The WODcast Podcast
CrossFit Coach Kenny Kane of The Positivity Project joins Armen Hammer, Eddie Ifft, and Scott McGee for a reunion show as they chat about Eddie's injuries, where Kenny's been, how the Positivity Project is going, the development of The KK Training Template, then get into the lightning round of listener questions.
Direct download: Episode_91.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 4:29am PDT

Strongman Kalle Beck joins Armen Hammer, Scott McGee, and Eddie Ifft as they chat about podcasts, CrossFit, how to pronounce Kalle's name (like kale the vegetable), Kalle's numbers, his injury history, how he got into it and his progress, accessory work in training for strongman and CrossFit, programming for specific gyms, his programming, functional movements, and answer questions from the listeners.
Direct download: Episode_90.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 11:50pm PDT

Jon Pera, CrossFit Games Athlete, joins Armen Hammer, Scott McGee, and Eddie Ifft as they chat about dumb CrossFit workouts, Armen's hero workout, Eddie's snatch balance injury story, Jon's history in sports and athletics, his transition into competing, his decision to take 2013 off, training and competing, his numbers, efficiency in competition, his motivation, and answer listener questions.
Direct download: Episode_89.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 11:45pm PDT

Johnny Di Gregorio and Tim Thackrey join Armen Hammer and Eddie Ifft as they chat about massages, rich guys getting laid, stealing jokes in comedy, sharing ideas across CrossFit, context to training for the everyday CrossFitter, and answer a ton of questions from the listeners.
Direct download: Episode_88.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 11:11pm PDT

Julien Pineau joins Armen Hammer, Eddie Ifft, and Scott McGee as they chat about Eddie's vanishing weekend, Armen's experience commentating at Waxman's Affiliate Invitational, Doug Katona backing out from the show, the CrossFit Clitheroe Naked CrossFit Calendar, strongman training for CrossFitters, hip position differences between weightlifting, gymnastics, and strongman, then answer listener questions during the lightning round.
Direct download: Episode_87.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 12:00am PDT

Combatives expert Tony Blauer joins Armen Hammer, Eddie Ifft, and Scott McGee as they chat about Eddie's surfing injuries, Halloween costumes in gyms, Tony's history with CrossFit, developing SPEAR, Eddie's fight stories, Armen's failing metaphors and movie references, and answer questions from listeners during the lightning round.
Direct download: Episode_86.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 3:00am PDT

Sean Waxman joins Armen Hammer and Scott McGee as they discuss his fanny pack, his experience at Crush Cancer, early arm bend vs no early arm bend, bruising the pubic bone, BearCat the intern, how Waxman's Gym is doing, technique in power vs endurance events, low bar vs high bar squatting, the Affiliate Weightlifting Invitational on November 3rd, the Secrets of Russian Champions training camp from November 21-23, and answer listener questions during the lightning round.
Direct download: Episode_85.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 8:33am PDT

Tait Fletcher joins Armen Hammer, Scott McGee, and Eddie Ifft as they chat about Breaking Bad, Crush Cancer,  baby monkeys riding pigs, killer whales, social media and anonymity, the philosophy of competition, a history of altercations, and the lightning round of listener questions.

Direct download: Episode_84.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 11:50pm PDT

Kenneth Leverich and Ryan Fischer join Armen Hammer and Scott McGee as they chat about Ryan's experience at the 2013 SoCal Regionals, Kenny's experience at the 2013 CrossFit Games, chatting about training, and answer questions from the listeners.
Direct download: Episode_83.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 12:00am PDT

John Welbourn, founder of CrossFit Football and Power Athlete HQ, joins Armen Hammer, Eddie Ifft, and Scott McGee as they share stories about altercations, John's history in the NFL, his nutrition through college, his first purchase with his first paycheck, some 'welcome to the NFL' moments, Armen's history with John, programming in CrossFit and the nonexistence of 'the super program', fitness vs athleticism vs performance, and answer some listener questions.

