It’s been a tumultuous twenty-four hours for some competitors in Madison, Wisconsin, with three female athletes withdrawing from the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games. Most recently, three-time CrossFit Games ... Continue Reading
Individual Rookie Chelsey Hughes Withdraws from 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
Though she's no stranger to the Reebok CrossFit Games — having competed on team BRICK CrossFit's Games teams in 2013 and 2014 — Chelsey Hughes fought for three years straight to qualify as an individual ... Continue Reading
Breaking: Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet Has Withdrawn from the Reebok CrossFit Games
One of the best-known and most successful CrossFit athletes of all time, Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet, has withdrawn from the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games. News broke not long after 2:30pm CST on the very ... Continue Reading
Samantha Briggs & Jonne Koski Lead After Two Events at CrossFit Games; Toomey & Fraser in 2nd
Day one of the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games is in full swing for the individual competitors. The first day has been relatively quiet so far in terms of upsets and injuries, but there are a few big names at ... Continue Reading
Could Your Tongue Be the Secret Weapon to Stronger Lifts?
Yes, you read that title correctly. The other day I was on Reddit, when I stumbled across a study I hadn't seen since my Exercise Science undergraduate years. When this study was initially published in ... Continue Reading
Watch This Runthrough of the CrossFit Games Obstacle Course
And after weeks and weeks of glimpses and guesswork, your first look at the mysterious CrossFit Games obstacle course is here. They’re calling it the Sprint O-Course, and it’s located at the Alliant ... Continue Reading
CrossFit HQ Employees Make Their Predictions for the Games
Speculation is running high as the first day of 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games approaches. The Games will commence this Thursday, August 3rd, and CrossFit HQ is strongly encouraging fans to take guesses as to ... Continue Reading
Report: Los Angeles to Host 2028 Summer Olympics; Paris Gets 2024 Games
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the city of Los Angeles and Olympic Games leaders have reached a deal that would bring the Summer Games to Southern California in 2028. This would be the third time ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
The excitement leading up to the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games continues to build as we move another day closer to their kickoff. This year's Games take place between August 3-6th, and are being held at the ... Continue Reading
Wes Kitts, D’Angelo Osorio Add to Team USA Medal Count at Pan American Championships
Olympic weightlifter Wes Kitts just broke the American record in the snatch at the Pan-American Weightlifting Championships in Miami, Florida. On his third and final attempt, the athlete lifted 175 ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting’s Colin Burns Wins Gold at Pan American Championships
Lifting in the 94kg weight class, USA Weightlifting's Colin Burns went 5-for-6 on his lifts to take home three medals for Team USA: Gold in the Snatch, Silver in the Clean & Jerk, and Gold ... Continue Reading
Marte Elverum Deadlifts 248.5kg (546 lbs) at 72kg and Sets IPF Record
Yesterday, Norwegian powerlifter Marte Elverum set a new women's IPF deadlift world record. She competed at the 2017 Wroclaw World Games at a bodyweight of 71.6kg in the women's heavyweight ... Continue Reading
Team USA Wins 12 Medals (So Far) at Pan American Weightlifting Championship
The 2017 Pan American Weightlifting Championships are currently underway in Miami, Florida, and after three days of competition, Team USA is sitting in a solid position after six Americans brought home a ... Continue Reading
Thursday and Friday 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games Event Ordering Revealed
There's been a lot of speculation behind the ordering of events at the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games. In the last three weeks, Dave Castro has announced a total of six events for this year's Games, but ... Continue Reading
Dave Castro Shares Second 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games Individual Event
Dave Castro created quite the buzz within the CrossFit community over the last 24 hours. He shared a series of photos that asked athletes and fans to guess what the next 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games ... Continue Reading
After Knee Replacement, Vlad Alhazov Becomes the First to Squat 500Kg Raw With Wraps
Five hundred kilograms. One thousand, one hundred and two pounds. It’s a rare thing to find a human being who can get under that kind of weight without crumpling like a tin can, but Ukrainian ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Team Series Takes New Formatting for 2017
Late last week, CrossFit announced that their annual team series will be taking in a new format. In previous years, teams were composed of four, with two men and two women, but this year teams will come in ... Continue Reading
5 Benefits of Goblet Squats
The Goblet Squat Exercise Guide is a helpful resource to help improve squat performance, specifically: proper progressions, benefits, and exercise demos needed to properly perform the movement. While the ... Continue Reading
Is This the Heaviest Set of Jerks Ever Completed?
Don’t get us wrong, we’re all about the heaviest weights ever lifted around here. But in our opinion, not enough cred is given to the heaviest sets ever lifted. Earlier this week, for instance, Chris ... Continue Reading
Harrison Maurus PRs His Jerk With 200kg, Three Days Before Pan Ams
The 17-year-old weightlifting prodigy Harrison Maurus looks pretty dead set on breaking some records at next week’s Pan American Weightlifting Championships. Take a look at this behind the neck jerk of ... Continue Reading
Chris Bridgeford Deadlifts 370kg for Five Reps at 119kg Bodyweight
Twenty-two year old powerlifter Chris Bridgeford is repping awfully close to the world record deadlift: five reps of 370 kilograms (815.7 pounds) with wrist ... Continue Reading
Dave Castro Announces 1RM Clean & Jerk Team Event at the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
The barbell is indeed back. The morning after letting the world know that the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games will include a one-rep max snatch individual event, Director of the CrossFit Games Dave Castro ... Continue Reading
Watch This 52-Year-Old Smash the World Record for Most Push-Ups In an Hour
In the Body Club Fitness Center in Margaret River, Western Australia, construction worker Carlton Williams has hit a pretty serious PR. Well, it's an all-time WR, actually: Two thousand, six hundred and ... Continue Reading
Dave Castro Announces Max Snatch Event for 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
Dave Castro has been dropping a slue of announcements for the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games, but his newest announcement may take the cake for most shocking. Late last night, Castro shared a video on his ... Continue Reading