While making it to the CrossFit Semifinals and Games is the ultimate goal for many individuals and teams, it’s an expensive endeavor when you consider flights, hotels, and food. To help your favorites ... 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
Luminate the Day: CrossFit and Mental Health Aid Joining Forces to Build Community
In 2016, David Halvorson was a Michigan State student pursuing a finance degree when he felt directionless. Unfortunately, he had recently lost friends who had died by suicide, and he felt like he ... Continue Reading
How Justin Medeiros’s Coach Adam Neiffer and CrossFit Fort Vancouver Prepare For Quarterfinals
Adam Neiffer is two-time CrossFit Games Champion, Justin Medeiros’s, coach. These facts could create a burdensome balancing act for the second stage of the 2024 Games season, but Neiffer sees it ... Continue Reading
The Progrm’s “The Crown” Wraps, Icelandic Teens Bjarni Leifs and Bergrós Björnsdóttir Reign
The third iteration of The Progrm’s “The Crown” occurred in Spain over Easter weekend. After four days of competition, two Icelandic athletes, Bjarni Leifs and Bergrós Björnsdóttir, headed home ... Continue Reading
Organización de Amigos: Using Fitness to Help Oregon’s At-Risk Youth
Inspiration struck Jessica Dudley years ago when she visited Hawaii and learned all about the Keala Foundation, an organization helping at-risk Hawaiian youth through CrossFit. New to teaching, she was ... Continue Reading
Ohio Department of Youth Services Expands CrossFit Program to Three Juvenile Detention Centers
CrossFit DYS The Wolfpack isn’t your typical affiliate. It doesn’t have a website, and you won't find much information about it elsewhere. This is because the gym is located within a juvenile ... Continue Reading
Affiliate of the Month: Mach983 CrossFit Serves at-Risk Youth, Formerly Incarcerated Individuals, and Veterans in Colorado
When Fred Dayton opened Mach983 CrossFit in Aurora, CO, during the summer of 2022, one of his biggest motivations was to use his gym to give back to the greater community. “How can we be as ... Continue Reading
Longtime CrossFit Coach Danny Lesslie Faces $200,000 in Medical Bills for Wife’s Cancer Treatment
All Danny Lesslie can do right now is take it “day by day.” For four years, he has watched his wife, Raffi Dobles, suffer. She has Stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma, a common type of skin cancer, but what ... Continue Reading
How to Program CrossFit Open Workout 24.2 for Kids
Athletes across the world are once again taking on another tough Open workout. Just like last week, we want to make sure the workout is adapted to any skill level and to all ages. Here are some ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Rising Oak: Raising the Bar for CrossFit in South Africa
Imagine being a gym owner and having the power at your gym shut off sporadically, sometimes for two hours, during your busiest classes of the day. It sounds absurd, but this is very much the reality for ... Continue Reading
Mayhem Mission Aims to Raise $100,000 for Human Trafficking Nonprofit in March
Founded by 10-time CrossFit Games champion Rich Froning, Mayhem Mission is hosting its fourth annual fundraiser on March 23. The lofty goal is to raise $100,000 for Atlas Free, a nonprofit organization ... Continue Reading