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95 Some Athleticism Neglected! Jul 05, 2018

0:01 - subscribe to ArmenHammerTV!

1:37 - Some Athleticism Neglected!

3:00 - purposefully ignoring actual fitness talk

4:40 - bodyweight strict presses: super tough.

14:28 - rucking: Kyle and Cliff do it.

21:30 - “if you’re gonna die with a backpack full of literature, what literature would you pick?”

23:19 - Fourth of July! And growing up in Texas

28:50 - a very long Nicolas Cage circle: Con Air to The Sorcerer’s Apprentice to Leaving Las Vegas to Mandy to Ghostrider 2 to Face/Off

39:00 - John Woo circle: Broken Arrow, Face/Off, MI:2

40:44 - the evolution of action movies over time

1:00:06 - Bethany Shadburne prefers “Bethany” over “Beth” and an in-depth discussion on the acoustics of “Bethany” vs “Beth”

1:07:23 - Reebok will require athletes to wear only what is provided to them at the Games

1:14:26 - ….almost.

94 Hand Tears, Fit Beths, Being Way Too High In Public Jun 29, 2018

0:04 - SARMs Are Needed

1:01 - we changed locations!

2:02 - three athletes tested positive at Regionals

8:23 - Chase keeps working out for some reason and literally salting your wounds on your torn hands

18:12 - the reason why most of our audience is men (“you can fuck a meat pocket”)

19:45 - #FitBeth!

26:05 - Kyle’s sad/crazy Alex Jones story

29:06 - Michael Shannon as a sad rodeo clown, Viggo Mortensen,

34:20 - Kyle and Armen’s travels

35:50 - T*rkish delight and the history between Armenians and T*rks

38:08 - Armen hung out with Sean Sweeney for a few days!

48:24 - Kyle’s epic saga of getting way too high and watching 2001: A Space Odyssey

59:35 - the reason why Armen doesn’t do edibles in public anymore

1:04:26 - Cliff’s “I got super high and lost my car in a parking lot” story

SAN 93: CrossFit Suing Reebok, The Fittest Beth Jun 21, 2018

0:01 - SHAVE A NERD!

1:00 - special delivery interruption time!

2:17 - Armen’s mullet

6:30 - the long lasting pain of childhood humiliation

14:58 - Magic cards, the Black Lotus, Armen’s weird dream

22:10 - Cliff’s awesome idea to make CrossFit Games events way more exciting

27:15 - Armen’s other weird dream

29:10 - The Fittest Beth, #FitBeth

30:58 - CrossFit is suing Reebok, Rogue vs Eleiko barbells, and who might be the new title sponsor at the Games

49:00 - Dan Bailey’s recovery is going better than Kyle’s did, are these knee injuries from plyometrics?

92 Russell Berger Fired, Body Horror Movies You Need To See Jun 13, 2018

00:38 - subscribe to ArmenHammerTV

03:30 - Russell Berger was fired

26:11 - Klokov and Trump?

32:15 - Tough Mudder X

41:12 - Existenz, The Blog, body horror movies and more

91 We Are Back, Armen Hammer TV Jun 07, 2018

0:03 - WE ARE BACK!

2:10 - “60% of this show is no longer employed at FloSports”

19:30 - Armen and Chase have seen each other every day since getting fired

21:24 - What’s next?

29:15 - Chase competed at Regionals!

40:27 - Regional performances breakdown

1:03:10 - Deadpool 2!

90 Regionals Events, Thor Wins World's Strongest Man May 09, 2018

2:35 - 2018 Regionals Day 1 events: Triple 3 and Linda

27:10 - Kyle and Cliff visited Dallas recently

30:52 - Thor wins World’s Strongest Man

40:49 - Westworld sucks

41:35 - Andre The Giant

89 The Infinity War SPOILER Episode May 03, 2018

The entirety of this episode is Avengers: Infinity War

88 John Cena Power Cleans 352, Sam Briggs Broke Her Elbow Apr 26, 2018

1:00 - Kyle is back and he looks more like Jesus than ever

5:00 - pierce tongues and other weirdness

6:10 - Sam Briggs broke her elbow

12:50 - the Masters competition

21:40 - John Cena cleans 352 and deadlifts 500 for 3!

24:30 - Kyle was at Overlook Film Festival

29:15 - Chase’s Regional training update

37:40 - does the pursuit of fitness eventually outweigh the benefits?

59:15 - Venom trailer is terrible

1:03:44 - Infinity War!

87 Brooke Wells CFHQ 18.4 Controversy, Armen's New Vlog Apr 19, 2018

1:00 - no Kyle today, and the Cliff Arm, and the Cliff Farm

19:10 - Chase’s Regionals training and the Whoop Strap

36:29 - Brooke Wells CrossFit HQ 18.4 controversy

46:50 - Armen’s vlog Chasing Fitness

86 How To Build An Engine, Poop Etiquette Apr 12, 2018

0:35 - the 1997 film “Thinner”

3:30 - nutrition is the worst

6:30 - “the toughest thing is not eating exceptionally shitty”

8:50 - The Big Poop Talk and the strangeness of shame

25:25 - Chase’s Regionals training and the team competition

34:00 - new ways to make Regionals event more interesting

40:00 - outrageous regionals workouts from 2012

42:00 - Matt Chan’s exploded leg

46:45 - how to build an engine

85 Dan Bailey's Injury, Pornhub Is Changing The World Apr 05, 2018

1:55 -“ Margaret Thatcher is not a centaur”

3:00 - AI can generate faces, voices, videos of pretty much anyone doing and saying anything

4:18 - deepfake, pornography, and technology changing behavior

11:00 - Pornhub is changing the world, Kyle’s prediction for the future of porn and mainstream fame, what it was like when porn first started streaming on the internet, and why Kyle follows pornstars on instagram

30:34 - Chase is going to Regionals!

39:30 - Dan Bailey’s knee explosion is exactly what happened to Kyle

51:10 - Armen will row 1,000,000 meters in 2018

52:40 - Is it part of being a CrossFitter to start hating other CrossFitters at some point?

58:36 - you should be able to very easily do the type of training necessary to actually meet your goals

1:12:09 - Ready Player One

1:30:30 - Westworld season 2

84 2018 Open Recap, Redeemed And Dominant Review Mar 28, 2018

Armen, Cliff, Kyle, Chase, and Daniel chat about the 2018 CrossFit Gmaes Open and review "Redeemed And Dominant" the new CrossFit Games commercial/film.

83 18.4 Handstand Push Ups And Jacob Heppner Mar 22, 2018

1:20 - Jacob Heppner will not be competing at Regionals 2018 and the new handstand push up standard

13:50 - CrossFit’s MO has always been “fuck you, deal with it” and their reddit account

20:30 - Armen’s 18.4

29:15 - 18.5 guesses

34:20 - Chase got poisoned

38:00 - Armen and Kyle’s story about Chase’s butt

41:57 - The CrossFit Podcast needs some help

53:00 - We need Gore4Ever on the show and weird DMs

1:03:00 - Infinity War!

82 CrossFit Games Open 18.3 Recap and more Mar 15, 2018

1:10 - the unexplored reaches of fitness: butthole weights

3:20 - what would you ask Dave Castro?

5:50 - 18.3!