Direct download: Episode_82.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 12:00am PDT

CrossFit Games Champ Sam Briggs, Lindsey Valenzuela, and Val Voboril join Armen and Scott as they chat about the Games, their lives since sweeping the podium, play the Newlywod Game, and answer listener questions all in front of alive audience!

Direct download: Episode_81.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 1:08am PDT

Aubrey Marcus, CEO of Onnit, joins Armen, Eddie, and Scott as they chat about Armen's fantasy football win this weekend, Scott's wrist injury, Aubrey's relationship with Joe Rogan, the history of Onnit, the development of their supplements, their fitness products, and answer questions from the listeners.

 
Direct download: Episode_80.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 1:44am PDT

Nutrition and Performance Specialist Brad Davidson joins Armen, Scott, and Eddie as they discuss black CrossFitters, the CrossFit Offline show, Eddie's India experience, an update on the Wodcast Podcast Fantasy Football League, the Crush Cancer fundraiser, Brad's company and work, his development and process, Eddie takes an HRV test, Brad checks out Kill Cliff ingredients, Armen and Eddie test their acid buffering, Brad's personal history, Armen and Eddie take a Zinc tally test, and answer listener questions.

Direct download: Episode_79.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 1:39am PDT

CrossFit Endurance founder and coach Brian Mackenzie joins Armen, Eddie, and Scott as they discuss Eddie's history with CrossFit, the start of Endurance WOD, how to use it and what's it's for, the state of endurance in CrossFit, positioning during running, and answer questions from the listeners.

Direct download: Episode_78.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 9:00pm PDT

Chris Bell, director of 'Bigger Faster Stronger', joins Scott, Armen, and Eddie as they chat about Eddie's experience with UCLA's BXA test, they measure everyone's biceps, Scott's battering ram practice, Chris' experience with CrossFit, awesome 80s movies, Katie Hogan's future wrestling career, John Cena's lifting history, Chris' history with his movie 'Bigger Faster Stronger',  his new film 'Prescription Thugs', the effects of PED use after use, the idea of what defines 'performance enhancing drugs', a history of testosterone, and  look at competition in the culture of the USA.

Direct download: Episode_77.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 1:02am PDT

Val Voboril, 3rd place finisher at the 2013 CrossFit Games, joins Eddie, Armen, and Scott as they discuss plans for the 100th episode, ESPN and CrossFit, Eddie's travels, Val's performance and past, Armen's experience with Strong Fit,  how awesome American Ninja Warrior is, Val's training into the Games and her experience there, and answer listener questions.

Direct download: Episode_76.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 12:56am PDT

CrossFit coach and author Andy Petranek joins Armen Hammer, Eddie Ifft, and Scott McGee as they chat about counting pumps, Andy's toes, Armen's dick update, things  CrossFitters are good at, Andy's new book 'Fire Your Gym', his history with CrossFit, the story of his cover, Scott's experience owning a pig, Eddie's experience owning a pig, Andy's process in writing the book, and answer listener questions.

Direct download: Episode_75.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 10:10pm PDT

Scott, Eddie, and Armen get the crew back together to check in with Eddie, chat about mental prep,  recap the CrossFit Games, and answer listener questions.

Direct download: Episode_74.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 11:44pm PDT

We interview Katie Hogan, Sam Briggs, Brian Mackenzie, BSD, Mina Rivera, and answer fan questions live at the 2013 Reebok CrossFit Games. 
Direct download: Episode_73.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 12:00am PDT

Owner of Kill Cliff/2Pood Baker Leavitt joins Armen Hammer and Scott McGee as they chat about competing as a strongman in Canada, the escalation of CrossFit athletes' abilities, the announced CrossFit events, events we wanna see at the Games, odds at the Games, the fall of 80s superstars, Baker's strength, how Armen and Baker met, how Baker got involved with Kill Cliff, make Games predictions and answer questions from the listeners.

