CrossFit Open WOD 16.1: The Plan Of Attack

Alright grasshoppas, it’s tiiiiiiiiime!!!!!

Hopefully most of you have seen the announcement for CrossFit Open WOD 16.1. If you have not, or want to check it out again, you can do so here:

http://games.crossfit.com/workouts/the-open

and here for the pdf file which explains all of the different scaling option standards:

Click to access CFGOpen2016_EventPDF_16_1_sjdnheyw652bgdsnk.pdf

The trend on social media last night was a mixture of emotions…ranging anywhere from:

“Wow, that’s different…”

“Cool! This looks fun!”

“20 Mins?! DAAAAAMN DANIEL (AKA Castro) BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH THE WHITE VANS? (AKA 20 Min AMRAPs)”

“R.I.P. Legs and Lungs”

“This is a gym owner’s logistical nightmare…”

I can say that I had about all of those thoughts go through my head…

This year we witnessed CrossFit Open history with the announcement of the walking lunges. They have never been in any Open level competition since 2011.

This is also only the SECOND time we have seen a 20 minute workout since 2011.

This post is NOT going to be about strategy for 16.1. There are plenty of videos in circulation that offer great pieces of advice ranging from general WOD prep, pre and post WOD nutrition, warm up and mobility pre and post WOD, and actual gaming strategies.

Like I said, I am not going to address those here, we will cover most of those keys to performance in class, but if I were to pick ONE source of great information throughout the Open, it will be Rudy from The Outlaw Way. Every week WITHIN HOURS of the CrossFit Open workouts being released, he already has his athletes test the workout, and has a very smart and detailed strategy for all levels of athletes to follow. He has trained and continues to train top level athletes in CrossFit and in Weightlifting…so it is safe to assume that he knows what he is talking about. See his video for 16.1 below:

As for MY gym and MY athletes…this weekend has the potential to be long with the amount of athletes we will need to cycle through. BUT, with a bit of coordination, cooperation, and some much needed assistance from ANYONE willing to help…we can make 16.1 a smooth experience.

 

Tomorrow (Saturday) will be our day to do the Open workout as a class.

You DO NOT have to be signed up for the Open in order to participate…HOWEVER…I will still strongly continue to urge you to do so! I would hate for you to be on the outside looking in, wishing that you would have signed up for it, or regretting that you had not.

We have the space to run 4 at a time comfortably, but depending on the athletes that I have participating in the Open VS Not participating in the Open, the numbers may influence how I run the classes tomorrow.

The class times will not serve as OFFICIAL times, but more or less blocks for when you want to work out. If you want to workout or normally work out in the 9am block, show up for that time. If you want to work out at 10am, come to the gym around 10am. Instead of 11am open gym this will also be a block for us to use to do the workout, so if you aren’t a fan of the early times, show up closer to 11am. I am hoping to be finished with everyone that wants to do it by 12-1230pm, and will look to do it myself around that time. I am not going to worry much about assigning heat times, but if you will need to get in and get out PLEASE try and let me know in advance, or immediately on the morning of so I can get you into an earlier group.

JUDGES

The only reason I would really NEED more people to show up early would be judging help for the workout. I will need at least 4 or 5 judges for each wave of “classes” to assist with counting reps. This is not as scary as it sounds, and if you have any questions on how you can help judge, please let me know!

SPECTATORS

Family and friends are welcome to attend and observe the workout!

See you all tomorrow!