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Barbell ShruggedThe New Sportscenter of Crossfit w/ Armen Hammer — Real ChalkArmen Hammer and I go way back to the early days of throwing barbells around. We've both been through some major transitions and seen a ton of changes happen in the CrossFit space. It's been a couple years, so we had a lot of catching up to do when we met up in Florida during Wodapalooza weekend. After leaving the Wodcast Podcast, Armen worked for FloElite until they downsized. He saw an opportunity and set out to become the SportsCenter of CrossFit. You need the new format explained in layman's terms? Armen's your guy (there's a...
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Scale As Needed PodcastArmenHammerTV!This is it, folks. If you're hearing this, you've messed up big time and you're missing out on all your SAN goodness. Find the new feed at ArmenHammerTV!
2018-07-1201 minScale As Needed Podcast95 Some Athleticism Neglected!0:01 - subscribe to ArmenHammerTV! 1:37 - Some Athleticism Neglected! 3:00 - purposefully ignoring actual fitness talk 4:40 - bodyweight strict presses: super tough. 14:28 - rucking: Kyle and Cliff do it. 21:30 - “if you’re gonna die with a backpack full of literature, what literature would you pick?” 23:19 - Fourth of July! And growing up in Texas 28:50 - a very long Nicolas Cage circle: Con Air to The Sorcerer’s Apprentice to Leaving Las Vegas to Mandy to Ghostrider 2 to Face/Off 39:00 - John Woo circle: Broken Arrow, F...
2018-07-051h 14Scale As Needed Podcast94 Hand Tears, Fit Beths, Being Way Too High In Public0:04 - SARMs Are Needed 1:01 - we changed locations! 2:02 - three athletes tested positive at Regionals 8:23 - Chase keeps working out for some reason and literally salting your wounds on your torn hands 18:12 - the reason why most of our audience is men (“you can fuck a meat pocket”) 19:45 - #FitBeth! 26:05 - Kyle’s sad/crazy Alex Jones story 29:06 - Michael Shannon as a sad rodeo clown, Viggo Mortensen, 34:20 - Kyle and Armen’s travels 35:50 - T*rkish delight and the history between...
2018-06-291h 09Scale As Needed PodcastSAN 93: CrossFit Suing Reebok, The Fittest Beth0:01 - SHAVE A NERD! 1:00 - special delivery interruption time! 2:17 - Armen’s mullet 6:30 - the long lasting pain of childhood humiliation 14:58 - Magic cards, the Black Lotus, Armen’s weird dream 22:10 - Cliff’s awesome idea to make CrossFit Games events way more exciting 27:15 - Armen’s other weird dream 29:10 - The Fittest Beth, #FitBeth 30:58 - CrossFit is suing Reebok, Rogue vs Eleiko barbells, and who might be the new title sponsor at the Games 49:00 - Dan Bailey’s recovery is going bett...
2018-06-2159 minScale As Needed Podcast92 Russell Berger Fired, Body Horror Movies You Need To See00:38 - subscribe to ArmenHammerTV 03:30 - Russell Berger was fired 26:11 - Klokov and Trump? 32:15 - Tough Mudder X 41:12 - Existenz, The Blog, body horror movies and more
2018-06-1358 minScale As Needed Podcast91 We Are Back, Armen Hammer TV0:03 - WE ARE BACK! 2:10 - “60% of this show is no longer employed at FloSports” 19:30 - Armen and Chase have seen each other every day since getting fired 21:24 - What’s next? 29:15 - Chase competed at Regionals! 40:27 - Regional performances breakdown 1:03:10 - Deadpool 2!
2018-06-071h 15Scale As Needed Podcast90 Regionals Events, Thor Wins World's Strongest Man2:35 - 2018 Regionals Day 1 events: Triple 3 and Linda 27:10 - Kyle and Cliff visited Dallas recently 30:52 - Thor wins World’s Strongest Man 40:49 - Westworld sucks 41:35 - Andre The Giant
2018-05-0953 minScale As Needed Podcast89 The Infinity War SPOILER EpisodeThe entirety of this episode is Avengers: Infinity War
2018-05-031h 08Scale As Needed Podcast88 John Cena Power Cleans 352, Sam Briggs Broke Her Elbow1:00 - Kyle is back and he looks more like Jesus than ever 5:00 - pierce tongues and other weirdness 6:10 - Sam Briggs broke her elbow 12:50 - the Masters competition 21:40 - John Cena cleans 352 and deadlifts 500 for 3! 24:30 - Kyle was at Overlook Film Festival 29:15 - Chase’s Regional training update 37:40 - does the pursuit of fitness eventually outweigh the benefits? 59:15 - Venom trailer is terrible 1:03:44 - Infinity War!
2018-04-261h 15Scale As Needed Podcast87 Brooke Wells CFHQ 18.4 Controversy, Armen's New Vlog1:00 - no Kyle today, and the Cliff Arm, and the Cliff Farm 19:10 - Chase’s Regionals training and the Whoop Strap 36:29 - Brooke Wells CrossFit HQ 18.4 controversy 46:50 - Armen’s vlog Chasing Fitness
2018-04-1950 minScale As Needed Podcast86 How To Build An Engine, Poop Etiquette0:35 - the 1997 film “Thinner” 3:30 - nutrition is the worst 6:30 - “the toughest thing is not eating exceptionally shitty” 8:50 - The Big Poop Talk and the strangeness of shame 25:25 - Chase’s Regionals training and the team competition 34:00 - new ways to make Regionals event more interesting 40:00 - outrageous regionals workouts from 2012 42:00 - Matt Chan’s exploded leg 46:45 - how to build an engine
2018-04-121h 06Scale As Needed Podcast85 Dan Bailey's Injury, Pornhub Is Changing The World1:55 -“ Margaret Thatcher is not a centaur” 3:00 - AI can generate faces, voices, videos of pretty much anyone doing and saying anything 4:18 - deepfake, pornography, and technology changing behavior 11:00 - Pornhub is changing the world, Kyle’s prediction for the future of porn and mainstream fame, what it was like when porn first started streaming on the internet, and why Kyle follows pornstars on instagram 30:34 - Chase is going to Regionals! 39:30 - Dan Bailey’s knee explosion is exactly what happened to Kyle 51:10 - Armen will row 1,000,000 meters in...
