Are local CrossFit comps building your athletes and community, or breaking your programming?
In this episode, Danny Lehr, Blair Morrison, and Seth Page debate whether local throwdowns are actually good for your members or just glorified chaos. From overtraining and “competition programming” to judging horror stories and why most gyms do it wrong — this one’s for every coach who’s ever taped a floor lane at 5 a.m.
Featuring:
Danny Lehr — Caffeine & Kilos
Blair Morrison — CrossFit OG, tie-dye–wearing affiliate owner, and the only 3x Games athlete to play wide receiver at Princeton University
Seth Page — Jump Ship Training founder, programming purist, and the internet’s favorite CrossFit contrarian
Topics include:
When (and why) people start training like Games athletes for parking-lot events
The truth about “competition programming”
How to coach members through comp season without losing your mind
Olympian Wes Kitts and collegiate strength coach Ryan Metzger join Danny Lehr to ask the big question — where do Olympic lifts actually belong?
From CrossFit classes to college weight rooms, the crew debates snatches, cleans, and back squats: who really needs them, who doesn’t, and how coaches can stop turning good training into organized chaos.
Funny, blunt, and unapologetically real — it’s Not In My Box.
Should a CrossFit class hit one workout, or two? Coaches Danny Lehr, Wes Piatt, and Seth Page throw down on one of the most argued topics in coaching: when intensity meets volume.
From programming philosophy to member experience and coach burnout, this debate hits every angle. Expect strong opinions, some laughs, and zero cool-downs.
Welcome to Not In My Box—where the intended result is always questionable.
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Same caffeine — new chaos.
Gas Station Cappuccino has officially evolved into Not In My Box, a podcast where real coaches talk about fitness, CrossFit, weightlifting, and the culture of coaching.
Hosted by Danny Lehr, with friends and fellow coaches like Wes Piatt, Seth Page, Wes Kitts, and more, each week brings unfiltered conversations, debates, and laughs about what really happens inside (and outside) the box.
Welcome to the next chapter.