Best Hour of Their Day | Podcast

The CALICURE was invented for one simple reason...to PREVENT calluses from rips and tears. As a new Crossfitter, Chris Vignaud quickly realized the importance of proper hand care. With 20+ years of experience as a Medical-Surgical nurse, he had witnessed first hand all sorts of wounds and treatment options. However, using scissors, razors or your teeth are NOT the proper tools to use on your hands. You NEED a SAFE and SIMPLE tool to properly manage your calluses thus PREVENTING RIPS while REDUCING risk for infection and cross-contamination. The CALICURE hand file allows you to SAFELY remove excess skin build-up (aka your calluses) without removing too much (finding that sweet spot!) leaving behind HEALTHY SMOOTH hands. The CALICURE is presently being used by everyday Crossfitters to CrossFit Games level Athletes and Coaches, Olympic Gymnasts, Olympic Lifters, Golf, and Tennis Players, Rock Climbers, Martial Artists, Bodybuilders, Powerlifters, Strongmen and Strongwomen, even Executive Chefs Worldwide!

Founder of and head trainer at CrossFit Milford in Milford CT, which has been to the games 5 times and has had athletes at the games 11 years in a row.  Team CrossFit Milford finished 2nd in the world in 2015 and Jason has produced 10 podium finishers. After opening his gym and establishing himself as a head coach during the inception of the sport in 2008, he has since shifted his focus to teaching his own seminars for both Athletes (Athlete development) and Coaches (proper coaching theories and techniques). His athletes include International record holders in power lifting, National Team members for USA weightlifting, All American wrestlers, the elite in the CrossFit universe (30+ games athletes and over 7 podium finishers), State champions and All American high school basketball players.  His professional focus is on personalized strength, conditioning and movement quality which ensures the foundation is properly built on an individual level so each athlete can reach genetic and athletic potential. He is an established, knowledgeable and respected teacher, coach and resource in the global fitness community. Jason earned his degree in Physical Education and Health from Eastern CT State University where he also played basketball.

John Prescott is the owner of Neuse River CrossFit and co-founder of Wheelpay.  John was also one of the original members of Jason Ackerman's first box, Albany CrossFit.   In today's episode, we discuss what boxes can be doing during the Corona Virus Pandemic, growing an adaptive community at your affiliate, and how to become a better CrossFit coach.

Fern and John from Incite Tax talk all things SBA loans and the Cares Act.

This is one hell of a rant from JP.  What are your thoughts?  You with him or against him? We got on the phone and he just went off...I hit record as fast as I could! JP owns and operates BRICK. Established in Los Angeles in 2010, BRICK rapidly expanded to tier one cities such as New York, Chicago and Boston. Applying a replicable, scalable and proven business model, JP has grown the company to 7 commercial location throughout the U.S. and 2 international partnerships in less than six years.

Caleb Nelson is owner of Purebred Athletics and Jason's former parter in CrossFit Clifton Park.  In this episode, Ackerman and Caleb reminisce about some of their fun times at Albany CrossFit, what they would have done differently, how much they've learned, and what the future holds.

Justin Ross is the owner of Monkey Reel Media and does a ton of work exclusively with gyms on post and full production content.  In this episode, He and Fern discuss best practices for starting to shoot, create and edit all the content you need to create.  Justin Created a member bio for Crossfit Rife that got more than 500K views for Fern at CrossFit Rife.

In this episode, Fern sits down with Founder and CEO of O2 Recovery Dave Colina to discuss what they are doing to help the CrossFit affiliates around the globe. Dave got his start in the corporate world before spending some time starting up charter schools and then found himself making recovery drink concoctions with his partner and delivering them to boxes all over.  O2 is a business born from the CrossFit space and doing what they can to give back to those that have supported them in their journey.

Joe Westerlin is one of the best dudes you might not know.  He's been a part of the CrossFit Seminar Staff for over 10 years, was the founder of CrossFit Omaha, is the main flowmaster for the CrossFit MD-L1 seminars, and is an amazing husband and father.

Fern and Ackerman have been getting a lot of requests to "guest coach" and talk to the members of affiliates.  Recently, Ackerman led a nutrition talk for the members of CrossFit Indestri, Watchtower, and Neuse River.  In it, he discusses, how to start with macros, small wins during this quarantine, intermittent fasting, and more.