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Fantasy Functional Fitness Podcast. Covering the CrossFit Games season from the open to the games. Athlete Analysis and fantasy forecasting.
It's been 32 days since CrossFit announced who the in-person Qualifying Events are, and now we finally know how to register for all of them. To recap all the qualifying details we break down all 10 in Person Qualifiers, how to qualify for them and which ones have restrictions on how to compete.
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You have the CrossFit Games with it's 10 in-person qualifying events along with the in-affiliate Semifinals happening over 9 weeks. The World Fitness Project tour stop one is also smack dab in the middle of that. Then you have the CrossFit Games and the World Fitness Project Event 2 in August. Plus the Rogue Invitational, the World Fitness Project Finals and Wodapalooza between Halloween and the end of January.
That's a lot of CrossFit in 2025. It's also going to be a challenge for athletes to know when and how much to compete.
I take a look at the logistics and timelines of what some athletes could be looking at this season. From three competitions a year, to potentially three in a month.
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For the 2025 CrossFit Games season, the top 1% of athletes from the CrossFit Open will be eligible to advance to the In-Affiliate Semifinals. 12 men and 12 women will advance from the In-Affiliate Semifinals to the CrossFit Games. Everyone in CrossFit, the athletes, the fans and the coaches want it to be the right 12 people.
What if instead of taking the top 1%, it's the top 1% who finish the workouts faster that a minimum qualifying time. We dive into that idea on this episode of the Fran Lung Show.
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Recently the Syndicate Crown and The Fittest Experience announced that they will be representing North America East and North America West respectively. And both will be using the CrossFit Open as a qualifying tournament. With lots of details floating around it's a good time to collect our thoughts on where the different events are from a qualifying perspective.
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The details of the 2025 CrossFit Games are still a little slim, but we know a few things.
- There will be a minimum of 30 men and women competing at the 2025 CrossFit Games.
- There are 9 Sanctional events, who will qualify 16 men and women to the Games.
This implies that at least 14 athletes will qualify from the CrossFit Games from the new online Semifinal.
Based on this information, who would have qualified for the Games in 2024 with the 2025 rules in place?
The 2024 Dubai Fitness Championship is here, and the men’s competition promises to be an electrifying showcase of elite athleticism! 🌟 In this video, we break down the stacked lineup, highlighting the top athletes to watch, including Moritz Fiebig, Luka Dukic, Calum Clements and the powerhouse Bronislaw Olenkowicz.
Who will claim the top spot in Dubai? 🏋️♀️ Join us as we analyze their strengths, recent performances, and potential challenges heading into one of the most prestigious events on the CrossFit calendar. Don’t miss this in-depth preview of the competition’s fiercest contenders!
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The 2024 Dubai Fitness Championship is here, and the women’s competition promises to be an electrifying showcase of elite CrossFit! 🌟 In this video, we break down the stacked lineup, highlighting the top athletes to watch, including the seasoned veteran Kristin Holte, the powerhouse Karin Freyova, the rising star Matilda Garnes, and the dynamic Anikha Greer.
Who will claim the top spot in Dubai? 🏋️♀️ Join us as we analyze the top contenders, their recent performances, and potential challenges heading into one of the most prestigious events on the CrossFit calendar. Don’t miss this in-depth preview of the competition’s fiercest contenders!
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In this week's Fran Lung news, we cover the two teams that were announced from CrossFit Invictus.
The headlining CrossFit Invictus, and reigning Fittest Team on earth brings back Joshua Al-Chamaa and Devyn Kin, and adds Chandler Smith and Lauren Fisher.
CrossFit Invictus Unconquerable, the 28th place team from the 2023 CrossFit Games is also back with athletes Emilty Rethwill and Jessi Smith, along with new additions Roland Goldbaum and Phillip Muscarella.
The 2024 CrossFit Open announcements are finalized. For 24.1 we will see Brent Fikowski and Jeffrey Adler on the men's side, along with Alex Gazan and Alexis Raptis on the women's side.
Check out our 24.1 men's open announcement preview article
https://newsletter.franlung.com/2024/02/23/the-ultimate-24-1-fikowski-vs-adler-preview/
For 24.2 we will see Justin Medeiros and Colten Mertens
And in 24.3 we will see Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and Arielle Loewen
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This week CrossFit Invictus announced their first team of the 2024 season. The CrossFit affiliate with the reigning fittest team on earth, sent three teams in 2023. In this view we take a look at CrossFit Invictus Unbroken, and it's athletes, Jenn Ryan, Lauren Stallwood, Sean Early, Tyler Soderback.
More announcements for the 2024 Season.
Who's In?
Emma McQuaid - https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=434
Who's Out?
Christine Kolenbrander - https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=474
Her injury post - https://www.instagram.com/p/C3B3ZowNa5h/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Tim Paulson hangs up the chalk bucket - https://www.instagram.com/p/C3D6L91PuQ6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Plus ticket sales go live soon for the Syndicate Crown and West Coast Classic.
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Freestanding Handstand holds first hit the elite CrossFit competition world at the 2020 CrossFit Games, and since then we have seen it at least twice more. First at 2023 Wodapalooza and more recently at 2024 Fittest Experience.
With handstand holds filtering down to lower level CrossFit competitions, how have the time evolved from the best in the world to competitions where only 25% of the athletes attended a CrossFit Semifinal in 2023.
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2020 CrossFit Games
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The Fran Lung Show is back for 2024 with some CrossFit Games news.
Super Teams are being announced with a couple this week and in this episode we'll dive in and learn more about the teams.
Mayhem Thunder is comprised of 4 former individual Games athletes from Australia, Kara Saunders, Khan Porter, James Newbury and Emily De Rooy.
https://newsletter.franlung.com/2024/02/01/introducing-mayhem-thunder/
CrossFit Walleye was announced with a team of Jamie Simmonds, Mia Hesketh, Elliot Simmonds and Kristóf Horváth.
https://newsletter.franlung.com/2024/02/02/2024-crossfit-walleye/
Part 1 of Elliot SImmonds injury battle - https://www.instagram.com/p/CztnNSJOxDg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Follow the progress of the 2023 CrossFit Games athletes as they try to make the Games in 2024.
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Jeffrey Adler had a 1st place in Helena and a 2nd place in the 5KM run at the 2023 CrossFit Games. He also had an epic sound bit in a post event interview where he asked the world, "You guys are surprised I can run, huh?". In this video we go back to 5 years to and look at all the running events Jeffrey Adler has competed in, including past CrossFit Games, Rogue Invitationals, Dubai Fitness Championships, and others, to see when Adler stopped struggling with running.
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6 men qualified for the 2023 Rogue Invitational from the "Q". We take a look at the past year from Ricky Garard, Victor Hoffer, Travis Mayer, Tudor Magda, Garrett Clark and Jayson Hopper, how the did during the 2023 CrossFit Games season, past Rogue Invitationals, and other offseason competitions.
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How many event are typically at Rogue. What do the strength events look like. The Echo Bike has appeared in every Rogue Invitational, what other movements have appeared every year? Handstand walks have never been programmed. What other CrossFit staples are noticeably absent from the Rogue Invitational programming.
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The Rogue Invitational is the premiere off-season CrossFit competition. With invites handed out to the top 15 athletes from the CrossFit Games, is ensures the Fittest on Earth are in attendances. The final 5, or in the case of 2023, 6 spots are earned through a qualifier simply known as "The Q"
In this video we take a look at the Q women who made it to the top of the stacked field in the Q. This years qualifiers were Dani Speegle, Manon Angonese, Elena Carratalá Sanahuja, Lauren Fisher, Christine Kolenbrander and Kyra Milligan.
Athlete images courtesy of the CrossFit Games
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The 2023 Madrid Championship and the Northern California Classic went off this weekend, with some familiar names on top of the podium Karin Freyova and Lazar Dukic won in Madrid, while Sean Sweeney and Brittany Weiss won in NorCal. Each of them took home a pretty substantial prize purse. Both Dukic and Freyova won more in Madrid than they did in the CrossFit Games, which is impressive considering both athletes finished in the top 15 at the CrossFit Games. Weiss earned as much at NorCal as she did as part of the Fittest Team on Earth, CrossFit Invictus. Sean Sweeney won more at NorCal than BKG did at the CrossFit Games.
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The last time we saw Sara Sigmundsdottir at the CrossFit Games it was in 2020. After a torn ACL wiped out her 2021 season, she has just missed out qualifying in 2022 and 2023. We take a look at athletes who have made it back to the CrossFit games after missing 3 or more years, and what the chances are of Signmundsdottir not only making it back to the CrossFit Games, but also being competitive with the Fittest on Earth.
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Anikha Greer and Jacqueline Dahlstrøm return to the competition floor this weekend in the 2023 Madrid Championship. Both athletes missed qualifying for the CrossFit Games by one spot in Semi-finals.
With both Greer and Dahlstrøm being among the favourites at Madrid this year, we thought it would be interesting to see how they stacked up in a head-to-head event comparison. We take a look at who did better in the events from the 2023 CrossFit Open, 2023 CrossFit Quarterfinals, 2023 CrossFit Semifinals, and the 2022 Rogue Invitational.
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A preview of the athletes competing in the 2023 Madrid Championship.
Men's field is highlighted by Lazar Dukic, Jonne Koski, and Travis Mayer. Women's field is highlighted by Karin Freyova, Jacqueline Dahlstrom and Anikha Greer.
Who are CrossFit Games athletes? 2023 and past years.
Lists of Semifinal athletes.
Dave Picks for the Top 5 Men and Women
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We have thrown this idea around but when Dani Speegle brought it up on a Kettlebells and Cocktails podcast we decided we wanted to flush out what a Pro Card Status could look like.
Dave breaks down why we think it would be a good idea for the sport of CrossFit and the elite athletes at the beginning. At about 3:45 he gets into the criteria that we would use and the athletes that would be on those lists.
A Lifetime, 3 Year, 2 Year and 1 Year Pro Athlete status in Crossfit would get an athlete a direct to Semifinals invite. This status could also be used for offseason competitions to remove the need for Pro athletes to do qualifiers and allow competition organizers some lists to choose from when selecting athletes to invite to their compeitions.
A recap of all the offseason competition that went down this past week, including Turun Tuomiopäivä, Fitland Fitness Festival, Beach City Finals where Games athlete Bronislaw Olenkowicz took the title, and the Tampa Bay Games where Roran Scott who stood out in the 2023 CrossFit Open took the title.
Looking ahead to the weekend of August 26th, we have The Iron Games. A couple notable athletes to watch are Kloie Wilson and Logan Ewing.
