Fitter Every Day: Recent Episodes
Jeff Woody
The show where we deconstruct fitness into bite-sized bits that can help make you fitter every day—how you can apply it to your life, how we go about delivering it as a business, and how it's changed people's lives.
Every Monday, Goldfinch Athletics co-owner, master of science in biomedical sciences, and former Iowa State Football player Jeff Woody is joined by one of the Goldfinch Athletics team (and sometimes a special guest!) to go in-depth on just that—how fitness works—so we all can get fitter every day.
We're back! After a long break from the podcast game, Shawn and Jeff are dropping a new episode all about getting started!
We're also excited to announce our new partnership with TYR to provide high-quality gear at a 20% discount.
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For more information on our programs, locations, or services, visit www.goldfinchathletics.com.
The NFL is a dream for thousands of kids but a reality for only a select few. But what happens when that dream comes true?
Former Iowa State wide receiver Josh Lenz joins us to talk about what it was like and what the transition out of sports was like. Because the transition out isn't easy for anyone, and Josh has been working to help ease that transition for others.
To learn more about Goldfinch Athletics or our programs, visit www.goldfinchathletics.com or www.goldfinchspeed.com.
The exceptionally bright, kind, and competitive Morgan Kane joins us this week on Fitter Every Day.
Morgan was a 4-year contributor to the Iowa State women's basketball team, logging substantial minutes on their way to a Sweet 16 appearance and Big 12 Championship. She joins us to talk about what it took to get there, what she hopes athletes can learn from her, and how hard work is the most important thing you can focus on.
To learn more about Goldfinch Athletics or Goldfinch Speed, go to www.goldfinchathletics.com.
"I just want some ice cream!"
This week, we're joined by former Iowa State wrestler and national champion Kyven Gadsen to talk about the process and struggle to become the best as well as all the difficulties that life throws your way and how to overcome them.
To learn more about Goldfinch Athletics, visit www.goldfinchathletics.com.
Goldfinch Speed — Our mission to get our speed programming to athletes no matter where they are.
www.goldfinchspeed.com
Tucker Herzberg drops by to talk about how to set up a successful speed training program, how putting together plans works, and how Goldfinch Speed came to be.
Dance—it's an art form, it's a way to burn energy off, but however you look at it, it is ATHLETIC. We're talking this week with Dancin' With Roxie Owner Richelle Morrissey to talk about the studio, how it came to be, and how we're partnering to make these athletes more explosive, consistent, and safer.
For more information on DWR, head to https://dancinwithroxie.com/
For more information on Goldfinch Athletics, head to www.goldfinchathletics.com
Memorial Day is a day to memorialize veterans who have fallen in service of the US. We give lots of "Thoughts and Prayers" on that day, but what do we do to actually help veterans? To use "thank" as a verb and not to use "thank" as a thought.
Troy Peterson—a retired Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient—has been doing that with ValorFit to actually give back to veterans. We talk through his service, what Memorial Day means to him, and what ValorFit stands for.
To learn more about ValorFit, go to www.valorfit.org.
Money is taboo, but you can't live without it. So why not try and be good with it?
In this episode, we are talking with Sarah Fineran and Dawn Hansen of Breakthrough Innovations (BTI). BTI works specifically with women to change their relationship with money.
So strap in, we're about to make ourselves (financially) fitter today.
For more information on Goldfinch Athletics, check out www.goldfinchathletics.com!
We took our show on the road! The simple question asked of us was — what do you wish you knew when you were a student that you know now?
To answer that, we went up to Iowa State University and met with some Kinesiology students. We presented some old-man advice and then took outstanding questions from the students about how to be a professional in the fitness space.
Thanks to Deb Power for helping coordinate us being at Iowa State!
For more about Goldfinch Athletics, visit www.goldfinchathletics.com.
Can you lift more than 20 pounds during pregnancy? Should I still run? How soon is too soon to come back? What about my heart rate, should I try and keep that down?
There are a lot of myths around training pre- and post-partum. In this episode, we're joined by Drs. Abbi and Aaron Rickelman of Designed 2 Move Spine and Sport, who are experts in treating movement. Abbi is a certified BirthFit Provider (and mother of 2), so we talked to her about busting some myths in training around pregnancy.
Oh, and by the way, they're on the treatment team of CrossFit Games silver medalist (and open/quarterfinals winner) Mallory O'Brien. So we also got into how to treat injuries for active people and how the average Joes differ from professional athletes.
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The Open finished up in March, and the top percent of athletes from the Open advanced to the next stage, which is Quarterfinals. Quarterfinals just finished up in April, so now that those components of the season are over, how did it go? How did new CrossFit Open programmer Adrian Bozman do? How did we as a gym do now that we've had a little space to react?
Goldfinch Athletics Co-Owners Shawn Nuetzman and Jeff Woody give their takes on how both of those phases went and what we can expect with more competition going forward.