Direct download: Episode_72.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 12:00am PDT

CrossFit Games athletes Lindsey Valenzuela, Sam Briggs, and Ruth Anderson Horrell join Armen Hammer and Scott McGee as they discuss the Games event announcements, Mikko's exit from this year's Games, competing as a professional CrossFitter, their goals for this year's Games, we play a round of The Newly WOD Game, and answer listener questions.

Direct download: Episode_71.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 11:14pm PDT

Owner DogTown CrossFit and gymnastics coach Dusty Hyland joins Armen, Scott, and Eddie as they chat about CrossFit Hollywood, Scott McGee's flubbed back tuck, Armen's near catastrophic dick injury, Scott's catastrophic college dick, the article in Inc magazine about CrossFit, Dusty's athletes, his thoughts on remote coaching, his work with Tommy Hackenbruck, coaching in CrossFit, learning and mastering specific gymnastics skills, guessing events at the CrossFit Games, the upped rewards at the Games, turnover rate among the leading CrossFit athletes, and answer questions from the fans.

Direct download: Episode_70.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 11:08pm PDT

CrossFit Games athlete and coach Becca Voigt joins Armen Hammer, Eddie Ifft, and Scott McGee as they chat about the recent media coverage of CrossFit in Inc. magazine, the growth and change of CrossFit as a sport, Becca's history with the CrossFit Games, her current training under coach Ben Bergeron, her past training, differences between her past training and her new training, and looking forward to the 2013 CrossFit Games.

Direct download: Episode_69.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 1:25am PDT

Athlete, gymnast, and actor Maddy Curley joins Eddie, Scott, and Armen as they chat about Eddie's taxi issues, Maddy's history with gymnastics, her acting experience, her future coaching for Brick's new gym in New York, Scott's Murph plans, Maddy's transition into CrossFit, how high level athletes do in CrossFit, Brick's disqualification from the 2013 CrossFit Games, how she got involved with the CrossFit Games Open Update Show, her new film and kickstarter project 'Chalk It Up', and going ons at the show.

Direct download: Episode_68.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 1:19am PDT

Olympian Kendrick Farris and Olympic hopeful Derrick Johnson join Armen Hammer and Scott McGee as they chat about Armen's twitter handle, his obsession with their strong quads, Jon North's affiliation process, Kendrick's possible plans for opening a gym, Derek's role as both a coach and a lifter, Kendrick's development as a weightlifter over the years, their nutrition plans and injury history, their strength numbers, US lifters strength vs the rest of the world, not keeping track of other competitive weightlifters, the growth of weightlifting via CrossFit, Kendrick's experience at the Olympics, and answer listener questions.

Direct download: episode_67.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 12:12am PDT

Strongman coach and athlete Julien Pineau joins Armen Hammer and Eddie Ifft as they chat about Scott's absence, the shootings in SaMo, Eddies return from wherever he's been, Julien's StrongFit gym, CrossFit compared with Strongman, Strongman competitions, Julien's journey into finding strongman, classic strongman competitions, training and programming, the development of CrossFit the sport vs CrossFit the training methodology, and a recap of Rich'a performance this past weekend.

Direct download: Episode_66.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 12:55am PDT

CrossFit ahtlete Andrea Ager joins Armen Hammer and Scott McGee as they chat about the past weekend's Regionals, the upcoming Regionals, Armen's new segment 'Think Before You Speak', then chat with Andrea regarding her experience at the SoCal Regionals and the overhead squat event, deciding to withdraw, her future plans.

Direct download: Episode_65.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 1:39am PDT

Join Armen and Scott as they catch up on SoCal Regionals and chat about Scott's experience competing on a team at Regionals, the qualified athletes, Andrea Ager's overhead squat debacle, Ryan Fischer's judging fiasco, and answer questions from the fans.