In other Off-Season competition news, the Madrid Championship released their elite confirmed athletes. Favorites for the men’s title are Lazar Dukic, Jonne Koski, Travis Mayer, while on the women’s side the battle for the top spot will be between Jacqueline Dahlstron and Anikha Greer.
The Dubai Fitness Championship confirmed they have sent invites out this year to 30 men and 30 women.
Qualifiers are underway for the Down Under CrossFit Championship and ElFit
Plus some injury updates from Games veterans Brooke Wells and Paige Semenza
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2023 CrossFit Games Rookie Recap - Reviewing how all of the rookies did in Madison at the CrossFit Games this year.
The rookies each year of the CrossFit Games are an interesting storyline but this year there were some absolutley some epic moments like Jack Farlow in the Olympic Total and Olivia Kerstetter winning the final event.
Which rookies had an event win?
What event did the rookies do the best in?
How did they all finish?
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With the 2023 CrossFit Games over, we have now entered retirement season. Athletes are looking at the road ahead and determine to give it one more year or not. Athletes that have announced plans of some sort this week are:
Emma McQuaid https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=434
Tim Paulson (PRVN) https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=92
Chris Harris (Move Fast Lift Heavy) https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=312
Going Individual
Jorge Fernandez - After CrossFit Invictus took the Fittest team on earth title, Fernandez has his sights set on another Podium. https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=3691
Hyrox - Ricky Garard, Katelin Van Zyl and James Newbury crush a Hyrox competition in Sydney
Injury News - Lucy Campbell’s battle back from a broken wrist continues. Hopefully the odds are in her favour
A look at the OffSeason, and announcements from major competitions
Rogue Invitational Prize Purse
Madrid Championship big names
Marbella Championship big names
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The 2023 CrossFit Games are complete. The Fittest Man and Women on earth have been crowned. After watching the Fittest on Earth be crowned, we had 5 interesting points to highlight from the Men’s field at the 2023 CrossFit Games.
- What separates the best CrossFitters from the rest? One area of the CrossFit Venn diagram (Gymnastics, Weightlifting, Monostructural) stood out as the differentiators of the top 10 male athletes at the Games
- Want to win the CrossFit Games, then you need to have flawless execution. Jeffrey Adler in 2023, Roman Khrennikov in 2023 and 2022, Justin Medeiros in 2022 and 2021 were all incredibly hard to beat.
- CrossFit Training Camps were a hot topic with the rise of PRVN, HWPO, CrossFit Mayhem, and Brute Strength among others. But did it help you make the top 10 of the CrossFit Games
- The Career CrossFit athlete is here. The sport of fitness has matured to the point where athletes can have a long career. With Jeffrey Adler reaching the podium for the first time at 29, Patrick Vellner on the podium at 33, and Jelle Hoste being a rookie at 28, there is lots of opportunity to excel in CrossFit. It also gives rising stars like Dallin Pepper an opportunity to be in the top 10 for the next 10 years.
- No flash. While we saw lots of outstanding performances, Justin Medeiros, Sam Kwant, Jayson Hopper and Cole Sager lacked the flash we expected.
The Top 10 Men from the 2023 CrossFit Games, and their full profiles on FranLung.com
- Jeffrey Adler - https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=82
- Patrick Vellner - https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=1
- Roman Khrennikov - https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=87
- Brent Fikowski - https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=109
- Dallin Pepper - https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=1774
- Jonne Koski - https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=88
- Chandler Smith - https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=99
- Jay Crouch - https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=247
- Lazar Đukić - https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=802
- Jelle Hoste - https://www.franlung.com/viewAthlete.php?athleteID=1817
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Dave digs into the stats around his 5 takeaways from the Women's Field at the 2023 CrossFit Games.
Laura Horvath, One of the Greats
Model of Consistency
Comeback Szn
Kids are alright
Times are changing
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Dave talks about about the state of the leaderboard after Day 3. He highlights a few of the event finishes in the 5k Run, Intervals and Olympic Total Epic Moments
Dave runs through the day 1 leaderboard and events from the 2023 CrossFit Games.
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** If you want to see the full athlete lists please see our youtube video on this.
A few lists by stats of the athletes competing at the 2023 CrossFit Games.
Who are the CrossFit Games Veterans?
Who are the CrossFit Games Rookies?
Who has been on the CrossFit Games Podium?
Who was top 20 in the CrossFit Open?
Who was top 10 in the Worldwide Quarterfinals?
Who was top 10 in the Worldwide Semifinals?
Who is top 10 in the CrossFit Worldwide Ranking?
If you like stats and picking athletes for the CrossFit Games play a couple free fantasy sports games at fantasyfitnessing.com. Streaking and Salary Cap games are live.
Dave looks at a few women who could make a splash at the 2023 CrossFit Games. Some of them have been limited by injury and other circumstances so lets see if the stars align for them at the Games
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Who are the contenders for the podium at the 2023 CrossFit Games? Dave takes a look at the women's side of the field. The women's field is a bit about who isn't there which makes it a bit wide open.
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Dave looks at a few men who are new and old on the scene of the CrossFit Games. He does a bit of speculation if they could hit and make a splash at the 2023 CrossFit Games.
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Who are the contenders for the podium at the 2023 CrossFit Games? Dave goes 9 deep on the Mens side looking at who could make things interesting. He also debates if Justin Medeiros has it in the bag, looking back at some moments from other athletes at past competitions that could have easily changed the outcome.
