CrossFit Open 2020
Quoting The Morning Chalk up, “Before feelings of panic and dread set in from the impending fitness gauntlet thrown by Dave Castro, it’s important to remember that this is a landmark year, and it marks a full decade of the Open. For 10 seasons now affiliates around the world have gathered for weekly workout announcements, “Friday Night Lights,” and countless hours of leaderboarding.This year marks a significant change for the Open, a move to October and the shortest “off season,” in our sports history with 67 days separating the closing ceremonies of the 2019 CrossFit Games and the announcement of 20.1.”
The Reebok CrossFit Games Open is the world’s premier test of fitness. Since 2011, the five-week, five-workout online
Sign up for $20, do the workouts, and enter your scores online. You’ll be ranked in relation to your peers in your age division on both a national and worldwide scale (alongside a friendly gym leaderboard). Workouts are released online each Thursday at 5:00 p.m. Athletes have until the following Monday at 5:00 p.m. to submit their scores.
It all starts October 10th, 2019. Register here using our affiliate name, CrossFit Marin.What if there are movements I can’t do?
The Open has both an Rx’d and Scaled Division. You have a choice of which workout you would like to perform each week.
The two divisions vary in both strength and skill. The scaled division is designed to be accessible to any athlete, while the Rx’d division may incorporate specialty skills like muscle ups or double unders. If you have any questions about which workout is best for you, a CrossFit Marin coach can help you devise a plan that is most suitable.
Open Kickoff Party at The Cave:
Saturday, October 12th, from 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Athletes sign up for heat times ahead of time, in the gym near the whiteboard. The heat times are soft targets until the official workout is released. On Thursday night prior to The Open Kickoff, you will receive an email with formal heat times.
Coaches will run athletes through a warm-up, movement prep, and strategy for the workout, then facilitate a competition-like atmosphere for Workout 1 of The Open. After you perform your workout, you will also stay to judge a fellow athlete. We encourage all athletes to stay for the entire event! (We’re hoping to put together a coaches heat — you might not want to miss that!).
A 2019 (re-)Open shirt will be available for purchase, as well as other pro-shop items (on sale!). Sign up for a shirt to ensure your size! A sign up sheet is located on the whiteboard near the heat sheet.
Members who have chosen not to sign up for The Open are still welcome to attend the Kickoff event. In order to participate in the workout, you still must sign up for a heat time in the gym.
Competition Fridays:
The remaining 4 workouts of The Open, will be scheduled on Fridays as the scheduled class workout. All Friday class attendees will do The Open workout whether signed up for The Open or not.
Athletes will be partnered up and perform the workout in heats. You will judge an athlete (counting good reps and no reps), and then will be judged when it’s your turn. For athletes who have chosen not to participate in The Open, we will facilitate a similar experience but you will not be required to have a judge.
Each Thursday night after The Open Workout Announcement, expect an email from Amanda outlining the workout, movement standards, and other necessary information.
Judging:
All athletes in contention of advancing in The CrossFit Games are required to have a registered judge. All CrossFit Marin coaches are registered judges.
As an athlete, we recommend you take the judges course, although it is not required. Not only will it help answer some judging questions, it will also help you better understand movement requirements, thus improving your performance. Check out the judges course here.
No worries. Email Bo or Amanda to facilitate the time, space, and judge you may need: Bo@inthecave.com or Aman
As we do every year, we will gather at a local watering hole after The Open has concluded. Awards, announcements, and lots of laughs will be had.
Date and Location TBD.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Amanda or Bo. We look forward to seeing you in The Open!
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