Best Hour of Their Day | Podcast

We get the tips and tricks from Chris Hinshaw himself on how to train hard, recover fast, and keep performing at the highest level throughout an entire workout! _________ SPONSORS This season of the Best Hour of Their Day Podcast is brought to you by our Official Sponsor, O2. O2 | Best Hour Affiliate Exclusive: Buy 4 Cases, Get a FREE Mini-Fridge, 4 FREE Cases, and a FREE YETI Water Bottle Visit h...

Just lace up your shoes, go for a run, and breathe hard....that's how you get a better engine, right? Wrong.  There's much more that goes into crafting a precision program that helps you increase your aerobic capacity, make you faster, and reduce fatigue quicker. And let's face it....everybody can go fast.  It's the ones who can do it over and over and over again who end up being world-c...

We're taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming to bring you some SPICY entertainment! Who's going to bow out first?! _________ SPONSORS This season of the Best Hour of Their Day Podcast is brought to you by our Official Sponsor, O2. O2 | Best Hour Affiliate Exclusive: Buy 4 Cases, Get a FREE Mini-Fridge, 4 FREE Cases, and a FREE YETI Water Bottle Visit here to learn more: https://wh...

In coaching, it means everybody squats to depth, everybody locks it out at the top, everybody plays by the same rules.   In business, it means the quality of your product is never sacrificed.  You hold the line, and if something gets out of shape, you address it.   It doesn't matter if you are brand new to CrossFit, an L4 Coach, or the founder of an awesome company like O2...  ...

When you think about CrossFit, it's hard to not see a visual of an athlete performing a snatch or a clean and jerk in your head.   Greg Glassman knew the benefit those movements brought to the table in creating fitness and made sure they were an integral part of the methodology.   Inside the world of weightlifting, there are a few very prominent figures that have established themselves a...

What’s the difference between an expense and an investment? Both cost you something, right? Maybe it’s time, maybe it’s money, but it’s definitely something. The difference is one gives you the bright, shiny thing now. And the other may give you nothing, but it may also give you so much more. Now apply that to the people inside of your Affiliate, both your members and coaches. Are you investing in...

Three words. CrossFit. Wrestling. Entertainment. Josh Gallegos knows a thing or two about all of them. He's the MC of the CrossFit Games for 10 years running, Co-Owner of Deadboys Fitness, and entertainment is his middle name. Seriously, it is. _________ SPONSORS This season of the Best Hour of Their Day Podcast is brought to you by our Official Sponsor, O2. O2 | Best Hour Affiliate Exclusive: Buy...

As far as CrossFit Affiliates go, it's hard to do much more than what is happening at CrossFit Mayhem. But how do you keep all of those gears in line, oiled, and churning away? For starters, you must have the right people on your team and in the right places. Although barely bigger than our own Jason Ackerman, Josh Malone is one such person. He is tasked with being the General Manager of one of th...

CrossFit still works.   Group classes aren't dead.   Group classes aren't dead...again, for the people in the back.   And there are bullies everywhere, waiting for the chance to strike at your weak point.   Well...CrossFit is full of superheroes (Best Hour included) who are on your side and working hard to bring you the tools, tips, and tricks to help you succeed and thrive in...

Do you want the recipe? Hours and hours and hours of slow-cooking... Repeatedly basting it with the secret sauce... Occasionally taking a look at it to admire your hard work... Then sitting down to enjoy the fruits of your labor... We're talking about the recipe for success you get from Affiliate University! This week we meet up with Colton Henson, Owner of CrossFit Engage and one of our longest-t...

Push the Earth Away, Meet the Bar, Squeeze the Oranges… What do these all have in common? They are cues that have been sketched by Karl Eagleman, Founder of @whiteboard_daily. A true artist with an expo marker for a paintbrush and a whiteboard as his canvas, Karl has come up with some of the most creative and innovative ways to cue everything from movement to coaching education to even sport psych...

Who you BE? That's the question Jimmy Hensel is out to help you answer. If a person or team or Affiliate can clearly define themselves and know who they are, it's much easier to align and connect with a routine and inform behaviors day after day. But it has to start with YOU, the individual. ________ This season of the Best Hour of Their Day Podcast is brought to you by our Official Sponsor, O2. V...

This week we talk to the sexiest man in all of CrossFit, and this guy has done it all – from modeling for Abercrombie to old-school Seminar staff and CrossFit media to mountain biking 100 miles in the backcountry. Join us at the mecca of fitness that is CrossFit Mayhem as we chat it up with Rory McKernan about what it’s like to live and work amongst some of the fittest people on planet Earth. ____...