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How much can professional CrossFitters earn? Looking at the 22/23 offseason and the 2023 CrossFit Games season Prize purses.
If you follow CrossFit on Instagram or watch the CrossFit Games, you are bound to hear the names like Proven (PRVN), HWPO (Hard Work Pays Off), Mayhem, Kriger, and many others. These are the names of training camps. In this video we breakdown what exactly a training camp is, and how there are different ways an athlete can work with a camp.
You heard someone mention the CrossFit Games at your affiliate, or maybe seen something on Instagram, but you have no idea what they are or where to start. In this video we give an overview of what the CrossFit Games are, what to expect, and why you should watch.
Early in his career, Brent Fikowski was the king of the Chippers, with event wins at the CrossFit Games and Regionals. As his career and the sport has progressed, does Fikowski still have an advantage in Chipper events?
One reason why we think Ellie Turner will be in contention for a top 5 spot at the 2023 CrossFit Games, and one reason we think she might not make it past the cuts to 20.
Big lifts under the lights in the coliseum are some of the most iconic moments from the CrossFit Games. The energy, the excitement and the unexpected. While winning the max lift events brings a lot of publicity, how does it translate into winning the CrossFit Games?
Today we take a look at the Fittest on Earth since 2015, and how they did on the max lift events during each of the years they won.
Justin Medeiros finished 5th at North America West Semifinals. It’s the lowest finish for him at Semifinals. In fact, it’s his lowest finish at an in-person competition since the 2018 West Regional where he finished 7th.
Looking ahead to the CrossFit Games, can he go from 5th at Semifinals to Fittest on Earth? To see if history was on his side, I looked back to past champions, and their Semifinal/Regionals finish leading to the CrossFit Games.
5 athletes have been competing for a CrossFit Games spot every year since 2018 . They have made appearances in 2018 Regionals , 2019 and 2020 Sanctionals and 3 years of Semifinals just missing out on a trip to Madison.
All athlete profiles are available at franlung.com
Is there a breakthrough year at the CrossFit Games? A year where athletes show the world their true potential?
To dive into this, Dave looks at all athletes who have finished in the top 10 as an individual at the CrossFit Games since 2017. This amounted to 56 athletes over 6 CrossFit Games seasons. With this sample of athletes we dive into which appearance at the CrossFit Games they first made the top 10.
James Newbury enters the Torian Pro in the first heat after finishing 27th in quarterfinals. There is more to his performance than meets the eye. We take a deeper dive into Newbury’s Quarterfinals performance, how he stacks up to the rest of the field, and what his chances of a Games ticket are.
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We take a look at up and coming CrossFit athlete Victor Hoffer. He finished 3rd in Europe during Quarterfinals, but does the 20 year old have what it takes to make it to the Games? We take a look at his progression through offseason events, and how they will stack up against the Semifinal field.
CrossFit Quarterfinals are done, and the teams are finalized for Semifinals. What does being the top seed in a Semifinal mean for CrossFit East Nashville PRVN or CrossFit Invictus?
To help answer that question we take a look back to 2022 and see how top seeds like CrossFit Mayhem Freedom and CrossFit Oslo Navy Blue did in their semifinals.
If you have been watching the CrossFit Games quarterfinals leaderboard this year, you have probably seen Katelin Van Zyl's name near the top.
1st in Oceania Quarterfinals
17th in World Wide Quarterfinals
25 in the CrossFit Open
We wanted to learn more about her past CrossFit career so dove into the details.
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Dave digs in to 10 takeaways from the 2023 CrossFit Open when looking at the Elite athletes.
- Paige Powers is legit
- Samuel Cournoyer is back
- What's up with Gui?
- North America East is stacked
- Back to Back to Back
- Teen Champions
- Men vs Women
- Teams will be fun to watch in 2023
- Why Sara? Why?
- A new rule
Dave and Katharine were chatting about Chandler Smith and decided to start a recording to drop an adhoc podcast on the topic. It also lead to an interesting stat on the effects of the athletes in the bottom half of the leaderboard on the top half that will be dropped at @franlunganalytics on instagram so make sure to follow along for additional content there.
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Can you find a CrossFit games rookie based on their open performance? We took a look at the 2022 CrossFit games rookie field, and dove into their 2021 and 2022 open results to see if there are any trends in their performances.
Dave and Katharine did not look at the CrossFit Athlete Rankings until they hit record on this episode. Starts as a bit of a slow roll but at the end there are some pretty big surprises of how athletes ended up ranked.
We were looking at the rankings https://games.crossfit.com/article/2023-crossfit-games-season-worldwide-rankings as well as our athlete data at franlung.com
CrossFit dropped the algorithm on how athlete rankings will be calculated so we did what we do and calculated out the athlete rankings as best as we could. There are some assumptions in our data based on the lack of a worldwide quarterfinal leaderboard for 2021 but it still showed the trends by continent and gave us a platform that we could play through some scenarios.
CrossFit has since dropped their calculations applied to 2022 Quarterfinal athletes so this was recorded before hand but our thoughts don't change but some of the numbers will be a bit adjusted.
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Laura Horvath is on of the top CrossFit athletes in the world. She has been on the podium the last two years at the CrossFit Games, and has won multiple competitions the past two season.
That said, she finds her self consistently in the bottom of the standings of Handstand Push Up events.
