“It’s About More Than You” — Adrian Conway on the Engine That Props Up the Sport of CrossFit (EP. 024)
The CrossFit Podcast
CrossFit LLC
4.3 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Adrian Conway has competed at the highest level of CrossFit, coaches athletes of all levels, is a Seminar Staff member, and a CrossFit Games commentator. In this conversation with Denise Thomas, he explains the symbiotic relationship between the CrossFit Games and CrossFit affiliates.
Adrian offers a perspective on how the sport has evolved and how the professionalism of the sport depends on the very athletes who participate in it. This episode is about the future of CrossFit, the spirit of the community, and bridging the gap between the sport and the affiliate.
Topics Included
- Adrian’s evolution from competitor to coach, and what he learned in that transition
- The cultural evolution of the CrossFit Games
- How competitors can help their own future by integrating with their affiliates
- How competitors could gain an advantage through an understanding of the methodology
Resources Mentioned
Community Highlight
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In 2018, Carolyne launched CrossFit GAGE — an affiliate inside her school — to teach students how to move well, take care of themselves, and build real confidence. She’s proof that being elite doesn’t mean being out of reach. It means showing up, coaching, and leading by example.
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| 0:00.0 | It takes a full-time focus for these athletes day in and day out to develop physically and psychologically |
| 0:05.2 | so that they can have an opportunity to live out their dream or make it to the CrossFit games. |
| 0:09.2 | If you are at the tip of the spear, the fittest on earth, and you believe that you're only achieving things for you, you're wrong. |
| 0:16.9 | I want everyone that walks through the four walls of our affiliate to gain the identity of a competitor. |
| 0:22.1 | What does the future of CrossFit look like? |
| 0:24.2 | Gosh, that's a good question. |
| 0:29.9 | Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the CrossFit podcast, where we invite guests who make |
| 0:35.0 | the world a fitter and healthier place. |
| 0:43.0 | So a question I have for you for this episode is what happens when years of hard work, |
| 0:45.6 | endless study and a passion for service collide. |
| 0:47.0 | You get. |
| 0:53.7 | Adrian Conway, we're going to talk about the evolution of CrossFit to include the affiliates, |
| 0:56.3 | the competitors, even coaching. And I also want to dig into some questions like, hey, is there a gap between GPP affiliate fitness and |
| 1:02.6 | games fitness? Are we missing something maybe that wants to help build this wonderful community? |
| 1:08.8 | So yes, this one is going to be a little bit about athletes, but it's not |
| 1:12.0 | just for athletes. It's for anyone who gives a damn about the future of CrossFit. So Adrian, |
| 1:18.9 | cannot wait to unpack this stuff. Welcome to the show. Denise, thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:24.1 | And after that intro, I'm excited to listen to the episode. You have so much experience in the CrossFit space from being an athlete your whole life |
| 1:32.8 | in collegiate sports to the CrossFit Games. You competed on a team. You're a CrossFit Games champion. |
| 1:40.6 | You're a Seminoff coach. Now you coach other athletes that are interested in |
| 1:45.8 | maybe taking it to the main stage or not. And now you commentate too. You've been doing |
| 1:51.3 | that for a good amount of years for the CrossFit Games. So I don't think anyone's more qualified |
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