“Train with Purpose, Compete with passion.”-EFL
Such an inspiring experience to witness this incredible competition.
Have a glimpse of the highlights from the 2015 Elite Fitness League Competition in Rockhampton here!
Video Creds: Luke McCracken
The CrossFit Team Series is back! Here’s your chance to compete against the world’s fittest CrossFitters. Think you have what it takes to smash these WODs and take home the cash? Check out the details below to learn what it’s all about and how you can get involved.
When
Week 1: September 9 – 15 (10am AEST)
Week 2: October 7 – 13 (10am AEST)
Register: August 19-September 9
Divisions
Open (all ages)
Teenage (14-17)
Masters (40+)
Cost
$80 per team
$500 for teams with sponsored team name
Prize Purse
1st – $30,000
2nd – $25,000
3rd – $20,000
4th – $17,000
5th – $14,000
6th – $11,000
7th – $10,000
8th – $9,000
9th – $8,000
10th – $7,000
Details
Any two men and two women can form a team in this year’s Team Series. Although you and your teammates do not have to attend the same CrossFit affiliate, teammates will be required to complete all of the workouts together.
2 total competition weeks with 6 days to complete each workout
Teams may jump from scaled to RX as they choose. One rep as prescribed will beat the highest scaled score.
Registration began on Aug. 19 and signup can be found here.
Official 2015 CrossFit Team Series Rulebook
Last Years Top 5 Results
HQ’s To Do List
1. Find three teammates.
2. Come back to Games.CrossFit.com between Aug. 19 and Sept. 9 to register your team.
3. Make sure all teammates accept your email invites.
4. Compete!
Video Creds: Andrew Melling
Although we are all unquestionably different in the things that we do in life and the ways that we do them, there is one force that drives us all: inspiration. Below is a complied list of 5 videos that are guaranteed to inspire and pump you up before a good sweat sesh.
WARNING: DO NOT watch these videos on your rest day. It will no longer be your rest day.
“You’re on your way now but this is no time to dwell on how far you’ve come. You’re in a fight against an opponent you can’t see, but oh you can feel him on your heels, can’t ya? Feel ‘em breathing down your neck. You know what that is? That’s you. Your fears, your doubts and insecurities all lined up like a firing squad ready to shoot you out the sky.”
“It’s practice, it’s training, and it’s training and experimenting while pushing through the pain to be the best I can be.”
“The small things matter. Being more balanced doesn’t mean dramatic upheaval in your life. With the smallest investments in the right places, you can radically transform the quality of your relationships and the quality of your life. Moreover, I think it can transform society, because if enough people do it, we can change society’s definition of success away from the moronically simplistic notion that the person with the most money when he dies wins, to a more thoughtful and balanced definition of what a life well-lived looks like. And that, I think, is an idea worth spreading.”
“When you embark on this journey you must know that it’s going to go down before it comes up, but when it comes up its going to go so much higher than you’ve ever been.”
“How do you beat Josh Bridges? How do you beat Scott Panchik? You just beat them. There’s no strategy, you just beat them.” -Rich Froning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMUXw8J2Kto
“True, real inspiration and growth only comes from adversity and challenge; from stepping away from what’s comfortable and familiar and stepping out into the unknown.”
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Annie Thorisdottir is a two time CrossFit world champion and the only woman to win back to back titles in 2011 and 2012. However, before stepping foot on the CrossFit Games podium she had to go through some low points in her career. Those low points only proved to push her harder.
Watch here as Annie Thorisdottir recalls the different obstacles she had to overcome before she was proclaimed as the World CrossFit Champ twice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI51PPrKc7A
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Is it just a coincidence that CrossFit HQ generously gave each Games athlete an assault bike after their successful regionals run? Or will this terrorizing piece of equipment turn up in Carson?
We haven’t seen stationary bikes at The Games since “Killer Kage” in 2011 when they incorporated monkey bars, front squats and the “WattBike.” A painful little triplet that played out like this:
What if Castro pulls the ultimate #TBT with a twist at this years CrossFit Games?
“Killer Kage” with the assault bike… that even hurts to say.
If the assault bike is added to an event line-up for the 2015 CrossFit Games, what do you think the WOD will be?
Come late July four words come to mind: SUN’S OUT GUNS OUT.
Event 1 of the 2015 CrossFit Games will start in the sand for the teams and individuals. We all know by now to expect some sort of swimming event during the weekend and Castro gives it to them again on the first day of competition. Individuals will then continue onto the tennis courts, like last year, to take on event 2.