We take a look at 7 events from the past few seasons, and see what the impact to her final spot on the leaderboard is had she had a better performance in the event. The result, probably isn't what you would expect.
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At the elite level of CrossFit there are limited opportunities to gain experience in the competition floor, which is why the offseason can be so important to developing athletes. Have European athletes gain an advantage over the rest of the field this offseason?
A quick preview of the Double Show with a Spash event at the 2023 Wodapalooza competition. We take a look at the contenders for the swim event, their past results and Dave makes his picks for the podium finishers in the event.
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Dave and Katharine run through their fantasy teams and how their teams did.
They breakdown:
- The most selected athletes in the salary cap game
- Top performers by salary bracket
- What the perfect team would have looked like
Then they review their top 10 picks and review how the leaderboard looked at the end of the weekend.
All fantasy games and stats are from fantasyfitnessing.com
Dave looks back a Grace version that have been tested in Elite CrossFit Competition. Heavy Grace at the 2022 Rogue Invitational, Double Grace at the 2014 CrossFit Games, Squat Grace at the 2008 CrossFit Games and Hitting the Slopes with Grace at the 2019 MACC. Looks at the winners and what those workouts were if you are looking for a new version of Grace to test.
This is a partnership with Fantasy Fitnessing, Fantasy Sports Games for CrossFit and All the WODS the most complete competition WOD database.
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Looking back on a Rogue Invitational event as Rogue is kicking off this week. We looked at the Echo Burner
20 Thrusters (115/75)
40/32 Cal Echo Bike
20 Thrusters (115/75)
Broke down how the fastest athletes did it and who was on top of the leaderboard for that event.
Dave and Katharine run through how Salary Cap leagues work as well as Draft Leagues.
Rogue Summary looking at Rogue versus other CrossFit Games in breakdown of Gymnastics/Monostructural/Weightlifting movements.
Dave highlights who has topped the leaderboard in strength events in the 2022 season. Full lists of those events are on the Fantasy Fitnessing Patreon
Fantasy Sport for Fitness Games are live on fantasyfitnessing.com
In this week's episode of From The Rack News, the Fantasy Fitnessing team discuss
- Confirmed athletes to the German Throwdown
- Noah Olsen's Fran Time
- Athlete changes at Rogue
and more.
From the Rack News is your weekly source of news from around the world of elite CrossFit.
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Oct 19th WOD Wednesday is The Mule. Tested twice at the Rogue Invitational in 2019 and 2021.
21-15-9
Deadlift (315/225)
Burpee Pull Up
Dave Runs through the stats and comparison between the two years it was programmed.
In Partnership with Fantasy Fitnessing they run Fantasy Sports Games for Fitness and their game for the 2022 Rogue Invitational is live!!
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All the WODS is a competition workout database, providing Daily Workouts and you can go in a filter and search on parts of the workouts.
Katharine and Dave breakdown the Salary Cap game that has been kicked off at fantasyfitnessing.com.
Sample teams with the $250 budget.
Set your line up at fantasyfitnessing.com and keep up with different athletes stats following along at @fantasyfitnessing on Instagram
Quick News highlights we felt needed more discussion that we posted on From the Rack.
A couple injuries that could affect performance at the Rogue Invitational.
Updates from the Dubai Fitness Championship
CrossFit Games season updates and what Katharine and Dave think about them.
Keep up with new focusing on the Elite CrossFit/Functional Fitness space.
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Dave goes through the CrossFit Total as it has been tested in the 2007, 2018 & 2020 CrossFit Games. Highlighting the competition records and who had improvement over multiple years.
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We are back!!! Dave and Katharine cover what is happening for Fantasy Fitnessing in the off-season. Preview a bit of whats happening or Rogue, Dubai CrossFit Championship and Wodapalooza.
They also dive into The Standard, an event from the 2019 CrossFit Games and 2020 Strength in Depth in our WOD Wednesday feature. WOD Wednesday is a partnership with AllTheWods.com
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Katharine runs through the leaderboard as of right now and who Katharine and Dave have picked on their fantasy teams.
Previews how the Salary Cap Game at fantasyfitnessing.com is going to work for Last Chance Qualifiers.
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Week 3 Fantasy Chat
Katharine and Dave run though what fantasy approaches work for this week with 2 semifinals going off.
Preview Shows for Week 3 Competitions:
Granite Games https://youtu.be/uguISM9m5Os
Far East Throwdown https://youtu.be/btCRa3e1uik
Week 2 Leaderboard Review
Salary Cap Chat:
Why this is probably the toughest week so far.
Draft Chat:
Daves Strategy about when to select the Far East athletes versus the Granite athletes
Free Power Rank Draft Cheat Sheet https://www.patreon.com/posts/crossfit-week-3-67116017?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare
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Katharine and Dave run though what fantasy approaches work for this week with 2 semifinals going off.
Preview Shows for Week 2 Competitions:
Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge https://youtu.be/5FPR-uACqaE
Fittest in Cape Town https://youtu.be/tvCjAFw9UfY
Week 1 Leaderboard Review
Salary Cap Chat:
Different Approach from week 1
Draft Chat:
Daves Strategy about when to select the Fittest in Cape Town athletes versus the MACC athletes
Free Power Rank Draft Cheat Sheet https://www.patreon.com/posts/week-2-semifinal-66843061?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare
All games are free to play at fantasyfitnessing.com and more stats and info at https://www.instagram.com/fantasyfitnessing/ on instagram
Week 1 Fantasy Chat
Katharine and Dave run though the Salary Cap and Draft Games on Fantasyfitnessing.com.
