Those Summa Guys

Mike and Sean discuss recent CrossFit sports news regarding Teen competitors, Youth Sport culture, and how coaches and parents can foster fun and lifelong pursuit of health and wellness through youth sports!

Mike and Sean discuss muscle soreness, what it is, what it ain't, how much to expect and how to mitigate it's negative effects!

Sean interviews Mike on the 10th anniversary of CrossFit Summa about the businesses humble beginnings!

Mike and Sean discuss how they scale workouts at CrossFIt Summa, when to scale up or down, why it matters, and how you should feel about your performances!

Mike and Sean are joined by Katie to talk about nutrition again and lay out the upcoming Nutrition Challenge!

Mike and Sean made this episode to speak directly to people thinking about or curious about starting CrossFit. Please send this to a loved one or friend that is interested!

Mike and Sean sit down with Rick Shea, coach at CrossFit Summa, father, fire-fighter and super cool dude. They get his views on fitness for life, balancing many different roles and how to enjoy what you're doing!

Mike and Sean discuss the mental game of training before, during and after the workout and how to take the lessons learned and apply them to your everyday life!

Mike and Sean discuss a member's question of "What's the point of HSPU's and other movements, if I just want to look good naked?" So they dive into why they program varied movements, how individual goals influence exercise selection and how to become a functional human!

Mike and Sean answer the hypothetical question, "What if you could only do one workout for the rest of your life?" They discuss what makes a great workout and ways to think about developing workouts for yourself.

Mike and Sean discuss the upcoming CrossFit Open, how to prepare, be successful, their predictions and why you should totally do it!

Mike and Sean are joined by real-life superhero and coach at CrossFit Summa, Stef Neubauer. They discuss her journey to discovering CrossFit, how her mindset has shifted over the years, how what she prioritizes for her health and fitness!

Mike and Sean ring in the New Year with a talk about the stages of change, making SMART goals, and how to make your resolutions and goals stick for the long term!

Mike and Sean look into their crystal ball to predict the possible future of the fitness industry and the trends that they see raising to the top!

Mike and Sean what goes into a great warm-up, why you should prioritize them and really take a good warm-up seriously!

Mike and Sean sit down with Dr. James Smith, a physical therapist and member of CrossFit Summa to talk about common injuries, how to prevent, injuries, and how to live a better life!

Mike and Sean discuss reasons why people typically avoid workouts, the benefits of coming on those particular days, as well as a plan to follow and ways to frame your mindset around these ideas

Mike and Sean discuss common barriers to working towards goals over the holiday season and ways to stay on track as well as ways to improve your mindset and expectations

Mike and Sean discuss when and why you should take rest days from the gym and how to properly "take a rest day"

Mike and Sean discuss gym gear and what types of things you need, what is nice to have and what is probably not necessary, let us know what you think!

Mike and Sean are joined by fellow owner of CrossFit Summa, Katie Hunsberger to to talk about the most common things that they see in their affiliate regarding nutrition and why people are not reaching their goals, with simple steps to start implementing to improve!

Mike and Sean have fun reminiscing over their own personal top 3 favorite workouts of all time as well as the top 3 workouts that made them question their life choices up until that point!

Mike and Sean sit down to discuss the formerly unspoken rules of the gym and best practices to keep the culture and community strong. They discuss: -Cleaning up after yourself -Being on time -Late cancelling/ No showing -How to be coachable -Scaling/ Cheating reps or movements -Introducing yourself to new members -Not giving up!

Mike and Sean get heated in this debate over which Olympic Lift is more functional. They discuss appropriate uses of the lifts for improving health and fitness.

Mike and Sean discuss scaling workouts in the gym, why everyone should do it, ways to do it properly, the mindset around scaling and why it may be the key to consistent long-term fitness gains! Article mentioned in podcast: https://journal.crossfit.com/article/cfj-scaling-crossfit-workouts

Mike and Sean are joined by their wives, Katie and Krystal, on the podcast to discuss what health fitness looks like with a partner, in some chances that supports you and then looks at what can be done when one partner prioritizes health more or is not supportive of your goals. Let us know if you want more of Katie and Krystal and it was fun having everyone in on the conversation!

Mike and Sean discuss chasing those mythical PR attempts on heavy lifting days, how often you should expect to PR and what your mindset should be when you get to the gym on heavy days. This was a fun one! Article that we reference in the episode: https://journal.crossfit.com/article/cfj-on-unicorns-and-how-to-hunt-them

Mike and Sean share their Top 3 most memorable workouts while traveling and tips and tricks for success on your fitness journey while traveling for fun, work or just having to squeeze a quick workout in at home!

This episode is Sean and Mike answering some concerns from members about "what should I be doing" to improve in their fitness journey. They go into depth on their philosophy on programming for a CrossFit gym for health, longevity and continual improvement. They talk about key issues such as Intensity in favor of volume, doing varied workouts, coaching considerations, building culture all in the context of how to program effective workouts for a gym.