Strength Outside The Box

This week, Lauren is flying solo and interviewing Peter Mancuso, an incredible athlete and major dose of positivity.  They talk all things CrossFit community, Pete's awe-inspiring CrossFit and weight-loss journey, and what it has done for him outside the gym.  This is a MUST-LISTEN for all athletes, new or seasoned.  Pete has the kind of love for CrossFit that is as contagious as his positive, outgoing personality!   Pete Mancuso IG CrossFit TakeOver IG  

You guys!!! WE ARE BAAACKKK!!! Tune in to hear us catching up in real time! We chat about all that we have been up to over the past 6 months or so and what we have on our horizons. Lauren takes us through her newest training certification as a Pregnancy & Postpartum Athleticism Coach (sorry not sorry, dudes, we may discuss some lady parts), and Amy is finally taking the plunge into CrossFit coaching! But don't worry, we haven't changed all that much since the last time we recorded, we still find plenty of nonsense to giggle over!   Links to topics discussed in this episode:   Lauren Corl IG  Lauren Corl FB Popuplift IG Pelvic Guru IG SOTB #crossfitopenseries 19.4 with Brianna Battles Kristi"s Hiking Adventure Prepping for the CrossFit Open with Matt Miller

Y'all, we are back from maternity leave!!! And we are thrilled to finally get to bring you our episode with Shawn Rider, where we hashed out ways to become better humans (which as if you didn't already know, is pretty much our favorite thing to discuss...)! Shawn is the owner of Shenandoah CrossFit and author of the book The Relentless Pursuit of You: Six Pillars to Take Back Your Life which drops on June 1st! We chat about how improving your life in the areas of exercise, food, sleep, personal development, stressors/media, and connection will help you create the best life possible. We can't wait to hear what you think about this one!! You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care. Use code STRENGTH at checkout to receive 15% off your entire order!!   Links to topics discussed in this episode: The Relentless Pursuit of You: Six Pillars to Take Back Your Life Shawn Rider IG Shenandoah CrossFit WOD Crashing with Chet Graves and CrossFit 256 Girl, Wash Your Face

This week we are chatting with the one and only Miranda Alcarez - the original CrossFit "It Girl" and owner of Street Parking with her husband Julian (P.S. We are SO sorry we pronounced his name wrong in the beginning of the episode!). We discuss how she got her start at CrossFit HQ all those years ago and what that experience was like. Then we talk about the origin of Street Parking and pick her brain on the importance of finding personal motivators for accountability, how to find intensity when you are all alone, when to give yourself the grace to scale back the intensity, and then she gives us some advice on fitness during pregnancy. You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care. Use code STRENGTH at checkout to receive 15% off your entire order!   Links to topics discussed in this episode: Miranda Alcarez IG Street Parking Carol ReMarks

This week's episode with Brandon Collins is so dear to us. If you have any questions about the latest campaign from Reps 4 Recovery and what the organization is planning for the future and how to bring an R4R chapter to your city, then you need to tune in to the first 10 minutes or so of this episode as he gives us the low down. And if you want to feel inspired, then keep listening...this guy lives a full life of beauty and travel and adventure and openness in such an earnest way. We are so grateful that he agreed to talk to us. You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care. Use code STRENGTH at checkout for 15% off your entire order.   Links to topics discussed in this episode: Brandon Collins IG Reps 4 Recovery Donate to see R4R in Virginia Donate to see R4R in Alabama Life Nomadic YouTube

If you have paid any attention to our podcast for any amount of time, then you know how much we love the Reps 4 Recovery program at Black Iron Gym in Nevada. If you know how much we love this program then you will totally understand how freaking excited we are to tell you that we finally had the chance to chat with the one and only Claire Clark, a member of the R4R community and CFL1 trainer who coaches the special R4R classes on Tuesday nights at 6:30. We discuss 19.5 and what Friday Night Lights at Black Iron means for these folks. Then Claire touches on what new and exciting things are in store for the Reps 4 Recovery program.   You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care Use code STRENGTH to receive 15% off you entire order.   Links to topics discussed in this episode: Black Iron Gym IG Claire Clark IG Reps 4 Recovery IG

This week's SOTB #openseries is for the ladies!!...and the people who coach ladies...and the people who work out with ladies...okay...so yeah....it's for everyone... We are super honored to have Brianna Battles, who is an expert on the health of the female athlete, on the show today to talk not only about 19.4 but any athletic endeavors for the female body during pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond. She totally blows the roof off of the phrase "Just listen to your body." Guys, there is so much more to it than that. She wants to empower women and the coaches who train them to know the physical and mental changes that can occur in the female body and to understand that your physical training should compliment your life. This is an absolute MUST LISTEN whether you are male or female or whether you have had a baby or never plan on having one.   You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care. Use code STRENGTH at checkout to receive 15% off your entire order!!   Links to topics discussed in this episo

