Brass Tacks and No Hacks

Brass Tacks and No Hacks

by Chris Spealler

Season 1

Specialty Seminars and Innovation in CrossFit??

Some great reviews this week with Doug and Chris addressing them with transparency and good conversation. Has CrossFit lost some of its innovation from the early days? Listen in, plus.... Walmart definitely owes Doug!

What Contributes to Building Strength?!

This week Doug and Chris answer a question from one of their members at Park City Fit regarding strength training. Limited on time and frequency in they gym how important is to to get the strength day only... or is it? Plus, some other annoying license plates and the woes of traveling!

Best Advice for Opening a Gym?

We get this question A LOT! Hey, I'm thinking of opening a gym. "What's your best advice?" Doug and Chris fully agree on this one and it's one you can not overlook.

Building an Athlete From the Ground Up

If you had the "perfect" mold of a potential athlete but they had no background in strength or conditioning where would you start, what would the programming look like, and would sport be a part of it? Listen to Doug and Chris's thoughts. Plus, what's up with all the positive licesnse plates now!

Take it with a grain of salt...

This week Doug and Chris jump into some of the hot topics around longevity training protocols that we often hear these days. Zone 2, strength work, etc. What's valuable in their opinion... and they nearly went off the rails with custom license plates!

Should We Redefine What We Do?

This week Doug and Chris tackle one of the listeners questions... should we redefine the definition of "CrossFit". Varying opinions and we would love to hear yours as well... and we are still waiting for our Porsche sponsorship.

Top 3 Movements We Never Need to See Again!

Some more reviews!! But really, what are our 3 LEAST favorite movements programmed in gyms that we could do without? Listen in this week on Doug and Chris's top picks along with Doug's BBQ sauce debacle!

The Games, Mobility vs. Flexibility and how much does it cost for laundry!

This week Doug and Chris cover some quick thoughts on the Games, answer some questions on flexibility and try to stick it to Starbucks only to pay Nespresso.

Varied Intensity, or Go HARD every day!?!?

This week Doug and Chris respond to Ben's question through the podcast review on if Games athletes have swung too far to the side of lower intensity? Plus, paper straws still suck, bubble tea is basically boogers, and we want to thank our new sponsor Nespresso.

We're all mixed up!!

Ok, so this might REALLY be the second episode, and you just listened to the third, but honest, we will get back on track! Some reviews coming in and topics to be discussed so thank you and stay tuned!

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