Preview Shows for Week 1 Competitions:
Torian Pro https://youtu.be/k0iEJa2U4LM
Lowlands Throwdown https://youtu.be/hoymmPglLEE
Syndicate Crown https://youtu.be/mRhiQVEsvo8
Salary Cap Chat:
Highlight Aces for Aces & Wild Card Strategy
Highlight some high to mid ranked athletes for a Balanced Strategy
Dave's Sleeper picks for the week (athletes $20 or less)
Draft Chat:
Free Power Rank Draft Cheat Sheet Here
Daves Strategy about the Torian Men and Syndicate Women
All games are free to play at fantasyfitnessing.com and more stats and info at https://www.instagram.com/fantasyfitnessing/ on instagram
7th Episode in the series covering of the CrossFit Semifinals - The Granite Games
Quick look at the stats:
- Number of past Games athletes
- Number of past Semifinal Athletes
- Top ranked athletes Open finish
- Top ranked athletes Worldwide Quarterfinal finish
- Semifinal Strength looking at the full field
- Semifinal Strength looking at the “qualifying spots” which are Games ticket spots and Last Chance Qualifier spots
- Semifinal Strength looking at Games ticket spots
There are a few matchups and athletes highlighted under what to watch as well as Dave’s Games Ticket Picks and Dark Horses.
Sign up for our free to play Salary Cap Fantasy Sports Game at fantasyfitnessing.com and follow us @fantasyfitnessing on Instagram to not miss out on any athlete stats.
6th Episode in the series covering of the CrossFit Semifinals - The Far East Throwdown
Quick look at the stats:
- Number of past Games athletes
- Number of past Semifinal Athletes
- Top ranked athletes Open finish
- Top ranked athletes Worldwide Quarterfinal finish
- Semifinal Strength looking at the full field
- Semifinal Strength looking at the “qualifying spots” which are Games ticket spots and Last Chance Qualifier spots
- Semifinal Strength looking at Games ticket spots
There are a few matchups and athletes highlighted under what to watch as well as Dave’s Games Ticket Picks and Dark Horses.
Sign up for our free to play Salary Cap Fantasy Sports Game at fantasyfitnessing.com and follow us @fantasyfitnessing on Instagram to not miss out on any athlete stats.
5th Episode in the series covering of the CrossFit Semifinals - The Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge
Quick look at the stats:
- Number of past Games athletes
- Number of past Semifinal Athletes
- Top ranked athletes Open finish
- Top ranked athletes Worldwide Quarterfinal finish
- Semifinal Strength looking at the full field
- Semifinal Strength looking at the “qualifying spots” which are Games ticket spots and Last Chance Qualifier spots
- Semifinal Strength looking at Games ticket spots
There are a few matchups and athletes highlighted under what to watch as well as Dave’s Games Ticket Picks and Dark Horses.
Sign up for our free to play Salary Cap Fantasy Sports Game at fantasyfitnessing.com and follow us @fantasyfitnessing on Instagram to not miss out on any athlete stats.
4th Episode in the series covering of the CrossFit Semifinals - The Fittest in Cape Town.
Quick look at the stats:
- Number of past Games athletes
- Number of past Semifinal Athletes
- Top ranked athletes Open finish
- Top ranked athletes Worldwide Quarterfinal finish
- Semifinal Strength looking at the full field
- Semifinal Strength looking at the “qualifying spots” which are Games ticket spots and Last Chance Qualifier spots
- Semifinal Strength looking at Games ticket spots
There are a few matchups and athletes highlighted under what to watch as well as Dave’s Games Ticket Picks and Dark Horses.
Sign up for our free to play Salary Cap Fantasy Sports Game at fantasyfitnessing.com and follow us @fantasyfitnessing on Instagram to not miss out on any athlete stats.
3rd Episode in the series covering of the CrossFit Semifinals - The Syndicate Crown.
Quick look at the stats:
- Number of past Games athletes
- Number of past Semifinal Athletes
- Top ranked athletes Open finish
- Top ranked athletes Worldwide Quarterfinal finish
- Semifinal Strength looking at the full field
- Semifinal Strength looking at the “qualifying spots” which are Games ticket spots and Last Chance Qualifier spots
- Semifinal Strength looking at Games ticket spots
There are a few matchups and athletes highlighted under what to watch as well as Dave’s Games Ticket Picks and Dark Horses.
Sign up for our free to play Salary Cap Fantasy Sports Game at fantasyfitnessing.com and follow us @fantasyfitnessing on Instagram to not miss out on any athlete stats.
2nd Episode in the series covering of the CrossFit Semifinals - The Lowlands Throwdown.
Quick look at the stats:
- Number of past Games athletes
- Number of past Semifinal Athletes
- Top ranked athletes Open finish
- Top ranked athletes Worldwide Quarterfinal finish
- Semifinal Strength looking at the full field
- Semifinal Strength looking at the “qualifying spots” which are Games ticket spots and Last Chance Qualifier spots
- Semifinal Strength looking at Games ticket spots
There are a few matchups and athletes highlighted under what to watch as well as Dave’s Games Ticket Picks and Dark Horses.
Sign up for our free to play Salary Cap Fantasy Sports Game at fantasyfitnessing.com and follow us @fantasyfitnessing on Instagram to not miss out on any athlete stats.
