Announcing – Details to the 2016 CrossFit South Bend Intramural Open
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/2″][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][accordion][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”TEAM ROSTERS” id=”” class=”” style=””]Click here to check out this years teams[/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”Validation Schedule for the CrossFit Intramural Open 2016″ id=”” class=”” style=””]Hey all, here are the details to getting validated for the CrossFit Open Workouts.
THE WEEKLY SCHEDULE
The workout is released on a Thursday night at 8:00pm, you have until 8pm on Monday to get your score in / do the wod.
THE BIG NIGHT
Friday Nights at 5:15pm is when the big Friday Night Lights will begin, this is the big game night, we will be having some prizes, some talks prior to the open wod, then we will be creating some heats and getting after it.
Friday Night Schedule:
4:15pm -5:15pm: The Wod Prep Talk: whether you’ll be doing the wod that night or a few days from then, if you signed up for the open you can come into the strategy talk. Here we will be chatting strategy for the workout, asking any questions about the open, warm up, mobility and nutrition considerations. This will give you a much better understanding of how to attack this workout. This is optional, you don’t have to show up for this, if you want to just show up and hit the stock warm up and get sorted into a heat, then show up at 5:15.
5:15pm – 7:15pm: We will have you show up at 5:15, and there are a lot of factors to consider, how long the workouts are, how much equipment is involved, how many people show up, and how many heats we will have to run. This may run anywhere from 60-120 minutes to run. The heats are first come first serve. But I will have a good suggestion on the board for you as to when your heat is, and when you should start warming up.
OTHER VALIDATION TIMES
Here are the other validation times for you to come in to get your wod judged. It’s important to note that you must come in on time for these, having people trickle in through the hour is a pain in the ass. So for instance, if I have 6 people wanting to get validated at 12:00pm, you ALL show up at 12:00pm, warm up, and we run 2 heats.
Friday: 12:00pm, 5:15pm (Friday Night Lights Event)
Saturday: 12:00pm
Sunday: 11:00am
Monday: 5:30am, 12:00pm, 4:15pm
CAN’T MAKE IT TO ANY OTHER TIMES?
If you absolutely can’t make it to any of those times, or the friday night – I will put out the details each week on how to video your wod to send it in to get it validated.[/accordion_item][/accordion][image type=”thumbnail” src=”14019″ alt=”” href=”” title=”” info_content=”” lightbox_caption=”” id=”” class=”” style=””][accordion id=”” class=”” style=””][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”POINT SCORING: How does the point scoring work for the Intramural Open?” id=”” class=”” style=””]POINT SCORING: How does the point scoring work for the Intramural Open?
I WILL BE POSTING THE SCORES AND STANDINGS ON TUESDAY EACH WEEK
+1 Point – Attendance: every member of a team that completes an Open workout at CrossFit South Bend each week earns one point. Maximum one point per athlete per workout. This goes for Rx AND Scaled competitors!
+1 Point – Top 3: every male AND female member who places among the Top 3 at CrossFit South Bend for each workout in the Rx’d division gets an extra point for their team.
+1 Point – Top 3: every male AND female member who places among the Top 3 at CrossFit South Bend for each workout in the Scaled division gets an extra point for their team.
+5 Points (team) – Spirit: The team with the most noise, pride, camaraderie, and PRESENCE each week will receive 5 bonus points.
+5 Points Top Team, + 5 Points Spirit Award (these are bonus points this week, there will be no individual participation points on this one) – 6th workout: see below.[/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=” VALIDATION / JUDGING: How does Validation and Judging work for the wods?” id=”” class=”” style=””]Validation and Judging Details: How does Validation and Judging work for the wods?
Ways you can get validated to put your score in.
a. Come into the friday night lights (Validation Schedule Tab) – we will be making a huge deal out of it, and running tons of heats, and having some fun.
b. Get validated by a registered judge during one of the listed validation times – we have times listed under the validation/judging schedule that you can get validated.
c. video it and submit your video to CrossFit HQ
If none of the times work for you, and you have a time that would work much better for you on a weekly basis, post to comments here, right below. I am not promising that we will then add that validation time, but if we have enough people interested in that specific time, I will entertain it and ask our coaches.
