It's CrossFit competition season and that means blisters and cuts. Is it a mark of your determination or just plain silly?

There's only one Open this coming year, six months on the heels of the last one meaning the rules have changed and you need to strategize in a totally new way.

Once called the conscience of CrossFit, Pat McCarty has something to say about the rumors swirling around CrossFit competition.

CrossFit affiliates have been at the forefront of the explosion in indie gyms around the world. Are they in for shock or awe? Maybe both?

If you think the CrossFit Games are just a competition, you have it all wrong.

CrossFit's Open and online qualifiers continue to demand greater all-round ability and challenge athletes at all levels to aim higher.

This year's CrossFit Open tested every energy system, skills at all levels, max strength, and recovery. It was one for the ages.

If this is it for your functional fitness competitive output this year then give it all you've got. Use pacing and singles to finish the Open like a boss.

To get the most from your fitness in 2018, start with an honest assessment of your needs.

Every struggle becomes an opportunity to help those around you.

It takes adult levels of dedication and time to become a teen athlete at the highest level but, you're still a kid. Your training is going to have to be well thought out.

Becca Voigt has earned the right to be considered one of the best CrossFit athletes of all time.

Having a dream is one thing, but are you ready to put in the work it takes to compete at an elite level in CrossFit?

They say champion athletes don't always make good coaches, but Kristan Clever has a passion to prove you wrong.

Laurie Nelson, 72, is a champion athlete and she going to be breaking records for a long, long time to come.

The final 4 weeks of your open preparation means that you are that much closer to reaching your goals.

Beyond weightlifting and powerlifting there is another plane of weight training. The ultimate approach to raw strength is strongman.