1st of the Semifinals series covering the Torian Pro Semifinal.
Quick look at the stats:
- Number of past Games athletes
- Number of past Semifinal Athletes
- Top ranked athletes Open finish
- Top ranked athletes Worldwide Quarterfinal finish
- Semifinal Strength looking at the full field
- Semifinal Strength looking at the “qualifying spots” which are Games ticket spots and Last Chance Qualifier spots
- Semifinal Strength looking at Games ticket spots
Then a few different stats and interesting highlights of the field into our Games ticket picks and Dark Horse Picks.
Relative Semifinal Strength for all 10 CrossFit Semifinals.
- Lowlands Throwdown
- Strength in Depth
- Atlas Games
- Granite Games
- Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge
- Syndicate Crown
- Copa Sur
- Fittest in Cape Town
- Far East Throwdown
- Torian Pro
Semifinal summary based on:
- Open Ranks
- Quarterfinal Ranks
- Worldwide Quarterfinal Rank
- Worldwide Quarterfinal Rank based on who would have been in a qualifying spot on the Continental Quarterfinal Leaderboards
And a little bit of a Salary Cap Game Strategy considering Semifinal Field Strength.
15 women and 5 men who competed at the 2021 CrossFit Games aren't advancing to semi-finals. This seemed like a big number, so Katharine and Dave dove into the numbers to see what a typical games field looks like.
- How many athletes make repeat appearances year after year?
- How many rookies make the CrossFit Games each year?
- What % of athletes have multiple appearances at the CrossFit Games
- How many past games athletes are still in the hunt for a 2022 Games ticket.
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The Fantasy Fitnessing team takes a look at some athletes whose stock is going up after Quarter finals including
- Guilherme Malheiros
- Haley Adams
- Noah Olsen
- Jamie Simmonds
- Brooke Wells
- Sam Kwant
- Solveig Sigurdardottir
- Willy Georges
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Katharine and Dave run down a bunch of the happenings from the CrossFit Individual Quarterfinals.
Athletes discussed are Chandler Smith, Brute Strength guys, Couple retired guys, Colten Mertens, Travis Mayer, Spencer Panchik, Tudor Magda, Willy Georges, Gui Malherios, Top 40 worldwide South American Men, Ricky Garard, Bayley Martin, North American Females under 21 years old, Arielle Loewen, Ellie Turner, Jamie Simmonds, Katrin Davidsdottir, Sara Sigmundsdottir, Laura Horvath, Alexis Raptis, and a few athletes that are on the outside of the cutlines.
Some of it is news and some is just noise in our opinion.
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Dave and Katharine run through their picks for the 18 Box Pick'em Quarterfinal Boxes. Providing some stats on different athletes CrossFit Open and Past season performances.
The Quarterfinal Box Pick'em Game is Free to Play at www.fantasyfitnessing.com.
Pick 1 athlete from each box for both Male and Female athletes.
3 North America
2 Europe
Oceania
South America
Asia
Africa
Katharine and Dave run through a number of athletes and discuss whether the performance is News or Noise for the rest of the CrossFit Season.
Athletes discussed are Mallory O'Brien, Saxon Panchik, Emma Cary, Brute Strength Men, Brooke Wells, Lazar Dukic, Brent Fikowski, Samuel Kwant, Ellie Turner, Chandler Smith, Jamie Simmonds, Katrin Davidsdottir, Jonne Koski, Matilda Garnes, Lukas Hogberg, and Colten Mertens. Some performances are news and others are noise.
Katharine and Dave put together their lists of top 20 female and male athletes as the CrossFit Season gets underway. Full list are available on Instagram Female and Male
The Fantasy Fitnessing team discusses the news from the last week in the first edition of From the Rack. In this episode we discuss
- Katrin Davidsdottir moving on from CompTrain
- The German Throwndown Community Comp
- Injury News from Jamie Simmonds and Willy Georges
- Wodapalooza Teams
From the Rack is you single source for CrossFit Games news, in quick doses to keep you up to date.
The Fantasy Fitnessing team recap the Rogue Invitational competition.
When you are done listening, make sure to check out the new feature on our website called "From The Rack", our new quick news site focused on the sport of CrossFit.
The Fantasy Fitnessing team completes their fantasy draft ahead of the Rogue Invitational. Katharine and Dave each take turns picking 3 female and 3 male athletes for their fantasy team as part of our new fantasy Crossfit game at www.fantasyfitnessing.com.
The Fantasy Fitnessing team completes their picks within each price range for the Salary Cap Challenge game for the Rogue Invitational. The Salary Cap Challenge is a free fantasy CrossFit game that can be played at fantasyfitnessing.com.
Who do you pick Vellner vs. Medeiros ?
Annie Thorisdottir or Laura Horvath?
Take a listen and find out.
Katharine takes a look at the athletes competing at the CrossFit Lowlands Throwdown, the CrossFit German Throwdown and the Brazil CrossFit Championship.
She gives us a run through of the athletes, their past competitions and highlights our picks for the Fantasy Fitnessing Week 3 Box Pick'em.
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Katharine gives us a review of the Fittest in Cape Town and Granite Games competitions.
- Who got the games tickets
- Who got the LCOQ sports
- What were the highlights of the weekend
Dave covers the field competing in the CrossFit Games Semifinal week 2 competitions, the Fittest in Cape Town and the Granite Games.