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-Jeff
We're back!
After a little spring break, we're back with a bang (of a starter's gun) with Acceleration Iowa Director Tucker Herzberg. Tucker is one of the sharpest coaches we've ever come across, we're lucky enough to have him on the team.
Shawn Nuetzman and Tucker go deep into the processes, goals, and tactics that sports performance employs to get the goals that they do.
To learn more about AI specifically, go to www.aiankeny.com.
To learn more about Goldfinch Athletics and our programs, head to www.goldfinchathletics.com.
We're taking a rest week this week while we tidy up the next batch of episodes!
When we come back, we're going to have a series on business owners in the area, followed by a series on veterans leading into Murph and Memorial Day. And come summer, we're going to be getting with strength coaches and high-level athletes.
So stay tuned! If you're interested in getting your Fitter Every Day fix, head back and listen to any of the 15 or so previous episodes and let us know what you think!
Why do you do what you do? The point of fitness is different for everyone. Keystone Church of Ankeny (https://keystonelife.com/) pastor Brent Minter has been doing CrossFit for 10 years now (9 of those with Jeff as a coach between CrossFit Waukee and North Ankeny CrossFit).
In this episode, Jeff and Brent talk about staying motivated in the face of self-doubt, your goals, and why discipline matters (but not so much to beat yourself up over).
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And head over to www.goldfinchathletics.com to get all things Goldfinch Athletics.
After our most complimented episode, she's back! Registered Dietitian and Huxley Fit Club director Jordan MIller is back to talk more about the practical application of nutrition.
Things like: Why is it hard to lose weight?
How do hormones affect nutritional needs?
How should I eat as an athlete?
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Often, people watch competitive CrossFit (The Games, on TV, or at local events) and go, "I could do that, it doesn't look that hard." Some fit people might be able to. But the approach to competitive CrossFit when compared to the approach of working towards general fitness for life is very different.
In this episode of Fitter Every Day, we sit down with multi-time regionals athletes Madi Maines and Amy Boyd to talk about the difference in approaching the open as a competitor vs approaching it like an "average Joe."
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When you hear that someone is a dietitian, do you:
1) Know what they do?
2) Feel like they're some kook who is going to take all your food away?
or 3) Even want to talk to them?
In this episode of Fitter Every Day, we meet Jordan Miller, who is the director of Huxley Fit Club, but is also a Registered Dietitian and has her Master's of Professional Practice in Dietetics.
Needless to say, she's a smart cookie about cookies.
For more information on Nutrition, programs, or anything else Goldfinch Athletics, go to www.goldfinchathletics.com!
Killer clowns, evil worms, and a murderous bike. All par for the course at an event like the CF Circus. Luke and Abi Reiland, the owners of CrossFit 8035, CrossFit 8035 West, and The Circus. The Circus is the biggest CrossFit competition in the Des Moines area, and Luke and Abi are the two who put it together.
They sat down to go over the behind-the-scenes of putting an event like this together, how each event came to be, and what cool stuff they saw on the floor.
So tune in, hold on to your hats, watch out for clowns, and step into the Big Top...if you dare!
Note: There are a few swear words in here, but nothing too serious.
In preparing to record with Amy, we recognized that there is a fine line between trying to broaden your scope and spreading yourself too thin and missing things. One of those things we felt we were missing with growth was the ability to report harassments or traumas that clients may be coming in with.
That's why we have built two forms, one to let us know of things that have affected you in the past, something that we can't know about (and are sensitive to share) like prior traumas or things required in the gym from us.
The other is a harassment form because the gym should be a comfortable place to be yourself, not a place to be on your guard. You'll find the links to those things, as well as resources mentioned in the show, below.
Goldfinch Athletics Harassment Form: www.goldfinchathletics.com/harassment-form
Goldfinch Athletics Trauma Survivor's Form: www.goldfinchathletics.com/trauma-survivors-form
Lifting Heavy Things Book - https://amzn.to/3wx1zLv
Trauma-Informed Weight Lifting - https://www.traumainformedweightlifting.com/
Webinar and largest resource Katie Kurtz https://katie-kurtz.com/
Trauma-Informed Course: https://reliasacademy.com/rls/store/
Free Trauma-Informed Guide: https://issuu.com/healinghub/docs/hh_nervous_system_guide
The CrossFit Open is a worldwide competition where everyone on planet earth who does CrossFit does the same workout on the same day to the same standards.
Sound intimidating? Well, what if I told you that your local gym gets together? To make it smaller, you and your closest friends get to do that thing together.
So for some people, it's a silly thing that isn't worth doing. For others, it's too scary. For yet others, it's the best time of the year.
On this episode, we go in-depth on what the Open is, why you should (or shouldn't) do it.
To sign up for the open, go to www.games.crossfit.com.
