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Get With The Programming

340 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 153 ratings

An in depth analysis of the Programming in the CrossFit landscape ranging from CrossFit main site to the CrossFit Games everything in between. If you want to know how to program for the ultimate test of fitness and how to train for it, you came to the right place.

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Episodes

Analyzing the Programming | '22 CrossFit Games Age Group Events

August 30, 2022 18:50 - 1 hour - 179 MB

This year only 10 athletes in every Age Group division qualified for the 2022 NoBull CrossFit Games.. did the programming find the right athletes to stand on top of the podium?

The Glassman Chipper Article #02 | "The Garage Gym"

August 25, 2022 19:42 - 1 hour - 213 MB

Chase and Bill sit down with our 2nd article from the Glassman Chipper called "The Garage Gym". 20 years ago there were not CrossFit gyms to call home, we have to make do with what the commercial gym would allow us to and it wasn't much.. so what could we do? The answer: BUILD OUR OWN.

Mount Rush-Moments | Top 4 Moments of the 2022 CrossFit Games

August 23, 2022 18:58 - 1 hour - 140 MB

Chase and Bill share their Top 4 Moments, Memories and Stories of the 2022 NoBull CrossFit Games

The Glassman Chipper Article #01 | "Foundations"

August 19, 2022 19:12 - 1 hour - 143 MB

Bill and Chase go through Journal Article #01 of the "Glassman Chipper" called "Foundations" and recenter/refocus where we all came from and why.   PDF of this article can be found here: http://library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/Foundations.pdf

Analyzing the Programming - The 2022 CrossFit Games

August 11, 2022 20:09 - 2 hours - 225 MB

15 years of the CrossFit Games from 2007 to 2021 were written, tested and unveiled to the world by one man, Dave Castro. This year it was Adrian Bozman's turn to step up to the plate to deliver a test of fitness to crown The Fittest on Earth. Did it deliver?  Sean Woodland joins the show after the unofficial announcement Tia is going for 7... or she's still retired... we are not sure. CULT Collection: https://sherpawerks.com/collections/cult OG Collevtion: https://sherpawerks.com/colle...

The History behind the 2022 CrossFit Games Programming

August 09, 2022 20:42 - 1 hour - 158 MB

Chase and Bill take you on a History lesson and take a look back through CrossFit.com, YouTube videos and CrossFit Journal articles that inspired the programming of the 2022 CrossFit Games and can help athletes, coaches and your every day CrossFitters get better at the basics.

Breaking the CrossFit Games Programming Code

July 29, 2022 23:35 - 1 hour - 193 MB

Welcome to a CrossFit Programming GAME SHOW!!!  Chase and Bill sit down with Talking Elite Fitness hosts Sean Woodland and Tommy Marquez as they embark on a journey to break the programming code of the CrossFit Games but selecting 1 event from every CrossFit Games that best predicted the overall outcome of the CrossFit Games that year. 

Predicting the Programming - 2022 CrossFit Games

July 21, 2022 20:51 - 1 hour - 165 MB

Bill and Chase sit down and discuss all the things they THINK may happen at this years CrossFit Games. Will there a new venue? What will the offsite event be? Will there be a new piece of equipment? What will the strength event be? Will be see a repeart event or a new movement? All these questions and more get asked and answered. 

170 - Shoot the Sh*t Friday | Live Chat Show

July 15, 2022 19:21 - 1 hour - 164 MB

New Segment altert! Bill and Chase sit down and just "shoot the shit" with everyone on a Friday afternoon.  Chase and Bill air out some personal life challenges that they have faced recently.  Talk about their first purchased album/tape/CD and how they both got into their respective collegiate sports. 

Shoot the Sh*t Friday | Live Chat Show

July 15, 2022 19:21 - 1 hour - 164 MB

New Segment altert! Bill and Chase sit down and just "shoot the shit" with everyone on a Friday afternoon.  Chase and Bill air out some personal life challenges that they have faced recently.  Talk about their first purchased album/tape/CD and how they both got into their respective collegiate sports. 

