For John Mack, the owner of All Level CrossFit in Windsor, Ontario, a focus on inclusivity has led his community to offer fitness to those who really need it while raising thousands of dollars for charity ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Open and Quarterfinals Programming: Was It a Success?
In terms of competitions, the 2024 CrossFit season is halfway done for Individuals. We leave the online portion behind and move on to in-person competitions from here. No more blind leaderboards, ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Semifinals — Individual and Team Workouts Released
The CrossFit Games team has released the 2024 Semifinals workouts for individuals and teams just weeks before the in-person events begin on May 16. The Semifinals represent the first in-person ... Continue Reading
“The Journey to 300” Part 7: Letting It Go, Coming Together
Editor’s Note: This is the seventh part in a multiple-part series written by Athena Perez, chronicling her year-long weight loss challenge, which she now calls “The Journey to 300.” Perez has documented ... Continue Reading
Interview: 10-Time Champ Rich Froning on His Upcoming 100-Mile Bike Race (and Why He’ll Never Compete at the CrossFit Games Again)
Sponsored by: What does life look like for 10-time CrossFit Games champion Rich Froning these days in Cookeville, TN? We caught up with the legend himself to talk about his current training style, ... Continue Reading
Video Review Penalties Shake Up Oceania’s CrossFit Semifinal Lineup
Individual Quarterfinals leaderboards have been finalized, but not without controversy. The video review process has caused a major shake-up to the top 40 athletes in all seven regions, and ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Inks Exclusive Partnership With GORUCK
GORUCK has just announced an exclusive partnership with Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr, six-time Fittest Woman on Earth, for the 2024 CrossFit Games season. Toomey-Orr is pursuing her seventh CrossFit Games title in ... Continue Reading
Interview: Katelin Van Zyl Explains How Tech Issues Almost Cost Her a CrossFit Semifinals Spot
Heading into the 2024 Quarterfinals, Australia’s Katelin van Zyl was relaxed and ready to rumble. A mother to two young boys, van Zyl had arranged for her mom to be in town to care for the kids ... Continue Reading
“Staying the Course”: Dave Castro Comments on the Recent CrossFit Quarterfinals Penalties
Dave Castro, general manager of sport at CrossFit HQ, said the review process for workout video submissions is being looked at but won’t change for the remainder of the 2024 CrossFit Games ... Continue Reading
Hip Replacement and Chronic Leukemia Are No Problem for 63-Year-Old CrossFit Quarterfinals Qualifier Mary Harrison
The day before the 2024 CrossFit Open started, Mary Harrison didn’t think she was going to compete. The 63-year-old had a hip replacement last June, and still isn’t 100 percent. But when the first ... Continue Reading
Is CrossFit’s Video Review Working? Questions Surround an Uncertain Process
Throughout a tumultuous and, for some, heartbreaking week, the 2024 CrossFit Quarterfinals leaderboards continued to shift as more and more athletes were hit with minor and major penalties. This ... Continue Reading
Interview: Andrea Nisler Talks About Qualifying for Semifinals 6 Weeks After Giving Birth
Andrea Nisler, twice a member of the Fittest Team on Earth (2021 and 2022), did most of the 2024 CrossFit Open while pregnant. Remind me: Individual Quarterfinals took place earlier this month, ... Continue Reading
Was the 2024 CrossFit Quarterfinals Missing a Strength Test?
Since CrossFit launched Quarterfinals in 2021, there has always been at least one workout that could be considered a strength test. In 2021, it was the four-rep max front squat. In 2022, it was The ... Continue Reading
After 27 Years in Prison, Trevor Jones Competes in Quarterfinals
Trevor Jones has done the CrossFit Open workouts for the last eight years, but he only registered for the first time this season. That’s because Jones did his seven other Opens in the midst of a 27-year ... Continue Reading
Breaking: Quarterfinals Workout 1 Penalties Put Some CrossFit Games Vets’ Seasons in Jeopardy
Additional writing and analysis by Mike Halpin Some Games athletes who went to sleep last night feeling secure in their position on the Quarterfinals leaderboard woke up this morning with their season ... Continue Reading
Don’t Call It a Comeback: Charley McAvoy Training for 100-Mile Race Only Months After Cancer Surgery
One softball size mass and 700 lesions were removed from endurance athlete Charley McAvoy last November. Now, just a few months post-op, he and his girlfriend, Sage Burgener, are already training for a ... Continue Reading
Of Moms and Masters Athletes: 6 Inspiring Women Who Just (Unofficially) Qualified for the CrossFit Semifinals
Qualifying for the CrossFit Semifinals is no easy feat. You could even argue that earning an invitation to Semifinals in the most competitive regions of the world — North America West and East, ... Continue Reading
8 Quick Takeaways From the (Unofficial) CrossFit Quarterfinals Leaderboard
The second window for submitting scores closed on Monday night, revealing a complete picture of the unofficial 2024 CrossFit Quarterfinals leaderboard. (See the whole thing here.) While things are ... Continue Reading
Pliability Names Cody Mooney Managing Partner
The pliability brand has become a fixture in the CrossFit space, in part due to the hard work that former Games athlete Cody Mooney has contributed to the company directly since 2020 and even earlier as an ... Continue Reading
4 Morning Chalk Up Writers Took on the 2024 CrossFit Games Quarterfinals — Here Are Their Reactions
Four Morning Chalk writers — Teaganne Finn, Scotty Freymond, Nicky Freymond, and Julia Papworth — took on the 2024 Indy and Age Group Quarterfinals…these are their stories. As we have in years past, we ... Continue Reading
Matt O’Keefe, Sammy Moniz, and Cooper Marsh Complete Boston Marathon, Raise Thousands for One Summit and Boston Scores
On Monday, April 15, 2024, a sea of runners shuffled up Heartbreak Hill, past Boston College, and down Kenmore Square in Boston, MA, on a 26.2-mile course for the 128th annual Boston Marathon. Some ... Continue Reading
How CrossFit Helped Paula Larsen Mamani Get Through a “Painful” Divorce, All the Way to Quarterfinals
One year ago, Paula Larsen Mamani was in a dark, painful spot. After 31 years of marriage, she and her husband decided to separate. Further, she had gained 30 pounds as she had been finishing ... Continue Reading
10 Eye-Opening Stats From the 2024 CrossFit Team Quarterfinals
With the Individual Quarterfinal leaderboard just beginning to shake out, let’s take a quick look back at the worldwide Team Quarterfinals (finalized leaderboard here) to highlight 10 interesting things ... Continue Reading
4 Morning Chalk Up Writers Take on the 2024 CrossFit Games Quarterfinals — Here Are Their Thoughts
Four Morning Chalk writers — Teaganne Finn, Scotty Freymond, Nicky Freymond, and Julia Papworth — crushed the 2024 CrossFit Open and have moved on to Quarterfinals! As we have in years past, we will use ... Continue Reading