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Madison Hollenbeck has been showing up to the 4:30 class at Destination CrossFit for over 10 years. She came to Walla Walla for a two-year job. She found a gym, found her corner, found her people — and never really left.
She's not a perfect gym-goer. She goes six weeks without touching a barbell every fall. She scales everything. She has a lifetime ban on box jumps. She doesn't love going every day.
She just keeps going.
In this episode, Nikki sits down with Madison to talk about what consistency actually looks like over the long haul — and what keeps someone coming back to the same gym for over a decade.
We get into:
- The post-college athlete identity crash — and what filled the gap
- Why she never works out when she travels (and why that's completely fine)
- The concept of 'rehiring yourself' — finding what still makes you want to show up
- What makes CrossFit stick for people who don't love every movement
- The 4:30 class culture, scaling without apology, and music worth rowing to
If you've ever come back after a long break, modified every movement, or wondered if you belong at a CrossFit gym — this one is for you.
🎙️ Actually Doing Things is the DCF podcast about real people doing the fitness thing in real life.
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