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
Vellner, Sigmundsdottir Win Open. National Champions Crowned
CrossFit concluded their final video review from the 10th CrossFit Open and announced the overall winners and 239 national champions from 125 countries. Additionally, the top 20 worldwide is set and those ... Continue Reading
Waiting For A Wildcard: Newbury To Make Competition Comeback
Australian James Newbury admits his season so far is “very different from any other” but the 5th Fittest Man on Earth is determined to make it back to Madison. “The season is long and there is still ... Continue Reading
Young Guns: The Next Generation Of Games Athletes
It’s Saturday morning of the 2019 CrossFit Games, and the whole community is reeling after the final cut narrowed the field to just ten athletes - eliminating a host of big names in the process. Among the ... 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
What We’ve Learnt About Changes (Or Lack Thereof) To The Australian Sports Supplement Industry
Last month, we filled you in on the state of play with the Australian sports supplement industry. Quick recap: The country’s government is proposing to change the categorization of sport ... 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
Why Brent Fikowski Probably Isn’t Getting the Dubai Invite
After four days of competition, 11 scored events the 2019 Dubai CrossFit Championship is over. In a field stacked with nearly 30 athletes already qualified, albeit unofficially, it can be a little hard to ... 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
Callerina Natori 112/247 Pound Clean and Jerk Slow-Mo
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Dubai CrossFit Championship Day 1 Recap
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Dubai Day 1: Catching Up With Brent Fikowski
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Dubai Day 1: Your Overall Team Leaders MisFit P10 Performance
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Dubai Day 1: Catching Up With Sara Sigmundsdottir
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Dubai Takes Things Outside the Box on Day 1
Offsite events can be a tricky thing for Sanctionals. For the larger events like the Dubai CrossFit Championship, it’s all but guaranteed that there will be an offsite event that sprinkles in some ... Continue Reading
Dubai Day 1: Catching Up With Sam Briggs
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Big Names, Prizes Take Center Stage in Dubai
The second sanctioned year kicks off today for the Dubai CrossFit Championship (DCC), and the five day competition will play host to a collection of some of the best CrossFit athletes in the world. Touting ... Continue Reading
Shadburne, Shaw and Odd Squad Rise to the Top in Buenos Aires
The final day of competition at the SouthFit CrossFit Challenge was action-packed and full of drama as both the team and men’s individual winners were decided in the final event. On the women’s side a ... Continue Reading