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Government Assistance Available To Affiliates

While the CrossFit community rallies to raise funds for affiliates struggling in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, several governments globally are offering stimulus packages to ensure small ... Continue Reading

Games Athletes Share their Lockdown Self-Care Practices

Coronavirus Anxiety: This new term ranks high on online searches in recent weeks, presumably searched for by anxious people looking for solutions to their growing fears. Whether this anxiety ... Continue Reading

A U.S. Gym Owners Checklist to COVID-19 Financial Relief

  April 6 POWERED BY Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. The United in Movement fundraiser and competition is off and running, raising over $160,000 in its first 24-hours. ... Continue Reading

90% of U.S. Affiliates Closed, Nearly 80% Globally

A week after we first mapped the widespread closure of CrossFit affiliates globally, the number has skyrocketed as government mandated closures continue and gyms close their doors out of health ... Continue Reading

A U.S. Gym Owners Checklist to COVID-19 Financial Relief

CrossFit affiliates across the globe are facing unprecedented economic hardship with more than 11,600 gyms globally closed during the coronavirus pandemic. For the 90% of gyms closed in the United States, ... Continue Reading

LawFit: The Legal Impact of COVID-19 on CrossFit Events and Contracts

As countries around the world aggressively respond to COVID-19, what is the right course of action for you? Do you cancel your event immediately so that you can possibly still take advantage of reduced ... Continue Reading

Meet 8-time CrossFit Games Qualifier Laurie Meschishnick

It’s one thing to qualify for the CrossFit Games once; it’s a whole other story to stay on top of your game and remain healthy year after year, after year. For nearly a decade. This is Laurie ... Continue Reading

2020 CrossFit Games Age Group Preview: Men and Women Ages 45-49

Today we preview the men and women that qualified for the 2020 CrossFit Games 45-49 Age Group division. These standings are unofficial after the Age Group Online Qualifier (AGOQ) scores were submitted and ... Continue Reading

International Online Qualifier 2 Postponed, No New Date Announced

On Monday night, the Loud and Live team sent out an email to athletes who registered for the International Online Qualifier 2 (IOQ2), alerting them that it would be postponed indefinitely. The event had ... Continue Reading

No Equipment, No Problem

A long time ago in a (CrossFit) galaxy far, far away…. Well before the emergence of companies like Rogue Fitness who made world-class equipment accessible to the masses, there were very few options for ... Continue Reading

Coronavirus Map: Tracking CrossFit Affiliate Closures Worldwide

Editor's Note: This post has been updated based on data collected as of Friday, April 17. We will be updating this chart weekly as new information is obtained. The coronavirus pandemic has caused ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Announces Online Competition To Raise Cash For Affiliates

CrossFit HQ teased thousands of garage-CrossFitters on Thursday March 26, revealing that an worldwide online competition was in the works. In the announcement, HQ outlined how that have been approaching ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Considering Multiple “Contingency Plans” Including Cancellation, Going Online

The Director of the CrossFit Games Dave Castro told Talking Elite Fitness co-hosts Tommy Marquez and Sean Woodland in a live interview that the Games staff is looking at all possible contingency plans ... Continue Reading

Proving Grounds: Jeffrey Adler in Dubai — Part 2

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2020 CrossFit Games Age Group Preview: Men and Women Ages 35-39

Over the next four weeks we will preview the 2020 CrossFit Games Age Group divisions as it stands currently. These standings are unofficial after the Age Group Online Qualifier (AGOQ) scores were submitted ... Continue Reading

Australian Affiliates Given 15 Hours Notice To Close

Just before 9pm on Sunday March 22 (AEST), Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison placed the entire country on “stage one” lockdown.  With just 15 hours notice: All “non-essential” services like bars, ... Continue Reading

CanWest Postpones, Rogue Invitational Moves to Online Competition, Nixes Invite

The CanWest CrossFit Championship announced its postponement while the Rogue Invitational made a tough decision to remove itself from the Sanctional schedule altogether due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On ... Continue Reading

CrossFit HQ Removes Instagram Post Decried by Chinese CrossFit Community

The CrossFit Instagram account caused a stir in the community on Friday, just days after returning to the social media platform, after reposting a post from the popular satire and meme account ... Continue Reading

Lowlands Throwdown, Madrid Join The List Of Postponed Sanctionals

Early Monday morning the Madrid CrossFit Championships and the Lowlands Throwdown became the latest in a string of Sanctionals to fall victim to the COVID-19 restrictions, as officials announced via each ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Community Grieves the Passing of Giancarlo Agostino Di Maria to COVID-19

The CrossFit community lost one of their own on Sunday as Giancarlo Agostino Di Maria passed away due to respiratory complications he suffered after contracting COVID-19. This is the first reported ... Continue Reading

Rogue Joins the Fight Against COVID-19

As the United States continues its fight against COVID-19, Rogue Fitness has announced that it will devote part of its operations in combating medical supply shortages throughout the country. Rogue ... Continue Reading

How to Make your “At-Home” and Online Presence Accessible for Adaptive Athletes

We are living through an extraordinary moment and gyms and fitness brands are offering all sorts of online and app-based services for those stuck at home in lockdown, under quarantine or social distancing. ... Continue Reading

Compete From The Comfort Of Your Home

The past week has certainly been a tumultuous one, and the CrossFit community at large has felt the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic through the widespread closures of affiliates, and postponement of ... Continue Reading

Point/Counterpoint: Two Views From the Medical Field on the Coronavirus

Yesterday, we published Dr. Julie Foucher-Urcuyo’s OpEd “Coronavirus and the CrossFit Community: A Call to Action”. In the OpEd, Foucher-Urcuyo argued: This is an opportunity that we as a CrossFit ... Continue Reading

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