How is CrossFit different from other fitness programs? CrossFit is known for its workouts that blend elements from weightlifting, gymnastics and cardio. The fitness company has more than 12,000 ...

CrossFit isn't an expert-only routine as even beginners can do things like barbell deadlifts or burpees and get a good ...

Tres Heaton, a recent college graduate, steps up to the barbell stacked with numerous plates on either side. As sweat drips down her face, she concentrates on one thing: beating her previous record.

What do a firefighter, a reconnaissance Marine and an Air Force staff sergeant have in common? As the co-owners of CrossFit 717 in Lemoyne, they are turning midstaters into lean, mean CrossFitting ...

Hers reports on fitness trends from the 1930s to the 2020s, highlighting the evolution from gyms to modern practices like ...

Community members take part in a CrossFit challenge during a Camp Gladiator stadium takeover event at The Star in Frisco on Aug. 18, 2018. (Jason Janik/Special Contributor) In a bleak, ninth-floor ...

A few months ago, after years of hearing many rumors about CrossFit — that it changes your life, that it's incredibly hard, that it's caused more than a few muscles to be ripped from bone — I finally ...

Greg Glassman, inventor of the CrossFit fitness system, at an affiliate gym in New York City.. Andrew Hetherington On that spring day across America, the CrossFit faithful gathered–and toiled. There ...

LEN NUANEZ was driving home from his post at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island one day when he saw a curious sight: people in a parking lot flipping massive tractor tires. They’d squat down, wedge ...

As a university professor teaching Principles Microeconomics, we invariably talk about production, costs, and profit maximization. And as a fitness enthusiast, I try to share with my students academic ...

For CrossFit competitor Baylee Rayl Christophel, the sport not only helped her recover from a serious injury but also gave ...

It was back in 1995 that former gymnast Greg Glassman founded CrossFit in Santa Cruz, California. Since then, the popularity of the fitness methodology grew from 18 gyms in 2005 to more than 1,700 in ...