Best Hour of Their Day | Podcast

On today’s episode, Ackerman sits down with Christmas Abbott. Christmas has been in the CrossFit space for 15 years, from competing to running her own Affiliate. She completely turned her life around from drinking, smoking and partying when she’s 22 to being a beast on the Crossfit Games floor. Christmas has really done it all from running a box, selling a  box, online programming and release...

On today’s episode, Jason sits down with John Berardi. John is best known as the co-founder of Precision Nutrition, the world’s largest nutrition coaching, education, and software company. He’s also the founder of Change Maker Academy, devoted to helping would-be changemakers turn their passion for health and fitness into a powerful purpose and a wildly successful career. Berardi has advised organ...

On today’s episode, Ackerman sits down with Eric Himan. Eric is a health and wellness entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Original Grain , XO Taco , and Urban Life Athletics . Eric is a contributor and partner at Fellow Gent , an aspirational new media company for wellness-minded men. He was able to retire at 34 and has since been living life by his own design. If you have any questions about ou...

One workout a day? Doing less better is something that is brought up quite a lot in the Crossfit space. When being a Coach in any field, not just Crossfit if you don’t give yourself time to actually coach in class. Everything will be moving too quickly to allow you to actually help your members. Fern and Ackerman discuss the effect this has on your coaching ability and your athletes. If you have a...

Ackerman and Fern get one question coming up regularly: Should I buy an Affiliate? They discuss the crucial factors on how to value an affiliate allowing for an accurate value of the business. Also, how to go about actually doing it, who needs to be involved and how to move the business forward. Ackerman and Fern have been through this process multiple time and use their experience to help you dec...

Maybe you saw our recent Instagram Post. - It's all about is it right to use burpees as punishment? Ackerman and Fern agree it’s not, even if it’s running joke in your box. It can have the undesired effect on your box meaning people would rather miss class then be two minutes late because of traffic. Once that happens a few time you’ve lost a member. And it’s more important to think about when is...

Today Ackerman has the one and only Conor Murphy on to discuss WOD On Waves Two. It's going to amazing; they've listened to what people wanted more of from the last one. There will be lots of Athletes, informative seminars and different workout classes available. It's going to top the previous year easily. It's a Family-friendly holiday that allows you to meet and hang out with like-minded people....

On today’s episode is little debrief of “Dropping in - The Box tour”. Ackerman and Fern talk about each oft he first 5 boxes they visited on the box tour. They go over the pro’s and con’s of each and talk about what made each one fo special. They all were a pleasure to drop in to and were welcomed. It really highlights how amazing each box is.  Thank you to every box, owner and coach that was...

Brian Bochette is the Head Coach and one of the Owners of CrossFit Thoroughbreds in Fort Myers, which opened back in 2007.  Brian started Crossfit when he was a fulltime Physical Therapist and felt insurance companies tied his hands. It’s fascinating to hear from a health care professional who found CrossFit organically and didn’t walk into basis. Brian felt so passionately about Crossfit, an...

Today is just what you guys asked for! Another movement episode. Ackerman and Fern break down the Med Ball Clean. It’s one of the most undervalued and underutilized movements. Even though it’s one of the nine functional movements and it’s given a lot of time during the Level 1 seminar. Ackerman and Fern break it down, by the progressions, major faults and cues. They talk about the transfer of skil...

On today’s episode, Ackerman and Fern talk about one of the things you didn’t realise you had to be good at an affiliate owner- website design. But do you really need a website nowadays in the world of social media? The answer is yes. It’s the face of your business. It will be looked at by potential members and drop-ins, and it will decide if they walk through your door or not. Ackerman and Fern d...

On today's episode, Fern sits down with Zoe Harcombe, who has been brought up a few times on perceives podcast as she spoke at the most recent trainer summit. Zoe explains how and why the obesity epidemic is getting worse. Yet we are moving more and eating less, so why isn't the problem not getting better? Zoe breaks down the points in such a way that you'll be able to relay the information back t...

On today’s episode, Ackerman and Fern break down the rope climb. They discuss how to coach the different methods, cue’s and progressions. Along with they talk about it is it worth doing it at your box, how to avoid juries, best practice around them. And do rope climbs have a crossover in real life? They cover this and much more.  Let us know if you like these podcasts on the movements. Hey, t...

