Get With The Programming

This year, the CrossFit Games programming is arguably going to be the most important programming in it's 19 year history. For the first time ever, five of the best programming minds in the sport are joining forces to program the ultimate test of fitness. J.R. Howell, Taylor Self and Bryson DelMonte join the show as we unveil our programming for the 2025 CrossFit Games.

Ranking the Rookies RETURNS with John Young as we take a look at this years 2025 CrossFit Games rookie class and see how their rank on our tier system on their way to Albany, New York.

"The L-Sit - This exercise is remarkable from several perspectives. It is isometric, functional, and highly effective. Relatively unknown outside of the gymnastics community this exercise may be the most effective abdominal exercise we know of!" - Greg Glassman

"It’s has long been said that necessity is the mother of invention and this month we give support to that adage with two exceedingly simple inventions. Both devices address problems that have long plagued our training efforts." - Greg Glassman

It's that time of year again where the CrossFit Games are around the corner and we sit down to speculate about what we will love to and not love to see at the CrossFit Games this year.

Chase and Bill sit down and RE-analyze the programming of the Mayhem Classic using their new scoring system they developed for the Games season.

The Last Chance Qualifier is BACK and... better than ever? 5 Coaches were given the opportunity to program the events as the team from CrossFit Mayhem curated and tweaked them for the final version. Was this the right path? Did we get a good test? How balanced does it really need to be after semifinals? Angelo DiCicco jumps on the show as a surpsie guest as we analyze everything about the Last Chance Qualifier. 

Of all the running that we KNOW will be at the 2025 CrossFit Game and have always been at the CrossFit Games how do you NOT testing running at your Semifinal?

The Northern California Classic has been steadily growing over the last several years and has now gotten their first opportunity to send athletes to the CrossFit Games.... and perhaps their last.

The Torian Pro never disappoints but in the meek landscape that was this years Semifinals was this the best one of the bunch? Did the programming rival that of J.R. Howell and the Syndicate Crown? 

The Rebel Renegade Games had the longest Semifinal competition and most events of all of the in person qualifiers. Do more events allow for a better test or does that open you up for more chances to screw it up?

Are we going to have our very first "Perfect 10.0"!? The man behind the Syndicate Crown programming, J.R. Howell, joins the show to make sure that doesn't happen. You read that correctly....

The biggest weekend of Semifinal Events is looking with 4 qualifiers all over the world will be sending athletes to the CrossFit Games. Today we are join by the mastermind behind the Syndicate Crown programing, J.R. Howell as we take a peak behind the programming curtain.

We had a chance to do something incredible... and missed it. Chase sits down with Bill and tells you all the things we COULD have had with a HYROX race to start off the 2025 CrossFit Games.

8 events in 3 days seems quite like a beefy amount of events for a semifinal but was it really too much? Chase and Bill sit down and determine if the French Throwdown accomplished the task of finding the fittest without over programming the competition.

Chase got invited to program a week of CrossFit Affiliate Programming again. Chase comes on the show and breaks down the whole week and why he choses the workouts he did

The 2025 French Throwdown kicks off this weekend with 8 EVENTS over 3 days. Bill and Chase preview the programming to see what's in store for these athletes.

We liked what we saw on paper, but did we like what we saw on the "competition floor"? Chase and Bill sit down and analyze the programming of the 2025 CrossFit Online Semifinals.