Hate it or love it, people have strong opinions about CrossFit. Devotees tout it as the best way to transform your body, while critics say there's no surer way to end up injured. Regardless, there's ...

CrossFit is a global phenomenon: 12,000 locations, hundreds of thousands of diehards, and a full-body workout that can make you look like a superhero, 60 Minutes said on Sunday. "In just 15 years, the ...

Fort Bragg, N.C. - The Paratroopers' faces are scrunched up in agony, their jaws clenched, eyes closed, and temples running with sweat. Moans and groans of exertion are starting to escape from their ...

Last night saw the 2025 CrossFit season kick off with its first round, the CrossFit Open. Available to all competitors worldwide, this stage lasts three weeks and involves three workouts, starting ...

“Faster!” I yelled at myself with spit flying from my mouth. All I could see were my forearms locked in place, gripping the poles of the sled I was pushing. “Drive your knees!” called a deep voice, my ...

In the past few years, some sports medicine specialists have become convinced that strength training activities like CrossFit can be great for kids. But others worry that CrossFit trainers aren't ...

Our man in the field – CrossFitter, Battle Cancer founder and newly minted marathon finisher, Scott Britton – reflects on how effective his years of CrossFit training have been in preparing him for ...

In 2023 more than 100,000 people took part in a Hyrox race in 17 different countries, with hundreds of thousands more doing the formulaic workout in their local gyms as a way to get in shape.

Workouts at CrossFit gyms are strenuous and fast-paced. They change daily and involve gymnastics, weightlifting and cardiovascular exercises, such as running and rowing, among other activities. To do ...

Jim Dreeben, 83, took up CrossFit in his 80s and got hooked. He does 100 push-ups and also planks six days a week, and his doctor told him to keep going. Dreeben's active lifestyle includes kayaking, ...

CrossFit divides the fitness folks. There are the passionate CrossFitters whose lives its practice has transformed and the ardent skeptics who cannot understand its attraction. For example, New York ...