Banned: What Happens When You’re Caught Cheating
It came up again a few months back. Natalie Newhart was in a new state, a new gym and there it was: her name plastered…
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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…
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…
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…
Master-ful: Ron Ortiz’s Best Advice for Athletes and Finding His Old Man Strength
It started with a pair of pants. Ron Ortiz, at the time in his mid-40s, had always been an athlete. But somewhere after joining the…
Persist-ENCE: On Failure, Self-Image and Learning to Rise
Last May, driving home from the California Regionals, Brooke Ence made a big mistake. Ence, who just finished sixth to come up short of…
Why the CrossFit Open Matters
CrossFit can be intimidating. Competing in CrossFit even more so. But with Thursday set to unveil 2017’s first CrossFit Open workout, it’s important for everyone…
