Hi everyone, its time for another update! February and March are going to carry us into the CrossFit competitive season starting with the Open moving into Regionals at the end of May. Lets not get too far ahead of our selves here so here is what we having going on this upcoming month at the gym!
Renovations
They are almost done! This week we will finally get our lights put in the front entrance and we will finish up the remainder of the painting on the weekend. Be ready for a shinning and finished gym!
OPT Athletes Camp
Happening February 21st and 22nd
The gym will be closed both days for this event
The weekend of the 21st and 22nd (Saturday and Sunday) we will be hosting a competitors camp being host by Michael Fitzgerald from Optimum Performance Training.
CrossFit Games Open
Registration by March 2nd
Runs February 26th to March 30th
The more the better, lets get everyone signed up!
games.crossfit.com
Its almost time for another Open. For those of you unfamiliar with the term the open is the start of the CrossFit Games season. Over the course of 5 weeks 5 workouts will be released and athletes from around the world will have 4 days to complete them and submit their scores. The top scoring individuals or teams within each region will then be invited to take part in a regional competition in May. This year the details are as follows:
There is both a Scaled and an RX’d Division
Every workout will need to be counted and scored by a Judge – For these scores to count the judges need to have completed the online judges course
The workouts will be released every Thursday at 5pm and all scores must be submitted by 5pm on the following Monday
The open is about the spirit of CrossFit and bringing everyone together. You don’t need to have aspirations about making the Games to compete especially with the advent of the scaled division. We encourage everyone to sign up and come out and do the workouts! Which brings me to my next point.
Open Fridays
For the duration of the open we will no longer be having Open Gym times on Friday nights; They will be replaced with Open Fridays. Starting at 7pm and running until everyone has completed the Open workout for the week. We will run through in heats depending on the number of judges we have!
Judges Course
For a workout score to count in both the RX’d and the Scaled division it must be judged by someone who has completed the CrossFit Judges Course on the CrossFit Games webpage. Generally speaking the more judges we have the better, it means we will be able to run bigger heats and finish up much quicker on Friday nights! It cost $20 to take the course and if you have the time we encourage everyone to take it. It is also very informative about the full movement standards for each movement we will most likely see.
Workout Redo’s
For those of you who will potentially be redoing some of these workouts we will be setting up some rules to minimize the disruption to regular classes. We are still ironing out the details but we will have something for you closer to the start of the Open!
Team Training Changes
No more Saturday Mornings
For the duration of the Open we will be running out Team Training on Wednesday nights only! See you then!
Coach Richard – Personal Training
We are adding Coach Richard to one of the faces you will be seeing around the gym. He has joined us from CrossFit Lazarus (fun fact he also introduced Jason and by extension all of us to CrossFit) and will be offering one on one training for those interested.
-CFA Team