If you think CrossFit is just a way to get in shape, think again. Deemed “one of the fastest growing sports in America” by Forbes, it’s a lifestyle, a physical game, and — for the top performers — a ...

CrossFit has achieved an appeal almost as mythical as unicorn lattes. Even wellness-minded celebs like Cameron Diaz, Channing Tatum, and Jessica Biel have given the functional workout a whirl. But ...

I went to the CrossFit London semi-finals, Strength in Depth, to watch elite athletes compete. What struck me most was how normal it was to be muscular, both among professionals and spectators. As a ...

With a move called "Death By Burpees," you know CrossFit is mega intense. But the program's militaristic approach to fitness hasn't kept it from building an almost fanatical devotion from its ...

CrossFit athlete Katrin Davidsdottir has trained in both the US and Iceland, where she grew up. Davidsdottir told Insider she found fitness culture for women to be very different in both countries. In ...

Icelandic CrossFit athlete Sara Sigmundsdottir initially took up the sport to "lose weight and get a boyfriend." She hated having muscles at first, but has since learned to love her strong physique.

CrossFit divides the fitness folks. There are the passionate CrossFitters whose lives its practice has transformed and the ardent skeptics who cannot understand its attraction. For example, New York ...