Coffee, Pods and Wods
411 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsConversations on sport, mindset, coaching, training, podcasts and coffee. Learn about, and from, the best athletes; coaches; affiliate owners and creatives in CrossFit.
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Episodes
Greer View Mirror
March 04, 2022 00:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBAnikha Greer on moving from teen to elite, competing at Wodapalooza, preparing for the '22 Games season and how she'll view it as a success as well as her plans to move to Vegas to learn and improve and the confidence she and her coach have to put this into action. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Spotlight on Europe - Joseph Somakian
March 02, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBJoseph Somakian (@lifeofjosi) is a man who usually shines the spotlight on others but today the roles are reversed. We talk about his career to date and his plans within the CrossFit ecosystem from documentaries to management and content creation. This series is sponsored by GOWOD, win a years free membership by sharing the episode on your social media and tagging the show. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Spotlight on Europe - Life Through a Lens
March 02, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBJoseph Somakian (@lifeofjosi) is a man who usually shines the spotlight on others but today the roles are reversed. We talk about his career to date and his plans within the CrossFit ecosystem from documentaries to management and content creation. This series is sponsored by GOWOD, win a years free membership by sharing the episode on your social media and tagging the show. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
The Winningest G.O.A.T
February 25, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBMat Fraser chats about his love of coffee, his unexpected move into coaching and bringing on Matt O'Keefe as CEO for HWPO. We also talk through his retirement and the process of writing his new book. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Spotlight on Europe - Hou Dis
February 23, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBAndre Houdet explains the unique influence his family has had on his life, how he met his fiancée, living showerless in Paris, starting No Shortcuts Training, his rookie year at the Games and his plans for 2022 and beyond. Sponsored by GOWOD - download the app for free warm up and mobility sessions during the Open. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Talking With Her Mouthful
February 18, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBSammy Moniz drops by again, this time telling us all about her upcoming book, available Feb 22nd, the process of writing it and her plans for another. We also talk about Mat retiring and helping him build HWPO and why ingredients in a recipe are listed the way they are. Preorder her book at feedingthefrasers.com today. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Talking With Her Mouth Full
February 18, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBSammy Moniz drops by again, this time telling us all about her upcoming book, available Feb 22nd, the process of writing it and her plans for another. We also talk about Mat retiring and helping him build HWPO and why ingredients in a recipe are listed the way they are. Preorder her book at feedingthefrasers.com today. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Spotlight on Europe - Jacq Of All Trades
February 16, 2022 00:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBJacqueline Dahlstrøm talks us through everything from horseriding to moving to an island to train with The PRGM, joining HSTL made and being coached by her partner. Sponsored by GOWOD, download the app for free Open workout mobilisation protocals. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Loco for Dlugos
February 11, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBMatt Dlugos is an Underdogs athlete, one third of Thunder from Downunder, handsome man, wonderful conversationalist and one of my favourites to date. We chat about competitions, country music and coming full circle. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Spotlight on Europe - Because I'm Happa
February 09, 2022 00:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBPart one of the GOWOD sponsored series shines a light on Henrik Haapalainen. Henrick has been to the Games, Rogue and, most recently, to Dubai. We chatted just after Christmas about his plans for the year and his story to date. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Lowlands Lowdown
February 04, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBRobbin Stalma talks through everything from the Classic event to semi finals for 2022. Qualifiers for the Classic are open until Feb 22nd and the finals take place the same weekend as Semi Finals in May. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
The Pyramid Pt. 5 - Sport
February 02, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBJustin Cotler on the sport of CrossFit and how it has changed and can continue to do so, Olympic aspirations, coaching Grid and IF3 and an update on all things Underdogs. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
A Real Page Turner
January 28, 2022 00:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBEllie Turner runs through her career to date up to her most recent outing at Wodapalooza and her decision to move to Canada to be closer to her coach for the season. We talk about confidence, Canada, sand and semi finals. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
The Pyramid Pt. 4 - Weightlifting and Throwing
January 26, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBWillpowerweightlifting coach Justin Holly explains his beliefs around coaching and getting the best out of athletes. He also delves into his unusual path to coaching and how it has culminated in him finding something he loves doing and does excellently. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Totally R.A.D
January 21, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBBen Massey, founder of R.A.D Global, drops by to explain everything we need to know about the newest shoe on the CrossFit market and how a subculture within a subculture will lead to great things. R.A.D and Ben are aiming to impact on your training and your style while focusing on minimising their own impact on the environment. www.rad-global.com Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
The Pyramid Pt. 3 - Gymnastics
January 19, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBNathan Bird, from The Gymnastics Course and Birdbox Coaching Development, breaks down Gymnastics' place on the pyramid, it's importance to health and the potential within it as well as delving into some hypothetical scenarios and chatting about gymnastics within the sport of CrossFit. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
The Pyramid Pt. 2 - Conditioning
January 12, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBRob and Lizzy Carson talk through common misconceptions with conditioning, mistakes seen in coaching and using machines and give some tips on improving form and conditioning in your training. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
