Was Strength a Weakness at the 2023 Games?

August 21, 2023 by
Photo Credit: Ava Kitzi

Although all parts of fitness must be elite in order to compete at the CrossFit Games, high levels of strength are often what separate the best from the rest.

  • When it comes to strength needed at the Games however, is there a cut-off where getting stronger at the expense of other modalities leads to diminishing returns or even becomes a disadvantage?

By looking at the leaderboard results of some of the strongest athletes at the Games this year there are definitely some things that stick out.

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