Our Intramural Open has always been huge at Rocket CrossFit. But we didn’t use to push people to register online because, like many people, we mistakenly believed that the point of the Open was to qualify ... Continue Reading
Morning Chalk Up Announces Official Media Partnerships with 8 Sanctionals
Today, the Morning Chalk Up announced Official Media Partnerships for eight Sanctionals during the 2019-2020 CrossFit Games season that will give CrossFit fans exclusive access to the biggest events of the ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Mayhem Helps Launch Global Push for Amrap 4 Autism
Two weeks ago, CrossFit Mayhem was packed with more than sixty teams of two, fighting their way to the top of the leaderboard in a workout that Rich Froning personally wrote, alongside Kristin Miller, with ... Continue Reading
Norway Sweetens the Pot With Qualifier Prize Money
If the prospect of seeing the northern lights isn’t enough to convince you to throw your hat in the ring for the Norwegian CrossFit Championship qualifier, event organizers announced cash prizes and gear ... Continue Reading
CrossFit and OCR Square Off in Lake Tahoe
This Saturday, September 28th, the Spartan Race World Championships will be taking place in North Lake Tahoe, California, and obstacle course racers from across the world will compete in a variety of ... Continue Reading
2020 CrossFit Open Prep: By The Numbers
Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today's edition is sponsored by GOWOD. HOW DO THE BEST ATHLETES WORK ON THEIR MOBILITY? Mathew Fraser, Katrin Davisdottir, Josh Bridges, Brooke Wells, ... Continue Reading
2020 CrossFit Open Prep: By The Numbers
The 2020 CrossFit Games Open is less than three weeks away. Before feelings of panic and dread set in from the impending fitness gauntlet thrown by Dave Castro, it’s important to remember that this is a ... Continue Reading
10-Year Affiliate Summit: What to Expect
On Friday, 200 affiliate owners will descend on Whistler for the 10-Year CrossFit Affiliate Gathering, a three-day lightly scheduled gathering of owners of affiliates open for 10 years or ... Continue Reading
“No Podium, No Prize.” Second Place Athlete Denied Prize Purse for Catching Flight Home
Two weekends ago, at the three-day Spanish Throwdown in Madrid, Spain, Cliona NíCheallacháin NicChárthaigh finished second in the RX division, a placement which would have awarded her €300 in cash, the ... Continue Reading
More Early Sanctionals Invites Earned + Drug Failures
Another round of invites for the 2019-2020 Sanctionals season is going out this week after another local competition wrapped up where winners would receive direct invites to a Sanctional. The winners of ... Continue Reading
“She fell Sara, I can’t get her up!”
Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today's edition is fueled by FNX. Adrian Conway has been smashing a Maple Donut every morning for the past two months and is stronger than he's ever ... Continue Reading
How to Help CrossFit Victims of Dorian
Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas last week, with winds of up to 185 mph destroying everything in its path, leaving a trail of destruction that will take years to recover from. According to Reuters, ... Continue Reading
Froning Hints at New Mayhem Teammate
Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today's edition is fueled by FNX. Life, like training, can be stressful! In training we stress our bodies to create adaptation, in life our stress is ... Continue Reading
Froning Hints at New Mayhem Teammate
This weekend, while competing at the BCS Classic competition in College Station, TX, Rich Froning said that the athlete replacing Dre Strohm will be an individual competitor from the 2019 CrossFit Games, ... Continue Reading
“She fell Sara, I can’t get her up!”
In memory of Gigi, who passed away just a few weeks after I wrote this. Though she was little, she was fierce and strong in her own way and inspired me to become better myself. How do you prepare ... Continue Reading
Why the Fittest on Earth Will Start Their Season at a Non-Sanctioned Event
Rich Froning, Tia-Clair Toomey, Chyna Cho and Tasia Percevecz: four names that claimed a big percentage of the 2019 podiums, will also compete November 8-10 at one of the first events of the 2020 season, ... Continue Reading
Introducing the Drop-In Doc, a Full-Service Medical Clinic Located Inside an Affiliate
Dr. Adam Schulte, a Family and Sports Medicine physician in Orange County is opening the first direct primary care medical clinic inside Resolution CrossFit in Yorba Linda, CA. It all started in ... Continue Reading
FIRST LOOK: The 2020 CrossFit Games Rulebook and Drug Testing Policy
The 2019-2020 CrossFit Games Rulebook and Drug Testing Policy has been officially released. With the Open moving to the front of the season schedule in October, the general flow and logistics of the ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Racks Up 11.6M Views on YouTube, Facebook
For the first time in the CrossFit Games’ history, viewers could tune in to streams produced by outside media partners and in another language. Altogether 23 different media platforms offered live streams ... Continue Reading
For One Health Coach, Her Advice Cost Her Freedom of Speech
Heather Del Castillo was living in Florida, coaching CrossFit and running her own health coaching business when the Florida Department of Health sent a cease-and-desist order, fined her $750, and ... Continue Reading
Forget Madison: CrossFitters setting their sights on becoming Olympians
There’s no rest for the wicked with many athletes returning home from Madison and straight into training for the 2020 season. Yes, the Open is just two months away, but several athletes won’t even make it ... Continue Reading
Fittest in Cape Town, West Coast Qualifiers Announced
The 2019-2020 CrossFit Games season has unofficially kicked off with the release of the International Online Qualifier event 1 on Monday evening. If you haven't been paying attention, the International ... Continue Reading
Fraser and Toomey Expand their Games Career Resumes Together
After the 2018 CrossFit Games, both Tia-Clair Toomey and Mathew Fraser moved to Cookeville, Tennessee to train together at CrossFit Mayhem alongside Rich Froning, the Mayhem Freedom Team, and all of the ... Continue Reading
2019 CrossFit Games Stats and Records Takeaways
Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today's edition is brought to you by Jones Dairy Farm. Thanks to the CrossFit athletes, gym owners, friends, family and spectators who stopped by the ... Continue Reading