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Who's in and who's out of the CF Games and more. GSC 174

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The hosts argue the sport has gone so far that it may need the Games to survive.

1. Not In My Box | The Fitness and Coaching Podcast episode 174 is a President's Day Special built around coffee jokes, supplement talk, and CrossFit Games debate. 2. Danny is the host doing the coffee quote rabbit hole, and the other speaker responds with workout, reading, and event opinions that steer the conversation. 3. The episode asks what the current CrossFit world is for, while also using president trivia and supplement routines as entry points. 4. Danny says George Washington imported about 200 pounds of coffee before the Revolution. 5. The hosts repeat Abraham Lincoln's line, “If this is coffee, bring me tea. And if this is tea, bring me coffee.” 6. Teddy Roosevelt comes up as the president whose coffee mug was jokingly described as more suited to a bathtub than a cup. 7. The conversation shifts to the myth that coffee dehydrates you, and the hosts argue that coffee still counts as net positive water. 8. They mention blood donation centers that make donors drink water, juice, or coffee before leaving. 9. The discussion then moves to the old belief that lifting weights as a kid stunts growth. 10. One speaker says he researched that claim and found “precisely zero studies” showing a negative impact. 11. The hosts also joke about another myth involving masturbation and physical size, keeping the tone blunt and off-the-cuff. 12. A long supplement segment covers zinc, magnesium, fish oil, K2/D3, turmeric, creatine, BCAs, Liquid I.V., Element, and Max Effort Muscle. 13. One speaker says taking creatine for about a week has already made him less sore and stronger in strict pull-ups. 14. The episode notes that Max Effort Muscle products have NSF certification on some SKUs, and that certification is described as expensive and difficult to get. 15. The reading section mentions Arnold Schwarzenegger's new book, the old issue of Muscle & Fitness from August 1984, and the book Nudge. 16. The Nudge example centers on school lunches and how the placement of carrots or junk food changes what kids pick. 17. The CrossFit Games section reads a Reddit list of athletes said to be out, including Elisa Fuliano, Emma Tall, Emma McQuade, Chandler Smith, Velner, and Lazar's brother. 18. The hosts then debate whether athletes are leaving because of safety, frustration, or a larger shift in the sport. 19. The format is loose, conversational, and reactive, with two voices bouncing between jokes, personal routines, and long-form sports opinion. 20. People following CrossFit Games drama, supplement stacks, and sport-politics talk will get the most from it, while listeners wanting a tight, topic-specific interview may skip it.

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Coffee trivia gives way to a blunt, plainspoken CrossFit discussion about risk, responsibility, and whether any fallout really changes much.

GSC 174 starts with presidential coffee trivia, then settles into a blunt CrossFit argument about competition, risk, and how much responsibility athletes carry when they push to the edge.

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