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Latest CrossFit News

  • Brooke Wells Shifts From PRVN to HWPO Training

    Brooke Wells Shifts From PRVN to HWPO Training

    On Sept. 18, 2023, elite CrossFitter Brooke Wells announced on her Instagram page that she is switching CrossFit teams from Shane Orr’s PRVN — the training camp of six-time Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey — to five-time Fittest Man on Earth® Mat Fraser’s Hard Work Pays Off (HWPO). Grateful for all this journey…ready for…

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  • Mitchell Hooper Shocks Five-Time Fittest Man on Earth® Mat Fraser With a 660-Pound Pig Flip

    Mitchell Hooper Shocks Five-Time Fittest Man on Earth® Mat Fraser With a 660-Pound Pig Flip

  • Four CrossFit Games Athletes Join Cast of “Gladiators” Reboot in Australia

    Four CrossFit Games Athletes Join Cast of “Gladiators” Reboot in Australia

  • 2023 Rogue CrossFit Invitational Roster Revealed

    2023 Rogue CrossFit Invitational Roster Revealed

Top Athletes

  • Watch Justin Medeiros’ Return to Training Following His 13th-Place Finish at the 2023 CrossFit Games

    Watch Justin Medeiros’ Return to Training Following His 13th-Place Finish at the 2023 CrossFit Games

  • Tia-Clair Toomey — The Training Style, Competition History, and Biography of CrossFit’s Winningest Individual Athlete

    Tia-Clair Toomey — The Training Style, Competition History, and Biography of CrossFit’s Winningest Individual Athlete

  • Everything You Want to Know About Katrin Davidsdottir’s Diet

    Everything You Want to Know About Katrin Davidsdottir’s Diet

  • The Ultimate Guide to Rich Froning’s Diet

    The Ultimate Guide to Rich Froning’s Diet

CrossFit Guides

  • How to Do a Picture-Perfect Overhead Squat for Olympic Lifting, CrossFit, and More

    How to Do a Picture-Perfect Overhead Squat for Olympic Lifting, CrossFit, and More

    Do you ever wish you could perform one movement that challenged your upper and lower body at the same time? The overhead squat tests your mobility, stability, muscular strength, and resilience all at once. It’s also an essential component of the barbell snatch, one of the two movements in Olympic lifting. While it may seem…

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  • The 9 Best Stretches for CrossFit Athletes to Maximize Performance

    The 9 Best Stretches for CrossFit Athletes to Maximize Performance

  • The Best CrossFit Warm-Up to Help You Crush Your Next WOD

    The Best CrossFit Warm-Up to Help You Crush Your Next WOD

  • The 12 Best Leg Exercises for CrossFitters for Strong, Powerful Legs

    The 12 Best Leg Exercises for CrossFitters for Strong, Powerful Legs

  • Power Your Way to Better Lifts With Thrusters

    Power Your Way to Better Lifts With Thrusters

  • Become a High-Rep Pull-Up Master With the Kipping Pull-Up

    Become a High-Rep Pull-Up Master With the Kipping Pull-Up

CrossFit Basics

What Is CrossFit®?

CrossFit® is often referred to and known as “the sport of fitness”, but originally got its roots as a fitness regimen developed around functional exercises and high-intensity workouts. CrossFit® is a registered trademark of CrossFit, Inc.; more information can be found at their website, CrossFit.com.

This fitness methodology numerous movement staples, including:

  • Box Jumps
  • Thrusters
  • Weighted Carries
  • Squats
  • Snatches
  • Clean & Jerks
  • Handstands
  • Pull-Ups

These are a few of the movements an athlete can perform in any given CrossFit® workout. In order to excel in this sport, an athlete must be well-rounded and carefully curate programs that improve strength, mobility, power, and much more.

More In CrossFit

  • Watch Justin Medeiros’ Return to Training Following His 13th-Place Finish at the 2023 CrossFit Games

    Watch Justin Medeiros’ Return to Training Following His 13th-Place Finish at the 2023 CrossFit Games

    The 2023 CrossFit Games results were not what two-time Fittest Man on Earth® Justin Medeiros anticipated. After finishing 29th and 37th in the first two events, following a pair of bike crashes in the first event, Medeiros couldn’t catch up on the leaderboard by the end of the competition. Medeiros ranked 13th overall and relinquished…

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  • The 2024 CrossFit Games Will Be Held In Fort Worth, Texas

    The 2024 CrossFit Games Will Be Held In Fort Worth, Texas

  • The Buttery Bros Supplement Their Leg Training with Electrical Stimulation

    The Buttery Bros Supplement Their Leg Training with Electrical Stimulation

  • Fergus Crawley Highlights 5 Common Hybrid Training Mistakes

    Fergus Crawley Highlights 5 Common Hybrid Training Mistakes

  • From Rookie to 5th Fittest Woman on Earth (with Alex Gazan)

    From Rookie to 5th Fittest Woman on Earth (with Alex Gazan)

  • The 2023 Rogue Invitational Qualifier Workouts Revealed

    The 2023 Rogue Invitational Qualifier Workouts Revealed

  • Zack Telander Teaches Squat and Overhead Snatch Technique With CrossFitter Guilherme Malheiros

    Zack Telander Teaches Squat and Overhead Snatch Technique With CrossFitter Guilherme Malheiros

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