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On Episode 232 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Ben Bergeron, coach of last year’s Affiliate Cup champions. Justin was on location at the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games and interviewed a variety of Games athletes, including Annie Thorisdottir, who was named the world’s fittest female for the second year in a row.

4:25 Ben Bergeron owns CrossFit New England. His team won the 2011 Affiliate Cup, and CrossFit Radio caught up with… Continue Reading

Europe’s vibrant CrossFit community was out in full effect at the CrossFit Tour stop in Copenhagen, Denmark. Mike Warkentin reports.

In 2009, CrossFit Games competitor and Princeton grad Blair Morrison told the CrossFit Journal that he was moving to Europe to pursue a master’s degree. That was shortly after Mikko Salo had won the CrossFit Games and young Annie Thorisdottir had served notice that she’d soon be a very elite CrossFit competitor.

We… Continue Reading

Things run a little differently at the affiliate of reigning CrossFit Games champion Annie Thorisdottir.

There is a warm-up area where coaches walk clients through the movements, then technique time is followed by a workout every 10 minutes or so.

“So you can kind of show up at your own time,” Thorisdottir says of how things work at CrossFit Reykjavik in her native Iceland.

“In this set-up, I can pretty much help everybody… Continue Reading

East Coast boys Austin Malleolo and James Hobart are on the road again, this time invading Northern California before embarking on a voyage that will include stops in San Francisco, Sacramento, Salt Lake and Denver.

In Part 1, Hobart and Malleolo are on holy ground, visiting the famous parking lot of the original CrossFit box with Annie Sakamoto. Then it’s time for a beach WOD with Sakamato before… Continue Reading

On Episode 206 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Nicole Tanzillo, who is one of CrossFit Central’s success stories. This episode also featured a segment on Corey Auger by Emily Beers, and Justin interviewed one of the original Nasty Girls, Annie Sakamoto. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012.

The WOW (Workout of the Week) is from CrossFit Recoil.

Row: 5 minutes for… Continue Reading

Mike Warkentin visits with CrossFit’s finest coaches at the recent Trainers Summit.

“You folks are the best trainers I’ve got,” Coach Greg Glassman told the 90 or so HQ Seminar Staff trainers assembled at the Marriott in San Diego, Calif., on Oct. 26, 2011.

Looking around the room, you’d be hard-pressed to disagree with him.

Adrian Bozman, Pat Sherwood, Chuck Carswell, Todd Widman, E.C. Synkowski, Aimee Lyons, Jenn Hunter-Marshall—the roll call was a… Continue Reading

Ready to take your push-ups to the next level? Try them on rings.

Jeff Tucker, CrossFit Gymnastics coach, uses ring push-ups to develop midline stabilization.

To demonstrate the progressions, Tucker introduces Jeannie Bassi, who overcame childhood scoliosis through gymnastics. Today, she is an accomplished gymnast who helps Tucker coach the CrossFit Gymnastics Seminars.

Using “ins and outs,” “rights and lefts” and plank drills, Bassi demonstrates how… Continue Reading

“The goal is to go to the Games in 2012 and be in even better shape,” Annie Thorisdottir says.

“I didn’t really know CrossFit,” she says of her first Games in 2009. Thorisdottir had only been CrossFitting for a couple of months prior to competing, and afterwards she didn’t know if she would be back.

Now, Thorisdottir is head over heels for the sport of fitness.

“My life kind of revolves around CrossFit,” she says. “CrossFit is such… Continue Reading

CrossFit BC Island in Reykjavik, Iceland, is home to not only Fittest Woman on Earth Annie Thorisdottir but also an affiliate team that competed in the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games. Find out more about this affiliate at the top of the world and how its athletes commit to their training.

In addition to CrossFit, affiliate team athlete Daoi Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson trains in yoga, bootcamp and gymnastics.

“Not getting stale in one sector I think… Continue Reading

“I don’t like losing—definitely not,” Annie Thorisdottir says. “But it’s easier to lose when you know that you did your best and you knew that the other person just deserved to win.”

