The Verity Podcast: Recent Episodes
Monroe Miller
In this episode of the Verity Podcast, Brandon and I talk about fixing knee pain and recovering from injuries. We both had suffered acute and overuse injuries that prevented us from squatting or doing a lot of movements in the gym. We discuss the different things that worked to resolve our similar problem of having excessively short and tight quads while also having weak and long hamstrings. My Knees and Nordics program is now available for purchase! This program is the way that I went about fixing my knee pain and it drastically improved my squat. This 6-week program is how I implemented Ben Patrick's "kneesovertoesguy" and ATG methods into a bolt-on accessory program for CrossFitters and Weightlifters to improve squat health! https://veritystore.square.site/
Monroe and Brandon are joined by Coach Kenta. Kenta gives us an update on his life and where programming is going over the next cycle at Verity. In addition, the guys talk about the Arnold Classic, The 2022 CrossFit Open, strength programming, and more! --- Subscribe to Monroe's channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ1p... --- Connect with Monroe on social media! https://www.facebook.com/monroebmiller/ https://www.instagram.com/monroemiller/
Monroe and Brandon talk about their past experiences with the CrossFit Open. In addition, the guys talk about expectations for the upcoming 2022 CrossFit Games season, finding your why in the gym, and how to continue being motivated through your fitness journey.
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Monroe and Brandon sit down and discuss New Year resolutions and goal setting. The guys talk about when, how, and the process to set goals so that you're successful. This episode is for anyone looking to better themselves in 2022! If you have questions please leave them in the comments below!
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Monroe and Brandon answer questions from members and viewers. In this episode, the guys talk about building muscle vs building strength, skill acquisition, modifying workouts to practice skills in MetCons, nutrition, and more!
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Monroe and Brandon chat with Verity's newest coach, Charlie Schmid. Growing up, Charlie was a multi-sport athlete in high school. Following high school graduation, Charlie gave up sports and dedicated his life to serving God, and began work as a missionary.
Through his journey, Charlie was led back to fitness and ultimately CrossFit. Charlie is an experienced CrossFit coach and a tremendous CrossFit athlete who reflects one of the most positive and hard-working attitudes around.
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Monroe and Brandon introduce the newest addition to the coaching team, Allie Updike. Allie is a former division two college athlete where she threw the javelin and studied exercise science at Azusa Pacific University. She also participated in the 2016 United States Track & Field Olympic Trials.
On the show, these three discuss Allie's upbringing, her athletic background, how she found CrossFit, and how she transitioned from Fire Rescue to full-time coaching.
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Monroe and Brandon chat with Sophie Baxter about Nutrition Coaching! Sophie is the newly appointed head of Nutrition Coaching at Verity. In this show, these three discuss, nutrition, macro's, keto, weightlifting, CrossFit, unique fruits, and more!
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Is it better to workout 5 times per week and have your nutrition be "so, so" or workout 3 times per week and have your nutrition dialed in?
This early morning show was spawned from a question that one of our members had about the balance between training and nutrition. Brandon and Monroe discuss how we balance our nutrition and training personally. The guys also make suggestions on how you can find more balance in your life.
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Monroe and Brandon chat with Cameron Currie! In this episode, the guys talk about Cameron's experience as a coach overseas, his time at the CrossFit Games Regionals, and what he is doing now with his fitness and nutrition coaching business, Base3 Fitness.
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Monroe and Brandon host Coach Chelsea Raineri to talk about her experience with high-level gymnastics and her work at George Washington University. Chelsea shares her story about growing up in Pennsylvania, gymnastics, and has some really great insight into personal accountability and how to be a part of a team.
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In this episode, we have Coach Kenta on to discuss his new role in programing for Verity! This is a deep dive into what to expect over the next few months as far as the programming is concerned.
Kenta has a lot of experience writing programing for Weightlifting and he is excited to bring his expertise in strength training over to be able to impact our CrossFit program in a really great way. If you have questions please leave them in the comments below! ---
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Monroe and Brandon are joined by Dr. Jim Kennedy to talk about Knee Health! Both Monroe and Brandon have been through a tough time with their knees lately and are both on the road to recovery.
