Filed under: Combs & Company, CrossFit, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Get Creative, Sean ORourke | Tags: Chad Schroeder, Combs & Company, CrossFit, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Sean O'Rourke
“All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.” Ellen Glasgow
2022:03
CrossFit, as an exercise methodology and sport, is all about change. The just-completed CrossFit offseason saw some major changes, but at the same time, significant continuity. Helping me piece this dichotomy together is CrossFit’s official statistician, Chad Schroeder, who joins Did You Know That? for his second appearance.
Chad and I discuss the firing of Dave Castro, the offseason competitions, major athlete news, and how he’s prepping for the 2022 season. Speaking of which, the 2022 schedule is listed below if you’re interested in participating – at least in The Open – or just want to follow as a fan.
Lots more to learn about Chad via the connections below:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-schroeder-93373a60/
Instagram: cschroeder111
Twitter: @cschroeder111
CrossFit Games: https://games.crossfit.com/games
2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Season:
Open
- 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Open — Feb. 24-March 14, 2022
Quarterfinals
- Individual Quarterfinal — March 24-27, 2022
- Team Quarterfinal — April 7-10, 2022
- Age Group Quarterfinal — April 21-24, 2022
- Occupational Games — April 21-24, 2022 (Finals for occupational athletes)
Semifinals
- Individual and Team Semifinals
- Week 1: May 20-22, 2022
- Torian Pro | Pat Rafter Arena
- CrossFit Lowlands Throwdown
- North American Semifinal (TBA)
- Week 2: May 27-29, 2022
- Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge
- CrossFit Fittest in Cape Town
- Week 3: June 3-5, 2022
- Far East Throwdown
- North America Semifinal (TBA)
- Week 4: June 10-12, 2022
- CrossFit Atlas Games
- CrossFit Strength in Depth
- CrossFit Copa Sur
- Week 1: May 20-22, 2022
- Age Group Semifinals
- Week 1 (Athletes in 14-49 Age Divisions): May 26-29, 2022
- Week 2 (Athletes in 50+ Age Divisions): June 2-5, 2022
- Adaptive Semifinal — June 2-5, 2022 (Fittest crowned for Vision, Intellectual, Seated with Hip Function, Seated Without Hip Function, and Short Stature Divisions)
Last-Chance Qualifier
- Last-Chance Qualifier (Individual Athletes Only) — June 29-July 1, 2022
Finals
- 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games — Aug. 4-7, 2022
Music: “Hard Way” by AlexGrohl via Artlist
Filed under: Combs & Company, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Sean ORourke | Tags: Combs & Company, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Sean O'Rourke, Stephanie Rodin
2022:02
Stephanie’s Picks:
#1: “Looper” (movie)
#2: “Dr Who” (reboot)
#3: “X-men” (movie franchise)
#4: “Battlestar Galactica” (reboot)
#5: “Star Trek” franchise (TV & movies)
Wildcard: “Alien”
Honorable Mention: “In Time”
Sean’s Picks:
#1: “The Martian” (book)
#2: “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (movie)
#3: “Fringe” (TV)
#4: “Edge of Tomorrow” (aka “Live Die Repeat”) (movie)
#5: “The Terminator” & “Terminator 2” (movies)
Wildcard: “The Forever War” (book)
Honorable Mention: “Galaxy Quest” (movie)
To find out more about Stephanie’s day job and her own podcast, check out the links below.
Website: https://rodinlegal.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanierodin/
Podcast: https://speakingwithsteph.libsyn.com/website
Music: “Best of Luck – Instrumental Version” by Katrina Stone via Artlist
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Filed under: Combs & Company, Combs & Company Blog, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Sean ORourke | Tags: Claire Poole, Combs & Company, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Sean O'Rourke
“On climate change, we often don’t fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen.” Kofi Annan
“Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.” Dan Gable
2021:27
What one word do you equate with both climate change and sports? I’ll give you a moment. For me? It’s passion. There are few topics that evoke more passionate responses than climate change and sports. It’s that common visceral response which spurred the creation of an organization focused on building positive environmental impacts through a partnership with sports organizations.
