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January 26, 2025By Brian
Written by Maysa Hannawi While it’s an exceptional feat to qualify for the elite division of WZA across the board, there is something special about the women’s division, and it was on display this Saturday. The day kicked off with the Overhead Squad workout, where teams had to overhead squat an ascending weight, descending rep
January 25, 2025By Brian
Written by Maysa Hannawi In 2022, Lucy Campbell burst onto the CrossFit Games scene. The national junior-level swimmer turned CrossFitter qualified for her first Games by taking 5th place at the Lowlands Throwdown. As a rookie, Campbell placed 16th and took two event wins, including the final, putting her name on the map. In 2023,
January 18, 2025By Brian
As always the field for TYR Wodapalooza is flooded with talent from all around the world, from the community divisions, all the way to the elite, groups of friends and training partners converge, this year, for the first time ever, on Miami Beach, for the biggest fitness festival of the year. Our focus today is
January 9, 2025By Brian
A top heavy mens field, and the deepest talent pool of elite women’s field post-Covid have been announced and are ready to tackle year one of TYR WZA in a brand new location, Miami Beach! Competition Format As has become the norm these last few years at TYR WZA, the elite athlete schedule gives them
December 26, 2024By Brian
Photo Credits: Nikolaj Rønnow By Maysa Hannawi The world of functional fitness has spun on the axis of CrossFit Headquarters for over a decade. Four months ago that changed. Coming off a CrossFit Games that changed the way people viewed not only the corporation, but the sport, there was a spotlight put on all events
December 4, 2024By Brian
For over a decade the Dubai Fitness Championship has stood sentinel as one of the most premier offseason earning opportunities for elite athletes in competitive fitness; and this year is no different. Due to the constantly changing landscape of the sport, including the Rogue Invitational coming to Europe this year, the recent introduction of the
December 2, 2024By Brian
Photo Credits: CrossFit LLC Just a couple of weeks after one of the best men to ever do it (Brent Fikowski) retired, one of the great female champions in our sport officially brings an end to her competitive career in CrossFit as well. Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir stole the hearts of the CrossFit world during the 2015 and
November 20, 2024By Brian
Just over a year ago the first Pro event for Reps Ahead debuted with a featured match between James Sprague and Tyler Eggiman. Many who have watched this match still believe it is the best match in the history of Pro Reps Ahead bouts; though the recent match between Sprague and Hopper at TYR WZA
November 14, 2024By Brian
After the first ever European Rogue Invitational, Brian is heading to Serbia for the second edition of the Belgrade Games. Originally scheduled for September, the 2024 Belgrade Games was postponed two months following the passing of Lazar Dukic at the CrossFit Games this summer. Accordingly, in addition to being a big competition for the community
November 12, 2024By Brian
Photo Credits: Athlete’s Eye In six years of the Rogue Invitational there have still only been two female champions, that comes as no surprise to anyone, but the totality of what Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and Laura Horvath have achieved over that span, and in particular this year, is somewhat mind-boggling when you actually take a moment
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