Dr. Jim has been instrumental in both of their recoveries. In this episode, the guys sit down and share their experience of how their injuries occurred and what you can do to prevent injury or recover.
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Monroe interviews Sydney Brodrick Price! Sydney was an All-ACC softball player at Florida State University. After she concluded her softball career, Sydney found CrossFit and thus, her new obsession! We talk about hard work, CrossFit, workouts, and marriage. Sydney is also newly married to the host of our show Brandon Price!
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This episode was dug out of the archives. On this show, we travel back in time to July 2020. Monroe and Brandon talk with Coach Pat about positional strength. The guys also delve into mindset during your workout and talk about celebrating victories.
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Monroe and Brandon dive into how to stay fit while on vacation without driving yourself and those around you crazy. We both agreed that vacation should be a vacation but there are ways you can stay active and eat right while traveling.
If you have questions please leave them in the comments below!
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Monroe and Brandon sit down with Coach Pat to discuss the sport of GRID! He is currently a player for the Gainesville Wild. We discuss how GRID league operates and preview Pat's upcoming matches over the next couple of months.
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Monroe and Brandon host Morgan Miller, Monroe's wife. In this episode, Morgan tells her story of finding CrossFit, performing workouts while pregnant, and operating a business with Monroe.
If you have questions please leave them in the comments below! If you're enjoying the podcast please leave us a 5-start review so we can reach more listeners!
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Monroe and Brandon chat with CrossFit Games athlete Nathan Bramblett! Nathan is a 1x CrossFit Games athlete and a 5x CrossFit Regionals athlete. In this episode, he brings valuable insight into what it's like to be at the CrossFit Games and what it takes to be an Elite level CrossFitter. If you have questions please leave them in the comments below!
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Monroe and Brandon talk all things MURPH! We also talk about our experiences with CrossFit Hero WODs. We'd love to hear from you! How will be breaking up your version of MURPH this weekend? What's your favorite HERO WOD? What's your toughest HERO WOD experience?
The workout "Murph" is...
1 Mile Run
100 Pull-ups
200 Push-ups
300 Squats
1 Mile Run
Stay tuned for our next episode where we have our friend Nathan Bramblet on the show to talk about his past experience at the CrossFit Games and Regionals!
If you have questions please leave them in the comments below!
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Monroe and Brandon bring on member, Cassie Blair. In this episode, Cassie shares her story of how she came to find Verity Speed & Strength and how she accomplished losing 30+ pounds. In addition, we talk about Cassie's career, her family, rope climbs and lots of other topics!
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Monroe and Brandon bring back Dr. Jim. The guys talk about Jim's recent injury, how he's managing his recovery, and how you should manage your recovery. In addition, the guys give advice on MURPH, ego, and coaching.
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Brandon interviews Monroe! The guys talk all things, Monroe Miller. How he found CrossFit, why he started Verity, family, growing up, and so much more!
If you have questions about Monroe's life, journey, or CrossFit please leave your question in the comments!
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Coach Patrick is back! This episode was filmed before the release of the quarterfinal workouts so a lot of this is our thoughts and discussion around what we think will come out and how to best handle yourself amid competition.
Here are the quarterfinals event floorplans https://s3.amazonaws.com/crossfitpubl...
Here are the quarterfinals' events! https://games.crossfit.com/workouts/o...
If you have questions please leave them in the comments below!
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In this episode, the guys recap the 2021 CrossFit Games Open! Brandon and Monroe talk about each workout individually as well as their feelings about the programming, the production, and the overall experience!
We hope you had as much fun with this year's open as we did! If you made it to the next stage of the competition, the quarterfinals, we cant wait to see you there!
Leave me a comment, let me know what you thought about the 2021 CrossFit Open?!
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Monroe and Brandon talk to Coach Kenta Dooley about strength training for CrossFit and how to get strong!
