Tag: crossfit
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How To Build Big Legs In A Crossfit Gym
Crossfit is excellent at making the average person extremely fit, very fast. Due to the unique nature of Crossfit style workouts (WODs) people shred fat and build muscle almost immediately after joining a box. It is perhaps one of the worlds best, if not the best way to get in shape in the shortest amount…
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Top 10 Females Under 25 Ranked For The 2020 Crossfit Season
At the 2019 Crossfit Games there were three females aged 25 or under that finished in the top 10, six that finished in the top 20, and ten that finished in the top 30. Typically in Crossfit once you reach that level of success your momentum carries you for the next year or even couple…
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Top Crossfit Athletes in Big Media (ESPN, CNN,…)
Large news and media organizations have been slowly realizing over the past few years that Crossfit athletes truly are some of the fittest athletes on Earth, if not THE fittest. Along with this the consistent and explosive growth of the Crossfit Games over the years has definitely made some top athletes mini-celebrities. Below we listed…
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3 Benefits of The HyperIce Hypervolt
If you’re here right now that probably means you workout with enough intensity to warrant a search for something to help with muscle tightness, and you’re not looking for another foam roller. You may have heard of the Hypervolt in your gym or even briefly used it on yourself and thought “Hey, that feels good…
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Noah Ohlsen Squat Volume at The 2019 Crossfit Games
Crossfit athletes are no stranger to squats, in fact they probably do more squats than any other movement. There are two reasons for this: Squats are a compound movement that benefit strength, aesthetics, and health. There are many squat varieties incorporated in Crossfit: back squats, front squats, overhead squats, cleans, snatches, pistol squats, etc. The…
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Is Strength No Longer Necessary At The Crossfit Games?
Strength has always been an important part of the Crossfit Games and it has often been the primary separator between the elite and the average Crossfit athlete. If you can not move the weight that is required of you in a Crossfit competition you simply can’t participate, it’s as easy as that. Even Ben Bergeron,…
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How Did Training Think Tank Athletes Finish at The 2019 Crossfit Games
When it comes to sports it’s often not important about the number of athletes you have competing but instead how well those athletes actually perform. The Crossfit Games is no different and with this year’s format changes athletes were tested in ways they never before had to worry about it. These changes were seen as…
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How Much Running Has Been Programmed At The Crossfit Games
Although running has yet to have been introduced in the Open it has remained an integral part of Crossfit Games programming. To truly test the fittest on Earth running must be included in both longer and shorter distances and the Games has consistently done just that. Below is the total number of running miles programmed…
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2019 Crossfit Games Prize Payouts
The 2019 Crossfit Games just wrapped up and history was both made and repeated. Tia-Clair Toomey became the first female in Crossfit Games history to win 3 times while Mat Fraser became the second male ever to win 4 straight championships. The prize payouts also happened to be the largest in Crossfit Games history, coming…
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Where Did Tia-Clair Toomey Beat Laura Horvath In 2018?
Last year rookie Laura Horvath almost pulled off the upset by finishing in 2nd place at the 2018 Crossfit Games, coming only 65 points short of de-throning now 2x defending champion Tia-Clair Toomey. To many that weren’t paying close enough attention it seemed as though Horvath came out of nowhere, but in reality the signs…