Dex Hopkins has qualified three times to the CrossFit Games on a team ... and he's back to do it again in 2023 with Move Fast Lift Heavy.  Dex talks about the construction of the team's roster, how it came to be, his hair, his media work, the team landscape, his thoughts on the Open and more.

Madeline Shelling is headed to the individual elite ranks in 2023 after qualifying for the CrossFit Games the last two years on teams.  One of the elite CrossFitters in New Zealand, she and Marnie Sykes are looking to make big waves in what hopes to be an expanded field of women heading to Madison from Oceania this summer.

Madeline joins the show to talk accents, her trips to the Games, meeting Brooke Wells, her PhD, her culture, why CrossFit is so popular down under and more!

Dana Paran is what we'll call a "reformed weightlifter."  A one-time Olympic hopeful, Paran dabbled in CrossFit before becoming a full-time competitor in 2019, traveling to the Asia CrossFit Championship sanctioned event.  In 2022 she qualified for the Syndicate Crown semifinal before declining her invitation to focus on her own mental health.  Oh, by the way, doctors once told Dana she shouldn't be doing high-level competing like this after shattering her ankle/foot in a fall.  A few weeks ago Dana finished 10th at the Dubai Fitness Championship and is locked and loaded for the 2023 season.

Jessica Griffith is one of the more popularly known CrossFit Games athletes over the last several years.  Making her debut at the 2015 Games, Jessica's best finish was a team silver medal in 2019.  In 2022 she's now retired from competitive CrossFit and just recently became a first-time mother with her husband, and CrossFit / weightlifting competitor, Austin Cahoy.  

Matt goes way back -- with Austin specifically -- and we dive into how the couple met, what the pregnancy process has been like, phases of life in CrossFit and so much more!

The Pit Fitness Ranch is one of the more unique CrossFit boxes in the country and hosts one of the more unique competitions for teens.  Brock Yost is the mastermind behind the Pit and joins the show talk about how it all came to be.

Stefani Graham found CrossFit a little later in life ... but that didn't stop her from going full gear and qualifying for the CrossFit Games at 41 years old in 2021.  Stefani chats with Joel and Matt about making it to Madison, CrossFitting as a mom, her performance in the snatch 1RM and more.

Matt and Joel also talk about the 2022 Elite Teen Throwdown that happened in Michigan this month!

Jorge Fernandez is the next big name in CrossFit that nobody's talking about.  Captain of the third place Invictus team at the 2022 CrossFit Games, Jorge is new to the sport after a standout baseball career at San Diego State.

Jorge talks about placing third in Madison, how he found CrossFit, tearing his elbow and not having it fixed, why he loves team and his experiences with his Invictus teammates on the competition floor and more.

Bryan Wong tried for years to make it to the CrossFit Games.  In 2022 he finally qualified in the Masters 35-39 bracket ... and he won.

Bryan talks about his CrossFit journey, the Games themselves, how he makes life work with his training and more.  Mouse and Joel also give thier overall thoughts on the Games from Madison.

Josh Marunde used to do CrossFit in the parking lots of Wal-Marts while touring as the drummer of the band Pop Evil.  Everybody used to think he was nuts.

Well, it all paid off.  Today Josh begins his first go as an athlete at the CrossFit Games in the Masters 35-39 division.

Joel and Mouse talk to Josh about getting into CrossFit, dropping in at 500-some gyms, running ultra marathons and more.

Joey Tortora once quit CrossFit in the middle of an Open workout.  Two years later he's back in the CrossFit Games with the "fun team" from Open Box Athletics.

Joey joins Matt and Joel to talk his prior trips to the Games, what brought him back to the sport after walking away, why OBA is the fun team, what it means to hang meat and more.