The Australian CrossFit Championship (ACC) announced a unique and unprecedented initiative to highlight the shift to CrossFit Health. The March event in Queensland, Australia will sponsor one person with ... Continue Reading
How Cheryl Lathrope Lost 183 Pounds and Reclaimed her Health
Not that long ago, Cheryl Lathrope spent most nights sleeping on her couch. At 5-foot-7 and 344 pounds, it just took too much energy and effort for her to climb the stairs to her bedroom. And when her ... Continue Reading
Fit For Duty, Chandler Smith Takes On The Sanctionals
On your left Captain America, Chandler Smith is coming in hot. Besides the obvious physical comparisons between the fictional Steve Rogers, and Captain Chandler Smith, Officer In Charge for the Army ... Continue Reading
Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge Individual Earned Invitation Application Opens
Last week, the Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge announced its earned invitation application to fill 20 spots in the men’s and women’s divisions in the MACC Main Event. Athletes who finished in the top ... Continue Reading
On His Own Terms, Lazar Dukic Is Games Bound
Since an official Games qualification process began in 2009, an invitation to the CrossFit Games has been been a coveted prize. For up-and-comers in the sport, the rarity of earning a Games invite, and the ... Continue Reading
Second Sanctionals Season Expands Wildcard Uses
What started as a ready-made way to allow top CrossFit Games athletes a chance to bypass regular online qualifiers has expanded in year two of the new Sanctionals format. Last season, nine of 15 ... Continue Reading
A Tale of Two Opens
The 2019 calendar year is one that will go down as a turning point in the history of the sport of fitness. From a logistical perspective, the inclusion of the Open as a direct qualifier for the CrossFit ... Continue Reading
Open Declines Shift Leaderboard, Six New Athletes Invited
Late last night the CrossFit Games team sent out a notice that the first round of Games invites from the 2020 Open had officially finished. They further clarified that following a handful of declines from ... Continue Reading
Like and Subscribe: Athletes Earn Cash on YouTube
Gone are the days of CrossFit athletes waiting around for elusive sponsorship deals to fund their careers. It’s 2020 baby! And social media has given the Fittest on Earth a platform to share their ... Continue Reading
Exclusive: Sara Sigmundsdottir First Revealed Athlete Mentor for Freakest Challenge
Sara Sigmundsdottir shared the news in an exclusive sit down interview that she’s going to be heading to Barcelona, Spain at the end of the month as one of eight Nike athletes who each mentor and coach a ... Continue Reading
Mayhem Classic Day 2 Recap
A full day of fitness came to a close at the CrossFit Mayhem Classic on Saturday with two familiar names atop the leaderboard. Men The wide-open men’s field saw changes to the top position ... Continue Reading
London Sanctional Sells Out, Expands Tickets to 5500
The CrossFit Strength in Depth Sanctional has expanded their ticket availability for the January 24-26 competition in London, England. After selling out their original allotment, they have been able to ... Continue Reading
First in 2020, Mayhem Leads Off U.S. Sanctionals
After a three week break, the 2019-2020 CrossFit Sanctional season resumes with the first of seven Sanctionals on U.S. soil. CrossFit Mayhem will host the Mayhem Classic in Cookeville, Tennessee on January ... Continue Reading
Speegle Shaken Up After Car Accident in Colorado
CrossFit Games athlete Dani Speegle was involved in a car accident Tuesday evening near Tabernash, Colorado. Speegle lost control of her vehicle on a snow-covered mountain road causing the vehicle to slide ... Continue Reading
Clarification On The Open Leaderboard
Yesterday, after the 2020 Open leaderboard was officially finalized we reported on some of the initial takeaways now that the video review has concluded and the national champions for each country ... Continue Reading
Early Season Report: Athletes Clear Nearly $600K in Payouts
With an increase in the number of Sanctionals from 15 to 27 there will inevitably be more money up for grabs this season. If the CrossFit Open and CrossFit Games are included, there are a total of 29 ... Continue Reading
Loud And Live Brings The Green
Over the December break, while most of the CrossFit world was recovering from an overload of holiday cheer, the Granite Games announced details regarding their prize payouts for the individual and ... Continue Reading
Games Athlete Coaches “CrossFit” As A Subject To High Schoolers
Harriet Roberts is bound to have street-cred with her students upon returning home to Australia. She qualified for her first CrossFit Games as an individual athlete by winning China’s Pandaland CrossFit ... Continue Reading
Barbells Behind Bars: First Ever Prison CrossFit Competition
On Saturday, December 14, a CrossFit competition took place in Limon, CO that was unlike any of its kind. Sure, the WODs looked just as awful as any, there were prizes for podium finishers, everyone got a ... Continue Reading
3 Lessons Learned From The First Four Sanctionals
Now that 2019 has officially come to a close, the natural competition break for the holiday season has provided some valuable time to reflect on what’s been a truly remarkable year for the Sport of ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Kitchen Files For Bankruptcy
Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today's edition is powered by the West Coast CrossFit Classic. Get ready to kick it in SoCal for a weekend of nostalgia in the home of the former ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Invites From 2019 Sanctionals
After four Sanctionals, a handful of teams and athletes have qualified through the new Sanctionals system. Because the CrossFit Open leaderboard has not been finalized yet, these are not official but ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Kitchen Files for Bankruptcy
News broke last month that the New York based meal delivery service Kettlebell Kitchen abruptly went out of business. The news was communicated to customers via email. The company, who's legal name is High ... Continue Reading
Scenario Saturday: The Battle For the Invite
As the 2019 Dubai CrossFit Championship heads into the final day of competition, the state of play is anything but certain. More than the overall prize purse, a coveted spot at the 2020 CrossFit Games is ... Continue Reading