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Filthy 150 Preview: Catching up with Sean Sweeney

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Three Things to Know Going Into Sanctionals Opening Week

The 2019-2020 CrossFit Sanctionals season kicks off this week in Dublin, Ireland with the Filthy 150. Our team is en route already to be on the ground to bring you complete coverage of the first Sanctional ... Continue Reading

Only Minor Penalties for 20.3; Heppner Passes Review

Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today's edition is brought to you by BUBS NATURALS. What do the World Series Champs, Chris Spealler, Jason Khalipa, Navy SEAL Chris Smith and Becca Voigt ... Continue Reading

Only Minor Penalties for 20.3; Heppner Passes Review

CrossFit released the penalty list after completing the 20.3 video review on Tuesday, a day after the conclusion of the Open. The 23 athletes penalized were received only minor infractions but it still ... Continue Reading

The Freakest Challenge Returns

One of Europe’s fastest-growing, and unique competitions makes its return to Barcelona, Spain, as the 5th edition of The Freakest Challenge will take place February 1st, 2020 at the Palau Sant Jordi. ... Continue Reading

Lazar Đukić Finishes 20.5 In Open Best 9:54 VIDEO

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CrossFit Rejoins Instagram

Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today's edition is brought to you by BUBS NATURALS. What do the World Series Champs, Chris Spealler, Jason Khalipa, Navy SEAL Chris Smith and Becca Voigt ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Open 20.4 Livestream Numbers

The dust has settled from the week 3 Open announcement live streams in Brazil, California and Italy. Diablo CrossFit -- 236,118 CrossFit Italian Showdown -- 56,020Tork CrossFit -- 3,727TOTAL -- ... Continue Reading

The Open is Over, Now What?

The last five weeks have gone by in a flash and the 10th CrossFit Open has now officially closed. Before we dive into the larger ramifications for the CrossFit Games season, here are a few fun facts worth ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Rejoins Instagram

Nearly six months after CrossFit HQ shut down all their Facebook and Instagram accounts, CrossFit has brought back one Instagram account rebranded as CrossFit Training. The account, which has 727,000 ... Continue Reading

Why We Should All Aim To Crack The Elusive 201 In 20.5

For the first time in the Open’s history, we’ve been handed a choose your own adventure. Strategy is the name of the game and there could be 17,000 reasons why you should reattempt 20.5. The elusive ... Continue Reading

Life on the Bubble

We now know the entire scope of programming for the 2020 CrossFit Games Open after it was revealed that Open workout 20.5 would be a “choose your own adventure,” style triplet of ring muscle-ups, wall ... Continue Reading

Fifth and Final Workout Closes out the 10th Open

The fifth and final week of the 10th CrossFit Open kicked off at Reebok HQ in Boston, MA. While Annie Thorisdottir and Patrick Vellner squared off in Boston, Willy Georges and Streat Hoerner threw down in ... Continue Reading

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Scott Tetlow: Sitting Pretty With One CrossFit Open Workout to Go

After four weeks of play, most of the top 20 names on the worldwide CrossFit Games Open leaderboard are your usual suspects. Scott Tetlow, currently in 15th, is not. “I’m just an average guy,” said ... Continue Reading

Week 5 Leaderboarding and How the Top 10 Games Athletes are Faring

Going into the fifth and final week of the CrossFit Open, the leaderboard has consolidated and the race for the final few qualifying spots is narrowing to a close. Quick recap: Athletes can ... Continue Reading

How to Watch 20.5 + Expert Predictions

An Open season filled with “firsts” continued in week four as a new movement found it’s way into the programming toolbox of the Open. Single-legged squats, commonly known as pistols around the box, showed ... Continue Reading

8 National Champion Races to Watch

It’s crunch time now that week four of the CrossFit Open has come to a close. With only one week and (likely) score submission remaining, there are some heated National Champion races worth keeping an eye ... Continue Reading

Watch Jeffrey Adler do 20.4 in 12:41

Watch as Jeffrey Adler puts down a ridiculous performance in 20.4, good enough for the top score worldwide for the men. We’ve also included Adler’s split times after each barbell weight as well as some ... Continue Reading

Week 3 Livestream Numbers

The video views have settled on the week 3 livestreams in Norway, Australia and Argentina. The combined total of 355,744 is up nearly 100,000 from the numbers in week 2 but still a large way off from week ... Continue Reading

Annie Thorisdottir Does 20.4 in 12:54 VIDEO

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The Fittest On Earth Among 40 Penalized in 20.2

CrossFit HQ has continued to show no mercy penalizing 40 athletes including the Fittest On Earth in week two of the CrossFit Open. Quick reminder: The top 40 men and women worldwide each week are ... Continue Reading

Fighting Cancer and Castro: How the CrossFit Open is Helping Ann Runkle Ritchie Battle Cancer

Ann Ritchie was staring fifty in the face and pushing 200 pounds when her son finally convinced her to join him at Allheart CrossFit in Brimfield, OH. That was in 2012 and Ritchie has been a fanatic ... Continue Reading

Under Fire, Lefteris Theofanidis’ 20.3 Video Receives Backlash

We’re three weeks into the CrossFit Games Open, and there has been no shortage of drama regarding penalties, video submissions, and standards. Now Greece’s 2019 national champion, Lefteris Theofanidis, the ... Continue Reading

Amanda Barnhart Does 20.3 in 6:11 VIDEO

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