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Lucy Campbell

James Sprague Cruises to Victory, Lucy Campbell Tops Horvath for 2025 TYR Wodapalooza Title 

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

Reebok Nano

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

James Sprague

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

2025 CrossFit Games

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

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

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

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

Laura Horvath Red Bull

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

2025 World Fitness Tour

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

Gage Hero Wod

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

Will Powell CrossFit

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

Brute Strength Training Camp

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

Kara Saunders Heaps Good Nutrition

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

Christina Livaditakis

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

Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr

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

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