Get With The Programming

Chase and Bill sit down and share their favorite 4 Hero Workouts of all time. They discuss what they stand for, how are they created and what it means to the CrossFit and Military community.

Bill bashes Chase for his John Mayer concert experience then they sit down to discuss their experience with this years Quarterfinals Events versus last years. After they analyze the programming they determine if this truly was an appropriate test to get the right 30 in each divisions to Semifinals. The answer will surprise you.. 

Bill and Chase go through all the Events for the Age Group Quarterfinals and give their strategies and tips to help athletes make the Age Group Semifinals.

The floor plans have been released, on time, so you know what that means.. time to predict the programming. 2 weeks of Quarterfinals down... 1 more to go as Chase and Bill take their last shot at guessing the events for the Masters Quarterfinals. We have an idea of the pattern, stimulus and movements but can we nail the events? After this Chase mentions "Roaming Diane" with an old video of Boz and...

Chase and Bill map out a plan to help improve and professionalize judging in the CrossFit Games space by combining a standardized movement library coupled with certified judging courses that can raise the level of judging in the sport of CrossFit.

Chase starts episode off with some misgivings about the recent "witch hunt" movement for athlete movements and how he feels a novel concept has now gone too far.  After that Chase and Bill arm chair quarterback the Team Quarterfinal Events and show how the smallest of changest have the biggest impacts on the team competition as a whole. 

Bill and Chase sit down and share their thoughts on the Individual leaderboard disaster plus how HQ can fix it. Then they go through all the quarterfinal Team Events and give their strategy and tips for each one to help you be the most successful you can be!

We FINALLY have the floor plans! Bill and Chase sit down and predict the programming of the 2022 Team Quarterfinals. With the limited equipment available this year for the teams there is a lot of creativity needed for this years events.

Bill and Chase weigh in with their feelings and solutions to the Anikha Greer fiasco and what the final decision could mean for the future of the CrossFit Games.  They also kick up their feet and each offer a new twist on the CrossFit Games Affiliate Cup from athletes having to pick their season track before The Open to finally getting the alternates involved! 

Chase and Bill sit down and analyze the programming for the 2022 CrossFit Games Individual Quarterfinals. They also discuss the massive amount of score adjustments for the one movement that should probably NOT be programmed for online qualifiers moving forward.

We have the floors plans... but what are the Events? Bill and Chase sit down and share their guesses of what the 2022 CrossFit Games Quarterfinals events will be and how the new man at the programming helm, BOZ, may add a different flavor into the mix. After all that Bill and Chase go off the rails and into the rabbit hole where they talk about Affiliate owner life, the stressess of schedule makin...

No Repeat. No Heavy Lift. 3 Workouts. Is that a bad thing?  Bill and Chase sit down and analyze the programming for the 2022 CrossFit Open.  First they try to define the purpose of the Open now that the new season structure dictates the purpose of it. One thing is for certain, this isn't the Open of old. Now the question is, is that a good thing? 

Justin Cotler joins the show and breaks the news that Underdogs Athletics and Co-Host Chase Ingraham will be joining forces and creating the first ever Elite Team Programming Programming track for competitive athletes and affiliates. 

15 Years of the CrossFit Games have come and gone as we look forward to a new Games Season for 2022. With a new season we have learned that Dave Castro will also be gone and we look back on the greatest moments he helped create over the last 15 years. Bill and Chase sit down with Brian Friend and John Young in this bracket elimination episode of "Greatest CrossFit Games Moments" Thank you to Fanta...

CrossFit HQ just "announced" their new "Levels" system for athletes competing in The 2022 CrossFit Games Open. Bill and Chase discuss the odd timing of this and what it means for the community at large going forward. They also recap their experience with Open Workout 22.2 and what they think is coming for the final week for 22.3.... and possibly .4

Bill and Chase sit down to recap their experience with 22.1 and review they felt the programming was overall for Week 1 then they give their predictions on what may come nexy for 22.2

Bill and Chase sit down and share their favorite weightlifting workouts of all time! In the process we find some pet peeves from Chase and get an education from Bill of a classic complex that only the OG's remember.  This episode is for our patreon members.  If you would like to hear this episode in full go to patreon.com/getwiththeprogramming and for only $6 a month you can suscribe and support t...

Ever hear the phrase "CrossFit is so random"? It does seem like that from the outside looking in but the real secret is "variance".  In this epside we disucss the difference between "random vs. varied", how to use variance to help steer your progrmaming and what things you can vary within your progrmaming. 

You're on a deserted island... you need some fitness... what do you do?  Okay it's not THAT dramatic but we wanted to have fun and share our TOP 3 favorite CrossFit workouts only using gymnastics movements.  This episode is for our Patreon members only if you'd like to hear this whole episode and more you can support us at patreon.com/getwiththeprogramming for  just $6 a month and become a "Progra...

Going RX'D doesn't mean Sh*t. Building off the latest episode of "Program for the Best. Scale for the rest" Bill and Chase sit down and discuss the importance of scaling, how and why we do it, why going RX isn't the end all be all and what scales they use for specific movements. 

If you have taken the CrossFit Level 1 or listened to this podcast chances are you have heard the phrase "Program for the best, scale for the rest" when it comes to programming CrossFit Workouts.  But what does that even mean?  Chase and Bill sit down and discuss this phrase, what it really means and how programmers should use this philsopgy when programming for their affiliates and athletes. 

We have an equipment list of "all" things we need for this years CrossFit Games Open.  But do we?  Chase and Bill compare this years equipment list and all past open workouts to see what movements are now on the table and what possible new ones we could see in the future?  They also answer the questions: Will there be a repeat? SHOULD there be repeat?  This full episode is exclusive to our patreon...

It's been 10 years of the Wodapalooza Fitness Festival and we finally got LIVE competition back from Miami.  WZA is one of the largest fitness competitions in the world and a wonderful way to close out the off season while kicking off the Games Season.  Bill and Chase sit down and analyze the programming to see if Wodapalooza was not only a great event but a great test of fitness as well. 

START the CAP! Bill and Chase peak behind the programming with 2/3 of the brains behind CAP, Austin Malleolo and James Hobart.  CrossFit Affiliate Programming is now out of the beta phase and fully operational for Affiliate to sign up for and use CAP for their gyms.  What we found out is that what CAP has to offer goes well beyond just workouts on a white board. 

The end of an era. Dave Castro created the ultimate test of fitness and laid the ground work for what it means to program for the Fittest on Earth but he was so much more than the "Director of the CrossFit Games" Chase and Bill reminisce about what Dave Castro meant to them personally, the impact that he had beyond just the sport of CrossFit and what the future holds of CrossFit and the CrossFit G...