CrossFit
Timed multi-discipline fitness sport blending weightlifting, gymnastics and metabolic conditioning.
👥1 per team🌤indoor
What is CrossFit?
CrossFit is a fitness sport that blends Olympic weightlifting, gymnastics and metabolic conditioning into timed "workouts of the day" (WODs). The CrossFit Games — an annual multi-day competition — crown the "Fittest on Earth" across individual, team and age-group categories.
Quick facts
Category
Strength Sports
Type
Individual
Players
1 per team
Where played
indoor
Country of origin
🇺🇸 United States
Estimated origin
2000, Santa Cruz, California (Greg Glassman)
Olympic
No
Popularity
global
Sources & provenance
Last verified 2026-08-20.verified