[LIVE] 2025 CrossFit Games: Top Moments and What It Means Going Forward (EP. 027)
The CrossFit Podcast
CrossFit LLC
4.3 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Catch up on this livestream from August 8th, 2025.
The 2025 CrossFit Games delivered big moments — but more than that, they offered perspective.
In this conversation, Denise Thomas, James Hobart, and Adrian Conway reflect on what stood out and what it means moving forward. The discussion goes beyond the leaderboard to focus on the connection between the Games and the larger CrossFit community — what we saw this year, how it resonated inside and outside the arena, and how we can build on it.
This conversation explores what the Games can and should mean for CrossFit’s future — not just for elite sport, but for the everyday affiliate, the larger mission, and the community that makes it all work.
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| 0:00.0 | We are live with the CrossFit podcast. |
| 0:06.9 | I'm Denise Thomas. |
| 0:07.9 | We're here with James Hobart and Adrian Conway, |
| 0:10.4 | and we were just talking about how much we enjoyed Adrian's commentary and Chasers. |
| 0:15.6 | And my favorite thing I've heard so far because I'm going back now and watching the whole games |
| 0:19.4 | because we never get to enjoy it when we're working it. Chase was like, the engineer from Albania takes the heat. |
| 0:28.3 | Syria, Mahar, is that how you say, Adrian? |
| 0:31.7 | Sleeper. |
| 0:32.4 | Yeah. Chase has so many good one-liners that it's like, it's endless. |
| 0:37.3 | It's like a buffet that he's got just lined up |
| 0:39.5 | ready to go it's amazing it's the most important it's the most impressive part of watching a good |
| 0:43.7 | play-by-play analysts like just take over you're just like where did that come from was that rehearsed |
| 0:48.4 | it had to be rehearsed but how would you have known that was going to happen you didn't you're just that |
| 0:51.9 | good do you have a playbook of of like gimm things like that? I do not in my role because I don't really get to call those shots. Now, through my years of being surrounded by him and Sean have started to think of some. Like I'm on the flight to the event like, man, yeah, that could really, that could really have a good zing to it or have a good feel. But now that's those guys. See, that's the difference between a lot of people don't understand this too, is there's different roles within the booth. Play-by-play tells you exactly what's going on. And then, of course, the color commentary dives into the wise behind what's going on, right? So we kind of like bring that. Yeah, exactly. See, the wise one. Chase is the one, call it. It was so good. This is why James was just saying how good it was. And my mom actually, she was like, oh my gosh, it was so great. I watched the whole thing. Obviously, the teams, because that's where she knew she could see me because she loves to see her daughter on screen. She's like, Bella Martin and Bethany Flores were so good. I love their insights. And I'm like, I'll tell them. And I told them both. And they were probably like, thanks. I'm like, just so you know, this 75 year old little lady in England sat with a cup of tea and her scones watching the CrossFit games. Loved you guys. That's why we do it. Yeah. |
| 2:01.3 | James. |
| 2:01.9 | Hey. |
| 2:02.4 | Welcome. |
| 2:03.4 | I know you're pop. |
| 2:35.4 | I'm just taking it in, you know. Podcasted out. Everyone wants a piece of James right now. Yeah, it's been a world. I don't know about that. I don't know if that's really what people want. I was just right place, right time. So. Well, we're here. We're going live. It's the right time to do it. We're coming off the CrossFit games. And we're going to recap our own perspective insights from my respective departments or angles, myself coming from the competition side, James. You're like the Chandler Bing of the CrossFit space. I'm like, you kind of know everything. We don't really know what you do, but it's really important. |
| 2:36.8 | I don't know if that's a compliment. It is. Everyone loves Chandler, you know. And then Adrian, obviously you were the color commentator. You were the wise one behind the mic. And so we're going to just crack it open a little bit. but we can't really move forward without recognizing today and what this day is. |
| 2:35.6 | It will come in off an incredible... it open a little bit. But we can't really move forward without recognizing today and what this day is. |
| 2:53.4 | It will come in off an incredibly exciting and fun CrossFit games. But today is the anniversary |
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