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Latest CrossFit News

  • 2025 CrossFit Games Roster – Who Has Qualified So Far?

    2025 CrossFit Games Roster – Who Has Qualified So Far?

    The 2025 CrossFit Games season is underway, featuring 10 In-Person Qualifying Events and In-Affiliate Semifinals from early April to mid-June. Below is the current 2025 CrossFit Games roster; the athletes who have qualified to compete in Albany, NY, this August. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Morning Chalk Up (@morningchalkup) 2025 CrossFit…

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  • Why This Season Just Might Be the Most Exciting One Yet

    Why This Season Just Might Be the Most Exciting One Yet

  • 5 Takeaways From The World Fitness Project Tour Event I

    5 Takeaways From The World Fitness Project Tour Event I

  • Inside The Fittest Experience Invitational: Predictions, Leaderboard, and How to Watch

    Inside The Fittest Experience Invitational: Predictions, Leaderboard, and How to Watch

Competitions

  • Why This Season Just Might Be the Most Exciting One Yet

    Why This Season Just Might Be the Most Exciting One Yet

    The World Fitness Project’s (WFP) Tour Event I is done and dusted, and to say the least, it provided an entertaining show for sports fans. Tour Event I set the stage for the rest of this season, which we believe has the potential to be one of the most entertaining in history for fans. Why?…

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  • 2024 CrossFit Games Individual and Team Rosters

    2024 CrossFit Games Individual and Team Rosters

  • 1st Phorm Monster Games Results

    1st Phorm Monster Games Results

  • METCON Rush Flourishes in Its 9th Year as Elite Athletes Flock to Maryland Competition 

    METCON Rush Flourishes in Its 9th Year as Elite Athletes Flock to Maryland Competition 

  • Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and Jeffrey Adler Announced as First Athletes to Compete at TYR Wodapalooza SoCal

    Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and Jeffrey Adler Announced as First Athletes to Compete at TYR Wodapalooza SoCal

  • Reps Ahead Pro 3 “Redemption” Results: Sydney Wells, James Sprague, and Kyra Milligan Deliver Knockouts

    Reps Ahead Pro 3 “Redemption” Results: Sydney Wells, James Sprague, and Kyra Milligan Deliver Knockouts

  • Reps Ahead Pro 3 “Redemption” Preview: 2023-2024 CrossFit Games Athletes Throw Down in Denver 

    Reps Ahead Pro 3 “Redemption” Preview: 2023-2024 CrossFit Games Athletes Throw Down in Denver 

CrossFit Basics

What Is CrossFit®?

CrossFit® is often referred to and known as “the sport of fitness”, but originally got its roots as a fitness regimen developed around functional exercises and high-intensity workouts. CrossFit® is a registered trademark of CrossFit, Inc.; more information can be found at their website, CrossFit.com.

This fitness methodology numerous movement staples, including:

  • Box Jumps
  • Thrusters
  • Weighted Carries
  • Squats
  • Snatches
  • Clean & Jerks
  • Handstands
  • Pull-Ups

These are a few of the movements an athlete can perform in any given CrossFit® workout. In order to excel in this sport, an athlete must be well-rounded and carefully curate programs that improve strength, mobility, power, and much more.

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  • Adidas Releases the Training Spezial – A Functional Throwback Redesigned for High-Level Sport

    Adidas Releases the Training Spezial – A Functional Throwback Redesigned for High-Level Sport

    At the 2024 French Throwdown, Laura Horvath took to the competition floor clad in emerald green Adidas trainers. At that moment, viewers’ virtual shopping carts began filling with the 1980s throwbacks. Whether or not it was her intention, Horvath showcased a blending of styles – classic streetwear and functional sport – which got hype beasts…

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  • Siria Meha Chases Lifelong Dream; Leads CrossFit Semifinals 

    Siria Meha Chases Lifelong Dream; Leads CrossFit Semifinals 

  • 4 French Throwdown Performances You Might Have Missed

    4 French Throwdown Performances You Might Have Missed

  • Alex Gazan Wins World Fitness Project, Sets Sights on NorCal Next 

    Alex Gazan Wins World Fitness Project, Sets Sights on NorCal Next 

  • Jonne Koski Brings a Decade of Experience to the WFP Stage

    Jonne Koski Brings a Decade of Experience to the WFP Stage

  • CrossFit HQ Gives HYROX a Nod – Here’s Why It Matters

    CrossFit HQ Gives HYROX a Nod – Here’s Why It Matters

  • Alex Gazan, Austin Hatfield Take WFP Tour Event 1 in Down-to-the-Wire Finishes

    Alex Gazan, Austin Hatfield Take WFP Tour Event 1 in Down-to-the-Wire Finishes

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