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The sport was founded and developed by Tony Budding, a former employee of CrossFit Inc., who had had significant involvement in the CrossFit Games as media director. [3] The NPGL was originally to be named the National Pro Fitness League.
CrossFit is a branded fitness regimen that involves constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity. [1] The method was developed by Greg Glassman, [2] who founded CrossFit with Lauren Jenai in 2000, [3] [4] [5] with CrossFit its registered trademark. [6]
The CrossFit Games is an annual athletic competition owned and operated by CrossFit, LLC. [1] Athletes compete in a series of events at the Games, which may be various standard CrossFit workouts consisting of metabolic conditioning exercises, weightlifting, and gymnastics movements, as well as a range of activities from other sports such as swimming, road cycling and strongman.
Wodapalooza Fitness Festival (WZA) is an annual four-day functional fitness festival held in Miami centered on a CrossFit competition. The event was first established in 2012 and has since developed into one of the largest fitness festival in the world and a major CrossFit competition with thousands of athletes from around the world competing.
EXOS Human Capital LLC is a private personalized performance training institute, with an estimated 1001 to 5000 employees and $100-$500 million annual revenue. Their primary competitors include Plus One Health Management, Health Fitness, and Aquila LTD. [3] [4]
The Open started on February 29, 2024, and continued for three weeks until 18 March. [22] [23] A workout was released every week for a total of 3 workouts.[24] [25] [26] This year 343,528 athletes (344,396 including the adaptive divisions) registered for the Open, up over 6% from 2023.
Bally Total Fitness was an American fitness club chain. At its 2007 peak, prior to the filing of the first of two Chapter 11 bankruptcies, Bally operated nearly 440 facilities located in 29 U.S. states, Mexico, Canada, South Korea, China, and the Caribbean under the Bally Total Fitness, Crunch Fitness, Gorilla Sports, Pinnacle Fitness, Bally Sports Clubs, and Sports Clubs of Canada brands.
Khalipa opened his first gym, CrossFit Santa Clara [11] nearly a month after winning his first CrossFit Games in 2008. Khalipa's recognition grew in the CrossFit world and wrote As Many Reps As Possible about his career. [12] [13] He became dedicated to learning more about health and fitness as a competitor and a coach. [14]