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Best Hour of Their Day | Podcast
Hosted by Jason Ackerman and Jason Fernandez, Best Hour of Their Day is a podcast dedicated to helping the CrossFit community. We cover all aspects of fitness including coaching, training, competing, starting and growing a business, and everything in between. Regular guests include world-class athletes, some of the best Coaches in the world, fitness entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and more. Follow us on all socials! BestHourofTheirDay.com
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Programming, Coach Development, and Culture | Denise Thomas
CrossFit Seminar Staff Flowmaster and Level 4 Coach Denise Thomas drops in for open questions from the community. -- Join us at AffiliateCon 2027 | Dallas, TX…
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The Lifetime Games: Built to Settle the CrossFit vs Hyrox Debate
The LT Games were built to answer a question CrossFitters and Hyrox athletes keep arguing about: who’s actually fitter? Wes Robertson, a former teacher and…
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AffiliateCon 2026 | Coach Development Recap
Todd Occhiuto and Kristin Bowen pull back the curtain on all the Coach Development that went down this past weekend at AffiliateCon 2026. -- Join us at…
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AffliateCon 2026 | Recap
Jason Ackerman and Jason Fernandez share their favorite moments and takeaways from AffiliateCon 2026. -- Join us at AffiliateCon 2027 | Dallas, TX | Oct 1-3…
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AffiliateCon 2026 | Greg Glassman
Recorded live at AffiliateCon 2026 in Dallas, Texas, where owners, coaches, and athletes have come together to raise the standard of CrossFit. Follow…
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AffiliateCon 2026 | Matt Souza
Recorded live at AffiliateCon 2026 in Dallas, Texas, where owners, coaches, and athletes have come together to raise the standard of CrossFit. Follow…
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AffiliateCon 2026 | Brianna Battles
Recorded live at AffiliateCon 2026 in Dallas, Texas, where owners, coaches, and athletes have come together to raise the standard of CrossFit. Follow…
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AffiliateCon 2026 | Todd Occhiuto
Recorded live at AffiliateCon 2026 in Dallas, Texas, where owners, coaches, and athletes have come together to raise the standard of CrossFit. Follow…
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AffiliateCon 2026 | David Freeman
Recorded live at AffiliateCon 2026 in Dallas, Texas, where owners, coaches, and athletes have come together to raise the standard of CrossFit. Follow…
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The Nutrition Mistake Most CrossFit Gyms Don’t Know They’re Making
Most CrossFit coaches avoid talking about nutrition because they’re afraid of getting it wrong, and that’s costing gyms members, results, and revenue. In this…
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WODprep x AffiliateCon 2026
Ben Dziwulski, the founder and CEO of WODprep will back at AffiliateCon this year helping CrossFit Coaches level up their athletes. -- Join us at AffiliateCon…
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Make More Money From the Gym Space You Already Have
What if your gym's empty room could pay you rent, add a new membership tier, and keep your members healthier? Jesse Burdick, a longtime powerlifting coach and…
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Stop Following Nutrition Rules: Learn How to Think About Food with EC Synkowski
EC Synkowski joins us to discuss A Good Nutrition Book and why understanding a few foundational principles is more useful than chasing the latest diet, food…
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What CrossFit Coaches Can Learn From Public Speaking
We are already speakers but few realize it. Myles Usher-Doyle, founder of Speak-Well, will be at AffiliateCon teaching Coaches and Owners how to deepen their…
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The Mindset Mistake Most Affiliate Owners Don't Know They're Making
Most affiliate owners are in the business of changing lives, yet they struggle to give themselves credit for the progress they've made. Recorded at the…
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The Effect of This Daily Habit on Fitness
Recorded on-site at the 2026 CrossFit Games, Claire Bays shares her path from a small town in Oklahoma to the center of the CrossFit media world. She talks…
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CrossFit España Country Manager | Nat Díez
Nat Diez (CF-L4) is the country manager for CrossFit España, Seminar Staff, and Owner of Nama CrossFit in Illes Balears, Spain. Learn from her, Jason…
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Unlock double-unders, triple-unders, and other jump rope skills
David Newman is the founder of RXSG and an expert jump rope coach. He will be at AffiliateCon teaching you how to unlock your next skill with the jump rope. --…
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A Stockholm Meetup Turned Global Coaching Event
Henrik and Heather Almers built Coaches Congress from a small Stockholm gathering into one of the largest independent education events for gym owners and…
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The biggest event of the year for CrossFit Gym Owners & Coaches
