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CROSSFIT GAMES
BREAKING: 2024 CrossFit Games Rulebook Released, Here’s What You Need to Know
The 2024 CrossFit Games rulebook has dropped. We’ve broken down some of the changes for the upcoming season and what you need to know heading into the new year.
One big thing: Before delving into any specific changes to the season’s policies and rules, it’s important to note that the cover refers to the Games as the “2024 CrossFit Games,” not the “2024 NOBULL CrossFit Games.” In previous years, the title sponsor was listed on the cover of the rulebook.
Remind me: The release of the rulebook this year is considerably later than last but in line with other years (making the 2023 season the anomaly).
Here’s a list of when CrossFit HQ has dropped its rulebook in recent history:
2024 Season: December 21, 2023
2023 Season: November 15, 2022
2022 Season: December 28, 2021
2021 Season: January 7, 2021
2020 Season: August 28, 2019*
*The Open took place in October in 2020
2019 Season: January 7, 2019
Some details: As expected, the general season format for elite individuals and teams will remain mostly the same, with slight and some more significant changes outlined below.
The Open will take place over three weeks
Workout 24.1: February 29-March 3
Workout 24.2: March 7-March 11
Workout 24.3: March 14-March 18
Quarterfinals will take place in two different competition blocks
Team Quarterfinal: April 3-8
Individual Quarterfinal: April 17-22
Age Group Quarterfinal: April 17-22
Semifinals (7 in total, the same as last year) will take place across three weeks
Week 1 (Europe and Asia): May 17-19
Week 2 (Oceania and North America West): May 24-26
Week 3 (North America East, South America, and Africa): May 31-June 2
What’s changed?: As with every iteration of the CrossFit Games, there are both minor and significant changes to this season’s rules.
Some of the changes are related to larger shifts in the season structure (moving the age groups to their respective season-ending events and shifting the adaptive divisions to WheelWOD), while others are responses to events and developments that occurred last season.
The following list is not comprehensive of all the changes in the rulebook this year but highlights some of the most significant.
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CrossFit Health Summit: On February 3, 2024, the CrossFit Health Summit is coming to Austin, TX and the Van Zandt Hotel. The event features lectures and Q&A sessions with experts in the fields of health, wellness, and exercise.
TYR WZA Podcast: The 2023 TYR WZA champ, Paige Powers, stopped by the TYR WZA podcast to talk with host Guido Trinidad in the lead up to the 2024 Miami festival of fitness.
The next team event,“Uno Dos Tres,” has been announced. It includes inverted gymnastics, synchro double unders, deadlifts, hang cleans, and front squats.
PRVN Fitness Is Hiring: PRVN Fitness is Nashville’s newest affiliate, and it is looking for motivated and community-driven coaches. Learn more and apply now.
By the Numbers: A Morning Chalk Up Year in Review for 2023
The last year has been a bit of a roller coaster for the CrossFit community. And as the chief team that covers the community and sport, we’ve had a blast (and maybe a few too many cups of coffee, or Jocko Go’s) keeping you up to speed over the last 12 months. To wrap up a fantastic 2023, we thought we’d give you a little insight to the news we brought you all year long about the stories, athletes, volunteers, heroes and everything in between within the CrossFit ecosystem.
Entering its 12th season, TYR Wodapalooza, hosted in Miami, FL, is one of the biggest off-season CrossFit events of the year. Besides a platform showcasing elite competitors, it also gives opportunities to scaled, masters, teams, and adaptive athletes to compete as well.
This year, the four-day competition kicks off on January 11, and as that date edges closer, we have learned more and more information, rounding out our view of what will be the first large-scale CrossFit event of 2024.
Remind me: In 2023, we saw elite athletes competing in both the team and individual divisions for the first time, some of whom podiumed in both. For the elite females, Mayhem’s Paige Powers took home first place, with Dani Speegle finishing second and Emma Cary taking third.
Underdogs Athletics’ Ricky Garard took first for the individual males, with Roman Khrennikov in second and Pat Vellner finishing third. Vellner also finished at the very top on the team podium, alongside fellow countrymen Brent Fikowski and Jeff Adler in the men’s team division. Jamie Simmonds, Laura Horvath, and Gabi Migala won for the women’s team division.