Kenta is an Olympic weightlifting coach, as well as a great weightlifter. He has gained a ton of strength over the last few years of us knowing each other and has really dove headfirst into the world of weightlifting and learned a ton about how to get strong.
While we are generally talking about weightlifting and gaining strength as it relates to CrossFit and Olympic weightlifting, the concepts outlined can be applied to any type of strength training program.
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0:00-1:00 Opening
1:00-2:30 Brandon's Story About Kenta
2:30-6:34 Kenta’s Journey
6:35-10:37 Intensity, Volume, Attitude
10:38-14:00 CrossFit
This week we have a special episode where I get to chat on the couch with the host of our show Brandon Price!
In this interview, Brandon really opens up about his life and upbringing, as well as where that has led him today. This was something different and was a really cool chance for us to learn a little more about coach Brandon.
Of course, we get to talk about fitness, health, weightlifting, and CrossFit! If you want to pick up the Gratitude Journal we talk about in this show, here is a link to do so!
The Five Minute Journal - https://amzn.to/3ecZooo
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Monroe and Brandon are joined again by Dr. Jim. In this episode, the guys bounce around on a few topics about CrossFit, nutrition, some of their current goals, and injury prevention.
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Monroe and Brandon talk about the difference in competing, training, and practice.
A lot of times we tend to get wrapped up in looking at what everyone else in the room is doing. With CrossFit, it's really you against yourself and the voice inside telling you to stop...but having someone to chase in your workouts can really help you push yourself! At Verity Speed & Strength we really try to make sure that everyone understands the purpose of that competitiveness and not let it become something that is a detriment to your fitness progression.
Most days you are just training or practicing, but, maybe once per week, it's ok to really let loose and give your workout everything you got.
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Monroe and Brandon talk about supplements...the good, the bad, and the complete "waste of your money". In this episode, the guys also talk about simplifying nutrition, helpful tips, and their own supplement history.
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Monroe and Brandon are joined by Coach Bailey to discuss CrossFit Kids and CrossFit Teens at Verity! There are a lot of common misconceptions about kids and CrossFit training in general. Many people think that it is bad for kids to lift weights and that it will stunt their growth...this is simply not true.
A really scary statistic is that in America 1 in 5 kids are obese. This is a problem that stems from the way our culture has developed over the last 20-30 years. There is more access to screens and entertainment than ever before, and with the internet, kids are now going outside less and less.
At Verity Speed & Strength Bailey has been coaching teens for the past year and their physical, as well as social development, has skyrocketed. That being said, we are excited to expand the youth program and launch our CrossFit for Kids ages 3-5 and ages 6-12!
If you have questions about anything we discuss in this podcast or anything at all please leave them in the comments below!
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Monroe and Brandon are joined by Coach Pat for a discussion on the CrossFit Open. The guys chat about the new format, the format from the past, best and worst workouts, and their funny experiences during one of the most exciting times to be in the gym!
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Monroe and Brandon bring on Coach Lauren Baldwin to discuss nutrition coaching and whether it's the right thing for you. They also discuss Precision Nutrition, the PN1 certification, as well as the ProCoach software they use to deliver their nutrition coaching curriculum.
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Monroe and Brandon bring back Dr. Jim! In this episode, we get into the Christmas spirit and kick it off with some positivity. In addition, the guys get into all aspects of the shoulder including common injuries, prevention remedies, and exercises to improve mobility. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
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Monroe and Brandon are joined by Amy Maxwell. Amy has quite the story. After one krav maga class, Amy figured out she wanted to teach self-defense. Now, Amy travels around the world to some of Earth's most violent places to teach. We talk about self-defense, CrossFit, non-profits, and much more!
Check out more of Amy's foundation > https://gapcommunity.com/
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Monroe and Brandon bring back Jim Kennedy, Doctor of Chiropractic, Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, and the Owner of Advanced Chiropractic & Sports Rehabilitation. We're back for our monthly recovery segment and this week we're talking nutrition and stretching. Some of the topics include electrolytes, protein shakes, and post-workout recovery tips.
If you're dealing with an injury, lack of mobility, or other physical bodily hardships please reach out and book an appointment with Jim.
