Talking Elite Fitness

A CrossFit hero has been immortalized in Star Wars lore!  Sean and Tommy talk about Riley Howell becoming an official Jedi.  They have a quick review of the season so far, look ahead to the Mayhem Classic and Sean tells us how he almost got a job working with TV bears.  Plus, more Crazy Things We Saw and support for our friends Down Under.

Russ Greene is the former Director of Government Relations and Research for CrossFit.  He played an instrumental role in CrossFit's legal battle with the NSCA that recently resulted in a judge awarding CrossFit $4-million in legal fees and granting their motion to terminate sanctions.  Sean and Tommy talk to Russ about who the whole thing got started, how it escalated and what might have happened had CrossFit decided to just look the other way.

On this special Holiday edition of Talking Elite Fitness Sean and Tommy hand out gifts to CrossFit athletes.  Some are practical, some are imaginary, some are a little mean and some are somewhat dumb.  It's all in good fun as we look to spread a little joy this holiday season!

The final Sanctional of 2019 is in the books.  Sean and Tommy recap the Dubai CrossFit Championship.  What impressed Tommy the most about Brent Fikowski's performance and what exactly is different about Sara Sigmundsdottir this season?  They also discuss CrossFit missing their self-imposed deadline to finalize the Open leaderboard on December 16th.  Plus, more Crazy Things we Saw and a quick review of the latest Star Wars movie.

On this new segment that will be featured exclusively on Patreon, stats and numbers guru Brian Friend joins Sean and Tommy to take a look back at the 2019 CrossFit Games.  What do the numbers tell us about how adequately the Games tested fitness?  Brian takes us through some stats he's gathered about scoring, average event finish of some specific athletes and intricacies of a few events to help answer that question.

Bethany Shadburne joins Sean Woodland on this edition of Fitness with Friends.  Shadburne recently won the SouthFit CrossFit Challenge down in Argentina to earn her fourth career trip to the CrossFit Games.  She talks about how she got into CrossFit after trying just about every other sport when she was younger, what her 8th place finish at the Games in 2019 did for her confidence and what she wants to accomplish the rest of this season.

Sean and Tommy discuss the recent court decision that ordered the NSCA to pay CrossFit nearly $4-million in legal fees and where things go from here.  They recap the Southfit CrossFit Challenge and the Pandaland CrossFit Challenge and tell you who stood out and who is heading to the Games from each competition.  Tommy has a rundown of everything that happened on the first day of competition at the Dubai CrossFit Championship and gets us set for day two.

Justin Medeiros won the Filthy 150 in Ireland to earn his first career invite to the CrossFit Games.  Mederios has been competing since he was a teenager and looks to be one of the rising stars of the sport of fitness.  He talks with Sean about how he found CrossFit, what motivated him to become a competitor and how a failure at the Granite Games last season helped prepare him for success this year.

On this episode, Tommy Marquez joins the show from Chengdu, China where he's covering the Pandaland CrossFit Challenge and meeting fans in some interesting settings.  Find out why he'll never look at a paddle the same way again.  He and Sean discuss the CrossFit Games return to Instagram, the latest round of penalties handed out from the Open and preview the two Sanctionals taking place this weekend in China and Argentina.

Sean and Tommy are back from Ireland and take a look back at the first Sanctional of 2019 - the Filthy 150.  Who is heading to the CrossFit Games and what questions do we have after watching three days of competition.  Plus - Crazy Things We Saw, rowing at Strength in Depth and some Thanksgiving hype to get you ready for those beans, greens, potatoes and tomatoes.

Sean and Tommy recap the second day of competition and get you ready for an exciting Sunday at the Filthy 150.  They breakdown the events the athletes will be facing on day three and set up the races for the coveted invites to the CrossFit Games.  

Sean and Tommy take a look back a the opening day of competition at the Filthy 150 and preview day number two.  Find out who put forth the most impressive performances and where the leaderboards stand heading into the weekend.  Plus, find out how the latest penalties from the Open have impacted qualification spots for the CrossFit Games.

Sean and Tommy preview day 1 of the first Sanctional of the year - the Filthy 150.  They run down the athletes to watch in the individual and team competitions and dive into Friday's events.  Plus, they have fun with some math courtesy of Jacob Heppner and Sean shares how a little common courtesy can make air travel much more enjoyable for everyone.

Fresh off a strong performance in the Open and a 6th place finish at the CrossFit Games, Jacob Heppner talks with Sean and Tommy on this edition of Fitness with Friends.  Heppner talks about his plans for the upcoming season, how he managed to deal with the handstand push up standard that gave him so much trouble a few years ago and what he's doing around his community to try and give back.

The Open is over and Sean and Tommy are here to recap the 5th and final week.  They go over the top scores from 20.5 and breakdown the final leaderboards for the men and women.  Minor penalties have been handed down for 20.3.  The guys debate one punishment, or lack thereof, in particular.  Also, the top headlines from around the sport, Crazy Things We Saw and the Patron of the Week.