WOD BAE Podcast

Do CrossFitters want their hobby to be more mainstream, or is there something in the fact that it is so niche that makes it so appealing? We also discuss our experience of health education when we were at school.

Don't get me wrong, I love CrossFit, hopefully that's obvious! However, sometimes, it sucks. In this episode I talk with my regular co-host Paul about how it might not be ideal if you have specific aesthetic or fitness goals; the problem of finding the right intensity during classes so as not to sacrifice the next few days training; the problems of not knowing what the workout is going to be in advance; when the programming is not for mere mortals; the struggles we have with scaling; common injuries; how expensive it can be; and when your workout buddies decide to quit CrossFit.

Those that train together stay together...sometimes. A surprisingly large amount couples CrossFit together and many singletons find love at the box. This week Flo and Paul discuss their experiences wodding as a couple and also answer a question sent in from a listener who is struggling with their pull ups. This episode was recorded on Valentine's Day 2021 as a Twitch livestream.

One of the CrossFit fundamentals is constantly varied training, but what does this mean, and why is it so important and effective? Routine is the enemy, the beauty is in the movements and the art is in the programming!

In this episode Flo and Paul discuss the third level of the CrossFit pyramid of fitness: gymnastics.

This week's episode recorded as a twitch livestream focusses on metabolic conditioning, the second level on the CrossFit pyramid of fitness. Paul joins Flo once again to Cho-host and provides listeners with a first-hand account of what it's like to have an MRI scan.

In this week's episode Flo is joined by Paul and together they discuss what RX'ing workouts involves.

Morgan Bungerz started the first virtual-only CrossFit affiliate in October 2020 and he gets to honour his father's passing every single day with the work that he is doing.

This week Paul cohosts another episode with me on the importance of strength training and who should be regularly strength training. We discuss weightlifting - which is the second level of the CrossFit pyramid of fitness - as well as bodyweight movements, functional body building and kettlebell training.

This week I am joined once again by my co-host Paul and we respond to a nutrition-based question sent in by a listener. Nutrition is the first and most important level of the CrossFit pyramid. The pyramid is a diagram that illustrates the theoretical hierarchy for the development of an athlete. This episode was recorded as a Twitch livestream in December 2020 so we can be heard responding to viewers interacting in the chat bar.

I recently met Meg through my CrossFit gym after she joined following the first lockdown in 2020 and this week she cohosts the episode with me. We discuss her instagram page, the Fit Foodie Feed, where she has been regularly posting pictures of the food she buys, cooks and then eats. We then answer questions that were sent in by some of her followers.

Dr Lou returns to co-host another episode and this time we swapped diets for a day. What do your average CrossFitters really eat? What are their nutrition goals? What even is a tomatillo?! Find out this and a lot more in this week's wod bae podcast episode.

This week I am once again joined by my cohost Paul and we go through our guide to dropping in to other CrossFit gyms all over the world. The research involved before you go, the etiquette to adhere to once you are there for your workout and some tips for after you leave. This episode was recorded as a livestream on Twitch so you we also interact with viewers via the chatbar.

In this week's episode I am joined by my co-host Paul and we discuss the importance of setting goals. Whilst we agree that it's not good plan every single experience, in order to track our progress and give us something to look forward to, having a few realistic goals in mind helps keeps us both motivated with our training. Thinking out loud, we review our experiences of 2020, the good and the bad. By looking back we can then plan to avoid the negative and recreate the positive things that were a feature of the past year and make a few quality goals for the year ahead.

Supplements can be intimidating at first. There are so many on the market and it can be confusing when it comes to choosing which ones you should be taking. This week I discuss my approach to supplements, which ones I take regularly and why. I am joined by Leigh Jeffries and Ellie Bradsell, a CrossFitting couple who incorporate a range of supplements into their daily routine and who first introduced me to some of the supplements mentioned in this episode.

This week Flo and Paul live-streamed an episode on Twitch all about home gyms. There are so many benefits to working out at home but what equipment do you actually need to achieve a good workout? If money was no object what sort of things would be at the top of your shopping list? There's also a discussion on the future of gym memberships when so many of us have experienced the convenience of Zoom workouts.

Another Rest Day episode is here! Rest days are so important to include in your training. This time the rest day activity of choice is reading and I am joined by the extremely well-read Dr Jess Pancholi from The Candid Book Club and Sky Arts Book Club Live fame. I quiz Jess on what it's like to be part of a successful book club with a global audience, what makes a good book and which titles she includes in her all-time favourite reads.

Join me this week where I discuss taking training to the next level and explore how competing differs form your normal everyday workouts. For this episode I am joined by my favourite team mate Paul and together we cover the CrossFit Open, local competitions and the qualifying process for the CrossFit Games as well as all the joys that come with being a spectator at some of the bigger events out there watching the world's fittest athletes.

In this week's episode I talk about why I'm no longer wearing a fitness tracker. I'm also joined by my good friend and fellow CrossFit fanatic Dan Maisey, who has recently taken out a Whoop membership and has never looked back.

In this week's episode I unravel the mysteries of macro counting. I offer some helpful hints on understanding your calorie needs and how to eat in order to fuel your workout, gain muscle or lose fat, depending on your goals.

Join me this week as I'll be answering listener questions on going back to the gym post-lockdown; the differences, the challenges and dare I say the improvements?

This week's episode features my first female co-host, Dr Louise Heinrich who resides in sunny California. Recorded over Zoom, we keep it real and our conversation covers a range of bases. Touching on both light and heavy topics, we draw comparisons between our experiences of working out at both British and American gyms.

On this episode I discuss common CrossFit injuries including my own and how I learnt to adapt and overcome.

Joining me today for our first Rest Day episode is Dr James Chapman. We talk films, the good, the bad and the downright inappropriate.

A listener wanted to know how and why I got into CrossFit, why I've stuck with it and what keeps me motivated to carry on.

In this episode I talk about the benefits of keeping a workout journal to track progress in the gym. I also touch on my experience of keeping a 'lockdown' journal and how this has helped me to record memories, been great writing practice for that novel I've been meaning to get to and been a useful way to provoke ideas and set goals for what I want to achieve both in and out of the gym.

This week I am joined by my WOD partner for life and we talk about lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic and what it meant for us and for our community with regard to training from home, motivation and the mental aspects of staying fit and healthy under lockdown.

Welcome to the first ever episode of the WOD BAE podcast, in this episode I introduce myself and the concept behind the podcast. Join me as we delve into the reasons why I do CrossFit, why I wanted to start this podcast and what you can expect in future episodes.