Scale As Needed Podcast

0:45 - Armen gets thrown into the Brig 1:55 - Starburst + remember how candy used to stay in their lane 3:56 - Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard wins international gold 5:33 - The greatest non-conversation ever + Armen goes back in the hole 9:33 - Cliff saw Fittest On Earth 2016 and how it compares to Every Second Counts 19:33 - Dave Castro’s hint for 17.5 23:50 - the hspu standard in 17.4 and cutting corners 31:57 - Armen’s experience with 17.4 and recapping the workout 48:55 - Kyle called Rich Froning in 2010 + old school Sectional style Regionals 55:22 - REVIEWSSSSSS

1:58 - recording much earlier than we usually do + Cliff’s BMs 3:55 - Kyle and Cliff’s experience at SXSW including info on Baby Driver, Atomic Blonde 14:40 - we all saw LOGAN! 22:20 - Kong: Skull Island is a mess + The Work is super depressing 28:10 - 17.3 recap, Armen’s trip to Invictus, and more 37:15 - Kyle and Cliff’s Dad is in 33rd in his age group in South Central! 43:30 - 17.4 guesses based on Castro’s hints 46:09 - the sledge hammer event from the 2009 Games and other weird things from the Games 52.30 - REVIEWSSSSS

1:00 - Kyle is sick 3:08 - 17.2 is done + score updates + the Panchiks vs the Smiths vs the Andersons + lunges in the Open 27:33 - Eddie Hall’s insane squats 33:16 - Armen went to the Arnold 42:25 - Armen falls for the fake Star Wars trailer 44:20 - Cliff and Kyle’s thoughts John Wick 2 and Get Out 54:40 - The Oscars fuck up Best Picture 1:01:59 - REVIEWSSSSSS

1:13 - 17.1 continues including times and experiences from Cliff and Armen 20:54 - Chandler Smith’s finger, Jacob Heppner drops out, and Marcus Filly drops out 32:00 - guessing 17.2 38:40 - The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 trailer 42:20 - Alien: Covenant trailer 53:07 - the Prometheus trailer was amazing, and the best trailers in Cliff and Kyle’s opinion 57:00 - REVIEWSSSS

1:00 - 17.1: the announcement, the workout, “tips and strategy”, top scores, and more! 51:04 - Armen’s going to the Arnold 58:20 - REVIEWSSSS

1:40 - Ezra Miller as The Flash + Riverdale + Logan 9:22 - Kyle pulls 500lb 12:05 - people with a fundamental misunderstanding of physics + “you can find one or two examples to confirm ANYTHING” 30:05 - final New Years Resolution catch up 40:27 - Armen runs the Austin Half Marathon + how dumb five finger toe shoes are 49:09 - The Open! 56:25 - REVIEWSSSSSS

1:04 - pit sweat, taint sweat, and who the hell is Brad Renfro 8:10 - Armen doesn’t understand how normal people end up in the gym 15:29 - stupid ways to making workouts impossible 19:03 - it turns out you can’t just get better at everything by doing anything. very weird. 31:37 - Armen’s jiu jitsu tournament recap 57:00 - the Open + the hope for transparency from CFHQ 1:06:35 - reviews!

1:15 - the new studio setup + how pro wrestling gimmicks tables 5:32 - Rich Froning, Josh Bridges, Dan Bailey launch good dudes coffee company 12:01 - Ronnie Teasdale 16:00 - just how crazy are CrossFit Games and Regional athletes 23:46 - “The thing about not drinking is…Fridays, Super Bowls…it’s just less fun.” 31:50 - Kyle and Cliff’s experience with carb backloading 35:10 - “This is what thinking is…” 39:10 - Armen’s thruster/burpee practice still blows + update on the BJJ tournament 48:08 - Kyle’s Airrosti appointment 51:24 - pop culture stuff from the Super Bowl like Stranger Things 2 and Billy Zane 56:11 - reviews and more!

1:25 - trap bar deadlift guy strikes again 21:45 - important adaptations in novice lifters 26:40 - how to help people who suck at lifting without making them feel like crap 30:25 - Dave Castro’s warning about dumbbells in the Open 45:10 - Armen’s terrible, awful, no good New Year’s Resolution about the thrusters and burpees + why do we feel worse about ourselves AFTER CrossFit? 50:45 - the true workout motivation for 100% of all human beings 54:45 - checking in on new iTunes reviews!

