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The CrossFit Podcast

CrossFit is Healthcare with Dr. Tom McCoy  (EP. 009)

The CrossFit Podcast

CrossFit LLC

Health & Fitness

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode, Denise Thomas talks with Dr. Tom McCoy, co-founder of the CrossFit Medical Society, about the potential for a healthcare model that doesn’t profit on disease, the role of CrossFit in preventing and reversing chronic disease, and how coaches can contribute to improving the health and longevity of their members. Dr. McCoy also shares practical insights on integrating healthcare with CrossFit and the importance of community in driving health outcomes.

They discuss how CrossFit can serve as a critical tool for preventive healthcare. Dr. McCoy explains how affiliates function as “health homes,” supporting not just fitness but also long-term health outcomes.

Topics Included:

  • Dr. McCoy’s shift from emergency medicine to family and precision medicine.
  • How social connection impacts health outcomes.
  • The role of CrossFit in preventing and managing chronic diseases.
  • The concept of CrossFit affiliates as health homes.
  • Challenges with the current healthcare system and how the CrossFit Medical Society aims to create solutions.
  • Practical advice for coaches and affiliate owners to support members’ health beyond fitness.

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Community Highlight:

This week’s Community Highlight features Jose Soto, owner of Backyard CrossFit in East Los Angeles. Jose’s mission is to make CrossFit more accessible to the Hispanic community. His affiliate partners with the nonprofit Freedom and Fashion, which supports survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, and inner-city youth. During the recent Los Angeles wildfires, Jose and his team stepped up to raise funds for affected communities.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The beautiful thing about CrossFit and the affiliate structure is that we do all of the things that are most important to optimizing health span, lifespan and longevity every day that we go into class.

0:20.0

Greetings, everyone. I'm Denise Thomas and thank you for coming back and welcome back to the CrossFit podcast.

0:26.3

As you know, this is where we welcome guests who dedicate their lives to making the world a healthier place.

0:32.4

And today on the show, we have Dr. Tom McCoy. He's the co-founder and chief clinical officer of McCoy Medical.

0:39.0

He's also the co-founder of the CrossFit Medical Society. He specialises in family and precision medicine.

0:45.3

And he is a very proud CrossFit affiliate owner and a CrossFit Level 2 trainer.

0:50.8

And as you'll see in this conversation, it's very clear that Dr. McCoy believes

0:56.2

CrossFit plays a vital role in, quote, empowering patients to make informed decisions by helping

1:03.2

them identify what matters most in their health journey, whether they're a professional athlete or a

1:09.0

community member. So stick around to hear Dr. Tom talk about medicine 3.0,

1:15.1

CrossFit affiliates as health homes and how together we truly can make the world a healthier place.

1:20.7

So here is my conversation with Dr. Tom McCoy.

1:27.7

Yay.

1:28.8

I am not in Brooklyn, Tom.

1:30.3

I am in what I call affectionately the basement of glory.

1:34.3

Which is in my house.

1:36.4

And they came here and they studio-fied it.

1:39.0

So this was, you don't want to see what's behind the camera.

1:41.9

Let's put it that way.

1:42.5

But it's also very cold down here.

1:44.9

So I have my very British hot water bottle.

1:49.0

Love it.

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