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Without an AbMat, your abs stop working dynamically about a third of the way through a sit-up and become stabilizers while your hip flexors take over. This simple piece of foam does something that nothing else replicates: it lets your abs work through their full range of motion, eliminating the weak range many people ignore. Your AbMat gives you a training stimulus that complements everything else you do in the gym and in life.

In this episode of the Sport of Fitness podcast, host Chase Ingraham is breaking down the top 10 most dramatic moments of the qualifying season in the lead-up to the CrossFit Games in Albany, New York.

The CrossFit Podcast team is pulling back the curtain for this special episode. Get a look behind the scenes at what it took to restart the CrossFit Podcast, what we learned the hard way, and the top moments of the show in 2025.

You said you'd do 10 minutes of jump rope and quit at five, which means you just rediscovered what boxers and wrestlers never forgot: this simple tool will humble you and get you in serious shape. While most of our work with the jump rope shows up as double-unders in a WOD, the single-under is a seriously legitimate conditioning implement that builds cardiovascular capacity, develops lower-leg resilience, and strengthens footwork and coordination with minimal impact. The irony: if you want better double-unders, do more single-unders.

Join Chase Ingraham and Adrian Conway for a year-end wrap-up on the CrossFit Podcast.

Despite Becky Johnson’s devotion to a healthy lifestyle, she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, an incurable and progressive disease. But Johnson continues to show up to CrossFit every day. Why? She hopes to slow the progression of symptoms while keeping a sense of normalcy in her life.

CrossFit includes the bench press less than almost any other training program, but that doesn't mean you should skip it entirely. When done correctly as part of a comprehensive program, the bench press builds raw upper-body strength and works your back more than you think. You just need to know the technical details that turn it into a true full-body movement.

Watch the final heat of Men's Event 2 at the 2025 CrossFit Games.

In this episode of the Sport of Fitness podcast, host Chase Ingraham dives into everything you need to know about the 2026 Masters CrossFit Games.

Watch the final heat of Women's Event 2 at the 2025 CrossFit Games.