Analyzing the Programming | 2022 Last Chance Qualifier

June 30, 2022 18:26 - 1 hour - 210 MB

Chase and Bill break down all the events from the 2022 Last Chance Qualifier from a programming perspective and determine if this test fits the season structure and is balanced enough to determine if the test is appropriately weighted to find the Fittest 2 of the field for Madison

Standardizing the Programming - 2022 CrossFit Semifinals

June 27, 2022 15:50 - 1 hour - 120 MB

Bill and Chase took every event programmed across all 10 Semifinals and each made their own 6 Event standardized programming they would have liked all Semifinals to do.

Ranking the 2022 Semifinals Programming

June 21, 2022 19:15 - 1 hour - 148 MB

Bill decides to relive his younger years by calling in on his shoe string on a tin can phone while Chase shows up for a completely different show all together. BUT, who doesn't love a good Top 10 List? This episode you get 2 different ones. Bill and Chase sit down and rank the programming/individual events of the 2022 CrossFit Semifinals 1st thru 10th based on how they feel the programming was for each Semifinal.

Week 4 Semifinals Programming Recap

June 15, 2022 18:36 - 1 hour - 199 MB

Briggs calls it a career, is it time we finally get our benchmark workouts approved by CrossFit? Why are we still talking about judging and how much of that falls on the athletes? Bill and Chase also discuss how the programming stacks up across the final 3 semifinals at Atlas Games, Strength in Depth and Copa Sur.

Week 3 Semifinals Programming Recap

June 08, 2022 02:18 - 1 hour - 214 MB

Chase shows up to the show 15 mins late like Ron Burgandy then talks about his interesting weekend that was nearly cancelled.  Chase and Bill then tackle the events from Far East Throwddown, discuss is Matt Delugos got screwed and what we like most about this past weekends semifinal action. 

Analyzing the Programming - 2022 Age Group Semifinals

June 02, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 131 MB

Bill and Chase analyze the programming of the 2022 Age Group Semifinals to determine if this was an appropriate test to find the Fittest 10 athletes in every division to qualify for the 2022 NoBull CrossFit Games

Programming Recap of WEEK 2 CrossFit Semifinals

May 31, 2022 18:57 - 1 hour - 183 MB

Bill and Chase break down all the action from Week 2 of the CrossFit Semifinals and take a look back on the events that qualified the next group of Athletes to the CrossFit Games then they go off the rails and possible program the nastiest event of all time. 

Jim Lubonski - 365 days of "Murph" for Mental Health Awareness

May 26, 2022 18:47 - 1 hour - 158 MB

Jim Lubonski, husdand, father of 2, CrossFitter, Police Officer and front line advocate for mental health supporting first responders.  He is brining attention to this issue and supporting hundred of those effected by doing "Murph" every day for 365 consecutive days but he not stopping there... 

Programming Recap of WEEK 1 CrossFit Semifinals

May 24, 2022 20:34 - 1 hour - 175 MB

Chase has a case of the "Grundler's" on all his flights to and from Amsterdam, Bill celebrates another trip around the sun and the guys sink their teeth into Week 1's Progrmaming for all CrossFit Semfinals. 

Live Q and A with Chase and Bill

May 19, 2022 10:21 - 1 hour - 152 MB

Chase and Bill sit down on YouTube live and talk shop with the whole gang. They talk everything from who we're excited to see make a splash at Semifinals and what "OG" really means. 

Analyzing CrossFit's Standardized Events for Semifinals

May 12, 2022 19:42 - 1 hour - 147 MB

Where the OG's at? A special announcement drops first... did someone say shirts?  Bill and Chase sit down and go through all the standardized Events that CrossFit just released for the 10 live semifinal events. They disucss what they liked, disliked and what these events could mean for the rest of the compeition for each Semifnal. 