Direct download: Episode_64.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 1:31am PDT

We interview Sean Waxman, Brian Pink of Brian's Bowls, Val Voboril, Katie Hogan, and Becca Voigt on Day 2 of SoCal Regionals 2013.
Direct download: Episode_63.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 2:04am PDT

In possibly the last episode of The Wodcast Podcast, Armen and Kenny chat about the future of the podcast, where they're each headed and their thoughts on the past, present, and future of CrossFit, the podcast, and their development.
Direct download: Episode_62.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 1:42am PDT

CrossFit athlete Allison Truscheit joins the crew as they check in with German Armen, chat about Kenny's badass training template,  then talk to Allison about her plans to actually go team and how she ended up 7th in SoCal this year, her experience at the 2012 Regionals, her thoughts on the first five events of the 2013 Regionals, preparing for Regionals weekend, her training, her background in athletics and dance, her mindset while competing, and answer questions from our listeners.
Direct download: Episode_61.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 2:55am PDT

CrossFit Games athlete Val Voboril join Kenny, Armen, guest host Scott McGee as they discuss Armen's breakfast and beard, Scott's training, Val's experience in the CrossFit Games in 2009, her training, going from a c-section to placing 5th at the Games in 2012, her development as an athlete, her experience at SEALFit Kokoro Camp, competing and finding a reason to push herself, her past and future with CrossFit, and finish off with a lightning round of listeners' questions.
Direct download: Episode_60.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 1:16am PDT

Future CrossFit Games Champion Sam Briggs join Kenny, Armen, guest host Scott McGeeas they discuss missing last week's show, Armen's desire to poke badass athletes in the quads, Kenny's weekend, Sam's knee injury and recovery, her past as a footballer (that's soccer for us Americans), her transition into being a firefighter and starting CrossFit, her experience competing at the 2010 Games, training with Lindsey Valenzuela, competing at the 13.5 live announcement, her best and worst moments in CrossFit, predictions for the Games, and answer questions from the listeners.

Direct download: Episode_59.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 2:32am PDT

CrossFit athlete and coach Bill Grundler join Eddie, Kenny, and Armen as they discuss 13.5, showboating in CrossFit, general thoughts on the Open, Bill's experience in the Open, his athletic history, thoughts on competing in the Open class vs as a master, training as a master, thoughts on PEDs in CrossFit and it's use as a masters athlete, and lightning round listener questions.
Direct download: Episode_58.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 11:24pm PDT

MMA coach John Hackleman and Sal Masekela join Eddie, Kenny, and Armen as they catch up on the last week, get a call in from John Hackleman and Sal Masekela to discuss training fighters, training camps, and predictions for 13.5.
Direct download: Episode_57.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 3:03am PDT

Join Eddie, Kenny, and Armen with guest host Scott McGee as they discuss Kenny's experience with 13.3, PED testing, Corey Reed's performance on 13.3, Scott and Armen on 13.3, party tricks, predictions for 13.4, and little people CrossFitting.
Direct download: Episode_56.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 3:14am PDT

Join Eddie, Armen, and guest host Scott McGee as they turn the tables around on Kenny Kane and have him on the hot seat and chat about midgets in CrossFit, 13.2, Josh Golden, predictions for 13.3, Kenny's childhood and sports background, his high school and college athletics, being a comedian and hip hop dancer, followed by lightning round of listener's questions.

Direct download: Episode_55.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 3:07am PDT

Join Kenny Kane, Armen Hammer, and Scott McGee as they catch up on the Open, chat about growth and diversity in CrossFit, different mentalities in training and competition, Ruth's bee sting during the Games, Scott's recent SWAT stories, questionable scores on 13.1, and updates on the Leaderboard.
Direct download: Episode_54.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 3:46am PDT

CrossFit Games athlete Kenneth Leverich and Ryan Fisher join Kenny Kane, and Eddie Ifft. Armen Hammer is out this episode due to a cold.  The guys give some insight on what fuel goes in their bodies before a game like kit kats an chocolate milk. Ryan talks about how he tried to buy 100 lbs of grass fed beef.