2018-04-051h 39Scale As Needed Podcast84 2018 Open Recap, Redeemed And Dominant ReviewArmen, Cliff, Kyle, Chase, and Daniel chat about the 2018 CrossFit Gmaes Open and review "Redeemed And Dominant" the new CrossFit Games commercial/film.
2018-03-2854 minScale As Needed Podcast83 18.4 Handstand Push Ups And Jacob Heppner1:20 - Jacob Heppner will not be competing at Regionals 2018 and the new handstand push up standard 13:50 - CrossFit’s MO has always been “fuck you, deal with it” and their reddit account 20:30 - Armen’s 18.4 29:15 - 18.5 guesses 34:20 - Chase got poisoned 38:00 - Armen and Kyle’s story about Chase’s butt 41:57 - The CrossFit Podcast needs some help 53:00 - We need Gore4Ever on the show and weird DMs 1:03:00 - Infinity War!
2018-03-221h 08Scale As Needed Podcast82 CrossFit Games Open 18.3 Recap and more1:10 - the unexplored reaches of fitness: butthole weights 3:20 - what would you ask Dave Castro? 5:50 - 18.3! 16:50 - being a CrossFit Clydesdale 26:06 - two people finished 18.3, Dakota Rager and Josh Bridges 30:20 - 18.4 announcement and the 18.3 companion announcement that didn’t happen 35:40 - Kyle goes on a Stargate and The Crying Game tangent, the animaniacs, and more ridiculousness
2018-03-1557 minScale As Needed Podcast81 CrossFit Games Open 18.2/18.2a, Armen vs Iceland2:00 - marilyn manson has gotta have a punch at this point 5:10 - trent reznor is pretty jacked though 7:40 - if you train regularly you’re probably hungry all the time 9:40 - Vice is the worst 12:10 - the guys take on 18.2 and 18.2a 23:20 - ZA Anderson 26:25 - Lil Xan is a real thing 36:00 - Chris Pritchard is my favorite CrossFit Games Open athlete 47:00 - Dakota puts together timely photoshops for the crew 48:30 - Thor deadlifts a World Record on the Elephant Bar an...
2018-03-091h 01Scale As Needed Podcast80 CrossFit Games Open 18.1, Our YouTube Comments Are Gold1:40 - Chase Long is the Fittest on Scale As Needed and a full 18.1 breakdown for Armen, Cliff, Jannis, and Chase 11:10 - Chase’s first and second shots at 18.1 were very dramatic 20:00 - 18.1 leaderboard lessons: northern Europe, Alex Vigneault, Kara Webb, Brent Fikowski 32:08 - 18.2 clues? 35:30 - our YouTube videos are getting some ridiculous and amazing comments 51:40 - Fikowski’s Open humiliation crushes Travis Williams in 18.1 54:30 - Black Panther 1:13:30 - “Do my nipples offend you?”
2018-03-011h 16Scale As Needed Podcast79 2018 CrossFit Games Open, Armen Cut His Hair1:10 - Armen got a haircut! 14:10 - roasting Chase’s instagram 20:55 - The 2018 CrossFit Games Open kicks off 28:40 - Armen doesn’t understand movie phrases, Kyle and Cliff explain Pulp Fiction 42:40 - Mathew Fraser is ready for 18.1 44:50 - Eddie Hall vs Robert Oberst 49:20 - Fikowski’s trash talk Thursdays 54:00 - Harrison Maurus clean & jerked 200kg
2018-02-221h 09Scale As Needed Podcast78 Valentine's Day, 1003lb, 2017 Games DocumentaryThe guys talk about Valentine's Day, Thor's 1003lb deadlift, Ray Williams' 1003lb squat double, John Cena's 2000lb super total challenge, the 2017 Games Documentary, and more!
2018-02-161h 18Scale As Needed Podcast77 How Fit Are You, Solo: A Star Wars Story1:00 - Cliff’s dick symbolism 3:14 - Armen’s a fan of Tom Brady and Bill Belichik 11:20 - Chase’s “Fitter Bowl 2018” experiment was a huge hit 15:02 - Wearing a tiny wrestling singlet to a weightlifting meet 19:15 - fitness inflation 21:15 - Jason Khalipa’s 2010 Amanda fails and old school CF Games workouts 30:03 - Greg Glassman’s original ‘How Fit Are You” article 45:40 - The new Deadpool teaser, Solo looks terrible, and the show runners of Game of Thrones have a series of Star Wars movies to ruin
2018-02-081h 01Scale As Needed Podcast76 The Tangents Episode: Gucci Gang, The Oscars, and More0:20 - Croth-Fit 2:45 - training after the holidays is still tough 4:00 - 1 million Gucci Gangs 6:50 - there’s something inside of us which drives us to love things like CrossFit, or rap, or cataloging Metal 10:38 - Chase’s hip hop band names 13:00 - the Gucci Gang 1000m 15:49 - what would you repeat a million times? 19:45 - Angelo Dicicco vs the Universe 24:30 - Mat Fraser is Doomsday? 30:45 - Let’s play “What’s Chase” 34:20 - accidentally stealing things… 36:08 - Scott Tenorman...
