Fittest on Earth Individual Women Winners: 1. Tia-Clair Toomey - 1025 points and $415,080 prize money Tia-Clair Toomey is a 6 x CrossFit Games athlete and 3 x Fittest on Earth athlete who produced the most dominant Women's CrossFit Games performance by winning 9 out of 12 events, and her fourth consecutive CrossFit Games title, becoming the first ever four-time women’s champion, and Fittest Woman on Earth. 2. Katrin Davidsdottir - 665 points and $136,020 prize money Katrin Davidsdottir is an 8 x CrossFit Games and 2 x Fittest on Earth athlete and took 1st place in Event 5 - Ranch Loop, and took 2nd place on the podium, becoming 2nd Fittest Woman on Earth 3. Kari Pearce - 585 points and $110,020 prize money Kari Pearce is a 6 x CrossFit Games athlete and took 1st place in Event 12 - Atlanta, and 3rd place on the podium, becoming 3rd Fittest Woman on Earth Fittest on Earth Individual Men Winners: 1. Mat Fraser - 1150 points and $354,542 prize … [Read more...] about 2020 CrossFit Games Individual Winners and Top 3 Fittest Men and Women on Earth
2020 CrossFit Games – Finding the Fittest on Earth
The CrossFit Games is the final of three events in the CrossFit Games season, and the most elite competition in the sport of CrossFit. This year was meant to be the first year of the new CrossFit Games season structure. With the season starting off with the Open in October, followed by 28 sanctional events throughout the year, and the games as the final event in August of 2021. However, the season took a swift turn due to a number of reasons, mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Below you'll find out about how the 2020 CrossFit Games season panned out, and a list of all of the 2020 CrossFit Games winners. CrossFit Open The season starts out with the CrossFit Open as the first competition. The Open is an event which anyone over 14 years old in the world can participate in. The registration and cost is $20 per participant. Each participant makes a video recording of them completing each workout and submits their scores for five workouts over five weeks. There is a single workout each … [Read more...] about 2020 CrossFit Games – Finding the Fittest on Earth
2020 CrossFit Games Final Five
This is a list of your Top 5 Men and Women Individual athletes who earned their spot in the Final Five, and received their invite to Aromas, California to compete in the final stage of the 2020 CrossFit Games. In order to make the final five, the Top 30 Men and 30 Women from 16 countries around the world competed in their homes or local gyms in Stage 1 which consisted of 7 events over 2 days of grueling competition. Here are your Top 5 Male Qualifiers: 1. Mat Fraser 🇺🇸 656 pts with 4 Event Wins 2. Noah Ohlsen 🇺🇸 488 pts with 1 Event Win 3. Justin Medeiros 🇺🇸 480 pts 4. Samuel Kwant 🇺🇸 449 pts 5. Jeff Adler 🇨🇦 420 pts Here are your Top 5 Female Qualifiers: 1. Tia-Clair Toomey 🇦🇺 615 pts with 4 Event Wins 2. Brooke Wells 🇺🇸 580 pts 3. Haley Adams 🇺🇸 497 pts 4. Katrin Davidsdottir 🇮🇸 490 pts with 2 Event Wins 5. Kari Pearce 🇺🇸 451 pts We can't wait for the Final Five to battle it out in-person next month, October … [Read more...] about 2020 CrossFit Games Final Five
Exertion Headache After a CrossFit Workout
After working out today I had a light headache. The medical term is called an exertion headache. It wasn't bad. I would classify it as a light headache. Exertion Headache Log The workout was a modified EMOM. Every three minutes we did a round of: 20 Calories on Assault Bike 10 Bar Facing Burpees 5 Deadlifts @ 225 lbs. We did five rounds starting a new round every third minute. The exertion headache started just after I finished with the last deadlift at 13:00 hours and the pain was most pronounced while stretching. Stretches that involved lowering my head to ground level were the most painful. I was no longer experiencing the exertion headache at 12:00 hours. The duration was almost exactly one hour. Exertion Headache Research Here are good articles I found related to exertion headaches: Migrane.com The National Headache Foundation John Hopkins I texted a medical doctor friend of mine and he responded with the following: "[exertion headaches are] ...generally a … [Read more...] about Exertion Headache After a CrossFit Workout
2019 CrossFit Games Live – Who will be the Fittest on Earth?
Watch the CrossFit Games 2019 live! Below is an article about how the competition works with links to all individual events of the Games, and a list of all of the 2019 CrossFit Games winners. The CrossFit Games is the final of three events in the CrossFit Games season, and the most elite competition in the sport of CrossFit. Here's a breakdown of how the event comes together. CrossFit Open The competition starts with the CrossFit Open. The Open is an event which anyone over 14 years old in the world can participate in. The cost is $20 per participant. Each participant makes a video recording of them completing each workout and submits their scores for five workouts over five weeks. There is a single workout each week and participants get to try the workout as many times as they want in the week long period to get the best score possible. It's a cool event because of its democracy. Each participant enters their results into a public database on the CrossFit website. Therefore each … [Read more...] about 2019 CrossFit Games Live – Who will be the Fittest on Earth?
