Nothing begins 2020 season of the CrossFit Games Starting, as you know, its new modality with the Open that will be held for the first time in October.
If the Games began in 2007, Did you know that the first Open took place in 2011? The most addicted to crossfit They know it sure, but we are going to review their history and the evolution of the exercises.
The first Open
In 2011 the first Open took place, the online classification and open to all to reach the CrossFit Games
In this first edition, there were not five but six weeks of qualifiers and some 26,000 people were pointed out.
These were the wod:
11.1
Amrap 10 minutes
30 D.U.
15 Power Snatch (75/55 lb)
11.2
AMRAP 15 minutes
9 Deadlift (155/100 lb)
12 push-ups
15 Box Jumps (24/20 inch)
11.3
AMRAP 15 minutes
Squat Clean (165/110 lb)
Jerks (165/110lb)
11.4
Amrap 10 minutes
60 Burpees Bar-Facing
30 OHS (120/90 lb)
10 muscle-ups
11.5
AMRAP 20 minutes
5 Power Clean (145/105 lb)
10 toes-to-bar
15 Wall Balls (20/14l B)
11.6
AMRAP 7 minutes
3 Thrusters (100/65 lb)
3 CHEST-TO-BAR
6 Thrusters (100/65 lb)
6 CHEST-TO-BAR
9 Thrusters (100/65 lb)
9 CHEST-TO-BAR
And they continue 12, 15, ...
As you can see, the WOD are very similar to which you can do any day in your box.
Of course, they are just the beginnings.
The second edition begins two traditions
2012 was the year in which Reebok entered as a sponsor giving a very important impulse towards the internationalization of sport (and brand).
WOD become five, made in five weeks, and at that time there were 69,000 people who tested their crossfiteras skills.
These were the WOD of the Open 2012
12.1
AMRAP 7 minutes
Burpees
12.2
Amrap 10 minutes
30 snatches (75/45 lb)
30 snatches (135/75 lb)
30 snatches (165/100 lb)
Max Rep (210/120 lb)
12.3
AMRAP 18 minutes
15 Box Jump (24/20 inch)
12 Push Press /115/75 lb)
9 toes-to-bar
12.4
AMRAP 12 minutes
150 Wall Balls (20/14 lb)
90 D.U.
30 Muscle Ups
12.5
AMRAP 7 minutes
3 Thrusters (100/65 lb)
3 CHEST-TO-BAR
6 Thrusters (100/65 lb)
6 CHEST-TO-BAR
9 Thrusters (100/65 lb)
9 CHEST-TO-BAR
And they continue 12, 15, ...
And what traditions start these seconds open?
- That of Repeat a wod of the previous edition. Here, 12.5 is 11.6.
- And that in the last wod there are Thrusters.
Don't you believe us? Look at 13.5, 14.5, 15.5, 16.5, 17.5, 18.5 and 19.5 and you will see that there are always Thrusters.
Over the years, news appears
We are not going to review all the WOD of the Open but we are going to see the novelties that were incorporated year after year.
As the competition welcomed more participants, the level of athletes becomes higher and, therefore, the demands in the Open as well.
Although many of us do them as Personal competition To measure our progress, feel the adrenaline of this experience and have fun (after suffering), we must remember that they operate them CrossFit Games are a qualifier to reach the final in the United States.
The Open 2013 does not contribute many news. Tan Just repeat 12.4 for 13.4.
In 2014, a new modality of execution is incorporated: For time with repetition descendant staircase (21-18-15 ...); And a new exercise: The rowing. 14.1 was 11.1.
In 2015, the WOD in two parts To complicate the thing a little more and not lose fun in the matter. The Handstand push ups; and 15.2 was 14.2.
In 2016, we have suffered with the lunges or strides and the WOD with internal cutting time such as 16.2 that, if you did not finish the first part in the 4 minutes stipulated, it ended. 16.5 was 14.5.
2017, the year of the dumbbells. We also see the modality appear Round for time that had not yet been applied in the Open. And 17.4 was 16.4.
2018 already marks the end of the Open as we have met them, especially with the Live Announcom that starred the crossfitera elite live. The novelty of this edition was the appearance of the Handstand Walk and the Popular Voting of the Last Wod that would be repeated of each year. The 18.5 was 11.6/12.5 because people decided, and yes, it has Thrusters.
Open 2019, we say goodbye at a foggy weeks in the midst of the Holy Week holidays, we also fired the Live Announment with real celebrities and repeat on 16.2 by 19.2.
And how many already participate in the Open in 2019? If we only count the RX Individual, male and female, adds a total of 325,684 people.
In eight years of Open, we have seen how exercises evolve towards more complex modalities that suppose a real challenge For professionals like amateurs.
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