This was the first year we brought an RX Team to Nationals. Just like the Intermediate team, these guys and girls had worked really hard beforehand to be as ready as possible. The few elements we knew were going to be tough came up in the events and everyone had to dig deep to get a good score. As all the videos showed they fought for every point. Everyone had some awesome moments and it was great to watch it unfold. With a 19th overall the team didn’t finish up where they wanted and with one of our strongest performances in an event that ended up being scratched due to admin mistakes didn’t help either. Unfortunately that is just competition. Still, with the level of the competition and the events, this team did an amazing job staying switched on and gave it everything.
Final thoughts on the comp and SPCs future in the team comp. There is a lot of work ahead. Providing the format stays the same we are planning on taking 3 teams next year (one for each division). This will require some early planning and some commitment from athletes early next year. If you want to compete you will need to let us know asap and start turning up to Saturday team trainings starting up again Saturday 3/11. If you are going away over summer keep training and we will provide you with a training plan to work on weaknesses specifically to competitive CrossFit.
Looking at the level of the Events: RX athletes will have to do extra work + classes. Intermediate athletes will only have to do a little bit of extra work outside of classes and Scaled athletes will just need to stick to doing the SPC Wod. But all athletes will have to turn up to as many Saturday team trainings as possible throughout the year to work on coordinated team work I.E Synchronized reps, transitions etc. It will be a super exciting year ahead and I am personally super excited to be extending our programming out to a broader market.
Christian
Wednesday 24/10/18
Strength: Power Snatch
5 min EMOM
3 Power Snatches (start @ 60%)
5 min EMOM
1 Power Snatch (start @ 80%)
MetCon: For Time
800m Run
60 Alt. DB Snatches 22.5/15kg
