Icelandic CrossFit athlete Sara Sigmundsdottir initially took up the sport to "lose weight and get a boyfriend." She hated having muscles at first, but has since learned to love her strong physique.

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I went to the CrossFit London semi-finals, Strength in Depth, to watch elite athletes compete. What struck me most was how normal it was to be muscular, both among professionals and spectators. As a ...

With a move called "Death By Burpees," you know CrossFit is mega intense. But the program's militaristic approach to fitness hasn't kept it from building an almost fanatical devotion from its ...

STAUNTON - When you step into CrossFit Staunton it may seem a bit intimidating with people lifting large weights, stringing multiple pull-ups together, jumping on boxes or doing rope climbs. But ...

CrossFit has achieved an appeal almost as mythical as unicorn lattes. Even wellness-minded celebs like Cameron Diaz, Channing Tatum, and Jessica Biel have given the functional workout a whirl. But ...

CrossFit divides the fitness folks. There are the passionate CrossFitters whose lives its practice has transformed and the ardent skeptics who cannot understand its attraction. For example, New York ...

Women who go to the gym are looking to get toned, boost their cardio or maybe drop a few pounds. But what they're also expecting is pretty simple: respect. This issue of respect and appropriate gym ...

FLETCHER, N.C. — A gym owner who posted a video that includes shots of women's rear ends with the comments "Dayum!" and "Hump Day" has sparked outrage. Blue Ridge CrossFit owner Tom Tomlo Jr. said he ...

CrossFit is no joke, and the CrossFit Games—the annual competition in which some of the most athletic people in the world compete to see who is the “fittest on Earth”—is mind-blowingly intense. Like, ...