The Spin Podcast

Originally streamed June 28, 2023. Arielle Loewen joins the show to chat about the 2023 CrossFit Games season as she prepares for a return trip to Madison. The Spin Top 25 Fan Poll is revealed! Then John, Tyler & Spin share their five all-time favorite strength events at the CrossFit Games.

Originally streamed on June 21, 2023. Join our Patreon and participate in The Barbell Spin Top 25 Fan Poll:   / thebarbellspin   Thanks for watching The Barbell Spin podcast. Live every Wednesday night at 7:30pm / 4:30pm Eastern/Pacific.

Originally streamed June 15, 2023. Ben Bergeron & Cole Sager join the show to chat about the changes at CompTrain. Ben Bergeron is stepping down from his coaching role to focus his time and effort on the launch of the new CompTrain 3.0 app. Stepping into his shoes is Cole Sager. Cole will take over as the Elite Athlete Head Coach after this season.

Originally streamed June 14, 2023. Christine Kolenbrander joins the show to recap Semifinals, give an update on her recent back procedure and shares what training will look like leading up to the CrossFit Games. Then John Young, Tyler Watkins and Brian Spin dig into the updated Worldwide Rankings, what makes a training camp "successful" and what we think of the new divisions coming to Wo...

Originally streamed June 7, 2023. The Semifinals are over and 40 men and 40 women have qualified for the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games. John Young, Tyler Watkins and Brian Spin recap our picks from the European and Asian Semifinals. And then, we share our WAY TOO EARLY predictions for the CrossFit Games. Who do we have on the podium? Tune in to find out.

Originally streamed June 5, 2023. John Singleton, head coach of The Progrm, joins the show to share what happened with the Assault AirRunners during Event 5 at the CrossFit Europe Semifinal this weekend.

Originally June 3, 2023. We look back at the day's action at the CrossFit Europe Semifinal and discuss what happened, who's in a good spot heading into Sunday and who might miss the cut and fail to qualify for the CrossFit Games. MAKE SURE TO LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!

Originally streamed May 31, 2023. The last week of the 2023 CrossFit Semifinals are upon us. Bethany Shadburne, technically Bethany Flores now, joins the podcast to share her weekend at the North America West Semifinal where she finished 5th and will be heading back to the CrossFit Games this year. Then, Tyler Watkins, John Young and Brian Spin give their predictions of who will be qualifying for...

Originally streamed May 24, 2023. Matt Torres joins to discuss this past weekend after his Brute Strength athletes dominated the North America East Semifinal. Torres has five athletes going to the 2023 CrossFit Games: Emma Cary, Danielle Brandon, Fee Saghafi, Dallin Pepper and James Sprague. Then, Tyler Watkins, John Young and Brian Spin share their predictions for the North America West, Oceania...

Originally streamed May 10, 2023. It's that time. Week 1 of the 2023 CrossFit Semifinals are almost here. Find out who we are picking to qualify to the NOBULL CrossFit Games from the North America East and Africa Semifinals.

Originally streamed May 3, 2023. We're back again this week to give our take on the news within the CrossFit Games world. Join us live.

Originally streamed April 26, 2023. Yesterday, I shared on Instagram that the REBEL Renegade Games, home to the Africa Semifinal competition, is charging athletes to enter the spectator area for a discounted rate. The cost is approximately 50% of the general admission ticket for fans wanting to attend the event. It is the only Semifinal competition, as far as I can tell, that is charging athletes...

Originally streamed April 19, 2023. Tyler Watkins and John Young are back this week to give their take on the hot topics within the CrossFit Games season. Here's what the crew is discussing this week: Crash Crescendo. How beneficial is it for teams to gain in-person competition experience ahead of Semifinals? https://thebarbellspin.com/competitio... Joe Scali's penalty. Should he have been...

Tyler Watkins and John Young join the podcast to give their take on the current events in the CrossFit Games space this past week. Here are the topics we cover: Ricky Garard. Does his injury secure another championship for Justin Medeiros? Who stands to gain the most from Ricky's injury? Team Quarterfinals. Did the team quarterfinals give us any indication of who will win the team competition...

Originally streamed February 14, 2023. Dave Eubanks joins the podcast as we discuss the new CrossFit worldwide rankings and strength of field calculation for the 2023 CrossFit Games season.

Originally aired February 7, 2023. Tia-Clair Toomey and Shane Orr joined the podcast where we talked about Tia's pregnancy, how she wanted to compete at the Rogue Invitational and even thought she might be able to compete at the 2023 CrossFit Games! Shane shares how PRVN has grown over the years and how the couple has built a team of athletes and staff in Nashville, TN. PRVN's athletes inc...

Originally streamed on January 25, 2023. Tonya has been doing CrossFit via Street Parking for years and has earned the 1,000 workout banner. Last year her mother, Sassy, joined Tonya for a workout and now the mother/daughter duo have been doing Street Parking workouts ever since. Tonya and Sassy join the podcast to discuss their fitness journey, why they started doing CrossFit via Street Parking a...

Originally streamed January 26, 2023. Ingrid Hodnemyr & Eivind Dahl Ringard of CrossFit Oslo Navy Blue join the podcast. Ingrid and Eivind were on the 2nd place team at the 2022 CrossFit Games. We discuss what it took to be part of the Second Fittest Team in the World, quitting their jobs to train full-time and how they are working towards standing on top of the podium at the 2023 CrossFit Gam...

Originally streamed December 7, 2022. If you've done CrossFit you have almost certainly done a Hero WOD at some point. But for Jim, he's taken that to the next level...by doing 365 consecutive days of Hero WODs!

Originally streamed on January 3, 2023. Matt O'Keefe, CEO of HWPO Training, joins the podcast to discuss the latest training program, HWPO Golf. Targeting golfers, HWPO Golf aims to "increase strength, power, speed and rotational-flexibility" in order to improve your performance on the golf course.

Originally streamed December 16, 2022. CrossFit Analysts Mike Halpin and Tyler Watkins join the podcast to preview FitWars 1 between Colten Mertens and Scott Tetlow. We look at the FitWars format, speculate on the workout and we will predict whether who will win the first ever FitWars!

Originally aired on December 6, 2022. James Sprague did a 2,000-meter row time trial yesterday as part of training. He finished it in 6:06.

Originally aired December 2, 2022. Emily Rolfe joins to discuss her experience trekking up the 160 flights of stairs at the Burj Khalifa for Event 1 of the 2022 Dubai Fitness Championship.

Originally aired December 1, 2022. Event 1 of the Dubai Fitness Championship is a race to the top of the Burj Khalifa. Competitive stairclimber, Troy Alston, shares his experience racing up the stairs of large buildings and gives some insight into what athletes can expect tomorrow morning in Dubai.

Originally aired on November 22, 2022. Since the 2023 CrossFit Games rulebook was released last week, everyone is talking about the rule changes for the upcoming season. One of those is the "Anikha Greer" rule. But is it fact or fiction?