Prodigies Podcast: Exploring Youth Fitness

Listen to Steph and Stacy Rolfe talk about the unique challenges of parenting teenage CrossFit Games athletes. Best tips for how to help keep them balanced and enjoying the sport while also meeting big goals.

In this episode, Steph goes live with Brock Yost, executive director of the Teenage CrossFit Games, to talk about updates to the competition. Both the Pit Teen Throwdown and the Pit Collegiate Throwdown will be part of the Games celebration. So 270 athletes ages 14-22 total will be in Southwest Michigan to cap the 2024 season.

Meet Kali Heivilin, Alivia Knapp, Kylee Nash and Gabby Charvat, all collegiate athletes homegrown at Triple River CrossFit at The Pit Fitness Ranch in Three Rivers, Michigan. For this podcast, we're listening in to the first in a series of roundtable discussions produced by Pit Media about raising up "LND Lifestylers" as teenagers. These young ladies play softball, soccer and row at large universi...

Hear from Bella Martin, CrossFit event emcee ad brand consultant, about social media, branding, ethical and responsible coverage and the 2024 CrossFit season and why she dresses modestly when covering a teen event. Bella, 27, tells teens and young adults how to build an authentic brand, working with "be yourself" as a worthy strategy. Lots of great wisdom in this CrossFit media personality who tra...

Emily Avery, 19, lost her arm two years ago in a car accident. She's used CrossFit as her "physical therapy," and just recently won the WheelWod Games' Upper Extremity: 1 Point of Contact first-place podium. This young athlete credits her friends, community and coach at The Pit for helping her learn to push through, to get stronger and - most importantly, she said - to enjoy it. Hear from this wis...

Meet 16-year-old CrossFit Games athlete Ava LaBounty! What drew her to CrossFit as a sport? How does she navigate the interesting world of a United States teenager as an elite athlete? Hear her answers and more as we discuss the life of a teen elite CrossFit athlete and the 2024 season. 00:00 Introduction 02:44 Ava introduces herself 03:55 How Ava learned about the PIT 06:01 Stephanie Riffs throug...

In this exciting episode of Prodigies Podcast, we have the privilege of hosting two exceptional young athletes, Maddox Metcalf and Delia Moises, who are making waves in the world of CrossFit. Maddox, a 14-year-old from Richland, Washington, and Delia, a 17-year-old from Florida, are both rising stars in the competitive CrossFit scene, having achieved impressive results in various CrossFit competit...

Join us as we explore the exciting future of teenage CrossFit with Host Stephanie Price and renowned expert Brock Yost. In this insightful discussion, Brock shares his passion for advocating for the next generation of CrossFit athletes and sheds light on the transformative impact of this sport on their lives. Brock Yost, the executive director of the Teenage CrossFit Games, provides valuable insig...

In the CrossFit competitive space, a 19-year-old is often lost. They've aged up out of the teen division and joined the abyss of individuals far fitter than them. In life in general, a 19-year-old is often if not lost, at least unsure of what to do: College? Work? Travel? Volunteer? It's a time of great transition. Ellie Tinker, 19, of Fayetteville, N.C., feels all of that deeply and loves to dig...

Teens Kaiden Hogan (16-17 boys) and Brynn Cupp (14-15 girls) finished first and fifth, respectively, in the CrossFit Games® quarterfinals and are on to semifinals this weekend. How do they feel about the workouts? And what're their secrets to success?

Miami high school junior Layda Estrada is one of two teens in her gym. It gets lonely sometimes working out without more peers. So the aspiring leader and CrossFit athlete decided to start bringing kids together. She started a group, Teen Fit Collect, wrote a mission, put the Miami affiliates in a spreadsheet, and started reaching out. Hear how this young lady sees CrossFit as a great way of life...

Brynn Cupp, 14-15 girls division, finished 9th in the 2023 CrossFit Open. Hear how she's feeling after that finish and going into her quarterfinals.

Russell and Shellie Kerstetter, parents of two CrossFit Games® teenage girls, talk about parenting elite athletes. Hear about trying for a CrossFit-free vacation, only to meet - in ITALY - another U.S. CrossFit teen. How much should you do for your teen? Is it realistic for them to become a professional in this sport? What about the emotional and social implications? Hear it all from Shellie and R...

Hear how Kaiden Hogan, Brynn Cupp and Sophia Natale finished in 23.1 and how they're feeling for 23.2.

Meet Sophia Natale, 16, and Brynn Cupp, 15, two teens gunning for the CrossFit Games® in 2023.

Kaiden Hogan, 17, from Georgia, shares his hopes for the 2023 CrossFit Games® season - his last in the teenage division. This fun, fit kid, a 2021 CrossFit Games® athlete, tells us about life in the training room.

In this inaugural episode, CrossFit Games® teenagers Emily Meyer, Hailey Rolfe, Jenna Michelotti, Azariah Price and Miguel Buzza Roo join hostess Stephanie Price and athlete, coach and dad Erik Myran of the Teen Fitness Community in talking about Wodapalooza 2023 - the booming teen division - as well as how these TEENS feel about being among the elite and RX TEAMS. Listen as these kids open up abo...