In August, Moritz Fiebig competes in the CrossFit Games in the USA, the summit meeting of the best CrossFit athletes in the world. A conversation about burpees, weight and seven meals a day.
Mr. Fiebig, you can call yourself the fittest German. How do you become that?
It’s a title I’ve held since 2021 and I’m holding it again this year. I do CrossFit.
Can you please explain briefly what that is?
This is a fitness training method originally from the USA. And it combines elements from weightlifting and gymnastics, among other things. Roughly speaking, we train in eight different categories: strength, endurance, flexibility, speed, dexterity, balance, coordination and accuracy. I always say that we CrossFit athletes can do a little bit of everything. (laughs) We row, we run, we swim, we jump rope or we carry weights around and then compete professionally.
Source: Stern
