The 16 Best CrossFit Accounts to Follow on Instagram

From Men's Health

Few people are only kind of into CrossFit. The sport of functional fitness has a super-dedicated community of adherents, with its own jargon, calendar, and class of superstars.

While 2020 has been a particularly eventful year for the CrossFit community, the subculture is thriving more than ever after new CEO and owner, Eric Roza, took the reins of the company that calls the shots for affiliate gyms around the world to follow. The current coronavirus pandemic has upended the competition season—but CrossFit HQ still made major adjustments to make sure the 2020 CrossFit Games could still happen.

If you're struggling with patience during the lead-up to the 2020 Games finals, or if you're new to the sport and want to learn more about the best CrossFit athletes, news and culture, make sure to follow these Instagram accounts.

The Best CrossFit Instagram Accounts to Follow

Rich Froning

Rich Froning is a four-time "Fittest Man on Earth" and member of the CrossFit team Mayhem Freedom.

Mat Fraser

Mat Fraser has won the CrossFit Games four times, from 2016 to 2019. He trains with women's champ Tia-Clair Toomey in Tennessee.

Tia-Clair Toomey

Tia-Clair Toomey is a three-time Crossfit Games Champion (2017, 2018, 2019) and hopes to take her fourth title at this year's 2020 CrossFit Games.

Noah Ohlsen

Noah Ohlsen took second overall at the CrossFit Games in 2019. The Miami, Florida native will look to take the top spot at the 2020 Games after qualifying in the second position.

Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir

Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir, who hails from Iceland, is a two-time Fittest Woman on Earth (2015, 2016). She'll aim to take the title again in the 2020 Games.

Justin Medeiros

Justin Medeiros, 21, is making a name for himself in the CrossFit community. He qualified for the 2020 Games finals in third place.

Brooke Wells

Brooke Wells has been to the CrossFit Games six times since she began competing in 2013. She will compete in the 2020 Games finals as one of the top five qualifiers.

Samuel Kwant

Samuel Kwant made his rookie CrossFit Games appearance in 2016, and has been a CrossFit athlete since 2011. He was one of five athletes to make the finals for the 2020 Games.

Haley Adams

Haley Adams, 19, took the title of Fittest Teen on Earth in 2018, then sixth in last year's CrossFit Games. She'll look for a top-five finish in the 2020 Games after qualifying for the finals.

Jeffrey Adler

Jeffrey Adler was the fifth qualifier for the finals of the 2020 CrossFit Games. He is one of the top male competitors from Canada.

Kari Pearce

Kari Pearce was among the top female qualifiers for the 2020 CrossFit Games finals, and has competed in the Games now six years in a row.

Chandler Smith

Chandler Smith is one of the top male competitors in the U.S. He's also a Captain in the U.S. Army, where he is the Officer In Charge for the Army Warrior Fitness Team, according to Morning Chalk Up.

CrossFit Games

If you're interested in the competitive aspect of CrossFit, it only makes sense follow the official Instagram account for all things CrossFit Games.

Patrick Vellner

Patrick Vellner is one of the top athletes in CrossFit. The Canadian is known for pulling big weights in the Games, where he's reached the podium (two third places and one second) three times.

The Buttery Bros

Buttery Bros are the filmmaking duo Marston Sawyers and Heber Cannon, who directed (either as a pair or individually) The Fittest, Froning, and The Redeemed and the Dominant. The team create videos about the sport and its top athletes.

Eric Roza

Eric Roza became the new owner and CEO of CrossFit in 2020. Before he took over the company, the former tech executive founded the CrossFit Sanitas affiliate.

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