2018-02-011h 14Scale As Needed Podcast75 ChristFit, Predator, Bethany Shadburne1:10 - fitness is eggs, eggs is fitness 1:30 - Kyle is European Jesus, ChristFit 9:28 - Worst CrossFit gym names 11:20 - fiction movies with nonfiction-esque epilogues and curtain calls 12:30 - Predator as a parable for the danger of women destroying fraternal relationships 17:30 - Sam Briggs used to be overweight! 20:45 - it’s tough to get back into the gym after time off for the holidays 29:00 - training with Bethany Shadburne 40:00 - 18.0 and what it means for the 2018 Open 44:13 - wacky special CrossFit movements li...
2018-01-251h 00Scale As Needed Podcast74 Iceland, Miami, Rich Froning0:30 - We’re back! 3:10 - this time last year… 5:30 - Whirlwind trips to Iceland and Miami: Into The Heart Of Darkness 28:50 - Born Strong and Functional Fitness on Netflix 30:45 - Wodapalooza was pretty cool! 39:40 - Mattie Rogers may end up getting a silver medal from Worlds 41:55 - Ilya Ilyin’s ban is up in June 2018 49:20 - New potential formats for weightlifting 56:54 - Armen Met Stef Cohen 1:02:45 - Rich Froning has spent his entire career beating his training partners, Froning vs Fraser in com...
2018-01-191h 15Scale As Needed Podcast73 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Full SPOILER ReviewOn this special episode of Scale As Needed, Armen, Kyle, Cliff, and Daniel spend the entire episode breaking down their thoughts on the newest Star Wars movie The Last Jedi. This episode is entirely full of spoilers, so you've been warned!
2017-12-211h 12Scale As Needed Podcast72 2017 IWF World ChampionshipsThe boys are back from hiatus to discuss the 2017 IWF World Championships, Justice League, and more!
2017-12-141h 05Scale As Needed Podcast70 Armen Gets His Blue Belt, Friday The 13th and Nightmare On Elm StreetArmen got his blue belt, the introduction of Paulo Silva, the insanity of Danny Nichols' 10 minute Assault Bike performance, Friday the 13th and Nightmare On Elm Street, and we forgot about Justice League.
2017-11-1653 minScale As Needed Podcast69 Earning Efficiency, Thor RagnarokIn this episode, the guys talk about earning efficiency in workouts, what to do in the worst poop disaster possible, and Thor Ragnarok!
2017-11-091h 08Scale As Needed Podcast68 Armen's Half Ironman Didn't Go As PlannedArmen tells the harrowing tale of his DNF at the Austin Half Ironman!
2017-11-021h 09Scale As Needed Podcast67 Armen's Half Ironman & How Deadlifts Have Escalated Over Time3:20 - Stefi Cohen’s insane deadlift 525lb at 123lb bodyweight, Cailer Woolam’s deadlifts 7:35 - the escalation of feats of strength 24:10 - armen’s half ironman 33:40 - 30lb wall ball suck 39:40 - David Fincher’s Mindhunter
2017-10-2552 minScale As Needed Podcast66 Jacob Heppner Still Trains Like A Monster0:15 - everyone is pissed 1:50 - Armen hung out with Jacob Heppner and it was awesome 24:15 - "Cliff, why did you move?" 38:04 - Blade Runner 2049 spoilers and discussion 56:05 - There will be a new Terminator trilogy for some reason
2017-10-191h 08Scale As Needed Podcast65 The Nose Torque Mile2:30 - Daniel and Cliff are having an issue 4:15 - the fleshlight detour 7:27 - Justin Bergh responds to the Ricky Garard news 10:46 - Harvey Weinstein jerked off into a potted plant 11:50 - terrible movies like “The Mummy” 16:20 - Eddie Hall addresses the WSM “controversy” with Thor 25:20 - 80s superheroes were all on steroids 31:00 - The Tork Mile! 49:44 - reviewsssss! 58:20 - Rick and Morty season finale
2017-10-121h 09Scale As Needed Podcast64 Ricky Garard Tests Positive At The CrossFit GamesRicky Garard Tests Positive At The CrossFit Games
2017-10-061h 04Scale As Needed Podcast63 Mat Fraser May Move To CookevilleFantastic Fest, Mat Fraser may move to Cookeville, and Rick and Morty "The ABC's of Beth"
2017-09-2750 minScale As Needed Podcast63 Armen Recaps His WeddingArmen recaps his wedding and the guys discuss the most recent Rick and Morty!
2017-09-2058 minScale As Needed Podcast62 2017 Granite Games, Parenthood, Itthe gang gets together to talk about the 2017 Granite Games, Parenthood, It, and more!
