Tag: Sport: CrossFit
How to Watch CrossFit Open Announcement 24.1
The first live CrossFit Open workout announcement of the 2024 season is coming in hot on Thursday, February 29, on the official CrossFit YouTube channel. And we’ve got all the details you need to know heading into the event. [Related: Haley Adams Talks About Her Year Away From CrossFit Competition] 2024 CrossFit Open Workout 24.1 Matchups The live…
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Interview: Haley Adams Talks About Her Year Away From CrossFit Competition
Almost exactly one year ago, Haley Adams took to Instagram to announce that she was stepping away from CrossFit for the 2023 season. In her social media post, she stated that she had been doing CrossFit since she was 14 years old, and it was time to put herself first. She wanted to work on herself, both mentally…
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Breaking Down the Most Common CrossFit Open Movement Combinations
Constantly varied programming is at the core of CrossFit, and with a multitude of movements to choose from, we should expect to see plenty of variations in movement combinations during the 2024 CrossFit Open. To put some numbers to it, we took the total number of unique movements from the history of the CrossFit Open, which is 41…
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Meet Dylan Gibbs: The First U.S. Male Collegiate Functional Fitness National Champion
In early February, Dylan Gibbs, a biology student at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA, became the first USA Functional Fitness National Collegiate Champion in a down-to-the-wire competition that was determined in the fifth and final test between himself and Will Campbell. The test: 12-calorie row, 12 bar-facing burpees, and 12 thrusters at 135 pounds. Remind me:…
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CrossFit HQ’s Former Director of Marketing Opens New Affiliate
Keith Knapp and his wife Julianne found the perfect spot to open a small CrossFit box in their town of Fairfield, OH. Two weeks later, CrossFit HQ eliminated Keith’s job. The pair wanted to open a gym in addition to their full-time jobs. Still, when Knapp learned that his role as director of marketing was being eliminated, he…
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The Open Report: Week 5 — Qualifying for Quarterfinals
Editor’s note: “The Open Report” is a multi-part series written by Mike Halpin, which breaks down the current CrossFit Open registration numbers and examines where they stand in historical contexts. You can read the previous installments here. For most of us, the CrossFit Open is the beginning, middle, and end of our CrossFit competition season. Outside of a…
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CrossFit Open Workout 24.3 Matchup: Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Vs. Arielle Loewen
The final CrossFit Open Live Announcement athlete matchup of the year has just been revealed, and it looks like they may just have saved the best for last. We will be watching six-time CrossFit Games champion Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr go head-to-head against 2023 CrossFit Games bronze medalist Arielle Loewen in a battle that should set the tone for the…
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“My Hiller Challenge,” Part 3: Be Braver
Editor’s Note: This is the third part in a multiple-part series written by Athena Perez, chronicling the year-long challenge that she’s dubbed her “Hiller Challenge.” Throughout the year, Andrew Hiller, a prominent CrossFit YouTuber whose videos have inspired both die-hard followers and dissenters, will serve as Perez’s coach and they will both document the journey across social media (and in…
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Laura Horvath Takes 7th at 2024 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2024 European Weightlifting Championships have just concluded in Sofia, Bulgaria, and among the world’s strongest athletes in the competition was none other than 2023’s Fittest Woman on Earth, Laura Horvath. Just four months ago, Horvath won the 2023 Hungarian Weightlifting National Championship in the 76kg weight category with a total of 215 kilograms: At the 2024 Europeans,…
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Coach Zack Telander Hits a Conditioning Workout With Lance Armstrong
He’s still got it — at least, that was weightlifting coach and YouTuber Zack Telander‘s conclusion after partnering with seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong for a cycling-heavy conditioning workout on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Telander and Armstrong were joined by podcaster Chris Williamson and HYROX Games athlete Gus Manke at the Onnit Gym in Austin, TX….
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