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CrossFit Grandview Podcast #198: Stop Overthinking Your Training and Health

CrossFit Grandview Podcast·Brandon Couden·14 September 2026·43 min

About this episode

This week Brandon and Dave sit down for one of those conversations we probably don’t have often enough — no real script, just riffing on training, health, performance, and some of the trends taking over the fitness world.We get into the oversaturation of “longevity” protocols, over-sciencing training, and whether we’re sometimes making this stuff way more complicated than it needs to be.We also dig into:• Stress — and how your body adapts to what you’re asking of it • Why progressive overload isn’t always the answer • Finding a flow state in training • The massively underutilized tool of sprinting — incredibly potent, but something that needs to be respected and eased into • Rotational strength — something traditional strength training ignored for years that suddenly seems to be having its moment • And why sometimes the best training isn’t about chasing another metric, protocol, or optimization strategyIt’s a fun, free-flowing conversation between two coaches who have spent a lot of years training, coaching, experimenting, and changing their minds along the way.