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Funds will enable teachers and administrators to outfit school affiliates with equipment and introduce students to the concept of fitness for a lifetime.

CrossFit is excited to kick off the new year by announcing GORUCK as the new Official Apparel and Footwear Provider of CrossFit and the CrossFit Games. In addition, GORUCK will be the official presenter of the 2024 CrossFit for Health Summit, CrossFit’s partner in presenting the CrossFit Open and the CrossFit Games, and the official uniform provider for athletes who qualify and compete at the Games.

CrossFit CEO Don Faul and General Manager of Sport Dave Castro discuss the future of CrossFit and the CrossFit Games, including the growth of affiliates and the new partnership with ESPN.

"I walked in there thinking I was in great shape, and it absolutely smoked me," says CrossFit CEO Don Faul of his first CrossFit workout at Flagship CrossFit in San Francisco, California. CrossFit's new CEO sits down for a conversation with Stephane Rochet at the CrossFit Games.

A former U.S. Marine Corps platoon commander and accomplished executive with more than eight years of CrossFit experience, Faul is passionate about the CrossFit methodology and is looking forward to supporting affiliate owners, coaches, and athletes.

The Workout of the Day for Saturday, June 18, is Eva Strong, a CrossFit Hero workout in honor of Eva Mireles. Mireles, 44, died on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, while shielding her fourth-grade students from a gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

Last month, from March 18-20, Forging Youth Resilience (FYR - pronounced "fire") hosted its first Local Club Summit. The goals of the summit were to build organizational knowledge so all participants are prepared to serve youth who have experienced trauma, to build organizational capacity so we can continue to secure the necessary resources and partnerships that will allow the organization to achieve success and grow, and finally to build community!

Education, celebration, and of course, a lot of fitness — here are a few of the ways the CrossFit community has been honoring Black History Month this February.

“Over the weekend of 3-5 September 2021, 27 gyms and boxes from 8 countries in our region held half-marathon rows in a bid to raise funds for worthy causes of our choice." —Sabrina Lim of CrossFit Enduro in Singapore

On Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, CrossFit Gold Pact in Rotterdam, Netherlands, was vandalized in a hate crime targeting its LGBTQ+ community. The crime occurred a few days after affiliate owner Paul van Dorst founded an LGBTQ+ football fan club called Roze Kameraden (Pink Comrades) at the gym.

"People who tended to be sedentary were far more likely to be hospitalized, and to die, from Covid than those who exercised regularly."

Explosive ordnance disposal officer Kaitlyn Hernandez recently set a record by running the mile in 10 minutes and 23 seconds while wearing an 84-lb. bodysuit and 12-lb. helmet. Hernandez trains at CrossFit SolaFide in Clarksville, Tennessee, and also qualified for and competed in the CrossFit Games Individual Quarterfinal last weekend.