The CrossFit Journal | "How FIT are you?"
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"We’ve long desired to offer a fitness competition consistent with our fitness model (See CrossFit Journal October 2002, “What is Fitness?”) and have found the task fraught with difficulties." - Greg Glassman
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Top 4 BOLD predictions for the 2025 CrossFit Games Season
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The 2025 CrossFit Games season is around the corner as we are less than 6 weeks away from the 2025 CrossFit Games Open. Chase, Bill and the hot take king himself, John Young, sit down and give their Top 4 BOLD predictions for the 2025 CrossFit Games Season.
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Why the CrossFit Games does NOT need to be a "professional sport"
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The CrossFit Games is the ultimate proving grounds to find the "Fittest on Earth" Yet, for the last several years all we have been hearing is "We need to professionalize the sport" from athletes to agent and everyone in between on the Elite side of the room. Here's the thing... they are RIGHT... but also WRONG. Yes, the maybe the "Elites" do need something more professional for them to making a living and "chase the dream" of being an pro athlete BUT that doesn't have to be the CrossFit Games.
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P-Scoring the 2008 CrossFit Games
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Ever hear of P-Score?! If you have been around Tyler Watkins of the Barbell Spin and Heat 1 App for more than 5 mins, you definitely have. The CrossFit Games have evolved every year since 2007 but it seems that the scoring system has been one of the pain points of the quest in find "The Fittest on Earth". This is where Tyler Watkins and P-Score comes in. This new series we will go back and "P-Score the CrossFit Games" from 2007 to 2024 and see what the change could have been at the end of the weekend to see if we really did find "The Fittest on Earth"
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Analyzing the Programming | 2024 Legends Championship
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The Legends Masters Championship just went down this weekend off the heels of them taking on the Masters CrossFit Games in September. Bill and Chase sit down and analyze the programming of the 2024 Legends Championship.
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Reprogramming the 2024 Dubai Fitness Championship
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You hear all the reasons of why things happened the way they happened after every competition we analyze: "Lack of equipment" "Scheduling constraints" " last minutes changes for issues out of our control".... We get it... we have been there behind the scenes from to local comp to the CrossFit Games and everywhere in between. Even with all the things that can "limit" the programming there is always a way to make it balanced, watchable and creative.
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"P-Scoring" the 2007 CrossFit Games
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Ever hear of P-Score?! If you have been around Tyler Watkins of the Barbell Spin and Heat 1 App for more than 5 mins, you definitely have. The CrossFit Games have evolved every year since 2007 but it seems that the scoring system has been one of the pain points of the quest in find "The Fittest on Earth". This is where Tyler Watkins and P-Score comes in. This new series we will go back and "P-Score the CrossFit Games" from 2007 to 2024 and see what the change could have been at the end of the weekend to see if we really did find "The Fittest on Earth"
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Analyzing the Programming | 2024 Dubai Fitness Championship
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This was said on the broadcast... "How do you like the random events we do" at Dubai? We will dig into how RANDOM and VARIED are not the same thing and why that can be a major problem when programming anything from a group class to an elite level competition.
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INSIDE THE LEADERBOARD | Mock 2025 CrossFit Games Qualifying System
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Chase enlists the help and big brains of Barclay Dale to show a "proof of concept" to his 2025 CrossFit Games Season predictions with special guest John Young. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWA2wsU25M-6SZ13p7fBRQ/join
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A 2025 CrossFit Games Season "Pipe Dream"
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Chase has a theory about the 2025 CrossFit Games Season where the "Strength of Field" and "D'hondt Method" can still be in play for the Online Semifinals portion of the season next year.
info_outlineThe Crash Crucible is quickly becoming one of the most premier off season CrossFit events in the United States. Programmed and Directed by J.R. Howell, owner of CrossFit Crash, J.R.'s quality programming, creative live stream coverage with the Sevan Podcast and professionalism has drawn some of the best athletes in the space to compete at Crash. Chase and Bill sit down and preview the programming and competitors of the 2024 Crash Crucible.