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Episode 162 - CrossFit Games Location , Fort Worth & Diets

·1 hr 6 min·4 clips

The hosts argue that most people do not need high-carb intake to recover from an hour in the gym.

1. Not In My Box | The Fitness and Coaching Podcast Episode 162 focuses on the CrossFit Games move to Fort Worth, Texas, and the venue at Dickies Arena. 2. The main voices are the two hosts, who act as fitness commentators and venue reviewers, and they bring up Andy from Norse Fitness as a nutrition example. 3. The episode asks why Fort Worth and the Will Rogers Memorial Center make sense for the CrossFit Games. 4. The hosts describe Dickies Arena as a 14,000-seat arena built in 2019 inside the Will Rogers Memorial Center. 5. They note that the complex includes a 92,000-square-foot exhibition hall and other event spaces used for concerts and rodeos. 6. The conversation compares Dickies Arena with Golden 1 and the Stockton Arena to judge how the building looks and functions. 7. They point out that CrossFit could use either the indoor arena or a larger outdoor area within the complex. 8. Pasadena regionals and Madison are mentioned as examples of how CrossFit has previously built competition spaces inside exhibition centers or on parking lots. 9. The hosts say the venue also helps with direct flights and easier in-and-out logistics. 10. Texas is presented as a strong market because of its CrossFit gyms, bodybuilding culture, and sports-heavy environment. 11. The speakers describe Fort Worth as Dallas’s more interesting counterpart and say they have wanted to visit it for a while. 12. They expect the first year in Fort Worth to draw a large turnout because the site is new and people will want to see it. 13. The episode then shifts to a theory about nutrition and carb intake. 14. One host argues that humans are not built to require large amounts of sugar to perform well. 15. He says that people who train one to two hours a day still spend most of the day sitting, so gym time alone does not justify heavy carb loading. 16. The hosts discuss fat adaptation, ketosis, and the idea that the body can become efficient at using fat for fuel. 17. The tone is conversational and argumentative, with both hosts interrupting, laughing, and pushing back on each other. 18. The format moves quickly from venue reporting to a back-and-forth debate about meat, fruit, vegetables, rice, and hydration. 19. Listeners who like CrossFit logistics and nutrition debates will probably want this episode. 20. Listeners looking for a tightly structured interview or a single-topic deep dive may skip it.

As heard by us

A blunt, useful gym-floor chat about the Games move and everyday food logic.

The episode stays with two steady gym-floor questions: where the CrossFit Games ended up, and what carbs are actually doing in a day of eating.

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You want the Fort Worth move, the carb talk, and the usual side quests.

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