“…EVERY SECOND COUNTS is the story of the competitors from the 2008 Crossfit Games, arguably the most difficult physical challenge in human sport….”

Read full press release on movie here.

 

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Note: preview contains profanity

 

One of the cool things about CrossFit is that it’s a great fitness program for ALL levels.  Plenty of people do CrossFit for it’s health benefits, to have a better looking body, for the fun and challenging workouts, and just to compete with themselves.  However, there is an ever growing popularity of CrossFit as a sport.  Aside from competitions within a particular gym, there are also local competitions amongst several CrossFit affiliates.  There is even an annual nationwide (and now worldwide) CrossFit competition call the CrossFit Games. 

I attended the inaugural CrossFit Games as a spectator in July of 2007.  There were about 50 competitors and maybe 25 spectators.  In 2008 I competed in the CrossFit Games along with 300 competitors, and about that many spectators!  This year there are qualifying events being held around the country and around the world to narrow the field of competitors for the CrossFit Games in July of 2009.  The NorCal Qualifiers will only have 5 men and 5 women moving on to the CrossFit Games.  There will be a total of 3 workouts performed over two days.  The first two workouts were just announced:

Workout A:

For time:

Row 500m
30 Burpees
10 Shoulder-to-Overhead (Men: 165#, Women: 95#)

(10 minute time limit)

 

Workout B:

Max reps in 10 minutes of:Muscle-Up
Barbell Cleans from the ground (Male: 185#, Female: 105#)

 

CrossFit Games website

 

Thursday’s WOD:

Front Squats 5-5-5-5-5

5 sets of 5 reps, with several minutes of rest between each set.

work your way up to your 5 rep max

 

Friday’s WOD:

403m Run
50 Squats
10 Pushups

300m Run
40 Squats
20 Pushups

200m Run
30 Squats
30 Pushups

200m Run
20 Squats
40 Pushups

300m Run
10 Squats
50 Pushups

403m Run

Results:

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