Hey Everyone!
Welcome to the 2020 CrossFit Open (aka 2019 part 2)! If the Open is coming as surprise, it’s because this is the first time CrossFit is hosting the Open in the fall. Years past the CrossFit Open has taken place around March of each year, but in Year 10 of CrossFit Games competition – they’re mixing things up. Many changes have taken place as the with the Games season over the last few months, but some things haven’t! Like the fun times to be had as we perform the same workout as affiliates all over the world for the same weekend.
Quick summary: Thursdays at 8pm CF HQ announces a workout, gyms everywhere perform that workout over a weekend, and for those signed up – submit their times by Monday at 8pm. At Birdtown, we host a watch party on Thursday nights for the live stream announcement – then perform it as the CrossFit workout in all classes on Friday. As a bonus, we liven up Sunday’s Open Gyms with another opportunity to participate.
I’ve written about the Open in the past, and the blog form 2018 provides a pretty good summary if you would like more info on how we handle it at BTCF and what it means generally: http://birdtowncrossfit.com/in-the-open-v2018/
For those folks who are ready to roll and get official with it! Sign up at http://games.crossfit.com and select Birdtown CrossFit as your affiliate. Personally, I’ve signed up for the Open each year to help offer some additional motivation to my workouts. This gets me in on the weekends (when I might not always want to give the extra push) and offers a little bit of extra incentive to say that I’ve completed the same workouts as all those guys and gals on ESPN. On the daily though, it’s just fun to see your friends pushing themselves and have someone checking to make sure your range and reps are all legit!
Speaking of fun, here’s a snapshot of Fundamentals (just last night) – everyone in the class was cheering on the last person to finish. This is something we love about the community at Birdtown and one of the strong traits we hope to see more of as the Open gets underway:
