The CrossFit Games season has begun!

The CrossFit Games season is a three-stage test of fitness. It is comprised of the Open, Regionals, and the world championship, the CrossFit Games.

Check out the Games website here

The season kicks off with the Open, the most inclusive competition in the world. The top athletes and teams in each region from the Open will move onto Regionals. The best athletes and teams at Regionals will compete at the CrossFit Games from July 13-15, the world’s premier test to find the Fittest on Earth™.

On July 15, 2012 we will crown the Fittest Man and Woman on Earth. They will have outperformed every other athlete at the Games after qualifying through both the Regionals and worldwide Open.

In order to identify the Fittest, we invite everyone in the world to compete in the Open, register here. Each week from February 22-March 25, an Open workout is posted and everyone does it. They have the choice to have their performance validated at a CrossFit affiliate, or submit a videotape of their performance to the Games website. The Open will consist of five workouts over five weeks.

The Open’s top 60 athletes in each region move on to the second stage of the competition, Regionals. Each Regional will be a three-day competition. Seventeen Regional competitions, covering the entire world will take place each weekend from April 27 to May 27. At the Regional level, individuals are judged, reps are counted for each workout. No more than three men and three women will advance to the third and final stage of the competition – the CrossFit Games at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The 2012 Games will run from July 13-15.

The Masters competition is for athletes ages 45 and older. For the second year, the Masters level competition will be split into four age categories - 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, and 60-plus.

Masters athletes will register in the Open, complete the workouts just as the indviduals. Some age divisions will have modified standards, but all workouts must be completed as prescribed.

Masters competitors will not have to compete at the Regional level. The top 20 in each age category will receive invitations to compete at the CrossFit Games.

"In the long run, a short cut seldom is." - Malcolm Forbes

Last week's results;

WOD #1
CrossFit "Nancy"
4 Rounds for Time;
400m Run
15 OH Squat 95/65lbs

DB 15.26 *New PR!
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AM 14.23
GD 10.46
MB 9.09
MB 12.46
NG 11.40
SF 17.15

WOD #2
3 Rounds for Time;
12 Deadlift at 70% 3rm
50 Double Under's

JH 6.43
MB 9.50
NG 3.50

565!

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."
- Henry David Thoreau

Last Week;

WOD #1
4 Rounds for Time;
10 Front Squat
10 Knees to Elbows
10 Burpees

AJ 10.54/88
AM 12.35/66
CL 10.58/110
DB 14.06/75
ED 12.30/85
JD 13.47/95b
MB 9.17/85
NG 9.46/85

WOD #2
Heavy Deadlift 3 x 3
then,
10min AMRAP
5 Deadlift @ 70%
5 Pull-ups

AM 8 + 6
EK 8 + 2
JH 6 + 8
MB 8 + 9

WOD #3
400m Run
50 Pull-ups
400m Run
50 Push-ups
400m Run
50 Ab Mat Sit-ups
400m Run
50 Air Squat
400m Run

AJ 22.41
AM 17.06 modified
DB 26.22
GD 33.36
MB 23.59
NG 24.50
YJ 13.21 modified

AJ hits a 2x body weight DL

Congratulations!
AM loves WOD #1 Squat Cleans...

"The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in anything. You've got to keep working that talent."
- Irving Berlin

Last Weeks' results;

WOD #1
Squat Clean 3 sets of 5
then,

3 Rounds for Time;
30 Double Under's
15 HR Push-ups
5 Front Squat

AJ 110/5 6.37
AL 75/5 8.39
AM 88/5 4.45
CL 125/5 7.18
EK 105/5 9.08
GB --- 5.05
JH 65/5 9.43
MB 65/5 11.18
MB 95/5 7.16
NG ---- 7.53

WOD #2
Push Press 3 sets of 3
then,

CrossFit Helen;
3 Rounds for Time
400m Run
21 KB Swings 24/16k
12 Pull-ups

AJ 110/3 11.43 Rx
AL 90/3 19.05
AM 104/3 12.09
CL 135/3 14.18 Rx
DB 75/3 14.32
GD ---- 16.25
JH 80/3 16.08
KM 70/3
MB 85/3 15.33 Rx
MK --- 15.19 Rx
NG 135/3

WOD #3
Deadlift 3 sets of 3
then,

3 Rounds for Time;

800m Run
15 Push-ups
8 Deadlift @ 70%

AJ 280/3 16.11/225
MB 195/3 11.19/140
MB 175/3 17.24/128