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CrossFit HQ Releases 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games Individual Event 3

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

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

CrossFit Games Athlete Roman Khrennikov Forced to Withdraw

Roman Khrennikov Forced to Withdraw from 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games

This week has been absolutely huge with news impacting the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games, and we'll catch you up to speed on everything below. The latest news comes from European Regionals first place ... Continue Reading

Emily Abbott Responds to CrossFit Games Ban

Emily Abbott Responds to 4-Year Ban for Breach of CrossFit Games Drug Policy

Yesterday, CrossFit HQ released a list of athletes who were in breach of their drug policy following the 2018 CrossFit Regionals competition. This list originally included 13 names (but has increased to 14 ... Continue Reading

2018 Reebok CrossFit Games Prizes

How Much Money Is On the Line At the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games?

We're about three weeks out from the start of the 2018 Reebok CrossFit games, and the hype behind top athletes continues. Roughly a week ago, we wrote an article covering the decision to continue keeping ... Continue Reading

Brent Fikowski All In

Watch Part Two of the Brent Fikowski Documentary

If you’ve been a fan of CrossFit for a while, you’ve probably watched your fair share of documentaries. CrossFit HQ takes media and marketing very, very seriously, to the point that their annual ... Continue Reading

Mattie Rogers block snatch

Weightlifter Mattie Rogers Is Heading for the -76kg Class

The biggest news to come out of the world Olympic weightlifting in a long time is the new weight classes. Earlier this week the International Weightlifting Federation announced the formation of ten new IWF ... Continue Reading

Jaisyn Mike squat

Powerlifter Jaisyn Mike Unofficially Breaks Two of His IPF World Records

Powerlifter Jaisyn Mike calls himself “Mr. Athletic Over Everything” and competes in the M1 division with athletes aged between 40 and 50 years old. That doesn’t stop him from having some of the most ... Continue Reading

toshiki yamamoto squat

-85kg Weightlifter Toshiki Yamamoto Squats 200kg for 20 Reps During an Insane “Leg Week”

Japanese weightlifter Toshiki Yamamoto has had a hell of a leg week. We do say “week,” because three times in the last six days the -85kg athlete has managed phenomenal feats of strength, specifically with ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Canadian athletes

Fantasy CrossFit Is Back for 2018

In year two of CrossFit Pick ‘Em, the prize has doubled: two million dollars is up for grabs for the athlete/fan who can correctly guess the top ten men, top ten woman, and top five teams at the 2018 ... Continue Reading

Patrick Vellner Road to the Games

Road to the Games: Watch the Hour-Long 2018 CrossFit Regionals Documentary

As the Reebok CrossFit Games approach, CrossFit’s media machine is in overdrive and HQ is churning out fantastic, high quality videos with regularity. Along with the CrossFit Games Update Studio, the new ... Continue Reading

Kianoush Rostami weight change

Is Weightlifter Kianoush Rostami Moving to the -94kg Class?

World record holding Olympic weightlifter Kianoush Rostami may be moving up a weight class. Iran_Weightlifting, a popular Instagram dedicated to covering the nation’s exploits in the sport, published a ... Continue Reading

Reebok CrossFit Games Extends Madison, Wisconsin Contract

Reebok CrossFit Games Set to Stay in Madison Through 2021

Earlier today at a Reebok CrossFit Games press conference, Dave Castro, Justin Bergh, and others from CrossFit HQ dropped news in respects to what fans and athletes can expect for the location of Reebok ... Continue Reading

Watch Clarence Kennedy’s Huge 190kg Squat Jerk

These days, very strong Irish weightlifter and popular YouTube personality Clarence Kennedy only posts a few times a month on Instagram but when he does produce content, it’s almost always worth a look. ... Continue Reading

Sohrab Moradi 240kg clean and jerk

Weightlifter Sohrab Moradi (-94kg, Iran) Unofficially Breaks Snatch, Clean & Jerk, and Total Records

Iranian weightlifter and Olympic Champion Sohrab Moradi has just unofficially broken the world records in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total in Iran. The first video he posted to his Instagram ... Continue Reading

Brent Fikowski 2017 CrossFit Games

Watch the First Episode of the Brent Fikowski Documentary

"There are about six days of the year that are pretty exciting — the Regionals and the Games — other than that, it's pretty low key." That's Brent Fikowski describing his life and that sentence pretty ... Continue Reading

Laura Hosier

Laura Hosier Tests Positive, CrossFit East Woodbridge Disqualified from Games

A pre-workout ingredient banned in CrossFit competition has cost Laura Hosier and her box their shot at the 2018 CrossFit Games. In a post uploaded to her Instagram, Hosier put up a picture of the ... Continue Reading

CrossFit HQ Announces Disqualification of CrossFit Riviera

CrossFit HQ Announces Disqualification of Fifth Place Meridian Team

Last week, CrossFit HQ announced that the fifth place team in the CrossFit Meridian Regional could face disqualification due to a violation of team eligibility. This news broke on Instagram when CrossFit ... Continue Reading

Chuck Vinci

Olympic Weightlifting Champion Chuck Vinci Dead At 85

Olympic weightlifting champion Charles Vinci has died at age 85. No official cause of death has been announced. “Chuck” Vinci is to this day the most recent American male to win an Olympic gold medal in ... Continue Reading

Joseph Pena 425.5kg squat

Joseph Peña Shatters Junior World Record Squat With 425.5 Kilograms

It’s the squat that had countless powerlifters telling their buddies, “I told you this kid was the real deal.” Joseph Peña is the real deal. There have been a lot of historic lifts made at this year’s ... Continue Reading

Clifton Pho 285.5kg deadlift

Junior Powerlifter Clifton Pho Sets Open World Record With 285.5kg Deadlift

Canadian powerlifter Clifton Pho still lifts as a Junior, but that hasn’t stopped him from breaking multiple Open world records. The 23-year-old turned up at the IPF World Championships that are currently ... Continue Reading

Jared Enderton CrossFit Transformation.

Check Out CrossFit Games Athlete Jared Enderton’s 305 lb to 193 lb Body Transformation

Yesterday, another CrossFit Games athlete shared their long-term physique progress and transformation with the help of CrossFit-style training via their Instagram page. This athlete is none other than ... Continue Reading

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