The global COVID-19 pandemic hurt many CrossFit affiliates and other gyms due to lockdowns and various restrictions. However, it did not hurt the fitness apparel brand and title sponsor of the 2021 NOBULL ... Continue Reading
Mat Fraser and Buttery Bros Announce New Supplement Company “Podium”
The Buttery Bros — Heber Cannon and Marston Sawyers — are the documentarians who produced The Fittest on Earth Trilogy and operate a YouTube channel focused on CrossFit-related content. Recently, they ... Continue Reading
The 10 Best CrossFit Games Battles of All Time
Every year, the CrossFit Games tests the fitness and mettle of some of the most impressive athletes on earth. For the last 14 years, athletes of all shapes and sizes and from varying backgrounds have ... Continue Reading
Sydney Wells — Brooke Wells’ Twin Sister — Qualifies For the CrossFit Games Semifinals
Many of the notable names in the elite CrossFit space have stamped their ticket to the 2021 CrossFit Games Semifinals events set to occur both virtually and live on each of the six continents recognized by ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Quarterfinals Test 4 — The Benefits of Front Squats In Strength Sports
The benefits of the front squat are plentiful. They work the quads, upper back, spinal erectors, and abdominals. They offer more quad mass, greater knee-joint stability and can help improve other ... Continue Reading
On to the Semifinals — 2021 CrossFit Games Quarterfinals Results
At the conclusion of the 2021 CrossFit Open, the four-time Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr led the women, and 2020 CrossFit Games fifth-place finisher Jeffrey Adler led the men. After the ... Continue Reading
The 2021 CrossFit Open Is Over — Here’s Who Sits On Top of the Leaderboard
The 2021 CrossFit Open was a fast and furious three weeks, consisting of four workouts — 21.1, 21.2, and a combo deal of 21.3 and 21.4. The top 10 percent of athletes in each of the six regions (North ... Continue Reading
Strongman Rob Kearney Interviews 5-Time CrossFit Games Champion Mat Fraser
Strongman Rob Kearney is preparing for the 2021 strongman season following his recovery from surgery on his ruptured triceps. Since getting back to the gym, he's focused on winning trophies over breaking ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Dmitry Klokov Tosses Around 330 Pounds In CrossFit Open Workout 21.4
On March 29, 2021, weightlifter Dmitry Klokov shared his results for CrossFit Open workouts 21.3 and 21.4. The workouts test different aspects of participants' fitness. 21.3 was an intense ... Continue Reading
Finish the 2021 CrossFit Open Strong With These 21.3 & 21.4 Workout Tips
And just like that, the 2021 CrossFit Open has come and is almost gone. One March 25, 2021, Dave Castro announced the final workout, 21.3. But then, in typical Castro fashion, the Director of the CrossFit ... Continue Reading
2021 CrossFit Open Workouts 21.3 and 21.4 Announced
On March 25, 2021, the announcement for workouts 21.3 and 21.4 — the final workouts of the 2021 CrossFit Open — took place in a new time slot on the CrossFit Games YouTube channel. At 12 p.m. PST, as ... Continue Reading
2021 CrossFit Open Workout 21.2 Results
The 2021 CrossFit Open continued with dumbbell snatches and burpee box jump-overs for workout 21.2 and the results are in. Following the announcement of 21.2 — titled "Youth vs. Experience" — on March 18, ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Open Workout 21.2 Tips For Adaptive Upper Extremity Athletes
2021 CrossFit Open workout 21.2 is an exceptional challenge for Upper Extremity athletes. The workout standards and weights are all Rx, with the only difference being that the dumbbell snatches must all be ... Continue Reading
How To Watch The 2021 CrossFit Open Workout 21.3 Announcement
Both workouts 21.1 and 21.2 for the 2021 CrossFit Open have been announced. Both were revealed by the Director of the CrossFit Games, Dave Castro, on the CrossFit Games YouTube channel on March 11 and 19, ... Continue Reading
Use These Tips To Dominate CrossFit Open Workout 21.2
With last week's test, which included the wall walk, a movement that had previously never been done in the Open competition, we enter week number two using one of the important CrossFit training mantras: ... Continue Reading
2021 CrossFit Open Workout 21.1 Results
The 2021 CrossFit Open kicked off on March 11, 2021, with Dave Castro announcing workout 21.1 which consisted of 605 total reps of double-unders and a movement making its Open debut — the wall walk. After ... Continue Reading
Noah Ohlsen and Kristin Holte Give Their Tips to Dominate the Virtual Open
Like everything this year, the 2021 Open is going to look different. But, much like years past, it’s worth getting excited about. With options to compete at your home gym, at home with equipment (or ... Continue Reading
Mat Fraser Appears on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast
A little over a month has passed since five-time CrossFit Games winner Mat Fraser announced his retirement from competitive CrossFit, and he's been staying busy. In addition to producing his own podcast — ... Continue Reading
The OUT Foundation and Garnier Announce Year-Long Partnership
On March 11, 2021, national LGBTQ+ nonprofit The OUT Foundation announced a year-long partnership with L'Oréal USA brand Garnier. The partnership comes from the combination of the OUT Foundation's mission ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Will Have To Overcome Travel Issues During 2021 CrossFit Season
On March 4, 2021, the reigning four-time Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and her husband and coach Shane Orr took to their YouTube channel to share their experience over the last three months ... Continue Reading
How to Catch the 2021 CrossFit Open Workout Announcements
This year's CrossFit season is different from the year's past, but fans experiencing change fatigue will be happy to have a blast from the past — the return of live Open announcements by CrossFit HQ. Every ... Continue Reading
Sports Anchor Derek Forrest Announced As Newest Member of CrossFit Media Team
On March 7, 2021, the CrossFit Games took to their Twitter page to announce that sports anchor Derek Forrest is the newest member of the CrossFit Media team. In the video, studio host and play-by-play ... Continue Reading
Julie Foucher on CrossFit, Her Future As a Physician, and What Comes Next for “Pursuing Health”
Between 2010 and 2014, Julie Foucher made four CrossFit Games appearances, finishing on the podium twice (2nd in 2012 and 3rd in 2014), and never outside the Top 5. Though her Games career started winding ... Continue Reading
The Most Unique Items in Mat Fraser’s Garage Gym
On Feb. 22, 2021, five-time Fittest Man on Earth® Mat Fraser gave an inside look at the layout of his 440 square-foot garage gym and all the equipment in it. Some of the items and variants of them one ... Continue Reading