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
Powerlifter Yoshihiro Higa Squats 285kg, 9 Kilos Over His World Record
Japanese powerlifter Yoshihiro Higa is putting up some pretty serious numbers in training. The -74kg athlete’s greatest claim to fame right now is his IPF world record squat, a monstrous lift of 276 ... 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
Check Out Thor Bjornsson and Martins Licis Training Together in L.A.
In a rare instance of two of the world’s greatest strongmen training together outside of competition, the reigning world’s strongest man and the world’s fourth strongest man— according to their placement’s ... 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
Reebok CrossFit Games Events 1 & 9 Details Announced, Plus a Look At This Year’s Gear
Less than two days remain until the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games kick off, and we're about halfway through the event hints and reveals. As of right now for the individual athletes, we know a majority of the ... Continue Reading
Rescue Randy Manikin Making Appearance At 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games
Just when we thought we'd seen it all, Dave Castro threw yet another curveball at us for the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games. This year, Castro's hints and announcements have been anything short of exciting, ... Continue Reading
Sam Briggs Has Visa Issues, 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games Participation In Question
Earlier today, 2013 Reebok CrossFit Games Champion Samantha Briggs took to Instagram to share some potentially unfortunate news. In her Instagram post, Briggs shares that she's experiencing visa issues and ... Continue Reading
Day 1 of Reebok CrossFit Games Could Be Hardest Ever; More Team Events Posted
In an announcement that can only be taken as a warning for individual athletes, Dave Castro has stated the day one of the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games will be the hardest in history. On his Instagram page, ... Continue Reading
The “CrossFit Total” Will Make Appearance At 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games
We don't know about you, but we're fired up about the next workout that's been released for the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games. The next event that will take place on the first day as workout three for ... Continue Reading
The Obstacle Course Is Back for the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games
We're another day and another hint closer to the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games. Last night, Dave Castro shared yet another look into this year's CrossFit Games. For those who love watching elite athletes ... Continue Reading
4-Person Deadlifts Will Make It to the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games
We're less than two weeks out from the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games, and Dave Castro has released another event hint via his Instagram page. The video below has received a lot of mixed feedback from both ... Continue Reading
Aleksey Lovchev’s 210-Kilo Apollon Axle Clean & Jerk May Be a New Record
While he continues to serve a doping suspension from international weightlifting competition, Aleksey Lovchev has been nothing if not creative with how he spends his time. Last year he starred in a ... Continue Reading
CrossFit HQ Comments On Athletes In Breach of Drug Policy
Whether you're an avid CrossFit athlete, fan, or partake in another strength sport, then chances are you've seen some of the news that's dropped this week about the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games. The first ... Continue Reading