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Best Hour of Their Day | Podcast

Hosted by Jason Ackerman and Jason Fernandez, Best Hour of Their Day is a podcast dedicated to helping the CrossFit community. We cover all aspects of fitness including coaching, training, competing, starting and growing a business, and everything in between. Regular guests include world-class athletes, some of the best Coaches in the world, fitness entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and more. Follow us on all socials! BestHourofTheirDay.com

Has CrossFit lost control of its own narrative?

59 mins; April 01, 2026

The Scaling Trap: How Coaches Keep CrossFit Athletes Stuck

61 hours 32 mins; March 31, 2026

How to Start an Adaptive Program at Your Gym | Jenna Muri-Rosenthal

58 mins; March 19, 2026

How to Get More Referrals in Your CrossFit Gym

61 hours 12 mins; March 17, 2026

CrossFit Open Workout 26.3 Coaching Tips

60 hours 50 mins; March 13, 2026

Our Business Coaches Audited CrossFit Elkhorn

52 mins; March 11, 2026

If Your CrossFit Gym Feels Stuck, Watch This

54 mins; March 09, 2026

CrossFit Open Workout 26.2 Coaching Tips

60 hours 36 mins; March 06, 2026

CrossFit Open Workout 26.1 Coaching Tips

56 mins; February 27, 2026

Why CrossFit Gym Owners Should Make $100k (But Most Don’t)

52 mins; February 25, 2026

CrossFit Open Barbell Prep: Standards, Strategy, and Smart Progressions

61 hours 12 mins; February 23, 2026

We’re Auditing a CrossFit Affiliate Live (Affiliate Intensive Winner)

61 hours 34 mins; February 18, 2026

Coaching Handstand Movements for the CrossFit Open: Standards, Prep, and Progressions

58 mins; February 13, 2026

Why Most Coaches Are Bad at Teaching Double Unders

67 hours 53 mins; February 06, 2026

If We Had to Restart From Zero, This Is How We’d Build a Gym

59 mins; February 04, 2026

Why the CrossFit Open Still Matters (Even If You’re Not “Competitive”)

66 hours 59 mins; February 02, 2026

CrossFit Affiliate Owner Tier List: What Actually Matters vs. What’s a Distraction

57 mins; January 28, 2026

Programming & Coaching for The Open | Taylor & Bryson - Sentinel Training

61 hours 37 mins; January 23, 2026

Is the CrossFit Open Actually Worth It for Affiliate Owners?

59 mins; January 21, 2026

Breaking Down Real CrossFit Workouts for Adaptive Athletes

64 hours 35 mins; January 16, 2026

AffiliateCon 2026 Announcement! | BHOTD x Mayhem

53 mins; January 14, 2026

Why Your CrossFit Gym Feels Stuck (Even Though You’re Hustling)

11 mins; January 12, 2026

Stop Overcomplicating Weightlifting in CrossFit | Cody Looney

66 hours 14 mins; January 08, 2026

What Actually Builds Great CrossFit Coaches | Matt Souza

65 hours 8 mins; January 02, 2026

Why This CrossFit Gym Owner Can’t Keep Coaches (And What She’s Doing About It)

49 mins; December 29, 2025

Why Referrals Outperform Ads for CrossFit Gyms (By the Numbers)

29 mins; December 22, 2025

Mayhem Gym Development Weekend Recap

65 hours 17 mins; December 19, 2025

Raising Rates in a 6-Owner CrossFit Gym (Real Case Study)

54 mins; December 15, 2025

CrossFit is for anybody, but your gym isn't... yet. | Alec Zirkenbach

67 hours 32 mins; December 12, 2025

How Much Should You Charge for CrossFit in 2026? (Reverse Engineer It)

44 mins; December 08, 2025

Is the CrossFit Open Still Worth Running in Your Affiliate? | Chase Ingraham

71 hours 10 mins; December 05, 2025

How we would run a terrible CrossFit box (yes, we've done these...)

42 mins; December 01, 2025

Inside 18 Years of CrossFit South Brooklyn: How David Osorio Built an 800+ Member Box

41 mins; November 24, 2025

Teaching Gymnastics in CrossFit: Progressions, Spotting, and Safety | Dave Durante

62 hours 43 mins; November 21, 2025

Taylor Self vs. Jason Ackerman on Overtraining, Identity & CrossFit Gym Culture

62 hours 43 mins; November 18, 2025

Virtuosity in Programming: How to Make the “Sucky Stuff” Fun for Athletes

60 hours 59 mins; November 14, 2025

How Eric Hinman BUILT a Lifestyle Brand CrossFitter Can Copy

38 mins; November 12, 2025

Stop Overcomplicating Nutrition: EC Synkowski on What Really Works in the Gym

61 hours 50 mins; November 11, 2025

What Happens When Your Coach Opens Their Own Gym | CrossFit Avitas

94 hours 8 mins; November 10, 2025

How to Sell a CrossFit Gym (Without Getting Screwed)

35 mins; November 03, 2025

Why We Partnered with Mayhem (and What’s Coming This December)

61 hours 59 mins; October 31, 2025

How to Buy a CrossFit Gym (Without Getting Burned) | Dan Uyemura (PushPress)

40 mins; October 27, 2025

How Jason’s First Business Mentee Turned One Studio into Six

51 mins; October 22, 2025

The 3 Skills Every New CrossFit Coach Must Master | Lisa Ray & Denise Thomas

66 hours 54 mins; October 20, 2025

She Was My First Member at Albany CrossFit (and She's Still Crushing It at 83)

