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Ben wasn't always a working comic in the LA Comedy Scene. Prior to becoming a comedian, Ben was a athlete rowing crew for Trinity College in Connecticut and then went on to get his L1 Cert and start coaching at CrossFit Marin and actually competed on the CrossFit Games team from CrossFit Marin in one of the earliest Games at the Ranch in Aromas. Ben and Eddie have a lot in common and a lot to talk about on this episode of the WODcast.

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Eddie stopped into Crossfit Max Effort in Las Vegas to workout, complain and talk Zach's ear off about what is more difficult, BUD's training or the Crossfit Games

Just Armen and Eddie catch up on fitness. 

We are going to talk about the new Regional/Team format, The Holiday Open, growth/decline of affiliates, MC’ing and coaching WWE stars in CrossFit and more!! 

We welcome CrossFit Regionals Athlete and Owner/Designer of the dynamic sports apparel company Vull Sport, Kat Leone! 
Kat has competed at several regionals and has created comfortable functional apparel that’s looks good.

Join Armen Hammer and Scott McGee as they record live from the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games with Kevin Ogar, Sam Dancer, Lauren Brooks, Katie Hogan, Dani Sidell, Val Voboril, and more!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.