Tag: Sport: CrossFit
How to Join Rogue Fitness’ The Standard Challenge — Row Max Meters In 24 Hours
The final Rogue Fitness challenge of 2023, “The Sleigh Ride,” spans Dec. 15-26, 2023, tasking participants to row 10,000 meters for time. While that competition is still ongoing at the time of this article’s publication, it did not prevent Rogue from releasing the first fitness challenge of 2024. “The Standard Challenge,” revealed on Dec. 13, 2023, tasks participants…
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Two-Time CrossFit Games Winner Justin Medeiros Entered a Powerlifting Competition and Totaled Over 1,400 Pounds
Justin Medeiros, who has been crowned Fittest Man on Earth® twice, could not wait for the 2024 CrossFit season to hoist a barbell in competition. On Dec. 16, 2023, Medeiros made his competitive powerlifting debut at the 2023 USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Holiday Hoist in the raw 90-kilogram (198-pound) weight class; he was one of five athletes in the…
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Patrick O’Connell’s Step-By-Step Snatch Guide
The snatch is an Olympic weightlifting movement that is critical for CrossFit athletes to perform well. It requires significant techniques from setup positioning to hand grips to execution of the lift. Snatches for time, volume, and one-rep-max load are commonly used in competitive CrossFit contests. On Dec. 10, 2023, Patrick O’Connell published a video on former CrossFit Games…
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Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Trains In Her Brand New Gym
Taking a break from competitive CrossFit for the majority of the 2023 CrossFit Games season due to her pregnancy, six-time Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr secured a commendable second-place finish at the 2023 Rogue Invitational behind the reigning CrossFit Games champion Laura Horvath. With the 2024 CrossFit Games season kicking off with the CrossFit Open on Feb….
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2023 Dubai Fitness Championships Results
The 2023 Dubai Fitness Championships (DFC) took place Dec. 8-10, 2023. The invite-only contest featured some of the world’s top CrossFitters in the Individual Women’s and Individual Men’s divisions competing across three days of grueling workouts. After eight events, which included an obstacle race, a full weightlifting competition, and a chipper, Karin Freyová of Slovakia and Roman Khrennikov…
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2023 WheelWOD Games Results — The Champions Have Been Crowned
From Nov. 30 to Dec. 3, 2023, many of the best adaptive athletes on the planet competed in Raleigh, NC, in search of becoming a WheelWOD Games champion. CrossFit Games vets like Christina Mazzullo, Alyssa Kobela, Brett Horchar, and Tom Miazga all took home wins, while fellow fan favorite PRVN Fitness and Nike athlete Amy Bream earned herself…
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2024 CrossFit Semifinal Dates and Locations Revealed
The 2024 CrossFit Semifinals are the penultimate contests to determine which athletes qualify for the 2024 CrossFit Games, set to take place in Fort Worth, TX, on Aug. 8-11, 2024. The 2024 CrossFit season schedule includes the 2024 CrossFit Semifinals across seven regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America East, North America West, Oceania, and South America. Each competition…
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2023 Dubai Fitness Championship Rosters Confirmed
The 2023 Dubai Fitness Championship (DFC) is a three-day competition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, taking place Dec. 8-10, 2023. The invite-only contest draws some of CrossFit’s top athletes from around the globe to compete for $259,000 in cash prizes. The opening day of the competition will take place off-site at a yet-to-be-announced location. Days Two and Three…
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CrossFit Affiliate Fees to Increase for First Time in 11 Years
On Nov. 30, 2023, CrossFit HQ emailed CrossFit affiliate owners announcing the first affiliate fee increase in 11 years. In the email, CrossFit CEO Don Faul detailed the affiliate fee will increase from $3,000 to $4,500 — a 50 percent increase. This change will take effect on each affiliate’s anniversary date, and there will be “two ‘follow-on’ tiers that…
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Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr’s First Full Day of Training for the 2024 CrossFit Season
After taking time off from competing to give birth to her first daughter, Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr proved her fitness remains intact with a runner-up finish at the 2023 Rogue Invitational. Toomey-Orr returned to training for the 2024 CrossFit season shortly thereafter. On Nov. 16, 2023, she published a video on her YouTube channel wherein she shared her programming on day one…
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