Girls Gone WOD Podcast

Oh-EM-GEE you guys. Sam Dancer! We met Sam at the Games this summer and it was love at first sight. Sam is one of those individuals you meet and instantly feel like you’ve known them for years. He cares so deeply about fitness and improving lives, and you’ll hear all about it on this week’s show! We talk about mental game, how Sam screens members for his gym, and mood-changing shellac polish. It’s Sam, would you expect anything less? It’s a one-of-a-kind interview for GGW Podcast, you won’t want to miss this one! Support the podcast by supporting QALO! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!

This week we get an extra special update from Claire! What’s it like being a new mom? She tells us all about it and then we start talking about Hunger Games and, is this what sleep deprivation sounds like? “OK irregardless”, it feels good to be back on the mic with Claire. We pre-recorded a great interview with Shane Farmer (CFL1 and CF Rowing Seminar Staff) for you! A collegiate athlete and 4x CrossFit Games team athlete, Shane has mastered the art of working hard and smart and knows what it takes to reach the highest levels of competition. Throughout his career Shane has always been surrounded by the greatest minds in the world of coaching.  Olympic weightlifting, rowing, mindset, programming. All of the people he’s met throughout his career have molded the way he views and trains performance. His beliefs have led him to the desire to support ANYONE who has a passion to improve their life and he builds his coaching accordingly. Find Shane and his awesome coaching videos at www.shanefarmer.com and www.darkhorserowing.com   Girls Gone WOD Podcast is sponsored by QALO.COM

It’s a very special interview with 2-time CF Games athlete Jenny LaBaw. You guys, she just ran 500 miles in the Colorado mountains to raise funds for epilepsy. That’s a lot of miles and a lot of mental game. Jenny tells us all about the experience and also opens up about her personal journey being diagnosed with epilepsy at 8 years old. Catch her entire journey at LaBawLife.com where you can also donate to her fundraising campaign. Let’s help her reach her goal of $50,000 for the Epilepsy Foundation!

Claire might still be waiting on her marathon (yep guys, she’s STILL pregnant), but Joy completed her (actual literal) marathon this past weekend, and let’s just say it lived up to her expectations. Running 26.2 miles is no easy feat, and Joy goes into the details of her training, the race, her marathon spirit animal, how she recovered afterwards, and the realization that long distance running might just not be her jam anymore. Of course we also get an update on Claire’s never-ending pregnancy, and even try to catch up on some pop culture. It might involve some Glee sing-a-long time… and we’re not sorry. Girls Gone WOD Podcast is sponsored by QALO. http://qalo.com  

Joy’s running a marathon this weekend, Claire’s still pregnant, and John Hay has a sixth sense for finding Delilah on nighttime radio… What else do you need to know? Ok, obviously we are never that succinct (which is why you love us… right?), and this week we also talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of coaching cues, how to tell if you’re setting realistic goals, and why the problem with “body positivity” is that it acts like it wants to shift the conversation while still keeping the focus squarely on our bodies. Not cool, guys. PS, don’t forget to check us out on Harder to Kill Radio Episode 23 this week! Girls Gone WOD Podcast is sponsored by QALO. http://qalo.com

Who doesn’t love a classic J&C Q&A? Because we sure do! But first thing’s first: Joy watched the Froning movie (swoon), and if you’re looking for a quick shot of CrossFit Kool-aid, you might want to watch it too. Then it’s back to the basics with our favorite pieces of game-changing CrossFit gear and a recap of our workouts from the past week (ok, Joy’s workouts and Claire’s dreams about workouts). We also chat about clean & jerk PRs and what happens if you suddenly realize your gainz are getting a little too… gainzey. Is that a word? Well, it is now. Just go with it.

This week’s episode is all about the F word: FEAR. Our biggest fears, our silliest fears, our deepest darkest fears… and YOUR biggest fears, too. From failure to disappointment to spiders, fear is natural, but it can rule our lives if we’re not careful. Joy puts on her therapist headband (and Claire even gets an honorary therapist hat for a few minutes), and we dive into coping with fears, rationalizing them, and living with them for better or worse. Girls Gone WOD Podcast is sponsored by QALO. http://qalo.com

This week we are excited to welcome Sarah Pierce to GGW! Sarah is a legit OG CrossFitter–y’know, the type who has done Fran at The Ranch in Asics running shoes. Because obviously. In this episode we hear all about Sarah’s transitions from casual CrossFitter, to Regionals competitor, to GRID League athlete, and everything in-between–including her nutrition tips for where to begin if you want to “dial in” your diet, and supersecret behind-the-scenes info about what happens when you’re at a judge at The Games. There might even be a #crossfitvan moment or two… You’ve been warned. Girls Gone WOD Podcast is sponsored by QALO. http://qalo.com  

