For years it has felt like the depth of the European men’s field has been increasing, and yet their opportunity at Semifinals has always remained about half of that compared to North America. This year, that continues to be the case (Europe get 40 spots to North America’s 80 at Semifinals, with a guaranteed minimum
For this week’s “Friend of the Week” we decided to go with two athletes considering they both accomplished something very significant in the CrossFit space, winning the CrossFit Worldwide Open. CrossFit Games veteran and European mainstay Jonne Koski and up-and-coming superstar Gracie Walton are this week’s recipients for the week of March 12-19, 2024. The
Image Credit – Eurasia Throwdown This week’s “Friend of the Week” comes from us courtesy of Brian Friend’s travel adventures. Brian found himself in Istanbul, Turkey covering the Eurasia Throwdown Final as part of his second stop in the “2024-25 B.Friendly Fitness World Tour” and found a diamond in the rough, one of the reasons
With the official start of the 2024 CrossFit Games season occurring last Thursday with the Open announcement, we decided that would be an appropriate time to unveil the B.Friendly Fitness “Friend of the Week”. The purpose of the “Friend of the Week” is to recognize athletes within the functional fitness community for their achievements not
Fresh off the road after a 20-stop inaugural “2023-24 B.Friendly Fitness Offseason World Tour”, dates and competitions for the “2024-25 B.Friendly Fitness World Tour” have been announced with next weekend’s Sandclash in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia kicking off the current 12-month, 33-city tour, that will have the B.Friendly Fitness team providing fitness competition and CrossFit community
This is the third part of a three part series ranking the top-30 women from the “Madison Era” (2017-2023) of the CrossFit Games. “Madison Era Women” 30-16 “Madison Era Women” 15-6 *Note: These are my personal rankings. Thursday on the B.Friendly Fitness Podcast I will be joined by John Young of JY Barbell Club, who
Picking up where we left off on the women’s rankings during the “Madison Era” of the CrossFit Games, this is the second in a three part series of articles ranking the top-30 women from that seven year stretch. Madison Era Women 30-16 *Note: These are my personal rankings. Thursday on the BFriendly Fitness Podcast I
Following the 2023 CrossFit Games the “Madison Era” of the Games is now officially behind us. Similarly to how we did for the Ranch Era and the Carson Era, we’ve set out to try and identify the top athletes from the third location that has played host to the CrossFit Games, Madison, Wisconsin. Changing Formats
This is the third part of a three part series ranking the top-30 men from the “Madison Era” (2017-2023) of the CrossFit Games. Madison Era Men: 30-16 Madison Era Men: 15-6 *Note: These are my personal rankings. Thursday on the B.Friendly Fitness Podcast I will be joined by John Young of JY Barbell Club, who
Picking up where we left off on the men’s rankings during the “Madison Era” of the CrossFit Games, this is the second in a three part series of articles ranking the Top -30 men from that seven year stretch. Madison Era Men 30-16 *Note: These are my personal rankings. Thursday on the B.Friendly Fitness Podcast