35 mins; October 13, 2025

How to Coach Gymnastics Without Losing the Rest of the Class | Pamela Gagnon

59 mins; October 10, 2025

How Great Leaders Create Buy-In Without Forcing It | Saša Mirković

95 hours 47 mins; October 09, 2025

The Real Reason CrossFit Still Works | Kelly Starrett

64 hours 12 mins; October 07, 2025

Leadership Skills That Make You a Stronger Coach | Nathan Bird

64 hours 28 mins; October 03, 2025

How an Internship at Albany CrossFit Became a 14-Year Career

46 mins; September 29, 2025

The future of Mayhem programming and affiliates | Austin Malleolo

61 hours 51 mins; September 26, 2025

Why Our CrossFit Gym Partnership Failed (And What You Can Learn)

81 hours 40 mins; September 22, 2025

How to Break Down Double-Unders in Class | David Newman, RX Smart Gear

60 hours 3 mins; September 19, 2025

Inside the Prison CrossFit Program Changing Lives Forever

51 mins; September 18, 2025

Why Our Partnership Works (Even When We Fight Constantly)

63 hours 19 mins; September 16, 2025

How to Coach Olympic Lifts in Your CrossFit Class | Cody Looney, Burgener Strength

62 hours 41 mins; September 12, 2025

What the rise of HYROX means for CrossFit | Chris Hinshaw

64 hours 15 mins; September 10, 2025

How HustleUp Is Uniting the CrossFit Community

31 mins; September 08, 2025

Coach Development DIY: Practical Steps to Level Up

56 mins; September 05, 2025

The Harsh Reality of Owning a CrossFit Gym

142 hours 0 mins; September 05, 2025

Too Much Programming? How to STILL Run a Great CrossFit Class

63 hours 4 mins; August 29, 2025

The Future of CrossFit Affiliates No One Is Talking About

50 mins; August 25, 2025

The WORST CrossFit Class Experience

60 hours 28 mins; August 22, 2025

Struggling with Your Business Partner? Watch This.

25 mins; August 20, 2025

The Burpee Test That Breaks 90% of People in 5 Minutes

50 mins; August 18, 2025

How to lesson plan a heavy day, 5k run, and a gymnastics day

56 mins; August 15, 2025

The Key to Recruit Amazing CrossFit Coaches

24 mins; August 13, 2025

4 Risks That Will Destroy Your CrossFit Gym’s Value (And How to Avoid Them)

33 mins; August 11, 2025

Threshold Training: Where Technique Meets Intensity

61 hours 28 mins; August 08, 2025

Struggling to Grow? Your Retention Is the Problem.

30 mins; August 06, 2025

There Are 5 Ways to Grow Your Gym… Most Owners Only Use 2

19 mins; August 04, 2025

What's the stimulus? Here's how you find it for CrossFit workouts.

63 hours 26 mins; August 01, 2025

Stop Adding More Programs to Your Gym Do This Instead

45 mins; July 30, 2025

The Gym Owner’s Guide to Selling Merch Without the Headache

25 mins; July 29, 2025

How to Program CrossFit Workouts

62 hours 38 mins; July 25, 2025

Revisiting What CrossFit ACTUALLY Is

62 hours 37 mins; July 23, 2025

Still Coaching Too Much? Buy Back Time by Building Leaders

20 mins; July 21, 2025

Want to Raise Rates Without Losing Members? Do THIS.

46 mins; July 16, 2025

What is CrossFit's Definition of Fitness?

62 hours 58 mins; July 14, 2025

Most Gyms Get This WRONG When Training New Coaches

28 mins; July 08, 2025

The Sales Lesson Plan Every CrossFit Gym Owner Needs

45 mins; July 08, 2025

How to Write Progressions for Gymnastics Movements in Your CrossFit Class

61 hours 59 mins; July 04, 2025

Barbell Progressions Beyond the 9 Foundational Movements

62 hours 10 mins; June 27, 2025

How to Get 200 Members in Your CrossFit Gym

31 mins; June 24, 2025

The Ideal CrossFit Class Experience: What Every Coach Should Aim For (Part 2)

65 hours 45 mins; June 20, 2025

5 Ways to Add $10K/Month to Your CrossFit Gym

30 mins; June 17, 2025

The Ideal CrossFit Class Experience: What Every Coach Should Aim For (Part 1)

64 hours 23 mins; June 13, 2025

7 CrossFit Gyms. One Owner. Here’s How He Does It

38 mins; June 10, 2025

World-Class Cool-Downs: The Secret to Better Recovery and Retention

59 mins; June 05, 2025

Nutrition, Personal Training, Childcare - What Should CrossFit Gyms Cut or Keep?

23 mins; June 02, 2025

How to Balance Group Management and Individualized Coaching

62 hours 41 mins; June 01, 2025

The 4 A’s of Feedback Every CrossFit Affiliate Owner Needs to Know

24 mins; May 31, 2025

Fix Your Gym Culture Without Firing Your Team

37 mins; May 30, 2025

The 5 Levels of Leadership for CrossFit Gym Owners

54 mins; May 29, 2025

The Cringeworthy Mistakes That Made Ackerman A Better Affiliate Owners

31 mins; May 28, 2025

Running a CrossFit Gym with Your Spouse (Without Killing Each Other)

40 mins; May 27, 2025

Make CrossFit Fun Again | Denise Thomas

60 hours 27 mins; May 23, 2025

Inside Chuck Carswell’s Playbook for CrossFit Seminar Success

57 mins; May 19, 2025

The Exact Cues We Use to Coach CrossFit Athletes Every Day

60 hours 52 mins; May 15, 2025

How to Calculate Your Lead Need (and Actually Grow Your Gym)

29 mins; May 13, 2025

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