Eminem's "Lose Yourself" plays in the background as I struggle to get my head over the bar. My arms are starting to lose strength as each pull-up becomes increasingly difficult. Each push-up gets ...

Few fitness trends have experienced as meteoritic a rise in as short a period of time as has CrossFit. First entering the scene when it was founded by Greg Glassman and Lauren Janai in 2000 in ...

Hate it or love it, people have strong opinions about CrossFit. Devotees tout it as the best way to transform your body, while critics say there's no surer way to end up injured. Regardless, there's ...

Carolyn Nagler cut up her legs at a CrossFit class — but that hasn’t stopped her from going back to her gym.Annie Wermiel Carolyn Nagler has witnessed a lot in her year attending CrossFit classes: ...

The most popular PE class at Waukegan High School takes place in a basement field house that has the ambience of a dungeon. Sweating is assured. Vomiting is not unusual. It’s the school’s version of ...

Elyse Gorby, center, demonstrates sets of weight-lifting during a free Crossfit class she hosts at Piercing Crossfit in Marietta for people in recovery. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) MARIETTA — Dumbell ...

They are running around the gym laughing without realizing how hard they are working. This is the Crossfit Kids program at Crossfit North Vancouver and these mini-athletes are having a blast. They are ...

Sometimes, when we're at the CrossFit box, our workouts start to sound like Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova grunting through an epic tennis match. And sometimes, we don't feel like sharing that ...