OK, James Sprague, we believe you. You’re that fit. Sprague joined women’s surprise winner Lucy Campbell to become the 2025 TYR Wodapalooza champions in Miami, FL, on Friday. Remind me: Sprague ... Continue Reading
Ultramarathoner Ross Edgley Is Teaching UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall To Swim?
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Interim Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall incorporates swimming into his 2025 training regimen to improve his conditioning. To help dive into this new challenge, he ... Continue Reading
15 Years Strong: How the Reebok Nano Transformed the Sport of Fitness
POWERED BY: I still remember the first time I walked into a CrossFit gym. The year was 2008. I was a college rower in London, Ontario, and we heard that CrossFit London had Concept 2 rowing ... Continue Reading
2025 TYR Wodapalooza Day 1 Recap: James Sprague, Lucy Campbell Lead All Competitors
With three events down and three to go at the 2025 TYR Wodapalooza in Miami, FL, there are both familiar faces and a few surprises toward the top of the leaderboard. The 2024 Fittest Man on Earth, James ... Continue Reading
Martins Licis’ “Strength Hunt” In Japan Endeavors Ninja Warrior and Arm Wrestling
2019 World’s Strongman Man (WSM) champion Martins Licis traveled across Japan on his first solo trip without his cameraman, Romark Weiss. Despite his absence, Weiss challenged Licis to speak ... Continue Reading
Hybrid Athlete Fergus Crawley 4-Step Framework For Combating Burnout
Burnout happens to everyone. It can discourage us or make us better. In 2024, hybrid athlete and mental health advocate Fergus Crawley was overwhelmed by injuries, travel, running a business, relocating, ... Continue Reading
Who Will Win at 2025 TYR Wodapalooza? We Asked a Team of Experts for Their Predictions
The 2025 TYR Wodapalooza is upon us, and with it comes our first chance to see elite athletes in action this year. We independently ranked the women, men, and teams based on where we believe ... Continue Reading
Olympian Joe Kovacs and Mitchell Hooper Teach You How To Properly Jerk
The overhead jerk, a combination of strength, power, and technique, is a cornerstone of weightlifting. In a mid-January 2025 collaboration, 2023 World’s Strongest Man and 2024 Strongest Man on ... Continue Reading
Stan Efferding’s Nutrition Tips and Why You Should Try “Monster Mash”
The 2023 World’s Strongest Man and 2024 Strongest Man on Earth Mitchell “The Moose” Hooper, and his mentor, IFBB pro bodybuilder and elite powerlifter “The Rhino,” Stan Efferding, dissected ... Continue Reading
A Third Pathway to the 2025 CrossFit Games Leaked: Last-Chance Qualifier
Just when we thought we might finally know all of the details of the 2025 CrossFit Games season qualification process, another wrinkle has been leaked: One final man and one final woman will have the ... Continue Reading
Reps Ahead Pro 6 Showcase: Preview
“I want everybody on the podium,” Jayson Hopper said after his win at Reps Ahead Pro 4 in Huntington Beach, CA, last September. Now, he's getting his shot — and he's going in ... Continue Reading
Rachelle Williams Suffers Spinal Cord Injury, CrossFit 703 Community Raises $70,000 and Counting for Medical Expenses
After finding CrossFit 703 in Burke, VA, two years ago, Rachelle Williams said she "basically never left.” The gym quickly became the 42-year-old retired U.S. Air Force member’s second home, and she ... Continue Reading
2025 TYR Wodapalooza Preview: Who Will Be On the Podium?
The 13th annual TYR Wodapalooza is quickly approaching, set to take place at its new location in Miami Beach, Florida, Thursday, January 23 through Sunday, January 26. The 2025 TYR Wodapalooza ... Continue Reading
Noah Ohlsen Joins Laura Horvath and Jonne Koski as Newest Red Bull Athlete
Red Bull, one of the biggest and most impactful names in the energy drink space, recently signed Noah Ohlsen and renewed partnerships with Jonne Koski and Laura Horvath to serve as brand athletes. A ... Continue Reading
How Matt Giordano Built a 100-Member Youth Program Inside CrossFit Newtown
It all started during the first wave of the global pandemic in 2020. When schools shut down, Matt Giordano and his wife began offering a place for kids to do their homework with a teacher on-site at ... Continue Reading
World Fitness Project Announces Locations, Dates for 2025 World Fitness Tour
The World Fitness Project (WFP) has released the official dates and locations for the three in-person competitions that will comprise the inaugural season of the World Fitness Tour. The Details The ... Continue Reading
Wildfires Ravage L.A. County, Members and Owners of CrossFit Los Angeles “Have Lost Everything”
Editor’s Note: This is a developing story, and we are committed to sharing details and information as they become available. Please send us tips, donation links, and other details here. The Pacific ... Continue Reading
Join Saddle Up CrossFit and Take on New Hero WOD in Honor of Navy SEAL Nathan Gage Ingram
Jill and Jason Hughes regularly program Hero WODs at their gym, Saddle Up CrossFit, in Decatur, TX. That being said, in many ways, Hero WODs were just another hard, sweaty workout for her community to ... Continue Reading
When It Comes to Health, Fitness Beats BMI and Body Composition, Research Suggests
Although using body mass index (BMI) is no longer the end all, be all as an indicator of your health, we still tend to look at general body composition as a visual way to measure our overall ... Continue Reading
Remembering Four-Time CrossFit Games Champion Will Powell
On January 5, after more than seven years battling cancer, four-time CrossFit Games champion Will Powell passed away. Remind Me Powell was a mainstay in the Masters CrossFit Games divisions for a ... Continue Reading
2025 CrossFit Training Camp Preview: Brute Strength
The 2024 CrossFit Games marked the first time that the top two Fittest Men on Earth hailed from the same training camp. Last month, Brute added the fourth Fittest Man from 2024, Jayson Hopper, to its ... Continue Reading
Games Veteran Kara Saunders Launches Nutrition Program for Families, Busy Professionals, and Everyday Athletes
After 10 years of competing, Kara Saunders accepted the Fittest Team on Earth trophy along with her Raw Iron Mayhem Thunder teammates Khan Porter, Emily de Rooy, and James Newbury. During her victory ... Continue Reading
Interview: Zimbabwe’s Christina Livaditakis on Election to PFAA Board and Why She’ll Be Competing in the 2025 CrossFit Season
Zimbabwe’s Christina Livaditakis has been keeping busy during the offseason. In October, Livaditakis finished third at the Down Under Championship (DUC) in Wollongong, Australia. Then, in ... Continue Reading
Answering Our 6 Burning Questions About the 2024 CrossFit Games Season and Affiliate Community
Additional reporting by Joe Genetin-Pilawa Each season, we start with some key questions that we hope to answer in the coming year. Then, once the dust has settled and the calendar has turned over, we ... Continue Reading