[2] Additionally, he has accumulated significant sponsorships from brands like Reebok,[3] Oakley,[4] and Rogue Fitness.

Upon graduating in 2005, Froning received a baseball scholarship to Walters State Community College.

Soon after, Froning decided to end his baseball career, and began working at the Cookeville Fire Department, while continuing his studies at Tennessee Tech.

Froning won the Regional, thereby qualifying for the fourth CrossFit Games at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

[10] At the 2010 Games, Froning earned five top 5 finishes including two event wins, and never dropped below 19th.

[11][12] His 12th-place finish on the final event opened up the space necessary for Graham Holmberg to move up to the top spot.

He topped the leaderboard with nearly a hundred points better than second place Josh Bridges, thereby winning his first CrossFit Games title.

In the 2012 Games, Froning won three of the events (Chipper, Elizabeth, and Isabel), beating second-place Matt Chan to win again this year.

[16] Both Froning and the winner of the women's competition Annie Thorisdottir were the first athletes to win the CrossFit Games twice.

"[6] Froning started competing as part of the CrossFit Mayhem/CrossFit Mayhem Freedom team in 2015 after he retired from individual competitions at the Games.

He eats large amounts of peanut butter and drinks whole milk, both of which are not compliant with Paleo standards.