The Fitness Movement

The Fitness Movement is a show on all things training. We combine conversations with the ZOAR Fitness Coaching Staff with interviews with experts in the field. We’ll deep dive on topics such as Mastering Movements (Double Unders, Overhead Squats, Muscle-Ups), Programming (Organizing Program Design, Planning Training Cycles), Improving Strength (Weightlifting and Gymnastics) and Endurance (Triathlon, Bike, Row, Run, SkiErg, etc.) and anything else that can help coaches and athletes get an edge over their competition. Our hope that as a result of this podcast, you can increase your movement quality and ultimately improve your efficiency and capacity in all types of workouts and CrossFit WODs, regardless if your goal is completing the Open Rx, competing in the Games or packing on some functional muscle mass as a Hybrid / Hyrox athlete. Join us and let’s take our fitness and training knowledge to the next level.

Contributors

Host

Ben Wise

While competing as a collegiate wrestler, Ben earned his degree in Health & Physical Education.

However, during his time in University it became clear that he loved training even more than competing. Enter CrossFit: competing and training became one.

While working as a Health & Fitness teacher, Ben began competitive CrossFit and coaching at an affiliate. Eventually Ben left teaching to pursue CrossFit coaching full time at an affiliate.

Fast forward to 2018 and Ben founded ZOAR Fitness, and began remote coaching CrossFit athletes. Since then he has coached athletes at the CrossFit Games, Semifinals, and Quarterfinals levels.

Before long, Ben started an affiliate, Lumber Capital Athletics, in Williamsport, PA. This was best of both worlds, providing remote and in-person coaching opportunities for ZOAR Athletes.

Ben loves working with athletes who are serious about their goals and are willing to put in the work to get there.

https://www.zoarfitness.com/ben-wise/

Host

Chris Hardenberg

Chris Hardenberg has been coaching athletes from all different walks of life since 2012.

Growing up Chris played many different sports, but settled on wrestling as his favorite, which he participated in both at the high school and collegiate level.

Once college was over, Chris began his coaching career by coaching high schoolers in wrestling and football. He later discovered CrossFit which eventually led him to making a career out of his passion for fitness.

Chris has coached CrossFit athletes, Rugby players, military personnel, weight loss clients, as well as a myriad of people from other vast backgrounds.

Chris strives to deliver the best experience possible to each and every one of his clients while also striving to be the best husband and father to his two children that he can be.

https://www.zoarfitness.com/chris-hardenberg/

Host

Dayannara Muñoz

Dayannara, known to most as “Day”, is a Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University of Arizona, overseeing S&C training for several of their sports teams including swimming, diving, men’s golf, and triathlon.

Day was not a high school athlete of any sort (unless you count being on the math team as a sport) but once she entered college and the ROTC program, she spent the following years learning about strength training and applying it to her own fitness goals, as well as training others.

She now has a diverse program design background, having trained for and competed in women’s bodybuilding, powerlifting, and CrossFit.

In addition to her role as a coach, she is a United States Air Force Officer. She received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from MIT (2017) and a master’s degree from Columbia University (2021).

https://www.zoarfitness.com/dayannara-munoz/