Tuesday, January 31st

Reebok CrossFit Games Open 2012

CrossFit is becoming increasingly popular as the means for people to test their competitive mettle. Whether you play soccer, basketball, ultimate frisbee, run half-marathons, compete in CrossFit competitions or just simply enjoy your daily CrossFit workout, having a competition on the horizon helps to focus your training and push you past the complacency that might set in otherwise.

As you’ve likely heard, the 2012 CrossFit competition season kicks into high gear on February 22 with the five-week, five-workout CrossFit Games Open. Each week a workout will be posted on the CrossFit Games website and athletes will have the remainder of the week to complete the workout, post their scores online, and have the score verified by the affiliate they worked out at or a judge online if they submit a video. Scaling is allowed, however, in order to be eligible to advance to the next level workouts must be completed as they’re written. Each week, the workout will be announced on Wednesday at 5 p.m. PT (starting February 22). Everyone will have until the following Sunday at 5 p.m. PT to complete that week’s workout and submit their score. You can do the workout at your local affiliate or film your attempt from any gym, a garage, or park.

Once you submit your workouts to the Games site, you’ll be able to find your rank, both worldwide and in your region. You get one point for each place (i.e. five points for 5th place) for each workout. Your overall score is the sum of all the workout scores, and lowest total points wins. You can compete both as an Individual and on a Team. Individuals are divided between men and women, and Masters are divided by gender and age.

The individual athletes and teams that perform the best across the five Open workouts, in each of the 17 regions, will be invited to compete at the second stage of the Games, the Regionals. The top 20 Masters in each age and gender category will earn an automatic spot at the Games in July.

Everyone in the world is invited to participate to see how they stack up. We hope that each of you will consider participating in the Open competition by registering online and completing the workouts with us each week. Tens of thousands of athletes from every continent will visit affiliates and submit videos in the quest to prove their fitness. Athletes must be registered as individuals in order to compete as a team, and teams for regionals consist of 3 men and 3 women. Registration opens up on Feb 1, 2012 so give it some thought and see where you stack up against your fellow CrossFit Midland athletes as well as those around the world. Registration is done through the CrossFit Games website.

The 5 Games Open workouts will be scheduled into our regular weekly programming, so it is worth your while to register online just to see how you fare. If you have any questions about how the Opens work, what the CrossFit Games are, or what level of fitness will be required, please ask one of your coaches. We are happy to answer any questions you have and will continue to post more information in the next 3 weeks leading up to the Opens. The Open workouts are designed to be inclusive, allowing the majority of CrossFit participants to get involved, so check out the Games site and see how to get involved. All athletes may find the Official Rule Book here.

Just as the video above shows, CrossFit is designed to be fun. The Opens are a great chance to spend time with your fellow CrossFit Midland athletes and get involved in the CrossFit community. The workouts will surely be challenging, as they all are, but also will be a fun opportunity to compete against your friends as well as with the rest of the world.

WOD:

12 Rounds:
3 Ring Dips (Weighted if Possible)
3 C2B Strict Pullups (Weighted if Possible)

Tabata True Pushups
Rest 1 Minute
Tabata Ring Rows
Rest 1 Minute
Tabata Isometric Lateral Holds

Traveler’s WOD:

Tabata Pushups
Tabata Air Squats
Tabata Pushups
Run 400 M

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