Claire Poole is a lover of nature, football (soccer in the U.S.), and rugby. Those passions are on full display with Sport Positive Summit and Sport Positive Leagues (links down below). These are Claire’s efforts to bring environmental changes to both the big stadiums and arenas as well as the fans’ everyday lives. She’s doing so by making it a competition. And what sports fan isn’t looking to always beat their arch nemesis?
Join us for an important and lively discussion on this episode of Did You Know That?.
Find out more about Claire and Sport Positive via connections below.
Claire’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairepoole/
Sport Positive LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sport-positive/
Sport Positive Summit Website: www.sportpositivesummit.com
Sport Positive Leagues Website: www.sportpositiveleagues.com
Twitter: @SportPosSummit
Twitter: @claireypoole
Filed under: Combs & Company, Did You Know That?, Sean ORourke, Successful Women | Tags: Combs & Company, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Sean O'Rourke, Sheila Ronning, Women in the Boardroom
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” Dolly Parton
2021:26
Twenty years ago, Sheila Ronning saw an opportunity to make a positive impact in the lives of women. Like any good businessperson, she saw a market void and developed a program by which she could fill that void. Regardless of the motivations behind the growing market, Sheila knew that Women in the Boardroom could accomplish two objectives with each placement: increase the number of women serving on corporate boards and strengthen corporate governance by diversifying the voices on those boards.
Today, Women in the Boardroom is a go-to resource for companies looking to fill board positions with a quality candidate. (Full disclosure: a board on which I sit used their services to fill an open seat.) On this episode of Did You Know That?, Sheila discusses the genesis of the firm and how women can build and execute a plan to secure board positions. As you’ll learn, this effort goes beyond just kicking in the proverbial glass ceiling.
Learn more about Sheila and Women in the Boardroom via the accounts below:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/147283/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/womenintheboardroom/
Twitter: @BoardroomWomen
Instagram: @womenintheboardroom
Filed under: Combs & Company, Combs & Company Blog, CrossFit, Did You Know That?, Sean ORourke | Tags: Combs & Company, CrossFit, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Niole Soto, Sean O'Rourke, Susan L Combs
“Fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds’ worth of distance run” “If” by Rudyard Kipling
2021:25
Want to know a dirty secret about sports? A majority of professional athletes, across all sports, don’t earn enough from the sport to make ends meet. Many of these athletes have full-time jobs, even in-season, in order to support themselves and pursue their goal of making it to the “bigs.” This is the reality facing thousands of athletes in the still-evolving sport of CrossFit, and it’s why my next guest on Did You Know that? is really someone to emulate.
Nicole Soto has a master’s degree; she co-owns a CrossFit gym; she coaches group classes and personal clients; and she’s a highly respected nutritionist. In her spare moments, she spends time with her husband and two dogs, and prepares herself to compete at the highest levels of CrossFit. In her first year back competing, Nicole finished among the top 200 fittest women in the world. So, if you want to get past your excuses, you’ve come to the right place.
Learn more about Nicole and her gym via the accounts below:
Instagram (personal): @Nicole_J_Soto
Instagram (gym): @Rise_Athletics_
Facebook: Nicole Soto Learn more about CrossFit (the methodology and sport) at https://www.crossfit.com/
Filed under: Combs & Company, Combs & Company Blog, CrossFit, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Sean ORourke | Tags: Beard of Knowledge, Chad Schroeder, Combs & Company, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Sean O'Rourke
“Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.” Unknown
2021:24
Sports and statistics seem to have been made for each other. Would we be so entranced by the history of a sport/game/league/franchise if we couldn’t marvel or argue about 56 (MLB), 92 (NHL), 100 (NBA), or 208 (NFL)? Maybe, but probably not.
What most sports statistics have in common is uniformity. If you want to break DiMaggio’s 56-game streak, then you will have to hit in 57 straight. But what if I told you there is a global sport where everything is the same for just a moment, but will be different an hour from now, and might not reflect anything that came before? What do the statistics mean then?
