MON 02.18.13 The CrossFit Open

Garage Games One & the CrossFit Open

Yesterday I spent the day at the Garage Games One team competition, cheering on & coaching some friends who competed on the all-women’s team: Nasty Girls from CrossFit Rx. They came in 2nd place overall!

These girls are amazing athletes. I am so inspired by their performance. Thanks to Em F, Em B, Sonia and Ali for allowing me to be a small part of your success yesterday. I can’t wait to see how these athletes perform in the CrossFit Games qualifying rounds…

Which, my friends, is what we call in the business… a segue…

The road to the CrossFit Games begins in a few weeks with the CrossFit Open, a five-week online competition that WE ALL CAN PARTICIPATE in. Every Saturday, March 9th through April 6th, we’ll host a mini-competition at CFM at noon, when all Open competitors will complete that week’s competition workout and have their scores verified. Join the fun and see how you stack up against CrossFit athletes around the world!

If you think you might be interested in competing at CrossFit EVER, this is a great way to test the waters in familiar territory, right at home at CFM. Not sure you can do it? CrossFit HQ designs the Open workouts to be INCLUSIVE, so even CrossFit newcomers can do some reps.

Can you do:
one burpee?
one double-under?
one snatch at 75/55# (male/female)?
one deadlift at 135/95#?
one thruster at 95/65#
one wall ball at 20/14#?

If you answered yes to these questions, you can score a 1 (probably more) on many of the past CrossFit Open workouts.

I watched some amazing teams compete yesterday and fully expect CrossFit Midtown to be competing for top spots in similar competitions (and someday the CROSSFIT GAMES!) in the future. That starts with getting competition experience. It’s CFM’s first Open. Be a part of it.

So register. It’s only $20. Only $20 to do a competition in your home box at CFM. Only $20 to work out with your friends every Saturday for five weeks and hang out for some fun afterward. I smell a weekly cookout in the works…

PS- if you think you’re “too old” to compete, stop it. There are Masters divisions for athletes over 40. And some of the most amazing athletes I saw at last year’s CrossFit Games were over 60.

Posing with the Nasty Girls following the Garage Games One team finals.

Workout of the Day (WOD)

A. Deadlifts: 4 rounds of 15 reps, every 2 minutes
B. For time:
21-15-9
Burpees
Kettlebell swings 70/53
C1. Powell Raise: 4 rounds of 8-10, rest :30
C2. Dumbbell External Rotation: 4 rounds of 8-10, rest :60

And coming tomorrow…

A. Squat clean:
2 every minute on the minute for 15 minutes
B. Front squat: In 10 minutes, find 1 rep max
C. Accumulate 5 minutes front leaning rest on rings. Scale down from rings to plank on hands.