Best Hour of Their Day | Podcast

Stand firm in the rules you set in place for your affiliate. If the price is the price...then it is the price. Be impeccable with your word. Set the line in the sand. Hold firm on it, deliver on it, and do not come off of it. They are your rules to break, but you should not break them because you feel pressured to do so. It is not your members fault, it is what you are allowing them to do. So you...

How you do one thing is how you do anything.  Brent Fikowski, Games athlete and entrepreneur, knows a little something about goal setting.  And we bet you did not know how much he loves to listen to and talk about music.  Check out episode 461 of the Best Hour of Their Day Podcast to hear Ackerman's interview with Fikowski.  So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube an...

Programming is important only to the extent that you execute it properly.  Tune in as we chat about CAP, CompTrain, variance, and intensity.  Additionally, Ackerman shares a story about his experience with "Fran" that you truly won't want to miss.  So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn...

An inventor and entrepreneur that few in CrossFit know about, but all should.  Tune in to hear Ackerman's discussion with creator of the Bosu Ball and Founder of WeckMethod, David Weck.  Head on over to https://www.weckmethod.com and enter BESTHOUR15 at final checkout OR follow this link to automatically apply the code to your purchase: https://bit.ly/BESTHOUR15. So you never miss an epi...

Which movements, you ask? Why not begin with CrossFit's 9 foundational movements. To become a better coach, you have to get better at seeing and correcting. That way, no matter what type of athlete walks into your class - a great mover or a not so great one - you will be ready. Know the points of performance. Know where to look for faults.  Study the movements by coaching. So you never miss a...

"I can't do it right now but I will in a few months." Well, what is the plan for those few months? What will change in those few months? Say the quiet things out loud. Stop waiting. You know you do not have a plan. But we do. So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan,...

Today's episode features a chat with Dave Colina, Founder and CEO of O2 - a company doing things right. Email gyms@drinko2.com to enroll today. So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelpay.com, and rxsmartge...

You can't win by sitting on the sidelines. What is it going to take to get you in the game?  If you say you want to be a better athlete, coach, box owner...the best time to actually quit talking and begin doing was yesterday.  The second best time is right f*cking now.  Trouble deciding where to start on this path forward?  Get a coach. Coaches need coaches. So you never miss a...

"It is about how you define yourself and how you decide what is next." Your sport does not define you. You get to choose your identity and who you are based upon the decisions you make day in and day out. Listen in to hear Heppner and Ackerman discuss how important CrossFit is in the development of the overall athlete, how Heppner has transitioned out of being a competitive CrossFitter, and, of co...

Contrary to what social media sometimes says, Dr. Sean Pastuch and Ackerman actually like each other and are in agreement on a lot of things. Tune in to hear their discussion around what it means to give people the best hour of their day when they come into your affiliate. So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you wan...

In case you were wondering, it does not matter if they are full time or part time.  Pay. Your. Coaches. Your goal should be to build a strong enough team to the point that they could "drive the train" in your absence. The only way to build that resilient team is to bring on a full time coach. You must start working towards bringing on a full time coach. And that starts with paying your part t...

Take control of your life and your decisions. You can change the course of your life with those decisions you make every single day. Tune in to episode 451 to hear Ackerman and return Best Hour guest, MDV, discuss how. So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelP...

Take extreme ownership, stick to the CrossFit methodology, and immerse yourself in coaching.  Put in the work, and you can pass your L3. So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelpay.com, and rxsmartgear...

In the 449th episode of the Best Hour of Their Day Podcast, Ackerman sits down with Coach, Host of the "Get lean, eat clean" podcast, and Author, Brian Gryn. So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelpay.com,...

"To do well, you have to be driven and you have to want to do it." In this special episode of the podcast, Ackerman sits down with Radiologist and Games Athlete, Emily Rolfe. They discuss everything from e-coli to the challenges of working a full time job while training as an elite athlete. So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of The...

Great advice, hurts your feelings every time. Really though. CrossFitters turn into coaches who turn into box owners who suck at sales, and that is why we want to have a conversation about it.   At the end of the day sales are just reps...if you truly believe in what you do and the fact that you are changing people's lives.   If you want more help with sales, send us a message on ou...

From learning how to coach and be coached by your significant other, to their experience at the Games, to what is on the horizon for them, you do no not want to miss episode 446 of the Best Hour of Their Day Podcast featuring Jeff Adler and Caroline Lambray.  So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to lear...

We've said it before, we'll say it again, and then we will say it a million more times: we love CrossFit. We hope that is obvious by the fact that, at its core, we started a podcast about it. In today's episode, we discuss the importance of the sickness-wellness-fitness continuum (as taught in the L1 seminar) and the ability CrossFit has to make you stronger and "more well" (or maybe well-er?) So...

"Inspiration leads to action. Action leads to change." In today's special episode of the podcast, Austin Malleolo stops by our Coaches Development group for a Q+A on CrossFit Affiliate Programming. Our Coaches Development Course is designed to help you become the best CrossFit coach you can be by focusing on the six criteria of an effective coach: teaching, seeing, correcting, demonstrating, group...

Continuing with our  most recent trend a of having special guests on the podcast, today is no exception. We bring on Cassidy Ballensky, Seminar Staff Member, Level 3 Certified Coach (not quite Level 4), and head of programming at CrossFit Rife, to discuss how valuable CrossFit Affiliate Programming is. Our big takeaway: CAP is a great resource, but at the end of the day, programming is progra...

We hope this episode does not become relevant, but we wanted to provide you with some information in case. Tune in to hear Fern's discussion with Real Estate Lawyer, Geoff Westmoreland, and Owner of Diablo CrossFit, Craig Howard, to dissect this subject. Bottom line: plan, plan, plan. So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day...

If you are a gym owner, the best day of your life should not be when you sell your box. It can be a great day. But not, in any way, shape, or form, the best day. The thing you built should be too good and the mission too important for the bet day of your life to be the day you get rid of it. The best day should be today. Right now. Listen in to episode 441 for more of our thoughts on this subject....

Just two new dads talking about their babies and CrossFit.⁠ In this special episode of the Best Hour podcast, Ackmerman sits down with silver medalist at the 2021 CrossFit Games, Patrick Vellner.⁠ Ackerman and Vellner discuss navigating the journey of being a dad as a high level athlete, the even more elevated level of respect they each have for an athlete like Annie Thorisdottir and what she acco...

Today, we tell you the truth about personal training and its place in a CrossFit Affiliate. FYI: it get's a little rant-y. Just the way (we think) you guys like it. So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelp...

Our job is not to "no rep" people, it is to uphold the standard and allow the athletes to do their thing so they can do as little thinking as possible. Bottom line: if you are a good judge, nobody knows you are there. Tune in to episode 438 to hear about our experience at the 2021 CrossFit Games. Judging 50+ workouts across 19 events, it was the busiest Games we've ever had, and it was one "worldw...