The Cult of CrossFit

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Comedy, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

A 2015 Harvard Divinity School study reported that among many young people, CrossFit has become a bonafide new religion. So much more than a gym, these dark-walled “boxes” full of jacked Paleo dieters flipping tires have become sites of community and transcendence (and a source of billions in revenue). But... how did CrossFit gain such a “cult” following? And what are the dangers? This week, Amanda and Isa discuss the fitness phenomenon’s hulking appeal.

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0:00.0	We talk about a lot of really fun subjects on this podcast, but I do think something we always do is kind of slip into a British accent when we feel uncomfortable.
0:07.3	That's so true, babes.
0:09.8	And that's what we're gonna do all week when we're in London town.
0:15.0	Dude, I am so fucking excited. We're doing our first ever London show on Friday, May 26th at 6.30pm, at the Lester Square Theatre in London.
0:26.4	It's going to be fucking lit.
0:28.2	Which by the way, why is Lester Square Theatre spelled like that? That was like like Heistr.
0:32.9	We are so excited for the stamp show.
0:36.3	We're gonna have games. We're gonna have audience participation.
0:39.4	And of course, we're gonna have our juicy analysis while diving into a much requested and never before discussed top secret cult.
0:48.5	You cannot hear this cult subject matter on any episode because it's what we do for our live show,
0:54.0	so you really have to be there and then meet us after the show by some merch.
0:58.9	We're there to chat with you, babes.
1:00.6	Tickets are on sale now at SoundsLikeAkult.com and at the link in our IG bio.
1:06.3	Again, that's Friday, May 26th, 2023, aka this year at 6.30pm, we will see you there at Lester Square Theatre in London.
1:15.2	See you there, babes.
1:16.3	The equipment is different. The interaction of the people is different.
1:22.4	The movements they're doing is different. It's agony, coupled with laughter.
1:26.6	We'll make you a very different, better person.
1:30.1	It's a profound belief set with a profound impact and it is at the heart of the growth of everything we're doing here.
1:39.3	Everything we're doing here.
1:40.8	Issa, I have two truths in a lie for you.
1:48.4	Okay. CrossFit edition.
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