Latest CrossFit News
-
7 Burning Questions for the 2025 CrossFit Games Season
With the new year underway, there are a lot of questions about the state of CrossFit and the direction of the sport. Moving into 2025, there are a host of burning questions we want to answer — here are seven of them. View this post on Instagram A post shared by CrossFit Games (@crossfitgames) [Related: Best…
profiles
-
Poised and Grateful, Guilherme Malheiros Returns to the CrossFit Games
-
Emily de Rooy Brings Youth to Australia’s Super Team Raw Iron CrossFit Mayhem Thunder
-
CrossFit Games Rookie Spotlight: Slow and Steady Growth Earned Jack Rozema a 2024 Games Invite
-
Balancing It All, With a Little Help From Brent Fikowski: Shelby Neal’s Sophomore Season
Competitions
-
2025 TYR Wodapalooza Day 3 Recap: Noah Ohlsen, Travis Mayer, and Chandler Smith Lead in Miami
Not to be outdone by the ladies on Saturday at the 2025 TYR Wodapalooza, the men put on a show of their own with plenty of powerhouse teams. As the sun warmed up the barbells on the Dymatize Lifting Stage, the guys took to the platforms with a lovely Miami Breeze blowing through the venue.…
-
2024 CrossFit Games Individual and Team Rosters
-
1st Phorm Monster Games Results
-
METCON Rush Flourishes in Its 9th Year as Elite Athletes Flock to Maryland Competition
-
Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and Jeffrey Adler Announced as First Athletes to Compete at TYR Wodapalooza SoCal
-
Reps Ahead Pro 3 “Redemption” Results: Sydney Wells, James Sprague, and Kyra Milligan Deliver Knockouts
-
Reps Ahead Pro 3 “Redemption” Preview: 2023-2024 CrossFit Games Athletes Throw Down in Denver
CrossFit Basics
What Is CrossFit®?
CrossFit® is often referred to and known as “the sport of fitness”, but originally got its roots as a fitness regimen developed around functional exercises and high-intensity workouts. CrossFit® is a registered trademark of CrossFit, Inc.; more information can be found at their website, CrossFit.com.
This fitness methodology numerous movement staples, including:
- Box Jumps
- Thrusters
- Weighted Carries
- Squats
- Snatches
- Clean & Jerks
- Handstands
- Pull-Ups
These are a few of the movements an athlete can perform in any given CrossFit® workout. In order to excel in this sport, an athlete must be well-rounded and carefully curate programs that improve strength, mobility, power, and much more.
More In CrossFit
-
15 Years Strong: How the Reebok Nano Transformed the Sport of Fitness
POWERED BY: I still remember the first time I walked into a CrossFit gym. The year was 2008. I was a college rower in London, Ontario, and we heard that CrossFit London had Concept 2 rowing machines. I felt like a kid in a candy shop when I walked into the 800-square-foot gym and saw…
-
2025 TYR Wodapalooza Day 1 Recap: James Sprague, Lucy Campbell Lead All Competitors
-
2025 TYR Wodapalooza Miami Live Results and Leaderboard
-
Who Will Win at 2025 TYR Wodapalooza? We Asked a Team of Experts for Their Predictions
-
Complete Spectator’s Guide to 2025 TYR Wodapalooza Miami
-
How to Watch 2025 TYR Wodapalooza Miami
-
A Third Pathway to the 2025 CrossFit Games Leaked: Last-Chance Qualifier