On this episode of the Forging Better Humans podcast, Ted draws a parallel between his sons early jiu jitsu training and adults who come into Iron Legion to train and asks the audience - 'are you willing to be bad at something you want to learn?'

Welcome Collin McGinnis, long time member of Iron Legion. In today's episode Collin talks about how he discovered Iron Legion and how it helped him build endurance for motocross and also how he balances business, training and challenges.

We see a lot people drop the gym routine when things get busy and stressful during the holidays. We're here to tell why that's not the best idea and why you should prioritize yourself for an hour a day - even when it gets tough.

Ted talks in this episode about CrossFit, our time as an affiliate, why we chose to leave the affiliation, programming differences and training your members.

Ted answers a question from a member and talks about the journey of work, a business in a fitness industry, life and a family.

Ted welcomes 2025 with open arms - by starting the year off on the right foot. He's done this by dialing in things that important to him and getting rid of things that are distractions. Are you up for the challenge? Can you make 2025 a better year?

Ted welcomes AJ onto the Forging Better Humans podcast. AJ is co-owner of Tier One // Crossfit DBP here in Ocala, Florida. In this episode we get a little introduction to AJ and his philosophies about being a leader in his community. But more importantly, this episode is about the importance of getting to the polls on November 5th. We've got a fun challenge too to go along with it!

Welcome and thanks for checking out Forging Better Humans. In todays episode, Ted talks about our reasoning for leaving the CrossFit brand behind and an unexpected conversation at Wawa and hopefully sparked some curiosity.