Direct download: Episode_53.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 2:55am PDT

Kiwi and CrossFit Games athlete Ruth Horrell joins Kenny, Eddie, and Armen as they discuss programming in CrossFit, the growth and future of online programs, Brendan's 1:28 Diane video, then catch up with Ruth's training, Ruth's experience at the Games (including going temporarily blind after the rope climb/sled event), recovering between events, sponsorship opportunities as the sport grows, and answer questions from the fans.
Direct download: Episode_52.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 12:12am PDT

Chad Kibbey and Brendan Griffin join Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they discuss the demographic of Palm Springs, the Wodcast Podcast's new shirts and website, Armen's post workout meal earlier in the day, Eddie's current injuries, Chad Kibbey's gym in Palm Desert, Brendan's 1:28 (!!!) Diane, his lifestyle and background, Chad's background and story, then answer questions from the listeners and the hosts.

Direct download: Episode_51.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 10:40pm PDT

Christmas Abbot joins Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they catch up on Eddie's couple weeks off, Armen's first experience with Isabel, Christmas' job with the Level 1 Seminar crew, doing hill sprints with Kenny, her introduction to NASCAR, then we answer questions from the listeners.
Direct download: Episode_50.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 11:30pm PDT

CrossFit superstar athlete Lindsey Valenzuela joins Kenny Kane, Armen Hammer, and guest host Scott McGee as they try to introduce Lindsey to John Hackleman over the phone, chat with Matty Aporta about Armen's shitty assay results, how to get better, SFH's new high potency fish oils. After, Lindsey addresses the steroids question, chats about her experience at SEALfit's Kokoro camp, how she grew as a competitor thanks to Kokoro, transitioning into the role of a professional athlete, moving from a 9-5 job into the role of a coach, possible drama from moving from one gym into another community, being the People's Champ, growing personally. Then we check in with Mina, who's a teen competitor and one of Lindsey's biggest fans about how Lindsey inspires her, and her mom (Dizzle, our resident Vegan) talks about building an all girls CrossFit team. Finally, we address some of the questions from the listeners.
Direct download: Episode_49.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 11:30pm PDT

Lindsey Valenzuela joins Kenny Kane, Armen Hammer, and guest host Scott McGee as they try to introduce Lindsey to John Hackleman over the phone, chat with Matty Aporta about Armen's shitty assay results, how to get better, SFH's new high potency fish oils. After, Lindsey addresses the steroids question, chats about her experience at SEALfit's Kokoro camp, how she grew as a competitor thanks to Kokoro, transitioning into the role of a professional athlete, moving from a 9-5 job into the role of a coach, possible drama from moving from one gym into another community, being the People's Champ, growing personally. Then we check in with Mina, who's a teen competitor and one of Lindsey's biggest fans about how Lindsey inspires her, and her mom (Dizzle, our resident Vegan) talks about building an all girls CrossFit team. Finally, we address some of the questions from the listeners.
Direct download: Episode_48.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 12:23am PDT

CrossFit coach and Whole Life Challenger Michael Stanwyck joins Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer as they discuss Armen's beard, Eddie's weekend in Vegas, Armen's experience at the OC Throwdown, the Spartan Race, the start and structure of The Whole Life Challenge, and the guys reveal the shocking results of the omega 3 blood tests they took last week.

Direct download: Episode_47.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 10:41pm PDT

We interview Andrea Ager, Lindsey Valenzuela, Corey Reed, Luke Kayyem and many more at the OC Throwdown!  

Direct download: Episode_46.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:26am PDT

Stronger Faster Helathier's Matty Aporta joins Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer as they chat about recent drama between Freddy Camacho, Luke Kayyem, and CrossFit HQ, Rich Froning's videos on the journal, getting into Matty's history with the fish oil industry, and answer questions from the listeners.

Direct download: Episode_45.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 2:26am PDT

Join Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they take a look back of some of the best moments of 2012.