2017-09-1359 minScale As Needed Podcast61 Keto and Fasting Gives You Superpowers, Dunkirk Sucked00:37 - exercising yourself into death and hunger 2:10 - Cliff is super salty 3:19 - Kyle fasts for 36 hours and gains super powers 16:55 - Kyle’s cheat day goes terribly wrong 41:50 - Colin Trevorrow removed from Star Wars Episode IX 48:00 - Dunkirk is a terrible excuse for a movie
2017-09-081h 10Scale As Needed Podcast60 Game Of Thrones Season Finale0:47 - Kyle’s cheat meal guide aka “My Fatness Pal” 13:40 - Keto ice cream 15:45 - the deaths of Dallas McCarver and Rich Piana 21:30 - McGregor vs Mayweather 32:55 - the Game of Thrones season finale 55:49 - Rick and Morty is still awesome 1:04:19 - torque mile update 1:05:24 - Help Houston
2017-09-011h 07Scale As Needed Podcast59 How Technology Is Changing Our Behavior0:30 - Cliff is pissed today and he wants to get his head shot into space 9:08 - “mythical porn in the woods aka woodsporn” 13:35 - being a teenager now in the age of smartphones and the internet and “what kind of adult is produced by that kind of a child” 15:15 - technology and the constant stream of information is changing the way people think and behave, the democratization of learning, trying to fix your internal biases 53:38 - Game of Thrones, season 7, episode 6
2017-08-241h 16Scale As Needed Podcast58 SAN Fan Wins CrossFit Games Pick Em, Game of Thrones, Rick and Morty0:30 - “They had a second CrossFit Games!” + Castro dunk tank 3:16 - 17.5 vs 17.5++ (the payoff here sucks, seriously) + but mainly about printers 10:30 - Elias Wheeler has won the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games Pick ‘Em!!! 15:58 - Chippy the new Gym Coordinator has invaded our sacred space at the gym + the open gym model for functional fitness might now be a thing 43:04 - Game of Thrones season 7 episode 5 1:00:07 - Rick and Morty season 3 episode 4 + Rick and Morty fan theories
2017-08-181h 08Scale As Needed Podcast57 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games Recap, and More!1:20 - Armen Is In The Cheese State 1:35 - Cheese Curds In Madison? 7:00 - Someone Actually Listened To Our Reebok Pick ‘Em Advice… And They’re In 2nd Place! 8:04 - Alaska Doesn’t Have Whole Foods 10:05 - Armen Recaps The New Games Venue 14:45 - Castro Knows How To Build Races 17:09 - About That Women’s Final 23:23 - Why Tia Should Have Won In 2015 #FakeNews 24:56 - Katrin’s Phenomenal 2nd Half & Weaknesses 26:00 - Decreasing Margin Of Error & How The Games Are Different Now 28:47...
2017-08-101h 56Scale As Needed Podcast56 Armen's Picks For The 2017 CrossFit Games, Rick & Morty, Game Of Thrones1:51 - SAN 1 year anniversary 3:21 - Kyle has never flipped a tire, avoiding competing in stupid non-competition at the gym, keeping a healthy mindset, being the big fish in a little pond 25:40 - 2017 CrossFit Games thoughts, James Moser snatches 175kg/385lb, Team USA did well at Pan Ams, and why differences in weightlifting methodology aren’t as important as you might think 41:30 - Rick and Morty might be the best show on television right now 50:45 - Game of Thrones season three episode 3 was terrible 1:09:55 - Armen’s picks for the Game...
2017-08-021h 14Scale As Needed Podcast55 CrossFit Games Events So Far, Thor: Ragnarok Trailer0:30 - Cliff’s BCAAs are all about Rich Piana 5% life 1:45 - Cliff is doing intermittent fasting too, Kyle and Cliff have lost a ton of weight, and are having no fun 18:10 - The 2017 CrossFit Games start next week and positive doping tests 40:33 - the known CrossFit Games events at this point 50:25 - trailers for Thor3 , Stranger Things 2, Ready Player One 1:07:20 - Games Of Thrones season 7, episode 2
2017-07-271h 17Scale As Needed Podcast54 Games Of Thrones Episode 1, How To Fix CrossFit Documentaries1:00 - Abraham Lincoln was secret gay 2:50 - Thoughts on Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness 23:49 - Armen’s Suggestion to CrossFit 26:05 - 2014 Games documentary 36:25 - Kyle’s Kneeiversary 38:08 - Reebok Pick Em 41:49 - The Shape Of Water & Peter Jackson is sorry about the Hobbit movies 48:40 - The Disaster Artist 51:00 - The new Blade Runner trailer is really pretty & Kyle watched Enemy. 59:05 - Ridley Scott is a crazy old man 1:02:00 - Game Of Thrones is back
2017-07-201h 28Scale As Needed Podcast53 How CrossFit Used To Be00:40 - Booger Fingers 1:28 - Rogue vs Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown deep dive 11:00 - what CrossFit was like (I remember when…) 17:00 - Cliff and Kyle used to be depressingly poor 24:20 - When Armen first started CrossFitting 35:25 - Chase started CrossFitting at a time when Rich Froning wasn’t the Champ 39:00 - “there was a time when CrossFit wasn’t weightlifting” 49:00 - fitness and aesthetics used to be unattainable by “normal” people
2017-07-131h 09Scale As Needed Podcast52 First Announced Event At 2017 CrossFit Games0:00 - MCT Oil - Milk Of The Poppy 2:30 - Hafthor Bjornnson is mad 3:30 - The Accountant 2 5:12 - Front squat PR’s are in the air 9:35 - Wes Kitts dick cleans 13:45 - How to achieve peak T 15:50 - The fundamentals of a good fitness program… Powders & Pills 21:05 - Cliff’s weight update proof that supplements work 22:35 - The end of Scale As Needed 23:40 - Ben Smith’s Dad vs. Brent Fikowski 28:05 - Dave Castro announces the first announced event of the 2017...