16:50 - being a CrossFit Clydesdale

26:06 - two people finished 18.3, Dakota Rager and Josh Bridges

30:20 - 18.4 announcement and the 18.3 companion announcement that didn’t happen

35:40 - Kyle goes on a Stargate and The Crying Game tangent, the animaniacs, and more ridiculousness

81 CrossFit Games Open 18.2/18.2a, Armen vs Iceland Mar 09, 2018

2:00 - marilyn manson has gotta have a punch at this point

5:10 - trent reznor is pretty jacked though

7:40 - if you train regularly you’re probably hungry all the time

9:40 - Vice is the worst

12:10 - the guys take on 18.2 and 18.2a

23:20 - ZA Anderson

26:25 - Lil Xan is a real thing

36:00 - Chris Pritchard is my favorite CrossFit Games Open athlete

47:00 - Dakota puts together timely photoshops for the crew

48:30 - Thor deadlifts a World Record on the Elephant Bar and Ray Williams sets a new raw squat World Record

51:09 - Dan Bailey out of the CrossFit Games again

53:20 - Armen vs Iceland

80 CrossFit Games Open 18.1, Our YouTube Comments Are Gold Mar 01, 2018

1:40 - Chase Long is the Fittest on Scale As Needed and a full 18.1 breakdown for Armen, Cliff, Jannis, and Chase

11:10 - Chase’s first and second shots at 18.1 were very dramatic

20:00 - 18.1 leaderboard lessons: northern Europe, Alex Vigneault, Kara Webb, Brent Fikowski

32:08 - 18.2 clues?

35:30 - our YouTube videos are getting some ridiculous and amazing comments

51:40 - Fikowski’s Open humiliation crushes Travis Williams in 18.1

54:30 - Black Panther

1:13:30 - “Do my nipples offend you?”

79 2018 CrossFit Games Open, Armen Cut His Hair Feb 22, 2018

1:10 - Armen got a haircut!

14:10 - roasting Chase’s instagram

20:55 - The 2018 CrossFit Games Open kicks off

28:40 - Armen doesn’t understand movie phrases, Kyle and Cliff explain Pulp Fiction

42:40 - Mathew Fraser is ready for 18.1

44:50 - Eddie Hall vs Robert Oberst

49:20 - Fikowski’s trash talk Thursdays

54:00 - Harrison Maurus clean & jerked 200kg

78 Valentine's Day, 1003lb, 2017 Games Documentary Feb 16, 2018

The guys talk about Valentine's Day, Thor's 1003lb deadlift, Ray Williams' 1003lb squat double, John Cena's 2000lb super total challenge, the 2017 Games Documentary, and more!

77 How Fit Are You, Solo: A Star Wars Story Feb 08, 2018

1:00 - Cliff’s dick symbolism

3:14 - Armen’s a fan of Tom Brady and Bill Belichik

11:20 - Chase’s “Fitter Bowl 2018” experiment was a huge hit

15:02 - Wearing a tiny wrestling singlet to a weightlifting meet

19:15 - fitness inflation

21:15 - Jason Khalipa’s 2010 Amanda fails and old school CF Games workouts

30:03 - Greg Glassman’s original ‘How Fit Are You” article

45:40 - The new Deadpool teaser, Solo looks terrible, and the show runners of Game of Thrones have a series of Star Wars movies to ruin

76 The Tangents Episode: Gucci Gang, The Oscars, and More Feb 01, 2018

0:20 - Croth-Fit

2:45 - training after the holidays is still tough

4:00 - 1 million Gucci Gangs

6:50 - there’s something inside of us which drives us to love things like CrossFit, or rap, or cataloging Metal

10:38 - Chase’s hip hop band names

13:00 - the Gucci Gang 1000m

15:49 - what would you repeat a million times?

19:45 - Angelo Dicicco vs the Universe

24:30 - Mat Fraser is Doomsday?

30:45 - Let’s play “What’s Chase”

34:20 - accidentally stealing things…

36:08 - Scott Tenorman Must Die

37:38 - the Super Bowl exists and so did someone called Lil Peep

46:40 - The Rock

47:40 - The Oscar nominations including chats about The Shape Of Water and Phantom Thread

1:01:20 - There Will Be Blood

75 ChristFit, Predator, Bethany Shadburne Jan 25, 2018

1:10 - fitness is eggs, eggs is fitness

1:30 - Kyle is European Jesus, ChristFit

9:28 - Worst CrossFit gym names

11:20 - fiction movies with nonfiction-esque epilogues and curtain calls

12:30 - Predator as a parable for the danger of women destroying fraternal relationships

17:30 - Sam Briggs used to be overweight!

20:45 - it’s tough to get back into the gym after time off for the holidays

29:00 - training with Bethany Shadburne

40:00 - 18.0 and what it means for the 2018 Open

44:13 - wacky special CrossFit movements like Dan Bailey’s Turbo Pull Ups

49:30 - Rich Froning does a lot of cardio and drinks a lot of chocolate milk

57:00 - 250 5 star reviews = CHRISTFIT

74 Iceland, Miami, Rich Froning Jan 19, 2018

0:30 - We’re back!

3:10 - this time last year…

5:30 - Whirlwind trips to Iceland and Miami: Into The Heart Of Darkness

28:50 - Born Strong and Functional Fitness on Netflix

30:45 - Wodapalooza was pretty cool!

39:40 - Mattie Rogers may end up getting a silver medal from Worlds

41:55 - Ilya Ilyin’s ban is up in June 2018

49:20 - New potential formats for weightlifting

56:54 - Armen Met Stef Cohen

1:02:45 - Rich Froning has spent his entire career beating his training partners, Froning vs Fraser in competition, the Froning/Fraser head games

73 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Full SPOILER Review Dec 21, 2017

On this special episode of Scale As Needed, Armen, Kyle, Cliff, and Daniel spend the entire episode breaking down their thoughts on the newest Star Wars movie The Last Jedi. This episode is entirely full of spoilers, so you've been warned!

72 2017 IWF World Championships Dec 14, 2017

The boys are back from hiatus to discuss the 2017 IWF World Championships, Justice League, and more!

70 Armen Gets His Blue Belt, Friday The 13th and Nightmare On Elm Street Nov 16, 2017

Armen got his blue belt, the introduction of Paulo Silva, the insanity of Danny Nichols' 10 minute Assault Bike performance, Friday the 13th and Nightmare On Elm Street, and we forgot about Justice League.

69 Earning Efficiency, Thor Ragnarok Nov 09, 2017

In this episode, the guys talk about earning efficiency in workouts, what to do in the worst poop disaster possible, and Thor Ragnarok!

68 Armen's Half Ironman Didn't Go As Planned Nov 02, 2017

Armen tells the harrowing tale of his DNF at the Austin Half Ironman!

67 Armen's Half Ironman & How Deadlifts Have Escalated Over Time Oct 25, 2017

3:20 - Stefi Cohen’s insane deadlift 525lb at 123lb bodyweight, Cailer Woolam’s deadlifts

7:35 - the escalation of feats of strength

24:10 - armen’s half ironman

33:40 - 30lb wall ball suck

39:40 - David Fincher’s Mindhunter

66 Jacob Heppner Still Trains Like A Monster Oct 19, 2017

0:15 - everyone is pissed

1:50 - Armen hung out with Jacob Heppner and it was awesome

24:15 - "Cliff, why did you move?"

