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“My Hiller Challenge”: Part 2, Doing Hard Things

My year-long “Hiller Challenge” started on January 8, 2024. During that very first week, I found myself immersed in deep reflection. I felt a horrible pang of hypocrisy.  I had always motivated ... Continue Reading

2024 HYROX Turin Results

The 2024 HYROX Turin race occurred on Feb. 3, 2024, in Turin, Italy. It features the HYROX Pro division for Individuals and Doubles. As is the case with all HYROX races, HYROX Turin was comprised of eight ... Continue Reading

Coach Matt Torres on Building a Training Camp, the 2024 Season, and the “New” Brute

Since 2013, Brute (previously known as Brute Strength Training), has been a big player in the professional sport of CrossFit.  Linked to athletes like Fee Saghafi and Dallin Pepper, Brute, headed ... Continue Reading

Kristi O’Connell Grows Her Glutes and Hamstrings With These 6 Exercises

The glutes and hamstrings are powerhouses of the lower body. Strong glutes propel forward movement and stabilize the pelvis. Powerful hamstrings boost athletic performance, lower injury risk, and enhance ... Continue Reading

How Iron Tide CrossFit’s “BoneFit” has Helped Dozens of Women Reverse Osteoporosis, Osteopenia

Eleven years ago, Dr. Mary Katherine Lawrence decided to try CrossFit as a way to improve her upper body strength. Not only did she feel weak, but Lawrence, now 68,  also had osteoporosis and had ... Continue Reading

Where Are The Biggest Performance Gaps Between Elite and Average CrossFit Athletes in the Open?

When reviewing the 2023 Open, we noticed something pretty interesting among the world’s top athletes. It turns out that among the top 50 men and women on the worldwide leaderboard, many of them had ... Continue Reading

Craig Richey Teaches Mitchell Hooper How to Power Clean

The reigning World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Mitchell Hooper is adding Olympic weightlifting to his repertoire to remain ahead of his competitive opposition entering the 2024 season. During an ... Continue Reading

10 Books to Add to Your 2024 Fitness Reading List

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TYR Sport CXT-1 Trainer Dani Speegle

TYR Sport and CrossFit Games Athlete Dani Speegle Release Limited Edition CXT-1 Trainer

TYR Sport is putting its best foot forward. On Friday, Jan. 2, 2024, the rapidly expanding footwear and apparel brand announced their latest collaboration — the limited-edition CXT-1 Trainer, a ... Continue Reading

Ella Wilkinson’s Workout of the Week

Today’s workout is programmed by up-and-coming UK athlete and Built for Athletes ambassador, Ella Wilkinson, who trains out of High Performance CrossFit with JST Compete. The 23-year-old was a high-level ... Continue Reading

Kara Saunders Goes Team this Season with Other Aussie “Old Dogs”

Earlier this week, 10-time CrossFit Games athlete Kara Saunders announced she will be competing on a team—Mayhem Thunder—this season with three other CrossFit Games veterans from Australia, James Newbury, ... Continue Reading

Open Movements Over the Years: Historical Open Trends Broken Down

Perhaps one of the most exciting parts of the Open is predicting the workouts and guessing which movements will show up.  Since its inception in 2011, the Open has featured fewer than 100 ... Continue Reading

Sara Sigmundsdóttir Joins Scott Panchik as Investor in Relentless Coaching App

The Swedish-based company Relentless announced today that six-time CrossFit Games athlete Sara Sigmundsdóttir has bought into the company as an investor, joining nine-time, now retired Games athlete Scott ... Continue Reading

The Open Report: Week 2

Days until the 2024 CrossFit Open: 28 (Register for the Open now) The Open is “Unknown & Unknowable”… but there are, thankfully clues. “From the beginning, the aim of CrossFit has been to ... Continue Reading

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CrossFit Open Announcements Top Five Moments

With the Open rapidly approaching, in the midst of training and honing specific skills, we also enjoy looking back, reminiscing on past Open workouts, and retesting them at our affiliates.  As we ... Continue Reading

NOBULL Merges With Tom Brady’s Wellness and Apparel Brands, TB12 and Brady

On January 30, NOBULL announced that they would be merging with seven-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady’s health and wellness company TB12 as well as his apparel brand Brady Brand. One big thing: Fans ... Continue Reading

10 Books to Add to Your 2024 Fitness Reading List

It’s that time of year when spring is still a distant two months away, the Open isn’t quite here yet, and the nights are dark and long. That means it’s the perfect season to curl up with a good ... Continue Reading

Two-Time CrossFit Games and Wodapalooza Masters Champion Rudy Berger Shares Success with Wife Lynette and Mentor Scott Panchik

Turning 40 can be daunting for many people. For Rudy Berger, it was an opportunity.  His wife and now coach, Lynette, asked him how he wanted to celebrate his 40th birthday. He replied that he ... Continue Reading

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2024 HYROX Manchester Results

The 2024 HYROX Manchester races took place on Jan. 27-28, 2024, at the Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester, England. The competition includes HYROX Pro divisions for Individuals and ... Continue Reading

Haley Adams Will Compete in the 2024 CrossFit Season

The 2024 CrossFit season kicks off on Feb. 29, 2024, via workout 24.1, the first of three workouts comprising the 2024 CrossFit Open. Among those competing are the reigning Fittest on Earth® Laura Horvath ... Continue Reading

10 Up-and-Coming European Athletes to Watch in 2024

With Laura Horvath winning the CrossFit Games in 2023, Europe had its first female CrossFit Games champion since Katrin Davidsdottir won in 2016. On the men’s side, however, Europe has not had a ... Continue Reading

19-Year-Old Lydia Fish Made Waves at TYR Wodapalooza, Sets Stage for Big Season

Lydia Fish found CrossFit in a somewhat roundabout way. In her small hometown of Chippewa, WI, Fish got first place in a running race. Her prize was a three-month membership to her local CrossFit ... Continue Reading

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Rogue Fitness Announces Limited-Edition 44-Pound “Artillery” Coffee Mug

The cold (brew) war of weighted coffee mugs is heating up. Last fall, strength training equipment manufacturer Eleiko Sport broke the minds of its customer base when its "Heavy Mug," an April Fools' ... Continue Reading

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