Who else is in the spirit of the Games this week?! I know I sure am! I’ve been cruising through all the athlete bios, articles and videos on the CrossFit Games site, and I came across this video.
It’s a reflection on how CrossFit truly has become a “sport”, despite the odds and the skepticism stacked against it. We really have come quite far, when you think about it. Growing from 1 rogue CrossFit box in Santa Cruz to an estimated number of about 2,800 CrossFit boxes in over 50 countries is nothing to sneeze at!
CrossFit: This is our sport.
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Question of the Day (QOD): What are your predictions for the games? Who is going to take it? How are our B.C. athletes going to fair? What innovative events/components do you think will be included? Post to comments
Today’s Workout
Buy-in: Walking Lunge – 4 x 8/leg
- add weight with db’s or kb’s
- full extension with every step, back knee grazes the floor
WOD: SupaSix
This is a 6 min amrap consisting of:
1 x 500m row, then in the remaining time – AMRAP of:
- 15 box jumps (20/24)
- 10 sumo deadlift high pulls (65/95)
- 8 push presses
- reps/round = 33
Zone 3 – scale bar weight to 55/75
Zone 2 – scale bar weight to 45/65, scale box height as needed
Zone 1 – scale workout as needed
Cash-Out: Monkey Bar practice
- If you’re tall enough, try swinging from bar to bar and end to end on one of our pullup structures
- Shorter peeps can go hand-over-hand on the doorway bar
- Experiment with different challenges, one person on the structure at a time!
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I havn't signed up yet, but I'm guessing myfrantime is better.
apparently you send in a photo of a whiteboard with your score and someone there enters it… feels like a bigger hassle than just entering it.
Were there any handouts at the seminar last night? If so, can I get a copy? 🙂
Yes Sarah, there were handouts. Right now there are a few sitting on the coffee table in the lobby.
predictions for the games…. that is a tough question!
-i am really impressed by lucas… the mental focus he displayed at regionals + his solid foundation of strength and power will serve him well at the games… i see him making all the cuts (no pressure buddy!)
-i have way too many man crushes to predict a top 5 but i will anyways because it's fun:
dan bailey, rich froning, ben smith, nate schrader, pat burke… though literally anyone could make top 5…. gonna be fun to watch for sure!!
Thought I would throw this out there, update on facebook from crossfit games:
"Dave Castro just announced that the athletes will go through a swim verification test tomorrow."
yipes! Go Lucas!!!
…wonder what the "verification test" entails.
Definitely Froning, Salo, Schrader in top 5… Mike I like the Pat Burke addition, that guy is definitely a beast.
Don't know about the girls other than Kristan and Annie will likely be 1-2… Sam Briggs will be in the mix though and I'm looking for Angie Pye to crack the top 15.