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5-Time Crossfit Games Champ Mat Fraser Gives a Tour of His New Home Gym
The five-time Fittest Man on Earth®, Mat Fraser, has been busy since retiring from competitive CrossFit in February 2020. He has a podcast with Sevan Matossian and CrossFit Games veteran Josh Bridges, a new supplement company with the Buttery Bros called Podium Nutrition that was recently released in GNC stores...
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CrossFit Guides
10 Shoulder Press Variations to Build Upper Body Strength
The shoulder press is a movement used by most strength, power, and fitness athletes to increase overhead strength, pressing abilities, and add significant size and strength to the shoulders (and upper chest, traps, and triceps). The shoulder press has a...
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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.
CrossFit Events
After Becoming a Mom in 2020, Annie Thorisdottir Wins Bronze at 2021 CrossFit Games
Two-time Fittest Woman on Earth® Annie Thorisdottir made a statement at the 2021 CrossFit Games by placing third overall in dramatic fashion. Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr won the 2021 CrossFit Games, and Laura Horváth placed second. This is Thorisdottir's sixth podium finish at a CrossFit Games and her 11th time competing in...
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CrossFitter Sam Kwant Is the Newest TRAIN PUMA Global Ambassador
On Oct. 6, 2021, PUMA shared a press release stating that 2020 CrossFit Games runner-up Sam Kwant is joining their team as a global ambassador for TRAIN PUMA. Per the announcement, Kwant will support TRAIN PUMA initiatives and product launches....
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Inaugural Strength Score Championships: Battle for New York Set for Nov. 13, 2021
The inaugural Strength Score Championships: Battle for New York is set for Nov. 13, 2021, in the Hype Gym located in Union Square, Manhattan. The contest will feature athletes competing to obtain the highest "strength score" measured by how much...
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CrossFit Launches Healthcare Service “CrossFit Precision Care”
On Oct. 5, 2021, CrossFit HQ announced the launch of their new primary care service CrossFit Precision Care (CPC) — a more holistic approach to health care that CrossFit Owner and CEO Eric Roza describes as "fitness meeting health care...
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CrossFit’s Statistics Mastermind (w/ Chad Schroeder)
Today I’m talking to my friend Chad Schroeder, the CrossFit Games Lead of Sport Statistics. Chad has been working on the stats side of fitness for nearly a decade, from unlikely beginnings as a volunteer to a driving force behind...
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Ricky Garard Admits to Knowingly Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs Before 2017 CrossFit Games
CrossFitter Ricky Garard of Australia will finish serving a four-year doping suspension on Oct. 3, 2021, and has announced his return to the sport. On Sept. 29, 2021, Garard joined Chase Ingraham on episode six of the CrossFit Games Podcast....
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Four Big Benefits of the Toes to Bar
Have you ever watched the CrossFit Games and wondered how athletes like Tia-Clair Toomey not only achieve their six-packs but also the abdominal strength that comes with it? A part of it is due to eating enough calories, while another...
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