Episodes
Semifinals are the final qualifying stage for athletes hoping to compete at the CrossFit Games. The top 40 individual men, 40 individual women, and 30 teams from each region will compete in person at their designated Semifinal. This year, athletes in North America West will compete at the West Coast Classic in Carson, California. Register to volunteer → https://westcoastcrossfitclassic.com/... Dylan Malitsky, Event Director of the West Coast Classic, joins the show to discuss hosting the...
Published 03/27/24
Published 03/27/24
Semifinals are the final qualifying stage for athletes hoping to compete at the CrossFit Games. The top 40 individual men, 40 individual women, and 30 teams from each region will compete in person at their designated Semifinal. This year, athletes in North America East will compete at the Syndicate Crown in Knoxville, Tennessee. Buy tickets here → https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B... Wilson Pak, Event Director of the Syndicate Crown, joins today’s show to discuss what it takes to put...
Published 03/21/24
The final week of the 2024 CrossFit Open wrapped up in remarkable fashion. Four CrossFit Games fan favorites — third-Fittest Man and Woman on Earth, Roman Khrennikov and Arielle Loewen, 2023 Games athlete Sydney Wells, and six-time Games athlete Jay Crouch — took the floor in Open Workout 24.3 after a community heat of four athletes set the scores to beat. It all went down at six-time Fittest Woman on Earth Tia-Clair Toomey’s new CrossFit affiliate — CrossFit PRVN — that she co-owns with...
Published 03/19/24
Open Workout 24.3 — the final workout of the 2024 CrossFit Open — has been announced and the live announcement of the workout is a wrap. CrossFit community members Britt Harbaugh, Rachael Skinner, Troy Peterson, and Ricky Shaw went head-to-head in the workout before CrossFit Games athletes Arielle Loewen, Sydney Wells, Jay Crouch, and Roman Khrennikov. Both heats put on an incredible show. Rewatch the live announcement of Open Workout 24.3 → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dt3i......
Published 03/14/24
CrossFit Games and Torian Pro commentator Jeremy Austin joins host Chase Ingraham on the podcast to recap Week 2 of the 2024 CrossFit Open. Open Workout 24.2 was announced by WWE Superstar and World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins. Following the live announcement, we saw Justin Medeiros and Colten Mertens go head-to-head in a 20-minute AMRAP of rowing, deadlifts, and double-unders. Rewatch the live announcement of Open Workout 24.2 →    • CrossFit Open Workout 24.2 Live Annou...   On...
Published 03/13/24
Open Workout 24.2 has been released and the live announcement of the workout is in the books. Two-time Fittest Man on Earth Justin Medeiros and four-time CrossFit Games athlete Colten Mertens put on a show and set the scores to beat. Rewatch the live announcement of 24.2 here → • CrossFit Open Workout 24.2 Live Annou... Three-time Affiliate Cup champion and coach Adrian Conway, CrossFit Seminar Staff member Alex Gowers (CF-L4), and Dr. Jason Garrett from Airrosti use their experience...
Published 03/08/24
The 2024 CrossFit Open kicked off with a special Golden Barbell Throwdown between Fittest Man on Earth Jeff Adler, and CrossFit Games athletes Brent Fikowski, Alex Gazan, and Alexis Raptis. The foursome took on three workouts — Nasty Girls, Open Workout 11.3, and Open Workout 24.1 — for the chance to win the Rogue Golden Barbell. With the exception of Fikowski, this was the athletes’ first live Open announcement and the first throwdown in Open history. In today’s episode, hear from the...
Published 03/05/24
The first workout of the 2024 CrossFit Open has been released and four CrossFit Games athletes — Fittest Man on Earth Jeff Adler, Brent Fikowski, Alex Gazan, and Alexis Raptis — set the top scores to beat during the live announcement. Rewatch the live announcement of 24.1 here → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44K6SeOF-Xk CrossFit Seminar Staff member Denise Thomas (CF-L4), U.S. South East Affiliate Rep and CrossFit Simpsonville affiliate owner Gordon Lake (CF-L2), and Dr. Jason Garrett...
Published 02/29/24
Live head-to-head battles in the CrossFit Open began in 2013 with Dan Bailey and Scott Panchik facing off in Open Workout 13.1. Since then, the CrossFit community has witnessed a wealth of epic Open matchups: —A throwdown of CrossFit Games champions in Open Workout 14.5. —Rich Froning vs. Mat Fraser in 15.1. —A battle of the Dottirs in 18.5. —A clash of Canadians in 17.1. But there’s one rivalry that is unmatched in CrossFit Open history — Ro vs. Boz. Rory McKernan and CrossFit Competition...
Published 02/19/24
“I’ve always wanted to change the world. … Sitting at the end of those 48 hours (at the Level 1), I was like, ‘This is how you change the world.’” CrossFit Wonderland affiliate owner and Certified CrossFit Trainer (CF-L4) Caroline Lambray joins host Adrian Conway on the “More Than Fitness” podcast to share her story about becoming a CrossFit gym owner, changing lives, and coaching CrossFit Games champion Jeff Adler. In 2023, Lambray became the first female coach to lead an athlete to the...
Published 02/15/24
Take a trip down CrossFit Open Memory Lane with Dan Bailey and Scott Panchik. Live announcements and head-to-head matchups of CrossFit Open workouts started in 2013. CrossFit Games athletes and fan favorites Bailey and Panchik were the first to battle through burpees and snatches in front of a live audience for the announcement of Open Workout 13.1 at CrossFit Vitality in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tune in to hear Bailey and Panchik reminisce about their experience with host Chase Ingraham...
