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The second stop of our summer brings us to Oslo, Norway, a place we visited last year, but did not cover any competitions from. This year, that changes, as we have two Throwdown Events on the calendar. First up of those two is the Norwegian Throwdown which is set to take place this weekend in
History and Origins Since 2016, just six months after discovering CrossFit in his own life, Roger Gillros has been running CrossFit competitions in Norway and Sweden. For the past three years his company, Throwdown Events, has been running a minimum of five successful competitions between the two Scandinavian countries on an annual basis. This weekend,
Stop two of four of the summer swing takes us to Denver, Colorado for a one day, three hours, invitation-only REPS AHEAD Pro 3 Showcase being billed as Redemption. Two community matches, one undercard, and three main cards will all take on “John” a workout Phil Thomas, Founder of REPS AHEAD, created. “John” (named after
The Semifinal whirlwind has settled down, and while the tested and proven few who have advanced to the 2024 CrossFit Games retreat to their training in preparation for that competition in August, fitness rolls on all over the world in the interim. Before we get to Fort Worth, Texas, we have four stops (two domestic
We are playing catch-up for a few “Friend of the Week” announcements as we got extremely busy during the Quarterfinal stage and we also wanted to wait for the CrossFit Games Quarterfinal leaderboard to finalize. But at the end, just like we did in the CrossFit Open, we decided to go with two athletes including
The online stages of the 2024 CrossFit Games season are behind us, and all eyes are on the seven semifinals which will take place on six continents over the course of three weekends. We will have specific shows on Tuesday at 1 pm EST the week prior to each of those three weekends where I
Before the CrossFit Games season Semifinals get underway, we will be in Greece for the Athens Throwdown for one of the biggest competitions in Europe. The competition is set to host over 1200 athletes on two competition floors over three days of action. Where: Faliro Olympic Sports Hall When: May 3-5 2024 Who: Over 1200
The newest addition to the BFriendly Fitness 2024-2025 World Tour is FITTEST of South Carolina, a competition for the top athletes in South Carolina. Where: Greenville Convention Center, Greenville, South Carolina When: June 21-23 (Friday-Sunday) Divisions: Elite, 35-39, 40–44, 45-49, 50-54, 55+ (men and women for both) How to Watch: Elite stream will be
Image Courtesy of @r1ckjones If you are not familiar with the competitions J.R. Howell, owner of CrossFit Crash and co-host of Shut Up and Scribble, puts on biannually for high level athletes in the Southeast of the United States, it’s time to get acquainted with them. In the Fall, Crash Crucible, is primarily a proving
This week’s “Friend of the Week” is a name well known in the CrossFit space but has been making the news lately for her fitness in other endurance sports. Kristi O’Connell is this week’s recipient for the week of April 8-14, 2024 after her amazing performance at the Zion Ultras in Apple Valley, Utah this
