In Affiliation, Athletes, CrossFit Games, Radio
May 16, 2013
On Episode 276 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Carrie Rieger, who was recently crowned Mrs. Missouri. Judkins also interviewed Andrea Ager, SoCal Regional competitor. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.
5:02 Carrie Rieger trains at CrossFit Lee’s Summit in Lee’s Summit, Mo., and she recently won the Mrs. Missouri pageant. She explained how and why she got involved… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, CrossFit, CrossFit Games, HD Videos, Medical/Injuries
May 14, 2013
As a child, Annie Thorisdottir took ballet. It didn’t stick for long, though. Like her cousins, she wanted to try gymnastics. She made it to Iceland’s national team but quit to focus on high-school studies.
“Going from training 24 hours a week into training not at all didn’t really work out for me,” the 23-year-old two-time CrossFit Games champion says with her quintessential smile.
So she started ballet again, and dance. That, too… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, CrossFit, CrossFit Games, Radio
May 09, 2013
On Episode 275 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Chris Dozois, who won the CrossFit Games Open in the South West. Also on the show was Rainier CrossFit owner and HQ Seminar Staff member Kurtis Bowler. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.
3:41 Chris Dozois finished at the top of the Open leaderboard in the South West, placing ahead of Games competitors Chris… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, CrossFit Games, HD Videos, Sports Applications
May 07, 2013
At 13, Anna Tunnicliffe decided she wanted to win an Olympic medal in sailing. And she did, taking gold in the Laser Radial class at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
“(It’s) the most amazing feeling in the world,” she says. “Not too many people can say they’ve won one.”
Now 30, Tunnicliffe began training at CrossFit B&S in Miami about a year and a half ago.
“I was fit, but I was just not getting fitter. I wasn’t getting… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, CrossFit Games, HD Videos
April 28, 2013
As they ride to the gym before the announcement of Workout 13.4, Chris Spealler tells Director of the Games Dave Castro, Rory Mckernan and Graham Holmberg that he got no-repped on his fourth rep in 13.3, which began with 150 wall-ball shots.
Spealler can’t figure out how the ball hovered just off the wall for a no-rep but still seemed to bounce back to him. It’s a physics problem a host of athletes are pondering in the post-Open period.
Castro says … Continue Reading
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In Athletes, CrossFit Games, HD Videos
April 24, 2013
Countless hours went into producing the unveiling events for each of the five workouts of the CrossFit Games Open. In Part 1 of this series, take a look at everything that happened before Director of the Games Dave Castro finally broke the suspense and released the events during the live broadcasts.
Included are tidbits like the old-fashioned barber-shop shave before 13.2 with Castro, Games Head Judge Adrian Bozman and CrossFit… Continue Reading
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When former track-and-field star Marion Jones-Thompson stepped into CrossFit Texas, the coaches were perplexed: how do you coach such an accomplished athlete?
The answer was simple: treat her just like everyone else.
“I don’t expect when I sign up for there to be, like, balloons and all of that,” Jones-Thompson says with a laugh. “I’m an athlete. I wanted to work out.”
Also a former basketball player for the Tulsa Shock of the… Continue Reading
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At 13, Ryan O’Rourke decided to try CrossFit as a way to improve at hockey.
“I wanted to play in college more than anything,” he says. “That’s what … I dreamt about.”
The plan changed when he rowed 2,000 meters in 7:17.
“To row those kind of times, you’ve gotta be willing to suffer,” explains Markus Riggleman, owner and head trainer at CrossFit Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania. “And to see that he—even at 13—was willing to … go there was cool.”
Today, at 17… Continue Reading
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