K-Mighty: Meet the Special Needs Mom who’s a World Record Weightlifter
Kristi Brewer is a wife, working mother of two and a world record-holder masters weightlifter. No wonder Brewer, who just picked up the sport two…
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Finding Her Voice
She had been living ‘stealth’ since she was 16, hiding that she was transgender. No one asked Chloie Jönsson about it and she didn’t dare…
Chandler Smith: Chasing Greatness Against All Odds
After making a name for himself during the 2016 Atlantic Regionals, Chandler Smith —a West point graduate who is currently serving as an officer in…
The Incredible Mission of Operation 22 MST
Dr. Ron Gellis has seen the benefits of CrossFit’s community firsthand, having found the fitness program a decade ago and setting up a Facebook group…
Route 66: The Masters Lifter (And CrossFit Coach) Who Won’t Slow Down
Meet Clarke Holland. He’s a 6-time CrossFit Games Masters athlete (finishing in the top 10 four times) and a competitive weightlifter (77-kg), having qualified for…
Changing Course: Carleen Matthews’ Wild Ride
They slowly started to trickle in that fateful night in mid-May, hesitant, anxious and unsure. There was more than a dozen, perhaps as many as…
Charity’s Case: How Witt went from Homeless to an Elite Lifter
Eight years ago, elite powerlifter and Strongwoman competitor Charity Witt was sleeping in linen closets and working 60-80 hour weeks in another country as she…
Mallory Lawson: on Motherhood, Defeat and Staying Elite
Strip away the award ceremonies and medals. Ignore the thunderous screams and applause of the crowd, the deafening emcees and the music thumping as an…
Having Faith
By: Sherrie Shover “This year will be different for me. For the first time, I’m heading into the Open more excited than nervous. God has…
Itty Bitty Behemoth: The Smallest, Strongest Lifter You’ve Never Heard Of
At 4 feet 11 inches, Alyssa Ritchey’s intimidation factor is low. She walks out onto the platform and grips the loaded barbell, head down as…
