🏋️‍♀️ CrossFit

CrossFit is a training method built on short, hard workouts that mix weightlifting, gymnastics and conditioning, scored for time or for rounds completed. The named benchmark workouts let an athlete measure this year against last year on exactly the same task.

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• CrossFit Equipment List
• CrossFit Terms and Slang
• Best CrossFit Athletes of All Time
• Where CrossFit Is Most Popular
• The Tournaments That Matter

⏳ CrossFit History

• 2000: Co-founded by Greg Glassman and Lauren Jenai; First CrossFit gym opens in Santa Cruz, California.
• 2005: First CrossFit-affiliated gym outside California opens in Seattle, Washington; Start of CrossFit’s online publishing of educational articles.
• 2007: The inaugural CrossFit Games are held; Introduction of CrossFit Kids.
• 2010: CrossFit has over 1,500 affiliate gyms worldwide; The CrossFit Games are first broadcast on ESPN.
• 2012 to 2013: Reebok becomes the official title sponsor of the CrossFit Games; Launch of the CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Course.
• 2016: The 10th anniversary of the CrossFit Games with a prize pool reaching $2.2 million; Launch of CrossFit Health.
• 2019: Changes in CrossFit Games format for increased international representation and inclusivity.
• 2020: Eric Roza acquires the company amid a leadership controversy, pledging commitment to diversity, inclusion, and fighting racial injustice.
• 2021: The CrossFit Games return to in-person competition following the COVID-19 pandemic with rigorous health and safety protocols.