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Photo Credit: Rafael Paredes Contributions from Rebecca Birch In terms of what we know already…. and this is all from the FitFest social media – no insider info… From the overall event side, Strength in Depth and NFG (National Fitness Games) merged and have put on a number of events already in 2023 including SiD
Photo Credit: Desert City Classic I believe this is the first stop on the tour that I had a hand in programming for the competition, or at least a much more significant hand than minor suggestions here and there which does happen on occasion in the run up to different competitions. Taylor Self, J.R. Howell,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