38:04 - Blade Runner 2049 spoilers and discussion

56:05 - There will be a new Terminator trilogy for some reason

65 The Nose Torque Mile Oct 12, 2017

2:30 - Daniel and Cliff are having an issue

4:15 - the fleshlight detour

7:27 - Justin Bergh responds to the Ricky Garard news

10:46 - Harvey Weinstein jerked off into a potted plant

11:50 - terrible movies like “The Mummy”

16:20 - Eddie Hall addresses the WSM “controversy” with Thor

25:20 - 80s superheroes were all on steroids

31:00 - The Tork Mile!

49:44 - reviewsssss!

58:20 - Rick and Morty season finale

64 Ricky Garard Tests Positive At The CrossFit Games Oct 06, 2017

Ricky Garard Tests Positive At The CrossFit Games

63 Mat Fraser May Move To Cookeville Sep 27, 2017

Fantastic Fest, Mat Fraser may move to Cookeville, and Rick and Morty "The ABC's of Beth"

63 Armen Recaps His Wedding Sep 20, 2017

Armen recaps his wedding and the guys discuss the most recent Rick and Morty!

62 2017 Granite Games, Parenthood, It Sep 13, 2017

the gang gets together to talk about the 2017 Granite Games, Parenthood, It, and more!

61 Keto and Fasting Gives You Superpowers, Dunkirk Sucked Sep 08, 2017

00:37 - exercising yourself into death and hunger

2:10 - Cliff is super salty

3:19 - Kyle fasts for 36 hours and gains super powers

16:55 - Kyle’s cheat day goes terribly wrong

41:50 - Colin Trevorrow removed from Star Wars Episode IX

48:00 - Dunkirk is a terrible excuse for a movie

60 Game Of Thrones Season Finale Sep 01, 2017

0:47 - Kyle’s cheat meal guide aka “My Fatness Pal”

13:40 - Keto ice cream

15:45 - the deaths of Dallas McCarver and Rich Piana

21:30 - McGregor vs Mayweather

32:55 - the Game of Thrones season finale

55:49 - Rick and Morty is still awesome

1:04:19 - torque mile update

1:05:24 - Help Houston

59 How Technology Is Changing Our Behavior Aug 24, 2017

0:30 - Cliff is pissed today and he wants to get his head shot into space

9:08 - “mythical porn in the woods aka woodsporn”

13:35 - being a teenager now in the age of smartphones and the internet and “what kind of adult is produced by that kind of a child”

15:15 - technology and the constant stream of information is changing the way people think and behave, the democratization of learning, trying to fix your internal biases

53:38 - Game of Thrones, season 7, episode 6

58 SAN Fan Wins CrossFit Games Pick Em, Game of Thrones, Rick and Morty Aug 18, 2017

0:30 - “They had a second CrossFit Games!” + Castro dunk tank

3:16 - 17.5 vs 17.5++ (the payoff here sucks, seriously) + but mainly about printers

10:30 - Elias Wheeler has won the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games Pick ‘Em!!!

15:58 - Chippy the new Gym Coordinator has invaded our sacred space at the gym + the open gym model for functional fitness might now be a thing

43:04 - Game of Thrones season 7 episode 5

1:00:07 - Rick and Morty season 3 episode 4 + Rick and Morty fan theories

57 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games Recap, and More! Aug 10, 2017

1:20 - Armen Is In The Cheese State

1:35 - Cheese Curds In Madison?

7:00 - Someone Actually Listened To Our Reebok Pick ‘Em Advice… And They’re In 2nd Place!

8:04 - Alaska Doesn’t Have Whole Foods

10:05 - Armen Recaps The New Games Venue

14:45 - Castro Knows How To Build Races

17:09 - About That Women’s Final

23:23 - Why Tia Should Have Won In 2015 #FakeNews

24:56 - Katrin’s Phenomenal 2nd Half & Weaknesses

26:00 - Decreasing Margin Of Error & How The Games Are Different Now

28:47 - Fikowski Smells Like Sandalwood & Maple Syrup

34:12 - Madison Was A Good Move? Solid Programming

51:00 - Rich Froning Is Pissed

56:30 - Mat Fraser's Post Win Interview

1:06:00 - Ricky Garard Crushing Ass

1:13:45 - Iceland Annie and Armen Is a Liar

1:25:00 - PICKLE RICK

1:32:30 - Game Of Thrones Steps It Up

56 Armen's Picks For The 2017 CrossFit Games, Rick & Morty, Game Of Thrones Aug 02, 2017

1:51 - SAN 1 year anniversary

3:21 - Kyle has never flipped a tire, avoiding competing in stupid non-competition at the gym, keeping a healthy mindset, being the big fish in a little pond

25:40 - 2017 CrossFit Games thoughts, James Moser snatches 175kg/385lb, Team USA did well at Pan Ams, and why differences in weightlifting methodology aren’t as important as you might think

41:30 - Rick and Morty might be the best show on television right now

50:45 - Game of Thrones season three episode 3 was terrible

1:09:55 - Armen’s picks for the Games Champs are Fikowski and Toomey

55 CrossFit Games Events So Far, Thor: Ragnarok Trailer Jul 27, 2017

0:30 - Cliff’s BCAAs are all about Rich Piana 5% life

1:45 - Cliff is doing intermittent fasting too, Kyle and Cliff have lost a ton of weight, and are having no fun

18:10 - The 2017 CrossFit Games start next week and positive doping tests

40:33 - the known CrossFit Games events at this point

50:25 - trailers for Thor3 , Stranger Things 2, Ready Player One

1:07:20 - Games Of Thrones season 7, episode 2

54 Games Of Thrones Episode 1, How To Fix CrossFit Documentaries Jul 20, 2017

1:00 - Abraham Lincoln was secret gay

2:50 - Thoughts on Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness

23:49 - Armen’s Suggestion to CrossFit

26:05 - 2014 Games documentary

36:25 - Kyle’s Kneeiversary

38:08 - Reebok Pick Em

41:49 - The Shape Of Water & Peter Jackson is sorry about the Hobbit movies

48:40 - The Disaster Artist

51:00 - The new Blade Runner trailer is really pretty & Kyle watched Enemy.

59:05 - Ridley Scott is a crazy old man

1:02:00 - Game Of Thrones is back

53 How CrossFit Used To Be Jul 13, 2017

00:40 - Booger Fingers

1:28 - Rogue vs Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown deep dive

11:00 - what CrossFit was like (I remember when…)

17:00 - Cliff and Kyle used to be depressingly poor

24:20 - When Armen first started CrossFitting

35:25 - Chase started CrossFitting at a time when Rich Froning wasn’t the Champ

39:00 - “there was a time when CrossFit wasn’t weightlifting”

49:00 - fitness and aesthetics used to be unattainable by “normal” people

52 First Announced Event At 2017 CrossFit Games Jul 06, 2017

0:00 - MCT Oil - Milk Of The Poppy

2:30 - Hafthor Bjornnson is mad

3:30 - The Accountant 2

5:12 - Front squat PR’s are in the air

9:35 - Wes Kitts dick cleans

13:45 - How to achieve peak T

15:50 - The fundamentals of a good fitness program… Powders & Pills

21:05 - Cliff’s weight update proof that supplements work

22:35 - The end of Scale As Needed

23:40 - Ben Smith’s Dad vs. Brent Fikowski

28:05 - Dave Castro announces the first announced event of the 2017 Games

33:30 - Adam Richards poetry

35:15 - Twin Peaks

40:00 - Tahoe Throwdown is way too long

50:45 - Reviews

51 How Will Regionals Be Different In 2018? Jun 28, 2017

Chatting about how Regionals will be different in 2018, keto, and the CrossFit Rogue vs Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown Episode 1