2019 CrossFit Games Sanctioned Event – Dubai CrossFit Championship
The 2018 Dubai CrossFit Championship is a four-day CrossFit Inc. sanctioned competition held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from December 12th - 15th, 2018. It is also the first CrossFit sanctioned event of the CrossFit Games season, and the first competition to reward an elite individual man, woman and team a qualification to the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games. In order to qualify and earn a spot in the finals at the Dubai CrossFit Championship, all athletes had to complete three workouts in a three week online competition. Then the top 37 male and female athletes, and 10 teams who successfully completed the online qualifier were invited to the finals. The Dubai CrossFit Championship consisted of 10 Events over 4 grueling days. The team events were similar to the individual events (seen below), but teams worked as pairs and in a relay format. Learn more about the team events here. Day 1 consisted of Event 1 and 2: Event 1 - Arabian Gulf Swim 15 Min Time Cap (Must … [Read more...] about 2019 CrossFit Games Sanctioned Event – Dubai CrossFit Championship
Orange Coast CrossFit (OCCF) Brutal Republic – Costa Mesa, USA
Orange Coast CrossFit was established in 2009, and they are the home of Brutal Workouts! They pride themselves on having the best community in the business, and housing all walks of life - the average Joe who just wants to get in shape, the everyday soccer mom, college athletes, and top level athletes. When you walk into Orange Coast CrossFit aka Brutal Republic, you can't help but feel that everyone there means serious business, and they're here to werk werk werk. Some people might even find it intimidating when walking in for the first time, but don't be scared off by all the muscles and intensity, give it a chance, and in no time at all you too will be ready to rock into the box and switch on that BEAST MODE. We we're in Huntington Beach for a short period of time so we wanted to check out a local box. We got a great deal on Groupon 10 x classes = $25. Getting a 10-20 class pass is great for anyone wanting to check out a box before locking yourself in and signing up for any … [Read more...] about Orange Coast CrossFit (OCCF) Brutal Republic – Costa Mesa, USA
2018 CrossFit Games – Athletes Disqualified for Breach of Drug Testing Policy
What a shame we're seeing more and more CrossFit athletes in breach of the CrossFit drug testing policy. Thank you to CrossFit Inc. for expanding it's efforts and methods of testing each year. We hope that each year athletes learn from this and treat this very seriously and choose not to breach CrossFit’s Drug Testing Policy. You can learn more here. Four times CrossFit Games Veteran Emily Abbott was one of the most well known athletes to fail the drug test, testing positive for ibutamoren, an anabolic agent. Despite Emily's detailed explanation and supporting evidence, the CrossFit Games imposed the maximum possible sanction, and suspended her from June 22nd, 2018 until June 21st, 2022, without granting her a hearing. Here is a statement from Emily Abbott: “I am beyond disappointed and frustrated that the organization I have dedicated so much of my life to has basically ignored my explanation for my inadvertent exposure to ibutamoren. I have proudly represented … [Read more...] about 2018 CrossFit Games – Athletes Disqualified for Breach of Drug Testing Policy
2018 CrossFit Games Team Winners – The Fittest on Earth
The 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games teams were stronger and more competitive than ever before! This year we saw all top three teams on the podium from the United States of America. Here’s a little about the first, second and third 2018 CrossFit Games Fittest Teams on Earth. CrossFit Mayhem Freedom - 900 points CrossFit Mayhem Freedom rose to stardom after four time CrossFit Games Individual champion Rich Froning, (owner of CrossFit Mayhem), retired from individual competition and joined his Mayhem team. They won back-to-back 2015 and 2016 CrossFit Games Fittest Team on Earth, and then took second place at the 2017 CrossFit Games. This will be their third championship win as the Fittest Team on Earth. They pushed hard all weekend to win that gold medal back, taking three event wins in the Bicopulet Relay, Team Battleground and Bike Deadlift and took 11 top 10 finishes. The team consists of Richard Froning Jr., Lindy Barber, Matt Hewett and Tasia Percevecz. 2. … [Read more...] about 2018 CrossFit Games Team Winners – The Fittest on Earth
2018 CrossFit Games Individual Winners – The Fittest on Earth
The 2018 CrossFit Games were outstanding and the most competitive and exciting yet! What was also super cool is that we saw 6 different countries finishing on the Individual Men's and Women's podiums. Here's a little about the first, second and third 2018 Reebok Fittest on Earth Individual athletes. Fittest on Earth Individual Women Winners: 1. Tia-Clair Toomey - 1154 points Tia-Clair Toomey has proven to the the best in the world after winning the 2018 CrossFit Games and being crowned the Fittest Woman on Earth for her second consecutive year. She also placed Second Fittest on Earth at the 2015 and 2016 CrossFit Games. Tia had two event wins in the CrossFit Total, Madison Triplus and 12 top 10 event finishes at the 2018 CrossFit Games, winning by an impressive 64 points. Can Tia do it again, and will she become the first woman ever to win three consecutive championships in a row? 2. Laura Horvath - 1090 points Hungary's Laura Horvath is the 21 year old rookie who took the … [Read more...] about 2018 CrossFit Games Individual Winners – The Fittest on Earth
2018 CrossFit Games Live – Who will be the Fittest on Earth?
Watch the CrossFit Games 2018 live! Below is an article about how the competition works with links to all individual and team events on Day One of the Games, and links to all nine 2018 CrossFit Regional Events. The CrossFit Games is the final of three events in the CrossFit Games season, and the most elite competition in the sport of CrossFit. Here's a breakdown of how the event comes together. CrossFit Open The competition starts with the CrossFit Open. The Open is an event which anyone in the world can participate in. The cost is $20 per participant. Each participant makes a video recording of them completing each workout and submits their scores each week. There is a single workout each week and participants get to try the workout as many times as they want in the week long period to get the best score possible. It's a cool event because of its democracy. Each participant enters their results into a public database on the CrossFit website. Therefore each participant can see how … [Read more...] about 2018 CrossFit Games Live – Who will be the Fittest on Earth?