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The CrossFit Podcast

The Base of the Pyramid: Jocelyn Rylee on Nutrition (EP. 013)

The CrossFit Podcast

CrossFit LLC

Health & Fitness

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Jocelyn Rylee is leading the charge to bring nutrition back to the center of the CrossFit conversation. A longtime affiliate owner, Seminar Staff trainer, and leader of the in-person CrossFit Nutrition Course, Jocelyn blends science, education, and deep experience in her approach to food and fitness.

In this episode, Denise and Jocelyn dig into the foundations of health, the evolution of nutrition in the CrossFit world, and the difference between eating for performance and eating for longevity. You’ll walk away rethinking your plate and your pantry.

Topics Included

  • Why nutrition is foundational to the CrossFit methodology.
  • The Zone diet and the early culture of CrossFit nutrition.
  • The difference between performance eating and long-term health.
  • Why we need to cook again — and how it made us human.
  • Practical, simple and realistic steps to address nutrition.

Resources Mentioned

Community Highlight

CrossFit Optimistic is owned by Mike Martinez in San Antonio, Texas. Years ago, Mike and his wife Angelina walked away from corporate jobs and big salaries in pursuit of something more meaningful. For Mike, an Army veteran still serving in the reserves, that meant giving back to the veteran community. In the early days, the gym focused heavily on charitable work and programs for wounded warriors and adaptive athletes. From training three adaptive athletes on their way to the Paralympics to hosting teams like the Korean Adaptive Sled Hockey Team, CrossFit Optimistic became a national haven for adaptive training. 

Looking back, Mike says the hard times were worth it. He makes a modest living, gets to coach alongside his now-adult kids, and isn’t chasing more. When we asked what’s next, he smiled and said, “What do you do when your life exceeds your dreams?”

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The first line of world-class fitness, in 100 words, has nothing to do with exercise or training at all.

0:06.9

Was nutrition a bigger part of the CrossFit culture back then than it is today?

0:12.2

I just don't think we can create human health from industrial food products.

0:23.6

Jocelyn Riley, you're just, you're a gem and like even perhaps like I've said this before like a hidden gem.

0:32.6

And I believe people in our CrossFit community, they need to know who the heck you are.

0:40.8

And I'm going to tell you a little bit about her.

0:43.8

You're the leading, I would say leading at this point based on what you're doing.

0:49.2

You're leading the charge at CrossFit by putting nutrition right back on the mantle where it belongs,

0:55.7

like you're making nutrition great again, because you know, I know, and a lot of people know,

1:00.8

it is the foundation to the good life. And currently you created and you'll lead this new

1:08.1

in-person nutrition course coming soon to a location near you

1:12.2

and you have a master's in nutrition and over 40,000 tell me if I'm right or wrong there over

1:19.8

40,000 followers on Instagram as the keto athlete. Am I right now?

1:24.6

That's true. Yeah, maybe it's like 43. I don't know.

1:28.3

It's a lot.

1:29.3

And then just to put a nice little cherry on the top.

1:32.3

You also own CrossFit Brio of 15 years where you run also your own nutrition plan, I think,

1:38.3

and programs out of that.

1:40.3

And what I think is super impressive is that you actually show, like you tell them, but you show

1:46.0

your members exactly how you can bring the same clinical approach to nutrition as we do to

1:53.3

our exercise and fitness through quality and quantity.

1:58.9

So with that, Jocelyn Riley, welcome to the CrossFit podcast.

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