2017-07-061h 03Scale As Needed Podcast51 How Will Regionals Be Different In 2018?Chatting about how Regionals will be different in 2018, keto, and the CrossFit Rogue vs Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown Episode 1
2017-06-281h 01Scale As Needed Podcast50 Ketosis Works, Lord and Miller Fired From Han Solo!2:04 - IWF Junior Worlds updates 4:00 - Egypt’s doping issues and why it matter for everyone 10:00 - More IWF Junior Worlds updates 12:25 - Cliff and Kyle’s keto is going great and the three electrolytes you need FOR SURE 24:40 - Bethany Branham climbs a swinging pegboard + the Games 33:22 - Star Wars Han Solo movie loses its directors 43:54 - The Book of Henry SUCKS 55:07 - Watchmen the HBO series by Damon Lindelhof, Justice League, Game of Thrones, REVIEWSSSS
2017-06-221h 12Scale As Needed Podcast49 One Handed Everything, Eddie Hall Weightlifting, More!Dimitar Savatinov's 143kg/315lb world record dumbbell press, Tazio Il Biondo does 70 one handed pull ups in one 43 minute set, Eddie Hall might enter weightlifting and more.
2017-06-1356 minScale As Needed Podcast48 2017 CrossFit Games Regionals RecapRecapping the 2017 CrossFit Games Regionals, Heavyweights, the ketogenic diet, and more!
2017-06-081h 29Scale As Needed Podcast47 Eddie Hall Wins World's Strongest Man, Donald Trump Junior's Murph Time1:00 - Murph and Chase is dying 3:40 - Cliff vs Kyle on 30 muscle ups for time 5:50 - Keto + Clark Burkle 11:00 - repeating last week’s jokes re: pec tears 13:30 - The Dark Crystal sequel and remaking everything all the time 17:45 - the Spiderman Homecoming poster + more movie talk 25:30 - Eddie Hall wins World’s Strongest Man + WSM controversies 39:10 - Donald Trump Jr’s Murph 45:10 - Heavyweights, the Ben Stiller Movie 50:30 - Armen learns about Black Mirror 55:10 - Rick and Morty + Futura...
2017-06-011h 23Scale As Needed Podcast46 2017 Regionals Weekend 1 and Liefia IngallsJoin us on this episode where we recap Weekend 1 of the 2017 CrossFit Games Regionals, talk about tearing pecs, Sam Dancer, Liefia Ingalls: Strong Woman documentary, Game of Thrones and more!
2017-05-2559 minScale As Needed Podcast45 South Regionals 2017, World's Strongest Man 20171:09 Armen’s wedding ring 4:15 - gym stories + “fart sniffer” 26:14 - Armen and Chase will be at South Regionals on Saturday 39:20 - Armen’s stupid mustache + “#Fitler” 42:40 - Liefia Ingalls: Strong Woman documentary + World’s Strongest Man 2017 53:00 - Kyle and Cliff are on the Blonyx train, Armen is on the BeetElite train + Kyle’s over the top daily pill cocktail 1:08:44 - Twin Peaks 1:15:45 - REVIEWWWWW
2017-05-181h 21Scale As Needed Podcast44 Mark Smelly Bell Live In StudioMark Smelly Bell of Supertraining, creator of the Slingshot and How Much Ya Bench joins the crew as the first ever live guest!
2017-05-151h 10Scale As Needed Podcast43 2017 CrossFit Games Regional Events, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 23:00 - Rick and Morty 12:40 - Kyle’s deadlifts 18:25 - Mark Bell is coming onto the podcast! 24:20 - There will be two more Singerverse X-Men movies 30:22 - 2017 CrossFit Games Regionals Individual Events 54:45 - Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 1:05:41 - Blade Runner 2049 trailer + Live Die Repeat and Repeat 1:13:25 - REVIEWSSSSS
2017-05-111h 19Scale As Needed Podcast42 Steroids In CrossFit, Armen's Tri Training, More!14 - steroids and crossfit 20 - Square heads 24 - Armen Swims 36 - Dark Tower is shit 44 - Twin Peaks 48 - Reviews and Nose Torque 51 - Shakira noise
2017-05-0456 minScale As Needed Podcast41 Preworkout Roulette Recap, Mid-Atlantic Strongman Challenge, Torque Mile1:00 - pre workout roulette recap 11:40 - the mid-atlantic strongman challenge 23:00 - nose torque and the 150 five star review show 31:00 - masters and teens online qualifier 41:00 - the kingsman trailer 49:22 - REVIEWSSSS
2017-04-2759 minScale As Needed Podcast40 Preworkout Roulette, The Last Jedi Teaser, Shoe Giveaway2:00 - 100 five star reviews and the pre workout roulette show 5:45 - why Full Metal Jacked 6:24 - PREWORKOUT ROULETTE 17:40 - WHAT HAVE I DONE 18:00 - fitness talk? 31:34 - the pile of shoes 33:39 - Trevor Bachmeyer’s apology 44:00 - The Last Jedi teaser 51:53 - REIVEWSSSS + Shoe Giveaway!
2017-04-211h 00Scale As Needed Podcast39 Trevor Bachmeyer Gets DQ'd From The Games For Cheating In The Open2:54 - Fitness Talk! 5:50 - Youth World Records from CJ Cummings and Harrison Maurus + World Record Snatch from Lasha Talakhadze 20:44 - Dmitry Klokov snatches 101kg/222lb one handed 26:14 - Trevor Bachmeyer gets DQ’d for cheating during the CrossFit Games Open 38:45 - Thor: Ragnarok trailer 50:00 - REVIEWSSSS!