This week we are joined with the beautiful and charming, April Pendegraph from Golden Ape CrossFit in Decatur, Alabama. We discuss 19.3 which managed to simultaneously be this crazy fun WOD, and mildly demoralizing all at the same time. Then we dive in to how she keeps her peeps upbeat during the Open season and beyond. She has so many great nuggets of info, we know you will have tons of takeaways whether you are a coach, beginner athlete, or fire breather. You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care. Use code STRENGTH at checkout to receive 15% off your entire order!! Links to topics discussed in this episode: Golden Ape CrossFit April Pendegraph A CrossFit Love Story with the Naumanns Brianna Battles

Yeah, yeah...we know we said we were releasing episodes on Mondays during the SOTB #crossfitopenseries but this show has too many great 19.2 nuggets not to share it today...it's our podcast and we do what we want. This week we are joined by Andy Gallego from CrossFit Takeover and CrossFit Takeover First Landing in Virginia Beach, VA. He helps us figure out how the heck to strategize for this workout (spoiler alert: you gotta know yourself on this one and not be afraid to push early), and then he shares some of his favorite moments in the Open so far this year.  He also lets us know how coaches can go about being receptive to the various personalities of their members throughout the Open.   You can support our podcast by supporting Sandbar Hand Care Use code STRENGTH at checkout to receive 15% off your entire order!   Links to topics discussed in this episode: Andy Gallego IG Andy's personal training IG CrossFit Takeover IG Actual Strength Outside the Box: An Interview with Curtis Parker CrossFit Rife IG

It's heeeeerrrrre!!! Welcome to the Strength Outside the Box CrossFit Open 2019 Series! Kicking off this series, we asked Kodi Lovelace, aka Coach Koko, of CrossFit Madison to hop on and give us his ideas on 19.1.  First, Kodi and Amy share their experiences of this season's inaugural WOD.  Next, Kodi lets us in on the really fun ways his gym makes the best of the Open on Thursday and Friday nights.  He also goes a bit deeper into how to make the best of this season no matter what your goals are.  Then, we share some of what YOU experienced during 19.1, and it looks like Open Magic was in full-force! So many people Rx'd for the very first time!!! Also, there are a ton of strong pregnant mamas out there who attacked this WOD. Keep up the great work, everyone!! You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care. Use code STRENGTH at checkout for 15% off your order. Links to topics discussed in this episode: Kodi Lovelace IG CrossFit Madison IG Matt Miller IG Prepping for the CrossFit Open with Matt Mi

  He's baaaaack! This week we are rejoined by Matt Miller, and just in time for the Open! We are sure that everyone has experienced ALL of the emotional ups and downs during Open season; and if you are anything like Amy and Lauren, then you may have even experienced the phenomenon of having a WOD bring up some emotional stuff you didn’t even know you needed to work through. Matt is here to talk us through it all with so many amazing pointers to help us navigate our emotions and goals (whatever they may be!) over the next several weeks.   You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care. Use code STRENGTH at checkout for 15% off your order.   Links to topics discussed in this episode: Gym Gypsy Matt Miller Coaching  CrossFit Huntsville Viktor Frankl Kodi Lovelace National Board of Certified Counselors The Body Doesn’t Lie with Tim Sargeant      

As promised, here is the second installment of our Valentine's Day special series on gym love! We called on you listeners to nominate some of your favorite gym bros and wodwives to help us continue to get to the heart of what makes our relationships in the gym so important. We had so much fun getting to know everyone and are thrilled to share their stories with you! First up we have Kara and Hollie from Hampton Cove CrossFit. These cuties were immediately nominated by us! These two are inseparable both in and out of the gym...seriously...they even had family Thanksgiving together. Then we have Zane and Brandon from CrossFit 256. We loved hearing how a close friendship blossomed at a box where everyone is super close to begin with. Then things get a little weird, when Amy and Lauren get super geeky imagining named WOD scenarios mashed up with Groundhog Day and The Big Lebowski. You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care. Use code STRENGTH at checkout for 15% off your entire order!   Links to t

Welcome to the first installment of our Valentine's Day special series on gym love! We called on you listeners to nominate some of your favorite gym bros and wodwives to help us continue to get to the heart of what makes our relationships in the gym so important. We had so much fun getting to know everyone and are thrilled to share their stories with you! Our first stop this week is at Model City CrossFit where we chat with Josh and Robert (aka PawPaw and Squirt). You will quickly understand how they became both our first and most requested couple to interview. They are so sweet and fun and will have you running into the arms of your own gym bro before your next WOD. Then we chat with a Katie, Sara, and Charles, who are precious friends at Rocket City CrossFit. We loved hearing how introverted and extroverted individuals help to balance each other out in the gym in such a sweet and loving way. You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care. Use code STRENGTH to receive 15% off your entire order!!

