Fittest Man on Earth AND the 2022 CrossFit Games Rookie of the Year, Nick Mathew . _________ SUBSCRIBE to YouTube to catch all the episodes in video and never miss a tip, trick, or fu...

You love CrossFit, you love coaching, and the opportunity presents itself for you to become the Owner of an existing Affiliate...AWESOME!   But what are some of the things you should look out for when purchasing an existing Affiliate?   What are some questions you should ask?   And how will you MAKE IT YOUR OWN once in the captain's chair?  We talk with Lindsay London of CrossF...

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Clarity is kindness.   Whether it's bringing a new person into your community, taking charge and leading your class, or helping to develop your Coaches and team...being clear will set you up for success.   Denise Thomas is the creator of the Coaches Development Program, CrossFit Seminar Staff Manager, and part of a small team that works on developing the CrossFit Seminar Staff, the "red...

In a global sport like CrossFit, paring down the participant pool of hundreds of thousands of people to a single male and female winner at the CrossFit Games is a monumental task. Combine that with the all-encompassing nature of the sport itself, and nearly everything is fair game. This year, Adrian Bozman took the lead and crafted one of the most challenging and classic CrossFit Games events we'v...

You love CrossFit and helping people.   You want to work for yourself.   You decide to open your own Affiliate.   But what are some of the things you may encounter along the way?  What are the growing pains? What decisions might you be faced with?   We catch up with Affiliate University member, Trish, to talk about her experience from taking over an Affiliate to moving int...

CrossFit has a new leader at the helm.   As the CrossFit Games were wrapping up for the weekend, we had the opportunity to talk with the new CEO of CrossFit, Don Faul.   We asked alot of questions, but here's what you need to know:   Don Faul is passionate about CrossFit.  He's experienced the life-changing power the methodology holds, he's been in the community and knows the a...