Published 02/09/24
“No, we're not going to do an equipment list this year. But I will say and I think I already have made it pretty clear that, like, we are very committed to using an equipment profile, that's, you know, it's pretty vanilla.” CrossFit Competition Director Adrian Bozman joins host Chase Ingraham on today’s episode to discuss all things 2024 CrossFit Open, including simple changes to past requirements, balancing programming, and regional exemptions. The CrossFit Open began in 2011. It was...
Published 01/30/24
“Just because something may be out of your reach … is exactly why you should try to reach for it, whether you do it or not in the Open. … It's a great epiphany or enlightening moment of where you're at and where you could be.” — Chase Ingraham Host Chase Ingraham sits down with CrossFit Games Affiliate Cup champion and host of the “More Than Fitness” podcast Adrian Conway to discuss the CrossFit Open and why you should sign up to take on the challenge this year. After reminiscing on their...
Published 01/10/24
“This year, I had to commit to a different way of thinking and training with a lot of uncertainty before seeing the fruits of my labor. It was very, very scary the way I had to train this year because I went into the season not even knowing if I was going to compete at all.” Six-time CrossFit Games athlete Bethany Shadburne Flores joins the show to share her story of growth, finding self-confidence, working through injuries, and advocating for herself in and outside of the CrossFit...
Published 11/10/23
“I am really looking forward to the final stages so that we can get a really good look at some of these competitors that maybe we haven’t been able to tell their stories as well as we have in the past. I think being able to shine a spotlight on more athletes at that stage who, they’re working just as hard as anybody else to get there, and so to be able to offer a platform for that, I think, is one of the most exciting things about this season.” CrossFit recently announced a season expansion...
Published 11/08/23
CrossFit recently announced three new partnerships that will help grow the CrossFit Games championship competition and create new opportunities to shine a spotlight on athletes across all divisions. WheelWOD Games, Pit Teen Throwdown, and Legends Championship will host the adaptive and age-group championships for the 2024 CrossFit Games season. The change will dramatically increase the number of masters and teenage athletes competing in the finals, nearly double the number of divisions for...
Published 10/24/23
CrossFit recently announced three new partnerships that will help grow the CrossFit Games championship competition and create new opportunities to shine a spotlight on athletes across all divisions. WheelWOD Games, Pit Teen Throwdown, and Legends Championship will host the adaptive and age-group championships for the 2024 CrossFit Games season. The change will dramatically increase the number of masters and teenage athletes competing in the finals, nearly double the number of divisions for...
Published 10/17/23
In 2020, the CrossFit Games team announced that they would be introducing an adaptive division to the CrossFit Games season. Since then it has yet to catch more flak than traction centering around the implementation, available divisions and standards, and lack of in person representation at The CrossFit Games. Fast forward to 2023, the CrossFit Games have just announced the brand new format for adaptive athletes. New Director of the Adaptive Division and former CrossFit Games Champion Kevin...
Published 10/15/23
The age old question: Does height play a role in the success of a CrossFit Games athlete? Depending on who you ask and how tall they are, the consensus over the years is that a shorter athlete has the advantage when it comes to success at the CrossFit Games level. However, this year's finale had the highest average height and weight across all athletes in the history of the CrossFit Games? Is this a trend? Is it the programming? Are the tides changing? CrossFit Games veteran Dan Bailey joins...
Published 09/15/23
What makes someone a professional CrossFit Games athlete and what does it take to become one?Hard Work Pays Off CEO Matt O'Keefe joins hosts Chase Ingraham and Adrian Conway on the show to discuss professionalizing the sport of CrossFit.
Published 09/14/23
The CrossFit Games began as a backyard fitness festival in 2007 on a ranch in Aromas, California. Within a decade, they had become a worldwide phenomenon with hundreds of thousands of individuals competing in the largest participatory fitness event in the world — the Open — and ending with millions watching our sport's greatest athletes battle to be crowned the Fittest on Earth. Host Chase Ingraham and three-time CrossFit Games team champion Adrian Conway take a look back at the history of...
Published 09/07/23
CrossFit Games Podcast host Chase Ingraham and More Than Fitness podcast host Adrian Conway sit down with 2008 CrossFit Games champion Jason Khalipa to recap the entire week of the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games. The fittest individual, team, age-group, and adaptive athletes from around the world competed in Madison, Wisconsin, Aug. 1-6, for the title of Fittest on Earth. From a clean sweep in the adaptive division to an undefeated champion in the women’s masters division, from the youngest...
Published 08/12/23
This year, they will be bringing their talents to Madison, Wisconsin with even more access than ever before to the competition and athletes to bring the CrossFit community the most buttery coverage yet. The 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games begin Aug. 1. Here's how to watch — The CrossFit Games are the ultimate proving grounds for the Fittest Man and Fittest Woman on Earth™ and are world-renowned as the definitive test of fitness. Join host Chase Ingraham and various guests in the CrossFit space as...
Published 07/30/23
This year the Games will welcome and provide additional access to the competition and beyond to independent third-party creators: Craig Richey, The Buttery Bros, and Sevan Matossian. For years CrossFit produced a “Behind the Scenes” series giving fans a peek behind the curtain and into the lives of the athletes who compete on the big stage under the bright lights. From 2011 to 2017, Matossian was the man behind the camera — with the vision of covering the sport from a different angle. In this...
Published 07/27/23