AffiliateCon 2026 is bigger and better. We're breaking down everything you can expect, from Greg Glassman to hands-on workshops to a Hall of Fame and more. If…
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The Hard-Won Lessons From 12 Years Running a CrossFit Affiliate
Monique Waters of Pace Fitness sits down to talk candidly about what it actually takes to build and rebuild a CrossFit affiliate. She digs into the facility…
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How to Coach Adaptive Athletes in Your CrossFit Gym | Adaptive Training Academy
Alec Zirkenbach, Founder & Director of Adaptive Training Academy, will be at AffiliateCon 2026 teaching how to train adaptive athletes in your CrossFit class…
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How to Overcome Pain and Live an Active Life | Dr. Sean Pastuch
After 20 years of helping thousands of people, including himself, return to full participation in the lives they want to live, Dr. Sean Pastuch (Active Life)…
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Stop Over-Cueing: The Real Way to Fix Snatch Technique | Burgener Strength
Cody Looney (CF-L3) is a Lead Coach and Team Development member at Burgener Strength who specializes in teaching Olympic weightlifting techniques for CrossFit…
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The Coaching Framework Every CrossFit Coach Needs
CrossFit Level 4 coaches Fran Panero and Jason Ackerman sit down to co-create the "Ten Commandments of Connection," a practical, on-the-spot framework for…
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Dr. Mike Israetel | AffiliateCon 2026
Dr. Mike Israetel is a sports scientist, competitive bodybuilder, co-founder of Renaissance Periodization (RP Strength), and a fitness educator best known for…
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The Deadlift Series | Breaking Down The CrossFit Level 1 Guide (Again)
Todd Occhiuto and Kristin Bowen break down the deadlift, the sumo deadlift high pull, and the medicine-ball clean, and how this progression teaches the…
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The Only AI Tool Your CrossFit Gym Actually Needs
AI isn't coming for the fitness industry. It's already here, and CrossFit Affiliate Owners using it are saving hours every week. In this episode, we sit down…
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Helping CrossFit Gym Owners SHRED Their Debt | Adam Carroll
Adam Carroll is the founder of the Shred Method. The Shred Method helps you eliminate debt faster, reduce interest, and optimize cash flow using a proven…
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The Presses | Breaking Down The CrossFit Level 1 Guide (Again)
Todd Occhiuto and Kristin Bowen break down the press series from the 9 foundational movements with the shoulder press, push press, and push jerk. -- ▶️ Watch…
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The Squats | Breaking Down The CrossFit Level 1 Guide (Again)
Todd Occhiuto and Kristin Bowen work through the squat series (air, front, back, and overhead), the points of performance that make it sound, and the most…
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How to Sell Gym Memberships Without Feeling Like a Salesperson
Most affiliate owners think they're bad at sales, when the real issue is they're treating it as something separate from the thing they're already good at…
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How to Coach & Program Gymnastics in CrossFit
Many CrossFit Coaches and Owners struggle to program and coach high-skill gymnastics that actually help their athletes unlock new skills. Justin Adams from…
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Who should be in the CrossFit Hall of Fame? | Jason Khalipa
Take the free Affiliate Blueprint Assessment 👉https://www.besthouroftheirday.com/affiliate-blueprint-assessment --- 🎓 Get 14 Days of FREE Coach Development…
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The Squats | Breaking Down The CrossFit Level 1 Guide (Again)
Todd Occhiuto and Kristin Bowen work through the squat series (air, front, back, and overhead), the points of performance that make it sound, and the most…
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CrossFit Benelux Country Manager Wes Cloos
Catch Fern next month at the CrossFit Benelux Affiliate Summit in the Netherlands. --- Take the free Affiliate Blueprint Assessment…
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The New Way We Coach CrossFit Affiliate Owners (And Why the Old Way Broke)
After coaching over 1,500 CrossFit Affiliates, we discovered exactly what Owners need. We looked at Affiliate University and threw out anything getting in the…
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Programming | Breaking Down The CrossFit Level 1 Guide (Again)
There's a method behind the madness of CrossFit programming, and this article lays out the theoretical template that shows how CrossFit gets from philosophy to…
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Comedy Night at AffiliateCon: Eddie Ifft
Comedian and CrossFitter Eddie Ifft has built a 28-year career selling out shows worldwide, and he is headlining the comedy night at AffiliateCon with Jason…
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Scaling | Breaking Down The CrossFit Level 1 Guide (Again)
Scaling isn't about making a workout easier, it's about preserving the intended stimulus for the athlete in front of you. Kristin Bowen is joined by Arianna…
