Get With The Programming

The 2023 Crash Crucible just re-shaped what's possible in the off season competition landscape with their "Re-Tour" programming concept, performance scoring, and a live stream from the Sevan Podcast. The mastermind behind it all, JR Howell, joins the show to help analyze the programming of the 2023 Crash Crucible Re-Tour.

We all saw it coming, the rumors were flying and let's be honest it was the worst kept secret in CrossFit since Open Workout 22.3. Chase and Bill sit down and discuss their thoughts on the new season changes for these divisions and what their hopes are for the potential of this new format in the future.

For the first time since in over 20 years CrossFit.com's Programming aka ".com". is going to host 'guest programmers' every other 2 weeks. The first two programmers were none other than the only two gentlemen to ever program and run the CrossFit Games, that is Dave Castro and Adrian Bozman. Chase and Bill sit back and analyze the programming from both of them and walk through the potential pattern...

Here we go again... the ole Online Qualifier debate. What to program? What NOT to program? Who are we programming for? Who is signed up to compete? Should we care about the overall demographic? Should we care only about the Elites? All the questions. We have all the answers. Listen and Learn.

The Madrid CrossFit Championship is back and as one of the most popular European CrossFit events there is an expectation that it needs to live up to the hype. In 2022, the programming fell completely flat because of schedule constraints along with equipment and floor plan limitations. Will this be a bounce back programming year for Madrid? Brian Friend joins the show, Listen and find out.

The Northern California Classic, heard of it? We have. Some have. Most NEED to. But why? Bill Grundler just came off MCing the NorCall Classic this weekend and shares his experience and perspective of why this event was one of the most "OG" events there as been in years.

The workouts have come and gone. Athletes from all over the world have tackled "The Q" in the hopes to qualify for the 2023 Rogue Invitational in Austin, Texas. Chase and Bill had their initial thoughts and predictions about how the programming would unfold. Now that the all the scores are in, they take a a deeper dive into how the qualifier really went down.

The CrossFit Games are over but the off season is just getting started and it kicks off with one of the premiere events all year, The Rogue Invitational. With the off season around the corner we also approach "Qualifier Season" as most event require an online qualifier to compete. Bill and Chase sit down and preview the programming of The Rogue Invitational "Q" and "C" online qualifiers.

The third edition of our "Analyzing the Programming" from the 2023 CrossFit Games centers around the Age Group Division. Bill and Chase sit down and analyzing the programming of this division where traditionally, it has always been some of their favorite top to bottom programming but is this year any different? 

For the first time since 2017 CrossFit Mayhem did not win the CrossFit Games and since 2015 will not even make the podium at all. At the end of the week it was a 3 horse race with no other team being within 120 points of the podium. Over the years "team work" events have been lacking at every level of the CrossFit Games season. Was this year at the CrossFit Games any different? Bill and Chase sit...

Dave Castro is back, Boz is still in the driveres seat and the 2023 CrossFit Games gave us a emotional roller coaster of a weekend.  The 2023 CrossFit Games have come and gone and we have a new Male, Female and Team Champion across the board for the first time since 2015. Bill and Chase sit down and analyze the programming for the 2023 CrossFit Games Individuals and determine if this year's test w...

15 years of the CrossFit Games from 2007 to 2021 were written, tested and unveiled to the world by one man, Dave Castro. This year it was Adrian Bozman's turn to step up to the plate to deliver a test of fitness to crown The Fittest on Earth. Did it deliver?  Sean Woodland joins the show after the unofficial announcement Tia is going for 7... or she's still retired... we are not sure. CULT Collect...

The 2021 CrossFit Games are over and we have a new men's champion with Justin Medeiros and a new greatest CrossFit Games athlete of all time in Tia-Clair Toomey.  Bill and Chase sit down and analyze the programming to see if this years test provided enough to claim that these two are the "The Fittest on Earth"

It was a unique year, a challenging year and a defining year for both Mat Fraser and Tia Toomey.  Mat surpasses Rich Froning with his 5th consecutive CrossFit Games championship with the most dominant performance in history. Meanwhile, Tia Toomey continues to re-write her own History with her 4th consecutive win.  The question is now, if the programming is to find the fittest, how do you not look...

It's been called this the "Cardio Games", "The Running Games" or "The Greg Games".... But what about the programming?! Was this REALLY the most controversial and worst test we have ever seen? Or is everyone overreacting because of the emotional rollercoaster that was The "new" Games Season? Bill and Chase analyze the 2019 Programming, The Cuts and The Scoring and decide if this really was the best...

2018 brought some of the most unique, exciting, thrilling and jaw dropping tests the CrossFit Games have ever seen.  Yet, if you weren't there... you probably haven't seen it because the documentary footage has been locked away.  Bill and Chase go back through all the programming and discuss how this Test was different than all the rest to find "The Fittest on Earth". 

The circle... circles... is/are complete? But what do they all mean?! Bill Grundler sits down and explains it all for why this is important, why this is exciting but how it could possibly go wrong.

Goodbye Carson. Hello Madison! We have a new location to test the "Fittest on Earth" to go along with one of deepest field of athletes the CrossFit Games has ever seen. Dave Castro now has a brand new canvas to paint his programming masterpiece.  Bill Grundler and Chase Ingraham sit down and analyze "The Test" for 2017 CrossFit Games.

10 Years of the CrossFit Games and it feels like we are just getting started.  In the spirit of that the athletes were taken back to the place where this all began and the first day of competition was held at "The Ranch" in Aromas, California.  What transpired over the next 5 days is arguably one of the most extensive and full tests of Fitness to date to determine who was going to be crowned the  ...

Bill Grundler and Chase Ingraham sit down with special guest Dan Bailey and discuss this years CrossFit Games and if it truly was an appropriate test to find and claim the "The Fittest on Earth"  2015 will go down as one of the toughest and most controversial CrossFit Games of all time however it didn't all center around the programming.  External factors of environment, scoring systems and injuri...

Special guest Rory McKernan joins the show and brings a his fondest memories and funniest stories to the table. One of the most unique and challenging years of programming at the CrossFit Games also had some of the greatest drama and stories of the CrossFit Games.  3 time CrossFit Games Champion Rich Froning has announced this is his final year as an individual. Along with him, some of the greates...

CrossFit Games legend Josh Bridges joins the show as we take look back at the 2013 CrossFit Games. It keeps getting bigger, better and more unique as the tests of the CrossFit Games continue to challenge the athletes year in and year out. 2013 is heradled by many spectators and athletes alike as one of the best CrossFit Games to date.  The events were fun to watch but even more so the spectacle an...

The competitive landscape has changed again.. literally.  Athletes were taken off site to the now infamous military base "Camp Pendleton" for the first event of the CrossFit Games.  The weekend saw a variety of movements and tests never seen  tested against a bigger, broader collection of athletes.  Bill Grundler and Chase Ingraham determine if all these events stacked up to be a true test to find...

The CrossFit Games has taken yet another evolutionary leap forward in 2011.  Qualifying Regional Events all over the world have been unified sending the best CrossFit Athletes to Carson.  ESPN and Reebok have joined the fold bringing in a new World Wide Audience. The spectacle that is the Sport of Fitness has changed.. but can the Programming keep up? In 2011, the CrossFit Games Programming was th...

Goodbye Aromas. Hello Carson! — The CrossFit Games have moved from "The Ranch" to a world class sports facility in Carson, California. — The Sport is growing. Athletes are coming from all over the world to compete. The question is, does the Programming take the next step as well?   ORIGINAL AIR DATE: MAY 06, 2020