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Redefining Fast: “Grace” and “Isabel” Get Torched at the 2025 TYR Cup

It’s the opening event of the 2010 CrossFit Games, and a new girl workout is the task: “Amanda,” a workout involving 21 muscle-ups and 21 snatches at 135 pounds for the men and 95 pounds for the women.

It’s a high-skill, heavy-lifting event for both men and women, and many struggle to string together more than one muscle-up, while they set up for each snatch as if it’s a near-max effort.

Because it was. 

The result: The event quickly turned into a blood bath of failed reps, complete with 2008 CrossFit Games champion Jason Khalipa face-planting on a 135-pound snatch attempt.

Fifteen years later: Fast forward to last weekend at the TYR Cup during Wodapalooza SoCal in Huntington Beach, CA, where top CrossFit athletes from Team North America and Team World battled for the title and big prize money. 

One of the weekend’s highlight events featured head-to-head men’s and women’s “Isabel” races – 30 snatches for time at 135/95 pounds, the same weight used during “Amanda” at the 2010 Games – followed by two head-to-head “Grace” races.

Representing Team North America, Danielle Brandon and Pat Vellner took on “Isabel.”

• The duo made the traditional CrossFit benchmark that used to challenge even the fittest athletes look easy as they completed touch-and-go reps faster than most people can move an empty barbell, aiming for sub-one-minute performances.

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Last week we asked: 🏆 How many combined CrossFit Games Podium Finishes do the TYR Cup athletes have?

• 18

• 32

• 39

• 26 ✅

• 12

The correct answer was 26 total podium finishes, which 33.33% of you selected. The second most selected option was 32, with 26%.

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10 Years Strong, Local Comp, FitFest, Goes Global with Online Throwdown

Anyone who has organized and hosted a local throwdown knows how much effort and energy it requires, often with little to no financial reward for the gym owner.

But that hasn’t stopped Tiffani Arndt, owner of CrossFit Ground Up in Hastings, NE, from hosting FitFest year after year. 

• This local competition, which started in 2016, has donated $18,000 to charity since 2018. 

This year, though, will be different.

This year, for the first time in 10 years, Arndt is moving her two-person team competition to a virtual platform – FitFest Online – so people in gyms worldwide can compete and win prizes and prize money.

• Read on to see how FitFest is scaling up after 10 years.