50 Ketosis Works, Lord and Miller Fired From Han Solo! Jun 22, 2017

2:04 - IWF Junior Worlds updates

4:00 - Egypt’s doping issues and why it matter for everyone

10:00 - More IWF Junior Worlds updates

12:25 - Cliff and Kyle’s keto is going great and the three electrolytes you need FOR SURE

24:40 - Bethany Branham climbs a swinging pegboard + the Games

33:22 - Star Wars Han Solo movie loses its directors

43:54 - The Book of Henry SUCKS

55:07 - Watchmen the HBO series by Damon Lindelhof, Justice League, Game of Thrones, REVIEWSSSS

49 One Handed Everything, Eddie Hall Weightlifting, More! Jun 13, 2017

Dimitar Savatinov's 143kg/315lb world record dumbbell press, Tazio Il Biondo does 70 one handed pull ups in one 43 minute set, Eddie Hall might enter weightlifting and more.

48 2017 CrossFit Games Regionals Recap Jun 08, 2017

Recapping the 2017 CrossFit Games Regionals, Heavyweights, the ketogenic diet, and more!

47 Eddie Hall Wins World's Strongest Man, Donald Trump Junior's Murph Time Jun 01, 2017

1:00 - Murph and Chase is dying

3:40 - Cliff vs Kyle on 30 muscle ups for time

5:50 - Keto + Clark Burkle

11:00 - repeating last week’s jokes re: pec tears

13:30 - The Dark Crystal sequel and remaking everything all the time

17:45 - the Spiderman Homecoming poster + more movie talk

25:30 - Eddie Hall wins World’s Strongest Man + WSM controversies

39:10 - Donald Trump Jr’s Murph

45:10 - Heavyweights, the Ben Stiller Movie

50:30 - Armen learns about Black Mirror

55:10 - Rick and Morty + Futurama

1:06:45 - Valerie Voboril

1:13:00 - REVIEWSSSS

46 2017 Regionals Weekend 1 and Liefia Ingalls May 25, 2017

Join us on this episode where we recap Weekend 1 of the 2017 CrossFit Games Regionals, talk about tearing pecs, Sam Dancer, Liefia Ingalls: Strong Woman documentary, Game of Thrones and more!

45 South Regionals 2017, World's Strongest Man 2017 May 18, 2017

1:09 Armen’s wedding ring

4:15 - gym stories + “fart sniffer”

26:14 - Armen and Chase will be at South Regionals on Saturday

39:20 - Armen’s stupid mustache + “#Fitler”

42:40 - Liefia Ingalls: Strong Woman documentary + World’s Strongest Man 2017

53:00 - Kyle and Cliff are on the Blonyx train, Armen is on the BeetElite train + Kyle’s over the top daily pill cocktail

1:08:44 - Twin Peaks

1:15:45 - REVIEWWWWW

44 Mark Smelly Bell Live In Studio May 15, 2017

Mark Smelly Bell of Supertraining, creator of the Slingshot and How Much Ya Bench joins the crew as the first ever live guest!

43 2017 CrossFit Games Regional Events, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 May 11, 2017

3:00 - Rick and Morty

12:40 - Kyle’s deadlifts

18:25 - Mark Bell is coming onto the podcast!

24:20 - There will be two more Singerverse X-Men movies

30:22 - 2017 CrossFit Games Regionals Individual Events

54:45 - Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2

1:05:41 - Blade Runner 2049 trailer + Live Die Repeat and Repeat

1:13:25 - REVIEWSSSSS

42 Steroids In CrossFit, Armen's Tri Training, More! May 04, 2017

14 - steroids and crossfit

20 - Square heads

24 - Armen Swims

36 - Dark Tower is shit

44 - Twin Peaks

48 - Reviews and Nose Torque

51 - Shakira noise

41 Preworkout Roulette Recap, Mid-Atlantic Strongman Challenge, Torque Mile Apr 27, 2017

1:00 - pre workout roulette recap

11:40 - the mid-atlantic strongman challenge

23:00 - nose torque and the 150 five star review show

31:00 - masters and teens online qualifier

41:00 - the kingsman trailer

49:22 - REVIEWSSSS

40 Preworkout Roulette, The Last Jedi Teaser, Shoe Giveaway Apr 21, 2017

2:00 - 100 five star reviews and the pre workout roulette show

5:45 - why Full Metal Jacked

6:24 - PREWORKOUT ROULETTE

17:40 - WHAT HAVE I DONE

18:00 - fitness talk?

31:34 - the pile of shoes

33:39 - Trevor Bachmeyer’s apology

44:00 - The Last Jedi teaser

51:53 - REIVEWSSSS + Shoe Giveaway!

39 Trevor Bachmeyer Gets DQ'd From The Games For Cheating In The Open Apr 14, 2017

2:54 - Fitness Talk!

5:50 - Youth World Records from CJ Cummings and Harrison Maurus + World Record Snatch from Lasha Talakhadze

20:44 - Dmitry Klokov snatches 101kg/222lb one handed

26:14 - Trevor Bachmeyer gets DQ’d for cheating during the CrossFit Games Open

38:45 - Thor: Ragnarok trailer

50:00 - REVIEWSSSS!

38 The CrossFit Bike + The Scale As Needed Giveaway Apr 07, 2017

1:25 - “I’m so fit that literally anything I do can be considered yoga” + jeans for people with big quads

6:11 - Cliff wastes his time with calf raises

8:40 - Cliff’s running shoes + the crew talks about running for some reason

21:40 - When’s the last time you heard the term “firebreather” + OG “fitness” reminders

28:10 - The CrossFit Bike

45:40 - Will Regionals have heavy dumbbells?

50:27 - REVIEWSSSSS + the giveaway!

37 The 2017 Open Is Over, Trailers For It, Spiderman, Justice League, and More Mar 31, 2017

0:57 - The 2017 CrossFit Games Open is over: winners, what it means, Sam Dancer’s finish, and more!

17:27 - Armen did the Open + 17.5 analysis

31:28 - Kyle makes a terrible fitness mistake

37:03 - Europe’s Strongest Man

39:55 - Trailers! Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets, It, Spiderman Homecoming, and Zack Snyder’s Justice League: Snacktime Of Justice

1:01:29 - SO MANY REVIEWSSSSS

36 17.4 Handstand Push Up Standards, Old School Sectionals, And More Mar 24, 2017

0:45 - Armen gets thrown into the Brig

1:55 - Starburst + remember how candy used to stay in their lane

3:56 - Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard wins international gold

5:33 - The greatest non-conversation ever + Armen goes back in the hole

9:33 - Cliff saw Fittest On Earth 2016 and how it compares to Every Second Counts

19:33 - Dave Castro’s hint for 17.5

23:50 - the hspu standard in 17.4 and cutting corners

31:57 - Armen’s experience with 17.4 and recapping the workout

48:55 - Kyle called Rich Froning in 2010 + old school Sectional style Regionals

55:22 - REVIEWSSSSSS

35 South By Southwest, LOGAN, 17.3 Recap, More! Mar 17, 2017

1:58 - recording much earlier than we usually do + Cliff’s BMs

3:55 - Kyle and Cliff’s experience at SXSW including info on Baby Driver, Atomic Blonde

14:40 - we all saw LOGAN!

