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How to Watch the CrossFit Open 24.3 Workout Announcement Live
The final week of the 2024 CrossFit Open kicks off with the live announcement of workout 24.3 on Thursday, March 14, on the official CrossFit YouTube channel. And we’ve got all the details you need to know heading into the event. CrossFit Open Workout 24.3 The final live Open announcement represents the conclusion of the 2024 CrossFit Open…
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Long-Time CrossFit Coach Danny Lesslie Faces $200,000 in Medical Bills for Wife’s Cancer Treatment
All Danny Lesslie can do right now is take it “day by day.” For four years, he has watched his wife, Raffi Dobles, suffer. She has Stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma, a common type of skin cancer, but what makes Dobles’ diagnosis rare is that it was first found on her vulva, Lesslie explained. And then it spread….
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Classic Physique Chest Training With Bumstead, Queiroz, Kalecinski, & Vissers
During an intense chest workout, the strength of four renowned Classic Physique bodybuilders was on full display. Five-time Classic Physique Olympia champion Chris Bumstead, 2023 Arnold Classic champion Ramon Rocha Queiroz, 2024 Arnold Classic champion Wessley Vissers, and 2023 Olympia bronze medalist Urs Kalecinski participated in the Olympia Battle Classic Physique series for OlympiaTV at a gym in Phoenix, AZ. The training session comprised the following: Classic…
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Interview: CrossFit Athlete Kelly Baker Talks About Raising Awareness for Fertility Issues in Women
According to the World Health Organization, roughly one in six people globally experience infertility. That means that approximately 17% of people have problems conceiving. In the United States, one in five married women up to the age of 49 with no prior births are unable to get pregnant after a year of trying, according to the Centers for Disease…
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Victoria Long Retires From Competitive Strongwoman
One of strongwoman’s most dominant athletes has curtain called her competitive career. Two-time Arnold Strongwoman Classic (ASW) champion Victoria Long announced her retirement from competitive strongwoman. Long broke the news on her social media and in an interview on Laurence Shahlaei‘s Talking Strongman YouTube show. Long’s retirement came days after suffering a hamstring injury during the Max Elephant…
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2024 Europe’s Strongest Man Roster and Events Announced
The 2024 Europe’s Strongest Man (ESM) contest is scheduled for April 13, 2024, at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England. The single-day contest’s roster features 13 athletes representing 10 nations competing through five events: Nicol Stones, Car Walk, Deadlift Ladder, Viking Press, and Atlas Stones. The reigning ESM champion, Pavlo Kordiyaka of Ukraine, will return to defend…
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How To Watch the 2024 Powerlifting America Raw Nationals
Powerlifting America (PA) will hold its third Raw Nationals from March 14-16, 2024, in Reno, NV. It is an exciting event with several big-name powerlifters switching to PA from United States of America Powerlifting (USAPL). All three days of the competition will be live-streamed on the SBD Apparel YouTube channel. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Powerlifting…
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Annie Thorisdottir, Katrin Davidsdottir Launch Program for Women in Menopause
Three years in the making, CrossFit Games champions and close friends Annie Thorisdottir and Katrin Davidsdottir’s new training program — Empower by Dottir — launches on March 11, 2024. The details: Empower by Dottir is a partnership between Davidsdottir, Thorisdottir, and Dr. Stacy Sims, an exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist from Australia who specializes in women’s health. The…
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Why Wesley Vissers Beat Ramon Rocha Queiroz at the 2024 Arnold Classic, According to Tyler Manion
One of the biggest upsets of the 2024 Arnold Classic weekend in Columbus, OH, was Wesley Vissers’ Classic Physique victory over the 2023 champion, Ramon Rocha Queiroz. In response to feedback from fans questioning that decision, IFBB Pro League Vice President and judge Tyler Manion took to social media to explain the reasoning for his calls in the comparisons. There were…
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24.2 CrossFit Open Livestream Numbers Hit All-Time High
Inside Justin Medeiros’ home gym, the “Shred Shed,” WWE Heavyweight Champion and longtime CrossFitter Seth Rollins unveiled the 24.2 workout to the highest livestream numbers for a CrossFit Open announcement we’ve ever seen. One big thing: Both maximum concurrent views (how many people were watching at once) and overall livestream views (after 24 hours) for 24.2 increased from…
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