Just because you’ve been around the block a time or two doesn’t mean you’ve got it all figured out. There is always room for improvement. There are always better ways to do things. Affiliate U box owner, Loui Cavallini of Cow Harbor CrossFit, talks with us about bringing the energy and how, even after 10 years as an Affiliate Owner, things are just…getting…started. ________ This season of the Best...

From powerlifting to mortgages and motorcycle gangs to one of THE MOST prominent apparel brands in the CrossFit community, we chat it up with Roy Mangrum from Barbell Voodoo. Want to know the secret to CRUSHING apparel in your gym? What about the exact formula for buying JUST the right amount of each so that you always sell out? Tune in to find out why Ackerman still wears toddler sizes, and Roy g...

We made some calls, pulled some strings, and secured the details.   Tune in to get a SNEAK PEEK at the first workout for the 2022 Nobull CrossFit Games!   Will it be one of the “Girls”?......Maybe.    Competition Director Adrian “Boz” Bozman, joins us in his garage to chat all things CrossFit.   And yes….even while sitting….Fern and Boz are still towering above Ackerman….w...

This is it...the big announcement is finally here! Listen in to learn all about what Ackerman, Fern, and the Best Hour team have been working hard towards. Spoiler alert...it has to do with helping CrossFit Affiliates! Why? Because that's all we know. We live, breath, sleep, and Ackerman even poops CrossFit. ________ This season of the Best Hour of Their Day Podcast is brought to you by our Offici...

From waivers and contract renewals, to 30-day notices, to the difference between W-2 and 1099, Fern and Matt Becker of Gym Lawyers discuss all things legal with respect to your CrossFit box. Tune in to today's episode and check out https://www.gymlawyers.com/ to learn more. _________⁠ Check out more information on our sponsors and partners below:⁠ PARTNERS⁠ DocSpartan - Use code BESTHOUR at checko...

Two OG Jewish CrossFitters, talking OG Jewish CrossFit stuff. Tune in today as Ackerman speaks with Founder and Owner of CrossFit Tilt, Max Isaak. What is your favorite quote from today's episode show? Ours so far is: "When I die, cremate me and put me in a dumbbell." -Jason Ackerman _________⁠ Do not forget to subscribe on YouTube so you never miss an episode. Check out more information on our sp...

Matt Clum, CrossFit affiliate member, helps us debunk 4 common myths of CrossFit. Taking us through his personal weight loss and fitness journey, Matt outlines his experiences with CrossFit and how he ended up at the box he is a member of today. His story brings to light and and helps outline how you might, as a box owner or a coach, educate someone on the fact that CrossFit is for anyone. Do not...

Be more intentional with your lesson planning.  Talk less, get your athletes moving more. At a bare minimum, have a drop dead start time and start the WOD on time. Tune in today to hear the conclusion of our two-part lesson planning episode. Check out episode one at episode 539. _________⁠ Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel so you never miss an episode. Check out more informatio...

The sport of fitness is not CrossFit. Your job as a coach and affiliate owner is to educate your athletes on what that means...which is that CrossFit is something everyone can do. Bottle the lighting and/or ride that lion. But take up the torch and carry it well. _________⁠ Do not forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel so you never miss an episode. Check out more information on our sponsors an...

Tune in today to hear Ackerman and Josh Pirtle, AKA Fluffy Duck, talk all things CrossFit, social media, and of course, some other random stuff along the way. _________⁠ So you never miss an episode, don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel. Check out more information on our sponsors and partners below:⁠ ⁠ SPONSORS⁠ InsideTracker - Visit https://info.insidetracker.com/coachjasonackerman.⁠...

Novice and experienced coaches differ by degree, not kind. Whether you are L1 and been a coach for two weeks, or L3 and been a coach for years, do you show up to every single class you coach with a lesson plan? If not...you should. The value in the plan comes in the actual thinking through and planning for the class to come. That is how you set yourself up for success. Question for you: it is Mond...

In case you wanted to learn a little bit more about Best Hour's first employee, Katy, tune in to today's episode. Ackerman and Fern ask Katy some questions, and Ackerman might even let Katy answer without interrupting (jk, that won't happen). ________ Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel so you never miss and episode. Check out more information on our sponsors and partners below:⁠ ⁠ SP...