What is the CrossFit Open?
The Open is the biggest CrossFit competition in the world, giving all athletes the chance to throwdown and compete on a global leaderboard – so you can line up and compete against the best in the world, and don’t worry, there’s variations of the same workout, so you don’t need to be lifting the same as Mat Fraser.
All workouts are announced by CrossFit HQ and this year the options are RX, Scaled, Foundations, At-Home and Adapted Athlete.
After each workout, you put in your score to be part of a global leaderboard – to see where you stand in your gym, the world, your gender and age. You can even join custom boards to see who is the fittest in your profession.
Those who rank high enough in the CrossFit open, are on their way to CrossFit Games quarterfinals!
The Open starts from March 11th 2021 and registrations are open now!
Taking part is simple!
Head to the CrossFit games site at https://games.crossfit.com/
Fill out the registration form*
*There is a $20 fee. Whilst we’d love everyone to be part, please don’t feel pressure to do so if you currently can’t afford to, you can still enter your score on BoxMate and join the Zoom workouts.
So why take part?
This ones is easy, it’s fun. We all love the CrossFit community here at Central Staffs, and this is a chance for us to be a part of something even bigger! You can also test yourself, and use these workouts as a chance to push and see where you are (or where you need to focus post-lockdown).
All the coaches are ‘In the Open’ and we’d love to have you along for the ride!
What is the CrossFit Games?
We mentioned that the Open is the first stage to getting to the CrossFit Games. The Games is the pinnacle of the CrossFit season it’s the CrossFit Olympics, the world cup of CrossFit. They’re a week long competition to crown the Fittest on Earth – events range from a marathon row, to running and swimming, to out and out strength. The higher you finish in an event, the more points you get – and what do points make? They make you the Fittest on Earth!
There’s documentaries of CrossFit games gone by on Netflix and Amazon – and the 2018 Games is on the CrossFit Games Youtube Channel!