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CRU’S CRUSADERS — On Saturday, March 30 at 10:30 AM PT OC Athletix is hosting Cru’s Crusaders Fundraiser WOD. Cru Mercuro is a six-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. All money raised will contribute to an advanced spinal surgery that could result in him walking unassisted. $20 per person donation. Ages 13 and over to participate in the workout.
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ADAPTIVE CROSSFIT CLASSES — Orlando Health, a network of not-for-profit healthcare facilities, has partnered with South Orlando CrossFit to hold weekly classes for adaptive athletes that use a wheelchair.
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BEST IN TOWN — Congratulations to Big Lick CrossFit on being voted the best gym in Roanoke, VA.
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NEW AFFILIATE — CrossFit Royal Coast in Pascagoula, MS is opening on Monday, March 4th.
CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES (a highlight reel around social media of CrossFit pros and average joes)
Happy Birthday Ben Bergeron • Ben Barker squats 225 pounds for a two rep PR • You can hang out with Camille Leblanc-Bazinet at the Arnold this
weekend • Chase Long deadlifts 490 pounds for seven reps • Congratulations to Kent on his 200 pound clean PR • Eleven-year-old Mason Alderman snatches 100 pounds at 90 pounds bodyweight • Mat Fraser is giving away Rogue Fitness Gear for his 19.2 HWPO contest • Happy birthday Annie Sakamoto.
…and thank goodness 19.2 isn’t partner thrusters.
19.2:
AMRAP 8
25 toes-to-bars
50 double-unders
15 squat cleans (135/85 pounds)
25 toes-to-bars
50 double-unders
13 squat cleans (185/115 pounds)
This process continues every four minutes as the weight increases.
Strategy Guides:
— Cole Sager
— Invictus for beginner and intermediate
— Invictus for competitors
— Team Soul
— TZ Strength
— WODPrep
— Submitting 19.2 Scores — Scores for 19.2 are due Monday by 5:00 PM PT.
— P.S. Remember Tuesday when we said that a repeat of 16.2 was likely? Charts people, charts.
Early Leaderboarding…Unofficial as of 9:00 PM PT last night:
1. James Newbury – 428 | Justin Beath – 18:26
2. Ben Garard – 424 | Maddie Sturt – 19:59
3. Michael Whetstone — 342 | Cassandra Nelso — 260
4. Ian Jones — 259 | Kelly Denham — 257
5. Daniel Roberts — 256 | Kathryn Shaffner — 254
6. Tim Cook — 255 | Cathrine Maltais — 221
7. Andrew Logan — 254 | Karoline Gustafson — 165
8. Michael Cook — 253 | Alexandria Coakley — 154
9. Tiago Bottene — 253 | Traci Palmer — 113
10. Stephen Gallagher — 253 | Viri Quinonez — 109
FLASHBACK to 2016…
1. Ben Smith – 16:54 | Kara Saunders – 15:07
2. Rich Froning – 17:00 | Brooke Wells – 16:05
3. Mathew Fraser – 17:30 | Sara Sigmundsdottir – 16:27
4. BK Gudmundsson – 18:19 | Camille Leblanc-Bazinet – 16:29
5. Jeff Evans – 18:31 | Lindsay Marshall – 16:40
— Android Users Take Note: Tuesday, CrossFit announced “The Android version of the CrossFit Games app is currently offline. Irregularities with the app contributed to yesterday’s temporary outage, and our team is working on a solution. We will provide updates as soon as they are available. Leaderboard, score submission, and all features of the Open are accessible by logging into Games.CrossFit.com on a mobile browser or desktop. Learn more about the Games website.”
— Planning Ahead: Yesterday CrossFit Filthy150, the first sanctioned event of the 2020 CrossFit Games season, announced they will be a live host for the 19.5 Open announcement.
SHOTS FIRED…Again, as Jillian Michaels doubles down against CrossFit — Earlier this month, Jillian Michaels she spent 60 seconds on SHAPE’s Instagram listing all the reasons why she hates CrossFit.
After an outpouring of criticism for her misinformed remarks (most likely from the CrossFit community), Michaels doubled down in a blog post, saying things like:
— “[CrossFit] Exercises Can Be Too Complicated for the Average Person…
— “I have yet to be given any reasoning for how those workouts make an athlete better. How is the workout individualized? How is it designed to progress an athlete? How is it offering a balanced approach to fitness?”
— “Because CrossFit has a limited number of key exercises…in addition to increasing the risk of repetitive stress injuries, the opposite can happen. Your body can adapt to those same movements and progress can actually slow over time.”
— “If you are going to a CrossFit box make sure your coach has a degree in exercise science.”
SHOTS RETURNED…writing in SHAPE, Rich Froning defends CrossFit and takes Michaels to task specifically over her assertion that CrossFit only has “20-25 movements”:
“Are there more effective ways to target multiple muscle groups and practice synergy between the upper and lower body than through AMRAP training and CrossFit? Yeah, I’m sure there are more efficient ways to target muscles but, that isn’t what we’re trying to do in CrossFit. We think more about movements and general physical preparedness than we do about specific muscle groups and how to target them.
— “To further show the variety of CrossFit training, take a look at what my workout routine has consisted of this week: I indoor biked 30 plus miles, swam 5,000 meters, front squatted 325 pounds for reps, performed kipping pull-ups along with chest-to-bar pull-ups and bar muscle-ups (in the same workout). I also snatched 205, 225, and 245 for reps with handstand walk obstacles between sets.”
— “CrossFit workouts can be tailored for everyone’s skill level and goals – it’s not just for elite athletes. It’s about the functionality and scalability to the masses. My gym, CrossFit Mayhem, has members ranging from 5 years old to 76 years old. We have people with every fitness level on the spectrum walking through our doors every day.”
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