Working out with weights five times a week and managing two days of cardio with additional Pilates, yoga and tennis sessions, Mark Laakso of Honolulu would have been considered fit by most standards.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Getty Images Grab your barbell and try this muscle-torching three-move workout to build and strengthen your legs, glutes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For more than a decade CrossFit has been the dominant sport of fitness, with its competitions combining weightlifting, ...

A bog-standard staircase stands between me and my post-gym shower – this is my Everest. Normally the steps would pose no problems, but having just finished a workout challenge from two-time CrossFit ...

CAMBRIDGE — If you’ve never seen CrossFit, in all its heavy-lifting, grunt-inducing, sweat-pooling glory, then imagine a workout designed by sadists for masochists. I first saw the fitness ...

Looking for an exercise outside the box? Something a little lesstraditional, easier on the body, and arguably more effective? CrossFit may bean answer. CrossFit gyms have been sweeping the nation as a ...