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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
Episodes
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190. Stepping on Toes
Scenario: You're not coaching, but you're taking class. The Coach is missing many faults and in general needs help. What do you do? Do you step in or continue…
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189. The Sickness, Wellness, Fitness, Continuum
Coach Glassman's, "Sickness, Wellness, Fitness Continuum" has never been more relavant.
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188. Jeff Tucker
Jeff Tucker is a legend and the father of gymnastics in the CrossFit world. In today's episode we talk about the hundreds of seminars he led around the world…
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187. Sean Eberle | Neuse River CrossFit
Sean Eberle is one amazing dude. Listen in as we chat about how he found CrossFit, losing 30lbs, becoming a competitive athlete, and taking his L1. Also…
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186. The Corona Virus
Everything you need to know as a box owner, a coach, and member in how to handle this pandemic.
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185. Dawn Fletcher | Mentality WOD
Dawn Fletcher is a mental performance specialist and the owner of MENTALITYWOD.com. Dawn has had nearly every job in the fitness industry over the last 14…
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184. Libby Landry | CrossFit Invictus
Libby Landry is the GM at CrossFit Invictus as well as part of our seminar staff. In today's episode, we discuss the challenges and obstacles that women face…
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183. Jessica Bergman | Downtown Strength and Conditioning
Jessica hails from New York City where she spent the majority of her life until moving to South Florida. She currently resides in Miami where she is the owner…
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182. Coaching Sh*tty Athletes, Part II
Last week we answered Nicole's question about coaching non-responsive athletes or athletes that simply don't listen. After the episode, she hit us up with some…
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181. Preparing for your L3
Thinking about taking the CrossFit L3 Test? Listen in as we tell you the best way to prepare for it.
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180. Gale Yocom | CrossFit Strong
Gale Yocom and Fern chat about how Gale has gone from his garage and welding his own equipment to just having moved into a 54,000 sq ft facility that offers…
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179. Core to Extremity
What is core to extremity movement pattern, why is it important, and how do we get athletes to better understand this concept?
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178. Charlie Lima, Jeremy Thiel, and Spencer Nix
In today's episode Fern sits down with all three of these Texas box owners. They have a very unique relationship in that the three owners get together monthly…
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177. Brendan Rice | Wodify
Fern Sits down with Wodify team member Brendan Rice who is the Chief Marketing Officer. They discuss the evolution of Wodify, why they found a niche lane in…
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176. All about the Benjamins
In today's episode Fern and Ackerman answer the following email: I did my level 1 last August and started coaching in a brand new box in the small town I live…
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175. Tyson Oldroyd | CrossFit Media OG
Tyson Oldroyd was one of the first 200 affiliate owners, part of CrossFit HQ Seminar staff for many years, has been one of the mainstays in the CF media…
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174. Phones on the WOD Floor
In today's episode we answer the following question from one of our listeners: I check people into class on my gyms software at the beginning of class. It…
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173. Jason Rule | Driven Nutrition Part II
Jason Rule is back with Driven Nutrition. He and Fern discuss some GREAT tactics with regard to selling products at events, competitions or any other scenario…
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172. Adam Feit | Precision Nutrition
Adam Feit is a Level 2 Master Class Coach as well as the Performance Nutrition Coordinator at Precision Nutrition, working with a multitude of youth…
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171. Coaching Adaptive Athletes
In episode 5 of "Dropping In" Fern and Ackerman hit Hammer Driven Fitness. HDF is owned and operated by Steph Hammerman, Nike's first female adaptive fitness…
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170. Nick Massei | Ice Age Meals
Nick Massie (AKA Paleo Nick) has over 20 years of experience as a professional cook and is passionate about BBQ. He won the people's choice award at the 2003…
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169. Pete Shaw | CrossFit NCR
Pete Shaw is one of the Co-Owners of CrossFit NCR, as CFHQ Seminar Staff Member and multi-time regional athletes and he just qualified for the 2020 CrossFit…
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168. Coaching Sh*tty Athletes
Every box has them, athletes that just don't want to listen. Be it stubbornness, ignorance, ego, or just plain stupidity, every coach will eventually encounter…
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167. David Newman | Rx Smart Gear
On today's episode, Ackerman chats with David Newman, the owner of Rx Smart Gear. Back in 2009, David was looking to improve his double unders, he used what he…
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166. Chris Sanders | Penn State CrossFit
On today's episode, Ackerman sits down with Chris Sanders, a senior at Penn State who's the President of an on-campus Crossfit Affiliate. PSU CrossFit is a…
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165. Teaching the Push Jerk
And we are back with a movement episode just like you guys have asked for. It's all about the Push Jerk today. How to teach it, the progressions, and how to do…
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164. Dale King | Doc Spartan
On today’s episode, Ackerman is chatting with Dale King. Dale is the owner of PSKC CrossFit and Doc Spartan male grooming company. Just by the way Ackerman…
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163. Are you not Entertained!?