2017-04-141h 08Scale As Needed Podcast38 The CrossFit Bike + The Scale As Needed Giveaway1:25 - “I’m so fit that literally anything I do can be considered yoga” + jeans for people with big quads 6:11 - Cliff wastes his time with calf raises 8:40 - Cliff’s running shoes + the crew talks about running for some reason 21:40 - When’s the last time you heard the term “firebreather” + OG “fitness” reminders 28:10 - The CrossFit Bike 45:40 - Will Regionals have heavy dumbbells? 50:27 - REVIEWSSSSS + the giveaway!
2017-04-071h 05Scale As Needed Podcast37 The 2017 Open Is Over, Trailers For It, Spiderman, Justice League, and More0:57 - The 2017 CrossFit Games Open is over: winners, what it means, Sam Dancer’s finish, and more! 17:27 - Armen did the Open + 17.5 analysis 31:28 - Kyle makes a terrible fitness mistake 37:03 - Europe’s Strongest Man 39:55 - Trailers! Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets, It, Spiderman Homecoming, and Zack Snyder’s Justice League: Snacktime Of Justice 1:01:29 - SO MANY REVIEWSSSSS
2017-03-311h 12Scale As Needed Podcast36 17.4 Handstand Push Up Standards, Old School Sectionals, And More0:45 - Armen gets thrown into the Brig 1:55 - Starburst + remember how candy used to stay in their lane 3:56 - Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard wins international gold 5:33 - The greatest non-conversation ever + Armen goes back in the hole 9:33 - Cliff saw Fittest On Earth 2016 and how it compares to Every Second Counts 19:33 - Dave Castro’s hint for 17.5 23:50 - the hspu standard in 17.4 and cutting corners 31:57 - Armen’s experience with 17.4 and recapping the workout 48:55 - Kyle called Rich Froning in 2010 + old school Sectional styl...
2017-03-241h 02Scale As Needed Podcast35 South By Southwest, LOGAN, 17.3 Recap, More!1:58 - recording much earlier than we usually do + Cliff’s BMs 3:55 - Kyle and Cliff’s experience at SXSW including info on Baby Driver, Atomic Blonde 14:40 - we all saw LOGAN! 22:20 - Kong: Skull Island is a mess + The Work is super depressing 28:10 - 17.3 recap, Armen’s trip to Invictus, and more 37:15 - Kyle and Cliff’s Dad is in 33rd in his age group in South Central! 43:30 - 17.4 guesses based on Castro’s hints 46:09 - the sledge hammer event from the 2009 Games and other weird thing...
2017-03-1758 minScale As Needed Podcast34 17.2, The Arnold, John Wick 2, Get Out, The Oscars1:00 - Kyle is sick 3:08 - 17.2 is done + score updates + the Panchiks vs the Smiths vs the Andersons + lunges in the Open 27:33 - Eddie Hall’s insane squats 33:16 - Armen went to the Arnold 42:25 - Armen falls for the fake Star Wars trailer 44:20 - Cliff and Kyle’s thoughts John Wick 2 and Get Out 54:40 - The Oscars fuck up Best Picture 1:01:59 - REVIEWSSSSSS
2017-03-101h 09Scale As Needed Podcast33 17.1 Recap + Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Trailer and Alien: Covenant Trailer1:13 - 17.1 continues including times and experiences from Cliff and Armen 20:54 - Chandler Smith’s finger, Jacob Heppner drops out, and Marcus Filly drops out 32:00 - guessing 17.2 38:40 - The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 trailer 42:20 - Alien: Covenant trailer 53:07 - the Prometheus trailer was amazing, and the best trailers in Cliff and Kyle’s opinion 57:00 - REVIEWSSSS
2017-03-031h 05Scale As Needed Podcast32 2017 CrossFit Games Open Has Started: Everything 17.1 + The Arnolds1:00 - 17.1: the announcement, the workout, “tips and strategy”, top scores, and more! 51:04 - Armen’s going to the Arnold 58:20 - REVIEWSSSS
2017-02-241h 05Scale As Needed Podcast31 The 2017 CrossFit Games Open + Confirmation Bias1:40 - Ezra Miller as The Flash + Riverdale + Logan 9:22 - Kyle pulls 500lb 12:05 - people with a fundamental misunderstanding of physics + “you can find one or two examples to confirm ANYTHING” 30:05 - final New Years Resolution catch up 40:27 - Armen runs the Austin Half Marathon + how dumb five finger toe shoes are 49:09 - The Open! 56:25 - REVIEWSSSSSS
2017-02-221h 06Scale As Needed Podcast30 You Can't Get Better At Everything By Doing Anything & Armen's Jiu Jitsu Tournament Recap1:04 - pit sweat, taint sweat, and who the hell is Brad Renfro 8:10 - Armen doesn’t understand how normal people end up in the gym 15:29 - stupid ways to making workouts impossible 19:03 - it turns out you can’t just get better at everything by doing anything. very weird. 31:37 - Armen’s jiu jitsu tournament recap 57:00 - the Open + the hope for transparency from CFHQ 1:06:35 - reviews!
2017-02-171h 19Scale As Needed Podcast29 Just How Crazy Are CrossFit Games Athletes and The Thing About Not Drinking1:15 - the new studio setup + how pro wrestling gimmicks tables 5:32 - Rich Froning, Josh Bridges, Dan Bailey launch good dudes coffee company 12:01 - Ronnie Teasdale 16:00 - just how crazy are CrossFit Games and Regional athletes 23:46 - “The thing about not drinking is…Fridays, Super Bowls…it’s just less fun.” 31:50 - Kyle and Cliff’s experience with carb backloading 35:10 - “This is what thinking is…” 39:10 - Armen’s thruster/burpee practice still blows + update on the BJJ tournament 48:08 - Kyle’s Airrosti appointment 51:24 - pop cul...