Preview of the boxes in the Fantasy Fitnessing Box Pick'em week 2 game and shares his picks.
Katharine and Dave discuss the results of the Torian Pro and Mid Atlantic CrossFit Challenge Semifinal events.
We cover the men's and women's game athletes, as well as the races for the Last Chance Online Qualifier. How we like the new field structure and if Haley Adams is the top US women's CrossFitter.
Make sure that you sign up for our week 2 Semifinals fantasy CrossFit Game at www.fantasyfitnessing.com
Quick reaction to the prize money announced for the CrossFit Semi Finals. In short, we need to do more to support the athletes of the sport. The athletes love the support, and dedicated themselves to it, but CrossFit needs to do more from a financial perspective to ensure the long term growth of the sport and the competitiveness of the events
Dave preview's the field at the Torian Pro Semi Final event coming up this week, and how he picked his team for the Week 1 Box Pick'em fantasy CrossFit game.
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Katharine and Dave take a look at the results from the CrossFit Quarterfinals and discuss how some of the big names did, and if the results are news that we should be paying attention to, or nonsense we can forget.
Athletes we cover
- Streat Hoerner
- Lukas Hogberg
- Annie Thorisdottir
- Katrin Davidsdottir
- Sam Kwant
- Kari Pearce
- The teen athletes
As part of our Quarterfinals review and prep for this show we made a leaderboard with the 2020 games athletes based on their quarterfinals results. This blog post is referenced a few times in the discussion
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The Fantasy Fitnessing team review the 2021 CrossFit Open, topics include
- The impact of injuries on the season and some recommendations for the last chance qualifier
- Review of the women's field, and who are the clear cut favourites in Madison
- Review of the men's field, how 21.4 skewed the results, and how strategy played out for a last week redo.
While Open Madness is wrapping up, we are just a few days away from the Quarterfinals box pick'em game. Sign up today at fantasyfitnessing.com.
Katharine from the Fantasy Fitnessing team gives us a run through of the week three matchups in the Open Madness bracket and who we think our winners will be.
As a quick refresher, Round 3 in Open Madness will be the combined score between 21.3 and 21.4, while Round 4 is determined by the better Open finish.
This week on the Fantasy Fitnessing show Dave and Katharine take a look at the 21.2 Open results.
In the 21.2 highlight real we discuss:
- The improvement of the field from 17.1
- David Shorunke's knee
- One and Done
Then we run down the round 2 head to head matchups in Open Madness.
The Fantasy Fitnessing team discuss the week 2 Open Madness matchups. Plus Dave makes a bold prediction of who will win the CrossFit Open based on the results of 21.2.
You can follow along with Open Madness by visiting Fantasy Fitnessing.
- View the Perfect Bracket
- CrossFit Media Leaderboard
We will be posting highlights of 21.2 throughout the weekend, so make sure to follow along on Instagram.
In this show Dave and Katharine review highlights of the 21.1 Open and the first week of the Open Madness Bracket Challenge.
For the 21.1 highlight reel, we cover
- Sara Sigmundsdottir's ACL rupture
- Roman Krennokov's pacing
- Brooke Wells' rope placement
- Sean Sweeney's public service announcement
- Elite Athletes being part of their community during the Open
- Annie Thorsdottir's comeback and 21.1 approach.
In the Open Madness review, we talk about upset central in the two men's divisions, and how for the most part the top tier of women's athletes performed as expected.
Other 21.1 tidbits
- Cut lines for each continent
- Rope throws
- The Perfect Open Madness Bracket
- 21.1 Athlete Videos
In our final Podcast before the 2021 kicks off we review the International Women's division of the Open Madness bracket challenge. Lots of tough picks in this one with a stacked group of competitors.
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Dave from Fantasy Fitnessing breaks down the US Women's division of the Open Madness bracket. Open Madness is a free fantasy CrossFit game you can play at www.fantasyfitnessing.com
The Fantasy Fitnessing team discusses the 16 athletes in the International Men's division of the Open Madness bracket challenge. The team dives into the 8 head to head matchups, and who they see coming out victorious in week 1 of the 2021 CrossFit Open.
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Dave and Katharine run through the week one matchups for the Open Madness. This is a selection of 16 elite American men that compete in the CrossFit Games season. They were seeded and put into a bracket. 4 Eliminations over the 3 week CrossFit Open. Week one matchups and our picks.
Open Madness is a free Fantasy CrossFit game that you can play at fantasyfitnessing.com
Katharine and Dave are discussing the Mens and Womens Fields for the CrossFit Games Final. We cover what has been going on with the athletes and our top 5 ranking that we expect come the end of the weekend.
Our goal with this was to highlight all of the athletes not just the most popular. Covering all the athletes with a top 5 event finish, all the athletes that were in and out of the top 5 overall and of course the final 5 finishers that are moving onto the second stage of the games. Check it out and let us know what you think. Check out more of our stuff on instagram @fantasyfitnessing or at fantasyfitnessing.com
Katharine and Dave make their selection for the top 5 men who will make it through stage one of the games and onto Aromas
Dave and Katharine both list out their top picks for the top 5 at the games. Those athletes will be continuing into stage 2 of the Games so it will be interesting to see how it goes.
Games 2020 Athlete rundown.
How each athlete qualified. Which athletes are rookies. Each athletes list of sanctional finishes in the 2020 season.