Behind the Programming - The hero workout "GLEN"

May 05, 2022 05:00 - 53 minutes - 97.1 MB

Founder of BUBS Naturals, Sean Lake, joins the show to talk about his childhood friend Glen "BUB" Doherty and shares how the workout "GLEN" was created, what it means to him personally and how others can submit workouts to honor those that have given the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. 

Favorite 4 CrossFit Hero Workouts

May 03, 2022 21:35 - 44 minutes - 81.7 MB

Chase and Bill sit down and share their favorite 4 Hero Workouts of all time. They discuss what they stand for, how are they created and what it means to the CrossFit and Military community.

Analyzing the Programming - The 2022 Age Group Quarterfinals

April 26, 2022 18:18 - 1 hour - 218 MB

Bill bashes Chase for his John Mayer concert experience then they sit down to discuss their experience with this years Quarterfinals Events versus last years. After they analyze the programming they determine if this truly was an appropriate test to get the right 30 in each divisions to Semifinals. The answer will surprise you.. 

Talking strategy for the Masters Quarterfinal Events

April 22, 2022 16:56 - 51 minutes - 94.3 MB

Bill and Chase go through all the Events for the Age Group Quarterfinals and give their strategies and tips to help athletes make the Age Group Semifinals.

Predicting the Programming - 2022 Masters Quarterfinals

April 19, 2022 18:08 - 1 hour - 167 MB

The floor plans have been released, on time, so you know what that means.. time to predict the programming. 2 weeks of Quarterfinals down... 1 more to go as Chase and Bill take their last shot at guessing the events for the Masters Quarterfinals. We have an idea of the pattern, stimulus and movements but can we nail the events? After this Chase mentions "Roaming Diane" with an old video of Boz and the show goes completely off the rails.

How to improve and Professionalize CrossFit Judging

April 14, 2022 18:45 - 1 hour - 158 MB

Chase and Bill map out a plan to help improve and professionalize judging in the CrossFit Games space by combining a standardized movement library coupled with certified judging courses that can raise the level of judging in the sport of CrossFit.

Stop throwing stones, Analyzing the 2022 Team Quarterfinals

April 12, 2022 18:45 - 1 hour - 150 MB

Chase starts episode off with some misgivings about the recent "witch hunt" movement for athlete movements and how he feels a novel concept has now gone too far.  After that Chase and Bill arm chair quarterback the Team Quarterfinal Events and show how the smallest of changest have the biggest impacts on the team competition as a whole. 

Fixing the Individual Leaderboard + Team Events are out!

April 07, 2022 22:13 - 1 hour - 132 MB

Bill and Chase sit down and share their thoughts on the Individual leaderboard disaster plus how HQ can fix it. Then they go through all the quarterfinal Team Events and give their strategy and tips for each one to help you be the most successful you can be!

Predicting the Programming - 2022 Team Quarterfinals

April 05, 2022 18:32 - 1 hour - 122 MB

We FINALLY have the floor plans! Bill and Chase sit down and predict the programming of the 2022 Team Quarterfinals. With the limited equipment available this year for the teams there is a lot of creativity needed for this years events.

Anikha Greer and There, Fixed it! Changing the Affiliate Cup

March 31, 2022 19:02 - 1 hour - 143 MB

Bill and Chase weigh in with their feelings and solutions to the Anikha Greer fiasco and what the final decision could mean for the future of the CrossFit Games.  They also kick up their feet and each offer a new twist on the CrossFit Games Affiliate Cup from athletes having to pick their season track before The Open to finally getting the alternates involved! 

Analyzing the Programming - The 2022 Individual Quarterfinals

March 29, 2022 19:06 - 1 hour - 168 MB

Chase and Bill sit down and analyze the programming for the 2022 CrossFit Games Individual Quarterfinals. They also discuss the massive amount of score adjustments for the one movement that should probably NOT be programmed for online qualifiers moving forward.

