The "Fittest" Podcast in Oakland

Episode 125: You Crushed The Total! Now What? In this episode, Robyn and Ben get us pumped for what is coming next in training! The CrossFit Total was an awesome event. We saw so many people lift personal bests. But now what do we do?  Check out all the highlights  below: Happy Positive Thoughts and Rants All The successes of the total and training Ben hates no-repping people What is coming next i...

Episode 124: Be More Grateful! (December's Lifestyle Focus) In this episode, Robyn and Ben help us all be more grateful in our lives. We all have challenges in our lives, but also have plenty to be grateful for. Therefore, we want to improve your health by finding more things to be grateful for. Check out all the highlights  below: Happy Sunshine and Snowman Keep up the protein What does grati...

Episode 123: How To Have A "Perfect" Thanksgiving In this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss how to have a "perfect" Thanksgiving. The holidays and Thanksgiving can be challenging for your health and fitness. Therefore, we wanted to give you the secret formula to have a great holiday season. Check out all the highlights  below: The Perfect Thanksgiving Formula Follow the Guru's...

Episode 122: The Real Secrets To Core Training In this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss how to better train and understand your "core". We have received questions on core training and why we don't do more of it. Therefore, we wanted to reveal the real secrets of "core" training. Check out all the highlights  below: Thank you for your input! What is the core? Back muscles, Hip...

Episode 121: The 2023 CrossFit Total In this episode, Robyn and Ben get you excited for this year's CrossFit Total. The CrossFit Total is an amazing event and feat of strength every year. Check out all the highlights  below: Ben gets you pumped up All your work can pay off with the total What is the CrossFit Total? When are we doing the total? Sat Dec 2 Why is the total so awesome and fun? How...

Episode 120: The Magic Of Protein (November's Lifestyle Focus) In this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss all the magic of protein. We all want to reach our goals and protein might be the magic bullet to success. Check out all the highlights  below: How we managed Stress In October Go listen to all the October podcasts Protein's secret anti-aging solution How protein makes you healthy no matte...

Episode 119: Feedback Is Everywhere To Help You In this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss all the ways the world gives us feedback and how we can use it to our advantage. Feedback might not be our favorite thing, but it can help us. Check out how with the highlights  below: Webster's Definition of Feedback Your body gives you feedback Your mood and energy say something about your help Hormones ma...

Episode 118: The Power Of Your Thoughts In The Gym In this episode, Robyn and Ben interview Dr. Kristen Gustafson on how your thoughts impact the gym. Dr. KG is a professor at Cal State East Bay. This podcast examines how we perceive things and they impact ourselves and our performance in the gym. Check out the highlights  below: The Triad of Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors KG explains cognitive...

Episode 117: Feelings! What To Do About Them In The Gym? In this episode, Robyn and Ben interview Dr. Kristen Gustafson on how to use your feelings in the gym. Dr. KG is a professor at Cal State East Bay. This podcast examines how we can use our feelings to better ourselves and our performance in the gym. Check out the highlights  below: In glass case of emotion KG is an amazing CFO member The Tri...

Episode 116: What Does The Government Think About Fitness? In this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss the physical activity guidelines from the Department of Health And Human Services. This is NOT a political podcast. This podcast looks to examine the national narrative on fitness and how we do it in the gym. Check out the highlights  below: Tin Foil Hat Time Shout out to Dr. Siegel  and her awesomene...

Episode 115: Manage Your Stress Better (October's Lifestyle Focus) In this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss how to manage your stress better. We all have stress so we want use the month of October to focus on using stress to lead us to success. Check out the highlights  below: Recap of Sugar Awareness (September's Lifestyle Focus) Webster's definition of stress Stress can be good!  Why y...

Episode 114: How To Get Better At Toes To Bar In this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss how to get better at toes to bar. Whether you have one toe to bar or none this podcast will help get to the next level. Check out the highlights  below: The Awesomeness of Silence When leveling up "assess don't guess" Mobilize your way to success Get a grip to get toes to bar Straight arm strength is...

Episode 113: Are You Ready For Dusk Till Dawn? In this episode, Robyn and Ben get us pumped for the third annual Dusk Till Dawn Competition. We love a great day of workouts and fun. So let's get excited for this year's Dusk Till Dawn Competition, Check out the highlights  below: Start with some laughs Working out from Dusk Till Dawn What is an intragym competition?  Who should you partner...

