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Analysis, stats and news from the sport of CrossFit. We've got the latest from the CrossFit Games, the World Fitness Project and all the other major competitions.
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Final Details on the 2025 CrossFit Games In-Person Qualifiers have emerged
It's been 32 days since CrossFit announced who the in-person Qualifying Events are, and now we finally know how to register for all of them. To recap all the qualifying details we break down all 10 in Person Qualifiers, how to qualify for...
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The Logistics to competing in the 2025 CrossFit Season
You have the CrossFit Games with it's 10 in-person qualifying events along with the in-affiliate Semifinals happening over 9 weeks. The World Fitness Project tour stop one is also smack dab in the middle of that. Then you have the C...
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Getting the RIGHT athletes to the CrossFit Games: Minimum Qualifying Times in The CrossFit Open
For the 2025 CrossFit Games season, the top 1% of athletes from the CrossFit Open will be eligible to advance to the In-Affiliate Semifinals. 12 men and 12 women will advance from the In-Affiliate Semifinals to the CrossFit Games. E...
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Where were at with the 2025 CrossFit Qualifying Events
Recently the Syndicate Crown and The Fittest Experience announced that they will be representing North America East and North America West respectively. And both will be using the CrossFit Open as a qualifying tournament. With lots ...
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What 2025 Season Changes Mean for CrossFit Games Hopefuls
The details of the 2025 CrossFit Games are still a little slim, but we know a few things.1. There will be a minimum of 30 men and women competing at the 2025 CrossFit Games.2. There are 9 Sanctional events, who will qualify 16...
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2024 Dubai Fitness Championship: Men’s Field Preview
The 2024 Dubai Fitness Championship is here, and the men’s competition promises to be an electrifying showcase of elite athleticism! 🌟 In this video, we break down the stacked lineup, highlighting the top athletes to watch, including Mori...
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2024 Dubai Fitness Championship: Women’s Field Preview
The 2024 Dubai Fitness Championship is here, and the women’s competition promises to be an electrifying showcase of elite CrossFit! 🌟 In this video, we break down the stacked lineup, highlighting the top athletes to watch, including the seasone...
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CrossFit News - 2 teams from CrossFit Invictus, and the 2024 CrossFit Open Announcement Athletes
In this week's Fran Lung news, we cover the two teams that were announced from CrossFit Invictus.The headlining CrossFit Invictus, and reigning Fittest Team on earth brings back Joshua Al-Chamaa and Devyn Kin, and adds Chandler Smith an...
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Episode 4
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CrossFit News - A team from Invictus, Who's in and out for 2024 and CrossFit Semifinal Ticket Sales
Welcome to the Fran Lung News. The easiest way to stay up to date in the world of the CrossFit Games. Hit subscribe so you don't miss a thing.This week CrossFit Invictus announced their first team of the 2024 season. T...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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The evolution of freestanding handstand holds in CrossFit
Freestanding Handstand holds first hit the elite CrossFit competition world at the 2020 CrossFit Games, and since then we have seen it at least twice more. First at 2023 Wodapalooza and more recently at 2024 Fittest Experience.Wit...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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CrossFit Games News - Mayhem Thunder, CrossFit Walleye and tracking the 2023 Games athletes
The Fran Lung Show is back for 2024 with some CrossFit Games news.Super Teams are being announced with a couple this week and in this episode we'll dive in and learn more about the teams.Mayhem Thunder is comprised of 4 former i...
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When did Jeffrey Adler get good at running?
Jeffrey Adler had a 1st place in Helena and a 2nd place in the 5KM run at the 2023 CrossFit Games. He also had an epic sound bit in a post event interview where he asked the world, "You guys are surprised I can run, huh?". In this v...
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A look at the 6 men who qualified for the 2023 Rogue Invitational from The "Q"
6 men qualified for the 2023 Rogue Invitational from the "Q". We take a look at the past year from Ricky Garard, Victor Hoffer, Travis Mayer, Tudor Magda, Garrett Clark and Jayson Hopper, how the did during the 2023 CrossFit Games season,...
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What to expect from the programming at the Rogue Invitational
How many event are typically at Rogue. What do the strength events look like. The Echo Bike has appeared in every Rogue Invitational, what other movements have appeared every year? Handstand walks have never been programmed.&n...
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A look at the women who qualified for the Rogue Invitational through The Q
The Rogue Invitational is the premiere off-season CrossFit competition. With invites handed out to the top 15 athletes from the CrossFit Games, is ensures the Fittest on Earth are in attendances. The final 5, or in the case of 2023,...
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Can Sara Sigmundsdottir make it back to the CrossFit Games in 2024 after a 3 year absence?
The last time we saw Sara Sigmundsdottir at the CrossFit Games it was in 2020. After a torn ACL wiped out her 2021 season, she has just missed out qualifying in 2022 and 2023. We take a look at athletes who have made it back to the ...
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A new way to think about the prize money at off-season CrossFit Competitions
The 2023 Madrid Championship and the Northern California Classic went off this weekend, with some familiar names on top of the podium Karin Freyova and Lazar Dukic won in Madrid, while Sean Sweeney and Brittany Weiss won in NorCal. ...
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Madrid Championship 2023 Matchup: Anikha Greer vs Jacqueline Dahlstrom
Anikha Greer and Jacqueline Dahlstrøm return to the competition floor this weekend in the 2023 Madrid Championship. Both athletes missed qualifying for the CrossFit Games by one spot in Semi-finals.With both Greer and Dahlstrøm be...
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Should CrossFit have a Pro Card?
We have thrown this idea around but when Dani Speegle brought it up on a Kettlebells and Cocktails
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2023 Madrid Championship Preview Show
A preview of the athletes competing in the 2023 Madrid Championship.Men's field is highlighted by Lazar Dukic, Jonne Koski, and Travis Mayer. Women's field is highlighted by Karin Freyova, Jacqueline Dahlstrom and Anikha Greer.Who a...
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What’s new in the world of CrossFit? News or Noise - August 21
A recap of all the offseason competition that went down this past week, including Turun Tuomiopäivä, Fitland Fitness Festival, Beach City Finals where Games athlete Bronislaw Olenkowicz took the title, and the Tampa Bay Games where Roran Sco...
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How did the Rookies do at the 2023 CrossFit Games?
2023 CrossFit Games Rookie Recap - Reviewing how all of the rookies did in Madison at the CrossFit Games this year. The rookies each year of the CrossFit Games are an interesting storyline but this year there were some absolutley s...
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What’s new in the world of CrossFit? News and Noise - August 12, 2023
With the 2023 CrossFit Games over, we have now entered retirement season. Athletes are looking at the road ahead and determine to give it one more year or not. Athletes that have announced plans of some sort this week are:
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