Harpooners:
With the 2022 CrossFit Open just around the corner, you’ve been seeing a few more 19.1 or 16.4 names in the Titles of Workouts. These workouts are re-testing of the workouts from previous years, but what the heck is the open you say? For those of you who are new, this is a great opportunity to talk a little about what The Open is and why it’s important!
What is “The Open”? The Open is a worldwide “competition” where CrossFit Home Office publishes workouts that almost every CrossFit gym does at the same time (in your respective classes). The entire goal is to challenge you in different style workouts that unites us as a CrossFit community. Someone else writes the programming, it levels the playing field, and puts you in a position to step outside your comfort zone! Every year during the open, we see sooooo many people try a little harder, get different skills that they’ve never reached before, and build relationships with their peers that are deeper than ever.
It is NOT about judging each other’s performances, overly competing against your peers by putting them down or even questioning “how that person got that score.” It IS a time of community encouragement, rising above self doubt, and taking a chance at doing more than you think your mind is capable of. It shouldn’t be thought of as an event full of pressure, but one of opportunity. How can you surprise yourself?
Although not required, we also highly encourage you to register and submit your scores online through the online database with CrossFit Home Office. This allows you to track progress in a centralized location year over year. It also allows you to track progress directly amongst your peers (i.e. Women in 35-40 category in the US, etc). You can register online by clicking this link.
There are a few small logistical changes that you should be aware of:
- The Open workouts are on Fridays ONLY and ONLY for three weeks (see below)
- We are NOT assigning or picking teams this year. We ARE picking three “theme” weeks to commemorate the change in normalcy, so share with your coaches what kind of theme you’d particularly like. Western? Luck of the Irish? Lumberjack? Rainbow week? Give us some ideas!
- Workouts are now announced by CFHO on Thursdays at 3pm Eastern. They will post different categories (see below) for options on how to scale as well as standards, a scorecard and other notes of performance.
- Week One, aka “22.1” will be announced on Feb. 24 and will be completed in class on Friday, Feb. 25.
- Week Two, aka “22.2” will be announced on March 3 and will be completed in class on Friday, March 4.
- Week Three, aka “22.3” will be announced on March 10 and will be completed in class on Friday, March 11.
- You must submit your score by Monday night at 8pm Eastern, but I always recommend submitting your score as soon as you complete it so as to not forget.
- Also new this year, your score will be posted directly to the leaderboard as soon as you submit it, and then will be “verified” by me by Wednesday that week at 8pm. You should see it on the leaderboard RIGHT AWAY.
- Fridays are the ONLY time to do these workouts. We will not be hosting re-dos in the class this year. Please plan accordingly.
Group Workout Class Times on 2/25, 3/4 & 3/11 are as follows:
- 5:15am
- 6:30am *please note that during these three weeks, we will NOT have Bootcamp during this class time. We will resume immediately following The Open.
- 7:45am
- 9:00am
Specialty Classes:
- Educator Power Hour will do these workouts on Thursdays at 3pm in class! The workout will just be announced so there will be a short learning curve.
- Legends will complete the “Equipment Free” version on Mondays in group class
- Teens will complete the Teens Scaled Variation on Fridays at 3:30pm
- Pre-Teens will complete the “Foundations” version on Thursdays at 4:00pm
Here’s an example of how a workout might look:
*Please note this doesn’t even take into account the Masters’ scaling options as that’s also an additional layer of options!
RX Workout:
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 14 minutes of:
7 muscle-ups
50 wall-ball shots (14 lb. to 9 ft./20 lb. to 10 ft.)
100 double-unders
Scaled:
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 14 minutes of:
7 pull-ups
50 wall-ball shots (10 lb. to 9 ft./14 lb. to 10 ft.)
100 single-unders
Foundations Workout:
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 14 minutes of:
7 push-ups
25 air squats
50 jumping jacks
Equipment Free
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 14 minutes of:
7 dips between chairs
50 air squats
100 jumping jacks
What other questions do you have around The Open? That’s a lot of information for one email, so let’s touch base in two weeks about other things you might want to know!