22:20 - Kong: Skull Island is a mess + The Work is super depressing

28:10 - 17.3 recap, Armen’s trip to Invictus, and more

37:15 - Kyle and Cliff’s Dad is in 33rd in his age group in South Central!

43:30 - 17.4 guesses based on Castro’s hints

46:09 - the sledge hammer event from the 2009 Games and other weird things from the Games

52.30 - REVIEWSSSSS

34 17.2, The Arnold, John Wick 2, Get Out, The Oscars Mar 10, 2017

1:00 - Kyle is sick

3:08 - 17.2 is done + score updates + the Panchiks vs the Smiths vs the Andersons + lunges in the Open

27:33 - Eddie Hall’s insane squats

33:16 - Armen went to the Arnold

42:25 - Armen falls for the fake Star Wars trailer

44:20 - Cliff and Kyle’s thoughts John Wick 2 and Get Out

54:40 - The Oscars fuck up Best Picture

1:01:59 - REVIEWSSSSSS

33 17.1 Recap + Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Trailer and Alien: Covenant Trailer Mar 03, 2017

1:13 - 17.1 continues including times and experiences from Cliff and Armen

20:54 - Chandler Smith’s finger, Jacob Heppner drops out, and Marcus Filly drops out

32:00 - guessing 17.2

38:40 - The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 trailer

42:20 - Alien: Covenant trailer

53:07 - the Prometheus trailer was amazing, and the best trailers in Cliff and Kyle’s opinion

57:00 - REVIEWSSSS

32 2017 CrossFit Games Open Has Started: Everything 17.1 + The Arnolds Feb 24, 2017

1:00 - 17.1: the announcement, the workout, “tips and strategy”, top scores, and more!

51:04 - Armen’s going to the Arnold

58:20 - REVIEWSSSS

31 The 2017 CrossFit Games Open + Confirmation Bias Feb 22, 2017

1:40 - Ezra Miller as The Flash + Riverdale + Logan

9:22 - Kyle pulls 500lb

12:05 - people with a fundamental misunderstanding of physics + “you can find one or two examples to confirm ANYTHING”

30:05 - final New Years Resolution catch up

40:27 - Armen runs the Austin Half Marathon + how dumb five finger toe shoes are

49:09 - The Open!

56:25 - REVIEWSSSSSS

30 You Can't Get Better At Everything By Doing Anything & Armen's Jiu Jitsu Tournament Recap Feb 17, 2017

1:04 - pit sweat, taint sweat, and who the hell is Brad Renfro

8:10 - Armen doesn’t understand how normal people end up in the gym

15:29 - stupid ways to making workouts impossible

19:03 - it turns out you can’t just get better at everything by doing anything. very weird.

31:37 - Armen’s jiu jitsu tournament recap

57:00 - the Open + the hope for transparency from CFHQ

1:06:35 - reviews!

29 Just How Crazy Are CrossFit Games Athletes and The Thing About Not Drinking Feb 10, 2017

1:15 - the new studio setup + how pro wrestling gimmicks tables

5:32 - Rich Froning, Josh Bridges, Dan Bailey launch good dudes coffee company

12:01 - Ronnie Teasdale

16:00 - just how crazy are CrossFit Games and Regional athletes

23:46 - “The thing about not drinking is…Fridays, Super Bowls…it’s just less fun.”

31:50 - Kyle and Cliff’s experience with carb backloading

35:10 - “This is what thinking is…”

39:10 - Armen’s thruster/burpee practice still blows + update on the BJJ tournament

48:08 - Kyle’s Airrosti appointment

51:24 - pop culture stuff from the Super Bowl like Stranger Things 2 and Billy Zane

56:11 - reviews and more!

28 Dave Castro's Dumbbell Warning, Annoying People At The Gym & How To Deal With Them Feb 04, 2017

1:25 - trap bar deadlift guy strikes again

21:45 - important adaptations in novice lifters

26:40 - how to help people who suck at lifting without making them feel like crap

30:25 - Dave Castro’s warning about dumbbells in the Open

45:10 - Armen’s terrible, awful, no good New Year’s Resolution about the thrusters and burpees + why do we feel worse about ourselves AFTER CrossFit?

50:45 - the true workout motivation for 100% of all human beings

54:45 - checking in on new iTunes reviews!

27 Britain's Strongest Man, Resolutions, M Night Shyamalan's Split Jan 27, 2017

1:30 - Britain’s Strongest Man

9:10 - Checking in on Cliff’s New Years Resolutions

15:14 - I’m Gonna Wear Street Clothes To The Gym Guy

30:10 - Armen and Kyle’s New Years Resolutions

38:45 - The Invictus 20 Minute Capacity Test

43:04 - The normalization of 135lb thrusters and how to develop that

52:03 - Kyle goes to Piknik, a CrossFitty restaurant

54:40 - Armen’s experience at Garage Strength with Dane Miller

1:01:30 - M Night Shyamalan’s Split

1:11:40 - Reading our new 5 star reviews

26 Wodapalooza 2017, Rhabdo and Steroids in CrossFit, Armen Signs Up For A BJJ Tournament Jan 20, 2017

1:00 - Armen’s thoughts on WZA 2017 + the crew comes up with dumb team CrossFit events

21:25 - New Years Resolution shenanigans

33:13 - Oregon Ducks football players get rhabdo + injury in CrossFit + steroids in CrossFit

43:20 - The gap between the best CrossFitters in the world and everyone else

48:15 - Armen signed up for a bjj tournament

1:03:52 - The guys go over the trailers for Netflix’s The Discovery, Power Rangers, and the second Logan trailer

1:19:07 - Reading new reviews!

25 Poor Gym Etiquette and Mikko Salo Jan 14, 2017

Poor Gym Etiquette and Mikko Salo

24 The Importance Of & How To Apply Accessory Work and Bodybuilding Into Your Program Jan 06, 2017

2:00 - looking back at the Dubai Fitness Championship + David Carradine’s death

8:30 - the lack of novel events in fitness competitions

12:14 - Dave Castro’s 2017 Open hint + predicting Open workouts

18:00 - Eddie Hall trains a lot of bodybuilding

23:10 - the importance of accessory work and bodybuilding in developing fitness and capacity + how to use accessory work and bodybuilding as prehab and to build capacity

54:30 - Ed Kranski’s flaming deadlifts

59:09 - Checking in on the guys’ New Years resolution bets

23 - New Years Fitness Resolutions Dec 30, 2016

1:20 - Kyle’s subconscious obsession with goats

7:40 - Gyms after new years + embarrassing gym moments

17:00 - Cliff, Kyle, & Armen make fitness resolution bets for 2017

39:22 - the ending of Inception and why it doesn’t matter

43:00 - Eddie Strongman documentary on Netflix

49:50 - Netflix, Amazon, and the future of media

22 The Holiday Movie Special with Rogue One, Blade Runner, and John Wick 2 Dec 23, 2016

0:30 - eating vegetarian foods, both accidentally and on purpose

5:00 - Sing is actually a movie

9:35 - Rogue One

40:01 - Armen saw La La Land

40:55 - Blade Runner 2049 Teaser

48:35 - John Wick 2

55:15 - Aleksey Torokhtiy gives CrossFit a shot

21 Arnold Schwarzenegger's Effect On Physical Culture, The Future of Fitness, and Spiderman Homecoming Dec 16, 2016

1:11 - The FloSports Holiday Party was lit

12:06 - The New Nike Retcons and Reebok Nanos + tips on how to get into the gym

29:45 - Arnold Schwarzenegger's effect on physical culture in the world + the future of fitness

