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.
Episodes
75 episodes
What's the Worst That Can Happen? (Feat. Courtnei Lopez)
Courtnei Lopez was in a car accident a week before the 2026 Adaptive CrossFit Open. Six months later, she stood on the Adaptive CrossFit Games podium in third after securing...
Keep the Negative, Develop the Positive (Feat. Sue Jordaan)
Sue Jordaan qualified for her rookie season and then made the call not to go because a $4,000 flight from South Africa deserves the fittest version of herself. Mat Hotho ta...
High Vibes, Low Vision (Feat. Emma Hood)
Emma Hood walked off a roof (literally) and landed on both feet, shattering her ankles and heels. Months later she was back in the gym, and this year she's a rookie at the Adaptive Cross...
A Year Nobody Could Have Predicted (Feat. Tori Clinch)
Mat Hotho talks with Tori Clinch, a rookie competing in the Seated Two division heading to the 2026 CrossFit Games in San Jose. Tori's year has been anything but expected—she got back i...
Lights Out, Locked In (Feat. Noah Cook)
Mat Hotho sits down with Noah Cook, a 25-year-old vision athlete gearing up for his first CrossFit Adaptive Games appearance after going completely blind by age 18. Noah l...
Make Me Strong and Unkillable (Feat. McKenzie Kravetsky)
Mat Hotho sits down with McKenzie Kravetsky, a rookie Lower Minor athlete heading to her first CrossFit Games. In 2013, a head-on collision left McKenzie with injuries that reconst...
Finding the Monster Within (Feat. Roman Cameron)
Mat Hotho sits down with Roman Cameron, a rookie heading into his first CrossFit Adaptive Games in one of the sport's toughest divisions, Seated with Hip Function. Roman sh...
You're Capable—Even If You Don't Know It Yet (Feat. Kristee Irby)
Mat Hotho sits down with Kristee Irby, a Houston-based adaptive CrossFit athlete competing with a left limb difference.Kristee didn't even know adaptive CrossFit existed when sh...
Adapt and Overcome (Feat. Oscar Jessup)
Mat Hotho sits down with Oscar Jessup, a 17-year-old adaptive CrossFit athlete from Australia who placed third at last year's Adaptive Games in Las Vegas, complete with his now-...
Curiosity and Humility (Feat. Brian Knight)
Mat Hotho sits down with Brian Knight. Brian was born with a brachial plexus injury. He won a silver medal at the 2025 CrossFit Games, and he's one of the OGs of adaptive Cross...
An Unexpected Detour (Feat. Kieran Healey-Ryder)
Mat Hotho sits down with Kieran Healey-Ryder, a Glasgow-based adaptive athlete navigating a rare, progressive skeletal disease that's slowly taking the use of his left leg.
Three Things on My Mind (Feat. Mat Hotho)
Mat Hotho takes the mic solo for the first installment of a new format: personal episodes between the interviews, where Mat tackles the ideas and conversations he keeps having about adaptive fitness off the show.After a lap through two t...
Shoot With Intention (Feat. Bruce Williams)
Mat Hotho sits down with Bruce Williams, the photographer and videographer behind Dope Content and the person responsible for most of the imagery you've seen coming out of the CrossFit...
Comfortable Being Uncomfortable (Feat. Lauren Taylor)
Mat Hotho sits down with Lauren Taylor, gold medalist in the Neuromuscular Moderate division at the 2025 CrossFit Adaptive Games. Lauren walks through the long road — a bro...
Adaptation Has Taught Me Creativity (Feat. Sam Fishman)
Mat Hotho sits down with Sam Fishman, the founder of AnyBody & EveryBody and a full-time adaptive ...
Coaching and Leading as an Adaptive Athlete (Feat. Christina Mazzullo)
Mat Hotho sits down with Christina Mazzullo. Christina is a CrossFit Games adaptive champion, affiliate owner of CrossFit Tar Heel in North Carolina, and newly minted R...
All Movements Are Adaptable (Feat. Nigel Barber)
Mat Hotho sits down with Nigel Barber. Nigel is a UK-based adaptive CrossFit athlete and founder of Wodaptive. We have an h...
Wait! They Run Like Me?! (Feat. Leo Merle)
Mat Hotho sits down with Leo Merle for a conversation that covers the full arc of what it means to build a life around the things you love. Leo competed at the Paris 2024 Paraly...
Cerebral Palsy, Parasailing, and the CrossFit Open (Feat. Adam Billany)
Mat Hotho sits down with Adam Billany, a British adaptive athlete competing in both parasailing and CrossFit. Adam was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at around age two; it affects both...
If You Can See It, You Can Be It (Feat. Natalie South-Law)
In this episode the Adaptive Athlete Podcast, Mat Hotho sits down with Natalie South-Law, a UK-based adaptive athlete with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy who has competed at a s...
Why Not Me? (Feat. Jacob Peterson)
Mat Hotho sits down with Jacob Peterson, an adaptive powerlifter from Alabama living with mild cerebral palsy. Released during Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, Jacob talks about the s...
What It Actually Takes to Be Inspiring (Feat. Aaron Trent)
Mat Hotho sits down with Aaron Trent, a former para cyclist who placed second and third at the UCI Para-Cycling World Championships in 2009 and spent two and a half years ...
Have Fun, No Regrets (Feat. Shana Coissard)
Mat Hotho sits down with Shana Coissard, a French adaptive athlete with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome who's carved out an impressive path through wheelchair basketball, CrossFit, and adaptive...
A Championship Mindset and the Brother Behind the Scenes (Feat. Lance King & Kyle King)
Mat Hotho sits down with Lance King — three-time CrossFit Adaptive Games champion in the Intellectual Disability without Chromosomal Condition division — and his older brother
The Power of Being Different (Feat. Julia Halberstam)
Mat Hotho sits down with Julia Halberstam, who competes in the Upper Two Point division and placed second at the 2025 CrossFit Adaptive Games. Their conversation starts with the hilarious story of how they met at the 2024 Sea Dog competi...