Direct download: episode_44.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 5:28pm PDT

Owner of CrossFit Paradiso, Dave 'Diso' Paradiso joins Eddie, Kenny, and Armen as they chat about Eddie's non-injuries, puking during workouts, Armen's training, messing with our listeners, Diso's experience opening his gym, and answer questions from the listeners.

Direct download: Episode_43.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 4:28am PDT

Nutritionist Nell Stephenson joins Eddie, Kenny, and Armen as they catch up with Eddie and Armen, chat about Nell's intro to Paleo and Dr Cordain, the challenges of finding balance in the world of Paleo and CrossFit,  the protein in Paleo, and answer questions from listeners about drinking, performance, supplements, and more.

Direct download: Episode_42.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 4:15am PDT

Coach Chris Mello joins Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they catch up with Eddie and Armen, chat about The Outlaw Open, the growth of the Games, how Chris moved from Santa Monica to South Dakota and opening the first CrossFit box in that state, and finishing up by answering questions from the listeners.

Direct download: Episode_41.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 1:53am PDT

Fake gym owners and athletes Danny Lesslie and Logan Gelbrich join Kenny Kane and Armen Hammer as they discuss competing at regionals, owning a gym and gym loyalty, #FakeGym and the start of Functional Fitness on the Bluffs, competing at CFLA while owning another gym, failing gyms, turnover in gyms, the importance of blogs to growing a community, choosing between affiliating and staying unaffiliated.

Direct download: Episode_40.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:10am PDT

Athlete and coach JP Perelmutter join Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they discuss Anthos, more cock injuries, and CrossFit's growth as a sport and business.

Direct download: Episode_39.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 2:03am PDT

Dat Phan joins Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft and Armen Hammer as they discuss penis injuries, steroids in CrossFit, Dat Phan's CrossFit experience, being healthy as a professional traveling comedian, how Kenny and Dat bonded over pre-comedy mobilizing, Kenny's sweatsuit dance party, Eddie's plans in Kansas City, the comedians' bad experiences as performers, and CrossFit escalation.
Direct download: Episode_38.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 4:08am PDT

Sal Masekela joins Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they chat about Sal and Kenny's weekend up at The Pit with John Hackleman, political correctness, swimming with sharks, who's got more balls between extreme athletes and fighters, Sal's exit from the ESPN X-Games, and CrossFit's growth and the future monetization of CrossFit.
Direct download: Episode_37.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 3:54am PDT

Join Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer while they talk with parpicipants from the Crush Cancer fundriser. 
Direct download: Episode_36.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 11:30pm PDT

Justin Flynn of Orange Coast CrossFit joins Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they catch up on Eddie's travels, chat about surfing goofy foot and what that means, how Justin found CrossFit in the jungles of Indonesia, the birth of Orange Coast CrossFit, his new competition box and the difference between training and working out, the nutrition of elite CrossFitters, the saturation of CrossFit gyms, and his Phenom clothing line.

Direct download: Episode_35.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 2:20am PDT

Ron Mathews, who's opening Reebok CrossFit Lab (in West Hollywood, CA) joins Kenny Kane and Armen Hammer as they discuss his training history, competing as a decathlete in college, his current numbers as a CrossFitter (for example a sub 4 minute King Kong), his first experience with CrossFit, thoughts on building weight classes into CrossFit competitions, answering questions from Facebook, opening a Reebok gym in Los Angeles, and his relationship with Reebok.

Direct download: episode_34.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 10:17pm PDT

Dusty Hyland joins Kenny Kane and Armen Hamner as they chat about Crush Cancer, Eddie's absence, Armen getting pulled over for j-walking, coaching handstands and muscle ups, and recovering from a badass injury.

Direct download: Episode_33.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 10:00am PDT

Tim Thackrey (owner of CF High Voltage) joins Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they catch up with Armen's week off, Eddie's sprained ankle, chat about Tim's background in martial arts, what it was like living at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado, compare Tim's snatch and clean and jerks with Armen's lifts, what it was like to compete as a world class badass, and how he started his CrossFit gym and grew it to where it is today.