50:04 - Spiderman Homecoming

20 The Big Clean Complex and Westworld Season Finale Dec 09, 2016

1:30 - Furious Armen

2:20 - making fun of other sports, specifically pro video gamers

6:40 - the world record Big Clean Complex

13:35 - Cliff’s quick trip through Starting Strength

19:40 - Cliff and Kyle were 3rd Degree Black Belts in Taekwondo + Kyle’s favorite story of Cliff’s childhood Taekwondo competitions

26:35 - Jonny Bones Jones deadlifts 600lb in prep for Submission Underground 2

29:24 - Armen starts Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

34:55 - Guardians of the Galaxy 2

41:36 - Westworld season finale

19 The Fitness Arms Race, Arrival, and Westworld Episode 9 Dec 02, 2016

2:00 - Happy post Thanksgiving

3:08 - Armen’s ties to Popeyes

5:31 - Fitness after Thanksgiving + lifting fallacies + rep max calculators

11:07 - Exoskeletons

16:04 - Greg Glassman visits China

24:50 - The Fitness Arms Race + CrossFit Media

44:04 - Arrival + The Academy Awards + how writing credits work in Hollywood

1:01:30 - Westworld Episode 9

18 2017 CrossFit Games Will Be In Madison, Wisconsin and Westworld Episode 8 Nov 23, 2016

2:48 - 2017 CrossFit Games will in Madison, Wisconsin + Armen goes to a Cowboys game

13:40 - Fikowski snatches 285 at the Invitational

17:24 - Masters 35-39 division announced

20:30 - Cliff and Armen do a sandbag workout

37:20 - Gold’s Fit

41:25 - Contrarians + Mad Max

48:00 - Actors that get jacked for movie roles

52:55 - South Park and shows that blow up their premise

56:55 - Westworld episode 8

17 Awkward Social Interactions and The Westworld Multiple Timeline Theory Nov 18, 2016

1:23 - Hunter McIntyre crushes the Skullbuster

12:24 - Sam Dancer is very strong

21:00 - Wearing comfortable clothes + Armen’s job at lululemon

28:25 - Dicks, butts, and sheer clothes: conversations that only work on this specific podcast + awkward social interactions

37:35 - CrossFit and gyms as a social club/dating pool

41:50 - Westworld timeline theories

Bonus Episode 2! Dr Strange + Westworld Episodes 6 and 7 Nov 16, 2016

1:05 - Rush, “dad rock”, I Love You Man

4:20 - How Kyle and Cliff’s first feature film at South by Southwest lead to them finding CrossFit

12:35 - Cliff and Kyle’s current fashion choices + how we take care of our long hair

17:20 - Armen, Cliff, and Kyle’s skinny photos

21:10 - This is why you should take before photos + your relationship with your body image

26:09 - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Dr. Strange

48:06 - Westworld episodes 6 and 7

1:01:40 - the final Rogue One trailer

16 President-Elect Donald Trump, Armen PRs Karen, and Developing A Heavy Clean Nov 11, 2016

1:18 - Welcome to Trump’s America

29:59 - Armen PRs his Karen time and crushes his soul

35:28 - the CrossFit Games Liftoff and what it takes to clean & jerk 400

47:49 - Daniel is gonna start Project Maniel

49:50 - Armen goes to an Adele concert

15 Alec Smith's 400lb Clean, The Future of Robotics, and Movie Trailers Nov 04, 2016

1:29 - the Bogarts consume way too much coffee and Kyle’s increased pre-workout dosage is working

6:38 - Kyle is still working out + how useful bodybuilding is + the importance of bench press

15:30 - Alec Smith cleans 400lb + why he’s not making it to the Games

25:30 - Kyle’s Tinder game

31:55 - “Soft bodied robot EATS living matter” and why humans are totally screwed

42:18 - trailers are no longer narrated

Bonus Episode! Death Metal & Westworld Episodes 4 and 5 Nov 02, 2016

0:55 - Donovan Ford is pretty awesome

5:25 - death metal and why YouTube and internet videos contributed to the growth of things like super technical prog metal and CrossFit

24:35 - Westworld episodes 4 and 5 recap

52:10 - Burger King and eating a ton of candy on Halloween

56:45 - Kyle and Cliff’s death metal suggestions:

Obscura - Omnivium (Cliff)

First Fragment (Kyle)

Japandroids - Celebration Rock (Daniel's suggestion)

14 Anti-aging Supplements, Guardians Of The Galaxy 2, and True Detective Oct 28, 2016

2:16 - ICYMI!

10:00 - fish oil and other supplements

17:19 - Guardian of the Galaxy Vol 2 teaser

20:38 - A view from the back

25:10 - internet memes around movie stars

27:24 - Being Brent Fikowski

38:00 - True Detective

13 Helen And Other Classic CrossFit Workouts & Westworld Episode 3 Oct 21, 2016

1:28 - Armen just got back from Miami for Crush Games and MIA Classic

6:50 - Helen and other old school workouts

11:00 - how do you make CrossFit functional?

13:50 - Jacob Heppner is still working out like a maniac

16:55 - the craziest headline ever

21:55 - Quest bar flavors, Poptarts, and cereal

30:25 - Cliff gives up on Arnold

36:45 - Westworld Episode 3

12 Long Workouts, Gobleki Tepe, Westworld Episode 2 Oct 14, 2016

2:10 - Kyle’s Harvey Fierstein impression

2:30 - Armen and Cliff and Kyle keep running into each other at the gym. Kyle nearly dies while benching and Armen makes fun of Kyle’s push up noises.

7:10 - Kyle and Cliff went on a hike

8:54 - Armen does the hero workout Glen (AKA so many burpees) and “uneven” workouts like Filthy 50 and Nutts

16:32 - fast burpees and Danila Shokhin

18:03 - sooooo what is your nutrition advice?