Oh, and make sure you submit your scores on time. Or you are S.O.L…Not sure what the submission deadline is? 8:00pm every Monday. Download the app and make it easy on yourself.[/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”DROPPING IN: I am from somewhere else, and i’d like to get validated at your gym!” id=”” class=”” style=””]DROPPING IN: I am from somewhere else, and i’d like to get validated at your gym!
No worries! all you’ll have to do is hit up the drop in fee and come in and join us on Friday night, or swing in for a validation time. If you will be in each week to get validated, just ask us about a punch card!
contact us at Brandon@crossfitsouthbend.com[/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”PRIZES: Are there prizes?” id=”” class=”” style=””]PRIZES: Are there prizes?
Yes! there will be some prizes and random drawings for prizes – you have to be signed up and on an Intramural Team to be able to get a prize though![/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”QUESTIONS: Ask them here! ” id=”” class=”” style=””]QUESTIONS: Ask them here!
[contact-form-7 id=”8069″ title=”CFSB Contact Form”][/accordion_item][/accordion][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/2″][image type=”thumbnail” src=”14011″ alt=”” href=”” title=”” info_content=”” lightbox_caption=”” id=”” class=”” style=””][accordion id=”” class=”” style=””][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”What movements will we see this year?” id=”” class=”” style=””]I don’t know, click here to learn more 🙂[/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”Managing Your Week of Training” id=”” class=”” style=””] Click here to read about it![/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”SKILLZ: Can I get in some last minute skill practice?” id=”” class=”” style=””]SKILLZ: Can I get in some last minute skill practice with a coach?
Each year as the Open draws closer we get a lot of inquiries asking for help on (insert movement here.) Could be toes to bar, snatches, chest to bar, butterfly pull ups, muscle ups, handstand push ups, mystery movements that they release, double backflip muscle ups on fire, etc etc.
If you want to really get some work in on something, get it down, understand the movement(s) and how to make progress – or how much progress is needed, whether short term or long term.
Schedule a personal training session with a coach. –> Check out our personal training by clicking here
In the meantime – we will more than likely throw in some skill practice over the weekend, or on a monday (still to be determined) for those crazy movements that come up. We will be posting strategy – movement practice – warm up stuff, etc pertaining to the open on this page, so make sure you sign up to the “UPDATES” section below to get those updates.
If you want some extra help as things pop up, know that our time slots are first come first serve, and you can only expect so much progress from Thursday to Monday – but we can give you a good idea of how to create a better foundation for next year.
We aren’t miracle workers though, if you have some prerequisites for a few movements – we can get you damn close with some technique work in a short amount of time, but some of these movements take a very specific focus throughout the year, and by now – there should be no surprise as to what is coming year after year. So get the best out of this year, and use what you get out of it as feedback for the coming year of training.[/accordion_item][/accordion][image type=”thumbnail” src=”14012″ alt=”” href=”” title=”” info_content=”” lightbox_caption=”” id=”” class=”” style=””][accordion id=”” class=”” style=””][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”UPDATES: How can I get updated quickly when you release information about the Intramural Open?” id=”” class=”” style=””]UPDATES: How can I get updated quickly when you release information about the Intramural Open?
Easy, fill out the form below and you are subscribed to the blog posts. I’ll be making a separate post whenever I update this page!
[/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”UPDATE: Registration is Closed for the CrossFit Open” id=”” class=”” style=””]http://crossfitsouthbend.com/registration-is-closed-for-the-crossfit-open-at-crossfit-south-bend/[/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”UPDATE: Sign up for the intramural open ends tomorrow the 20th at 5:00pm!” id=”” class=”” style=””]You guys are the best!
We currently have 30 in our CrossFit Open /Intramural Open Team, lets try to get 10 more people so we can have teams of 10!
Lets try to make our team the largest in the area.
I need everyone to get signed up by tomorrow by 5:00pm so I can start to get the teams organized.
We will be sorting the teams early next week into the smaller intramural teams.
I will be picking validation times based off of the people that are signed up as of tomorrow.
So get your shit together!
Click here to check out our team!
