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September 6, 2023By Brian
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
October 20, 2023By Brian
Photo Credit: Athlete’s Eye Photography The Rogue Invitational is back for the fifth consecutive year. Competition starts Thursday night October 26 from Round Rock, Texas at Dell Diamond and runs through Sunday, October 29. We don’t have any information yet about the programming, but based on the previous four years, there are several things we
August 31, 2023By Brian
Photo Credit: CrossFit LLC This is a list Brian has been keeping and updating once a year for several years. Below you will see last year’s top-40 contrasted with this year’s top-40: Main factors considered, and please note that these are weighed carefully but there is no perfect science: Top-40 Male CrossFitters, 2022 vs 2023:
November 22, 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
October 18, 2023By Brian
Photo Credit: Will Branstetter Nearing the halfway point in terms of off season CrossFit competitions and events, and this one (stop #9 of the world tour) is very close to home. Crash is only about 90 minutes driving distance from me, so no airplanes required, no major packing decisions needed, just load up the car
September 6, 2023By Brian
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
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
September 5, 2023By Brian
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
October 2, 2023By Brian
Photo Credit: Alexander Pettersson Welcome to the October 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
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