We live in the age of the “hybrid athlete”. Rather than focussing on one attribute, many fervent exercise fans now want to be able to run fast, lift heavy and turn their hand to any number of sports.

Aimee Cringle, a CrossFit athlete, is the UK's Fittest Woman for 2024. She's been using a ruck, which is a weighted backpack, to train for the 2024 CrossFit Games. Cringle's training regimen includes ...

Jun. 10—MOORHEAD — In a row of stationary bikes between people of all ages and abilities, a fit young woman cranks away at the pedals, her long hair pulled up in high pigtails blowing in a fan's ...

CrossFit legend Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr is training to reclaim the title of Fittest Woman on Earth. The six-time CrossFit Games champion skipped the 2023 competition after giving birth. Rucking is a key ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A high-tech device is helping an injured Philadelphia athlete train for the upcoming CrossFit games. Lauren Taylor uses a functional electrical stimulation device in her training ...

A bog-standard staircase stands between me and my post-gym shower – this is my Everest. Normally the steps would pose no problems, but having just finished a workout challenge from two-time CrossFit ...

Harry Lightfoot, 25, is the UK's Fittest Man for 2024 and will compete in the CrossFit Games. Lightfoot fuels training for up to six hours a day by eating 5,000 calories. He recovers by making sure he ...

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I never expected to be a professional athlete when I was introduced to CrossFit in 2013. I played competitive sports through high school and college, but when I graduated at 19, I felt lost—I craved a ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – Those who compete and master the CrossFit Games are considered some of the fittest athletes in the world. The competitors combine weightlifting, squatting, jumping, and more, and they ...