Click here to sign up for details on how to sign up for the open[/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”UPDATE: Want to do the CrossFit Open Wods?” id=”” class=”” style=””]Just a reminder guys, the format is going to change this year on when we will be putting the CrossFit Open workouts. We won’t be making them the class workout on Saturday’s anymore, we will be having a huge event on Friday nights for everyone who is signed up for the open.
We will still have various validation times (that are yet to be announced) on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday if you cannot make it to that Friday night, but we will not be programming the CrossFit Open Workouts for the general class workout.
If you want to do the CrossFit Open Workouts on Friday nights or get validated, you gotta sign up for the CrossFit Open.[/accordion_item][/accordion][image type=”thumbnail” src=”14016″ alt=”” href=”” title=”” info_content=”” lightbox_caption=”” id=”” class=”” style=””][accordion id=”” class=”” style=””][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”DEADLINES TO REGISTRATION: For Open and Intramural Teams” id=”” class=”” style=””]DEADLINES TO REGISTRATION: How long until I have to sign up for the Open and Intramural Teams?
INTRAMURAL OPEN
The 2016 CrossFit South Bend Intramural Open Registration is from January 14 – February 14, this give us a little time before the start to get the draft going to make the teams.
THE TECHNICAL OPEN REGISTRATION DATES
The 2016 CrossFit Open registration begins Jan. 14, 2016
The 2016 CrossFit open registration ends: This is always a little hazy on whether its on the wod start date, or the end of that week, listen, if you are going to sign up, sign up by February 24th to at least perform in the open, you just won’t be on a team if you sign up after February 14th.[/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”REGISTRATION: How do I sign up? What is the Cost?” id=”” class=”” style=””]REGISTRATION: How do I sign up? What is the Cost?
Cost for the Intramural Open?
Your registration for the Open itself covers the cost. Then we throw you in the pool to be drafted once you have joined our team – look below on how to sign up for the CFO online.
How do I sign up for the CrossFit Open?
Step 1
Register: Click this link, and click the GIANT red button that says “Click here to sign up” If you have an account from last year, you should be able to use those credentials to login.
Step 2
Log into your account, and fill out registration steps 1-5
Step 3
Select your affiliate as CrossFit South Bend
Step 4
Click “Join a team” and click CFSB
Still need help? you are in luck – I shot a video showing you how to do it.[/accordion_item][/accordion][image type=”thumbnail” src=”14017″ alt=”” href=”” title=”” info_content=”” lightbox_caption=”” id=”” class=”” style=””][accordion id=”” class=”” style=””][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”CROSSFIT OPEN: What is it?” id=”” class=”” style=””]CROSSFIT OPEN: What is it?
The 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games season begins with the online Open. More than 272,000 people from around the globe competed in the Open last year. As the largest CrossFit community event of the season, the Open ties together athletes from within the same gym to those in their broader city, country and world.
For five weeks, you—and the hundreds of thousands of other people who signed up—are at the whim the CrossFit Open programming, taking on workouts that may push you to learn a new skill, improve the skills you already have or go into a darker place than you’ve ever been before.
The Open welcomes anyone 14 to 100 years old. (We’ll take any centenarians, too.) All you need to do is sign up, and enter a score each week. You can either perform the Open workout at CrossFit South Bend, where you will be judged in person, or you can film your full performance and upload it to YouTube or another video-sharing site. The video will be displayed alongside your score so other CrossFit athletes can be your judge.
You are free to make as many attempts at the Open workout as you please. Your only limit is time. You have four days—96 hours—to complete the week’s workout and submit your best score to the Games site. The week’s workout is released each Thursday at 5 p.m. PT, and scores are due the following Monday at 5 p.m. PT. You will however be put into the judging time slots we have available if you are looking to get judged. If it’s on an off time
To make the Open even more accessible, they introduced a scaled option in 2015. Each time a workout is released, athletes will be given two versions: Rx’d and Scaled. The Scaled-workout option is designed to be accessible to the majority of people who attend CrossFit affiliates. If you do CrossFit, there’s a very high chance you can do the Open, too.