To learn more about Goldfinch Athletics, our programs, or our locations, go to www.goldfinchathletics.com!
Programming. You hear that word all the time in exercise and fitness circles. But what is it? How does it affect the experience of members? Why is it important to get multiple eyes on it? And how do you shoot for something when you're programming?
Goldfinch Athletics Co-Owners Jeff Woody and Shawn Nuetzman dig into the topic of programming in this episode of Fitter Every Day.
To experience our programming or learn more about our programs, locations, or content, visit www.goldfinchathletics.com!
From "I need to get in shape first" to "I don't want to get too bulky," there are things that we hear all the time at the gym. So we put all of those statements in a hat, pulled them out, and reacted to them in the way we normally would in the wild.
Check out the full conversation and let us know what other questions you may have!
Find out more about our programs, locations, and content at www.goldfinchathletics.com.
New Year's resolutions are great...until they aren't. So many people fail at them because the focus, execution, or both are off track.
Goldfinch Athletics co-owners Shawn Nuetzman and Jeff Woody talk about how they got started in their fitness lives, what they've learned about motivation and consistency, and what keeps someone going at 1 month, 1 year, or 1 decade into a fitness journey. Plus a little talk about how to stick to a resolution (if you made one).
To learn more about Goldfinch Athletics, our locations, and our content, check us out at www.goldfinchathletics.com.
Why would someone start a podcast under a different name than the business that the podcasters work at? And why add another name in the first place? In the last episode of Season #1, we dive into a behind-the-scenes look at why Goldfinch Athletics exists. Many of our early adopters may only know us from inside the walls of the gym(s), and introducing a new brand to it seems confusing and odd. In this episode, co-owners Shawn Nuetzman and Jeff Woody talk about what Goldfinch Athletics is, where it's meant to go, and why it exists in the first place.
Additionally, season 2 starts next week! With season 2 comes videos, sharable clips, better audio quality, featured guests and so much more! Thank you for listening so far, be ready for a wild ride going forward, and we're pumped you're with us!
In any business, a few key things have to happen for a business to be successful. A restaurant needs good food, an accountant needs accurate taxes, and a teacher needs to teach. But beyond those things, there are underlayers of how you do those things. Where if they're done well, it works REALLY well. If they're done poorly, nothing can save it. It's like a lever being pushed up or pulled down, either way, it has an effect.
In gyms—boutique gyms especially—we have those too. They are cleanliness, programming, culture/vibe, equipment, and coaching. Amy Boyd (general manager of North Ankeny CrossFit and all-around badass) and Jeff talk about what goes into them!
For more information on our facilities or content, go to www.goldfinchathletics.com.
No matter where you are in life, there are choices to be made. And there is inevitably the decision to be made between doing the hard, right things and doing the easy, wrong thing. So how do you start to build the capacity to do those hard things.
Jeff is joined today by Goldfinch Athletics team member Isaac Ruiz (a former collegiate wrestler) to talk about how training enables us to do more than we think we can, in and out of the gym.
For more information on Goldfinch Athletics, check out www.goldfinchathletics.com!
Somehow, we have snuck up on making it to 10 years at NACF. In this episode, Shawn Nuetzman and Jeff Woody talk about the top 10 things they've learned from 10 years in operation of NACF. Everything from Friday Night Lights workouts to coming together to support those who need it.
In short, this is a love letter to NACF and all the people who have helped get us from December 3rd, 2012 to today.
For more information on North Ankeny CrossFit, visit www.northankenycrossfit.com.
For more info on Goldfinch Athletics, visit www.northankenycrossfit.com.
Officially made it to episode 1 of Fitter Every Day! And, fittingly, if we are going to talk about becoming fitter every day, the natural starting point is to clarify...what is fitness? What is the thing that we are trying to pursue?
Jeff Woody is joined by North Ankeny CrossFit general manager (and all-around badass) Amy Boyd to define what that means.
For more information on Goldfinch Athletics, our programs, or our locations, go to www.goldfinchathletics.com.
Welcome to Fitter Every Day! This is a new podcast from Goldfinch Athletics (the company behind North Ankeny CrossFit, Acceleration Iowa-Ankeny, Huxley Fit Club, and Acceleration Iowa at The Arena). The first batch of episodes will drop next week, so be sure to subscribe so you don't miss it!
The show where we deconstruct fitness into bite-sized bits that can help make you fitter every day—how you can apply it to your life, how we go about delivering it as a business, and how it's changed people's lives.
Every Monday, Goldfinch Athletics co-owner, master of science in biomedical sciences, and former Iowa State Football player Jeff Woody is joined by one of the Goldfinch Athletics team (and sometimes a special guest!) to go in-depth on just that—how fitness works—so we all can get fitter every day.
Visit www.goldfinchathletics.com for more, and be sure to subscribe!
The theme music is: "Way Out" by Kidcut