The CrossFit Games Documentaries

The CrossFit Games documentaries showcase the intense competition, personal stories, and behind-the-scenes action of the CrossFit Games. These documentaries offer an in-depth look at the challenges and triumphs of the athletes competing in the CrossFit Games and the evolution of the sport.

WATCH THE NEWEST DOCUMENTARY: “FITTEST ON EARTH: 2025”

The 2025 CrossFit Games documentary, “Fittest on Earth: 2025,” is now available to rent or purchase. 

“Fittest on Earth: 2025” is a bold, emotional exploration of the world’s fittest athletes and the sport that reshaped their lives. Through raw interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and vulnerable reflections, 2025 Games athletes open up about the sacrifices, the breakthroughs, and the moments that nearly broke them — and why they keep coming back. On the women’s side, Tia-Clair Toomey chases her eighth title while the men battle in one of the most competitive fields we’ve ever seen.

The Documentaries

Watch the 2025 Documentary → Fittest on Earth: 2025

Through raw interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and vulnerable reflections, 2025 Games athletes open up about the sacrifices, the breakthroughs, and the moments that nearly broke them — and why they keep coming back. On the women’s side, Tia-Clair Toomey chases her eighth title while the men battle in one of the most competitive fields we’ve ever seen.

Watch the 2023 Documentary → Fittest on Earth: Final Showdown in Madtown

For the first time in six years, a new woman was crowned Fittest on Earth at the 2023 CrossFit Games. On the men's side, the assumed champion emerged early until an injury derailed his victory. In the 17th year of the CrossFit Games, athletes brought the heat to the final showdown in Mad Town.

Watch the 2022 Documentary → Fittest on Earth: Retro/Active

A new era. A nod to the basics. Thirteen events challenged the fittest athletes on Earth. Watch the 2022 competition unfold as the champions defend their titles, the rookies make their marks, and some begin their redemption story.

Watch the 2021 Documentary → Fittest on Earth: Next Gen

At the 2021 Games, we witnessed the return of some of the sport’s greats and the rise of the new initiates — those who will carry the mantle of the Fittest on Earth for the next generation.

Watch the 2020 Documentary → Resurgence

To be called the Fittest on Earth, one would have to be capable of conquering a number of both physical and mental challenges. In the year of 2020, those challenges were plentiful. "Resurgence" captures all the drama as the organization of CrossFit pivots to pull off an in-person event amidst a world pandemic.

Watch the 2019 Documentary → The Fittest

In 2019, the CrossFit Games consisted of dramatic changes to the season and final competition. Can the top male and female athletes find their way in this new format to be crowned Fittest on Earth?

Watch the 2018 Documentary → 2018: The Ultimate Test

Just before the 2018 CrossFit Games, a new direction was handed down from the leadership team, instigating an overhaul of the sport. Big changes were on the horizon for 2019, and the focus now turned to making the 2018 Games the best yet.

Watch the 2017 Documentary → The Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth

Top athletes resembling chiseled Grecian gods descend on Madison, Wisconsin, to face a series of trials. Hercules faced 12; they take on 13. Emotions run high as a throng of Australian athletes rise to the top. By the end of the competition, some learn tough lessons — that all that glitters isn’t gold, or even bronze — and some learn that they’re even stronger than they realized.

Watch the 2016 Documentary → Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness

Elite athletes qualify for and compete in the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games, a grueling five-day, 15-event test of fitness and endurance.

Watch the 2015 Documentary → Fittest on Earth 2015

The fittest athletes on Earth take on the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games. Follow the journeys of the champs, Ben Smith and Katrin Davidsdottir, along with top contenders Mat Fraser, Sara Sigmundsdóttir, Dan Bailey, and more.

Watch the 2014 Documentary → Froning: The Fittest Man in History

Rich Froning Jr.'s athletic prowess has been under the microscope for five years, but there’s much more to the man from Tennessee than snatches and pull-ups. In this in-depth documentary, take a look into the life and childhood of the fittest man in history, follow his quest to a fourth-straight CrossFit Games championship, and see him as a son, a husband, and a new father.

Watch the 2008 Documentary → Every Second Counts

Every Second Counts takes an inside look at the CrossFit culture and community, where time on a stopwatch reigns as the supreme measure of performance. Those who reach the elite ranks in the burgeoning sport of CrossFit push themselves beyond limitations imposed by the mind, and flirt with the limits of physical capacity. Human perseverance has never voluntarily gone this far.