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
Image Credit: Athlete’s Eye Photography Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Day Three: Sunday Five scored events are in the books, three scored events remain, and beginning the day the athletes once again were aware of two of them, and were in the dark about what the final would be. Another wrinkle which was announced
The 13th stop on the “B.Friendly Fitness” offseason tour is stop number two at a competition which will inherit a role in the CrossFit Games season for 2024. Kevin and Shannon Ogar will take over for the adaptive community in a big way next season as they continue to usher in the pursuit of increasing
Image Credit: Athlete’s Eye Photography Today CrossFit HQ sent out a correspondence explaining that for the first time in over a decade there will be an increase to affiliate fees. They identified affiliates as the lifeblood of CrossFit and expressed gratitude for their continued commitment. They also reiterated their goals of growing to 30 million
Image Credit: CrossFit LLC With the recent announcement from the Dubai Fitness Championship of Event 2, which they are calling “Dubai Elite Lifters Clash” (but is really just the Olympic lifting total- one rep max Snatch plus one rep Clean and Jerk), a few friends who I have tremendous respect for as both programmers and
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
Image Credit: Athlete’s Eye Photography On Dave Castro’s “Week in Review” this week he brought up the concept of a “Triple Crown”. This is not a new idea for himself, nor for many other people in the space. However if there is a person in the position to bring something like this to life, with
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: Power Monkey Fitness Part 3 Day 4 (Wednesday) Mayhem Morning A little deviation from the normal schedule today. The morning is devoted to a trip to CrossFit Mayhem (which is about 35 minutes away). After breakfast we loaded into buses, trucks, and cars and made the drive; not entirely sure what would happen upon