The Barbell Spin

Matthew Russell and Kate "Weez" Shumaker share their experience working behind the scenes at the Rogue Invitational as the official competition scoring partner. Also, find out how their company, Strongest AI, www.strongest.com, can help event organizers run a local competition smoothly! /////////////////////////////////////////// Stay connected for all the latest CrossFit news at http://www.thebarbellspin.com Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thebarbellspin

Craig Howard, founder of Diablo CrossFit, is partnering with GORUCK this year to promote the Turkey Ruck Challenge for CrossFit Affiliates. Diablo CrossFit has hosted an unofficial "Turkey Trot" the past 14 years and this year they are taking it up a notch. Craig shares the details of how to organize a Turkey Ruck at your affiliate and how it's help build the community at Diablo CrossFit. /////////////////////////////////////////// Stay connected for all the latest CrossFit news at http://www.thebarbellspin.com Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thebarbellspin

Eric Hinman is a 5-time Ironman athlete, CrossFit and Hyrox competitor, content creator and social media influencer. Basically, he does it all. /////////////////////////////////////////// Stay connected for all the latest CrossFit news at http://www.thebarbellspin.com Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thebarbellspin #hyrox #crossfit #influencer

Coming off a team victory with CrossFit Mayhem Freedom, Sam Cournoyer qualified for the Dubai Fitness Championship. However, Sam has withdrawn from the event in Dubai. We chat to discuss why he withdrew and what the rest of the 2023 off-season will look like.

Over the years CrossFit has made changes to its scoring system. The details of the scoring has changed almost as much as the path to get to the Games. Seth Page, Alexis Johnson and Tyler Watkins discuss whether CrossFit needs a new scoring system? That's where the Z-Score comes in. Tune in to find what Z-Score is, how it works and whether it could be the future of scoring CrossFit competitions.

Cody Mooney is a former CrossFit Games athlete and is now the Director of Performance at pliability (formerly called ROMWOD). Join us as we chat with Cody about his life after competing and what he and the pliability team are working on these days.

Adrian Conway has competed at the CrossFit Games five times and has won the team competition at the CrossFit Games, including the 2017 championship with Wasatch CrossFit. Conway is now the head coach and lead programmer for TTRU Fitness and is the co-owner of FNX.

Jorge Fernandez shares his experience of competing on CrossFit Invictus' 3rd place team at the 2022 CrossFit Games, how he is preparing for the Rogue Invitational and what his plans are for 2023.

Emily Tanner competed at this year's CrossFit Games on CrossFit Greater Heights just one year after giving birth to her daughter. While competing, Tanner also coached teen athlete Hailey Rolfe who competed in the Teen Girls 16-17 division. On top of that, Tanner is the owner/founder of Ascend Athlete, a remote coaching and programming company based out of Houston, Texas.

Lize Burns shares her side of the story after CrossFit denied her appeal after a failed drug test and suspended her for 4 years. The problem is that there were several "clerical" errors that occurred that leave doubt as to whether the sample that tested positive for metabolites of GW1516 was actually hers.

After starting CrossFit just two years ago, Bella Martin is quickly becoming one of the top CrossFit emcees. Follow Bella on social media: https://www.instagram.com/missbellama... https://twitter.com/missbellamartin/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/missbella... Go to https://thebarbellspin.com for breaking news & coverage of the CrossFit Games!