New for 2024: This year, we will watch new divisions compete, including masters teams. Additionally, the champions of specific Latin American throwdowns, held throughout the previous year, will compete in the LatAm Cup. This is a separate competition held on January 11 and 12, with its own leaderboard and podium ceremony.
Also new to 2024, TYR Wodapalooza has entered into a partnership with the PFAA, whose goal is to safeguard athletes’ health and safety and provide guidelines for fair competitions. This is the first major competition to partner with the PFAA.
Since the beginning of sports, equipment has constantly evolved to help athletes win. Companies and inventors are always looking for ways to create gear that is worn by athletes to be more comfortable, prevent injury, and improve biomechanical efficiency to increase speed and power.
The CrossFit Games began in 2007, and in this short amount of time, we have already seen many changes in the gear used by competitors. This evolution of CrossFit equipment has moved quickly, as there have been many opportunities to innovate and a steep learning curve, due to the infancy of the sport.
But, now we are entering a new era. The equipment is becoming more sophisticated as more money is entering the arena, and companies are dialing in on the minutiae of what improves performance specifically for CrossFit.
Each year, the CrossFit Games Competition Rulebook releases rules governing equipment to ensure fair competition. However, in the last few years, there seems to have been more attention to “technology doping,” which refers to using sporting equipment to gain a competitive advantage. In the 2023 CrossFit Games, the two pieces of equipment in the crosshairs were belts and grips.
Looking back at the history of equipment in CrossFit, we can gain a better understanding of where certain advances could possibly be headed.
Flashback: If you have done CrossFit for a while now, you will remember that Chuck Taylors, aka Chucks, were the first shoes that many adopted for training (circa 2010). With a flat, low-profile sole, Chucks were one of the most reliable shoes on the market for lifting and running.
Then came the Reebok CrossFit partnership, which resulted in the Reebok Nano, the first shoe specifically designed for CrossFit. The Nanos were the first to feature technology that would help with stability, comfort, and durability, such as a wider toe box, a breathable abrasion-resistant upper construction, and a sole that can stand up to rope climbs.
In 2015, Nike entered the CrossFit scene with the Metcons, further expanding upon durability, stability, and breathability technologies, and eventually building in Hyperlift inserts to raise the heels for easier squat mobility.
Today’s mobility flow is programmed by Emma Lawson, 2023 Second Fittest Woman on Earth and pliability athlete. The 18-year-old was the youngest Games athlete ever and the youngest to wear the white leader’s jersey. She was also the Fittest Teenager on Earth in 2021. Most recently, Lawson placed third at the 2023 Rogue Invitational and led a team at FitFest UK.
Emma Lawson
1. Dragon
Start on your hands and knees
Step your right leg forward and lengthen your left leg behind you
Bring your hands to your right knee, keeping your spine tall
Sink into your front knee, allowing your left upper leg to release toward the floor
Hold this pose for 1-2 minutes on each side
2. Saddle Pose
Spread your knees wide and bring your toes together
Sit on your feet with your spine tall
Lean back on your hands, down to your elbows or upper back to the floor, depending on comfortability.
Stuck on what to gift the CrossFit lover in your life this holiday season? Look no further! Surprise them with gear that elevates every workout. And guess what? You deserve the gift of peak performance too! Treat them (or yourself) to the latest in fitness essentials – from performance-enhancing gear to recovery essentials, we’ve curated the ultimate gift guide to make every workout merry and bright.
Here is the easiest, yet most delicious recipe we have in our Rolodex: two ingredient, rich, dark chocolate truffles. These little cuties could be the perfect, decadent treat on Christmas Eve, with a cup of tea, or could make a great last-minute gift for a friend or a neighbor.
Kick off the New Year with the movement and mobility challenge you won't want to miss in 2024. From January 9th - 19th, learn the 10 simple practices to help you win the long game of life in Dr. Kelly & Juliet Starrett's 10-Day Built To Move Challenge. Join free and automatically get entered to win $4,000 in prizes!
Gyms may be closed over the next few days, or you may possibly be traveling without access to barbells and machines. Try this simple workout, written by Andrea Nisler, using minimal equipment and requiring minimal space.
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In this throwback article written by Meredith Root, she discusses the panic-inducing anticipation of overeating and indulging during the holidays. Root calms those fears with some explanation on how overeating is actually impacting us, and how in the end, it's not doing as much harm as we may think.
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