Plate Stack Chat

This week I am joined by Ella Wilkinson who had a traumatic week waiting to see if she was still making it to semi finals. And Barclay Dale is actually in England, so we untrumpeted his holiday to get him on the show.

This week I am joined by CrossFit Affiliate owner and former director of marketing for CrossFit HQ Keith Knapp. We also have Nick aka WODZombie talking memes, Cards and FitWars

On this episode my guest are CrossFit YouTuber Andrew Hiller and Former Plate Stack Chat Host Sam La Roche.

On this episode I am joined by Athena Perez who talks about some up coming seminars her fitness journey and a bit of international travel.

We are also joined Andrea Solberg who chats about her open performance hating squat workouts and how CrossFit Oslo has helped her break through a plateau.

I am joined by CrossFit analyst John Young and Teen CrossFit athlete Hannah Wendt.

On the show I was joined by John Singleton from The Progrm and Jean St-Amand of the Box Jumper Podcast.

We talk about the recent teen event The Crown. We also discus the CrossFit season and if it could be extended? And were sanctionals so bad?

On this episode I am joined by Brian Friend and Leah Sherlock.

We talk about the events we have been traveling too. Brian has gone to the most out of us.

Brian also opens up about why we haven't seen him popping un on other peoples podcasts lately.

Both Brian and Leah have lots going on this year so make sure you are following what they are doing.

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This week I am joined by two legends in the world of CrossFit Mads Jacobson and Bill Grundler.

We talk about our thoughts on this years open, the workouts and live announcements. And Mads explains why he is sitting out the open this year and how the community is helping him through a tough time.

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This week I am joined by two incredible women in the world of fitness. On the athlete side we have the super Kayleigh Walsh and representing the hard working media team it's the one and only Lauren Kalil.We chat about being older than we think we are, how jealous we are of Kayleighs arms and why hasn't the fashion industry started making clothes for more muscular women?

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CrossFit Games athlete James Sprague and CrossFit analyst and one of the main men behind the heat 1 app Tyler Watkins join me on this week's Plate Stack Chat.

We talk about James' CrossFit profile. Tall people and the CrossFit Open and much much more.

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This week I am joined by the fittest mum on earth Arielle Loewen together with Dani Edgel who despite training primarily in CrossFit just happened to pick up a number of medals and records in powerlifting.

We chat about why and how they train. Is 30mins better than 8 hours?

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On this week's episode I am joined by two great guest Chase Ingraham and Peter "Pedro" White.

And we get into a lot of chat about CrossFit media. Are the right questions being asked? Should athletes get better at answering them? Are people too negative? And we remember a time when people tried to get Chase fired!

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This week I am joined by an incredible Canadian Athlete.

Not just great at hockey but has also made multiple trips to the CrossFit Games Carolyne Prevost.

We are joined by another wonder UK athlete and all around fun person Nicole Crouch.

We chat about hockey, body image and having fun with your training and being kind to yourself. A lot of good stuff so enjoy.

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This week I am joined by Alex Gazan an incredible athlete that took 5th at the CrossFit Games and Maddy Harris another great athlete who has also competed at the CrossFit Games.

We talk about their recent time spent in Miami at wodapalooza, how to take of the CrossFit season when you get ill and toothpaste! All this and more.

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This week around the Plate Stack I am joined by CrossFit Games athlete Seher Kaya and UK national champ and future (we hope) games athlete Jennifer Muir.

We speak about the tough choices regarding off season competitions and why a fun team comp might not be the best use of time on the floor.

We also spoke about travel costs, the games moving to Glasgow and what Brent Fikowski can teach you about an erg!

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and you can find all that Jen is doing at https://www.instagram.com/jennifermuir99/

*Apologies. Apart from me being quite ill during the recording that required editing out a lot of coughing we also had some technical difficulties too. Hopefully you can still enjoy the chat.

This week I am joined by the man behind daily training tips Zachary Kaddatz and the South Beach Palms' Bryleigh Hansen.

We talk about a lot of running for people that don't run. Why we are fans of early nights more than music. And if any of us can dance.

All that and more.

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This week I am joined by a fan of CrossFit data as much as he is the sport Mike Halpin as well as the Fittest in Mexico Luis Oscar Mura. We talk about if it matters where someone qualifies to make it to the games. The challenge to move up from the teenage division. What does having CrossFit on your gyms door get you. And how many languages can we speak. All this and more on this week’s episode. You can follow Mike Halpin at https://www.instagram.com/known_knowable/ And Luis Oscar Mura at https://www.instagram.com/luisoscarmora.m/

We're all back together! Tom has been off this weekend at his CrossFit L1 and we want to hear all about it.

Sam sums up what his weekend at CrossFit Licenced event Battle for Middle Ground Trinity War North and gives a brief rundown of The European Champs and some of what happened there.

This week around the Plate Stack we talk about some up coming events and what we know and who to look out for.

This week around the Plate Stack we chat about the CrossFit Games. Thoughts and feelings on the winners, Programming and More.

