Month: January 2014

OPEN QUALIFIER
CrossFit Montgomery is a validating affiliate and will host the 2014 Reebok CrossFit Games Open WOD each week at The Boneyard. Cost for non-members: $20. If you are registered and would like us to validate your WOD, read the REGISTERED ATHLETES section below and contact us at 1-877-907-4141 or info@crossfitmontgomery.com for more information.

THE GAMES SEASON

• The Open is the first step in the CrossFit Games season and takes place February 27 to March 31. Every Thursday, an Open workout will be posted. Everyone then has until that Monday to complete the workout. Athletes have the choice of competing at a participating CrossFit affiliate, or submitting a videotape of their performance to the Games website. The Open will consist of five workouts over five weeks.
• At the end of the five weeks, the Open’s top athletes in each region will move on to the the second stage of the competition — Regionals. Each of the 17 Regionals will be a three-day competition where individuals compete head to head with judges. At the end of the weekend, no more than three men and three women will advance to the final stage of the competition — the CrossFit Games. Our Regionals, the South East Regionals, are May 9-11, 2014.
• The Reebok CrossFit Games are the ultimate test of fitness. The Games are a grueling multi-day, multi-event competition to determine the Fittest on Earth. Fitness means being ready for the unknown and unknowable, so the workouts change every year and are not announced until just before the events start. For the fourth consecutive year, the CrossFit Games will be held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California starting July 9.

For more information about the Games and to stay informed, visit Reebok CrossFit Games.

REGISTERED ATHLETES
This year, the Open WODS are posted on Thursday of each week. Our gym WOD every Monday during the Open will be the Open WOD that is announced on Thursday. We will also host the Open WOD on Saturday at 8 a.m. each week for members and visitors competing in the Open, unless otherwise noted.

Accommodations – We will try our best to accommodate those who cannot attend the posted times for a particular week. Contact us to schedule an appointment. In the event that you have a time constraint, please notify us ahead of time so we can attempt to accommodate you. But please do not abuse this courtesy.

Result Submission – Athletes are responsible for submitting their results online at Games.CrossFit.com by the deadline on Monday (7 p.m. CT) each week. However we recommend you submit your result as soon as possible. After an athlete submits their result, Coach Cody (affiliate manager) will receive notification and will then approve or deny the result. If you have any questions or concerns about the validation process, call or text Coach Cody on his cell phone. He will also make sure he has each athlete’s cell phone number just in case he needs to contact an athlete about their result.

RESOURCES

• The 2014 CrossFit Games Competition Rule Book
• Online Judges Course

Join us for the Whole30 Challenge from January 6 to February 4! We’d like to invite you to a Nutrition seminar on January 4 at The Boneyard to kick off our new challenge. Visit the Whole30 Program which will act as the guidelines for this challenge to learn more. For those participating in the challenge, we have handouts and a Nutrition group (closed group) on Facebook. Let us know if you would like to join in on the conversation.