# @crossfit on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMsjeECO2iD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32817975-crossfit-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-29T15:07:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CrossFit (@crossfit) — https://gondola.cc/crossfit

## Caption

James Hobart has been part of CrossFit since the early days. He’s competed at the Games, demoed for CrossFit’s movement videos, worked on Seminar Staff, and spent nearly two decades watching the culture evolve. In this episode, he sits down with Denise Thomas to talk candidly about the state of CrossFit — and whether it’s lost its soul.

From what it felt like to walk away from competition, to the mindset shift required to keep training into middle age, James opens up about what keeps him coming back to the gym and why he still believes in the methodology. They discuss the difference between nostalgia and stagnation, why CrossFit’s messiness is part of the magic, and what it really means to “teach yourself out of a job.”

“‘There’s No Going Back. Things are Only Moving Forward.’ – James Hobart on the Future of CrossFit (EP.25)” — check it out wherever you listen! (Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and more.)

#CrossFit #CrossFitPodcast

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