Rich Froning jr was born july 21 1987 in Michigan he went to Cookevile Highschool and was an all state second baseman he received a scholarship to Walter State Communitie college for baseball.After college he became intrested in crossfit .In 2010 Froning landed a spot in the 2010 CrossFit Games Central East Regional Froning won this competition to move on to the national 2010 CrossFit Games,where he placed second. Froning won the 2011 CrossFit Games, taking the title of "Fittest man on Earth,"winning the competition again in 2012 and 2013. Rich has recently opened up his own crossfit gym in Cookeville Tennessee.