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Forged for the Future: The Next Era of CrossFit | CrossFit CEO Bruce Edwards
CrossFit CEO Bruce Edwards joins Jason Fernandez at the 2026 Owners and Coaches Conference. They discussed what HQ got wrong over the last five or six years…
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Why CrossFit Athletes in Pain Quit | Dr. Sean Pastuch
Dr. Sean Pastuch joins the show to explain what it actually feels like to train in pain every day, scale every workout, and still walk out of the gym hurting…
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Nutrition | Breaking Down The CrossFit Level 1 Guide (Again)
The CrossFit take on nutrition is contrarian by design: what most people think is healthy eating is exactly what's making them sick. Todd Occhiuto is joined by…
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Why Gym Owners Self Sabotage (And How to Stop)
Joel Cochran has spent 17 years in the fitness industry, grew a CrossFit gym from 50 to 200 members, and has coached hundreds of Affiliate Owners through…
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Technique | Breaking Down The CrossFit Level 1 Guide (Again)
This is where Coach Glassman defines technique and shows why it's the heart of everything: safety, efficacy, and efficiency all trace back to how well you…
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Fern's Heading to the Oceania CrossFit Affiliate Summit in Australia
Fern is joined by Ed Morrison, the CrossFit Pacific Regional Manager, Seminar Staff Flowmaster, and Owner of Charge CrossFit. Join Fern, Ed, and other industry…
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What is Fitness? Part 2 | Breaking Down The CrossFit Level 1 Guide (Again)
In What is Fitness Part 2, we turn the fitness models into a real, measurable definition, and land on the idea that fitness and health aren't two separate…
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He Fixed 2 Things and His CrossFit Gym Took Off
Ted Mulhern was grinding to grow his CrossFit gym, then two changes turned his pipeline into 28 membership sales in a single month. We get into what he…
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What is Fitness? Part 1 | Breaking Down The CrossFit Level 1 Guide (Again)
In 1997, a magazine crowned a triathlete "the fittest man on Earth." This article argues he wasn't even close.What Is Fitness? (Part 1) is where CrossFit…
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The Loneliest Part of Building a Business (Nobody Warns You)
Here's the part of building a business nobody warns you about: it can leave you successful and completely disconnected. Dave Colina from O2 Hydration opens up…
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Foundations | Breaking Down The CrossFit Level 1 Guide (Again)
In Foundations, the oldest article in the CrossFit Level 1 Training Guide, Coach Glassman lays out the case for what fitness actually is and why the…
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You Don't Have to Go All-In to Build a Serious Gym
Nikki Sharp built a growing CrossFit gym while keeping her 20-year career as a therapist, and she did it with less time than most owners think they need. We…
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Understanding CrossFit | Breaking Down The CrossFit Level 1 Guide (Again)
How to become a better CrossFit coach starts with one resource: the CrossFit Level 1 Training Guide.We're going live to break it down with CrossFit Level 4…
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How the Hyrox Head of Global Training Would Add It to Your CrossFit Gym
Hyrox North American Champion and Hyrox Global Head of Training David Magida joins us to break down how to integrate Hyrox into your CrossFit gym without…
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Your CrossFit Programming Is Not a Lesson Plan
Your programmer can hand you the warm-up, the teaching points, and the timeline, and you still don't have a lesson plan. Todd and Kristin break down what every…
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What AI Will and Won't Replace in Your CrossFit Gym
Most gym owners are either scared of AI or ignoring it. Both are the wrong move.You got into this because you care about people. Turns out that's exactly why…
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Todd Went to Burgener Strength. Here's What He Brought Back.
Todd Occhiuto recently completed the Burgener Strength Course — one of the most respected weightlifting education programs available to CrossFit coaches — and…
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CrossFit Has a New CEO — Here's What the Community Actually Needs
CrossFit has a new CEO in Bruce Edwards, the former COO and Affiliate Owner. Fern and Christian break down what this moment means, address the community…
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How to Coach Murph on Memorial Day
Murph is one of the most meaningful workouts of the year. In this episode, Kristin Bowen and Katie Hayes break down what it actually means to coach Murph on…
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The First Standardized Test of Fitness (And What It Means for Your Gym)
Keith Barlow joins Jason Ackerman and Fern to talk about Xenom, the first globalized, standardized test of fitness, and what a universal fitness benchmark…