Direct download: Episode_32.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:07am PDT

Sean Waxman joins Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they chat about being a competive weightlifter. The guys read some questions for Sean from the fans about techique and form.

Direct download: Episode_31.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 9:34pm PDT

Join Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer on this special trip to Cross Fit LA. We have a jammed packed episode with Andy Petranek, Andrea Ager, Fitness Lonnie, "The Apostles" John and Paul, and friend to the show Cory Reed.  

Direct download: Episode_30.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 2:13am PDT

Special vegan guests Todd Spradlin and Dizzle Rivera join Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they chat about being a vegan CrossFitter, prejudice against vegans, sources of protein, and the benefits of being vegan.

Direct download: Episode_29.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 1:04am PDT

Corey Reed joins Coach Kenny Kane, comedian Eddie Ifft, and athlete Armen Hammer on episode 29 of the Wodcast Podcast as they catch up after four weeks off, chat about Corey's training, Corey's decision to compete as a blind CrossFitter, setting up a blind competition between Armen and Corey, and applying natural athleticism as an adaptive athlete.
Direct download: Episode_28.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 11:52pm PDT

Andrea Ager joins Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer as they discuss her college track experience, competing at the 2012 SoCal Regionals, not making it to the Games, drug testing at the Games, Project Agerbomb, and her training

Direct download: Episode_27.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 11:42pm PDT

Andy Thompson, owner of CrossFit Hollywood and Position Apperal, joins the Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer as they talk about Anthos and CrossFit, the split with JP and Brick, CrossFit comps and inflation, training, and Andy's apparel company 'Position Apparel'
Direct download: Episode_26.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 12:14am PDT

Scott McGee joins Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they discuss coughing up blood, CrossFit SWAT competitions, guns and their place in the US, mental toughness, and Scott's thoughts on the Games.
Direct download: Episode_25.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 8:21pm PDT

Katie Hogan joins Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they catch up on what's going on with Armen's blog, discuss training for the Games, competing vs commentating, and how she'd love to date Armen.

Direct download: EPISODE_24.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 12:58am PDT

Join Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, Armen Hammer and Machete the Sound Guy as they record guerilla style from the 2012 Competitive Exercise Games.  With plenty of guests and some surprises, you definitely won't wanna miss these!
Direct download: Episode_23.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 12:44am PDT

Join Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, Armen Hammer and Machete (the Sound Guy) as they record guerilla style from the 2012 Competitive Exercise Games.  With plenty of guests and some surprises, you definitely won't wanna miss these!
Direct download: Episode_22.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 9:47pm PDT

Matt Willis, wide receiver for the Denver Broncos, joins Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they chat about the announced Games events, playing in the NFL, the mental side of competition, and the comparison between competitive exercisers and NFL players.

Direct download: Episode_21.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 4:15am PDT

übermensch Mark Divine of SealFit joins Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as we discuss the tenets  of SealFit, what it does, the similarities between SealFit and CrossFit, the importance of breath, and strategies for developing mental toughness.

Direct download: Episode_20.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 3:33am PDT

Ruth Anderson Horrell joins Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they talk about what's been going on with The Naked CrossFitter, Ruth's training, how wonderful New Zealand accents are bru, and what's really involved with sheep farming.
Direct download: Episode_19.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 11:30pm PDT

Fitness Lonnie joins Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they discuss where he came from, how his vids are going, and how he's homeless (seriously) and living the dream.
Direct download: Episode_18.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 7:24pm PDT

Lindsey Valenzuela and her husband Arsenio join Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer as they discuss Lindsey's Games experiences, the future of the Games, her training and recovery, where the Games are going, and Armen's CrossFit crushes.
Direct download: Episode_17.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 12:00am PDT

Lindsey Valenzuela and her husband Arsenio join Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer as they discuss Lindsey's Games experiences, the future of the Games, her training and recovery, where the Games are going, and Armen's CrossFit crushes.
Direct download: Episode_16.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 1:31am PDT

Dr. Lindsey Mathews joins Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer as they discus common CrossFit injuries, Eddie's numerous injuries, the lifetime of an elite CrossFitter, and CrossFitting while pregnant.
Direct download: Episode_15.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 10:30pm PDT

Scott McGee joins Eddie Ifft,  Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer for episode 14 of the Wodcast Podcast where we discuss CrossFit for SWAT, the origin of event 1 from the 2011 Games, catch lines, and how CrossFit helps foot pursuits.