This week Jason and Sam talk about their potential picks for the fantasy fitnessing roster and what is on the front pages of leading newspapers and how that effects the fitness world.

This week around the Plate Stack we are joined by Mike Halpin. Another guy who loves stats and CrossFit news so should feel at home chatting around the Plate Stack with us.

This week has been a full on week with various issues cropping up in the lead up to the CrossFit Games. Drop into the comments and give us some of your good news to counteract.

This week joining us around the plate stack is Amy Rudawsky from Clydesdale Media. We are happy to have her with us as we talk all about the results for the LCQs, some in person competitions that took place this weekend and also general chat about working in the CrossFit media space.

Welcome back around the Plate Stack. This week as we talk about Last Chance Qualifiers as they are released live on air.

Welcome back around the Plate Stack.  This week we will be talking about the British teen and masters championships kicking off with the online qualifiers.  We also want to talk about the latest news regarding teams getting popped for PEDS. And much more as always.

Join us for the round up of our experience of being in the action at CrossFit Strength in Depth 2022, CrossFit SemiFinal Event.

Sam is flying solo this episode with no oversight from the sensible lads. Let's take a look at some good news stories from the gram and see what affiliates are up to to make people's live better.

This week we're back to full strength as we take a look at the last week in the life of CrossFit and look forward to the coming weeks.

This Week we are pleased to be joined by Karl Steadman as we talk about recent events at CrossFit Semi Finals and the role of Competition Liaison.

This week Sam and Jason catch up on the News from the last week and have a stab at predicting who might punch their ticket to the games.

This week we are joined around the Plate Stack by our good friend Coach Cat. 

We Talk about the two semi final events that have been revealed. A typo and then we move on.

Picking up on last weeks conversation. Some thought and reflections we have had. And why CrossFit is a better start for people than a Hyrox event or OCR course.

We also share some positive CrossFit experiences. 

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This week around the Plate Stack we wanted to have a chat about Hyrox. Seems like a lot of people from CrossFit are trying their hand at these events. But what is this we hear about Master trainers? We have questions. So we have invited George Edwards on to see if he has any answers.

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This week we turn our attention to the CrossFit AGQ. 

So we are pleased to be joined by Adam "Kudders" Kudryl around the Plate Stack to share his insights.  

No doubt we will also talk about the next steps for the games.

We also speak about the possibility of in person age group competitions

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Joining us this week (much to Tom's delight) is Tyler Watkins - who's bringing additional insights to the sport of fitness with the addition of some interesting stats. Adopted from Baseball, Tyler has recently proposed & shared a number of metrics that can make for more quantifiable comparison across what is typically constantly varied, unknown & unknowable.

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This week we welcome Jorge Fernandez around the Plate Stack as we talk team quarter finals.

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We have a treat this episode with Richard Hornsey, owner of Graft Events, boasting the most CrossFit Licensed Events in the UK this year. 

But with such a demand on the CrossFit and functional fitness competition scene, volunteers are at a premium. 

We discuss the challenges of putting on events and how they might be overcome in the future.  

This is sure to be a good, honest chat around the plate stack this week.

Small Warning for the language on this episode.

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We swap Jason for one of only two female seminar staff in the UK & coach at CrossFit Glasgow, Robyn Wright. Fresh off competing in QuarterFinals, we have a little chat about that & CrossFit's new Levels system.

Give Robyn's coaching & seminar role, we dig into that a little too - talking about the benefit that coaches & athletes alike can gain from a weekend with the Red Shirts.

Oh - and then Robyn share's he big news that she'll be saying good bye to the arches of Glasgow & heading south!

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Week 2 of the 2022 CrossFit Open is over and our backs are still in one piece.  This week Zakk Wild comes out from behind the decks to join us around the Plate Stack. We talk strategies, experiences and fancy dress?

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The CrossFit Open is upon us & we sit down to chat about the Open Announcements without Dave Castro, our thoughts on 22.1 and predictions for 22.2. Thanks to Joe Taylor for joining us this week!

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A delay in bringing you the second episode with Iain & Gavin from CrossFit Glasgow. In this episode the conversation continued on to the topic of IP theft - more specifically if and when it occurs in the fitness space with gyms falling outside the affiliate system. Affiliate owners for over a decade, Iain & Gavin have seen the popularity of the methodology grow over the year, picking up plenty of experience and forming their own opinions along the way.

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Welcome back around the Plate Stack. The Open is kicking off very soon so it was an absolute pleasure to be joined by Adrian Boz Bozman and WodPrep's own Ben. To talk about having fun, moving well and taking on the CrossFit open. 

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Roza is out as CEO and it's only being reported in two ways. Why don't people ask the big questions? Don't want to bite the hand that feds them? We speculate!  HWPO gets The Chief.  Are we tired of CrossFit politics? We discuss this and more.  

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Back live once again and joined by the fantastic Fraer Morrow. The Open equipment list is out. No wallballs but what else is missing from the list. 

And what does that mean for the workouts.  Some familiar faces took gold medals at the British Weightlifting Championships. So we kick of our chat with that.  

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