CrossFit’s popularity among service members and veterans is no secret. Love it or hate it, troops know that the functional fitness program takes seriously staying connected with the U.S. military.

Medically reviewed by Katrina Carter, DPT CrossFit is a high-intensity training program that can help you lose weight and improve heart healthCrossFit workouts include a warm-up, strength or skill ...

Memorial Day marks an important day in the CrossFit community, where CrossFit boxes (aka gyms) across the country do a Murph workout to honor Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, who was killed in the line ...

Picture, if you will, a sadistic trainer planning your workout. He’s brainstorming all the exercises he wants you to do. It’s a long list. And then, instead of choosing a few, he decides: “To hell ...

Although CrossFit — in their own words — is designed to 'deliver functional fitness and prepare you for any physical contingency’, every now and again they dish up a workout that also promises a ...

On April 29, athletes across the country will run nearly two miles and perform more than 200 back squats to remember fallen Iraq War hero Travis Manion. This Sunday marks the 11th anniversary of ...

Lots of fitness and wellness worlds come with their own lingo. Here we teach you the basic vocab you'll need to communicate with CrossFitters so you don't sound like a jerk WOD when you go to a box ...

Every so often even the best athletes need a reality check. Tiger Woods, Tom Brady — me. My dreams of cracking into the 29,000s in this year's CrossFit Open are, you know, still dreams. I'm holding ...

The 2012 Reebok CrossFit Open competition is now almost complete, as WOD 12.4 was posted on March 14 and completed on March 18. More than 70,000 athletes worldwide are competing in the Open, with only ...

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