Get With The Programming

Are we trying too hard to prove a personal point of view? Are trying too hard to be different? Are we seeing a programmer take over and inadvertently make their tests the story versus the athletes? It's not clear yet, but a picture is coming into focus a little. The question: Is this a good thing? Bill and Chase sit down to talk about ALL things Quarterfinals from the Tests themselves and all the...

The 2023 Quarterfinal floor plans have been released by the Games team so it's time to play our favorite guessing game. Bill and Chase sit down and "predict the programming" of the 2023 CrossFit Games Quarterfinals.

Bill and Chase analyze the programming of the 2023 CrossFit Games Open and break down everything you need to know and everything some people, even the Games Team, don't want to hear.

23.2 has come and gone and what do you know, another 2 part test that scores Part A and Part B separately against the World. John Young joins the show and helps us answer a question we already through we have figured out 30 years ago. What is a Thruster? Then, the boys will sit back and make their final predictions for 23.3.

Chase and Bill sit down and recap CrossFit Games Open test 23.1, along with everything that came with it. Chase talks about his experience doing the upper extremity Open test and the guys try to predict what may be coming in Open Test 23.2 If you are competing in The Open make sure you join our custom leaderboard using the hashtag #OGINTHEOPEN and get in the running for weekly Top 3 prizes and cus...

It's our favorite guessing game of the year, what are the CrossFit Open events going to be? Bill and Chase sit down and share what they would program this year for the 2023 CrossFit Games Open

The 2023 TYR Wodapalooza Fitness Festival was a massive event with a new twist. Individuals would compete for 2 days, then 3 person teams would compete the next 2 days. The hope was the encourage athletes to do both. Should the programming be designed to accommodate the athletes who want to do both? Should the programming be fun, exciting but ALSO be a balanced test for Fitness? Our answer is, yes...

The debate of "Who is the Fittest" and "Who is the most Athletic" has been going on since the dawn of the CrossFit Games.  Hooverball is an old school CrossFit game that actually predates CrossFit itself! In this episode of the Glassman Chipper, Bill and Chase talk about the greatest athletic test for the Fittest on Earth that many have forgotten about. 

Only the "OG's" would remember this, Bill and Chase sure do. Back in the day .com would throw out random fitness challenges they put into their "Trophy Case". Things like.. 15 Unbroken OHS at Bodyweight, 40 Unbroken Pull Ups, and Vertical Leap 1/2 your Height in inches, just to name a few. Athletes from all over the world would attempt these Fitness feats for the prospect of Glory... and a custom...

'Tis the Season where CrossFit Affiliates all over the world hit their "12 Days of Christmas" workout in the gym. A high volume, robust workout that the common gym goer can accomplish... but what about one that is designed just for CrossFit Games Athletes? Bill and Chase share their, Games Edition of "12 Days of Christmas"

"There are movements that will never make it to your local gym and they include some of the best exercises ever known. There is a collection of them known as "the odd lifts." It would be foolish to ignore these lifts. It would be even more foolish to approach them with other than extreme caution." - Greg Glassman JOURNAL ARTICLE PDF: http://library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/05_03_The_Odd_Lifts.pdf

The desert sun has set on another Dubai Fitness Championship but first one programmed by Mat Fraser and his team at HWPO. Dubai has always been a power house off season event but over the years the big names have started to dwindle. Did the programming offset the lack of star power with a great test and show for the fans?

Bill and Chase take a deep dive into the Down Under Championships programming for their individual competition. All events, except 1, were a retreads of past CrossFit Regional events. That can be fun.. but also a huge challenge to keep the event a well balance test of fitness without the ability to modify any events in any way. They give insight for other programmers of the issues that come with t...

The Masters Fitness Collective is one of the major off season Masters competitions along with the Legends Masters Championships exclusively for Masters athletes. Bill and Chase sit back and analyze the programming as well as discuss how the programming landscape for Masters is evolving over the years.

Coach Glassman: Gymnasts have no peer in trunk and hip flexion, upper-body strength in multiple joint angles, agility, accuracy, balance, coordination. Their domain is body control. Weightlifters are masters of power, speed, and hip and leg strength. Powerful hip extension is the most critical element of human performance and none have the capacity of the weightlifters. Sprinters have enormous phy...

The Zelos Games was started to bring more earning opportunities to athletes and entertainment to fans. This year there was an in person format for a selected few Individual athletes. When providing earning opportunities there should be a well balanced programming event to be sure all athletes are competing on fair playing field. Chase and Bill look at the programming of the 2022 Zelos Games.

"As the athlete moves from shoulder press, to push press, to push jerk, the importance of core to extremity muscle recruitment is learned and reinforced. This concept alone would justify the practice and training of these lifts." - Greg Glassman CrossFit Journal Article: http://library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/PushpressJan03.pdf

Justin Cotler of Underdogs Athletics joins the show to recap a little of the Rogue Invitational and their new Team Programming that's getting his crew ready for Teams for this coming year at Wodapalooza.

The 2022 Rogue Invitational has come and gone and it left us with some exciting races, good memories but what about great programming? Bill and Chase sit down and analyze the programming to see if the programing aligned with the goal of the competition: "To showcase the athletes with a solid test of Fitness"

What year is it?! Regionals... Standardized Programming.... YES PLEASE! What else about the new structure of the 2023 CrossFit Games is good for the sport.. bad for the sport? Bill and Chase sit down and everything about the 2023 CrossFit Games Season announcements.

The most powerful forces that can be generated by the human body are initiated, controlled, and dominated by the hip. Unfortunately, in the majority of trainees, some degree of hip dysfunction creates postures and mechanics that reduce power and stability and are generally unsound. The faulty mechanics arise from inadequate training and insufficient practice of critical hip movements. We've named...

For this weeks CrossFit Journal Book Club we take a look at look at 3 workouts that were considered great all around tests of Fitness 20 years ago. We will look at why this was the claim back then and how that claim has changed at the sports and athletes have evolved over the last 2 decades.

What in the WZA is going on here? Bill and Chase take a look at the 2022 WZA Online Individual Qualifier and determine if the programming accomplished it's goal of find the "Fittest Field" for the 2023 Wodapalooza Fitness Festival.

Today we visit the Glassman Chipper artcile #08 called the "Squat Clinic".  Bill and Chase dive into the long lost art of how important a basic squat can and how being proficient there can translate to improving nearly everything from Fitness to Health.  "Why Squat? The squat is essential to your well-being. The squat can both greatly improve your athleticism and keep your hips, back, and knees so...

Batman himself, Andrew Hiller, joins the show for this episode of "Mount Rush-Moments" where we all lay out our Top 4 WORST movements to program for Online Competitions.