On today's episode Fern sit down with Bobbi Millsaps. Bobbi has been part of the CrossFit space since roughly 2006. Bobbi has done it all within the community from seminar staff, to Games Judge, working on the administrative side for HQ and previously owned a Crossfit Affiliate. They discuss so much from how Bobbi found Crossfit, what it was like back in 2006. What it was being invited on to staff...

On today’s episode, Ackerman is chatting with Sean Emery and Erin Loise owners and founders of Old City Crossfit DC. The interesting about their partnership is they are sliding. Their box is a family affair. They talk about Owning an affiliate with a family how they feel like it’s the best kind of partnership you can have. They have been open since 2013, with everyone from mom and dad, other slidi...

On this episode, the focused on is Affiliate owners and how to grow your box. Even more helpful to people wanting to open their own affiliate and how you can still run a successful box. - Even if there are 15 others open in your local area. Ackerman sits down with Benjamin Bunn aka Coach Bunny owner of Cigar City Crossfit. He began back in 2016 after spent 17 years in the United States Army. To be...

On today’s episode, Jason Chat with Dan Uyemura owner, and one of the three founders of Push Press inc. Dan’s background is computer software ing. By having a computer/desk job, dan admits that it caused him to put on weight which leads him to Crossfit. After taking his L-1 and opening the gym, he realised that the CrossFit space was in need software was user-friendly and didn’t create more work f...

On today’s episode Jason Ackerman sits down Ron Torrance is an MD-L1 and part of the Derelict Doctor Club (DDC) which has come up a few times. Ron runs the Regenesis Tampa Bay, whereby he treats Orthopaedic injuries differently by using rich plasma and bone marrow stem cells — giving people another option before surgery. He is very involved with Crossfit HQ by going there about every three months,...

On today’s episode, Fern sits down with Yuri Feito, who is an associate professor in the Department of Exercise, Science and Sports Management at Kennesaw State. He’s published “A 4-Year Analysis of the Incidence of Injuries Among CrossFit-Trained Participants” in the Orthopedic Journal of Sports Medicine.  A four-year analysis of the incidents of injuries amongst Crossfit trained participant...

Happy New Year!  We want to thank everyone that supported us in 2019 and we look forward to helping you continually grow in 2020.  One way that we will make that happen is with brand new "Best Hour of Their Day" programming.  This programming will be unique and different than any programming out there as we will focus on developing you as a coach.  Classes will be run better, m...

On today’s episode, Fern and Ackerman discuss being relentless when it comes to your coaching. What that means is that you, as the coach are more stubborn than the athlete standing in front of you. You can not let your eyes get used to sh*tty movement. They talk about the importance of this, how to overcome it, and how it is so hard to implement. Check out the extra content about this episode on b...

On today’s episode, Fern sits down with Amy Hollingsworth, the Certification Program Manager for Crossfit and owners Kitsap Crossfit with her husband, Dan. Fern and Amy discuss the differences between The Levels 1, 2, 3 and the soon to be released level 4. Nicole Carroll says that “Amy’s  superpower is getting things a credited.”  Amy has been fundamental when it comes to The Level 3 bei...

On today's episode Fern discuss what happens once a year at Crossfit Rife, it's called RX Month. It's where for a whole month they change what it means to do the workout "prescribed". It's called RX month because of it about giving everybody the opportunity to RX the stimulus. They also dive into the how-to brief and run RX month. The problems that can come about and the push that came from some m...

On today's episode, Ackerman talks to Dr Steve IIardi about the benefits of exercise when it comes to depression. Dr Steve Ilardi is a professor of clinical psychology and the author of The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression Without Drugs. Earlier on in his career, Dr Ilard found the depression epidemic was getting worse and traditional forms of treatment aren't working. He was...

In today's episode, Fern and Ackerman discuss how to run an effective cooldown. It's the most unutilised part of a class, meaning it's either not planned for or is just an afterthought of "if there's time". Fren and Ackerman example that why it's essential to your athletes, and it doesn't have to be just sketching, it about brings people back down to normalcy. It's also the time in which you have...