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Brandon runs in a WFP event.

Why This Season Just Might Be the Most Exciting One Yet

The World Fitness Project’s (WFP) Tour Event I is done and dusted, and to say the least, it provided an entertaining show for sports fans. Tour Event I set the stage for the rest of this season, which ... Continue Reading

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5 Takeaways From The World Fitness Project Tour Event I

The World Fitness Project Tour Event I is behind us, and we’re still recovering from three days of elite competition. Alex Gazan and Austin Hatfield emerged victorious in the Pro Division, while Jennifer ... Continue Reading

Fittest Experience Invitational

Inside The Fittest Experience Invitational: Predictions, Leaderboard, and How to Watch

The Fittest Experience Invitational, the fifth of 10 IPQEs, is set for this weekend, May 16-18, in Oklahoma City, OK.  While The Fittest Experience (TFX) has a long history, having hosted its ... Continue Reading

Toomey-Orr competes

Why It’s a Big Deal That Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Will Compete at Torian Pro

The Torian Pro has become synonymous with hosting Australia’s top CrossFit athletes for the last ten seasons. Toomey-Orr has not competed much in Australia since 2018, so her announcement that she ... Continue Reading

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Adidas Releases the Training Spezial – A Functional Throwback Redesigned for High-Level Sport

At the 2024 French Throwdown, Laura Horvath took to the competition floor clad in emerald green Adidas trainers. At that moment, viewers’ virtual shopping carts began filling with the 1980s ... Continue Reading

The winners of the 2025 French Throwdown on the podium.

4 French Throwdown Performances You Might Have Missed

While most of the sport's top names competed at the World Fitness Project (WFP) Tour Event I in Indianapolis, IN, over the weekend, many of Europe’s CrossFit Games hopefuls gathered in Montpellier, France, ... Continue Reading

HYROX signs above a crowd

CrossFit HQ Gives HYROX a Nod – Here’s Why It Matters

CrossFitters, from everyday gym-goers to the elite (think Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and Justin Medeiros), have begun to explore HYROX racing. However, until very recently, CrossFit as a brand hasn’t expressed ... Continue Reading

Alex Gazan is shown competing

6 Big Names Still Chasing CrossFit Games Spots

With four In-Person Qualifying Events (IPQE) and the In-Affiliate Semifinals behind us, we’re starting to see what the rosters for this summer’s CrossFit Games will look like. So far, eight men and ... Continue Reading

Jeff Adler is shown running

Inside WFP Tour Event I: Podium Picks, Fantasy Draft, and Who to Watch in Indy

Fan expectations are high as we head into the first day of the inaugural World Fitness Project Tour Event I in Indianapolis, IN. The star-studded field of Pros and Challengers will take on two events as ... Continue Reading

Justin Medeiros lifts a barbell over his head.

Justin Medeiros Inks Deal With GYMREAPERS

Over the past few weeks, fans of two-time CrossFit Games champion Justin Medeiros have noticed that he’s sporting new threads. Now it's official: the Boise-based champ has signed on as the newest ... Continue Reading

World Fitness Project athletes are shown running

2025 World Fitness Project, Tour Event I: Full Schedule, Workouts, and How to Watch

The highly anticipated World Fitness Project Tour Event I is finally upon us. The WFP kicks off its inaugural season in Indianapolis this weekend, from May 9 to 11. Hosted at the Grand Park Sports ... Continue Reading

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2025 French Throwdown: How to Watch, Roster, and Programming

The fourth 2025 CrossFit Games In-Person Qualifying Event (IPQE) begins this Friday at the Sud de France Arena in Montpellier, France. This is the second of two European IPQEs this season. The French ... Continue Reading

Luka Ðukić geared up in some Red Bull attire

Backed by Red Bull, Luka Ðukić is Primed for the World Fitness Project

Energy drink giant Red Bull continues its investment in the sport of fitness by adding Luka Ðukić, the 2024 Dubai Fitness Championship winner, to its expanding roster of athletes. The news arrives ... Continue Reading

Dallin Pepper at a competition

6 Quick Takeaways From CrossFit’s In-Affiliate Semifinals

The 2025 CrossFit In-Affiliate Semifinals concluded on Sunday, and the preliminary leaderboards are now live. Jeff Adler and Arielle Loewen are the unofficial winners. Once the leaderboard is finalized ... Continue Reading

Athlete's are shown running in the CrossFit Games semifinals.

After Controversial Run Rules and a Quiet Review Window, the 2025 CrossFit Games Team Field Is Set

The 2025 Team In-Affiliate Semifinals leaderboard has been finalized, and we now know the 20 teams headed to Albany, NY, for the CrossFit Games this August. The only path for teams this season and their ... Continue Reading

Cole Sager

“Not a Retirement Post” – Cole Sager Opens Up About Leaving the CrossFit Games

CrossFit Games veteran Cole Sager won’t participate in the 2025 Games season. Sager, 34, announced the news in a video on his Instagram page, where he quickly pivoted to say, “This isn’t a retirement ... Continue Reading

Alex Gazan helps barbeque some chicken

Alex Gazan’s Gamble – Why the Games Vet Is Skipping Semis to Go All-In on Norcal

A couple of hours after this weekend’s In-Affiliate Semifinals workouts were announced, three-time CrossFit Games veteran Alex Gazan met with her coach, Justin Cotler, to “talk through all of the ... Continue Reading

PRVN

PRVN Fitness to Turn In-Affiliate Semifinals Into an Elite In-Person Throwdown

The 2025 CrossFit Games season is well underway, with the Individual In-Affiliate Semifinals for elite individuals beginning this week.  Once the dust settles over the weekend and the leaderboard ... Continue Reading

James Sharnick in his gym Certus CrossFit

“Respect the Gift”: James Scharnick’s CrossFit Comeback Story

James Scharnick had a near-fatal bike accident in 2023 that left him a quadriplegic. Fast forward two years, and he just achieved a post-accident milestone – competing in the 2025 CrossFit ... Continue Reading

Shane Orr looking at a laptop

Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and PRVN Want To Take Over HYROX 

The excitement surrounding Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and PRVN Fitness as they enter the HYROX world is well-deserved.  Toomey-Orr, her partner and the co-owner and head coach of PRVN, Shane Orr, ... Continue Reading

Lucy Campbell jogging

Lucy Campbell Qualifies for 2025 CrossFit Games, Continuing Incredible Career Comeback

Two years ago, Lucy Campbell’s surgeon advised her to find a new sport, as he wasn’t confident her wrist would ever heal enough for her to return to CrossFit.  Thankfully, she didn’t heed his ... Continue Reading

Travis Mayer is shown running to prep for the World Fitness Project Tour

Interview: How Games Veteran Travis Mayer Is Preparing for the World Fitness Project Tour

The World Fitness Project (WFP) is a competitive fitness league launched in 2025 by five-time Individual CrossFit Games athlete and 2024 Fittest Man in the 35-39 division, Will Moorad, along with Isabella ... Continue Reading

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Velites Doubles Down – New Gear Partner of the World Fitness Project

The World Fitness Project announced on Tuesday that Velites is the Official Jump Rope, Hand Grips, and Wristbands partner for the 2025 WFP season.  So far, the only other partners announced include ... Continue Reading

Emily Beers

Why I’m Thankful I Found CrossFit in 2008

Last week, I was chatting with another member at my gym, Kea Athletics, in Surrey, B.C., and I suddenly became very thankful that I started CrossFit back in 2008 when I was a college rower.  During ... Continue Reading

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