There isn't much Kyle Kasperbauer hasn't accomplished in his career as a CrossFit Games athlete. He's competed at the Games in both Team and Individual divisions and took third overall at the 2013 Reebok ... Continue Reading
Watch CJ Cummings Front Squat 200kg for 5 Reps!
We've known for a long time that CJ Cummings has some seriously strong legs. Between his world record clean & jerk and 222kg front squat double, it's clear he has some of the strongest legs in the ... Continue Reading
Saturday Evening CrossFit Games Event: (Heavy) Open Workout 17.5
The final workout of the 2017 CrossFit Open season put athletes through a grueling 10-round couplet: 9 Thrusters – 95lbs men/65lbs women 35 Double-unders 10 rounds total in as little time as ... Continue Reading
Brent Fikowski Edges Out Mat Fraser By .09 Seconds on “Strongman’s Fear”; Davidsdottir Dominates Event at CrossFit Games
"Strongman's Fear" was one of the most-hyped and hotly anticipated events of the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games — at least as far as events announced ahead of time. And the event lived up to its top billing, ... Continue Reading
Watch Aleksey Torokhtiy’s 260kg Power Jerk Attempt
The 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games are in full swing, and beyond some serious functional fitness, that can only mean one thing: Ukrainian weightlifter and 2012 Olympic Champion Aleksey Torkhtiy is doing some ... Continue Reading
Pro Strongman Robert Oberst Takes on 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games Event
So far the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games has brought plenty of interesting events and some impressive performances. One of the most talked about events this year — along with "Cyclocross" — is Strongman's ... Continue Reading
Patrick Vellner and Tennil Reed-Beuerlein Dominate the CrossFit Games Obstacle Course
The highly anticipated individual Obstacle Course of the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games event has concluded as of today, and the results have been posted. Patrick Vellner claims first for the men, while Tennil ... Continue Reading
Watch Clarence Kennedy and Spencer Moorman Go Head-to-Head in a Lift Off
Olympic weightlifting personalities Clarence Kennedy and Spencer Moorman descended on 646 Weightlifting Gym in Toronto this week for a lift off, and the entire two-hour event was streamed on the ... Continue Reading
Carleen Mathews Withdraws from the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
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
Weightlifter Jared Fleming Is Switching to CrossFit, Aims for Regionals 2018
Weightlifter Jared Fleming is making a move to CrossFit. For a time in 2015, the -94kg athlete held the American record in the snatch, which he set at that year’s USAW National Championships with a lift ... 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
Krzysztof Wierzbicki Just Made the Heaviest Deadlift in the History of the IPF
And that’s a world record deadlift, or perhaps what some might call the world record deadlift. Polish powerlifter Krzysztof Wierzbicki, better known to some folks by his nickname “Mr. Deadlift,” has ... 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
NC State Lineman Kentavius Street Squats a Monster 700 Pounds
Have you ever seen a better way to get hyped up for a heavy lift than this? Kentavius Street is a senior at NC State and a strong-side defensive end for their football team, The Wolfpack. And it looks ... Continue Reading