The first workout of the 2015 Crossfit Open is announced tonight at 8pm!! If you’re nervous don’t worry I’m nervous too. We can all be nervous together. This is a growing and learning experience so just get ready to have some fun with it. Here’s a few bits of advice to make this Open season a great one.

The workout is announced every Thursday at 8pm. After the announcement there is a standards video that explains what is and is not acceptable movement standard. Watch it. Then watch it again. Watch it a third time. Be familiar with the standards. I also explain the standards again before you do your workout. I will also be giving you tips on how to perform better.

Wods are to be done on Fridays at 8pm (except this week) or at Open Gym on Sundays from 10-1130 unless otherwise discussed with me. Please respect the times because the coaches are volunteering their time to help judge you guys.

Scores are to be submitted by Sunday night so I can validate them in a timely manner. Having you guys submit by Sunday also gives me time to track you down if you forget to submit your score by the deadline which is really Monday.

This is meant to be fun. A throwdown against the people we wod amongst. There is a scaled option this year so if something comes up that you can’t do we can scale appropriately. So let’s push limits and test your fitness and above everything else let’s have some fun. Any questions feel free to ask. Good luck everyone!!

The 2015 Crossfit Open is upon us. I’m sure you’re asking yourself should you even bother to sign up. You’re not going to regionals, especially not with these super regions they have now (not like your chances were any better when it was a regular region). Gregg Glassman and Crossfit make enough money so you don’t want to deposit $20 times hundreds of thousands of crossfitters into his bank account. I don’t blame you, but if you take those factors out there’s a unique experience in all of this that can’t be compared to any other experience. So if you’re sitting there asking yourself if you should sign up for the Open then the answer is yes.

The Open is a worldwide competition (open for everyone) to determine who moves on to regionals and then to the Games to determine who the fittest man and woman are. The rest of us who don't make it competitively spectate those who do. Let me tell you, Crossfit has the best and fittest looking fans.

This year they have revamped the Open and they have a scaled division, so for all my newbie crossfitters, we can pick the scaled workout that best fits your capabilities. Ultimately I will encourage most of you to sign up for RX because you are going to have to do movements as prescribed and you will be surprised at the end of the five weeks what you’re actually capable of compared to what you thought you were capable of.

We will have designated days and times that the coaches will be available for you to get your Open workouts done. Registration is open now and the first workout will be announced in February. Here is the link to get yourself registered (be sure to select Crossfit ACT as your affiliate) https://games.crossfit.com/cf/login?returnTo=%2Fregister-athlete&flow=games

If you have any questions feel free to refer them to Coach Shaz or any of the other coaches. You will find a community and support group like no other while doing this so let’s sweat together and grow as athletes.