The Pyramid Pt. 2 - Conditioning
January 12, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBRob and Lizzy Carson talk through common misconceptions with conditioning, mistakes seen in coaching and using machines and give some tips on improving form and conditioning in your training. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
The Pyramid Pt. 1 The Foundation - Nutrition
January 05, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBMike Molloy of M2Performance Nutrition explains how he started becoming interested in nutrition and experimenting on himself and how he worked his way up to working with some of the best athletes in the sport and every day people like me. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Reeling in the Year
December 29, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBChase Ingraham and Bill Grundler are back for a review of the year that was. We chat about everything from the Open in February all the way up to Dubai in December and everything in between, finishing off with some 2022 predictions. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
And Me Makes 173
December 22, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBEvery year around this time, I release a solo episode. This year I called in a favour from a friend and invited Patrick Cummings from Chasing Excellence to ask me a few things that I might otherwise not think to talk about. We cover success and failure and what they look like, validation, guilt and even technical failures. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
The Way of The Cowboy
December 17, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBSean Sweeney talks coffee, contraband, coaching, competing and the Cowboy Way programming. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Maximum RPM
December 15, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBShane and Josh Rogers chat about everything from having a bmx track in their backyard growing up to founding RPM together after spotting a gap in the jump rope market. They also delve into the ATOM launch and their plans for the 10k challenge in January. Try a free 3 months of ATOM at rpmtraining.com Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Cummings Up For Air
December 10, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBPatrick Cummings has helped countless brands in the CrossFit ecosystem to find their identity and use their voice, including me. Having worked with Again Faster from the foundation he has since worked with Ben Bergeron on Chasing Excellence. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
NFL to MAL
December 08, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBJames Townsend talks us through his journey from the Bronx to Madison via college football and the NFL. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Moore Movies
December 03, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBMariah Moore has recovered and finished the 2018 CrossFit Games documentary. We chat about the upcoming film, the 2021 documentary, parenting and creativity. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Sherwoodn't You Know It
December 01, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBPat Sherwood, the man behind Linchpin; one half of Varied Not Random; countless memorable moments in Games commentary and recent father drops by to chat conversation, Marines, programming and Linchpin. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Gym Matt
November 24, 2021 00:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBMatt Torres is the Pied Piper of the CrossFit world. Gathering some of the best teenagers and bringing them to Florida to go 'all in' for 2022. We caught up before Rogue to chat about the coaching Dallin, Emma and others and the coaching beliefs that got him to where he is today. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
He's A Justin Well
November 22, 2021 00:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBJustin Medeiros, Fittest Man On Earth, drops by on the anniversary of his Filthy150 win to chat about that season which culminated in a trip to the Aromas. We also chat about joining Podium, NoBull and working with Mat Fraser and the pressure to deliver and becoming Fittest On Earth. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Bald Eagle
November 17, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBChristine is a phenomenal writer and someone I admire a lot creatively in general but especially around CrossFit. She co-wrote both of Ben Bergeron’s books amongst others and forged a career for herself as a writer having left politics behind. We chat about journaling for Dave Castro, writing with Ben, 2020 and 2021 Games and how they differ and story telling and it’s challenges. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Bald Eagle
November 17, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBChristine is a phenomenal writer and someone I admire a lot creatively in general but especially around CrossFit. She co-wrote both of Ben Bergeron’s books amongst others and forged a career for herself as a writer having left politics behind. We chat about journaling for Dave Castro, writing with Ben, 2020 and 2021 Games and how they differ and story telling and it’s challenges. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Glucose Cycling
November 10, 2021 00:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBPhil Southerland explains how he was diagnosed as diabetic as a baby and told he'd likely be dead or blind by his 20s. Instead, he won the Race Across America on an all diabetic team and lead the charge for continuous glucose monitoring. Having founded Supersapiens, Phil explains how the hardware and software operates, who it can help and how. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Spin 180
November 05, 2021 08:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBPete Williams and Ffion Sagar from CrossFit DeltaFox and The 180 Project explain what the initiative is, who it serves and how it serves them as well as explaining the recent fundraising efforts and plans for the future. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
International Man of CrossFit
November 03, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBDaniel Chaffey is the International Director for CrossFit. He was country manager for France before that and also owns two CrossFit gyms in France and is the founder of the French Throwdown. We chat about all of this and also his love of coffee, his tour of Europe with Eric Rosa and moving to France for a lady. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Comptober 5 - MACCFest
October 28, 2021 23:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBIn the final episode of the Compober series I'm joined by Wilson Pak to unpack one of the first semi final events of the 2021 Games season, The Mid Atlantic CrossFit Challenge, and look forward to the affiliate driven MACCFest coming up in November. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
What Do You Meme?
