The 2013 Fittest Woman on Earth® Sam Briggs will retire from competitive CrossFit following the 2022 season. The 40-year-old Briggs announced her retirement on Feb. 22, 2022, on Morning Chalk Up — two ... Continue Reading
2022 CrossFit Quarterfinals Equipment List Released
The three-week-long 2022 CrossFit Open kicks off with Workout 22.1 on Feb. 24, 2022. Athletes worldwide will compete with the goal of finishing in the top 10 percent of athletes globally. Those who are ... Continue Reading
All 2022 CrossFit Semifinals Announced
The 2022 CrossFit season is fast approaching, with the Open kicking off on Feb. 24, 2022. On Jan. 21, 2022, CrossFit HQ released further information regarding the dates for the 10 CrossFit Semifinals ... Continue Reading
2022 Rogue Fitness 50-Calorie Echo Bike Challenge Results
Rogue Fitness released the results of the second edition of their 50-calorie Echo bike challenge, which tasked participating athletes to burn 50 calories on an Echo bike in the fastest time possible. The ... Continue Reading
CrossFitter Brooke Wells, With a (Mostly) Healed Elbow, Trains With the Buttery Bros
The first workout of the 2022 CrossFit Open is scheduled to release on Feb. 24, 2022. One of the many, many, many athletes worldwide who will appear on the leaderboard is elite CrossFitter Brooke Wells, ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey Aims to Drop 20 Pounds of “Bobsled Weight” for 2022 Crossfit Season
With the 2022 CrossFit Open fast approaching — the first workout release scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022 — the reigning five-time Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey is getting back into peak ... Continue Reading
Matt O’Keefe is HWPO Training’s New CEO
Following 2022 Wodapalooza — the 10th anniversary of that competition — won by Emma McQuaid and Pat Vellner, Matt O'Keefe announced he is leaving his role as President of Loud And Live Sports, ... Continue Reading
CrossFit to Program Same Two Events for All 2022 Semifinals; Adds One Day to CrossFit Games
In the February 2022 edition of CrossFit's newsletter The Hopper, released on Feb. 3, 2022, CrossFit HQ announced that all 10 Semifinal events in the 2022 CrossFit Season will each contain the same two ... Continue Reading
Craig Richey (89KG) Wins 2022 British Senior Weightlifting Championships With 291-Kilogram Total
Craig Richey of TeamRICHEY YouTube fame — a channel that covers the current events, athletes, and news in the CrossFit® space — competed at the 2022 British Senior Weightlifting Championships at the Derby ... Continue Reading
Eric Roza Will Transition From CrossFit CEO to Board Chairman
CrossFit has experienced yet another shakeup to its leadership. Eric Roza is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer and will transition to Chairman of the Board. Roza shared the news with CrossFit ... Continue Reading
The OUT Foundation’s “OUT in the OPEN” Leaderboard Returns for the 2022 CrossFit Open
The 2022 CrossFit Open kicks off on Feb. 24, 2022, and will span three weeks, with a different workout featured each Thursday. On Feb. 3, 2022, The OUT Foundation — an organization with the mission to ... Continue Reading
Why a Mouthpiece Can Mean Better Training for Lifters (Brought to You by AIRWAAV)
There are an endless number of variables that can potentially improve or hinder your training at home or in the gym. Some are environmental, such as the size of the space or the availability of the ... Continue Reading
Equipment List for the 2022 CrossFit Open Released
The first of three workouts in the 2022 CrossFit Open will be released on Feb. 24, 2022. As athletes all over the globe ready their fitness to compete for a spot in the top 10 percent of all athletes in ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey Will Dial in on “High-Skill Movements” and Cutting Weight for the 2022 CrossFit Open
Five-time reigning Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey has fully focused on CrossFit again. After a six-month journey helping the Australian Bobsled Team earn qualification to the 2022 Winter Olympic ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey Not Chosen to Compete at 2022 Winter Olympic Games
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games are scheduled for Feb. 4-20, 2022. Team Australia will send 44 athletes to compete across 10 sports (21 men and 23 women) — the highest female representation for an ... Continue Reading
Annie Thorisdottir Will Compete in the Teams Division for the 2022 CrossFit Season
The 2021 CrossFit Games bronze medalist is changing divisions for the 2022 CrossFit season. The two-time Fittest Woman on Earth®, Annie Thorisdottir, will compete in the Teams division alongside Khan ... Continue Reading
Justin Bergh Shares CrossFit’s Future Plans and Confirms the 2022 Season Will Not Change
In the Jan.20, 2022 edition of The Hopper emailed to CrossFit's mailing list, CrossFit General Manager of Sport Justin Bergh shared what to expect throughout the 2022 CrossFit Games season. ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey Helps Australia Qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games
On Jan. 18, 2022, the five-time Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey took to her Instagram page to announce that she and her bobsleigh teammate, Ashleigh Werner, helped qualify Australia for the 2022 ... Continue Reading
Emma McQuaid Wins, Pat Vellner Three-Peats — 2022 Wodapalooza Results
The first major CrossFit® competition of the 2022 season has come to a close. The 2022 Wodapalooza saw Patrick Vellner and Emma McQuaid emerge victorious in the Elite Men's and Elite Women's divisions, ... Continue Reading
Sara Sigmundsdóttir Withdraws From 2022 Wodapalooza
On the morning of Jan. 15, 2022, CrossFit Games veteran Sara Sigmundsdóttir announced that she withdrew from 2022 Wodapalooza (WZA). The two-time Games podium finisher (2015-2016) didn't explain why she ... Continue Reading
Puma Will Donate $10,000 to Chandler Smith’s Organization of Choice if His Team Podiums at 2022 Wodapalooza
CrossFitter Chandler Smith is the newest TRAIN PUMA ambassador, joining fellow CrossFit Games athlete Samuel Kwant. That means Smith will collaborate with PUMA on the design of future strength training ... Continue Reading
CrossFitter Ricky Garard Withdraws From 2022 Wodapalooza
Ricky Garard returned to the elite CrossFit competition stage at the 2021 Dubai CrossFit Championship to a bronze-medal finish after serving a four-year suspension for doping. His second contest was the ... Continue Reading
How To Watch The 2022 Wodapalooza Functional Fitness Festival
After a year-long hiatus due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, Wodapalooza returns Jan. 13-16, 2022, in Miami, FL. The functional fitness festival will be held at Bayfront Park and feature the first ... Continue Reading
Julius Maddox Attempts To Match Eddie Hall’s CrossFit WOD “Isabel” World Record
The strength sports world takes notice any time one of the physically larger athletes in strongman, powerlifting, or bodybuilding endeavors to perform a CrossFit WOD. Not only because of the crossover ... Continue Reading