Birthdays, half marathons, preggo WODs, and teeny bikinis–there’s just so much to talk about this week! Joy is back from Hawaii, and it’s time to hear about how she used CrossFit to train for the Kauai Half Marathon–and most of all about all the #marriagehacks it takes to survive traveling with a spouse who travels for a living. We grapple with some tough questions, like why and how young teenagers get away with wearing Brazilian bikinis on family vacations and what the term “fun run” even means. And we finally find out what baby names are under consideration for Baby Koch… Spoiler alert: You are going to love them (and if you don’t, we don’t want to hear about it). Girls Gone WOD Podcast is sponsored by QALO. http://qalo.com  

This episode is a little bit of a love letter to CrossFit. But we don’t love to WOD because we love burpees, or hand rips, or being so sore we can barely walk (although we do kind of love those things, let’s be honest). It’s because there’s something about this crazy sport that teaches us about ourselves and the world around us in a way that nothing else can. So this week we talk about what CrossFit has taught us, and learn the things that CrossFit has taught our listeners, too. Oh, and it’s JOY’S BIRTHDAY!!! So we obviously talk about that, too. Yay CrossFit and Happy Birthday Joy!! Girls Gone WOD Podcast is sponsored by QALO. http://qalo.com

Ok, so summer isn’t officially over yet, but with the start of September we can’t help but start thinking about fall! Fall means boots, scarves, pink glitter trench coats (ok, maybe that’s just Joy), and being able to run outside during a WOD without getting heat stroke… what’s not to love? But sometimes the transition into cooler weather can mean watching your motivation cool off a little bit, too. So in this episode we talk about our strategies for staying motivated as the seasons change and set some goals for the next few months, plus hear about Joy’s muscle-up journey and Claire’s continuing adventures with preggo CrossFitting. Girls Gone WOD Podcast is sponsored by QALO. http://qalo.com

It seems like it’s been forever since we had a good gab sesh, so this week it’s time to play catch-up with our lives! Claire is finally moved in to her new apartment (mostly), Joy is mourning the fact that she chose a vacation to Hawaii over Taylor Swift tickets (SUCH a hard life!), and we finally hear the John Hay croissant story. This episode is also chock-full of tips for pacing, our favorite and least favorite benchmark WODs, recommendations for weightlifting belts, and lots of tangents. As always, because that’s why you love us. Right? Ok great. Girls Gone WOD Podcast is sponsored by QALO. http://qalo.com

Emily Abbott is a 2-time CrossFit Games competitor from Calgary, and it was love at first sight when we saw her walk onto the floor at the Games! Maybe it’s her red hair, the abundance of Instagram pics of her in viking costumes, or maybe it’s the fact that her intense work ethic radiates off her from a mile away. Either way, we are thrilled to have her on the podcast this week! We ask Emily all about how she got into CrossFit, what it’s like to compete in Carson, and how she went from 35th place at the 2014 Games to a Top 10 finish in 2015. Hint: Pizza, ice cream, and going commando might be factors. Just saying.   Girls Gone WOD Podcast is sponsored by QALO. http://qalo.com

Steph “the Hammer” Hammerman is the world’s first CFL2 with Cerebral Palsy, a founding member of a group of adaptive CrossFit athletes known as the “Wheelchair Gang,” and basically an all-around badass. And we could not be more excited to get to chat with her this week! Everyone who has met Steph will tell you she is known for her outgoing attitude, her brutal WODs, and her ability to call you out on your BS… which may or may not happen a few times on this episode, as a matter of fact! We also talk about how CrossFit has helped Steph redefine her mission to bring athletics to the adaptive community, her best tips for new CrossFitters, her advice for coaching adaptive athletes, and why showing up every day with an Rx effort is more important than “Rx-ing” a WOD could ever be. Girls Gone WOD Podcast is sponsored by QALO. http://qalo.com

How do we love Juli Bauer… Let us count the ways! Juli is back this week to talk about her new cookbook, Juli Bauer’s Paleo Cookbook! She says that if her first cookbook was her high school diploma, and her second cookbook was her college degree, then this one is her Master’s thesis. But writing a cookbook isn’t all frosting samples and bloody mary tastings, and she lets us in on the behind-the-scenes details of what it’s really like to spend a year pouring your heart into a project like this one. And of course, we can’t help but catch up on Juli’s life, upcoming wedding plans, her new house, and find out her pick for the best margaritas in Denver! Girls Gone WOD Podcast is sponsored by QALO. http://qalo.com