October 26, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBGriffin Shaffer talks all things memes from sitting in bed trying to think of ideas to being hired by CrossFit to create for them. We also talk about coffee in Oklahoma, how he met his wife and the pressure to be consistent online. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Comptober 4 - Wodapalooza
October 21, 2021 23:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBMatt O'Keefe drops by to preview Wodapalooza and what athletes, attendees and online spectators can expect from the event in January 2022. We also chat about his first year at the Games without Mat Fraser and his role with NoBull in Madison. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Leaky Fawcett
October 19, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBSteve Fawcett explains the importance of community locally and globally for JST, the differences Fitr Training offers as an online coaching platform and the relevance of his experiences as an athlete to coaching the current crop of athletes with Games aspirations. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Comptober 3 - Hyrox
October 14, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBChristian Toetzke explains his roots in triathalons and doing for cycling what marathons did for running, his work with Ironman (the endurance event, not Tony Stark) and The Hyrox Games - its purpose, its potential and its appeal. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Comptober 3 - Hyrox
October 14, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBChristian Toetzke explains his roots in triathalons and doing for cycling what marathons did for running, his work with Ironman (the endurance event, not Tony Stark) and The Hyrox Games - its purpose, its potential and its appeal. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Comptober 3 - The Hyrox Games
October 14, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBChristian Toetzke explains his roots in triathalons and doing for cycling what marathons did for running, his work with Ironman (the endurance event, not Tony Stark) and The Hyrox Games - its purpose, its potential and its appeal. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Scéal and Bail
October 12, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBBen Dziwulski chats all things Wodprep from turning his focus to coaching and finding a niche as well as his new podcast with John Wooley, Scale and Bail aimed at the Masters and scaled community in CrossFit. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Comptober 2 - Dubai CrossFit Championships
October 07, 2021 23:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBMohammed Ghazzawi stops by to chat all things Dubai from coffee and Formula1 to the Dubai CrossFit Championships origins and where it's headed this year as well as how it weathered the storm of 2020. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Duty Of Cary
October 05, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBEmma Cary drops by to talk through her 2021 season and the step up from the age group to the elite field and the freedom in removing the safety net of the online qualifiers as well as her decision to move with her family to train with her coach in Florida. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Comptober 1 - The Zelos Games
September 30, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBJared Graybeal talks through everything from skateboarding and house arrest to forming Zelos Games to help provide a solution to athletes funding their competitive season in CrossFit. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Cole Mine
September 28, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBCole Sager chats fatherhood, balance and perspective; being known as the Comeback Kid and the Velvet Sledgehammer and flicking the switch on 3,2,1 Go! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Smith Machine
September 21, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBBen Smith talks through everything from moving around as part of a military family before settling in Virginia and opening CrossFit Krypton to winning the Games in 2015 and coaching Laura Horvath to second place in 2021 as well as his aspirations for 2022. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Lazar Focus
September 14, 2021 23:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBLazar Djukic talks through his journey to the 2021 Games, figuratively and literally, as well as his plans for 2022 and why training with his brother turned out to be not such a bright idea. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Sam I Am
September 07, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBSam Briggs chats about her plans to qualify for the Games at the age of 40 and also recounts her years leading up to now from getting started and feeling like an outsider to winning the Games and making others feel welcome. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)
Orrsome
August 31, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBShane Orr is back to rundown the 2021 season and talk through their move to Nashville as well as what is in the works for him, Tia and PRVN in the offseason and beyond. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)