Unless you have been under a rock this CrossFit season, you know there was a clear void at the 2023 CrossFit Games, and his name was Ricky Garard. About four months ago, the comeback kid, the 3rd place ... Continue Reading
How CrossFit Training Helps Special Needs Adults Build a Foundation for Life
There are some cool things about CrossFit. Big lifts under the coliseum lights, PRs in your affiliate during the Open, and the day you learn a complex skill you’ve been training. There are things even ... Continue Reading
John Lambright Chooses to Invest in Wellness Over Illness
So many people start CrossFit to lose weight and get healthy. Most of the time, it is the stubborn 20-30 pounds and the desire to get off blood pressure medicine, but occasionally, it's much ... Continue Reading
South Africa’s “The Fittest Games” Clocks Record Numbers and Prize Purse
South African CrossFit competition "The Fittest Games" had a record number of participants and one of the highest prize purses of any non-Semifinals event in Africa ever at its fourth annual ... Continue Reading
Powerhouse Invictus Women–Dani Speegle, Devyn Kim, Jessi Smith and Megan Rasich–Start “Nice Girls Book Club”
CrossFit Invictus training camp powerhouse members Devyn Kim, Dani Speegle, Megan Rasich, and Jessi Smith are coming together to spearhead a new book club for women in the CrossFit community and beyond. ... Continue Reading
Meet the Science Teacher Behind the Flourishing Non-Profit Affiliate in Idaho High School
Jason George felt helpless. He had watched his wife battle and conquer breast cancer only to be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) shortly after that, and there was little he could do to ... Continue Reading
Caja Magica to Host Another Edition of Madrid Championship
The second week of September kicks off the largest throwdown in Europe, the Madrid Championship, which for another year will be held at La Caja Magica in Madrid, Spain. Remind me: In 2022, Emma ... Continue Reading
HYROX World Championships to Land in Nice, France
Just announced on Friday, HYROX will be hosting its World Championship for the ‘23-’24 season in Nice, France at the Palais des Expositions-Nice Acropolis. Remind me: HYROX and CrossFit have ... Continue Reading
The Deaf Athlete’s CrossFit Experience
You are in the middle of 23.2. The music is blaring, your friends are cheering you on, and as the timer counts down, you hear your judge scream at you how long you have left, and you speed up. You hear the ... Continue Reading
Keys to Longevity in the Sport of CrossFit
Cheryl Brost started CrossFit at an age when most people are a few years into the Masters Division BEFORE there were age group designations in the sport. She outperformed many athletes who were a decade or ... Continue Reading
American Eagle Partners with CrossFit Games Athletes for AE 24/7 Campaign
While the good old-fashioned American blue jeans might be everyday apparel for most, in the world of CrossFit, it’s rare to find athletes, especially elite Games athletes rocking a pair of jeans for ... Continue Reading
Olivia Kerstetter Took the Scenic Route to the Individual Division, and it Paid Off
In the spring of 2022, conversation arose from the CrossFit media space about whether or not then 16-year-old Olivia Kerstetter would forgo her 16-17 Girls division invitation in order to try for a spot in ... Continue Reading
Start Training Heavy Rope Double-Unders Now: Tips from Rx Smart Gear Founder, Dave Newman
Earlier this month at the Games, Roman Khrennikov did his heavy rope double-unders in a way you’ve never seen at the Games. After injuring his foot, the six-foot former frontrunner attempted the movement ... Continue Reading
WODProof App Launches Artificial Intelligence Powered Content Creation Feature
Two years ago, WODProof was acquired by Israeli tech company, Sency, allowing it to add revolutionary motion analysis capabilities for real-time feedback. Since then, WODProof has remained at the forefront ... Continue Reading
From Rookie to 5th Fittest Woman on Earth (with Alex Gazan)
Today I'm talking to CrossFit Games athlete Alex Gazan. She's the fifth Fittest Woman on Earth, and still in her early 20s, she made her rookie debut at the CrossFit Games. She improved massively in 2023, ... Continue Reading
Greg Glassman, Dave Castro, Robb Wolf Headline Speakers at RevitaFest in October
Four months ago, when CrossFit LLC let go of approximately 20 percent of their workforce, Karen Thomson was among the casualties. As a single mother of two kids, Thomson wasted no time feeling sorry ... Continue Reading
Teen Up-and-Comer Bergros Bjornsdottir on Heat Stroke, CrossFit Reykjavik, and Getting Third at the CrossFit Games
A new Icelandic queen is on the scene, and her name is Bergros Bjornsdottir. At 16-years-old, Icelandic Bjornsdottir has a bronze medal around her neck from the 16-17 Girls division at the ... Continue Reading
Why CrossFit Athletes Should Wear Special Shoes When Trail Running
As we learned during the 2023 CrossFit Games, the 5K run has been the most-programmed workout of the day on CrossFit mainsite, appearing more than 100 times. But trail running, specifically, has ... Continue Reading
The 2023 Rogue Invitational Qualifier Workouts Revealed
The 2023 Rogue Invitational is scheduled at the Dell Diamond stadium in Austin, TX, for Oct. 27-29, 2023. At the time of this article's publication, the prize pool for that competition is $1,533,263 and ... Continue Reading
Ricky Garard Already Eyeing 2024 Games Season, Continues His Fight After Facing Multiple Setbacks
A four-year ban, a comeback year with a podium finish at the Games, and a major shoulder injury mark some of Ricky Garard’s most notable moments thus far in his CrossFit career. His latest, taking him out ... Continue Reading
Susan Clarke Comes Out of “Retirement” at 64 to Win Sixth CrossFit Games Title
After winning her fifth age-group title at the 2021 CrossFit Games, Susan Clarke thought she was done competing. She stuck to her retirement plan. For a little bit anyway. But after ... Continue Reading
Zack Telander Teaches Squat and Overhead Snatch Technique With CrossFitter Guilherme Malheiros
Zack Telander is one of the most popular Olympic weightlifting content creators on YouTube, with 216,000 subscribers as of Aug. 21, 2023. Three-time CrossFit Games athlete Guilherme Malheiros (2019-22) is ... Continue Reading
Reebok Launches Newest Nano X3 Froning Cross Trainers On August 18, 2023
The latest edition of the Reebok Nano X3 training shoe franchise launched on Aug. 18, 2023. The Reebok Nano X3 Froning, a collaboration with four-time Fittest Man on Earth® Rich Froning, features a bootie ... Continue Reading
Being a Judge at the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games Was On Her Bucket List, Then the Community Found Out
If you saw judge Krystal-Kate Meacham during the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games, you wouldn’t know she was battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The opportunity to be a judge at the Games was on ... Continue Reading