Before diving into this article, let the record show that we don't recommend trying this movement without the proper strength, experience, and form. A one-arm muscle-up can be extremely tough on the ... Continue Reading
Flashback to Lacee Kovács’ Insane One Thousand Muscle-Up Challenge
Functional fitness athletes like to break records most people hadn’t even thought of. A couple of weeks ago, the 2011 and 2012 winner of the Reebok CrossFit® Games Annie Thorisdottir broke the world ... Continue Reading
5 Famous Games Athletes Before They Found CrossFit
Strength sports have a lot of carryover with each other, which means it's not impossible for an athlete to jump from sport to sport and excel. You're probably not going to see an elite soccer player make ... Continue Reading
Australia Will Host 2017 Reebok CrossFit Invitational
CrossFit released some pretty big news yesterday about the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Invitational's location. This year the Invitational will take place in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The official date of ... Continue Reading
Annie Thorisdottir Breaks One-Minute Barbell Thruster World Record
Eight-time CrossFit® Games veteran Annie Thorisdottir made an appearance on NBC's Today Show on September 4th, 2017. She joined the show's hosts in New York City's iconic Rockefeller plaza to attempt the ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey Breaks Chin-Up World Record On Live TV
The 2017 Reebok CrossFit® Games champion Tia-Clair Toomey is adding another accolade to her impressive list of fitness accomplishments. She recently topped the Guinness World Record for the most chin-ups ... Continue Reading
Ben Bergeron Picks His Top Moments from the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
CrossFit® trainer Ben Bergeron has been staggering out his top ten favorite moments on his Instagram from the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games. Bergeron own CrossFit New England and has coached over six CrossFit ... Continue Reading
Professional Bodybuilder Rich Piana Passes Away at Age 46
In a truly saddening turn of events, the strength sports community is mourning the loss of professional bodybuilder Rich Piana. NY Daily News is reporting that Piana passed away unexpectedly earlier this ... Continue Reading
Bodybuilder Dallas McCarver Passes Away at Age 26
Professional bodybuilder Dallas McCarder, known as "Big Country" to his fans, has unexpectedly passed away. We're still waiting on official reports, but as of now it's been reported that he was found ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Athlete Jen Smith Shows You Can’t Trust All Before/After Photos
If you spent three or more seconds reading fitness content, you’ve seen a before-and-after picture of someone’s incredible body transformation (hat's off to them!). And there’s also a pretty good chance ... Continue Reading
Josh Bridges Pushes a 1,000 Pound Sled!
At a listed height of 5'5" and a listed weight of 173 pounds, Josh Bridges isn't the biggest Reebok CrossFit Games athlete around — but it's hard to match him for tenacity. The 34 year old's resume ... Continue Reading
All Teen and Masters Podium Finishers at the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
By now, chances are you've heard Tia-Clair Toomey and Mat Fraser have been crowned the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games individual champion. In case you missed it, check out the individual podium finishers ... Continue Reading
Wasatch CrossFit Wins Reebok CrossFit Games Team Division; CrossFit Mayhem Finishes in 2nd
In 2015, four-time Individual Reebok CrossFit Games Champion Rich Froning and CrossFit Mayhem made a jaw-dropping run on the last day to take home the Affiliate Cup in Carson, California. In 2016, ... Continue Reading
Kyle Kasperbauer & Stephanie Roy Win First-Ever Masters 35-39 Divisions at Reebok CrossFit Games
There isn't much Kyle Kasperbauer hasn't accomplished in his career as a CrossFit Games athlete. He's competed at the Games in both Team and Individual divisions and took third overall at the 2013 Reebok ... Continue Reading
Saturday Evening CrossFit Games Event: (Heavy) Open Workout 17.5
The final workout of the 2017 CrossFit Open season put athletes through a grueling 10-round couplet: 9 Thrusters – 95lbs men/65lbs women 35 Double-unders 10 rounds total in as little time as ... Continue Reading
Brent Fikowski Edges Out Mat Fraser By .09 Seconds on “Strongman’s Fear”; Davidsdottir Dominates Event at CrossFit Games
"Strongman's Fear" was one of the most-hyped and hotly anticipated events of the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games — at least as far as events announced ahead of time. And the event lived up to its top billing, ... Continue Reading
Patrick Vellner and Tennil Reed-Beuerlein Dominate the CrossFit Games Obstacle Course
The highly anticipated individual Obstacle Course of the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games event has concluded as of today, and the results have been posted. Patrick Vellner claims first for the men, while Tennil ... Continue Reading
Carleen Mathews Withdraws from the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
It’s been a tumultuous twenty-four hours for some competitors in Madison, Wisconsin, with three female athletes withdrawing from the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games. Most recently, three-time CrossFit Games ... Continue Reading
Individual Rookie Chelsey Hughes Withdraws from 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
Though she's no stranger to the Reebok CrossFit Games — having competed on team BRICK CrossFit's Games teams in 2013 and 2014 — Chelsey Hughes fought for three years straight to qualify as an individual ... Continue Reading
Breaking: Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet Has Withdrawn from the Reebok CrossFit Games
One of the best-known and most successful CrossFit athletes of all time, Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet, has withdrawn from the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games. News broke not long after 2:30pm CST on the very ... Continue Reading
CrossFit HQ Employees Make Their Predictions for the Games
Speculation is running high as the first day of 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games approaches. The Games will commence this Thursday, August 3rd, and CrossFit HQ is strongly encouraging fans to take guesses as to ... Continue Reading
Watch This 52-Year-Old Smash the World Record for Most Push-Ups In an Hour
In the Body Club Fitness Center in Margaret River, Western Australia, construction worker Carlton Williams has hit a pretty serious PR. Well, it's an all-time WR, actually: Two thousand, six hundred and ... Continue Reading
Obstacle Course Confirmed for 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
Last night, Dave Castro confirmed on his Instagram page that an obstacle course will be making a return at the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games. The last time we saw an obstacle course in the games was in 2012 ... Continue Reading
Check Out LSU Running Back Derrius Guice’s 650lb Back Squat
There's no denying that football players are some of the strongest athletes outside of dedicated strength sports. The collegiate and professional level players need ridiculous strength just to hold their ... Continue Reading