2017-02-101h 08Scale As Needed Podcast28 Dave Castro's Dumbbell Warning, Annoying People At The Gym & How To Deal With Them1:25 - trap bar deadlift guy strikes again 21:45 - important adaptations in novice lifters 26:40 - how to help people who suck at lifting without making them feel like crap 30:25 - Dave Castro’s warning about dumbbells in the Open 45:10 - Armen’s terrible, awful, no good New Year’s Resolution about the thrusters and burpees + why do we feel worse about ourselves AFTER CrossFit? 50:45 - the true workout motivation for 100% of all human beings 54:45 - checking in on new iTunes reviews!
2017-02-041h 05Scale As Needed Podcast27 Britain's Strongest Man, Resolutions, M Night Shyamalan's Split1:30 - Britain’s Strongest Man 9:10 - Checking in on Cliff’s New Years Resolutions 15:14 - I’m Gonna Wear Street Clothes To The Gym Guy 30:10 - Armen and Kyle’s New Years Resolutions 38:45 - The Invictus 20 Minute Capacity Test 43:04 - The normalization of 135lb thrusters and how to develop that 52:03 - Kyle goes to Piknik, a CrossFitty restaurant 54:40 - Armen’s experience at Garage Strength with Dane Miller 1:01:30 - M Night Shyamalan’s Split 1:11:40 - Reading our new 5 star reviews
2017-01-271h 15Scale As Needed Podcast26 Wodapalooza 2017, Rhabdo and Steroids in CrossFit, Armen Signs Up For A BJJ Tournament1:00 - Armen’s thoughts on WZA 2017 + the crew comes up with dumb team CrossFit events 21:25 - New Years Resolution shenanigans 33:13 - Oregon Ducks football players get rhabdo + injury in CrossFit + steroids in CrossFit 43:20 - The gap between the best CrossFitters in the world and everyone else 48:15 - Armen signed up for a bjj tournament 1:03:52 - The guys go over the trailers for Netflix’s The Discovery, Power Rangers, and the second Logan trailer 1:19:07 - Reading new reviews!
2017-01-201h 232017-01-141h 16Scale As Needed Podcast24 The Importance Of & How To Apply Accessory Work and Bodybuilding Into Your Program2:00 - looking back at the Dubai Fitness Championship + David Carradine’s death 8:30 - the lack of novel events in fitness competitions 12:14 - Dave Castro’s 2017 Open hint + predicting Open workouts 18:00 - Eddie Hall trains a lot of bodybuilding 23:10 - the importance of accessory work and bodybuilding in developing fitness and capacity + how to use accessory work and bodybuilding as prehab and to build capacity 54:30 - Ed Kranski’s flaming deadlifts 59:09 - Checking in on the guys’ New Years resolution bets
2017-01-061h 05Scale As Needed Podcast23 - New Years Fitness Resolutions1:20 - Kyle’s subconscious obsession with goats 7:40 - Gyms after new years + embarrassing gym moments 17:00 - Cliff, Kyle, & Armen make fitness resolution bets for 2017 39:22 - the ending of Inception and why it doesn’t matter 43:00 - Eddie Strongman documentary on Netflix 49:50 - Netflix, Amazon, and the future of media
2016-12-301h 02Scale As Needed Podcast22 The Holiday Movie Special with Rogue One, Blade Runner, and John Wick 20:30 - eating vegetarian foods, both accidentally and on purpose 5:00 - Sing is actually a movie 9:35 - Rogue One 40:01 - Armen saw La La Land 40:55 - Blade Runner 2049 Teaser 48:35 - John Wick 2 55:15 - Aleksey Torokhtiy gives CrossFit a shot
2016-12-231h 01Scale As Needed Podcast21 Arnold Schwarzenegger's Effect On Physical Culture, The Future of Fitness, and Spiderman Homecoming1:11 - The FloSports Holiday Party was lit 12:06 - The New Nike Retcons and Reebok Nanos + tips on how to get into the gym 29:45 - Arnold Schwarzenegger's effect on physical culture in the world + the future of fitness 50:04 - Spiderman Homecoming
2016-12-161h 10Scale As Needed Podcast20 The Big Clean Complex and Westworld Season Finale1:30 - Furious Armen 2:20 - making fun of other sports, specifically pro video gamers 6:40 - the world record Big Clean Complex 13:35 - Cliff’s quick trip through Starting Strength 19:40 - Cliff and Kyle were 3rd Degree Black Belts in Taekwondo + Kyle’s favorite story of Cliff’s childhood Taekwondo competitions 26:35 - Jonny Bones Jones deadlifts 600lb in prep for Submission Underground 2 29:24 - Armen starts Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 34:55 - Guardians of the Galaxy 2 41:36 - Westworld season finale
2016-12-091h 20Scale As Needed Podcast19 The Fitness Arms Race, Arrival, and Westworld Episode 92:00 - Happy post Thanksgiving 3:08 - Armen’s ties to Popeyes 5:31 - Fitness after Thanksgiving + lifting fallacies + rep max calculators 11:07 - Exoskeletons 16:04 - Greg Glassman visits China 24:50 - The Fitness Arms Race + CrossFit Media 44:04 - Arrival + The Academy Awards + how writing credits work in Hollywood 1:01:30 - Westworld Episode 9
2016-12-021h 17Scale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - One Day Out Of The 2016 CrossFit Games: What We KnowArmen breaks down the very few pieces of info we have about what the events will be and how many events we'll expect to see as well as why the secrecy around the Games this year is so great.
