

Best Hour of Their Day | Podcast
Jason Ackerman / Jason Fernandez
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.
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Aug 16, 2021 • 46min
443. Is CAP the right direction?
Continuing with our most recent trend a of having special guests on the podcast, today is no exception. We bring on Cassidy Ballensky, Seminar Staff Member, Level 3 Certified Coach (not quite Level 4), and head of programming at CrossFit Rife, to discuss how valuable CrossFit Affiliate Programming is.
Our big takeaway: CAP is a great resource, but at the end of the day, programming is programming is programming.
So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelpay.com, and rxsmartgear.com. At checkout, use the code BESTHOUR to get 15% off all DocSpartan purchases and 10% off all RX Smart Gear purchases.

Aug 13, 2021 • 1h 6min
442. In case we face another lockdown
We hope this episode does not become relevant, but we wanted to provide you with some information in case. Tune in to hear Fern's discussion with Real Estate Lawyer, Geoff Westmoreland, and Owner of Diablo CrossFit, Craig Howard, to dissect this subject.
Bottom line: plan, plan, plan.
So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelpay.com, and rxsmartgear.com. At checkout, use the code BESTHOUR to get 15% off all DocSpartan purchases and 10% off all RX Smart Gear purchases.

Aug 11, 2021 • 46min
441. The day you sell your gym should NOT be the best day of your life
If you are a gym owner, the best day of your life should not be when you sell your box. It can be a great day. But not, in any way, shape, or form, the best day.
The thing you built should be too good and the mission too important for the bet day of your life to be the day you get rid of it.
The best day should be today. Right now.
Listen in to episode 441 for more of our thoughts on this subject. So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelpay.com, and rxsmartgear.com. At checkout, use the code BESTHOUR to get 15% off all DocSpartan purchases and 10% off all RX Smart Gear purchases.

Aug 9, 2021 • 1h 11min
440. "It is easy to be 100% selfish. It takes work to break that." | An interview with Patrick Vellner
Just two new dads talking about their babies and CrossFit. In this special episode of the Best Hour podcast, Ackmerman sits down with silver medalist at the 2021 CrossFit Games, Patrick Vellner.
Ackerman and Vellner discuss navigating the journey of being a dad as a high level athlete, the even more elevated level of respect they each have for an athlete like Annie Thorisdottir and what she accomplished in the 2021 Games, and more.
So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelpay.com, and rxsmartgear.com. At checkout, use the code BESTHOUR to get 15% off all DocSpartan purchases and 10% off all RX Smart Gear purchases.

Aug 6, 2021 • 46min
439. There is no amount of money that is worth you working with a s*itty client.
Today, we tell you the truth about personal training and its place in a CrossFit Affiliate.
FYI: it get's a little rant-y. Just the way (we think) you guys like it.
So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelpay.com, and rxsmartgear.com. At checkout, use the code BESTHOUR to get 15% off all DocSpartan purchases and 10% off all RX Smart Gear purchases.

Aug 4, 2021 • 56min
438. If you are a good judge, nobody knows you are there | 2021 CrossFit Games Recap
Our job is not to "no rep" people, it is to uphold the standard and allow the athletes to do their thing so they can do as little thinking as possible. Bottom line: if you are a good judge, nobody knows you are there.
Tune in to episode 438 to hear about our experience at the 2021 CrossFit Games. Judging 50+ workouts across 19 events, it was the busiest Games we've ever had, and it was one "worldwind" of a week.
So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelpay.com, and rxsmartgear.com. At checkout, use the code BESTHOUR to get 15% off all DocSpartan purchases and 10% off all RX Smart Gear purchases.

Jul 28, 2021 • 54min
437. "What happens in your box you either create or tolerate."
Today we continue culture week with a discussion around how box owners can transfer the culture they desire to create for their box down to their coaching staff. Fern walks us through his internship process for coaches and how he outlines this important piece of culture development in his box.
So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelpay.com, and rxsmartgear.com. At checkout, use the code BESTHOUR to get 15% off all DocSpartan purchases and 10% off all RX Smart Gear purchases.

Jul 26, 2021 • 57min
436. The Culture of CrossFit
How do you create a culture that that is passed down from you, to your coaching staff, to your athletes?
We've dubbed this week culture week, and with CrossFit Rife as our backdrop, we are diving into a discussion about culture in the world of CrossFit.
In today's chat, we examine the notion: nothing in your box should exist accidentally.
So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelpay.com, and rxsmartgear.com. At checkout, use the code BESTHOUR to get 15% off all DocSpartan purchases and 10% off all RX Smart Gear purchases.

Jul 21, 2021 • 49min
435. The perception of hard work is a drug, and people love taking that drug
The perception of hard work is real. Social media perpetuates it. Your perception of other boxes can perpetuate it. Your perception of other coaches can perpetuate it. The fact of the matter is, there is no substitute for actual hard work.
So, are you actually working hard or are you just posting on your social media feed about how hard you are working?
So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelpay.com, and rxsmartgear.com. At checkout, use the code BESTHOUR to get 15% off all DocSpartan purchases and 10% off all RX Smart Gear purchases.

Jul 19, 2021 • 1h 6min
434. "You don't 'catch' the bar, you 'receive' it." | Coach B
Do you "catch" or do you "receive" the bar?
How do you pronounce "Oly" lifting?
Why should your grandma be snatching?
In this special episode of the Best Hour of Their Day Podcast, we give you a sneak peak into our Coaches Development Course, featuring none other than Coach B, where he answers these questions and more.
The Coaches Development program is expertly designed to help you become the best CrossFit coach you can be by focusing on the six criteria of an effective coach: teaching, seeing, correcting, demonstrating, group management, and presence and attitude. Follow this link to sign up today: courses.ownyoureating.com/courses/coachesdevelopment
So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelpay.com, and rxsmartgear.com. At checkout, use the code BESTHOUR to get 15% off all DocSpartan purchases and 10% off all RX Smart Gear purchases.