Strength
Back Squat
Work up to a 1RM in 25:00
WOD
Annie
50 – 40 – 30 – 20 – 10
Double-unders
Sit-ups
Compare to 8/27/10, 1/11/11
The Evolve crew at the conclusion of 13.5 and the start of the party!
Now back to our regularly scheduled program.
The 2013 Open is finally done. It's been a long 5 weeks! We had a huge number of folks who "officially" participated in the Open this year…58, and many more who hit each and every WOD on Thursdays. As always, as trying as the Open can be, it tends to inspire some amazing achievements. As remarkable as the leaderboard is with the top performers hitting unbelievable numbers, the best stuff is in the stories that the scores don't reveal. We've had people PR each and every week, whether it was hitting reps at a 1RM snatch, throwing a wall ball at a higher target than ever before, getting that first toe-to-bar…and then doing more, or getting that first chest-to-bar pull-up. And we had a bunch of folks who decided to sign up for the Open, knowing that there was a good chance that they would be tasked to do something they've never done before due to their short time at CrossFit. But they went for it anyway.
The reason we love the Open is because it brings us all together. We get to share in each other's triumphs because we all know each other, and we know what these accomplishments really mean. We also sympathize for each other after the WOD when someone collapses to the floor and seems to have a small seizure or maybe the dry heaves…we understand because the same thing happened to us a few heats earlier! We had folks come in and judge on their days off, just to be around it, and it was a huge help. We had folks come in to simply cheer on their friends, not because they're on their way to Salt Lake for the Regionals, but because we're family and it feels good to support one another. That's the good shit that comes from the Open! Of course the brutal AMRAPs and lack of recovery are another story!
Gino and I are proud of the entire Evolve family – those who gave their all during the Open, those that gave their time to help us successfully pull off multiple heats 2 days a week for over a month, and those who made all the awesome side dishes for the wrap-up party on Sunday! We love you guys, thank you!
