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November 13, 2023By Brian
Throughout the offseason I’ve been traveling around the world to competitions big and small doing my best to learn as much as I can about the best CrossFitters around the globe. It’s a very difficult task as there are athletes everywhere, constantly competing, improving and popping up on the radar. They don’t all compete against
November 8, 2023By Brian
Photo Credit: CrossFit LLC Open Length and Dates The Open will be three weeks long once again this year. That is consistent with how it’s been since 2021. The Open is taking place between February 29 and March 18, which is very much in line with what we’ve come to expect in terms of Open
November 7, 2023By Brian
Welcome to the November Friendly WODs. This is a running blog style article documenting (most) of the workouts I do. I will be on the road on and off during this month, making it challenging to find any normal rhythm to training. Thank you to those of you who follow along, the accountability here goes
November 6, 2023By Brian
Photo Credit: Rogue Invitational Picking up where part one left off, part two starts with midday on Saturday and “The Duel III”. Event 5: “The Duel III“ B.Friendly Stats and Barclay Dale have already provided an in-depth analysis of this event. If you missed it, we dive into the athlete’s times and how much better
November 3, 2023By Brian
Image Credit: FitFest Instagram Earlier today FitFest announced the three team captains for their Elite Athlete Showcase event to take place in the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, United Kingdom on December 8-10. Billed as the “Ultimate Fitness Festival”, the event will feature some of the best CrossFit athletes on the competition floor in
November 2, 2023By Barclay Dale
Photos by: Rogue Invitational If you kept up with B.Friendly Fitness on Instagram throughout the Rogue Invitational, you may have seen our stories where we shared our top-10 “Friendly Facts” of the day powered by B.Friendly Stats. In case you missed any of them, we have compiled all of our “Friendly Facts” of Rogue below.
November 1, 2023By Brian
Photos by: Athlete’s Eye Stop number 10 in the B.Friendly Fitness World Tour is seemingly appropriate in corresponding with the most prestigious of all the offseason competitions: the Rogue Invitational. This was the fifth iteration of the competition, my second time being there in person, and the first time I’ve had a chance to actually
October 30, 2023By Barclay Dale
The 2023 Rogue Invitational saw the third iteration of “The Duel” and for the first time, we saw it with just two movements. “The Duel” is an elimination style event filtering down the entire field of athletes over four rounds down to two athletes who face off for the win in one final round. The
October 27, 2023By Barclay Dale
Photo Credit: Athlete’s Eye Day two at the 2023 Rogue Invitational kicked off with “Seat At The Bar” for the individuals: a couplet of log muscle-ups and back squats. These two movements are not new to the Rogue Invitational appearing in separate events at the 2022 iteration. “Ski Bar” featured 40 total log muscle-ups sandwiching
October 24, 2023By Brian
Photo Credit: Athlete’s Eye By: Brian Friend and Barclay Dale Rogue Women’s Picks: Best Performances and Movements By pretty much any metric you want to use, from top to bottom, the Rogue Invitational is the most prestigious CrossFit competition of the year. You get a majority of the fittest men and women from the previous
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