1:30 - Britain’s Strongest Man 9:10 - Checking in on Cliff’s New Years Resolutions 15:14 - I’m Gonna Wear Street Clothes To The Gym Guy 30:10 - Armen and Kyle’s New Years Resolutions 38:45 - The Invictus 20 Minute Capacity Test 43:04 - The normalization of 135lb thrusters and how to develop that 52:03 - Kyle goes to Piknik, a CrossFitty restaurant 54:40 - Armen’s experience at Garage Strength with Dane Miller 1:01:30 - M Night Shyamalan’s Split 1:11:40 - Reading our new 5 star reviews

1:00 - Armen’s thoughts on WZA 2017 + the crew comes up with dumb team CrossFit events 21:25 - New Years Resolution shenanigans 33:13 - Oregon Ducks football players get rhabdo + injury in CrossFit + steroids in CrossFit 43:20 - The gap between the best CrossFitters in the world and everyone else 48:15 - Armen signed up for a bjj tournament 1:03:52 - The guys go over the trailers for Netflix’s The Discovery, Power Rangers, and the second Logan trailer 1:19:07 - Reading new reviews!

Poor Gym Etiquette and Mikko Salo

2:00 - looking back at the Dubai Fitness Championship + David Carradine’s death  8:30 - the lack of novel events in fitness competitions 12:14 - Dave Castro’s 2017 Open hint + predicting Open workouts 18:00 - Eddie Hall trains a lot of bodybuilding 23:10 - the importance of accessory work and bodybuilding in developing fitness and capacity + how to use accessory work and bodybuilding as prehab and to build capacity 54:30 - Ed Kranski’s flaming deadlifts 59:09 - Checking in on the guys’ New Years resolution bets

1:20 - Kyle’s subconscious obsession with goats 7:40 - Gyms after new years + embarrassing gym moments 17:00 - Cliff, Kyle, & Armen make fitness resolution bets for 2017 39:22 - the ending of Inception and why it doesn’t matter 43:00 - Eddie Strongman documentary on Netflix 49:50 - Netflix, Amazon, and the future of media

0:30 - eating vegetarian foods, both accidentally and on purpose 5:00 - Sing is actually a movie 9:35 - Rogue One 40:01 - Armen saw La La Land 40:55 - Blade Runner 2049 Teaser 48:35 - John Wick 2   55:15 - Aleksey Torokhtiy gives CrossFit a shot  

1:11 - The FloSports Holiday Party was lit 12:06 - The New Nike Retcons and Reebok Nanos + tips on how to get into the gym 29:45 - Arnold Schwarzenegger's effect on physical culture in the world + the future of fitness 50:04 - Spiderman Homecoming

1:30 - Furious Armen 2:20 - making fun of other sports, specifically pro video gamers 6:40 - the world record Big Clean Complex 13:35 - Cliff’s quick trip through Starting Strength 19:40 - Cliff and Kyle were 3rd Degree Black Belts in Taekwondo + Kyle’s favorite story of Cliff’s childhood Taekwondo competitions 26:35 - Jonny Bones Jones deadlifts 600lb in prep for Submission Underground 2 29:24 - Armen starts Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 34:55 - Guardians of the Galaxy 2 41:36 - Westworld season finale

2:00 - Happy post Thanksgiving 3:08 - Armen’s ties to Popeyes 5:31 - Fitness after Thanksgiving + lifting fallacies + rep max calculators 11:07 - Exoskeletons 16:04 - Greg Glassman visits China 24:50 - The Fitness Arms Race + CrossFit Media 44:04 - Arrival + The Academy Awards + how writing credits work in Hollywood 1:01:30 - Westworld Episode 9

2:48 - 2017 CrossFit Games will in Madison, Wisconsin + Armen goes to a Cowboys game   13:40 - Fikowski snatches 285 at the Invitational 17:24 - Masters 35-39 division announced 20:30 - Cliff and Armen do a sandbag workout 37:20 - Gold’s Fit   41:25 - Contrarians + Mad Max 48:00 - Actors that get jacked for movie roles 52:55 - South Park and shows that blow up their premise 56:55 - Westworld episode 8

1:23 - Hunter McIntyre crushes the Skullbuster 12:24 - Sam Dancer is very strong 21:00 - Wearing comfortable clothes + Armen’s job at lululemon 28:25 - Dicks, butts, and sheer clothes: conversations that only work on this specific podcast + awkward social interactions 37:35 - CrossFit and gyms as a social club/dating pool 41:50 - Westworld timeline theories