At the 2017 CrossFit Games, anyone looking for the next “up-and-comer” would’ve immediately been drawn to a young man standing out amongst the crowd in the 16-17 Age Group Division. This weight ... Continue Reading
Dave Castro Announces Top Training Camp Award at 2024 CrossFit Games
Dave Castro announced in a video on Thursday that a new performance-based award for the top training camp will be given at the 2024 CrossFit Games. The details: CrossFit’s GM of Sport dropped the ... Continue Reading
5 CrossFit Games Storylines You Should Pay Attention To
The CrossFit Games is about crowning the Fittest Man and Woman on Earth, and the storylines at the top are always exciting. This year, we’re all waiting with bated breath to find out if Tia-Clair ... Continue Reading
Will One of These 3 Veteran Women Finally Get to the CrossFit Games Podium This Summer?
There are three CrossFit Games veterans in the women's division who have 10 combined top-10 finishes and 18 total Games appearances, yet have never reached the podium. OK, so between six-time Fittest ... Continue Reading
The Dave Castro Interviews: By the Numbers
Once the Semifinals are over and the CrossFit Games athletes are decided, it's athlete interview season. In most cases, getting 10 or more interviews in the summer months is a large undertaking, as ... Continue Reading
Emily de Rooy Brings Youth to Australia’s Super Team Raw Iron CrossFit Mayhem Thunder
It’s not every day you’re asked to join a CrossFit super team filled with your idols. But after competing as an individual at the 2023 CrossFit Games, Australia’s Emily de Rooy was presented with ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Relaunches Online Retail Store Featuring Classic Apparel and Gear
If you have been looking to fill your wardrobe with some new CrossFit gear, you are in luck. The e-com portal will open in phases, the first of which will highlight T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, ... Continue Reading
25 Nations Will Be Represented at the 2024 CrossFit Games
One of CrossFit’s long-time goals has been to bring the sport to a global audience. But in reality, it just wasn’t practical. Here we are today: Only the fittest 40 men and women in the world ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Rookie Spotlight: Slow and Steady Growth Earned Jack Rozema a 2024 Games Invite
Jack Rozema was born to be an elite, competitive athlete. Growing up in Michigan, Rozema was a three-sport athlete in high school, playing football, wrestling, and baseball, keeping him busy all year ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Cuts: A Brief History
The 2024 CrossFit Games cut schedule was released earlier in July, giving athletes, coaches, and fans a glimpse into what will unfold on August 8. This came as no surprise to many, as cuts have ... Continue Reading
Dave Castro Shares Regrets, Says Firing CrossFit Media Team in 2018 “Set Us Back”
As Dave Castro wraps up his final interviews with the 79 (excluding Ilya Makarov) 2024 CrossFit Games athletes, we continue to focus on Castro’s insights into this year’s upcoming competition and his ... Continue Reading
The 2024 CrossFit Games Will Only Feature Two Outdoor Events, According to Dave Castro
Everyone in the CrossFit space with any investment in the Games has been listening closely to Dave Castro’s athlete interviews during his Week In Review series on YouTube. Here, he shares details regarding ... Continue Reading
Jelle Hoste Questions Dave Castro About Size Advantages During the CrossFit Games, Rookie of the Year Selections, and More
As Dave Castro’s athlete interviews roll on, more and more athletes (at this point, almost all of them) have been given around 10 to 15 minutes to chat with CrossFit’s General Manager of Sport and head ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Games Will Feature New Movements, According to Dave Castro
CrossFit's General Manager of Sport, Dave Castro, has taken on the hefty task of interviewing all 80 individual athletes from the 2024 CrossFit Games leading up to the big showdown in Fort Worth, ... Continue Reading
Balancing It All, With a Little Help From Brent Fikowski: Shelby Neal’s Sophomore Season
It is hard to be a CrossFit Games athlete. Throw in a demanding full-time job as an engineer into the mix and it seems almost impossible to qualify even once for the Games. North Carolina ... Continue Reading
1st Phorm Monster Games Results
The 1st Phorm Monster Games went down in Joplin, MO, on July 12-14. Games veteran Jacob Heppner and Jason Ansley, the co-director of the Masters CrossFit Games by Legends, programmed the event, which ... Continue Reading
How Mark Moss and UPLIFT Are Bringing Awareness and Raising Money for Suicide Prevention Through CrossFit
Mark Moss’s grandfather committed suicide in 2013. And, like for many tragedies, there were remembrance walks. These were events where people could gather to walk and celebrate the life of their ... Continue Reading
Our 4 Favorite Friday Night Lights Moments at the CrossFit Games
There are very few constants when it comes to CrossFit, especially at the Games when the unknown and unknowable are on full display. The details: While the CrossFit Games team has been keeping most ... Continue Reading
“Trust in the Process”: How Jim Luurtsema Found CrossFit, Lost 200 Pounds, and Now Runs Marathons for Good Causes
Taking that first step and walking into a CrossFit affiliate can be intimidating. It was especially so for Jim Luurtsema. When Luurtsema was finally coaxed into taking a CrossFit class at ... Continue Reading
How Three-Time Games Qualifier Alexis Raptis Is Preparing for the 2024 CrossFit Games
Alexis Raptis has been competing in CrossFit since 2015. During her teen career, she took fourth in 2015 in the Girls 16-17 category before coming back and taking second in 2016. As an ... Continue Reading
15 Years of Fitness: A Tribute to the “Dóttirs” of CrossFit
Since 2009, at least one Icelandic “Dóttir” has competed at the CrossFit Games. It all began with Annie Thorisdóttir throwing down in Aromas, CA, at the third CrossFit Games, competing before ... Continue Reading
METCON Rush Flourishes in Its 9th Year as Elite Athletes Flock to Maryland Competition
What started on a whim has turned into one of the most popular fitness competitions on the East Coast. METCON Rush is in its ninth year and hosting its biggest roster yet, including former CrossFit ... Continue Reading
Who’s Missing From the 2024 CrossFit Games Roster?
The 2024 CrossFit Games roster in the Individual division consists of a good mixture of veterans and rookies representing CrossFit's global reach, including athletes returning for a ninth, 10th, and, in ... Continue Reading
Two CrossFit Games, One Weekend: Masters and Teens in Same Families Face Tough Decision
The Crossfit community reacted strongly to the announcement of the 2024 Divisional Games, which places the Masters, Teens, and Adaptive divisions as separate, standalone events. In all the discussion, ... Continue Reading