Predicting the Programming - 2022 CrossFit Games Quarterfinals

March 22, 2022 18:43 - 1 hour - 135 MB

We have the floors plans... but what are the Events? Bill and Chase sit down and share their guesses of what the 2022 CrossFit Games Quarterfinals events will be and how the new man at the programming helm, BOZ, may add a different flavor into the mix. After all that Bill and Chase go off the rails and into the rabbit hole where they talk about Affiliate owner life, the stressess of schedule making and moving locations.   

Analyzing the Programming - The 2022 CrossFit Games Open

March 17, 2022 12:29 - 1 hour - 142 MB

No Repeat. No Heavy Lift. 3 Workouts. Is that a bad thing?  Bill and Chase sit down and analyze the programming for the 2022 CrossFit Open.  First they try to define the purpose of the Open now that the new season structure dictates the purpose of it. One thing is for certain, this isn't the Open of old. Now the question is, is that a good thing? 

Underdogs Athletics drops first ever ELITE TEAM Programming Track

March 16, 2022 16:44 - 44 minutes - 80.9 MB

Justin Cotler joins the show and breaks the news that Underdogs Athletics and Co-Host Chase Ingraham will be joining forces and creating the first ever Elite Team Programming Programming track for competitive athletes and affiliates. 

MEGA Episode - Greatest moment in CrossFit Games History

March 15, 2022 20:44 - 2 hours - 266 MB

15 Years of the CrossFit Games have come and gone as we look forward to a new Games Season for 2022. With a new season we have learned that Dave Castro will also be gone and we look back on the greatest moments he helped create over the last 15 years. Bill and Chase sit down with Brian Friend and John Young in this bracket elimination episode of "Greatest CrossFit Games Moments" Thank you to FantastFitnessing.com for making this bracket for us!

Fan Service - Get on my "Level" BRO

March 08, 2022 19:15 - 1 hour - 169 MB

CrossFit HQ just "announced" their new "Levels" system for athletes competing in The 2022 CrossFit Games Open. Bill and Chase discuss the odd timing of this and what it means for the community at large going forward. They also recap their experience with Open Workout 22.2 and what they think is coming for the final week for 22.3.... and possibly .4 

Fan Service - 22.1 Review and 22.1 Predictions

March 01, 2022 19:50 - 59 minutes - 109 MB

Bill and Chase sit down to recap their experience with 22.1 and review they felt the programming was overall for Week 1 then they give their predictions on what may come nexy for 22.2

Top 3 Favorite weightlifting ONLY CrossFit Workouts

February 17, 2022 20:03 - 13 minutes - 24.2 MB

Bill and Chase sit down and share their favorite weightlifting workouts of all time! In the process we find some pet peeves from Chase and get an education from Bill of a classic complex that only the OG's remember.  This episode is for our patreon members.  If you would like to hear this episode in full go to patreon.com/getwiththeprogramming and for only $6 a month you can suscribe and support the show while getting exclusive audio content, apparel discounts and programming. 

How to use "Variance" to improve your programming

February 15, 2022 21:55 - 1 hour - 115 MB

Ever hear the phrase "CrossFit is so random"? It does seem like that from the outside looking in but the real secret is "variance".  In this epside we disucss the difference between "random vs. varied", how to use variance to help steer your progrmaming and what things you can vary within your progrmaming. 

Patreon Preview - Our Top 3 gymnastic only CrossFit workouts

February 10, 2022 22:07 - 8 minutes - 16.2 MB

You're on a deserted island... you need some fitness... what do you do?  Okay it's not THAT dramatic but we wanted to have fun and share our TOP 3 favorite CrossFit workouts only using gymnastics movements.  This episode is for our Patreon members only if you'd like to hear this whole episode and more you can support us at patreon.com/getwiththeprogramming for  just $6 a month and become a "Programatron" of the show!