The 2016 CrossFit Open registration begins Jan. 14, 2016.. That evening, tune into the live Open announcement show streamed to Games.CrossFit.com. Director of the Games Dave Castro will announce Open Workout 16.1 and moments later top Games athletes will complete that workout going head to head.
Athletes will submit their scores throughout the weekend. The hard deadline for score submissions is 5 p.m. PT on a Monday corresponding with the dates below. Don’t be late!
Five Weeks | Feb. 25 – March 28, 2016
16.1: Feb. 25 – 29
16.2: March 3 – 7
16.3: March 10 – 14
16.4 March 17 – 21
16.5 March 24 – 28
You can see all of the past Open workouts here.[/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”CFSB INTRAMURAL OPEN: What is that, and how is it different?” id=”” class=”” style=””]CFSB INTRAMURAL OPEN: What is that, and how is it different?
The CrossFit Open is a worldwide CrossFit competition. We do it every year. We have since the beginning of the Open, and It’s fun.
Last year, over 40 CFSB members tried their hand at this CrossFit “competition.” This year, it’s the second coming of their SCALED division, so we expect even more to sign up.
We want a different goal with the CrossFit Open this year, or heck, just a more specific goal.
Our goal at CrossFit South Bend with the Open this year is to educate and inspire. Competition helps with the ‘inspire’ part: the pressure to perform pushes you to train harder; the social boost of dozens of your best friends cheering for you will help you reach a higher plane. Heck, watching your teammates GO is inspiring.
Can we bring that worldwide thrill home? Can we deliver all the fun of competition without causing any anxiety attacks? We think so.
In 2016, we’ll still have our competitive team, and we will give it a good shot in the Open as a team.
But through the Open, we’re going to have four intramural teams competing in house. And you’re going to be on one of them.
The Four Intramural teams don’t have names yet. But their Captains will be chosen this week. These four captains will be chosen at random by us.
REGISTRATION AND PRICE
The cost to be on a team is nothing, just your registration for the open, thats it. Once you are registered for the Open and on our team, you are in the pot to be drafted onto a team.
Look at the registration tab of this post for more info.
DRAFT
Coaches and members will be ‘drafted’ onto an Intramural team. They won’t lose their spot on our Regional team, and their points will still count toward our Affiliate score worldwide, but we want to ensure even distribution of our most competitive athletes.
POINT SCORING FOR INTRAMURAL OPEN
+1 Point – Attendance: every member of a team that completes an Open workout at CrossFit South Bend each week earns one point. Maximum one point per athlete per workout. This goes for Rx AND Scaled competitors!
+1 Point – Top 3: every male AND female member who places among the Top 3 at CrossFit South Bend for each workout (Rx only) gets an extra point for their team.
+5 Points (team) – Spirit: The team with the most noise, pride, and PRESENCE each week will receive 5 bonus points.
+5 Points (bonus) – 6th workout: see below.
WORKOUTS
In 2016, athletes competing in the Open will have only four days to complete each workout. Look down below at our Validation Schedule to get to understand that better. The Open will have five workouts; we have a BONUS wod planned, the week after the last open workout.
PRIZES
We’ll have some random draws each week for prizes, including gear, supplements, and training packages – You are only able to win these if you are on a team. The top team will also earn a GRAND prize. Details released soon!
Our focus is on FUN. We want participation because it will make you fitter, and it will get you high-fives and you’ll be happy and love life more and glow and stuff.
Register online at the CrossFit Games site, and let’s start this party![/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”EXPLAIN: Why should I do it?” id=”” class=”” style=””]EXPLAIN: Why should I do it?
Like most CrossFitters, I enjoy the Open quite a bit. Its a fun event for the entire community to participate in, and with the addition of a scaled division this year, I am encouraging more people than ever to participate in the open. Reintroducing the idea of physical competition to someone often evokes a myriad responses and emotions they probably haven’t felt for awhile. We keep encouraging though, because we know the thrill that waits on the other side of diving into the Open.
Just a quick side note, here are a couple good posts about competing, and why its important, before you read on to ours.
