CrossFit
Photo Credit: Power Monkey Fitness This is a three part series about my experience Power Monkey Camp 20. In case you missed part one: find it here. Day 2 (Monday) Monday and Tuesday will follow a very similar cadence in terms of the structure of camp: The structured day starts with breakfast at either 7 or
Photo Credit: Marius Vérité Stop 1: Finland (Turun Tuomiopäivä) Stop 2: Utah (The Iron Games) Stop 3: Three Rivers, Michigan (Pit Teen Throwdown) Stop 4: Madrid Championship Stop 5: Sweden (Halmstad Throwdown) For the first time on the trip, we’re in a place where there is no competition going on…but that doesn’t mean there weren’t plenty
Photo Credit: Jordan Samuel/Power Monkey Fitness Stop 7: Crossville, Tennessee How’d I End Up Here? Back in the United States! Stop 7 brings us to the legendary Power Monkey Camp. Last year at the Masters Fitness Championships I had the chance to get to know Dave Durante, Mike Cerbus, and Jordan Samuel much better than I
Photo Credit: Rickard Eimecke Stop five, Sweden. If you’ve missed any of the others: Stop 1: Finland – Turun Tuomiopäivä Stop 2: Utah – The Iron Games Stop 3: Three Rivers, Michigan (Pit Teen Throwdown) Stop 4: Madrid Championship Following four-straight weeks of broadcasting events, the trip is taking a turn in a bit of
Stop four, the Madrid Championship at the Caja Majica in Madrid, Spain. Stop 1: Finland (Turun Tuomopaiva) Stop 2: Utah (The Iron Games) Stop 3: Three Rivers, Michigan (Pit Teen Throwdown) I was invited to be a part of the broadcast for the Madrid Championships for 2023 a few months before the competition and felt
Stop three on the tour takes us to Three Rivers, Michigan for the Pit Teen Throwdown. Stop 1: Finland (Turun Tuomopaiva) Stop 2: Utah (The Iron Games) This is a competition I had been trying to get to for a couple years now and it never worked out. I’m grateful they didn’t give up on
Photo Credit: Northern California Classic When the Regional format of the CrossFit Games season was abandoned after the 2018 season it left California, at one point considered the Mecca of CrossFit, without a premiere competition. It was because of this void that the Northern California Classic was created. This year’s version promises to be their
Photo Credit: Héctor Estévez The 2023 Madrid Championship starts Thursday, September 7. This year it’s a four day event for the elite divisions, which will be broadcast in English on YouTube and in Spanish on DAZN. The rosters for the elite individual divisions were preliminary announced via the Madrid Championship Instagram, but that was
Welcome to the third month of Friendly WODs. This is a running blog style article documenting (most) of the workouts I do. I will be on the road the entire month, making it challenging to find any normal rhythm to training. Thank you to those of you who follow along, the accountability here goes a
Photo Credit: Nick Burns Extremely quick turn around following the trip to Finland before heading West to Utah for the Iron Games. History of the Iron Games This is the fifth year of the Iron Games, which are located in Cedar City, Utah. While the competition is well run and fairly well known, it is
