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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.
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.
Two Kansas City-area women will test their mettle at the 2023 CrossFit Games from Aug. 1-6 in Madison, Wisconsin. Carrie Rieger is competing in the age 45-49 division, while Olivia Kerstetter is a ...
The 2023 CrossFit Games is the 17th edition of the premier competition in the sport of CrossFit held from August 1 to August 6, 2023, in Madison, Wisconsin. [1] The winners were Laura Horvath for the women's competition, Jeffrey Adler for the men's, and CrossFit Invictus for the team's.
The 2022 CrossFit Games is the 16th iteration of the annual competition in the sport of CrossFit held from August 3 to August 7, 2022, in Madison, Wisconsin. [1] [2] Both Justin Medeiros and Tia-Clair Toomey repeated their 2021 win in their respective men's and women's competitions, [3] while CrossFit Mayhem Freedom won the team competition.
The Rogue Invitational also featured a Rogue Record Breaker event and a Legends competition for CrossFit veterans. [1] The winners are Patrick Vellner for the CrossFit men's competition, Laura Horvath for the women's, and Mitchell Hooper for the strongman. [2] The prize purse was at a minimum of $1,275,000, [3] and reached over $1.6 million ...
The inaugural Games consisted of three events. [10] [11] The first two events were contested on Day 1, and the final event on Day 2. [12]The first event was determined on the day by drawing colored balls at random from a hopper (using a peanut roaster), [13] as the founder of CrossFit Greg Glassman believed that the fittest athletes should be able to handle any workout given.