2016-07-1915 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - Margaux Alvarez, Meg Reardon, Brent Fikowski At The CrossFit GamesArmen got a chance to sit down with Margaux Alvarez, Meg Reardon, and Brent Fikowski for individual interviews at the official CrossFit Games hotel in Manhattan Beach.
2016-07-1846 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - Danny CamargoInterviewing weightlifting Coach Danny Camargo (Mattie Rogers' coach) of Oly Concepts at the 2016 Youth Nationals in Austin, Texas. 1:14 - On the size of the entourage it takes to handle 14 athletes 2:49 - Camargo’s start in weightlifting and his competitive career 10:45 - how he moved on from weightlifting after retiring at 21 12:40 - how he found coaching 14:40 - the birth of Oly Concepts and his team 16:05 - law enforcement career and finding CrossFit 19:19 - coaching while being a police officer 21:55 - Danny’s coach...
2016-06-2847 min
The Strong Talk Podcast36: Arnold Preview With Armen HammerKalle is joined by Armen Hammer of The WodCast Podcast & FloElite to talk about all things Arnold Strongman and how we will be bringing coverage of the event for the first time the Pro Strongman has ever been live streamed!
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2016-03-031h 01Scale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - Previewing The Arnold Strongman Classic With Kalle Beck & StrongtalkPreviewing The Arnold Strongman Classic With Kalle Beck & Strongtalk
2016-03-011h 01Scale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - The US Olympic Team Selection Process ExplainedCheck it out: the US Olympic Team Selection Process is pretty intense and not very many people actually understand it. Listen in as Armen explains the process from how countries earn spots to the Olympics to how USA Weightlifting will be choosing the individuals to represent USA at Rio 2016
2016-02-2328 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - How To Write A Good WorkoutArmen goes over the process he uses and suggests you use when you have to come up with a good workout for yourself.
2016-02-1628 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - We're All Hypocrites When It Comes To PEDsArmen chats about why we're all hypocrites when it comes to PEDs in weightlifting and other sports and also how he recently redeemed himself for being a dick to Graham Holmberg once.
2016-02-0232 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - Sean Waxman Talks American Open, IWF Worlds, and USAWSean Waxman joins Armen to chat about the size of the American Open, storylines at the IWF World Championships, USA's team at Worlds, and USAW's organizational woes.
2015-11-1951 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - You Don't Know What You Don't Know (And How To Find Out)"In CrossFit you don’t see someone do a muscle up and assume they’re going to be a professional gymnast, but there are hundred of thousands of people who do a workout and suddenly think they’ll make it to the Games at some point." Listen in as Armen talks about getting perspective, surrounding yourself with the right people, and making sure you're not actually working towards someone else's goals.
2015-10-2621 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - Resetting GoalsArmen talks about resetting goals and how your mindset will determine how pissed or pleased you are with how training is going.
2015-10-1928 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - Renewing My L1, Building An Aerobic BaseListen in as Armen chats about renewing his L1 and why building an aerobic base is so important.
2015-09-2124 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - Dos and Don'ts For A Great Gym, Talking About Things You Actually Don't Know Anything AboutJoin Armen Hammer as he chats about the Dos and Don'ts of running or opening a good gym and why you shouldn't talk about things when you have no idea what you're talking about.
2015-09-0735 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - "I Need To Be Better At CrossFit"Armen Hammer chats about the simple question: "What's it mean when people say they need to get better at CrossFit"?
2015-08-3130 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - The 10% Rule, Programming Similarities Between Elite Weightlifters And Powerlifters, Why Your Workouts Should Be SpecficArmen Hammer chats about The 10% Rule and the pyramid of fitness, similarities in programming between Ilya Ilyin, Chinese weightlifters, and high level powerlifters, and why your workouts should be specific.
2015-08-2433 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - Mikko Salo, Pat Mendes, Dave Driskell, Going TeamArmen Hammer talks about why Mikko Salo is a legend, Pat Mendes' positive drug test at the Pan Am Games, Dave Driskell's handstand at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, and FloElite's Going Team documentary.
2015-08-1728 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - True Detective, CrossFit Games Money, Peg Board Scoring FiascoJoin Armen Hammer as he chats about how terrible True Detective Season 2 was, the ridiculousness of athletes paying to participate in the CrossFit Games season, and just how messed up the scoring for the peg board event at the 2015 CrossFit Games was.
2015-08-1120 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - 2015 CrossFit Games, Rush Club 005, Crush Games Prelim 1 Armen Hammer and Kati Breazeal cover their experiences at the 2015 CrossFit Games, the soul crushing prelim workout that has kicked off qualifications for the Crush Games, and Rush Club 005 predictions, including the beat down Sam Dancer will give Dan Pela in the men’s heavyweight division.
2015-08-0436 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - Strongman and more Join Armen Hammer and Julien Pineau as they chat about the growing levels of strength in strongman, where the sport is headed, and the possibilities of smaller weight classes becoming popular.
2015-07-1042 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - Previewing 2015 PWA ChampionshipsArmen Hammer and Sean Waxman cover the organization of weightlifting in the United States and chat about lifters to watch in the upcoming PWA Championships, including Donovan Ford, David Garcia, and D'Angelo Osorio.
2015-06-0940 minScale As Needed PodcastFloElite Hoistcast - Previewing 2015 Odd Haugen's Strongman Challenge San Jose Armen Hammer and Julien Pineau cover the organization of amateur and pro strongman in the United States and internationally as well as strategy for the farmer's walk, yoke carry, MAS wrestling, strongman deadlift, and log clean & press events in Odd Haugen's Strongman Challenge
2015-06-0639 min