When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images The jerk is a technical exercise that involves explosively lifting a weight ...

Move over, Olympics: the CrossFit Open, which has been touted as one of the largest sporting events on Earth, has officially begun. During the five-week competition, 500,000 participants ranging from ...

The final event for the men and women (event 12) has been announced, it’s called The Standard and consists of 90 total reps in three exercises.

With the 2020 CrossFit Games taking a necessarily different shape due to the continuing pandemic and the restrictions on travel, mass gatherings and sporting events, this challenge harks back to the ...

You don't want to anger a weightlifter. So I suggest you keep in mind a distinction the athletes make: There's "weightlifting" and "weight lifting." The latter is just picking up heavy stuff, but the ...

There's nothing like a complex to give your metabolism a surge. Not only will the non-stop action give you an intense cardio workout, combining these movements will work your whole body. The deadlift ...

Clean and jerks are like the definition of CrossFit, where you lift the barbell from the floor to your shoulders, then press (jerk) it up above your head. But when you're just starting out, you want ...