2014 CrossFit Games “The Beach” Event Facts:
Check out the video below for the announcement made by CrossFit’s Dave Castro:
For more information check out the original post put up by CrossFit HQ
Top 10 Men Overall
1. Khan Porter (551)
2. Rob Forte (541)
3. Chad Mackay (489)
4. Kevin Manuel (541)
5. Ben Garard (469)
6. James Connew (469)
7. Kyle Frankenfeid (445)
8. Dean Linder-Leighton (445)
9. Rory Boyden (408)
10. Brandon Swan (407)
Top 10 Women Overall
1. Kara Webb (645)
2. Alethea Boon (589)
3. Tia-Clair Toomey (578)
4. Denae Brown (561)
5. Sammy Wood (536)
6. Stephanie Ortiz (526)
7. Justine Beath (481)
8. Andrea Miller (470)
9. Lindsay Vaughan (445)
10. Harriet Roberts (435)
Top 5 Teams Overall
1. Schwartzs CrossFit Melbourne (660)
2. Zaks Pack East Tamaki (567)
3. CrossFit Rocks (553)
4. CrossFit Athletic (524)
5. CrossFit Active (520)
Top 10 Men Overall
1. Matthew Fraser (630)
2. Alex Vigneault (556)
3. Daniel Tyminski (511)
4. Spencer Hendel (503)
5. Austin Malleolo (500)
6. Craig Kenney (489)
7. Paul Tremblay (487)
8. Tim Paulson (460)
9. Nicholas DeiGrande (458)
10.Cody Mooney (456)
Top 10 Women Overall
1. Michele Letendre (609)
2. Dani Horan (572)
3. Karo Pearce (501)
4. Carol-Ann Reason-Thibault (490)
5. Kelley Jackson (475)
6. Jennifer Smith (456)
7. Kaleena Ladeairous (444)
8. Maude Charron (437)
9. Rachel Goldenberg (428)
10. Chloe Gauvin-David (427)
For the full East individual report click here
Top 5 Teams Overall
1. Pro1 Montreal (617)
2. CrossFit Milford (616)
3. CrossFit New England (605)
4. FITERNITY (555)
5. CrossFit Plateau 2 (549)
Top 10 Men Overall
1. Dan Bailey (601)
2. Neal Maddox (538)
3. Jon Pera (504)
4. Julian Alcaraz (496)
5. Chad Melton (496)
6. Josh Bridges (481)
7. Kenneth Leverich (471)
8. Rasmus Wisbech Anderson (451)
9. Ben Alderman (449)
10 Wes Piatt (440)
Top 10 Women Overall
1. Brooke Ence (538)
2. Lindsey Valenzuela (514)
3. Chyna Cho (511)
4. Alessandra Pichelli (478)
5. Rebecca Voigt (473)
6. Chelsey Grigsby (461)
7. Charis Chan (454)
8. Kristen Pedri (447)
9. Courtney Walker (426)
10. Meaghan Gonzalez (417)
For the full California individual report click here
Top 5 Teams Overall
1. NorCal CrossFit (670)
2. CrossFit 808 (635)
3. Kinnick (572)
4. Invictus (516)
5. Diablo CrossFit Anejo (514)
For the full California team report click here
Watch an epic squat-battle between a Powerlifter, a Weightlifter, a Strongman and a Bodybuilder.
Who are they?
Patrik, Strongman: Int. German Junior Champion Bodybuilding 1999 Germany’s Strongest Man 2011 World-records in: Loglift, Keglift, Yoke-Walk
Robert, Weightlifter: Multiple German Champion, placed 9th @European Championships 2013, placed 11th @World Championships 2013 all up to 69 KG – class
Dorian, Bodybuilder: 2xGerman Champion, World Championship – Finals, 4th @Frey Classic
Thomas, Powerlifter: Multiple Bench Press State Champion, Powerlifting State Champion, won an insignificant tug war battle @ basic military service – he insisted on this
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The 2015 CrossFit Games Champion, Camille Leblanc Bazinet just signed up for the 2015 CrossFit Open. For years, Bazinet has been competing out of Canada East, dominating the region along side fellow CrossFit Games competitor Michele Letendre.
However, the big scoop is that she will be competing out of a new region this year. After marrying fellow CrossFit Athlete Dave Lipson, Bazinet relocated to Boulder, Colorado. With this change of location she has moved into the South West Region. The new competition will include athletes such as Amanda Goodman and Tiffany Hendrickson.
Will she qualify again for the CrossFit Games in 2015? Is there ever any doubt?
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15 January 2015
Thursday, February 26th.
5PM Pacific Time in USA
Feb. 26-March 30, 2015
15.1: Feb. 26 -March 2
15.2: March 5-9
15.3: March 12-16
15.4: March 19-23
15.5: March 26-30
April 23-27, 2015
May 22nd to 24th
Regional Weekend 1: May 15-17
Regional Weekend 2: May 22-24
Regional Weekend 3: May 29-31
July 21st to 26th.
Individuals – Wednesday July 22nd to 26th.
Masters Competition – Tuesday 21st of July to Thursday 23rd of July.
For Full Details check out: CrossFit Games
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Countdown is on to one of the biggest Event’s outside the CrossFit Regionals!
Schwartz’s Challenge 2014 takes place at the Westgate Indoor Sports Centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the 18th and 19th of October.
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