After a eight-year reign as the head of one of CrossFit's great houses, Rich Froning announced on an Oct. 25, 2022 episode of The Sevan Podcast that he intends to retire from the Teams ... Continue Reading
2022 Rogue Invitational Adds Fourth Day of Events to Competition Slate
On the evening of Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, reports began to circulate that athletes received email guidance from Rogue regarding an amendment to the planned scheduling for the 2022 Rogue Invitational. On ... Continue Reading
2022 Rogue Invitational to Kick Off Thursday With Surprise Event
The 2022 Rogue Invitational will begin Thursday with a surprise event. Multiple athletes competing revealed to Morning Chalk Up that they were notified via email about the new event. Athletes are required ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey Confirms She Will Attempt to Win Her Seventh Consecutive CrossFit Games in 2023
The speculation has been put to rest. Six-time Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey will return as an Individual competitor at the 2023 CrossFit Games. That assumes that she advances through the Open, ... Continue Reading
“It’s Not Worth It” — Samuel Cournoyer on Withdrawing From the 2022 Dubai Fitness Championship for Financial Reasons
Canadian CrossFitter Samuel Cournoyer will no longer compete at the 2022 Dubai Fitness Championship (DFC), set to occur from Dec. 2-4, 2022, due to financial reasons. According to the official roster, ... Continue Reading
French CrossFitter Willy Georges Becomes a NOBULL-Sponsored Athlete
Athletic footwear and apparel brand NOBULL has been the title sponsor of the CrossFit Games since 2021. The brand also sponsors several of the biggest names in CrossFit, particularly on the women’s side, ... Continue Reading
Cheers To The Five Best Spots for Drinks in Austin During the 2022 Rogue Invitational
Similar to the food scene in Austin, TX, it’s almost a disservice to try and pair down the best places to grab a libation into a list of five recommendations, as the variety of excellent options is ... Continue Reading
Top Five Places to Grab Coffee In Austin While at the 2022 Rogue Invitational
For the next installment of our five-part series to all things Austin while attending the 2022 Rogue Invitational, we bring you arguably the most important guide: where to grab a cup of joe (or are food ... Continue Reading
Guilherme Malheiros Removed From 2022 Rogue Invitational Men’s Individual CrossFit Roster; Henrik Haapalainen Added
The 2022 Rogue Invitational is scheduled for Oct. 28-30, 2022, at the Dell Diamond stadium in Austin, TX. Less than two weeks before the kick-off of one of the biggest events on the CrossFit calendar, the ... Continue Reading
Noah Ohlsen on 2023 CrossFit Games: “Good Chance It’s My Final Season Competing as an Individual Athlete”
Noah Ohlsen has been a mainstay of the CrossFit Games for a decade. Having made his Games debut as an Individual athlete in 2014, Ohlsen has not missed a Games appearance since and never ranked lower than ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Veterans Offer Mixed Reactions to 2023 Season Changes
On Tuesday, CrossFit HQ announced various changes to the 2023 season, the most notable one arguably being a return to what can only be described as the Regionals days of the past, where CrossFit operates ... Continue Reading
2022 Dubai Fitness Championship Rosters Confirmed
The 2022 Dubai Fitness Championship (DFC) will be held on Dec. 2-4, 2022. It will be the 10th edition of the contest. The competition recently dropped CrossFit from its name as it is no longer an ... Continue Reading
Dubai CrossFit Championship Returns to Original Name After Dropping “CrossFit” From Its Title
As announced on the @dxbfitnesschamp Instagram page, the Dubai CrossFit Championship (DCC) will no longer be an officially licensed CrossFit event for its 10th edition in 2022. And moving forward, the ... Continue Reading
Sweet Home Alabama: CrossFit Games to Birmingham for 2024-27
The CrossFit Games are heading to Birmingham, AL after next season, and will be staying in the state’s largest city from 2024-27. The Games will be hosted at the Birmingham CrossPlex, a multi-sport complex ... Continue Reading
European Championships Ends with “Large Amount of Debt”, Organizers Unsure They Will Be Able to Pay
After promising a £40,000 prize purse, European Championships organizer Carl Saville informed athletes last week the competition that was held in a 10,000-seater stadium in Nottingham, England in August ... Continue Reading
CanWest Games Athletes Continue to Await Prize Purse Payouts Twelve Weeks Out
After a two-year hiatus due to the global pandemic, the CanWest Games in Coquitlam, British Columbia returned under new ownership last July with an advertised CAD $105,500 prize purse, which arguably ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey Has Not Declined Her 2022 Rogue Invitational Invitation
The six-time Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey intends to attempt a seventh consecutive CrossFit Games title in 2023. In the interim, she will venture into Team division competition at the 2022 Down ... Continue Reading
Multi-Million Dollar Funding Rounds Galore for CrossFit in 2022
Over the past several months, there has been a growing trend in the CrossFit industry of companies securing large, sometimes multi-million dollar funding rounds to fuel growth. A brief timeline: ... Continue Reading
2023 Wodapalooza Announces $500,000 Prize Purse
Every winter, the Wodapalooza team transforms Miami’s Bayfront into a multi-day fitness festival that attracts people from all over the world. In Sept. 2022, Wodapolooza — an offseason staple in the ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey Says “the Plan” is to Compete for a 7th CrossFit Games Title
Long may she reign. On Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, it was revealed across social media that Tia-Clair Toomey, the 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Champion and winningest Games athlete in history with six titles ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey Kills Retirement Rumors in TV Interview
Six-time women’s CrossFit Games champion Tia-Clair Toomey has apparently quashed all the retirement rumors surrounding her career in a new television interview. One big thing: In speaking with ... Continue Reading
CrossFitter Robert Hartley Completes 31 Hero Workouts in 31 Hours
Performing an endurance challenge is often used to test one's physical limits. That was the case of Robert Hartley, the co-owner of CrossFit Inevitable in Elizabethtown, KY. On Sept. 12, 2022, Hartley ... Continue Reading
OPINION: Does CrossFit Need a Villain?
It’s tough not to want to compare the trajectory of CrossFit with that of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Although the UFC first started in 1993, it didn’t really get going until it was bought by two ... Continue Reading
Making the Most of Challenges and Opportunities: Leigh Coates and the 2022 CrossFit Games
Every outcome is the result of the choices we make. British expat Leigh Coates and her family knew that she would need to leave her family in Hong Kong to achieve her goal of making it to the 2022 NOBULL ... Continue Reading