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NOCCO USA and CrossFit Invictus Join Forces to Offer “Rise and Perform” Scholarship for the 2025 Season

Are you a young CrossFit athlete, or do you know a young aspiring CrossFit athlete? If so, you are in luck.  The award includes financial support, elite coaching, a NOCCO sponsorship, and more for ... Continue Reading

Morning Chalk Up writer Emily Beers

From a CrossFit Games Qualification to Postpartum PRs: How One MCU Writer’s Fitness Journey Came Full Circle After Giving Birth

Observable, measurable, and repeatable.  But eventually, like with anything else, we plateau, we get a little bored, and maybe even a little scared because we know how much it’s going to ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Masters athletes

Study: One Year of Resistance Training Can Benefit Older Adults for Years Afterward

We often understand fitness as a “use it or lose it” thing.  If you stop doing it, it doesn’t really stay with you, meaning it’s a lifelong pursuit, something you can’t ever stop doing. The ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Games athlete with big legs.

How Big Are CrossFit Games Athletes’ Legs? We Got Answers From Justin Medeiros, Arielle Loewen, and More

As CrossFit enthusiasts, we love numbers. One-rep maxes, three-rep maxes, personal best times, reps, and rounds.  And when we watch the top athletes in the world, it helps put our own numbers into ... Continue Reading

Sweaty CrossFit athlete

3 Hydration Tips to Help You Train Safely in the Heat

The sweltering sun can only mean one thing…summer training is upon us.  As a brutal heat wave hits various regions across the globe, it’s a good opportunity to share some hydration tips for ... Continue Reading

Athena Perez

“The Journey to 300,” Part 8: The Dreaded “Phase II” 

Editor’s Note: This is the eighth part in a multiple-part series written by Athena Perez, chronicling her year-long weight loss challenge, which she now calls “The Journey to 300.” Perez has documented her ... Continue Reading

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Small Gesture, Big Love: 70 Affiliates Send CrossFit Swag to South African Coaches

During the CrossFit Open this year, Athena Perez, coach and owner of Scaled Nation CrossFit, started talking to a coach at CrossFit Algoa in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The coach casually mentioned ... Continue Reading

CrossFit North America East

The Semifinal Spectator Experience: A Guide to North America East

The final week of the 2024 CrossFit Semifinals is upon us, and with it comes the North America East Semifinal by Syndicate Crown.  Worth noting: Remember, the venue has a clear bag policy, and if ... Continue Reading

2024 CrossFit Europe Semifinals

The CrossFit Semifinal Spectator Experience: A Guide to North America West

Competitive CrossFit returns to Carson, CA, as the North America West Semifinal by West Coast Classic heads to Dignity Health Sports Park from May 24 to 26. The facility previously hosted seven ... Continue Reading

Athena Perez

“The Journey to 300” Part 7: Letting It Go, Coming Together  

Editor’s Note: This is the seventh part in a multiple-part series written by Athena Perez, chronicling her year-long weight loss challenge, which she now calls “The Journey to 300.” Perez has documented ... Continue Reading

Annie Thorisdottir leaps while pregnant.

Interview: Dr. Christina Prevett on New Study That CrossFit During Pregnancy May Result in Fewer Complications

Talk to almost any CrossFit athlete who has been pregnant.  These athletes will tell you that they received at least some degree of criticism, or at the very least moderate concern, from people in ... Continue Reading

A CrossFit whiteboard with workouts.

“The Journey to 300,” Part 6: Coaches Need Coaches

Editor’s Note: This is the sixth part in a multiple-part series written by Athena Perez, chronicling her year-long weight loss challenge, which she now calls "The Journey to 300." Perez has documented her ... Continue Reading

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