Thorisdottir is committed to her training and being the best at every competition. She says she trains about four hours a day with one day off a week. And she’s constantly striving to get better.

“I can get a lot better, I hope,” she says.

According to Thorisdottir, the … Continue Reading

What was it like to winning the title Fittest on Earth?

Join filmmaker Sevan Matossian as he interviews Annie Thorisdottir about her 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games experience.

At her gym, CrossFit BC in Iceland, Thorisdottir says she feels more confident after winning the Games.

“I feel like I can do more, and I feel like I can always push a bit harder,” she says.

On her road to the Games, she voluntarily competed in the … Continue Reading

“I decided I wanted to give CrossFit a chance, and I’m really glad I did,” Annie Thorisdottir says. “I think it couldn’t have turned out any better. Really happy with it.”

Join filmmaker Sevan Matossian as he captures the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games winner Annie Thorisdottir back at her Iceland box, CrossFit BC Island. She reveals more about herself as an athlete and coach.

Thorisdottir credits her background as a gymnast for much of her success in CrossFit… Continue Reading

On Episode 191 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed James Hobson, owner of CrossFit Addiction, and gymnastics and movement specialist Carl Paoli. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011.

The WOW (Workout of the Week) is Fat Jesus by CrossFit JAX:

5 rounds for time of:
Body-weight ground to overhead, 6 reps
Chest-to-bar pull-ups, 12 reps
Double-unders, 18 reps

8:40 James… Continue Reading

Join Sevan Matossian as he captures the athletes, judges, spectators and staff, providing a look at what goes on before, during and after the events of the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games.

In Part 8, the final series of three workouts is getting underway. Beforehand, men’s leader Rich Froning sits in the same place he did last year at the same time. However, in 2010 he finished second after a disappointing final workout. This year… Continue Reading

Join Sevan Matossian as he captures the athletes, judges, spectators and staff, providing a look at what goes on before, during and after the events of the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games.

In Part 7, Day 3 brings the final events of the competition. As Event 7: Dog Sled gets underway, HQ Media’s Tony Budding comments on the programming: “It’s supposed to be hard.”

Despite how painful the workout looked, second-place finisher Julie Foucher says she enjoyed… Continue Reading

On Episode 189 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed the champions of the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games, Annie Thorisdottir and Rich Froning Jr. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011.

6:05 Annie Thorisdottir proved she was an exceptional athlete in 2009, when she was high on the Games leaderboard until muscle-ups came up in the final chipper. She placed second in 2010… Continue Reading

Join Sevan Matossian as he captures the athletes, judges, spectators and staff, providing a look at what goes on before, during and after the events of the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games.

In Part 6, Matossian catches Tony Blauer of Blauer Tactical Systems and John Hackleman of The Pit hanging out with the athletes.

After Event 6, The Killer Kage, Matt Chan is fired up.

“I needed something to click for me, and that was it,”… Continue Reading

Join Ben Hollingshaus as he interviews athletes on Day 1 of the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games. Despite a day of tough competition, the athletes are having fun.

After the beach workout, winner Josh Bridges is triumphant.

“It was a rough workout, but I’m done with it now, so I’m glad it’s over with,” he says. Second-place finisher Chris Spealler describes the event in one word: “original.”

On the women’s side, Julie Foucher took first. Her strategy was… Continue Reading

Does experience count for anything at the CrossFit Games? Hilary Achauer explores how rookies Jenny LaBaw and Brick CrossFit came out of nowhere and stormed their way into the top 10.

This year’s CrossFit Games included some superhuman performances and unexpected workouts—from ocean swimming to a softball throw for distance—but the first-place finishers were not surprising. In many eyes, Rich Froning Jr., Annie Thorisdottir and CrossFit New… Continue Reading

After more than seven years of inspiring generations of CrossFitters, Nasty Girl Annie Sakamoto competes as an individual at the CrossFit Games. Andréa Maria Cecil reports.

Fear is what gripped her.

For four years, it kept her from individual competition at the CrossFit Games.

“I was scared,” Annie Sakamoto admitted after the final workout of the three-day event held July 29-31 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

Scared, that is, until this… Continue Reading