Episode 112: Relaunch of Calories In Vs Calories Out In this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss how calories impact reaching your health and fitness goals. Your nutrition matters. So we want to help you use calories to your advantage, Check out the highlights  below: A pep talk from Ben Your body is an amazing machine What is a calorie? What do calories do in your body? What is your BMR (Basal Metabol...

Episode 111: The Pros And Cons Of Sugar In this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss September's lifestyle focus, sugar. Everyone has a relationship with sugar and as a gym we want to better understand that relationship. So we delve into sugar and how to use it, Check out the highlights  below: How consistent were we in August? How to keep Robyn consistent What is and isn't sugar?  Some positive...

Episode 110: Scheming Our Way To Success In this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss how to use rep scheme to reach your goals. One of the best questions from the recent AMA was, "Why do so many CrossFit workouts have weird rep schemes?". So we delve into a longer answer, Check out the highlights  below: Why we need to do more noodling Formula to Fitness - 21-15-9 How decay rate impacts inten...

Episode 109: Ask Me Anything Rapid Fire Round 2 In this episode, Robyn and Ben answer all your questions from the AMA whiteboard. Check out the highlights  below: The difference between Teens And Adults Aliens, Gravity, Big Foot, and your fitness How to build mental toughness All the feel-good inspirational stories Who else should you listen to for health and fitness The future of CFO Robyn's...

Episode 108: Bring A Friend Day In this episode, Robyn and Ben share all the details of Bring a Friend Day. Check out why you should bring a friend to CrossFit Oakland below: Show and Tell but way better Fitness is better with Friends You share everything else you love why not your gym? Family support to help you do better in the gym The gym makes you better We want to dispel the myths about Cross...

Episode 107: What You Can Learn From The CrossFit Games In this episode, Ben shares what you can learn from the 2023 CrossFit Games. While we don't train for the CrossFit Games, we can take a lot away from them. Check out what you can learn below: Be inspired from the CrossFit Games How fit will you be at 65 years old?  No excuses from adaptive athletes Training vs Competing Mindset How mindse...

Episode 106: Consistency, The Real Magic Pill (August's Lifestyle Focus) In this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss August's lifestyle focus and how consistency is the real magic pill. Whatever we do consistently leads to our success. Check out how we can be consistent below: Adventures in hydration for July Admiring water fountains near and far What can you do daily?  Stacking habits to make...

Episode 105: Get Your First Pull-up In this episode, Robyn and Ben detail how to get your first pull-up and many more. Pulll-ups have become a hot goal in the gym so we want to help. Check out what we discuss below: You can get a pull-up! How to work daily towards your goals Seven things you can do each day Do these exercises at home - Check The Video Why you should have a pull-up, besides the coo...

Episode 104: The Importance Of Tempo Training In this episode, Robyn and Ben detail all of the benefits of tempo training. Sometimes we need to go fast and sometimes we need to go slow. Check out what we discuss below: We train fast a lot so why not slow too? The differences between muscles and tendons How muscles build through time under tension What is eccentric vs. concentric movement How tempo...

Episode 103: What Characters Would Be The Best CrossFitters? In this episode, Stef and Ben debate what famous fictional characters would make great crossfitters. Think of all the great movies, television shows, video games, and cartoons that have characters who would be great at CrossFit. We discuss the following: Stef wants all the Lord of the Rings characters The whole "300" should com...

Episode 102: Stay Hydrated (July's Lifestyle Focus) In this episode, Britt and Ben help you stay hydrated and feel good this summer! Water is life and a secret performance enhancer. See how hydration helps below: Recap of June's fun new hobbies Your Body is 75% water How much water do you lose in a day? How water is the original energy drink Drinking water is a stress reliever You are smar...

Episode 101: You Are Stronger Than Your Excuses In this episode, Robyn and Ben give a little pep talk to overcoming common excuses. There is always an excuse to miss the gym, but you are stronger than them. Here are some excuses and counters to them: It is ok to have excuses Worried about being too sore -> movement helps the soreness Work is too busy -> Schedule/prioritize sessions and exerc...