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  • Top 4 Highest Paying CrossFit Competitions of 2023

    Top 4 Highest Paying CrossFit Competitions of 2023

    Which CrossFit competitions pay the most? In this article we list the top 4 highest paying CrossFit competitions around the world.

  • 2020 Rogue Invitational Final Results + Events

    2020 Rogue Invitational Final Results + Events

    This past weekend the 2020 Rogue Invitational took place, and although the competition format was different than usual the results at the end of the weekend were the same. Due to COVID-19 regulations the athletes were not on the same floor as usual but instead competed out of their hometown gyms from around the world….

  • How Much Prize Money Rich Froning Has Won Throughout His Crossfit Career

    How Much Prize Money Rich Froning Has Won Throughout His Crossfit Career

    Everyone knows it pays to be the champ. The most decorated Crossfit athlete of all time, Rich Froning has been competing since 2010 and has only known success. Along with that success has come a good deal of prize money, but how much exactly? We break it down below. 2011 Regionals 1st place: Central East…

  • Necessary Strength in Crossfit: The Games vs Sanctionals vs The Open

    Necessary Strength in Crossfit: The Games vs Sanctionals vs The Open

    Although the Crossfit foundation pyramid, or “theoretical hierarchy of development” looks like this: Many athletes tend to actually place a much higher emphasis on strength when it comes to training for Crossfit competitions, however that may not be the best use of their time. It is true that the stronger you are the easier every…

  • This Shows Just How Good Cole Sager Really Is

    This Shows Just How Good Cole Sager Really Is

    Last week we wrote a post where we chose Cole Sager as one of our favorites to win the 2020 Wodapalooza competition even though he was underdog. Well, he ended up in a tie with Patrick Vellner at 714 points and unfortunately lost the tie break awarding him the silver instead of the gold. Although…

  • Tia-Clair Toomey Vs Sara Sigmundsdottir at Wodapalooza 2020

    Tia-Clair Toomey Vs Sara Sigmundsdottir at Wodapalooza 2020

    Heading into Wodapalooza 2020 both Tia-Clair Toomey and Sara Sigmundsdottir were coming off of Sanctionals wins. Tia had just dominated the inaugural Mayhem Classic where she won 6 out of 7 events and got 2nd in the only one she didn’t win. Sara had just won the Crossfit Filthy 150 and the Dubai Crossfit Championship,…

  • These Are The Athletes Most Likely To Win Wodapalooza 2020

    These Are The Athletes Most Likely To Win Wodapalooza 2020

    One of the most competitive Sanctionals of the 2020 season, second only to the Rogue Invitational, Wodapalooza 2020 starts tomorrow and some heavy hitters are looking for a big pay day. Last year Crossfit Games podium veteran Patrick Vellner won the men’s side by a large margin of 124 points over second place while on…

  • Sara Sigmundsdóttir: Queen Of Sanctionals

    Sara Sigmundsdóttir: Queen Of Sanctionals

    With the introduction of worldwide Crossfit Sanctionals last year athletes have had the choice to ignore them and focus on the Open as their path to the Crossfit Games or embrace them and make some money on the side. And no one has embraced them more than Sara Sigmundsdóttir. Since 2019 Sigmundsdottir has competed in…

  • Brent Fikowski, Crossfit Underdog?

    Brent Fikowski, Crossfit Underdog?

    The 2019 Dubai Crossfit Championship recently wrapped up and with it Brent Fikowski won his 1st Sanctional of the season, while Sara Sigmundsdottir has won her second in a row (Filthy 150). On the team side Misfit P10 Performance took home the gold. Full results: MEN Brent Fikowski Patrick Vellner Roman Khrennikov WOMEN Sara Sigmundsdottir…

  • How Strong Are Crossfit Women? This Chart Shows

    How Strong Are Crossfit Women? This Chart Shows

    Since strength training is such a huge part of the Crossfit system it is no surprise that Crossfit women are much stronger than the average woman, while doing so at a lower bodyweight. But we’re not only referring to back squats and deadlifts, Crossfit women also excel at more technical olympic weightlifting movements such as…