Get ready for the dumbbells, folks. After all, "You've Been Warned." Earlier today, CrossFit Games Director Dave Castro posted an Instagram image of 50 and 35 pound dumbbells with the chalk caption ... Continue Reading
New CrossFit Games Site Makes Following Athletes Easier Than Ever
The CrossFit Games began in 2007 and have since grown into a worldwide competition. The Games are approaching their tenth year, and it only seems fitting The CrossFit Games website receives a new look and ... Continue Reading
2017 Reebok CrossFit Games Regional Schedule and Venues Announced
The 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games officially have a new home, and now, it appears the same can be said for some Regionals venues. In an Instagram post on December 20th, the CrossFit Games announced ... Continue Reading
Chris Spealler Will Compete at the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games (If He Qualifies)
Contrary to previous reports, Chris Spealler may not be sitting out next year's Reebok CrossFit Games after all. You might remember him announcing his retirement from the CrossFit Games after his ... Continue Reading
6-Time CrossFit Games Athlete Marcus Filly Talks Training, Nutrition, and Recovery
Every year, qualifying for the Reebok CrossFit Games gets more difficult. The athlete pool grows, talent increases, and physical challenges climb in difficulty (in all aspects). While I learned a lot in my ... Continue Reading
Here Are the Dates for the 2017 CrossFit Games Season
The CrossFit Games has a new home for 2017-2019. Now, just a day after Dave Castro's announcement about the Games venue change, the official 2017 CrossFit Games calendar has ... Continue Reading
Team Europe Wins 2016 Reebok CrossFit Invitational
In what many US-based fans will consider an upset, Team Europe has won the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Invitational. The team was comprised of: Katrin Davidsdottir Sara Sigmundsdottir Björgvin ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Invitational
The 2016 Reebok CrossFit Invitational is Sunday, November 20th, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Four-athlete teams from the USA, Europe, Pacific, and Canada will compete in a variety of events from 1pm ... Continue Reading
4 Lessons Learned from CrossFit Games Athlete Mistakes
Most of us will never make it to The CrossFit Games...except maybe as spectators. While we can all relate to the pain of Fran or understand what it's like to hit a massive PR in the Open, competing at the ... Continue Reading
Sam Briggs Solves Visa Issues, Will Compete at the 2016 CrossFit Games
The 2013 CrossFit Games Winner will not be forgotten in 2016. Sam Briggs has arrived. After reaching out to the CrossFit community via her Instagram for some help with ongoing visa issues, Briggs ... Continue Reading
Where Should They Hold The CrossFit Games?
In an April letter to the CrossFit community, Games GM Justin Bergh opened up about a potential move away from the StubHub center in Carson, California, maybe as early as next season (2017). The CrossFit ... Continue Reading
High Highs and Heartbreaking Lows of Event 7 During 2016 CrossFit Regionals
If you're looking for evidence that CrossFit HQ and Dave Castro are programing with drama and entertainment in mind, look no further than individual Event 7 from the 2016 CrossFit Regionals. Since ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Regionals Week 3: Experts Predict Top Women (& James Hobart’s Games Picks)
This is it, the last Regional weekend of the season, and our last chance to play our little Regionals speculation game. If you’ve been following along, you may have noticed that some of us are much better ... Continue Reading
Are the Andersons CrossFit’s First Games Dynasty?
By definition, a dynasty is a family of rulers, with subsequent generations — or members within the same generation — passing the torch down from one to the next. And in spots terms, "dynasty" refers to ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Regionals Week 1 & 2: Top 5 Scores On Each Event Regardless of Region
Like last week, we've put all the athletes head to head to head to see who places in the top 5 for each event. Kara Webb still dominates with 4 appearances in the top 5, with Emily Bridgers coming in ... Continue Reading
“CrossFit Games Need More Chest Hair” (And Other Week 2 Gems)
Another week of Regionals, another week of FUBAR comments in the live youtube chat. While last week brought us some gems, particularly relating to Kara Webb and her past life as a kangaroo herder, ... Continue Reading
7 CrossFit Games Events We Haven’t Seen Yet (But Probably Will)
Every July, Dave Castro and the rest of the CrossFit Games team (okay, mostly Castro) throw a mix of the familiar and flat-out unexpected at athletes over a grueling 5+ day test. We see a combination of ... Continue Reading
Should Individual Athletes Be Allowed to Go Team for The CrossFit Games?
A few days after week 1 of the 2016 CrossFit Regionals, athlete Sammy Wood took to Instagram to (graciously) thank the community, her coach, and supporters. She also announced that after failing to qualify ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Regionals Week 2: Experts Predict Top Women (with Special Guest Becca Voigt)
Week 1 of the 2016 Regionals is done and, thanks to live streaming and archived footage, we were able to see how the first batch of athletes handled the workouts on the competition floor. I was ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Regionals Week 1: Top 5 Scores On Each Event Regardless of Region
Week 1 of the 2016 CrossFit Regionals is over. Even though qualification is only based on scores within each Region, we wanted to pit all the scores against one another to see how they ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Regionals Week 1 Sleeper Picks
You’ve heard of the big names competing in this weekend’s set of CrossFit Regionals, but as we all know, there’s always someone who comes seemingly out of nowhere and makes a splash. We’re ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Regionals Week 1: Experts Predict the Top Women
Now that we know how to and who to watch at this weekend’s CrossFit Regionals, it’s time to address another vital question: who will come out on top? With fewer than 1% of athletes and teams ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2016 CrossFit Games Regionals
It's time for Regionals, and while it took awhile, CrossFit HQ has officially announced how to watch the competitions on line. And it's good news, because all events at every 2016 Regional will be streamed ... Continue Reading
Who’s Competing? The Big Names at This Weekend’s CrossFit Regionals
North Central combines with Central East for the Central Regional. South Central combines with Latin American for the South Regional...but South East ends up in Atlantic. All of Russia somehow gets lumped ... Continue Reading