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CrossFit Games 2026 — Day Two Recap: Sprague and Cringle Seize Control in San Jose

CrossFit Games 2026 — Day Two Recap: Sprague and Cringle Seize Control in San Jose

The 20th CrossFit Games rolled into its second day of individual action at the SAP Center, and two names have separated themselves at the top. Here's your Day Two recap, plus the full top 15 men and top 15 women....

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Games Day 1: Sprague Grabs the Men’s Lead, Aimee Cringle Steals the Show

Games Day 1: Sprague Grabs the Men’s Lead, Aimee Cringle Steals the Show

The 2026 CrossFit Games roared into life in San Jose, and day one delivered one of the most brutal openers in the event's history — seven events, 30 men, 30 women, and a leaderboard that flipped right up to the...

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How to Watch the 2026 CrossFit Games from Australia (and Around the World)

How to Watch the 2026 CrossFit Games from Australia (and Around the World)

The 2026 CrossFit Games run from 22–26 July in San Jose, California, and this year there's a genuine reason for Aussies to be excited beyond the competition itself: the time difference works in our favour. While fans in California are settling in...

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The Fittest on Earth, Live from the Shark Tank: Your 2026 CrossFit Games Preview

The Fittest on Earth, Live from the Shark Tank: Your 2026 CrossFit Games Preview

The biggest week of the functional-fitness calendar is finally here. The 2026 CrossFit Games kick off this week in San Jose, California, and for the twentieth year running the fittest athletes on the planet will go head-to-head for the title...

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HYROX Just Rewrote the Rulebook — What the 2026/27 Changes Mean for You

HYROX Just Rewrote the Rulebook — What the 2026/27 Changes Mean for You

If you're racing HYROX this season, the goalposts have moved. Ahead of the 2026/27 season, HYROX has released a set of competition-standard clarifications that tighten up how you'll be judged on the floor — and a couple of them are...

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Hyrox Is Now a $1bn Business — and LVMH Wants In

Hyrox Is Now a $1bn Business — and LVMH Wants In

Eight years ago, Hyrox was 650 people running and dragging sleds around a hall in Hamburg. Today, it's a takeover target for the richest man in fashion. Bernard Arnault's LVMH-backed private equity firm, L Catterton, is in exclusive talks to...

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Running With a Weighted Vest: What are the Benefits?

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Adidas Adizero Dropset Elite: The First True HYROX Race Shoe

Adidas Adizero Dropset Elite: The First True HYROX Race Shoe

Every HYROX athlete makes the same bad trade. Race in a runner and you're sliding through the sled push. Race in a lifter and you're dying by the fourth 1km. You pick which half of the race to lose. The...

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Should Hyrox Be Drug-Testing Harder?

Should Hyrox Be Drug-Testing Harder?

Hyrox has gone from niche fitness race to global spectacle in the blink of an eye — sold-out arenas, a world championship in Stockholm, six-figure prize pools and a stated ambition to become a "Tier 1" sport. And whenever money...

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Hyrox Pacing Strategy: How to Avoid Blowing Up in the Back Half

Hyrox Pacing Strategy: How to Avoid Blowing Up in the Back Half

Almost every Hyrox horror story sounds the same: the first few kilometres felt easy, the early stations flew by, and then somewhere around the sleds or the back-half runs the wheels came off. That is a pacing problem, not a...

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Hyrox Race Day Checklist: Gear, Nutrition and Warm-Up Timeline

Hyrox Race Day Checklist: Gear, Nutrition and Warm-Up Timeline

Months of training come down to one morning, so the last thing you want is a preventable mistake — the wrong shoes, an empty stomach or a rushed warm-up — costing you the race you have earned. This Hyrox race...

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Wall Balls at the Hyrox Finish: How to Break Up 100 Reps When You’re Cooked

Wall Balls at the Hyrox Finish: How to Break Up 100 Reps When You’re Cooked

The Hyrox wall balls are the last thing standing between you and the finish line, and they are where the race is truly decided. One hundred reps of squatting and throwing a weighted ball to a target, on legs and...

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Hyrox Sandbag Lunges: Technique, Leg-Saving Tips and How to Train Them for Race Day

Hyrox Sandbag Lunges: Technique, Leg-Saving Tips and How to Train Them for Race Day

The Hyrox sandbag lunges are the last station before your final run, and they are where a lot of races quietly fall apart. One hundred metres of walking lunges with a sandbag on your shoulders, on legs that have already...

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