Educate, Inspire, and Entertain, that's what you need to do in order to be a successful CrossFit coach, but what does that mean and how exactly does one…
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162. Markus Gerszi | Gym Breakthrough
On today’s episode, we have Markus Gerszi long time friend of Fern. Markus is former affiliate owners, he now runs Gym Breakthrough which helps gyms create a…
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161. Christmas Abbott | The Badass Life
On today’s episode, Ackerman sits down with Christmas Abbott. Christmas has been in the CrossFit space for 15 years, from competing to running her own…
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160. John Berardi | Change Maker
On today’s episode, Jason sits down with John Berardi. John is best known as the co-founder of Precision Nutrition, the world’s largest nutrition coaching…
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159. Eric Hinman | Life by Design
On today’s episode, Ackerman sits down with Eric Himan. Eric is a health and wellness entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Original Grain, XO Taco, and Urban…
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158. Do Less Better
One workout a day? Doing less better is something that is brought up quite a lot in the Crossfit space. When being a Coach in any field, not just Crossfit if…
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157. Buying / Selling a CrossFit Affiliate
Ackerman and Fern get one question coming up regularly: Should I buy an Affiliate? They discuss the crucial factors on how to value an affiliate allowing for…
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156. Burpee Punishment
Maybe you saw our recent Instagram Post. - It's all about is it right to use burpees as punishment? Ackerman and Fern agree it’s not, even if it’s running joke…
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155. Conor Murphy | WOD on the Waves 2
Today Ackerman has the one and only Conor Murphy on to discuss WOD On Waves Two. It's going to amazing; they've listened to what people wanted more of from the…
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154. Recapping the Box Tour
On today’s episode is little debrief of “Dropping in - The Box tour”. Ackerman and Fern talk about each oft he first 5 boxes they visited on the box tour. They…
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153. Brian Bochette | CrossFit Thoroughbreds
Brian Bochette is the Head Coach and one of the Owners of CrossFit Thoroughbreds in Fort Myers, which opened back in 2007. Brian started Crossfit when he was a…
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152. Medicine Ball Clean
Today is just what you guys asked for! Another movement episode. Ackerman and Fern break down the Med Ball Clean. It’s one of the most undervalued and…
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151. Affiliate Websites
On today’s episode, Ackerman and Fern talk about one of the things you didn’t realise you had to be good at an affiliate owner- website design. But do you…
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150. Zoe Harcombe | CrossFit Health
On today's episode, Fern sits down with Zoe Harcombe, who has been brought up a few times on perceives podcast as she spoke at the most recent trainer summit…
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149. Rope Climbs
On today’s episode, Ackerman and Fern break down the rope climb. They discuss how to coach the different methods, cue’s and progressions. Along with they talk…
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148. Bobbi Millsaps | 15 years of CrossFit
On today's episode Fern sit down with Bobbi Millsaps. Bobbi has been part of the CrossFit space since roughly 2006. Bobbi has done it all within the community…
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147. Old City CrossFit | A Family Affair
On today’s episode, Ackerman is chatting with Sean Emery and Erin Loise owners and founders of Old City Crossfit DC. The interesting about their partnership is…
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146. Benjamin Bunn | Cigar City CrossFit
On this episode, the focused on is Affiliate owners and how to grow your box. Even more helpful to people wanting to open their own affiliate and how you can…
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145. Dan Uyemura | Push Press inc.
On today’s episode, Jason Chat with Dan Uyemura owner, and one of the three founders of Push Press inc. Dan’s background is computer software ing. By having a…
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144. Ron Torrance | CrossFit Health
On today’s episode Jason Ackerman sits down Ron Torrance is an MD-L1 and part of the Derelict Doctor Club (DDC) which has come up a few times. Ron runs the…
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143. Yuri Feito | CrossFit Health
On today’s episode, Fern sits down with Yuri Feito, who is an associate professor in the Department of Exercise, Science and Sports Management at Kennesaw…
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142. Best Hour Programming
Happy New Year! We want to thank everyone that supported us in 2019 and we look forward to helping you continually grow in 2020. One way that we will make that…
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141. Being Relentless
On today’s episode, Fern and Ackerman discuss being relentless when it comes to your coaching. What that means is that you, as the coach are more stubborn than…
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140. Amy Hollingsworth | CrossFit Certifications
On today’s episode, Fern sits down with Amy Hollingsworth, the Certification Program Manager for Crossfit and owners Kitsap Crossfit with her husband, Dan…
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139. RX Month
On today's episode Fern discuss what happens once a year at Crossfit Rife, it's called RX Month. It's where for a whole month they change what it means to do…
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138. Dr. Steve Ilardi | Depression and CrossFit
On today's episode, Ackerman talks to Dr Steve IIardi about the benefits of exercise when it comes to depression. Dr Steve Ilardi is a professor of clinical…
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137. Cool Downs
In today's episode, Fern and Ackerman discuss how to run an effective cooldown. It's the most unutilised part of a class, meaning it's either not planned for…
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136. Paul Tremblay | CrossFit NCR
On today episode Fern chats with Paul Tremblay. Paul has a very impressive resume in the Crossfit space. He owns CrossFit NCR with two business partners…
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135. Eric Malzone | Future of Fitness
On today's podcast, Ackerman sits down with Eric Malzone, who's been involved in fitness for over 20 years. Originally, a CrossFit affiliate owner Eric now…
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134. Greg Hammond | Concept II
Greg Hammond is an OG in the CrossFit world. You might recognize him from last week at the Dubai CrossFit® Championship as he judged Sam Briggs in the Bike Erg…
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133. Gary Villegas | Eternity CrossFit
On today’s episode, Fern sits down with friend of the show, Gary Villegas. Gary has been on the CrossFit seminar staff for five years and has owned his…
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132. Hiring and Firing
In today's episode, Fern is going solo again. He's sharing his method of hiring and firing staff; with the mistakes and the lessons he's learnt along the way…
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131. John Briggs | Incite Tax
Fern is talking all business with John Briggs today. John is the owner of the Incite and author of Profit first for Micro Gyms, along with the part Affiliate…