The HERD FIT Podcast
1) 2025 Legends Real Time Recap - More to Come
We share a candid three-day recap from Legends 2025: a humbling swim, a debated strength tiebreak, and a return to classic mixed-modal tests that rewarded skill under fatigue. Community, cues, and com...Show More
2) Starting Crossfit: I Get to do This
We welcome Noah back to share how CrossFit and the Bison community helped him rebuild after a hard reset, from first-day nerves to chasing the Open with intention. We unpack coachability, scaling, and...Show More
3) S6E207 Age is a Number - How to Sustain Fitness Forever
Two athletes prove that getting older can mean getting stronger. We share how CrossFit, routine, and smart scaling rebuilt capacity after surgery, reversed a long decline, and made real life feel ligh...Show More
4) S06E207 Building A Stronger Bison Community
The best gyms don’t just add classes; they build pathways. We brought all four Bison Fitness owners, David Syvertsen @davesy85, Adam Hawkinson @hawkabn, Sam Rhee @bergencosmetic and Mike DaSilva toge...Show More
5) S6 E206 / The Start of a Crossfit Coach Journey
We welcome Dan to the Thursday morning coaching role and unpack what it truly takes to run a room with care, structure, and humility. Movement quality, time management, and lifestyle discipline frame ...Show More
6) DeFranco Fitness Test, Re-Done
We audit a popular seven-event “fittest” test, surface its power bias, and offer a clearer, safer, and more complete way to measure broad fitness. We keep skills accessible, tighten standards, fix loa...Show More
7) Crossfit Affiliate Ownership: Comfort within Discomfort
We talk with longtime affiliate owner Tim Carroll about the real work behind running one gym, then three, and why delegation and culture are the only way to last. Hiring, pay, boundaries, and the hard...Show More
8) CrossFit’s Identity Crisis
We unpack what CrossFit means after a combined 26 years of affiliate ownership—community, business, and brand—and ask whether the new “hard work, no shortcuts” campaign reaches new people or just rall...Show More
9) Sober Up - Path to Improved Health
We talk with Rachel about choosing sobriety without a rock-bottom moment, how COVID habits quietly escalated, and why better sleep, calmer mornings, and stronger training made the change stick. Clear ...Show More
10) S06E202 From Chest Pain to Redefining Health
Two CrossFit athletes share their harrowing experiences with heart attacks that occurred during or shortly after CrossFit workouts, revealing how cardiac events don't always present with typical sympt...Show More