2015 CrossFit Open
The open is always a fun time of year for CrossFitters. It’s a chance to come together with the rest of the world and test your skills, both physical and mental. This year, we’re going to mix it up a bit at Outlier.
Thursdays we will be having an “Open Preview Party.” With the open announcements and WOD screening taking place at 5pm each Thursday, we’ll be having a screening party and potluck. We will project the workout on one of the walls, strategize about the WOD, watch the superstars take it on, and then watch 2 of our own Outliers take it on (if you want to volunteer to be one of our Outlier WOD testers let us know!). We’ll debrief afterwards about what went well and how it might have gone better. Then, anyone who wants to tackle the WOD Thursday night can. Thursday at 5/6pm you will still have the option to do the regular workout or open gym style class, it’ll just be more fun to hang out and mobilize during the screening party!
We’ll be running a Saturday Smackdown series for the 5 weeks of the open. Each Saturday we will be doing the open WODs during our 10:30 class with judging. We will start the actual WODs at 10:30 so please come early and warm up beforehand (during the open, barbell proficiency will wrap up about 10/10:15). If you are wanting to make it to regional’s, please talk to Clint or Kim about needing to have your workouts filmed, we’ll make sure it happens!
We are recruiting different vendors to come out to Outlier each week (either for the Thursday preview party or the Saturday Smackdown). We should have some fun stuff for you guys to check out. And, we’d love it if everyone headed over to Groundswell after the WOD on Saturday. We can all commiserate or celebrate depending on what HQ throws out at us each week.
If you’ve been around long enough that this is not your first open then you know what you’re getting into. If this is your first time doing the open, don’t let the thought of it intimidate you. Think of it as a fun community building event because that is exactly what this is! This is your chance to give it your all in a workout for 5 weeks and have the support and encouragement of everyone in the gym doing it with you.
Now, here are the details on how to sign up!
Go to http://games.crossfit.com/ and select register here in the top right corner (red button). If you’ve done the open before you can use your account info from last time, if not, create a new one.
Follow the steps and submit the required information for division (male/female), zip code (determines your region) and then payment info. Once registered, select Outlier CrossFit as your affiliate and then join the team Outlier. The cost for the open is $20 but think of it like the VISA commercials, it’s a priceless experience.
So, if you haven’t yet registered, stop reading and get to it! The open starts February 26th and we’ll be ready!