CrossFit Games OPEN 2018 #1

Hi readers, we've decided to bring you regular updates on the Crossfit Games Open.

Since the qualifiers for the biggest CF event in the world started last week.

Crossfit is still on the rise and more and more people are getting into it. The official boxes are getting bigger and the enthusiasts are growing by the day.
It's no wonder anyone who wants a change from the gym, CF is the perfect choice. It's no stereotype, combining three main pillars. Gymnastics, conditioning and weightlifting. It all ties together to make the athlete as versatile as possible.
That's what the CF Games is all about, where anyone can enter and compete to be the best athlete in the world, region or country.

Regional breakdown.

It's a feast for all the gyms in the world, official or not, absolutely everyone lives it.

Keen athletes and anyone who just wants to try it out eagerly await each announcement of workouts.

In short, some information:

• $20 registration fee.
• 5 consecutive weeks, 5 workouts
• starting 2/22,
• then the 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd of March.
• RX & scaled - lower level of each wod
• 4 days to complete each wod
• men, women, masters, age groups
• over 200,000 athletes registered
• compare yourself to the whole world, region or just the Czech Republic

For the first WOD, Dave Castro has prepared a 20 minute Amrap (max reps for up to 20 minutes).
All you need is a one-handed dumbbell, a trapeze bar, an oar and the necessary amount of strength and conditioning.

18.1
20min AMRAP
8x TTB (toes to trap) - scaled hanging knee raises
10x dmb hang clean & jerk (thigh to shoulder overhead)
14/12x cal row (rowing, 12 cal for women)

Weight: RX 22.5/15 | scaled 15/10kg

You can follow the leaderboard to see how the athletes are doing here and around the world.

The current top three in our country's first WOD

1. Petr Schlegel, 420 reps
2. František Heribán, 403 reps
3. Josef Tichý, 394 reps

It should be noted that not all results have been recorded yet. We will discuss the results from more categories in more detail next time.
We will also bring interviews with the athletes.

Last year I experienced the Open myself. I was registered and I guess I finished 25th in the country. It's been a really awesome and challenging 5 weeks of looking forward to what's next in the workout.

This year I'm just going through it as a fan, as a lot of things have changed and I can't get as much training in as I'd like.

I'm glad that the guys in our gym are living it, they've been preparing for a long time and working really hard.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for them and keep you posted on how they're doing.

David Hajek, 377 reps
Jura Hasik, 352 reps