by CrossFit Unbreakable | Jul 21, 2017 | Athletes, BoxRox, competitive fitness, Europe, External Posts, News
At least at some point in your functional fitness journey, you have probably overheard someone wondering why there isn’t a ‚League‘ for the functional fitness sport or asked that question yourself. This is exactly the same question Nico Bade (30, Berlin, Germany) and...
by CrossFit Unbreakable | Jul 17, 2017 | Athletes, BoxRox, CrossFit, CrossFit Games, External Posts, News
Dave Castro: “In 2012 we had the individual athletes compete on the Marine Corps obstacle course on Camp Pendleton. Spencer Hendel won the male division and Rich Froning took third. Annie Thorisdottir took third in the female division. Chris Spealler was 11th and Neal...
by CrossFit Unbreakable | Jun 21, 2017 | Athletes, BoxRox, External Posts, News, weightlifting
The following information comes from Inside The Games. “Two 14-year-olds are among seven Egyptian weightlifters who tested positive for steroids at the African Youth and Junior Championships. Egypt were forced to withdraw from the Junior World Championships as a...
by CrossFit Unbreakable | Jun 20, 2017 | Athletes, BoxRox, External Posts, News, weightlifting
Clifton Pho from Canada has set a new open world record deadlift as a Junior with a 285kg (627 lbs) lift at 66kg (145 lbs)! Relative to his own body, this is 4.3 times what he weighs himself. Watch the lift below: New OPEN WORLD RECORD Deadlift as Junior with 285 kg...
by CrossFit Unbreakable | Jun 18, 2017 | BoxRox, External Posts, News, weightlifting
CJ Cummings wins his fourth world title overall (2-time Youth, 2-time Junior)! He was in fourth place at the end of the Snatch, lifting 138kg. This put him 9kg behind Japan’s Masanori Miyamoto who managed 147kg on his third attempt. Cummings clean & jerked 173kg...
by CrossFit Unbreakable | Jun 18, 2017 | Athletes, BoxRox, External Posts, News, weightlifting
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Congress will create a group specifically to tackle illegal doping in Olympic Sports. Another group will be formed to progress the “Sports Program” and will address gender equality, new events, 2020 Olympic body weight...
