The Spin Podcast

Originally streamed on November 16, 2022. The Zelos Games live showcase event was this past weekend. Jared Graybeal, the mastermind behind the hybrid online/in-person competition, joins the podcast to share what went in to making this past weekend a successful event.

Originally streamed November 10, 2022. Danielle Brandon has been working with Matt Torres of Brute Strength since right before this year's CrossFit Games. After just a few months and two major competitions, we discuss what their takeaways were from the Rogue Invitational and how they plan on using that to propel them to a successful 2023 season.

Originally streamed November 9, 2022. CrossFit has outlined the number minimum of qualifying spots for each Semifinal. Tyler Watkins and I discuss our initial thoughts on the news.

Originally streamed November 7, 2022. HWPO lift launches, today, 11/7, and is led by Aimee Anaya Everett. Aimee is the first ever female Olympic Weightlifting coach, the USAW Senior International Coach, and co-owner of Catalyst Athletics. She is probably best known for coaching Mattie Rogers at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but she has also coached CrossFit athletes over the years too...including 2007...

Originally streamed November 3, 2022. Craig Howard, founder of Diablo CrossFit, is partnering with GORUCK this year to promote the Turkey Ruck Challenge for CrossFit Affiliates. Diablo CrossFit has hosted an unofficial "Turkey Trot" the past 14 years and this year they are taking it up a notch. Craig shares the details of how to organize a Turkey Ruck at your affiliate and how it's h...

Originally streamed November 2, 2022. Matthew Russell and Kate "Weez" Shumaker share their experience working behind the scenes at the Rogue Invitational as the official competition scoring partner. Also, find out how their company, Strongest AI, www.strongest.com, can help event organizers run a local competition smoothly!

Originally streamed October 26, 2022. Eric Hinman is a 5-time Ironman athlete, CrossFit and Hyrox competitor, content creator and social media influencer. Basically, he does it all.

Originally streamed October 21, 2022. Coming off a team victory with CrossFit Mayhem Freedom, Sam Cournoyer qualified for the Dubai Fitness Championship. However, Sam has withdrawn from the event in Dubai. We chat to discuss why he withdrew and what the rest of the 2023 off-season will look like.

Originally streamed October 19, 2022. Adrian Conway has competed at the CrossFit Games five times and has won the team competition at the CrossFit Games, including the 2017 championship with Wasatch CrossFit. Conway is now the head coach and lead programmer for TTRU Fitness and is the co-owner of FNX.

Originally streamed October 13, 2022. Over the years CrossFit has made changes to its scoring system. The details of the scoring has changed almost as much as the path to get to the Games. Seth Page, Alexis Johnson and Tyler Watkins discuss whether CrossFit needs a new scoring system? That's where the Z-Score comes in. Tune in to find what Z-Score is, how it works and whether it could be the f...

Originally streamed October 12, 2022. Cody Mooney is a former CrossFit Games athlete and is now the Director of Performance at pliability (formerly called ROMWOD). Join us as we chat with Cody about his life after competing and what he and the pliability team are working on these days.

Originally streamed September 28, 2022. Emily Tanner competed at this year's CrossFit Games on CrossFit Greater Heights just one year after giving birth to her daughter. While competing, Tanner also coached teen athlete Hailey Rolfe who competed in the Teen Girls 16-17 division. On top of that, Tanner is the owner/founder of Ascend Athlete, a remote coaching and programming company based out o...

Originally streamed September 23, 2022. Lize Burns shares her side of the story after CrossFit denied her appeal after a failed drug test and suspended her for 4 years. The problem is that there were several "clerical" errors that occurred that leave doubt as to whether the sample that tested positive for metabolites of GW1516 was actually hers.

Originally streamed on September 21, 2022. After starting CrossFit just two years ago, Bella Martin is quickly becoming one of the top CrossFit emcees. Go to https://thebarbellspin.com for breaking news & coverage of the CrossFit Games!