It’s that time of year again where athletes from across the world get the opportunity to compete in the Crossfit Open 2016 Competition.
Although thousands of entrants will be battling against each other for a spot in the Crossfit Games regionals, this is more than just a competition. The Crossfit Open is an opportunity to learn new skills, hone your existing skills and push yourself to places you’ve never been before. I’ve never seen as many people achieve movements they’ve never achieved before in such a short space of time as I have during Open season. I for one am very excited.
Throughout the Crossfit Games I’ll be keeping you up to date with everything you need to know, the workouts, the schedules and results and where you can watch. So to start off here is a list of all of the Crossfit Open 2016 dates and when you need get your scores in.
The Crossfit Open 2016 dates
Registration for the Crossfit Open starts on January 14th 2016 and you can register here.
Open Workout 16.1 – February 25th – 29th
Open Workout 16.2 – March 3rd – 7th
Open Workout 16.3 – March 10th – 14th
Open Workout 16.4 – March 17th – 21st
Open Workout 16.5 – March 24th – 28th
The Crossfit 2016 open runs for 5 weeks with each workout released on Thursdays at 5pm PT time or 1am the following morning if you are in the UK.
You then have exactly 4 days to complete the workout and submit your scores. Workouts can be completed in front of a judge at your Crossfit affiliate or from anywhere by recording your workout and submitting a link to the video online.
The workouts are pretty tough but don’t worry, as of last year the Crossfit Games Open now contains a scaled division making the 2016 Open even more accessible.
More than 270,000 Crosfitters competed in last years Open and its a ton of fun, so get involved! Let me know in the comments if you have any questions and I wish you the best of luck.
