Recommended Songs
This is a playlist of songs that I previously recommended in my newsletter:
Writing Elsewhere
Here's where you can find columns and interviews I've done for other publications as well as some other podcast appearances:
Columns
Training Articles
- "CrossFit Pacing: The Key To Perfectly Executing Workouts" on WODprep
- "10 Way to Build an Unstoppable Engine for Competitive CrossFit" on Train Heroic
- "CrossFit Open Preparation: Training Your Way to the Top" on Train Heroic
- "6 Methods CrossFit Competitors Should use to Develop Raw Strength" on Train Heroic
- "Why Some CrossFit Athletes Dominate the Open and Fail Regionals" on Breaking Muscle
Business Articles
- "One Box Owner's Opinion: My CrossFit Gym is not an Essential Business" on Morning Chalk Up
Interviews
- Fenriz from Darkthrone on Invisible Oranges - April 16th, 2013
- Karl Sanders from Nile on Primitive Future (originally for Alarm Press) - June 12th, 2012
- John Hoffman of Weekend Nachos on Invisible Oranges - April 23rd, 2012
- Scott Carroll of Cianide on Invisible Oranges - August 26th, 2011
- Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy on Primitive Future - May 6th, 2011
- John McEntee of Incantation on Invisible Oranges - February 28th, 2011
- Tom G Warrior of Celtic Frost and Triptykon on Alarm Press - December 21st, 2010 *Full transcript available on Primitive Future.
- Pontus of Miasmal on Invisible Oranges - April 28th, 2010
Music Reviews
- Primitive Future - Various music reviews from 2008-2013
- Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes on AllMusic
- Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh on AllMusic
- Immolation - Close to a World Below on AllMusic
- Incantation - Mortal Throne of Nazarene on AllMusic
- Immolation - Here in After on AllMusic
- Asphyx - The Rack on AllMusic
- Körgull the Exterminator - War of the Voivodes on Invisible Oranges - January 21st, 2011
- Krypts - Open the Crypt on Invisible Oranges - August 2nd, 2010
Podcast Appearances
I've been fortunate enough to be invited onto some podcasts as a guest. Here are some of those appearances:
- OPEX Back Room Talk | Todd Nief: From Heavy Metal to Heavy Weights
- Dreams of Consciousness | #129: Like Rats | Bonus: Quarantine Talk
- Conquer Athlete | From Coach to Business with Todd & Brandon
- Strength & Scotch | How to Prioritize and Achieve your Top Goals
- The Alpha Hippie Podcast | Mental Models and Death Metal
- The Airborne Mind | Universal Strategies for Business Success in Fitness
- Strength & Scotch | Doping and Learning
Newsletter Archives
21.06.25: Structuring a Training Week, Biohacking & Electro
STUFF I ENJOYED THIS WEEK VIDEO: [Luke Holmes] Structuring a Training Week for CrossFit Luke coming in hot with the whiteboard video content! Lots of coaches feel pretty good about writing specific training sessions, but can sometimes get overwhelmed trying to design a full week of training. There’s so many things to work on! Gymnastics! Conditioning! Weightlifting! Shoulder rehab! Hypertrophy! Core work! Maybe even some bench and bis for the guns! By applying a few
21.06.18: Contradictory Science, Ranked Choice Voting & Sun Ra
STUFF I ENJOYED THIS WEEK ARTICLE: [Nautilus] How to Make Sense of Contradictory Science Papers This is a shorter and more accessible summary of Liam Bright’s article on “Why Do Scientists Lie?” that I shared a few weeks back. (Hat tip to Cedric Chin for sharing in his newsletter.) If you start to dig into disagreements between scientists, you can find reams of studies and seemingly plausible arguments on just about any side of an issue.
21.06.11: Deadlines, Minimum Maintenance Dose, and Crust
ARTICLE: [Seth Godin] How (not) to miss a deadline Anyone who has ever been in charge of anything runs into same problem: most people don’t do what they say they are going to do by the time that they say they are going to do it. The “man on the street” management impulse then is to assume that your employees, coworkers, vendors, and partners are all lazy, shiftless ne’er-do-wells and that you’re the only person who