We're back with another episode of "On the Minute". Join Morning Chalk Up's Editor-in-Chief, Justin LoFranco, and Armen Hammer as they spend 20 minutes going through the major stories of the week. ... Continue Reading
Dubai Archive Removed Due to Music Copyright
North American CrossFit fans eager to watch Day 1 of competition, which took place while most were sleeping, awoke this morning to unfortunate news — the livestream which was archived on YouTube had been ... Continue Reading
Dubai CrossFit Championship Day 1 Recap
EDITOR'S NOTE: The archived footage of Day 1 is currently unavailable due to copyrighted music playing in the background. The Dubai CrossFit Championship team is working to get the footage made ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Rulebook Won’t be Released in Time for Season Kickoff
The 2019 CrossFit Games season officially kicks off tomorrow, but there won’t be an official rulebook for the season opener in Dubai, a fact which has alarmed top athletes and coaches trying to plan for ... Continue Reading
Monday’s WOD: Saving a Couple From a House Fire
The story. Mat Wildman, a member of Treeline CrossFit, recently put his fitness to the ultimate test when he helped rescue an elderly couple from a house fire in Creswell, OR. Come again? Wildman, who was ... Continue Reading
Five Storylines I’m Watching in Dubai
On Wednesday, the Dubai CrossFit Championship ushers in a new era of the CrossFit Games. With all that will be taking place over four days of competition, here are five major storylines to brush up on ... Continue Reading
NCFIT Collective Summit Heading to Wodapalooza
The story. Affiliate owners are invited to join Jason Khalipa and the NCFIT Team at Wodapalooza in Miami as they teach you everything you need to know about running a successful fitness company. The ... Continue Reading
Former Members of Switch CrossFit File Lawsuit After Being Filmed in Restroom
The story. Last week, 14 former members of Switch CrossFit filed a lawsuit against Matthew Krakowski, the former owner of Switch CrossFit who was arrested in May on 14 felony counts of capturing images of ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the Dubai CrossFit Championship
The 2019 CrossFit Games season officially kicks off in less than two weeks. The Dubai CrossFit Championship will start things off Wednesday, December 12th, as it breaks new ground as the first sanctioned ... Continue Reading
Strength in Depth Online Qualifiers Are Up and Running
What happened? Yesterday, while you were still finding new ways to eat Thanksgiving leftovers, the CrossFit Strength in Depth qualifier for individuals and teams got rolling as the event released all three ... Continue Reading
Brazil CrossFit Championship Joins Growing Coalition of Sanctioned Events
On Sunday, CrossFit sanctioned events got one step closer to creating a more unified earned exemption structure to govern the CrossFit Games season. Wodapalooza announced a partnership with the Brazil ... Continue Reading
Katrin Davidsdottir, Cole Sager Confirmed for Fittest in Cape Town
While all of us here in the U.S. were recovering from our Thanksgiving turkey overload, the Fittest in Cape Town event made a huge announcement involving some big name athletes. We previously reported ... Continue Reading
Haley Adams Joins Mayhem Independence
While you were busy wondering “what’s Rich doing,” for the upcoming season, the crew from CrossFit Mayhem just added another championship pedigree to their stable of athletes for 2019. Earlier this week ... Continue Reading
California Gets Their Sanctioned Event
Loud & Live sports, who also owns the Wodapalooza CrossFit Festival, announced this morning a second sanctioned event to take place in March 2020 in Del Mar, CA. The 3-day West Coast Classic will be ... Continue Reading
How One Community Built Their Box From the Ground Up
Some background. When Trevor and Bethany Exline, owners of BCF CrossFit in Banks, OR were faced with a rising rent but did not want to have to raise fees for their members, they took an alternate route. ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Affiliate Growth, Part 2: International Analysis
Some background. A few weeks back, we explored CrossFit’s meteoric rise over the past 15 years to become the largest fitness chain in the world. We’re now exploring their international growth ... Continue Reading
How to Fix Anything, Part 3: “I Know This”
This is part three in a three-part series by Dr. Sean Pastuch, founder and owner of Active Life Rx. Dr. Sean examines his own nagging injury incurred while training with Rich Froning in Cookeville six ... Continue Reading
Kara Saunders Announces Pregnancy, Out for 2019 Season
The loaded field of women at the CrossFit Games will be missing one of it’s top podium threats in 2019. Kara Saunders, 4th place at the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games, and 2nd fittest woman on earth in 2017, ... Continue Reading
How to Fix Anything, Part 2: “I’ve Done That”
This is part two in a three-part series by Dr. Sean Pastuch, founder and owner of Active Life Rx. Dr. Sean examines his own nagging injury incurred while training with Rich Froning in Cookeville six months ... Continue Reading
Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge: What You Need to Know
Entering their 8th year, the Mid Atlantic CrossFit Challenge (MACC) consists of two stages: the online qualifier and the final event, which will be hosted in Washington, D.C. The Online Qualifier All ... Continue Reading
China, Australia and Iceland Sanctioned Events Added
Today, CrossFit HQ announced four new sanctioned events for the 2019 CrossFit Games season and one for the 2020 season, bringing the grand total to 16. There are now sanctioned events across 11 countries ... Continue Reading
Heppner Out for Dubai CrossFit Championship
Jacob Heppner, who placed third in the online qualifier, declined his invitation to compete at the championship in Dubai this December. The three-time CrossFit Games athlete cited work conflicts as the ... Continue Reading
CrossFit’s Explosive Affiliate Growth by the Numbers
The story. Since Greg Glassman opened the first affiliate in 2001 in Santa Cruz, CA, CrossFit has exploded globally. Currently there are more than 15,000 locations in 162 countries. Not only is CrossFit ... Continue Reading
DIARY: The next time I feel like binging or purging
Guest post by Autumn Christmas, CrossFit Undeniable The other day I was reading through an old journal I used when I was going through treatment for my eating disorder. On a page I read, “Try to find a ... Continue Reading