by CrossFit Journal | Dec 8, 2016 | Athletes, Crossfit Journal, Older Athletes
Lucie Hobart is 56 years old and says she has no idea what age means anymore. “I started CrossFit when I was 52,” she says, “but here I am … four years later, so I’m 56, and I know I am the healthiest today that I have ever been in my...
by CrossFit Journal | Nov 26, 2016 | Athletes, Crossfit Journal, Medical/Injuries
Thirty days after a stem-cell transplant, Timmon Lund joined CrossFit St. Paul. “I wanted to get healthy again.” Nine months earlier, at 33, Lund had been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The cancer limits the body’s ability to fight...
by CrossFit Journal | Nov 11, 2016 | Athletes, Crossfit Journal, Medical/Injuries
MeiLin McDonald, 17, suffered a severe concussion during a basketball game as a child. The injury caused her eyes to become permanently dilated and left her unable to focus. McDonald’s physician suggested surgery to explore the possibility of inner-ear damage....
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Sep 7, 2016 | Athletes, Crossfit Journal, Medical/Injuries
Neurosurgeon credits Stephen Walker’s fitness with saving his life while he fought polymicrobial brain infection. Stephen Walker’s moniker is “Mr. 5 a.m.” Since he joined CrossFit Palm Beach in December 2012, he’s shown up every single...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 30, 2016 | Athletes, Crossfit Journal, Medical/Injuries
It’s July in Kelowna, British Columbia. Ordinarily, athletes at Bodyshop CrossFit in West Kelowna would be working out diligently. Today, they’re visibly distracted. The 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games are playing live on a big-screen TV in the weightlifting...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 14, 2016 | Athletes, CrossFit Games, Crossfit Journal
CrossFit Media photographers document the many tests of the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games. “This year is going to be the most challenging, physically and mentally, that you guys will ever encounter at the CrossFit Games. … We are gonna ask a lot of you...
