Václav Mráz CrossFit - qualification for competitions

Hi, today I'll show you how the qualification for the races looks like.

I'm going to the weekend races called Fit Moster, which will be held in Brno on 28-29.5. It's one of the best races in our country. Last year I already raced in the beginner and intermediate open category. After two days and six workouts, I placed 7th out of 90 athletes. I really enjoyed the race and it was perfectly organized. In total there were over 250 competitors. They tested us in everything.

This year for the first time I will compete in the advanced elite category. I would like to test myself to see how I am and if I can keep up with the elites. I know it's going to be tough, it might take a couple of years to get to their level, but I want to push myself. I think it will be a huge motivation for me to stand against the best. I'm working as hard as I can, so hopefully it'll show somewhere.

For these races, you have to qualify first. The race organizers will announce the workout, which the athlete will film and submit. There's a limited time, usually one week. There are also standards for exercises, how and what to do. The 50 athletes with the best results get to go to FM, so I hope it works out. Check out the cut of the qualifying video.

qualifying WOD
A) 7 min to complete 9-15-21
- GTOH (ground to overhead)
- CH2B / PU (chest to bar / pull ups)
B) + 4min 2rep max cluster

GTOH means from the ground overhead, for our category with a loaded barbell at 70kg. I chose the C&J technique as I would have struggled with the snatch. The dumbbell was combined with barbell pull-ups spiced up with chest touch. We had 7 minutes for part A, where we started on 9 reps of GTOH and continued with 9 reps of CH2B, followed by 15-15 and 21-21. Then came part 2 where you had 4 minutes to lift max weight for 2 reps on the cluster, which is a repositioning into a squat with overhead expression (squat clean, thruster).

I was 7 reps short of completing 21 GTOH. In the remaining 4 minutes, I was going for the most confident, 2x cluster 85kg. I also put 92.5kg in the workout, but after 7 minutes of intense exercise, not so much strength. My partner David hájek gave 5 more reps and finished the clusters with 95kg.