Direct download: Episode_14.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 10:34pm PDT

Jordan Gravatt of CrossFit Media and CrossFit by Overload joins Kenny Kane, Eddie Ifft, and Armen Hammer as they talk about media, the growth of CrossFit, traveling with the media crew, and the future of all media as we know it.

Direct download: Episode_13.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 8:41am PDT

Tait Fletcher joins Eddie, Kenny, and Armen as they chat about Tait's past in MMA, the development of CrossFit as a sport, sports as a path to self growth, and the best way to empty a room (the answer is really bad supplement farts).
Direct download: Episode_12.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 12:00am PDT

Andy Petranek, owner of CrossFit Los Angeles, one of the original affiliates, joins Kenny, Eddie, and Armen as they talk about the growth of CrossFit, what it was like in the early 2000s, adventure racing, and how shitty anal fissures can get.
Direct download: Episode_11.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 10:48pm PDT

Sean Waxman joins Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer at the Wodcast Podcast as they discuss Olympic weightlifting in Crossfit and around the world, steroid use in sports, and how you should approach your own weightlifting training!

Direct download: Episode_10.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 9:40pm PDT

Sean Waxman joins Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer at the Wodcast Podcast as they discuss Olympic weightlifting in Crossfit and around the world, steroid use in sports, and how you should approach your own weightlifting training!

Direct download: Episode_9.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 3:09am PDT

Corey Reed, adaptive athlete, joins Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer they talk about how Corey is still a better athlete even though he's blind and has only one leg, the mental fortitude required to grow past life changing circumstances, and why you shouldn't fart around blind guys.

Direct download: Episode_8.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 5:56am PDT

Sal Masekela joins Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer on a new episode of the Wodcast Podcast and talk about Sal's extreme sports background, ESPN, eastern Euro porn, when Nike will take over CrossFit, and lots of surfing.

Direct download: Episode_7.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 10:16pm PDT

Jarett Perelmutter joins Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer as they chat about Armen and JP's beef, training like you're willing to die, and why Ronnie Teasdale isn't such a douchebag after all.

Direct download: Episode_6.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 2:17am PDT

Dusty Hyland of Dogtown CrossFit and CrossFit Gymnastics joins Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer as they chat about gymnastics, the future of the CrossFit Games, and why you'll never win.

Direct download: Episode_5.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 3:27am PDT

Join Eddie Ifft, Kenny Kane, and Armen Hammer as they catch up on the first three weeks of the 2012 Open, covering topics ranging from the Russian sports aerobic’s 161 reps on 12.1 to Fitness Lonnie’s brand of CrossFit videos to Armen’s feud with Pukie on The Naked CrossFitter.

Direct download: Episode_4.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 12:00am PDT

On this episode of the WODCast Podcast, the guys chat about nutrition, what a team of CrossFit misfits would look like, and even touch on the effects of sex on athletic performance.

Direct download: Episode_3.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 12:00am PDT

Sandy Hill, a mountaineer and adventurer joins the guys and talk about climbing the Seven Summits, some crazy stories of her adventures and the guys chat about why CrossFitters get so obsessed with CrossFit. 

Direct download: Episode_2.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 12:00am PDT

On this episode of the WODCast Podcast, Eddie Ifft and Armen "The Naked CrossFitter" Hammer introduce themselves and chat a little about how they ended up on a filthy couch in Venice talking about how ridiculous exercise is.  They're joined by Kenny Kane, coach of the CrossFit LA competition team.

Direct download: WODCAST_1.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 3:00pm PDT