This is not an article advocating low intensity exercise, but rather a case against maximum effort training. Don’t be confused, I’m not talking about the maximum effort method of the conjugate system, but ... Continue Reading

Chad Vanags got a knock on his door at completely the wrong time. Only a week after learning he had stage four lung cancer, a representative for a CrossFit gym named Persistence Culture came to his door in ... Continue Reading

The 2023 CrossFit Semifinals are fast approaching, with the North American East Semifinal kicking off the festivities on May 18-21 in Orlando, FL. On May 8, CrossFit HQ released the six tests that the ... Continue Reading

Six-time CrossFit Games athlete and fan-favorite Sara Sigmundsdottir has joined the LSKD team as their newest sponsored athlete, she announced in an Instagram post on Tuesday.  With less than a ... Continue Reading

At the close of the 2023 Age Group Semifinals, the unofficial* leaderboard had Rich Froning in first, just outperforming fellow Games veteran Sam Dancer in the 35-39 division by a mere two points. While ... Continue Reading

The first 2023 CrossFit Games season champions have arrived. Five of the eight Adaptive Divisions have crowned their Fittest on Earth®. This year, Adaptive Divisions are not being represented at the ... Continue Reading

From March 22 to April 20, Muslims worldwide observed Ramadan, a holy time of fasting and spiritual growth. During this time, those who were healthy fasted, abstaining from water and food from dawn until ... Continue Reading

Last week CrossFit announced that beginning May 1, CrossFit Affiliate Programming (CAP) will be included with a gym’s yearly affiliation fee. One big thing: The CAP program was launched in June 2021 ... Continue Reading

Last week, CrossFit HQ released a lengthy statement to the community addressing this year’s adaptive division changes and the inevitable difficulties that go hand-in-hand in trying to create a more ... Continue Reading

If you’re a pregnant athlete, you’ve likely been told to “listen to your body,” “do what feels good,” “keep doing what you’ve always done!” OR, “don’t lift over X amount of pounds,”“Is that safe for the ... Continue Reading

Telling someone “no”, especially if they are a paying client, is never easy. Coaches face this necessary aspect daily in the gym setting to ensure their athletes are both meeting their goals and performing ... Continue Reading

Stephane Bachellerie, with a Master of Science in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology and a slew of other related certifications, has traveled the entire world. From New Zealand to Canada and South Africa to ... Continue Reading

When Ari Hurst was younger, she sometimes felt embarrassed to tell people she was a diabetic.  She felt stigmatized, and sometimes frustrated, as many people didn’t realize the difference between ... Continue Reading

In hindsight, Oscar Tyrberg said he should have listened to the subtle warning signs. But then last week during the second team Quarterfinals at CrossFit Fabriken in Sweden, Tyrberg started feeling ... Continue Reading

After falling in love with the lifestyle, culture and people in Puerto Rico, Cherese Matthews and her now wife Valentina Sollo decided to uproot from the United States and buy a CrossFit affiliate in ... Continue Reading

The 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games season is well underway with the Age Group and Team divisions taking on their respective Quarterfinal tests this weekend. A deeper dive into the Team competition can be found ... Continue Reading

The 2023 CrossFit Open resulted in worldwide wins for second Fittest Woman on Earth® Mallory O'Brien for the Individual Women's division and Jeffrey Adler in the Individual Men's division. The top 10 ... Continue Reading