Drop the misery and bring the fun, be with us and be wrapped in song!
Join CrossFit Croydon to celebrate Rock the Box Benefit Day.
“Good Vibes, Great Music and a Better Cause”
Save the Date: August 15, 2015, 3:00PM- 10:00PM and rock with the bands!
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CrossFit CEO shares his sentiments and insights with Bruce DePuyt regarding the DC bill which targets fitness instructors.
Watch it here!
F45 Champions had a message for CrossFit champs Rich Froning and Ben Smith.
Watch the 100k call out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKMq4beL8tw
F45 might not have pulled Rich and Ben to their event, but the guys of F45 got a little taste of some real fit dudes. CrossFit Games Competitors Noah Ohlsen & Kenny Leverich and CrossFit Regionals Competitor Ronnie Teasdale along with Nate Pontious took home the 100k.
Are you even surprised though?
Louden Swain shows that weight-cutting has not diminished his strength.
Watch it here!
After almost a decade dedicated to the sport and competing at the CrossFit Games, Ben Smith is now officially the “Fittest Man on Earth.” Wonder what he does in the gym? TWL found a highlight reel that will be sure to fire you up.
Watch the 2015 CrossFit champ’s best training performance below!
Follow 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games qualifiers Dan Bailey, Mat Fraser, Noah Ohlsen and Scott Panchik in the weeks leading up the Games.
Watch here to know what goes on behind the scenes with the athletes!
Credits to Ian Wittenber.
CrossFit Cronulla: Where Fun Rules
The two coach at CrossFit Cronulla in Cronulla, Australia Nick Evans and Matt Healey like to have fun.
That fun includes lifting in Speedos, handstand-walking across the street and dancing—lots of dancing.
Their goal is to make sure people get fit while also having fun.
“You can still train as hard as you like and have a little bit of fun, as well,” Healey says. “At the end of the day, you’ve got to be having fun if you want to do well.”
Watch here why Evan came up with this words- ““We do feel like this isn’t a job,”“We get to do exactly what we love.”
Rich Froning and James Hobart do the Split Chipper workout, posted on CrossFit main site for Friday, July 10, 2015.
For time:
21 one-legged squats with a 65-lb. dumbbell
185-lb. clean and jerks, 15 reps
9 muscle-ups
Rest 15 minutes
Then, for time:
21 parallette handstand push-ups
165-lb. snatches, 15 reps
9 muscle-ups
Watch it here!
Video Creds: CrossFit
Has anyone else attempted this madness?
Annie Thorisdottir is a two time CrossFit world champion and the only woman to win back to back titles in 2011 and 2012. However, before stepping foot on the CrossFit Games podium she had to go through some low points in her career. Those low points only proved to push her harder.
Watch here as Annie Thorisdottir recalls the different obstacles she had to overcome before she was proclaimed as the World CrossFit Champ twice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI51PPrKc7A
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A few more events can be added to the list for the 2015 CrossFit Games and we are pumped on these. Check out below for the 2 events that were announced for Friday and Saturday.
Sprint Course:
A mix up between the ZigZag Sprint, O-Course, and Sprint Sled will go down Saturday night at StubHub. We know Dan Bailey, the former track star, was hoping for this one.
CFHQ announced vaguely how it will work:
“A heat of athletes will sprint from one side of the field, around and over obstacles, in a race to the other side. This will be one scored event.
After a brief rest, the same heat of athletes will sprint back for a second scored event. ”
Snatch Speed Ladder:
Back by popular demand! Dave Castro announces another speed ladder event, this time– the snatch. At Regionals we saw who could lift a heavy snatch after a little bit of shoulder fatigue, now it’s time to see which athlete can move heavy weight fast. If you remember last year’s clean speed ladder (explained below), the format will stay the same for Friday’s snatch speed ladder.
CLEAN SPEED LADDER
This event will be broken into 3 rounds: Quarterfinal, Semifinal and Final. Athletes will be ranked by their time to complete each ladder, or by the heaviest weight cleaned.
Quarterfinal Round:
For time:
1 squat clean (245 / 155 lb.)
1 squat clean (255 / 160 lb.)
1 squat clean (265 / 165 lb.)
1 squat clean (270 / 170 lb.)
1 squat clean (275 / 175 lb.)
Time Cap: 2 minutes
Top 24 athletes advance
Semifinal Round:
For time:
1 squat clean (280 / 180 lb.)
1 squat clean (290 / 185 lb.)
1 squat clean (300 / 190 lb.)
1 squat clean (305 / 195 lb.)
1 squat clean (310 / 200 lb.)
Time Cap: 3 minutes
Top 8 athletes advance
Final Round:
For time:
1 squat clean (315 / 205 lb.)
1 squat clean (325 / 210 lb.)
1 squat clean (335 / 215 lb.)
1 squat clean (340 / 220 lb.)
1 squat clean (345 / 225 lb.)
Time Cap: 4 minutes
Check out the original announcement from CrossFit HQ here
The first announced workout of the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games is hero WOD “Murph.” The hero WODs have shown up heavily already this year with “Randy” and “Tommy V” in the mix at Regionals. Not a huge surprise when Castro kept the trend going by announcing a workout that has been deemed as one of the most brutal CrossFit workouts.
If you need a refresher main site originally posted “Murph” the hero WOD in 2005 and it looked like this:
“In memory of Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, N.Y., who was killed in Afghanistan June 28th, 2005.
“Murph”
For time:
1 mile Run
100 Pull-ups
200 Push-ups
300 Squats
1 mile Run
This workout was one of Mike’s favorites and he’d named it “Body Armor”. From here on it will be referred to as “Murph” in honor of the focused warrior and great American who wanted nothing more in life than to serve this great country and the beautiful people who make it what it is.
Partition the pull-ups, push-ups, and squats as needed. Start and finish with a mile run. If you’ve got a twenty pound vest or body armor, wear it.”
No further information was released by Castro, so who knows where this workout will show up in the line of events over the course of the weekend. With stakes this high, we should see some unbelievable times coming out of this group of athletes.
For Castro’s original announcement, check out this link here
Is it just a coincidence that CrossFit HQ generously gave each Games athlete an assault bike after their successful regionals run? Or will this terrorizing piece of equipment turn up in Carson?
We haven’t seen stationary bikes at The Games since “Killer Kage” in 2011 when they incorporated monkey bars, front squats and the “WattBike.” A painful little triplet that played out like this:
What if Castro pulls the ultimate #TBT with a twist at this years CrossFit Games?
“Killer Kage” with the assault bike… that even hurts to say.
If the assault bike is added to an event line-up for the 2015 CrossFit Games, what do you think the WOD will be?
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