It is hard for us to fully put into words how proud we are to share this interview with you. Joe Moffitt is a friend and coach at Hampton Cove CrossFit who has chosen to be very intentional about how he is using his fitness. He is doing so in a way that truly exemplifies strength outside of the gym. He is working with an organization called Mountain Child which is going into the remote villages tucked deep in the Himalayan mountains to provide support, education, and love to the people who live there. While it is no easy physical journey to get to these folks, it is equally challenging both emotionally and spiritually as well. If you are moved to show Joe your support you can click the link here to donate (Choose MISSIONS/SOUTHEAST ASIA in the drop down and type in "Joe Moffitt" in the memo line) or join us at Hampton Cove CrossFit on Saturday, February 16 at 8:30am to rally around him before he leaves. You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care. Use code STRENGTH to receive 15% off your enti

This week we are trying that Instagram new new, IGTV. Due to Lauren's ever-growing belly and Amy and Lauren's plates being full, we thought we'd take a chance on providing y'all with a more personal format of video, all while making life a bit easier for us.  We have a lot going on over the next month or so, including Valentine's Day bromance and WODwives discussions, CrossFit Open Stories, and a really special episode with one of the greatest guys and how he will be the literal version of strength outside the box. Please enjoy and give us some feedback!! We love hearing from you! As always, you can support our podcast by supporting Sandbar Hand Care.  Just enter STRENGTH at checkout for 15% off your order! Links to topics and people discussed in this episode: Model City CrossFit IG Hampton Cove CrossFit IG CrossFit 256 Rocket City CrossFit IG Matt Miller IG  

We are joined again this week by one of our favorite guests, John Greaves III from Garage Gym Life Media. He is someone we always enjoy talking to, and since he has so many exciting projects going on right now, we thought this would be a great excuse to have him back on the show. First we get seriously geeky on his new strength program and learn about some fun methods we can implement to get stronger (ever heard of "Greasing the Groove?"). Then he tells us all about his new digital magazine, Home Gym Quarterly, that just dropped and his latest IGTV project, Sunday Sessions. Lots of laughs and philosophical discussions in this one! Happy Listening! You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care. Use code STRENGTH to get 15% off your entire order!   Links to topics discussed in this episode: Garage Gym Life Magazine Home Gym Quarterly Garage Gym Life IG George St-Pierre on Joe Rogan Kimberly Walford Steve Goggins Mark Bell Zach Even-Esh

We are absolutely thrilled to bring you this episode with Kim Munoz, THE lady behind one of our all time favorite fitness apparel companies, Old Lady Gains. She tells us all about how she got started and how she comes up with her hilarious IG content. We discuss the phenomenon of the clarity that comes with age; and then we get serious about female empowerment, and what we can do to change the expectations around women as they age. Kim fills us in on where OLG is going in 2019, and we have a good laugh about our quirky "inner old lady" tendencies. You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care. Use code STRENGTH at checkout to receive 15% off your entire order!   Links to topics discussed in this episode: Old Lady Gains Apparel Old Lady Gains IG The Future is Female Powerlifting with Heidi Dehnel Black Iron Gym Doughnuts and Deadlifts Reps 4 Recovery Hampton Cove CrossFit Black Iron Gym Podcast Listen to Your Body...and Celena

This week's guests are brought to you by a listener nomination. We got an email a couple of months ago from a member of CFR837 telling us how amazing his gym and the owners were. We could not be more humbly honored to bring you their story. Derrick and Shaunna Mason are doing CrossFit the way it was intended to be. They believe EVERY person should and can do CrossFit, they encourage and accept anyone to walk through their doors, and are sure to hold a space that is in line with those values. They host a class for athletes with Down syndrome once a week, and while these classes are obviously scaled to meet the needs of these individuals, the expectations and standards to which Shaunna and Derrick hold them are no less than anyone else at their box. And speaking of everyone else at their box, the focus at CFR837 is on intensity rather than an arbitrary Rx versus scaled standard. We discuss all of this in detail, and then since Derrick is a licensed marriage and family therapist we have some fun dissecting with

Well, we are just chatting with each other this week and we are talking about you! But don't worry...it's all good things! We thought it would be fitting to release our last episode of 2018 reflecting on all of the conversations we've had, lessons we've learned, and amazing folks that we have met.  In this episode, we also talk about hero WOD Chad, we bring back word associations, and make some interview plans before we have even discussed it with the people we want to interview (how's that for professional?!...)! We are still so grateful for each and every one of you and the support you all have so graciously shown us. Here's to a happy and healthy 2019 where you crush any goals you set for yourself, love on every person you have in your community, and allow them to love on you!   You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care. Use code STRENGTH at checkout for 15% off your entire order!!   Links to topics discussed in this episode:   Coach Kodi Lovelace   Reps4Recovery   CrossFit Takeover   Al

Well Christmas came early for us this year! If you can believe it, THE Joy and Claire of THE Girls Gone WOD Podcast agreed to let us interview them! Y'all...Amy hasn't fan-girled this hard since Kari Pearce was on the show. But she held it together relatively well, even without Lauren physically beside her to help calm her down. These two are just as lovely and fun to talk to as we always imagined they would be. We know you are going to love listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed creating it! You can support our podcast by supporting SandBar Hand Care. Use code STRENGTH at checkout for 15% off your entire order!   Links to topics discussed in this episode: Girls Gone WOD Podcast Girls Gone WOD IG Danielle Walker