Well, that’s the challenge Chad Schroeder faces everyday as the official statistician of CrossFit. There are still clear winners in CrossFit, but how they earn the wins isn’t the same from hour to hour, day to day, or year to year. Yet somehow, he helps those following and working in the sport make sense of the chaos. Chad gives some insight into how he does that on this episode of Did You Know That?
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Combs & Company, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, How You're Being Hacked, Sean O'Rourke, Will Hunt
How You’re Being Hacked
“Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.” Kevin Mitnick
2021:23
Not a day goes by now where you don’t read about some sort of cyberattack and how the motive was profit for the hackers. But what do hackers do with a stolen database of encrypted passwords? How do they breach systems to launch ransomware or bots or other exploitative software? Glad you asked.
Will Hunt has been professional hacker for almost a decade (he’s been working in tech even longer). He’s hired to break into companies’ systems to find vulnerabilities that can be walled off to make the company more secure. On this episode of Did You Know That? we discuss the cyber world from a hacker’s point of view. Little behind the curtain look at this burgeoning business.
You can learn about Will and In.security via the below:
Website: https://in.security
Email: contact@in.security
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-hunt/
Twitter: @Stealthsploit
If you’re interested in learning more about the mechanics of hacking, In.security also offers training sessions:
Hacking Enterprises – https://www.blackhat.com/us-21/training/schedule/index.html#hacking-enterprises—-edition-21889
Defending Enterprises – https://www.blackhat.com/us-21/training/schedule/#defending-enterprises-218911617901814
Music: “Night Rider” by Ian Post via Artlist
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Combs & Company, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Sean O'Rourke, Stephanie Rodin
“I liken actors and movies and TV shows to football teams. We all have our favorite ones.” Kristoffer Polaha
2021:22
The boob tube. The idiot box. The small screen. Whatever you call it, the inanimate TV is not always looked upon in a favorable light. Well, that doesn’t mean the shows that stream through the telly haven’t impacted us in favorable ways. So that’s what we’re focused on during this episode of Did You Know That?
Stephanie Rodin makes a celebrated return to the channel (first repeat guest) to talk about her – and my – top 10 TV shows of all time. Like all lists we’ve talked about, this is subject to change, but you should expect that by now.
So how do our lists (below) compare to yours? Where do you agree/disagree/have no idea? Let us know if any these would make your list or put your own list in the comments.
Just a reminder about what Stephanie does when she’s not watching TV, check out the contact points below.
Website: https://rodinlegal.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanierodin/
Twitter: @Rodinlegal
Music: “Easy Money” by Rex Banner via Artlist
Stephanie’s List
1. The West Wing
2. Sons of Anarchy
3. Six Feet Under
4. The Golden Girls
5. All In The Family
6. Quantum Leap
7. The Carol Burnett Show
8. The Daily Show with John Stewart
9. House
10. Dallas
Sean’s List:
1. M*A*S*H
2. Buffy/Angel/Firefly
3. The Carol Burnett Show
4. The Six Million Dollar Man
5. Person of Interest
6. Seinfeld
7. The Expanse
8. Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
9. Bosch
10. Mission:Impossible
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Addiction, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Jay Shifman, Sean O'Rourke
“The attempt to escape from pain, is what creates more pain.” Gabor Maté
2021:18
Addiction. I think it’s a topic misunderstood by all but the addict themselves. So who better to talk about addiction, misuse/abuse, and the road to recovery than someone who has lived it?
Jay Shifman’s story isn’t entirely unique or salacious. In some ways, it’s the typical roller coaster associated with addiction and recovery. But Jay Shifman’s view of his addiction, recovery, and how he helps others struggling with his former demons is very different from the common broadcasts around the topic. That’s why he’s joining me on this episode of Did You Know That?
You can reach out to Jay via his myriad of contact points:
Website: https://campsite.bio/cys_jay
Instagram: jayshifman
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayshifman/
Twitter: @CYS_Jay
Music: “Everybody Get Up” by Ian Post via Artlist
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