While the sport of CrossFit has been largely egalitarian since its inception, with female athletes getting as much notoriety, prize money, and fan following as their male counterparts since day 1, the same ... Continue Reading
2.5 Million Live Views for 3rd Annual Rogue Invitational
The Rogue Invitational wrapped up on Sunday, awarding the largest-ever payout for an off-season competition in both CrossFit and Strongman. Fans came out in droves to watch a star-studded roster throw down ... Continue Reading
Mayhem Desert Heat Postponed Indefinitely
After weeks-long attempts to secure critical equipment, Mayhem Desert Heat has been postponed indefinitely. The competition, which is in its first year and being ran by CrossFit Mayhem but hosted in the ... Continue Reading
2022 CrossFit Season Announced — How To Qualify for the Games
The 2022 CrossFit Games season is almost here. The 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games season kicks off with the Open on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Registration for the three-week-long Open starts on Thursday, Jan. ... Continue Reading
2021 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Results — Medeiros, Toomey-Orr Take Home Top Spots
Update: The 2022 Rogue Invitational is underway. You can follow along the live CrossFit results on BarBend's live results page. On Oct. 29-31, 2021, 40 of the greatest CrossFit athletes in the world ... Continue Reading
Staff Picks: Top Moments From Kari Pearce
Last Friday perennial podium contender Kari Pearce announced her retirement and revealed that the Rogue Invitational would be her final time on the competition floor. This weekend’s competition will bring ... Continue Reading
A Preview of the 2021 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Competition (Individuals & Legends)
The 2021 Rogue Invitational is taking place the weekend of Oct. 29-31 at the Dell Diamond stadium in Round Rock, TX, and will be streamed live on YouTube. Two main features of the Invitational will be ... Continue Reading
OPINION: Off-Season Competitions Are Moving the Sport Forward in Ways the CrossFit Games Isn’t
Here’s something you’ll be hearing us say a lot over the next several months: every athlete will be walking away with a guaranteed payout. Why? Because three of the biggest off-season competitions are ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2021 Rogue Invitational
The 2021 Rogue Invitational will take place on Oct. 29-31, 2021, at the 12,000-seat outdoor Dell Diamond stadium in Round Rock, TX. For the first time in the competition's history, it will feature a ... Continue Reading
CrossFitter Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Shares Her Full Morning Training Session
The 2021 Rogue Invitational is fast approaching. Scheduled for Oct. 29-31, 2021, the 2021 Rogue Invitational is set to have the most significant prize payout of any major CrossFit-sanctioned competition ... Continue Reading
5-Time Crossfit Games Champ Mat Fraser Gives a Tour of His New Home Gym
The five-time Fittest Man on Earth®, Mat Fraser, has been busy since retiring from competitive CrossFit in February 2020. He has a podcast with Sevan Matossian and CrossFit Games veteran Josh Bridges, a ... Continue Reading
Austin, Madison, Denver in Contention to Host CrossFit Games in 2023
It’s a hot topic that CrossFit is keeping pretty tight-lipped about -- which city will be the next host of CrossFit Games? Before we get ahead of ourselves, Madison, WI still has one year remaining on ... Continue Reading
2014 CrossFit Games Winner Camille Leblanc-Bazinet is “Officially a Bodybuilder”
For fans of CrossFit, Camille Leblanc-Bazinet needs no introduction, but she certainly deserves one. The tenured competitor of eight CrossFit Games, including an overall win in 2014, recently turned her ... Continue Reading
The Fittest Shopping Cart — Grocery Shopping With Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr
Five-time Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr may just be the greatest strength athlete of all time. She has five consecutive CrossFit Games titles, is a decorated Olympic weightlifter, and is ... Continue Reading
CrossFitter Sam Kwant Is the Newest TRAIN PUMA Global Ambassador
On Oct. 6, 2021, PUMA shared a press release stating that 2020 CrossFit Games runner-up Sam Kwant is joining their team as a global ambassador for TRAIN PUMA. Per the announcement, Kwant will support TRAIN ... Continue Reading
Inaugural Strength Score Championships: Battle for New York Set for Nov. 13, 2021
The inaugural Strength Score Championships: Battle for New York is set for Nov. 13, 2021, in the Hype Gym located in Union Square, Manhattan. The contest will feature athletes competing to obtain the ... Continue Reading
New Research Suggests Exercise Can Lower Risk of Anxiety by More Than 60 Percent
With that in mind, it’s commonly known that there’s a connection between physical activity and overall mental wellness. But a new study, reported in Frontiers in Psychiatry in September, suggests that the ... Continue Reading
Ricky Garard Admits to Knowingly Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs Before 2017 CrossFit Games
CrossFitter Ricky Garard of Australia will finish serving a four-year doping suspension on Oct. 3, 2021, and has announced his return to the sport. On Sept. 29, 2021, Garard joined Chase Ingraham on ... Continue Reading
Banned Substances: How Ostarine is Creeping into the Supply Chain
In an effort to increase transparency and hopefully help educate athletes along the way, we’re digging into the topic of banned substances within CrossFit. To begin, we must go where all athletes who pop ... Continue Reading
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Haley Adams’ Workout of the Week
Every Friday, we’re bringing you an exclusive workout challenge programmed by a CrossFit Games athlete or coach that you can take on at home or the gym. You can post your times or scores in the comment ... Continue Reading
2021 Pit Elite Teen Throwdown Recap: A Story Through Pictures
Modeled after the Games spirit award, the Victory Grips Spirit Award was voted on by athletes and given to one person per division that exhibited leadership, support, and grit. Among the winners were three ... Continue Reading
Fight Night 3 — Jacob Heppner Defeats Josh Bridges via Unanimous Decision
On Sept. 18, 2021, 2018 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Hafthor “The Mountain” Björnsson and Devon “No Limits” Larratt headlined Fight Night 3, presented by CoreSports, ... Continue Reading
6 Tips to Stop Peeing During Double Unders
Whether it’s talked about, joked about or totally dismissed, peeing during double unders and impact exercise in general is a thing. We often see this at CrossFit classes, where women run to the restroom ... Continue Reading