A New Focus
By: Sherrie Shover We hear a lot of athletes talk about priorities: how their goals—as a CrossFitter, Olympic lifter or powerlifter—are so important to them…
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Jamie Hagiya: On Weight Struggles, Occasional Oreos & Silencing Body Shamers
Resilient. That’s one word you should use to describe Jamie Hagiya. From fighting her way back from an Achilles tear in 2014 to struggling with body-image…
Patience, Passion Fuels Daniel Camargo
It wasn’t that long ago that USA Weightlifting senior international coach Danny Camargo was putting fliers on cars in mall parking lots, doing free demonstrations…
The Whitest Dark Horse
By Sherrie Shover In 2014 and 2015, Brent Fikowski missed qualifying for the Reebok CrossFit Games by a total of three points. This year, “The…
Robles’ Redemption
There were times Sarah Roles felt her morality and integrity were called into question, two long years of sitting on the competition sidelines waiting and…
CrossFit’s Pat Sherwood: More is Not Better
Pat Sherwood’s first CrossFit workout was in 2005 (after spending seven years as a Navy SEAL) and a lot has changed in the functional fitness…
Fittest Again
Katrin Davidsdottir has a well-documented tendency to get squeamish. But the Icelandic Fittest Women on Earth —who has a fear of bugs, startle-scares and getting…
Get Strong(man)
Strongman training is the epitome of functional training. It’s about moving awkward objects from Point A to Point B quickly, whether its a stone or…
Doughnuts, Deadlifts & A Dose of Inspiration: Krissy Mae Cagney
Everyone has moments where your whole life changes. For Krissy Mae Cagney, that moment was waking up in a hospital bed on May 28, 2013.…
Grid and CrossFit Games Athlete Christen Wagner: Consistency over Everything
It took three rhomboid tears for Christen Wagner to realize how important the small stuff is. Wagner, a CrossFit Games veteran and National Pro GRID…