Here are a few reasons I encourage you to do the same:
1. Yes, You Are Good Enough.
Even if you cannot do the exact prescribed weight of any or most of the Open workouts, you will most likely surprise yourself with what you are able to pull off, and even if you can’t, you can still skip back and forth between Rx’d and Scaled wods this year. The Open is about calling on the best in yourself no matter your current level. Most likely you are physically stronger than your mind lets you believe.
2. It Gets You Competing Again.
Many of us competed as kids whether on an organized team or just racing siblings to the car. Some of you may have competed in college. When we become adults, we often feel like we need to retire that side of us. Sure, we compete for jobs and accounts and other “grown up” things, but more often than not, we have forgotten the thrill of physical competition. We may not be a win-at-all cost type – and this certainly is not the only kind of competitor – but there is something about putting yourself on the line that sparks inspiration.
As adults, we suddenly believe that we are not allowed to fail at anything especially things that are supposed to be fun, so we avoid the risk of putting ourselves out there. Without that risk, we might not experience the biggest thrills.
3. It Gives You an Appreciation for the best
During the Open workouts, you get a rare opportunity to do the same exact workouts during the same week as the best CrossFitters in the world. If you are a fan of the top CrossFit athletes, it’s exciting to match your stats to theirs – until the stats start rolling in. It’s one thing to be stoked you finally hit fifty double unders in a row and quite another to find out that not only can the top athletes do way more, they have figured out ways to do it faster and more efficiently. Yay, we personally smashed a prescribed workout, until you see the times or the number of rounds at the top of the leader board. The progression of the sport of fitness has grown to superhuman levels. Seeing their scores miles above mine only deepens my appreciation for their dedication, skill, and strength.
4. It’s Fun.
No, really, it is. At our gym, we dedicate every Saturday morning to the Open workouts for all registered members. We assign heats, we print score sheets, we assign counters – we make it a big deal. But we also keep it fun. You just can’t recreate the atmosphere you have during these Open wods during a regular class.
5. It helps you set goals for the next year
Rallying around the open each year gives you something to look forward to, something to keep your training and nutrition on point from year to year. If you have nothing you are training for, no goals in mind, then why even bother? Even if you don’t intend on doing the Open, I believe competition, in some form or another is incredibly important. Get out there, test your mettle.
6. You get some sweet ass pictures of yourself.
Everyone loves cool pictures, we have an awesome photographer come out and take sweet pictures of you doing cool shit.
7. You get to beat Ray Ray at everything
You can compete against each other as well, going head to head, absolutely knowing that everyone is held to the same standard. Ray Ray…
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You’ll never know if what I’m writing is true unless you’re willing to throw your name up on that leader board, too, and go for it. Be open to exploring the best you have to offer right now, in this moment. More often than not, you’ll surprise yourself. And there’s no time like the present to find out. So get out there and register on our team for the Open.
[/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”DIFFICULTY: Can I do it? What division am I in?” id=”” class=”” style=””]DIFFICULTY: Can I do it? What division am I in?
Of course you can do it! and the Division you will be in will vary from workout to workout.
So this year is a little different. The prior years, they have had an RX’d only division, meaning, if the workout was…
3 rounds
10 Thrusters
10 chest to bar pull ups
You would do your thrusters, and if you couldn’t do your chest to bar pull ups…that was the end of your journey.
This year changes things quite a bit with the second coming of their scaled division: Click here to check out all of the 2015 Workouts, and what they look like as scaled workouts.
So here is the question. What division should I compete in?
Well, seeing as how you can move between scaled and Rx’d workouts on a workout to workout basis. Whichever wod scaling you feel suits your goals for that particular workout.
In the open: Remember, the lowest Rx’d score, still beats out the highest scaled score on the open.
But to score for your team for the intramural open, you just have to show up, do the workout, and do your personal best – Doing the workout will give +1 point to your team…But what will get you awarded more points is your attitude and your effort. There is one coach that will be in charge, a different coach each time, that will be secret – awarding the Spirit award. Look more at the tab that talks about points and scoring below.[/accordion_item][accordion_item parent_id=”” title=”DERRRR: Dumb this all down for me” id=”” class=”” style=””]DERRRR: Dumb this all down for me
There is a competition
It’s super fun
You can all do it
All you have to do is sign up on or before Feb 14
Click here to find out how to do it.
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