Best Hour of Their Day | Podcast

Everything you need to know as a box owner, a coach, and member in how to handle this pandemic.

Dawn Fletcher is a mental performance specialist and the owner of MENTALITYWOD.com. Dawn has had nearly every job in the fitness industry over the last 14 years and has helped more than a dozen athletes to The CrossFit Games and many others to championships, podiums, and elite competitions. Dawn was recently been named “1 of The 30 Most Influential Health Bloggers” and her site is recognized...

Libby Landry is the GM at CrossFit Invictus as well as part of our seminar staff.  In today's episode, we discuss the challenges and obstacles that women face in the CrossFit coaching world.

Jessica hails from New York City where she spent the majority of her life until moving to South Florida. She currently resides in Miami where she is the owner of Downtown Strength and Conditioning.  In this episode, Jess talks about the little things she does to make DTSC stand out and how she applies what she has learned in her business career to the affiliate.

Last week we answered Nicole's question about coaching non-responsive athletes or athletes that simply don't listen.  After the episode, she hit us up with some feedback and we thought the best course of action was to have her on the show to discuss further.   What are your thoughts on this topic?  

Thinking about taking the CrossFit L3 Test?  Listen in as we tell you the best way to prepare for it.

Gale Yocom and Fern chat about how Gale has gone from his garage and welding his own equipment to just having moved into a 54,000 sq ft facility that offers CrossFit, Sports Performance, Ninja Warrior, private training, bootcamp and more.  Gale is a 10 year + affiliate owner and a long time member of CF Seminar Staff.  Anyone who is looking for an unbelievable story and something to aspi...

What is core to extremity movement pattern, why is it important, and how do we get athletes to better understand this concept?

In today's episode Fern sits down with all three of these Texas box owners.  They have a very unique relationship in that the three owners get together monthly to help each other improve their business.

Fern Sits down with Wodify team member Brendan Rice who is the Chief Marketing Officer.  They discuss the evolution of Wodify, why they found a niche lane in the CrossFit gym space and what their process for development has been.  They also discuss all things Wodify to include some functions people may not even know exist as well as some future developmental roll outs coming in the futur...

In today's episode Fern and Ackerman answer the following email: I did my level 1 last August and started coaching in a brand new box in the small town I live in, population 5000ish. The gym owners have no previous experience in CrossFit, both have just done their L1 to open the gym (1 Failed) they already have an everyd ay gym in the town that runs spin classes and HIIT. I know for...

Tyson Oldroyd was one of the first 200 affiliate owners, part of CrossFit HQ Seminar staff for many years, has been one of the mainstays in the CF media department for years and is responsible for commissioning more than 15,000 videos and some of the more well-known documentaries on NetFlix and iTunes such as Fittest on Earth, Froning, and Redeemed and the Dominant.  His experience as an affi...

In today's episode we answer the following question from one of our listeners: I check people into class on my gyms software at the beginning of class. It takes me 1-2 minutes, but I do it on my phone. Do you think this looks so bad that I should get a computer at the gym to do it on? I also take pictures and videos during the workouts for social media and to use to help people see their own movem...

Jason Rule is back with Driven Nutrition.  He and Fern discuss some GREAT tactics with regard to selling products at events, competitions or any other scenario that would involve unusually high foot traffic in the box.  This is gonna be great for in house comps, fundraising events, the Open and many other events.  The average affiliate probably holds 4 "events" a year and could real...

Adam Feit is a Level 2 Master Class Coach as well as the Performance Nutrition Coordinator at Precision Nutrition, working with a multitude of youth, collegiate, Olympic and professional athletic teams including the Calgary Flames, Brooklyn Nets, and the ALTIS track and field club. Before working with Precision Nutrition, Adam was the Co-founder and Director of Sports Performance for Reach Your Po...

In episode 5 of "Dropping In" Fern and Ackerman hit Hammer Driven Fitness.  HDF is owned and operated by Steph Hammerman, Nike's first female adaptive fitness athlete.  In this episode, we learned so much about how to adapt workouts, were impressed by Steph's coaching, and of course had a ton of fun. You can watch the episode here.

Nick Massie (AKA Paleo Nick ) has over 20 years of experience as a professional cook and is passionate about BBQ. He won the people's choice award at the 2003 Great Alaskan One-Pot Cook-Off and in 2016, he had the opportunity to present his business to the investors on ABC's Shark Tank. In today's episode, we talk about how he grew Ice Age Meals from a pop-up tent at the CrossFit Games to a busine...

Pete Shaw is one of the Co-Owners of CrossFit NCR, as CFHQ Seminar Staff Member and multi-time regional athletes and he just qualified for the 2020 CrossFit Games.  Pete and Fern discuss the new games format, how training for the games changes his training, why it's important to him to train with the classes, affiliate ownership, and Coach Development.  There are some real gems in this e...

Every box has them, athletes that just don't want to listen.  Be it stubbornness, ignorance, ego, or just plain stupidity, every coach will eventually encounter someone that isn't receptive to feedback and coaching.  In today's episode, Fern and Ackerman discuss how to handle these people, as with most topics these two cover, it's way more simple than you think.

On today's episode, Ackerman chats with David Newman, the owner of Rx Smart Gear. Back in 2009, David was looking to improve his double unders, he used what he could find on the market and combined it to make his jump rope. After members of his gym started to want them as well, a friend pushed David to put them on Facebook. They started selling around the world. They discuss how David got started,...

On today's episode, Ackerman sits down with Chris Sanders, a senior at Penn State who's the President of an on-campus Crossfit Affiliate. PSU CrossFit is a student-run CrossFit affiliate with over 130 Members. Chris explains by having an on-campus affiliate has opened the world of Crossfit to so many new young people. This allows for communities and friendship to grow and fitness to be achieved. C...

And we are back with a movement episode just like you guys have asked for. It's all about the Push Jerk today. How to teach it, the progressions, and how to do with a class. They get into the Push Jerk at the 17:57 mark, the first of episode is a follow up to the buying and selling an affiliate.  The Level 1 Progression: Jump + land, Jump + land with hands at your shoulders, Jump + Punch, Pus...

On today’s episode, Ackerman is chatting with Dale King. Dale is the owner of PSKC CrossFit and Doc Spartan male grooming company. Just by the way Ackerman swears the scrub, he’ll tell you all about it. Dale goes into how he runs multiple successful businesses and has a thriving affiliate. This is an excellent episode for affiliate owners and anyone trying to run various businesses. If you have an...

Educate, Inspire, and Entertain, that's what you need to do in order to be a successful CrossFit coach, but what does that mean and how exactly does one entertain? This episode is brought to you by GOWOD. The GO WOD app is unique because of its mobility test is a totally innovative concept that will allow you to clearly highlight your body's abilities and limitations. This means that the app is ta...

On today’s episode, we have Markus Gerszi long time friend of Fern. Markus is former affiliate owners, he now runs Gym Breakthrough which helps gyms create a better client experience with customer services being at the forefront. Markus has helped thousands of gyms find their path to success, which look different for each one. He points out that no matter any other gym is doing as long as your foc...