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Julie Foucher is an American CrossFit athlete and medical resident. She has competed in the CrossFit Games four times, and has historically been one of the most successful women in the sport. Across her four Games appearances, Foucher has never finished outside the top 5. She has twice finished on the podium, earning 2nd in 2012 and 3rd in 2014. Foucher was a favourite in 2015, but was not able to...

Devin O'Neill is a Crossfit Athlete training out of Braintree, MA. Devin is a former D1 track athlete who competed for UMASS Lowell. Devin opens up about  his training, diet, and lifestyle and gives us an insiders view of what the grind is like trying to make it to the CrossFit Games.  You can follow Devin's journey (and dogs) through his Instagram page- https://www.instagram.com/devin.e...

Heber Cannon and Marston Sawyers are film directors, producers, editors, and story tellers. These two are the minds behind the popular documentaries: -Froning (2015) -Fittest on Earth: The Story of the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games (2016) -Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness (2017) -The Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth (2018) And the popular web series "Road to the Games" 2016-2018 One o...

This week we are joined by 4x CrossFit Games athlete Jacob Heppner. Jacob gives us his thoughts on the current state of the CrossFit Games (hint- it ain't happenin'), his charitable efforts, his YouTube endeavors, his dogs viral rise to fame, and what life looks like for him after CrossFit. We even end the show with a little #starwars trivia between him and Eric to see who the true fan is. Make su...

Rory McKernan is a television host, voice talent, content producer and author. Rory is most well known in the CrossFit realm as the former face of the CrossFit Media Team and The CrossFit Games Update Show. Rory checks in today and brings us up to speed with how he, his family, and his CrossFit community are navigating these unknown waters that are the covid-19 pandemic. Rory also gives us his tho...

"One of the most overlooked and undervalued tenets of the CrossFit program is the mechanics-consistency-intensity charter. The Level 1 Certificate Course and CrossFit’s founding documents, as published in the early CrossFit Journal, define CrossFit as constantly varied functional movements, executed at high intensity. While this definition of CrossFit is both descriptive and prescriptive, the acco...

Eric joins us for the first time since becoming a father! We talk about the important topic of managing stress while socially distancing, improving mental health, Tiger King, and baby Lyra makes her first appearance! Check us out on YouTube for the video version-https://docs.google.com/document/d/13ViYuUyVD0jBl5zR8KIMC3Y_53VxUynE90bRaqh3QTQ/edit?usp=sharing

Today we are joined by Miguel Dos Santos from CrossFit North Haven located in North Haven, CT. Miguel joins us to talk about how his gym is handling the shut-down due to Covid-19, the importance of community in times like these, and how we can use this time for self-betterment. Would you rather watch? Find us on YouTube!- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6PqjBpcp5s --------------------------------...

Coach Tyler and Zach each bring 3 books to the podcast today that have had a profound and lasting effect on their lives.

Levi Daniels is a Veteran having served in the United State Marines, a former CrossFit Affiliate owner in Hawaii, a former spear fisherman in Japan, and a current physical therapy student back here in the States. A true nomad and jack-of-all-trades, Levi brings some great stories and wisdom to today's podcast. Enjoy! If you would rather watch this episode, you can find us on YouTube at https://you...

“It's your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, But no one can walk it for you.”― Rumi With gyms closing their doors, we find ourselves in our living rooms, trying to find motivation to do endless air squats and burpees, while simultaneously having our pets/kids climb all over us. It isn't ideal, but it's the situation we find ourselves in for the foreseeable future. So what are you...

"Train for the unknown and the unknowable" Times may be scary at the moment. But guess what? You have been training for this all along. You come in everyday, willingly put yourself through adversity, and come out stronger because of it. The same applies to the current situation we find ourselves in with the coronavirus scare. While your daily life may have been thrown through the ringer recently,...

How do you deal with change? Change is an unavoidable constant in our lives. Sometimes it’s within our control, but most often it’s not. Things change — and not always for the better. Fortunately, there are ways to adapt to change, and even to take advantage of it. Tyler and Eric dive into some methods to adapt-and even thrive-when dealing with changes.

What is your why? What are you pursuing in life? Why are you pursuing it? What are you willing to sacrifice for it? The coaches share their thoughts on this topic and share some things they sacrificed in the past to get where they are now.

The coaches lay out 3 habits they do daily, to improve their lives. Also, they lay out 1 habit they would like to include in their lives, and 1 bad habit they would like to remove. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any questions you want answered on the show, make sure to post them in the review sections of iTunes. New...

#5- What Got Us Here- A Brief History of CrossFit by Primal Athletics Radio

Colin Cook is a 16x Ironman Finisher including qualifying and competing in the Kona Ironman World Championships 5x (PR 9:06:01). Colin is also an Ironman U and USA Triathlon Level 1 Coach. Colin owns Peak Triathlon Coaching and Peak Recovery center, located in Nashua, NH https://peaktricoaching.com/coaches/colin-cook/ https://peakrecoveryandhealthcenter.com/

#3- Four Character Traits to Succeed in the Gym, and Life by Primal Athletics Radio

Documentaries are all the rage these days. Log onto any streaming service and you can find hundreds of documentaries covering a range of topics like true crime, sports, and history. But no documentary seems to conjure up emotions like the nutrition documentary. Eat this. Don't eat that. This is killing you. This can make you live to 100 years old. There is a lot of good information out there, and...

We're back! After some time off, we are bringing back the show as Primal Athletics Radio. We have gone through some changes recently, one being the addition of new coach-and new host of the show- Tyler Mahoney. In this episode, we introduce Tyler, hear all about his backstory, and all of the coaches go over some of their goals for 2020. Be sure to subscribe, and check us out on YouTube: https://ww...