When Danielle Brandon's school friends asked about her family, she would lie and say her mom was dead. Until her late 20s, Brandon, who was born in a small city in Idaho, kept the details of her ...

When Dani Speegle works out at Invictus Fitness in East Village, people often approach to ask for her autograph or a photo. Many remember seeing her on NBC TV with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson holding a ...

Jennifer Timmins is killing it in CrossFit with dead lifts, pull-ups and kettle ball swings. And yes, she has a baby bump. She's due in December. "Absolutely it pushes your body," she said. A ...

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 ...

Two Kansas City-area women will test their mettle at the 2023 CrossFit Games from Aug. 1-6 in Madison, Wisconsin. Carrie Rieger is competing in the age 45-49 division, while Olivia Kerstetter is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Annie Thorisdottir has won the CrossFit Games twice, earning the title 'Fittest Woman on Earth.' When she gave birth to her ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS – Monday night's episode of "American Ninja Warrior" was filmed in St. Louis, and it's common to hear the show's contestants introduced as Crossfit athletes. Two local women are gearing up ...

Sheila Barden, who trains at CrossFit Kinesis in Gretna, is preparing for the CrossFit Games in California. Stacie Tovar, of Omaha, competes at a regional CrossFit competition in Columbus, Ohio. She ...

Danielle Brandon is a top CrossFit athlete and one of the sport's fittest women. She spoke exclusively to BI about how her unstable childhood shaped her. Brandon said she used sport as an escape and ...