THE CROSSFIT PODCAST

In this episode of the CrossFit Podcast, host Jocelyn Rylee sits down with Michelle Hespeler and Dr. Sule Tinaz of Yale School of Medicine to explore the science and lived experience behind high-intensity exercise for Parkinson’s disease.

In this episode, physician, CrossFit Level 3 trainer, and researcher Jose Ostaiza explains how CrossFit changes the body at the molecular level through epigenetics, the science of how lifestyle influences gene expression.

In this episode of the CrossFit Podcast, host Jocelyn Rylee sits down with sleep scientist and active duty Army neuroscientist Dr. Allison Brager to examine the relationship between caffeine, sleep, recovery, and performance.

Former Green Beret, longtime CrossFit coach, and licensed therapist Bill Anthes joins Jocelyn Rylee for a conversation that cuts straight to the heart of what it means to train the whole human.

In this episode, host Jocelyn Rylee sits down with Dr. Stephanie Arel to explore how CrossFit’s methodology intersects with trauma recovery.

Dr. Jason Fung returns to the CrossFit Podcast to unpack the real driver behind weight gain and chronic hunger.

Dr. Kelly Starrett joins the CrossFit Podcast to look back on the early days of CrossFit and ahead to what the next 20 years can become. From finding CrossFit through a grainy GIF in the early 2000s to opening one of the first affiliates in the world, Starrett reflects on the ideas that shaped the methodology and the lessons learned through decades of coaching athletes, Olympians, and everyday people. This conversation explores durability over time, why pain is not a failure but a request for change, and how movement quality, range of motion, and basic strength set the foundation for performance at every age. Starrett and host Jocelyn Rylee dig into the future of CrossFit, from longevity and conditioning to the irreplaceable value of affiliates as places built around coaching and community. This episode is an honest look at what CrossFit has always been about and what it can become if we apply what we have learned.

CrossFit was born from curiosity, trial and error, and the willingness to test ideas in real time. In this conversation, host Jocelyn Rylee and senior content writer Stephane Rochet revisit the roots of that culture and explore why self-experimentation remains one of the most powerful tools for improving performance, health, and well-being.

This marks the tenth and final episode of a special CrossFit Podcast collaboration with the CrossFit Medical Society. Dan Uyemura, founder and CEO of PushPress, has a rare vantage point: data from thousands of CrossFit affiliates around the world.

The CrossFit Podcast team is pulling back the curtain for this special episode. Get a look behind the scenes at what it took to restart the CrossFit Podcast, what we learned the hard way, and the top moments of the show in 2025.