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CrossFit has grown (now that’s an understatement, if I’ve ever seen one!). Okay, let me put it this way…….CROSSFIT HAS FRICKIN’ EXPLODED! As I sit here and reflect back on the last 5 1/2 years that I have been around CrossFit, I have many different feelings. Many others that have been around CrossFit for a while will tell you that they also have mixed feelings about such a rapid increase in the popularity of this “Sport of Fitness” that we have all grown to love.
A great way to gauge the growth of CrossFit is to take a look back on the history of the competition that we call The CrossFit Games. For those of us that have been around since the beginning of the Games remember traveling to “The Ranch”. This was the venue for the first three Games. A small, dirt ranch located in Northern California. We called it the “Woodstock of Fitness”.
*2007 – This was the first year of the CrossFit Games. 70 competitors and about 150 fans. 3 events and the winners took home maybe $500 each.
*2008 - The second year witnessed a huge increase in both competitors and fans. 300 athletes competed that year with approximately 800 fans cheering them on.
*2009 – This was the final year at “The Ranch”. Regional qualifiers were added due to too many athletes wanting to compete. This marked the Global explosion of the Games.
*2010 – This was the first year at the Home Depot Center located in Carson, California. It was obvious that the Games had out grown “The Ranch” in Aromas, California. An additional qualifier was also added. In additional to the the Regionals, the Sectionals were added.
*2011 – Reebok comes on board with a 10-year title sponsorship which raised the total prize purse to $1 million. Eliminated sectionals and replaced with the Opens. 26 thousand people participated in the Opens.
*2012 – Home Depot Center sales out within a week or two. The Opens saw something like 70 thousand people world-wide participate.
*2013 – What is to come?
Although I do miss the “The Ranch” and that feeling……..that I just can’t describe that came along with it, I am very excited to see the growth of CrossFit. It truly is hard to keep such a good thing hidden from the world!
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WOD – 10.17.2012
All Levels:
As many rounds as possible in 15 minutes of:
15 wallballs
250m row
15 pull-ups
15 wallballs
200m run
15 chest-to-bar pull-ups
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Level One:
Same as All Levels
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24 Responses to ““The Woodstock of Fitness””
2 Rounds (14#/Green and Purple, Green/Purple/Black for CTB)
My back is injured so I did my own WOD.
15 Min AMRAP:
10 Bench Press (135#)
100 M Walk
15 Pullups (white/green)
5 Rounds!!!
2 Rounds + 37 M Row (6#/Green-Purple, Green-Purple-Red for CTB)
1 round plus 15 WB, 250 m row, 13 pull-ups.
Coach D says I “almost” RX’d b/c my chest to bars were more like pull-ups. :-/
My arms are like jello!
Wod 1 round +15 +250+15+15+200+5 Rx
Awesome wod
1 rd + 15 wall balls with 2 red bands on chest to bars.
2 rounds + 15 wall balls + 50 m row
Maria
1 rd +15 wall balls+200 meter row+15 pull ups (green band)+15 wall balls+ 200 meter run
Jose
1rd +15 wall balls+200 meter row+15 pull ups+15 wall balls+200 meter run rx.
1 round +15+250m+15+15+100m
Had to do ring rows instead of pull ups, nursing my
badly torn hands
2 rounds +15 wb+ 200run+6rr
2 rounds + 15 wall balls + 85m row
Rest day, sort of.
2 Rounds plus 15 wallballs Rx
68 wallballs, 30 pull-ups, 30 ring rows (sub for chest to bar) 400m run, 500m row
Lol sounds better than 2 rounds + 8 wallballs
Holy cow 3 days in and I am feeling wrecked
Well mainly my hands!!!
2 rounds+15wb+21m row RX’d
Pretty sure my chest will have some bruises
Good job everyone
I started at the WB-Run-C2B
Rx-2rds +15WB+200m Run+15PU+15WB+176m Row
Hands help up, no rips tonight.
1 round+15wallballs+200m.run+15pull-ups(2grn.bands)+15wallballs+140m.row
2 rounds + 15 wall balls = 250 m row
10lbs med ball
tan pull ups
2+15 wallballs
Pull ups-blue band
Chest to bar-blue&green
2nd day this week that I’ve need the chum bucket near by…
1 Round, + 15 Wall, + 200 run + 5 Chest to bar,
Started at the back end of the work out
Rx-2rds +15WB+100m (only made it half way through the run before the clock ran out).
1 round + 15+250mrow+15+15+200mrun.
Blue band.
2 Rounds exactly, 10# Wall Ball, green and purple bands.