On June 25, 2021, Rogue Fitness kicked off the latest virtual fitness challenge for athletes worldwide to compete in for the chance to win a $2,500 cash prize and an Ohio Power Bar — "The Mule Challenge." ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Rookie Series: Meet Zach Watts
Heading into the 2021 season, 25 year-old Zach Watts wasn’t quite sure he’d make it through the first qualifying stages. 2020 was full of life-changing events for Watts. A new job as a medical sales ... Continue Reading
Dave Castro Teases Swimming and Paddling for Event One of the 2021 CrossFit Games
CrossFit Games Director Dave Castro is at it again. He is notorious for posting obscure hints about various events at the CrossFit Games and the CrossFit Open. For example, for workout 21.2 of the 2021 ... Continue Reading
2021 Last-Chance Qualifier Results — The Final 4 Games Athletes Revealed
After this weekend, we now have the complete 40-man, 40-woman, and 38-team roster for the 2021 NoBull CrossFit Games. The Last Chance Qualifier, which took place from July 2-4, gave 29 men and 28 women ... Continue Reading
Kevin Kessler Finds Acceptance and Redemption After “Sudden Cardiac Death”
August 10, 2019, is when Kevin Kessler says his “life truly changed.” It was the day the 43-year-old athlete collapsed during a CrossFit competition due to an abnormal -- and deadly -- heart ... Continue Reading
Roger Boyer Finds Common Ground Between CrossFit’s Values and his Indigenous Roots, Loses 150 Pounds
It was 2017: Roger Boyer had been working in Indigenous healthcare as a director of comprehensive primary care for a decade, and he felt like a hypocrite. Boyer weighed nearly 400 pounds at 6-foot-2 at ... Continue Reading
International Athletes Can Officially Travel to US for 2021 CrossFit Games
The 2021 NOBULL CrossFit Games are scheduled for July 27 through August 1, 2021, in Madison, WI. It will be a live, in-person competition that will allow spectators to watch the best CrossFit athletes ... Continue Reading
Breaking Down the Last Chance Qualifier Events
The CrossFit Games released the events for the 2021 NOBULL CrossFit Games Last Chance Qualifier on Monday afternoon. The four-event, online competition will take place July 2-4 and will be the final chance ... Continue Reading
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Breaking: CrossFit Briefs International Games Athletes on Travel Restrictions, Announces No Backfills for COVID Restrictions
On Monday evening, the CrossFit Games sent an email to International Games qualifiers providing some information about travel restrictions and options for travel to the US. The details: In the email, ... Continue Reading
Adaptive Athlete Logan Aldridge Scores Huge 225-Pound Clean & Jerk PR
The 2021 Bacon Beatdown competition took place at the Daytona Beach Ocean Center in Daytona, FL, on June 18-20. In the Adaptive Upper Extremity Rx'd Male division, Logan Aldridge managed to hit a clean ... Continue Reading
“FiiT For Life” Seeks to Have Exercise Recognized as Medical Treatment in the UK and Beyond
Six years ago, a member of CrossFit Deviant in Derby in the UK showed up at the gym “super upset” because his mother was about to undergo cancer treatment “She had gone to her GP and her GP told her she ... Continue Reading
Rogue Fitness’s “The Mule Challenge” Begins June 25, 2021
The latest virtual challenge from Rogue Fitness is here. "The Mule Challenge" kicks off on June 25, 2021, and lasts through 8:00 p.m. EST on June 28. Previous challenges from Rogue include the Bear Hug ... Continue Reading
How Did Backfill Athletes Stack Up at the Semifinals?
The new season format looks pretty good on paper, but as it unfolded this year, the timeline felt rushed at times, and some aspects of the competitive season were likely lost on many. One of those elements ... Continue Reading
“I am Strong:” Survivor Fitness Promotes Healthy Movement in Women Affected by Breast Cancer
“I am strong.” Brandy Toomer, co-founder of Survivor Fitness, a program designed to promote healthy movement and mobility in breast cancer survivors, has her athletes say this before their sessions. ... Continue Reading
Jacob Heppner’s 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
Six Takeaways From the Final 2021 CrossFit Games Semifinals Weekend
And just like that the 2021 NOBULL CrossFit Games Semifinal stage is done. Three Semifinals took place over the course of the weekend: the West Coast Classic, the Atlas Games and the Asia Invitational, ... Continue Reading
2021 West Coast Classic Results and Recap: CrossFit Games Qualifiers and More!
Veteran athletes likely had a nagging sense of deja vu and newer athletes had something to prove this weekend at the West Coast Classic, where every workout was a CrossFit Regionals or Games repeat. Also ... Continue Reading
2021 CrossFit Asia Invitational Qualifier Recap: Games Invitations and Results
June 18th marked the fourth and final weekend of Semifinal qualifying events for athletes looking to secure their passage to the 2021 NOBULL CrossFit Games in Madison, Wisconsin. Two of the three events ... Continue Reading
Professional Fitness Athletes’ Association Weighs In, Says Semifinal Workout Descriptions “Created Ambiguity”
Just a day after the leaderboard shake-up shifted some CrossFit Games qualifications out of the German Throwdown, CrossFit Home Office released a full list of score adjustments and penalties. In total, ... Continue Reading
2021 CrossFit Lowlands Throwdown Recap — Annie Thorisdottir Returns, Gudmundsson Dominates
If you thought there was something missing from CrossFit Semifinals action so far, may we suggest Sons and Dottirs? Familiar faces from European countries topped the leaderboard during week three (June ... Continue Reading
2021 Brazil CrossFit Championship Recap — Two Men, Women and Teams Go to the Games
Rookies and redemption were written on the leaderboard at the end of the Brazil CrossFit Championship, one of three virtual competitions to take place the weekend of June 11-13, 2021, for the CrossFit ... Continue Reading
Fresh off Quarterfinals Win, Reggie Fasa is Ready to Showcase His Hard Work at Semifinals
The CrossFit Lowlands Throwdown will take place this weekend, June 11-13, pitting several top European athletes against each other with tickets to the 2021 NOBULL CrossFit Games on the line. The United ... Continue Reading
How to Follow: Week 3 NOBULL CrossFit Games Semifinals
Prepare for a busy weekend as three Semifinals will be in action during week three of the 2021 NOBULL CrossFit Games Semifinal stage. The CrossFit Lowlands Throwdown, the CrossFit German Throwdown and ... Continue Reading