Best Hour of Their Day | Podcast

My name is xxx I’m 24 years old, head coach at CrossFit xxx in xxx! I coach 15-20 classes a week and have 25 personal training sessions a week. I make just under 3k a month which isn’t bad but obviously it’s not good. My question is what does the end game of a full time CrossFit coach look like? How is there any retirement or even supporting a family by coaching CrossFit. As a head coach who enjoy...

We are bringing you special episodes of Best Hour of Their Day every Friday. Jason Ackerman wrote, "Best Hour of Their Day" and for the audio book he took a deeper dive into each chapter.  Interviewed by James McDermott , in each chapter you'll get loads more information, stories, lessons, and more, not available in the original book. You can buy the paperback and ebook versions of "Best Hour...

Dave Colina of O2 is back for round 3.  Dave and Fern discuss the power of giving as a leader and entrepreneur and some simple ways to do that.  They also discuss the mindset that can help get through uncertain times in the box and what box owners can do to create a better culture.  The 50/50 coalition for CrossFit Affiliates is going on right now, get involved, give back to your me...

Ackerman dives into what it really means to have a passion for coaching.

Ackerman answers a listener's question about his fellow coaches not following the affiliate's programming.

Ackerman answers a question from one of our listeners that was promised ownership of their box but has not received it.

We are bringing you special episodes of Best Hour of Their Day every Friday. Jason Ackerman wrote, "Best Hour of Their Day" and for the audio book he took a deeper dive into each chapter.  Interviewed by James McDermott , in each chapter you'll get loads more information, stories, lessons, and more, not available in the original book. You can buy the paperback and ebook versions of "Best Hour...

A quick sprint with Jason Ackerman.

As Founder and CEO of Exercise Professional Education, Greg’s vision for Physicians Fitness was shaped over 29 years ago, while he was working as a lay assistant to physicians in a sports medicine clinic. It was during this tenure that he became award of an  unfortunate reality: Most of the patients of the clinic were there as a result of poor physical conditioning. He observed that the patie...

***Check out the Own Your Eating Certificate Course*** We are bringing you special episodes of Best Hour of Their Day every Friday. Jason Ackerman wrote, "Best Hour of Their Day" and for the audio book he took a deeper dive into each chapter.  Interviewed by James McDermott , in each chapter you'll get loads more information, stories, lessons, and more, not available in the original book. You...

Fern and Ackerman just got home from judging this weekend's CrossFit Games and they looked a lot different than years past.  In this episode you'll hear all about their experiences.

The L4 CrossFit coaching credential is only held by a handful of the best coaches in the world.  In today's episode Ackerman interviews Todd about how he achieved this very prestigious honor.

Brining on new coaches can be one of the most stressful things for box owners, the staff, and members.  In today's episode, Fern and Ackerman breakdown some best practices to ensure a smooth transition for all.

***Check out the Own Your Eating Certificate Course*** We are bringing you special episodes of Best Hour of Their Day every Friday. Jason Ackerman wrote, "Best Hour of Their Day" and for the audio book he took a deeper dive into each chapter.  Interviewed by James McDermott , in each chapter you'll get loads more information, stories, lessons, and more, not available in the original book. You...

***Check out the Own Your Eating Challenges*** We are bringing you special episodes of Best Hour of Their Day every Friday. Jason Ackerman wrote, "Best Hour of Their Day" and for the audio book he took a deeper dive into each chapter.  Interviewed by James McDermott , in each chapter you'll get loads more information, stories, lessons, and more, not available in the original book. You can buy...

Fern sits down with Vaughn Vernon of Affiliate Guard to discuss all things new and old on Insurance Policies for affiliates.  Affiliate guard represents about 2500 CrossFit Affiliates and Fern has been with them for several years.  They have a new process for tracking and managing the affiliates risk.  This involves things like annual background checks for coaches and staff and stat...

***Own Your Eating Challenges*** Ackerman and Fern dive deeper into the conversation of allowing people to do their own programming at your affiliate.

Ackerman talks about one simple thing you can do to be a better coach and provide a better experience for your members.

Here's a little Ackerman rant on why you shouldn't allow "competitors" do do their own thing at your affiliate.

***Check out the Own Your Eating Certificate Course*** We are bringing you special episodes of Best Hour of Their Day every Friday. Jason Ackerman wrote, "Best Hour of Their Day" and for the audio book he took a deeper dive into each chapter.  Interviewed by James McDermott , in each chapter you'll get loads more information, stories, lessons, and more, not available in the original book. You...

Adam Feit is a regular guest of the show and in today's episode we dive into improving nutrition after the pandemic.

Tony Ronchi has been involved in the CrossFit world for a very long time, originally opening Paradigm CrossFit and becoming one of the original members of the CrossFit Gymnastics Course.  

Fern and Todd take a deep dive around some of the pain points of both giving feedback to coaches and getting feedback from coaches and clients.   This is a learned skill going both directions.  What does the anatomy of a good feedback session look like?  How do you get better at receiving feedback?  Feedback is key to development but it isn't easy.

In this first episode of Whiteboard Weekly hosted by Karl Eagleman and Jason Ackerman we take a deep dive into the cue  “Hamburger” as it refers to the setup of the Deadlift.  This cue was originally heard by Karl at his L2 CrossFit Certificate Course by Seminar Staff member Nuno Costa . This cue is taken from Karl’s post that you can find here . Other coaching concepts and coaches we di...

***Check out the Own Your Eating Certificate Course*** We are bringing you special episodes of Best Hour of Their Day every Friday. Jason Ackerman wrote, "Best Hour of Their Day" and for the audio book he took a deeper dive into each chapter.  Interviewed by James McDermott , in each chapter you'll get loads more information, stories, lessons, and more, not available in the original book. You...