There’s no denying that Martha “Mattie” Rogers is one of the United States’ most popular weightlifters, and with good reason. Before the IWF instituted new bodyweight categories earlier this year she held ... Continue Reading
Harrison Maurus Sets a New American Clean & Jerk Record in Ashgabat
Eighteen-year-old Olympic weightlifter Harrison Maurus has not only set a junior American record, his monstrous clean & jerk at the World Weightlifting Championships is a a new senior American record ... Continue Reading
Kara Saunders Reveals Pregnancy, Will Not Compete In 2019 CrossFit Games Season
Yesterday, elite Australian CrossFit athlete Kara Saunders revealed why she won't be competing in the 2019 CrossFit Games season. Around the same time the Down Under CrossFit Championship will be taking ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Lu Xiaojun Wins Gold, Sets New World Record at Ashgabat
At the Weightlifting World Championships in Turkmenistan, Chinese weightlifter Lu Xiaojun has won gold and set a new world record in the extremely competitive -81kg weight class… at 34 years old. Lu, ... Continue Reading
Olympic Champion Yurik Vardanian Passes Away At Age 62
In sad news coming out of California, Armenian news sources and the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) are reporting that Olympic weightlifting champion Yurik Vardanian has passed away; he was 62 ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Keith Correa Deadlifts a Huge 4x+ Bodyweight PR
Out in California the weight is absolutely flying. A few days ago Keith Correa, a Hawaii and California based powerlifter, hit an absolutely monstrous conventional deadlift milestone and PR. After his ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Larry Wheels PR His Squat At 900 Pounds
Before Larry “Wheels” Williams walked into the gym, his personal record in the squat was 850 pounds (385.5 kilograms) at about 268 pounds (121.5 kilograms) bodyweight. When he left, he was a man who had ... Continue Reading
Report: Over 70 Athletes Barred from World Weightlifting Championships
The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships kick off in Turkmenistan on November 1, but according to a report from Inside the Games, more than 70 unnamed athletes have been barred from entry. Why? For most ... Continue Reading
Four Qualifiers and Seeding Information Announced for 2019 CrossFit Games
Earlier today, CrossFit, Inc. announced four more qualifiers for the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games in a press release, which now brings the total number of events that have been released to 10 (for the 2019 ... Continue Reading
Four More 2019 CrossFit Games Sanctioned Qualifiers Announced
Early this morning, CrossFit, Inc. announced four more sanctioned events to be held for the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games season in a press release shared on PR Newsire. This announcement now brings the total ... Continue Reading
Report: Tia-Clair Toomey Confirms Move to Cookeville, Tennessee
Well, Cookeville, Tennessee just got a heck of a lot fitter. Yesterday, in an interview with BOXROX, two-time Fittest Woman on Earth™ Tia-Clair Toomey confirmed the rumors about her and partner Shane ... Continue Reading
Watch Martins Licis’ Jawdropping 900-Pound Deadlift Triple
Often called the “dark horse” of the World’s Strongest Man events, Latvian strongman Martins Licis doesn’t have quite as much name recognition as Thor Bjornsson or Eddie Hall but the plucky 27-year-old has ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw Belt Squat Rack Pulls 1,365 Pounds for a Triple
A four-time World's Strongest Man is going to train pretty differently to your average four-workouts-a-week gymgoer, but this is some next level stuff. Brian Shaw has one of the most entertaining and ... Continue Reading
Watch Khan Porter’s Ski Erg Marathon Go Belly Up
Four-time Reebok CrossFit Games athlete Khan Porter has completed over 34 kilometers on a ski-erg to raise money for charity. Porter, who came third in the Pacific Regional this year (and first in ... Continue Reading
Lindy Barber Officially Parts Ways With Rich Froning’s CrossFit Mayhem Team
Yesterday, Reebok CrossFit Games veteran Lindy Barber announced that she'd be leaving Cookeville, Tennessee and parting ways with Rich Froning's CrossFit Mayhem. Barber is a 5-time CrossFit Games athlete, ... Continue Reading
Patrick Vellner Talks Injuries From the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games
At the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games, few athletes experienced more of a roller coaster ride than Canadian athlete Patrick Vellner. To kick off the Games, Vellner was involved in a bike crash during Event 1 ... Continue Reading
Is Tia-Clair Toomey Moving to Cookeville, Tennessee?
In the very near future, we may be seeing the small city of Cookeville, Tennessee get a little more fit, and we're not talking about an increase in the population's gym attendance. Earlier today, CrossFit ... Continue Reading
Código CrossFit Wins the 2018 CrossFit Spirit of the Games
For the first time in the history of the Reebok CrossFit Games, the Spirit of the Games award has been given to a team. What is the Spirit of the Games? CrossFit HQ's Director of Training and ... Continue Reading
2018 Reebok CrossFit Games Masters and Teen Division Winners
Every year, it seems like the CrossFit Games are longly anticipated, and then after a blink of an eye they're gone until next. Yesterday concluded the final day of the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games, and ... Continue Reading
Reebok CrossFit Games Individual Day 2 Recap: Mat Fraser and Tia-Clair Toomey Lead
We're officially halfway through the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games for the individual athletes, and we've definitely seen our fair share of surprises. After starting the Games with the four-event "hardest day ... Continue Reading
Emily Bridgers and Justine Beath Withdraw from 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games
Two more female athletes have withdrawn from the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games: Emily Bridgers and Justine Beath. At the time of writing, neither have publicly discussed their withdrawal but the CrossFit ... Continue Reading
Individual Event Times for Day 1 of the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games
Today is the day that CrossFit athletes and fans worldwide have been waiting for: the official first day of the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games. Dave Castro has said on multiple occasions that this year's ... Continue Reading
Update: Sam Briggs Makes It to the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games
On Saturday, we wrote that Sam Briggs announced her visa troubles on her Instagram page, which put her attendance at the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games in question. At that time, she wrote a long post ... Continue Reading
Davidsdottir Vs. LeBlanc-Bazinet: Who Won This CrossFit Showdown?
So “Girls Gone Wild” maybe wasn’t the best title, but this new video from CompTrain offers up a pretty unusual group of athletes tackling a pretty brutal workout. Five of CrossFit’s best known female ... Continue Reading