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Athena Perez Builds Course Aimed at Educating Coaches about Working with Larger Bodied Athletes
When Athena Perez created the We Belong CrossFit Instagram page, her goal was to provide a platform to raise awareness about obesity and inclusivity within the CrossFit community, as well as to offer ... Continue Reading
First Take: Team Quarterfinals Programming Breakdown
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2022 Team Quarterfinals Events Announced
On April 7, 2022, CrossFit announced the Team workouts for the month-long Quarterfinals event, which will run from Friday, April 8 through Sunday April 10. There are five workouts in total. The ... Continue Reading
Ukrainian Gym Transforms into Shelter for More than 1,000 Refugees
When Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February, Anton Yumaiev closed his doors like every other gym in his country. “A few days passed, we did nothing. We were just sitting and thinking about what ... Continue Reading
Are CrossFit’s Semifinals Payouts Trending in the Right Direction?
In case you missed it, the CrossFit Games recently updated the 2022 Competition Rulebook to include the payout schedule for Semifinals. The list can be found in rule 4.14. One big thing: The payouts ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Relaunches Specialty Courses with Aerobic Capacity, Weightlifting and Gymnastics
CrossFit LLC announced the relaunch of its specialty course program Monday, three years after it was discontinued in favor of a deregulated “preferred course” system. The first courses to be ... Continue Reading
Incorrect Shuttle Run Scores Throw Finalized Quarterfinals Leaderboard into Disarray
The CrossFit community and a number of athletes have raised concerns about the shuttle run scoring in workout 3 of the 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Quarterfinals. The subsequent impact on the leaderboard for ... Continue Reading
Underdogs’ Justin Cotler’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
Why Quarterfinals in 2022 is Vastly Improved from 2021
As we talked about following the conclusion of Open programming, year two of the current CrossFit Games season format should be able to help everyone reframe their perspective about what to expect from ... Continue Reading
All 5 2022 Quarterfinal Workouts Leaked on CrossFit’s YouTube Channel
The 2022 CrossFit Quarterfinals kick off on March 24, 2022, and last until April 24, 2022. The second stage of the 2022 CrossFit season features the top 10 percent of athletes worldwide from the Open ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Releases Floor Plans for 5 Quarterfinal Workouts
On March 22, CrossFit HQ released five individual floor plans for the online Quarterfinals, which will last from March 24 through April 24, 2022. The second stage of the 2022 CrossFit season challenges the ... Continue Reading
Quarterfinals Floor Plans Create Logistical Challenges for Dukic Brothers
With the announcement of the floor plans for Quarterfinals some athletes are scrambling to find a place, or places, where they’ll be able to do the workouts. While many might think there’s nothing ... Continue Reading
Five Key Takeaways from CrossFit’s First 2022 Affiliate Town Hall
CrossFit must evolve coming out of the pandemic and through its leadership change, said Nicole Carroll, CrossFit’s director of training and certification, or it risks making the same mistakes it made in ... Continue Reading
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Breaking: CrossFit Expands Payouts to All 40 Individual Games Athletes, Reveals Full Details
CrossFit revealed the complete 2022 CrossFit Games prize purse details today, announcing the largest prize purse in CrossFit Games history, including expanding payouts further down the leaderboard for ... Continue Reading
Where Does Mal O’Brien’s Open Performance Rank All-Time?
The 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Open concluded on Monday and with it came the crowning of two new Open Champions. Saxon Panchik and Mallory O’Brien respectively become the sixth and seventh different Open ... Continue Reading
Six Months After Tommy John Surgery, Brooke Wells Finished Fifth Worldwide in the 2022 CrossFit Open
During the one-rep-max snatch event (Event 12) at the 2021 CrossFit Games on Aug. 12, 2021, Brooke Wells suffered a severe elbow injury that caused her to withdraw from the competition and required Tommy ... Continue Reading
Mal O’Brien, Saxon Panchik Top the 2022 CrossFit Open Leaderboard
After the three-week-long 2022 CrossFit Open, the creme has risen to the top of the leaderboard. 2021 CrossFit Rookie of the Year Mal O'Brien, who finished seventh overall at the 2021 CrossFit Games, is ... Continue Reading
China’s “Zero COVID” Strategy Continues to Stifle CrossFit in Country
As the Western world continues to move on from COVID-19, dropping mandates and beginning to treat the virus as endemic, China finds itself in a precarious situation. The country’s “zero COVID” policy, in ... Continue Reading
Has the CrossFit Open Entered a New Era?
The 2022 Open has now come and gone, and with it many changes to what we are typically used to in terms of Open programming. This shouldn’t be entirely surprising as we are still in only the second year of ... Continue Reading
22.3 Livestream Numbers See Viewership Bump Despite Workout Leak
With the final week of the Open on tap, the CrossFit live announcement ran into a potential hiccup as the 22.3 workout was leaked to the community before the livestream began. Despite the leak, ... Continue Reading
Ukrainian CrossFit Athlete Turned Soldier on Front Lines Urges Russian Athletes to Speak Up
Three weeks ago, Vladimir Tysaniuk was training hard for the 2022 CrossFit Games Open at CrossFit Banda in Kyiv, Ukraine. Today, he’s a soldier on the front lines fighting Russian forces, fighting for his ... Continue Reading
Workout of the Week — 22.3
This week’s workout of the week comes from the CrossFit Games and it’s Open workout 22.3. While we normally feature a workout programmed by a CrossFit Games athlete, many of you are already doing the Open ... Continue Reading