Beyond The Barbell

Because of her birthday and a broken elbow, Sam Briggs found herself in the Master’s Division at the CrossFit Games. She says its different but its still competition. Listen up as the hard-to-kill never-say-die Former Fittest Woman on Earth talks about her year and her goals moving forward.

Blair takes the host roll and Ben plays the guest as they talk about the 2018 CrossFit Games and Ben’s experience in Madison.

Ben and Blair break down the failed drug tests from Regional Weekend and the potential effect on the Games and the Community.

Ben is hosting solo. Dave Munson is the founder of Saddleback Leather a company that creates the most intriguing leather goods we’ve ever seen. On top of that, Saddleback and CrossFit, have a connection at the highest level…

Check out this episode of Beyond the Barbell! Founders of two amazing companies, Trifecta and RP Strength; sit down with Ben and Blair in studio. We talk nutrition, growth, and where they plan on going next.

Ben and Blair each had a team at the West Regional. They breakdown their teams performance and give you insight into what they saw.

Blair flew solo on this episode as he interviewed the one and only CJ Cummings. American Record Holder and one of the brightest stars in the sport.

Ben and Blair breakdown individual events 1-5 of the 2018 CrossFit Games Regional.

USA Weightlifting is booming as an organization and to support that accelerated growth; USA Weightlifting is launching its official podcast. Chad Vaughn and Cheryl Haworth, two of our countries best lifters ever, are hosting this new venture. On todays episode we get the full rundown on where they’ve been, where they are going, and the […]

Miami was full of opportunities to meet up with some of the coolest guest around. The opportunity to sit with the Founder of Spartan Joe De Sena beach side was no exception. Enjoy as he lets us into the mind and that created the Spartan Race as we know it.

Ben and Blair catch up with one of the few American ladies to ever clean and jerk double bodyweight, Jessica Lucero. Jessica talks a lot about the sport of weightlifting and how she got started. Super candid and real from one of the brightest stars in the sport.

Ben and Blair catch up with Jerred Moon creator of the Garage Gym Athlete.

Blair and Ben use their combined experience as coaches, athletes and business owners to grade the 2018 CrossFit Games Open.

Blair and Ben sit down with creators of ROMWOD while hanging out in Miami. They talk about the great benefits of doing the program on a regular basis.

CJ Martin is the head coach and owner of Invictus. Invictus is arguably the most successful CrossFit Gym and Program in the history of the sport. This conversation is from last year but we warehoused it to be able to release it with one week of programming from Invictus on programhopper.fit

Dave Castro posted a picture of an egg. With that he hinted at the birth of something new. Turns out it opened the world of Functional Fitness to the handstand walk being a norm, not a skill for the few and far between. Ben and Blair give their thoughts on the Open thus far and […]

Blair and Ben breakdown 18.3

In Miami some of our conversations were eye-opening. This interview with the three guys from CrossFit Hype and the developers of Temperance Training was no exception. Check out what they had to say on this interview of Beyond the Barbell.

Ben and Blair breakdown 18.2 and 18.2A. Its going to hurt. Then, its going to be fun!

Margaux and Alex talk Prepare and Execute and hint at the switch to Vineyard CrossFit. We document this story to give you context to the upcoming episode covering where they are at now.