The Adaptive Athlete Podcast

The Adaptive Athlete Podcast is dedicated to sharing the stories of athletes in the Crossfit space and beyond who have pushed past the limits doctors or others gave them. In these conversations, you'll hear stories of resiliency, adaptation, grit, and determination. You'll also hear about the ways the adaptive space is growing. Whether you are an adaptive athlete, a coach, or you know someone who would benefit from adaptive athletics and adaptive fitness, this podcast is the place to hear stories and build connections. New episodes drop every Tuesday.

The Adaptive Athlete Podcast is a health podcast hosted by The Adaptive Athlete, with 80 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

The Adaptive Athlete hosts The Adaptive Athlete Podcast, a health show with 80 episodes published.

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  Episode #35

  Turn Disability into Possibility (Feat. Ben Fallon)

  Sep 29, 202656 minS2

  In 2019, Ben Fallon was diagnosed with an aggressive form of multiple sclerosis and told to prepare for the possibility of losing his independence within five years. His answer came one night in Hawaii. Overhaul the way he eats—cold turkey—and never look back. Seven years later, he's a two-time CrossFit Games champion. Mat Hotho talks with Ben about living with MS every single day, the strict nutrition protocol he uses to manage it, and the TV segment on a fellow athlete with MS that pulled him into competitive CrossFit. Ben opens up about how the pressure to win drained the joy from his 2024 title, the balance he chased in 2026, and the strategy that kept his nervous system from crashing on the competition floor. They close on gratitude, identity, and Ben's challenge to anyone with a diagnosis—turn disability into possibility. The Adaptive Athlete Podcast is proudly sponsored by Equip Products . Send us Fan Mail Follow the podcast on Instagram: @TheAdaptiveAthletePod

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  Episode #34

  I Think You Might Have Cerebral Palsy (Feat. Alexa Serret)

  Sep 22, 202638 minS2

  Mat Hotho talks with Alexa Serret , an adaptive CrossFit athlete and third grade teacher who found out she had cerebral palsy at 28 from a PT at her CrossFit gym. Alexa grew up in Spain and in her first season she made the 2024 CrossFit Games in San Antonio in a division that wasn't really hers. That trip ended with a decision to move to Texas. Now she teaches in Odessa, runs a Harry Potter–themed classroom, and doesn't let her students say "I can't." She talks about returning to the Games in 2026, going from zero chest-to-bar to doing them on the competition floor, learning to talk to herself kindly, and what she'd tell her younger self. We are proudly sponsored by Equip Products . Send us Fan Mail Follow the podcast on Instagram: @TheAdaptiveAthletePod

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  Episode #32

  Function First (Feat. Jed Snelson)

  Sep 8, 202645 minS2

  Mat Hotho talks with Jed Snelson —seventeen years racing motocross, a strength coach for pro racers and X Games athletes, paralyzed in a 2014 race crash, and now one of the few people coaching seated adaptive athletes full time. This is part one of two. Jed's rule is simple and harkens back to the CrossFit methodology: function first, everything else second. He walks through what that means for a seated athlete—core to extremity, out-of-chair rowing, air deadlifts, balancing on the lip of his own hot tub. These functional movements have given Jed and his athletes more freedom in their day-to-day lives. And that's what matters. The Adaptive Athlete Podcast is proudly sponsored by Equip Products . Send us Fan Mail Follow the podcast on Instagram: @TheAdaptiveAthletePod

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  Episode #31

  I've Lived Two Lives (Feat. Katie Weymouth)

  Sep 1, 202650 minS2

  Mat Hotho talks with Katie Weymouth , one of the OGs of adaptive CrossFit. She competed at the 2021 WheelWOD Games in a packed affiliate in North Carolina, where nobody left the floor until the last athlete finished. Five seasons later she took second at the 2026 Games in her own backyard, on a final workout that gave her twenty seconds to set up instead of two minutes. Katie is the only bilateral below-knee amputee in her division, the result of bacterial meningitis three weeks into her freshman year of college. She talks about relearning to walk, a body that can't sweat through its own skin grafts, why snowboarding gave her back a feeling she'd lost, and why the real reason she trains has nothing to do with a podium. The Adaptive Athlete podcast is proudly sponsored by Equip Products . Send us Fan Mail Follow the podcast on Instagram: @TheAdaptiveAthletePod

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  Episode #30

  Learning to Fly. Again. (Feat. Sam Constantin)

  Aug 25, 202647 minS2

  In September 2023, Sam Constantin hit the ground at 100 kilometers an hour on a skydiving landing and was paralyzed from the waist down. Thirteen months later, he stood up. Mat Hotho talks with the Quebec athlete about the parts of the comeback that never make it to Instagram—banded leg curls from a wheelchair, an hour on the bike on bad days, and a deadlift that climbed from 75 pounds to 275 in under two years. Sam explains how how his mascot transitioned from the butterfly to phoenix, and what it's like to walk to the barbell during a competition while everyone else runs. He's back to skydiving solo, studying physiotherapy, and building a coaching philosophy around a simple idea: you have a disability, and there's still so much you can do. The Adaptive Athlete Podcast is proudly sponsored by Equip Products , the leader in adaptive fitness equipment. Send us Fan Mail Follow the podcast on Instagram: @TheAdaptiveAthletePod

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