Fan Service - The lost art of Scaling

February 08, 2022 19:56 - 1 hour - 136 MB

Going RX'D doesn't mean Sh*t. Building off the latest episode of "Program for the Best. Scale for the rest" Bill and Chase sit down and discuss the importance of scaling, how and why we do it, why going RX isn't the end all be all and what scales they use for specific movements. 

What's it mean to "Program for the BEST and scale for the REST"

February 01, 2022 20:24 - 56 minutes - 103 MB

If you have taken the CrossFit Level 1 or listened to this podcast chances are you have heard the phrase "Program for the best, scale for the rest" when it comes to programming CrossFit Workouts.  But what does that even mean?  Chase and Bill sit down and discuss this phrase, what it really means and how programmers should use this philsopgy when programming for their affiliates and athletes. 

Patreon Preview - Predicting the Open Movements

January 28, 2022 18:46 - 10 minutes - 20.1 MB

We have an equipment list of "all" things we need for this years CrossFit Games Open.  But do we?  Chase and Bill compare this years equipment list and all past open workouts to see what movements are now on the table and what possible new ones we could see in the future?  They also answer the questions: Will there be a repeat? SHOULD there be repeat?  This full episode is exclusive to our patreon supporters, to hear it in full go to patreon.com/getwiththeprogramming and subscribe to o...

Analyzing the Programming - 2022 Wodapalooza

January 25, 2022 20:01 - 1 hour - 163 MB

It's been 10 years of the Wodapalooza Fitness Festival and we finally got LIVE competition back from Miami.  WZA is one of the largest fitness competitions in the world and a wonderful way to close out the off season while kicking off the Games Season.  Bill and Chase sit down and analyze the programming to see if Wodapalooza was not only a great event but a great test of fitness as well. 

Behind the Programming - CrossFit Affiliate Programming PART II

January 12, 2022 22:06 - 1 hour - 117 MB

START the CAP! Bill and Chase peak behind the programming with 2/3 of the brains behind CAP, Austin Malleolo and James Hobart.  CrossFit Affiliate Programming is now out of the beta phase and fully operational for Affiliate to sign up for and use CAP for their gyms.  What we found out is that what CAP has to offer goes well beyond just workouts on a white board. 

Fan Service #25 - The Legacy of Dave Castro

January 07, 2022 19:51 - 1 hour - 118 MB

The end of an era. Dave Castro created the ultimate test of fitness and laid the ground work for what it means to program for the Fittest on Earth but he was so much more than the "Director of the CrossFit Games" Chase and Bill reminisce about what Dave Castro meant to them personally, the impact that he had beyond just the sport of CrossFit and what the future holds of CrossFit and the CrossFit Games.

Mount Rush-Moments - Top 4 Moments of the 2021 CrossFit Season

December 30, 2021 22:41 - 1 hour - 116 MB

What a year it has been full of so many things: new athletes, new qualification process, a new champion and back to full live competition in Madison for the CrossFit Games.  Bill and Chase sit down and share their Top 4 Moments, Memories and Stories of the 2021 Games Season along with a live audience on YouTube!

Analyzing the Programming - 2021 Dubai CrossFit Championship

December 23, 2021 16:09 - 1 hour - 122 MB

Going off the grid to the desert sands of Dubai.... and snow slopes? The 2021 Dubai CrossFit Championships stayed true to their roots and showcased the diverse competition floors and landscapes that only Dubai can do. Bill and Chase sit down and analyze the programming for this years event. 

Patreon Preview - Programming a "12 Days of Christmas" Workout

December 16, 2021 20:16 - 23 minutes - 42.8 MB

Bill and Chase sit down and share their programming and philosophy behind the most Wonderful Workout of the Year which is the "12 Days of Christmas" Workout.  To hear this full episode you can support the podcast at patreon.com/getwiththeprogramming and for $6 a month get exclusive content, weekly workouts and merchandise discounts for the show!