So far there are over 46,000 individual people signed up to take on the WODs! Thats more than double last year and a phenomenal amount of people to pit your skills against. And seeing as you have till Sunday to sign up im sure there are going to be even more.
Starting tomorrow, 5 WODs (workouts) will be released over 5 weeks and you will have from Wednesday to Sunday to complete each one, judged by a qualified CrossFit Coach. These scores then get entered into the database and you can see how you stack up against the rest of the world. Time for some humbling me thinks!
Then the top 60 men and women and the top 30 teams from each region (Europe, Australasia and lots in America and Canada etc) qualify for the regionals, which for Europe are held in Copenhagen this year. Then its the top 3 in each region that go through to the final games in California in July. Thats a hell of a lot of competition. Lets just say I'm not booking my flights over there just yet!
We've had an amazing response from our members so far to take part in this beast and 18 of them have signed up so far. Why bother you might think if you are never going to get anywhere near the top? Heres why:
Knowing that you are posting a score against all those other registered people will undoubtedly make you push harder and keep going for longer than you would normally. You know that you will leave nothing in the tank during these WODs and that the spirit and camaraderie of competing will push you further than you thought possible. New records are going to be set along the way and you may just feel a little proud of yourself when you've finished! We can scale the WODs for those that need to so dont worry about being fit enough or strong enough. Taking part in something like this is what CrossFit is all about.
Its going to be great to have a little competition amongst the members of our box and with some quickly rising stars amongst our members the coaches are going to have to start looking over their shoulders too! I cant wait. We will keep a running scoreboard up at the gym for everyone who is signed up.
If you want more info on the games then click here. You can also sign up using this link and for £6 why not get involved in what is going to be a great 5 weeks. If you train at CrossFit Connect then make sure you put us as your gym and i can then add you to our team roster.
Want a little more motivation and some footage of the big players in action?
For more info on CrossFit Connect and how to get started see our website or give us a call using the numbers to the right of this page. We'll happily introduce you to the concepts of CrossFit and how to come down and have a free taster class on us.
Get involved people.....this time next year EVERYONE is going to have heard about CrossFit!
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