21:35 - fasted weighted walks for weight loss

28:02 - The Princess Bride

30:18 - Guy Ritchie’s live action Aladdin and the live action Mulan

35:55 - Armie Hammer, the actor

38:15 - Fury Road without special effects

38:50 - The Death of Superman Lives

41:05 - Batman and Robin

42:28 - Gobleki Tepe, Egypt, and why the Sphinx is stupid looking

54:28 - Westworld episode 2

11 Who To Listen To For Diet Advice and Westworld Oct 07, 2016

1:00 - CJ Bogart

1:45 - The Bogart Family

2:40 - The truest advice on diets you’ll ever hear: diet advice from people who weren’t born jacked, using performance goals to get you to aesthetic goals

29:44 - We all tried a lot of pre workout since last week (and Armen tries SoulCycle)

38:58 - Norik Vardanyan’s London 2012 sample tests positive and whether weightlifting will make Tokyo 2010

48:48 - WESTWORLD WAS AWESOME (spoilers abound)

1:00:00 - Westward is much closer to reality than we think; what does this mean about our own evolution and where humans and technology is meeting; the insane acceleration of technology and how the world will change in the next twenty years

10 The NSCA, Preworkout, and Recapping Fantastic Fest Sep 30, 2016

1:00 - the worst music genre

3:08 - a federal judge rules the NSCA knowingly published false injury data about CrossFit

7:54 - CrossFit’s crazy (and probably true) Coke/NSCA/Sugar conspiracy

12:39 - Jon North has a heart attack

14:45 - C4 and other preworkout

21:25 - Armen’s going to America’s Strongest Man

26:01 - Fantastic Fest: Cliff and Kyle’s dumb bruises

30:44 - Fantastic Fest: thoughts on Arrival

33:55 - Fantastic Fest: super secret other movies

36:50 - Fantastic Fest: the official tattoos

39:20 - Fantastic Fest: Rats and how they taste

39:40 - Fantastic Fest: Armen sees Elijah Wood

41:55 - Fantastic Fest: What makes it so rad?

47:25 - Why are people doing touch and go snatches?

52:40 - Fantastic Fest: The Fantastic Debates ask “is Rocky IV the greatest boxing movie ever made?”

9 CompTrain, Every Second Counts, Bad Diet Advice, Space Ship Movies Sep 23, 2016

1:15 - Armen sees Kyle and Cliff at the gym

3:55 - Armen’s thoughts on CompTrain

12:20 - The secret base to the pyramid of athletic development

13:05 - Armen’s Physical Career of Athleticism and Exercise

13:50 - Khalipa’s background coming into CrossFit, guessing races as a gameshow

18:20 - bringing back Every Second Counts

25:50 - falling into the “I’m going to the Games” trap

30:14 - Cliff’s terrible, awful, no good diet advice and the importance of protein

34:17 - Beyond The Whiteboard levels are awesome

42:30 - Behdad Salimi with the heaviest snatch of all time: 220kg/484lb

44:30 - the movie Prisoners, and how Cliff and Kyle fucked this whole this up. ALL OF IT. COMPLETELY RUINED.

48:18 - Passengers and other space ship movies that Kyle and Cliff care about

50:20 - Fantastic Fest and what to expect + Jessica Chastain vs Bryce Dallas Howar

8 Brian Shaw's World Record 100m Row, The Granite Games, Best Movie Scores Ever Sep 16, 2016

1:04 - South Park season 20

2:21 - ESPN’s OJ: Made In America

6:55 - how consuming media has changed recently

8:46 - How’d Cliff do at Rich Froning’s epic workout?

14:50 - Armen’s shoulder warm up

16:45 - The importance of muscular endurance

18:45 - The 12.2 open Workout video

21:40 - OJ Simpson’s terrible jerk and Ivan Drago’s awesome clean & press

26:48 - Brian Shaw’s 12.8 second 100m row sprint

31:52 - Granite Games: Brooke Ence’s team’s hang power cleans, Pat Vellner, Marquan Jones

42:12 - Best movie scores and why

50:25 - The Thing

54:55 - Cliff’s Arnold training

7 The iPhone 7, Accessory Work, Rich's Impossible Workout Sep 09, 2016

2:08 - iPhone 7’s new features

12:13 - hardest workout we’ve ever done

17:03 - “maybe CrossFit isn’t for you guys”

21:46 - Cliff goes “full Arnold”

25:04 - accessory work: why, how, for who

39:10 - “if you have a limited amount of time to train, how do you focus on weaknesses?”

42:50 - Rich and Mayhem do Heavy Strict Diane

47:01 - products for functional fitness people

53:04 - supplement names should all sound like steroids

59:58 - which MMA star would make the best CrossFitter

1:04:41 - which superhero would make the best CrossFitter

1:11:20 - hardest workouts part deux

1:15:50 - Rich’s impossible workout

6 Brooke Wells, Being Brent Fikowski, and Aesthetics Sep 02, 2016

0:43 - “I think we may have named this thing!”

1:54 - Brooke Wells’ booty explodes the internet

4:08 - CrossFit HQ’s old school topless pull up photos

10:30 - Brent Fikowski is the most unique CrossFitter ever - his training, his mindset, his full time job, his Games event wins, his nutrition

34:15 - Armen hates The Game

38:38 - Brent’s coach/programming - RAW Strength and Conditioning

45:10 - Cliff’s use of RP Nutrition templates to achieve his overall fitness goals

56:18 - Cliff’s fitness/aesthetic goals

59:22 - Deathstroke is now the villain in Ben Affleck’s Batman movie

1:01:15 - Daniel’s opinion on Deathstroke

1:03:08 - We all disagree on the X-Men movies

1:06:35 - Bryan Singer is terrible + The Usual Suspects is still pretty good + Superman Returns is also still good

1:08:35 - checking in on Heterobear

5 Chad Johnson vs Rich Froning, Doping in Sports, Star Wars The Force Awakens Aug 26, 2016

0:30 - “I now have reverb”

3:18 - Chad Johnson vs Rich Froning: “show me that dick, bro”

8:34 - 17yo Jeison Lopez snatches 160kg

10:48 - Doping: everywhere and all the time

14:24 - 12 more medalists from Beijing 2008 test positive and eve more doping

27:09 - UFC unionization

28:46 - positive tests in CrossFit and CrossFit’s testing process

32:42 - The Force Awakens and Star Wars

53:07 - games athlete with 500lb back squat + sub 5 minute mile

59:15 - decathletes and CrossFit

1:00:10 - Why is weightlifting so important to CrossFit?

1:05:28 - Heppner joins Brute Strength and the possible difference between these programs and coaches

1:14:03 - The Big Fikowski

4 - Sausage Party, Rio Weightlifting, CrossFit Superhumans Aug 19, 2016

1:16 - Clifford Joseph Bogart III

2:28 - Kyle’s most recent CrossFit milestone and his

9:20 - Kyle’s car is in the shop

11:00 - Armen’s audio is finally fixed

12:28 - Sausage Party

21:04 - Sam Neill and Event Horizon

24:00 - the Hulk/Thor buddy movie

24:46 - Rio weightlifting, doping, North Koreans, the All Drug Olympics

34:14 - GRID

45:25 - The Lobster

54:18 - Days in The Life with Rich Froning

1:07:15 - CrossFit makes you superhuman

1:08:55 - CrossFit parlance and Neanderthal’s CrossFitting

1:12:01 - the weightlifting Google Doodle

3 Suicide Squad and The International Olympic Committee Aug 12, 2016

1:15 - The Poverhead SquatCast?

