Day 1 of the 2017 CrossFit Games East Regional finished with some familiar names on top of the leaderboard in Albany. 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games Champion Mat Fraser leads the men's standings, and ... Continue Reading
CrossFit and Facebook Sign Deal to Broadcast Live Events
Earlier this week, Facebook signed an unprecedented agreement with CrossFit to broadcast the CrossFit Regionals live on the CrossFit Games’ Facebook page. You can now watch the 2017 CrossFit Regionals on ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces Senior Pan American Championships Squad
Late yesterday, USA Weightlifting announced the men's and women's teams for this year's Pan American Championships, which will be held from July 20-27 at the Miccosukee Resort in Miami, Florida. The ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2017 CrossFit Regionals
Believe it or not, it’s been almost two months since the CrossFit Open ended and Mat Fraser and Sara Sigmundsdottir were announced as the winners. (Fraser won by a decisive 78 points ahead of Noah Ohlsen, ... Continue Reading
What Brian Shaw’s 12,000-Calorie Diet Looks Like
"I should probably start out at the beginning by saying...This diet is to make me as strong as I possibly can be. I'm eating to be the strongest man on the planet," says professional strongman Brian Shaw ... Continue Reading
Check Out This Epic Split/Squat Jerk Combo Save
When Olympic lifts go wrong, there's often not a whole lot we can do to save them. This becomes increasingly true in competition when you factor in fatigue and nerves. Yet, every once in a while you ... Continue Reading
Meet the Athlete Behind Snatchin’ Snacks Instagram Page
If you're plugged into the powerlifting, weightlifting, and fitness world of Instagram, then chances are you've seen videos lately of big named athletes lifting some of our favorite snacks. In less than ... Continue Reading
Watch Luca Thimm, Weightlifter With Down Syndrome, Go 6 for 6
Luca Thimm may be that dose of Monday Motivation you've been looking for. Thimm is a German weightlifter and recently competed at a local meet going 6/6 on his lifts. His final lifts included in the video ... Continue Reading
Robles and Wilkes Lead the Way on Day 3 of USA Weightlifting National Championships
The final day of the USA Weightlifting (USAW) National Championships ended with a lot of big lifts from the strongest athletes in American Weightlifting. Olympic Medalist Sarah Robles posted her highest ... Continue Reading
Mattie Rogers Sets New Record, Dominates USA Weightlifting National Championships
Once again, Mattie Rogers has shown her dominance in the 69KG weight class. Competing at the 2017 USA Weightlifting (USAW) National Championships, Rogers won her 3rd National championships with a ... Continue Reading
Rogers, Burns, and Tatum Highlight Day 2 of USA Weightlifting National Championships
Day 2 of the USA Weightlifting (USAW) National Championships picked up right where day 1 ended with the same excitement and energy surrounding American Weightlifting. The day crowned four more national ... Continue Reading
Jessica Lucero Puts on Record Breaking Performance at USAW National Championships
On Friday evening at the 2017 USA Weightlifting (USAW) National Championships, Jessica Lucero of Catalyst Athletics won her third National Championship in a row and showed everyone why she is ... Continue Reading
Women Make History at Day 1 of USA Weightlifting National Championships
Day 1 of the USA Weightlifting (USAW) National Championships has concluded, and it was an historic first day to say the least. Three woman were crowned National Champions, and all three woman clean& ... Continue Reading
Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet Describes The Insane Pressure of the Reebok CrossFit® Games
A new documentary has landed on the CrossFit® YouTube channel, and while it's entitled 17.03: Birds of Prey, there's not much talk of this year's squat-snatch and pull-up-laden 17.3 Open workout. ... Continue Reading
Check Out Dimitar Savatinov’s 240kg (528 lb) Barbell Push Press
One of world's strongest pressers is back at it again with an epic barbell push press. The press was performed by none other than Dimitar Savatinov, a Bulgarian strongman. Savatinov recently shared ... Continue Reading
Oleksandr Rubets Squats 431kg at 100kg Bodyweight for a New World Record
We've been seeing some seriously earthshaking lifts come out of the IPF-affiliated European Equipped Powerlifting Championships that are taking place this week in Malaga, Spain. Earlier this week, we ... Continue Reading
Not Competing at Nationals? Try Fantasy Weightlifting
This weekend, almost 400 of the best weightlifters in the United States will be invading Chicago for the 2017 USA Weightlifting (USAW) National Championships. That means there will be over twenty thousand ... Continue Reading
2017 CrossFit® Regionals Events 4, 5, and 6 Revealed, Still No Barbells
Dave Castro may be the master of the slow build and reveal, but it looks like he’s decided to throw caution to the wind and drop three events of the CrossFit® Regionals in a day. The average load for a ... Continue Reading
Liao Hui Goes Way Over His Current World Records (In Training)
Three weeks ago, a video surfaced of 69kg Chinese weightlifter Liao Hui crushing some seriously heavy lifts. How heavy? The video features Hui hitting a 170kg snatch (4kg over his world record) and a 205kg ... Continue Reading
The 2017 USA Weightlifting National Championships Ultimate Preview
On May 4th, USA Weightlifting published the latest version of the athlete start list for the 2017 National Championships, to be held May 11 through the 14th of this year in Chicago, Illinois. As of this ... Continue Reading
A New Junior World Record: Karen Hesthammer Squats 185.5kg at 52kg Bodyweight
A new junior world record has entered the books in Malaga, Spain, where the European Powerlifting Federation’s Open, Sub-Junior, and Junior Powerlifting Championships are currently underway. Karen ... Continue Reading
2017 CrossFit® Regionals Workout 2 (Dumbbells Are Back!)
Less than twelve hours after releasing Workout 1, Dave Castro has released the second CrossFit® Regionals event. The Regional competitions are taking place over the span of three weekends, which ... Continue Reading
52kg Powerlifter Liz Craven Squats 155.5kg for New World Record
There were a handful of records broken two weekends ago at the Pacific Invitational that was held in Sydney, Australia. One of the records that somewhat got lost in rotation was Liz Craven's world record ... Continue Reading
Dave Castro Announces 2017 CrossFit Regionals Workout 1
It's that time of year again: CrossFit Games Director Dave Castro is releasing Regional workouts ahead of time. The Regional competitions — which take place across three weekends from May 19th through June ... Continue Reading