The GOAT goes for 8 and What to Make of the Turnover at the CrossFit Games
Talking Elite Fitness
Tommy Marquez & Sean Woodland
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
It is official. Tia Toomey will go for her 8th CrossFit Games championship this August in Albany. Sean, Tommy and Lauren talk about Tia's decision, what it means for the Games and how if affects her legacy.
There are a lot of new faces competing this year in New York. But is that something new, or is it business as usual? The team takes a look at what has happened in the past and explains why this year feels different.
This episode is presented by Thirdzy. Head to thirdzy.com and use the code "TEF" to save 20% on their rest and recovery collagen.
This episode is sponsored by Kreatures of Habit. Go to kreaturesofhabit.com and use the code "TEF" to save 20% on their Meal One overnight oats packed with 30 grams of protein per serving.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | One, two, three, go. |
| 0:10.0 | What's up, everybody. |
| 0:11.0 | Welcome to another edition of Talking Elite Fitness. |
| 0:13.6 | I'm Sean Woodland, joined, as always, by Lauren Kalil. |
| 0:16.9 | Lauren, you're at home. |
| 0:18.1 | Is something wrong? |
| 0:20.4 | No, but I'm actually looking at you guys right now, |
| 0:23.8 | I'm realizing that it looks like I'm in a black hole. |
| 0:27.9 | Well, you are also known as Syracuse, New York. |
| 0:30.9 | Yeah, I mean, it is very fitting. |
| 0:33.0 | You guys live in beautiful Northern California that your backgrounds, yeah, yeah, yeah, really reflect where you live and mine does too |
| 0:41.5 | so maybe we'll just leave it or maybe I'll get some fun pink lights because you know I am who I am |
| 0:46.5 | and featuring Tommy Marquez Tommy what's up uh I have an orange light not pink but it can be pink |
| 0:53.0 | if you need it. I like it. |
| 0:56.0 | Send me the link to that, Tommy. |
| 0:57.1 | Yeah, I got you. |
| 0:57.9 | Good stuff. Okay. |
| 0:58.6 | Well, we got a couple things to talk about. |
| 1:00.0 | Two really big things that we're going to spend the majority of the show talking about. |
| 1:04.0 | The first is, shocker, Tia Toomey is going to compete at the CrossFit Games and go for her eighth cross the |
| 1:11.6 | game championship. |
| 1:13.5 | And then there was an article in the morning chalk up about athlete turnover. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Tommy Marquez & Sean Woodland, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Tommy Marquez & Sean Woodland and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.