3:05 - Talking Fit

4:40 - Suicide Squad was terrible

21:26 - Brooke Wells joins Built By Bergeron

25:37 - Armen’s favorite story from the Games

32:11 - “I want to see Alderaan”

33:00 - The Marvel/Star Wars/Everything Multiverse

38:20 - CrossFit Games site tour

38:45 - Real Sports documentary on IOC

45:00 - the article on Tia-Clair Toomey and other dumb articles

50:25 - Russia holds their own Olympics and more of the IOC documentary

55:50 - The Berenstein Bears and why we don’t remember anything and coming full circle

1:00:21 - Stranger Things Season 2: The Revenge Of Barb

2 Can Fraser Continue His Dominance At The Games? Aug 05, 2016

0:31 - The Podsterior Chaincast + Cliff and Kyle's athletic powers

3:19 - Armen's going to a Final Fantasy concert 5:07 - Nerdiness, so much nerdiness 7:00 - Attending nerdy niche events like Comic Con, film festivals, and the Games 12:18 - The CrossFit Games are moving: why they're moving, where they might go, and benefits and drawbacks of various places 19:52 - Paying the athletes and judges 21:40 - What types of changes will come to the Games with new locations? 24:40 - The Rogue vs Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown + how to make team competitions interesting 33:39 - "What is Krewella?" 35:43 - CrossFit and World's Strongest Man 37:22 - Back to the Tahoe Throwdown 38:55 - The Road To The Games series 40:15 - Guy Ritchie's King Arthur 44:20 - Does knowing how films are made and how the business work disgust filmmakers? 45:50 - Tips for people making films in medieval times 47:10 - Will Fraser continue dominating the Games? 50:37 - What happens if Fraser keeps winning? 58:45 - Katrin's repeat deserves respect 59:53 - New era of the Games 1:02:29 - Food WODs

FloElite Hoistcast - One Day Out Of The 2016 CrossFit Games: What We Know Jul 19, 2016

Armen breaks down the very few pieces of info we have about what the events will be and how many events we'll expect to see as well as why the secrecy around the Games this year is so great.

FloElite Hoistcast - Margaux Alvarez, Meg Reardon, Brent Fikowski At The CrossFit Games Jul 18, 2016

Armen got a chance to sit down with Margaux Alvarez, Meg Reardon, and Brent Fikowski for individual interviews at the official CrossFit Games hotel in Manhattan Beach.

FloElite Hoistcast - Danny Camargo Jun 28, 2016

Interviewing weightlifting Coach Danny Camargo (Mattie Rogers' coach) of Oly Concepts at the 2016 Youth Nationals in Austin, Texas.

1:14 - On the size of the entourage it takes to handle 14 athletes

2:49 - Camargo’s start in weightlifting and his competitive career

10:45 - how he moved on from weightlifting after retiring at 21

12:40 - how he found coaching

14:40 - the birth of Oly Concepts and his team

16:05 - law enforcement career and finding CrossFit

19:19 - coaching while being a police officer

21:55 - Danny’s coaching philosophy and his worries about new coaches

25:38 - the future of weightlifting in the US

31:03 - the hidden competition in weightlifting

35:46 - keeping an athlete at peak performance

37:42 - recent IWF doping news and doping in weightlifting

44:30 - final thoughts on weightlifting in the US

FloElite Hoistcast - Previewing The Arnold Strongman Classic With Kalle Beck & Strongtalk Mar 01, 2016

Previewing The Arnold Strongman Classic With Kalle Beck & Strongtalk

FloElite Hoistcast - The US Olympic Team Selection Process Explained Feb 23, 2016

Check it out: the US Olympic Team Selection Process is pretty intense and not very many people actually understand it. Listen in as Armen explains the process from how countries earn spots to the Olympics to how USA Weightlifting will be choosing the individuals to represent USA at Rio 2016

FloElite Hoistcast - How To Write A Good Workout Feb 16, 2016

Armen goes over the process he uses and suggests you use when you have to come up with a good workout for yourself.

FloElite Hoistcast - We're All Hypocrites When It Comes To PEDs Feb 02, 2016

Armen chats about why we're all hypocrites when it comes to PEDs in weightlifting and other sports and also how he recently redeemed himself for being a dick to Graham Holmberg once.

FloElite Hoistcast - Sean Waxman Talks American Open, IWF Worlds, and USAW Nov 19, 2015

Sean Waxman joins Armen to chat about the size of the American Open, storylines at the IWF World Championships, USA's team at Worlds, and USAW's organizational woes.

FloElite Hoistcast - You Don't Know What You Don't Know (And How To Find Out) Oct 26, 2015

"In CrossFit you don’t see someone do a muscle up and assume they’re going to be a professional gymnast, but there are hundred of thousands of people who do a workout and suddenly think they’ll make it to the Games at some point."

Listen in as Armen talks about getting perspective, surrounding yourself with the right people, and making sure you're not actually working towards someone else's goals.

FloElite Hoistcast - Resetting Goals Oct 19, 2015

Armen talks about resetting goals and how your mindset will determine how pissed or pleased you are with how training is going.

FloElite Hoistcast - Renewing My L1, Building An Aerobic Base Sep 21, 2015

Listen in as Armen chats about renewing his L1 and why building an aerobic base is so important.

FloElite Hoistcast - Dos and Don'ts For A Great Gym, Talking About Things You Actually Don't Know Anything About Sep 07, 2015

Join Armen Hammer as he chats about the Dos and Don'ts of running or opening a good gym and why you shouldn't talk about things when you have no idea what you're talking about.

FloElite Hoistcast - "I Need To Be Better At CrossFit" Aug 31, 2015

Armen Hammer chats about the simple question: "What's it mean when people say they need to get better at CrossFit"?

FloElite Hoistcast - The 10% Rule, Programming Similarities Between Elite Weightlifters And Powerlifters, Why Your Workouts Should Be Specfic Aug 24, 2015

Armen Hammer chats about The 10% Rule and the pyramid of fitness, similarities in programming between Ilya Ilyin, Chinese weightlifters, and high level powerlifters, and why your workouts should be specific.

FloElite Hoistcast - Mikko Salo, Pat Mendes, Dave Driskell, Going Team Aug 17, 2015

Armen Hammer talks about why Mikko Salo is a legend, Pat Mendes' positive drug test at the Pan Am Games, Dave Driskell's handstand at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, and FloElite's Going Team documentary.

FloElite Hoistcast - True Detective, CrossFit Games Money, Peg Board Scoring Fiasco Aug 11, 2015

Join Armen Hammer as he chats about how terrible True Detective Season 2 was, the ridiculousness of athletes paying to participate in the CrossFit Games season, and just how messed up the scoring for the peg board event at the 2015 CrossFit Games was.

FloElite Hoistcast - 2015 CrossFit Games, Rush Club 005, Crush Games Prelim 1 Aug 04, 2015

Armen Hammer and Kati Breazeal cover their experiences at the 2015 CrossFit Games, the soul crushing prelim workout that has kicked off qualifications for the Crush Games, and Rush Club 005 predictions, including the beat down Sam Dancer will give Dan Pela in the men’s heavyweight division.

FloElite Hoistcast - Strongman and more Jul 09, 2015

Join Armen Hammer and Julien Pineau as they chat about the growing levels of strength in strongman, where the sport is headed, and the possibilities of smaller weight classes becoming popular.

FloElite Hoistcast - Previewing 2015 PWA Championships Jun 09, 2015

Armen Hammer and Sean Waxman cover the organization of weightlifting in the United States and chat about lifters to watch in the upcoming PWA Championships, including Donovan Ford, David Garcia, and D'Angelo Osorio.

FloElite Hoistcast - Previewing 2015 Odd Haugen's Strongman Challenge San Jose Jun 06, 2015

Armen Hammer and Julien Pineau cover the organization of amateur and pro strongman in the United States and internationally as well as strategy for the farmer's walk, yoke carry, MAS wrestling, strongman deadlift, and log clean & press events in Odd Haugen's Strongman Challenge

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