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Nancy Hoshaw survived a heart attack at 48 and breast cancer at 60. At 73, she’s entering the CrossFit Games Open, which kicked off Feb. 25. While some compete to be named Fittest on Earth, Hoshaw is competing with time and age—and she’s winning.

After seeing decrepit women on a trip to Israel, Hoshaw decided a slow slide into a retirement home wasn’t for her.

“My goal is to stay healthy and independent. I cherish my… Continue Reading

K.C. Stallsmith is the owner of CrossFit AllStar in Waimea, Hawaii. When she first opened the affiliate, she was eager to share CrossFit with her community.

“I felt like I had an opportunity, as well as a responsibility, to introduce it to our community in an important way,” she says, “and that was to allow everyone accessibility to the methodology because truly I think that’s what (Greg) Glassman had in mind. ”

To put her beliefs into practice… Continue Reading

From 1999 to 2007, Dick Pound was the world’s most outspoken critic of doping in sports.

The Canadian lawyer, who was also vice president of the International Olympic Committee, battled against performance-enhancing drugs on every level of sport, and he’s heard every excuse imaginable from athletes who seek unfair advantages. He maintains that the ethics of sport and a desire to protect our children from… Continue Reading

If you ask 100 people to define beauty, you’ll get 100 different answers. Most will falter and offer descriptions instead.

CrossFit athletes are now rejecting previous definitions of beauty and putting forth their own, a definition researched and confirmed in every workout and every rep.

“There are people who spend their entire lives allowing the reflection in the mirror to determine their self-esteem, submitting to a cultural judgment… Continue Reading

The butterflies represent medicines, the stars are surgeries, the hearts are blood transfusions and the red ones are blood draws. They’re “hero beads,” all strung together in a long rope to represent Kate Foster’s journey.

“Since it’s every single little thing, you can show them rather than telling them and hoping they’ll understand,” says the 13-year-old, who at age 12 was diagnosed with leukemia that forced the… Continue Reading

More and more seniors are using CrossFit to ensure the golden years are rich with vitality. Marty Cej reports.

First, Lu Quast talks about about the cancer and the knee surgeries. Then she talks about about the back injury, which happened first but so long ago the accident can be told with a smile slipping into her voice.

She fell from a ladder when painting a ceiling. She picked herself up and carried on but… Continue Reading

CrossFit-funded collection systems are freeing Kenyan women from the burden of transporting water, allowing them to pursue education and take important steps toward equality. Marty Cej reports.

Their ambitions are the same as those of kids everywhere, but the opportunities in the Kasemeni Division of eastern Kenya are very different.

Across this 250-square-mile region, small villages of mud-walled huts and… Continue Reading

In the remote Kenyan village of Dzendereni, education, nutrition and clean water have been the community’s largest hurdles. Children with no access to clean water once went to school in a mud hut with dirt floors, using their own legs as desks and hoping the rain held off.

Today, those same children learn in rooms with solid walls and sit in desks. Enrollment has more than tripled from 114 students to 395 in a… Continue Reading

Gary Taubes and NuSI aim to correct a decades-old problem by telling the world what to eat—and backing the recommendations up with real science. Marty Cej reports.

Gary Taubes is picking a fight. Again.

The best-selling author of Good Calories, Bad Calories and Why We Get Fat has partnered with Peter Attia, M.D., to launch a nonprofit organization with the ambitious goal of slashing the current U.S. obesity rate by more than half and the… Continue Reading

In 2007, Business News Network managing editor Marty Cej asked CrossFit founder and CEO Greg Glassman about the greatest challenge to CrossFit. Back then, Coach Glassman said “growth,” and the problem is the same in 2012.

“The greatest challenge is to stay true to our charter and to keep doing what we’ve been doing and not be distracted by the innumerable shiny objects on the roadside,” Coach Glassman says in… Continue Reading

On Episode 128 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Marty Cej, who will be one of the commentators for the 2010 Games. He also interviewed Justin Bergh from HQ, as well as Jake Platt, owner of Northwest CrossFit, which is home to the defending Affiliate Cup champions. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, July 14, 2010.

2:29 Marty Cej came on the show to give his insight… Continue Reading

CrossFit Inc. defies categorization according to traditional business models. Perhaps that’s why the company is exploding during the worst economic climate since the Great Depression. Business journalist Marty Cej took a closer look at CrossFit the corporation and presents his independent research here as written. CrossFit Inc. has not verified Cej’s calculations and projections.

CrossFit Inc. is variously portrayed as a fitness company, a grassroots health movement, a nascent sport, a fad… Continue Reading

Marty Cej, anchor for Business News Network and avid CrossFitter, appeared on episode 84 of CrossFit Radio, webcast at 6:00 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, September 9, 2009.

2:00 Marty Cej, a Financial Analyst for BNN, talked about his background and what he conjectures will happen with CrossFit in the future. Marty gave his insight into the business of CrossFit. He also helped cover the 2009 CrossFit Games and… Continue Reading