The Spin Podcast

It's November. So what does that mean?
It means that all the videos come out saying that CrossFit is dying or that CrossFit is dead. It also means that we at THE SPIN will take a look at what is being said and give our opinion (i.e. the State of the Union) on how CrossFit is doing.
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INDEX
3:23 - Viewer Comments
34:06 - HERD FEST / Milk Alley
51:08 - CrossFit State of the Union
1:27:08 - Another Semifinal in Australia?
1:38:08 - WFP in Mexico
1:45:20 - Blind Rankings
1:54:36 - ATHX
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JY is taking his first look at the 2027 CrossFit Games Mountain. There are some surprising new faces back on the mountain.Then, J.R. Howell joins the show to reveal a Wodapalooza Online Qualifier early, before the official release on Thursday.***Use code 'SPIN' to save $$$ with our sponsors:FROG GRIPS: https://froggrips.comPAPER ST COFFEE: https://paperstcoffee.com/JY BARBELL: https://www.jybarbell.com (14-day free trial)CrossFit Medical Society Community Care: https://enroll.cfmscommunitycare.com/registration/new/?referral_code=SPIN

Jason Ansley, World Fitness Project's President, joined the show to discuss the new changes to the 2027 WFP season.
Then, we get into all things CrossFit Open, Rogue Invitational, CrossFit HQ and Mat Fraser's Leadville 100.
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Jump to:

0:00 - Best intro video with Mark Dowdle
0:25 - Jason Ansley & 2027 WFP Season explained
36:25 - Viewer Comments
57:46 - CrossFit Open Pairs Division
1:11:15 - Rogue Invitational Recap
1:32:12 - CrossFit cancels REBEL Renegade Games Semifinal
1:40:48 - Victor Hoffer & Mirjam von Rohr already qualified to French Throwdown
1:43:57 - Echo Bike coming to Quartefinals?
1:50:54 - Jay DeCoons leaves, CrossFit HQ Exec turnover
2:00:13 - Mat Fraser's clickbait & 2027 endurance race

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Final recap show of the 2026 Rogue Invitational with John and Spin.

Calum Marsh joined the show to talk about his new book, The Glass Box, coming out on October 27. In the book, Marsh documents the history of CrossFit - from when Greg Glassman trained clients out of globo gyms to the Black Box Summit to the rise of the CrossFit Games and finally to present day.
Marsh shed light on what it was like within the organization based on numerous interviews with those inside the company, including Greg Glassman and Dave Castro. It's quite the book.
After that we rated the new structure for the 2027 CrossFit Games season. Our rating system was based on 0-8 slices of pizza.
Then we turned our attention to the Rogue Invitational. John, Tyler and Spin gave our predictions (1-20) for both the men and women. Tyler's predictions are crazy, right?
John and Tyler made a bet regarding the final placement of Dani Speegle and Lucy Campbell. If Dani beats Lucy at the end of the weekend, John will shave his head. When that doesn't happen, Tyler will have to wear a toupee (of our choosing) on the show.
Then it was Blind Rankings - who is most likely to withdraw from the Rogue Invitational.
We then wrap up with our thoughts on the Big's Backyard Ultra where Mark Dowdle and Jon Noll went 106 loops (Dowdle did 107).
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