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Monroe and Brandon bring on guest speaker and current Weightlifting Coach at CrossFit Parable, Kenta Dooley. The guys talk about Kenta's story, the mental side of weightlifting, body dysmorphia, goals, and more!
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Monroe and Brandon talk about all things goal setting. They share goals in their personal life and what they're trying to accomplish in the gym. Brandon talks about his relationship with weightlifting and what he's going to accomplish alongside Coach Monroe in the coming months.
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Monroe front squatted for 31 straight days in October...Yes, you read that correctly. Brandon talks with Monroe about the journey. The guys talk about why, goals, discipline, time management, and happiness.
If you love this podcast take a selfie of your best Front Squat and tag Verity Speed & Strength. Tall chest! Knees out! Enjoy!
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Monroe and Brandon are joined by Jim Kennedy, Doctor of Chiropractic, Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, and the Owner of Advanced Chiropractic & Sports Rehabilitation. Here the guys talk about the basics of recovery including sleep, static and dynamic stretching, and much more.
If you're dealing with an injury, lack of mobility, or other physical bodily hardships please reach out and book an appointment with Jim.
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Monroe and Brandon are joined once again by Coach Patrick. Today, the guys talk about Rx workouts. Should you? Shouldn't you? In addition, the team also talks about three ways to get better at high-level skills (muscle-ups, double-unders, handstand push-ups, etc..) during your workout.
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Monroe and Brandon discuss why someone brand-new to fitness should choose CrossFit. They discuss all common objections including intimidation, fear, and finances. They also discuss their original intent on joining CrossFit and how that has changed over the years.
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Monroe and Brandon talk about Scaling your workout. Among the many topics of discussion these two talk about the intended stimulus of workouts, developing skills, and setting goals.
For goal-setting sessions reach out to Monroe (email below). For episode suggestions follow us on Instagram and DM us with your idea.
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Monroe and Brandon are back with guest Coach Patrick Long. In this episode, the guys talk about different techniques of weightlifting and how to better yourself as a lifter.
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Monroe and Brandon bring on Coach Pat, affectionately known as "Heavy Singles". Here the guys talk about Pat's story, how he came to find CrossFit, and Verity Speed and Strength. In addition, the team talks about mindset and weightlifting. This is a moving story. For anyone struggling with the smallest things in life give this a listen. If you feel inspired by this message we encourage you to share this with someone close to you.
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Suggested Reading:
Mindset by Carol Dwek
Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron
The Champions Mind by Jim Afremow
Monroe and Brandon bring on Luke Trafton to discuss programming and the new class format at Verity Speed and Strength. Luke is a Coach at Verity and highly accomplished CrossFitter and athlete. Luke swam at Bucknell University and participated in the Wodapalooza CrossFit sanctional as an individual this past February in Miami.
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Monroe and Brandon dive into macronutrient counting. Another tool you can put in your belt for your nutrition game. Here, they break down what fats, protein, and carbohydrates are, the roles they play, and how their energy is distributed. They also delve into Brandon's nutrition regiment and how exactly to use this in your own fitness journey.
For details on how to calculate your own macronutrients and calories be sure to follow us on social media.
Monroe and Brandon sit down with fellow coach Lauren Baldwin. They discuss how Lauren found fitness, what it was like to do CrossFit during pregnancy, mobility, and the best way to get a six-pack.
In this episode, Monroe and Brandon of Verity discuss the basics of nutrition.
If you're someone who struggles to eat "well", or maybe "you've tried everything", or perhaps you have no idea where to start in the kitchen, then this episode is for you.
Remember to take our suggestions one-step at a time. You do not have to try to change all your eating habits in one day. Small accomplishments turn into great victories and accumulate into to GREAT habits.
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Welcome to episode one of The Verity Podcast. A show where two personal trainers talk about life and fitness.
In episode one, your hosts, Monroe Miller (CCFT, PN1) and Brandon Price (CF-L2, CPT-NASM) tell the stories of their journies in fitness and how they've arrived at where they are today.