CrossFit KOP

2011 Open Sectionals

It’s that time of year again and I do not mean making resolutions...I mean competing in the CrossFit Games Open Sectionals. Last year, CF KoP had over 30 members participating throughout the Open. Everyone was competing for a different reason but in the end everyone had a blast. We encourage each of our members to consider participating in the Open. You will find out a lot about yourself and you just may be able to help the team. Last year, several of our members, that were not on the Regionals team, recorded a score in an individual Sectionals workout that helped the team place high in Open Sectionals. It truly was a total gym effort and I hope the same thing happens again this year. For those that were not members at the time, the gym was FULL of intensity and it was without question something I looked forward to every week.

Last year, we decided to let the CF programming chose for us. The top three men and top three women from Open Sectionals comprised our Regional team for 2011. This year will be slightly different; we will take the top 6 men and top 6 women from Open Sectionals and they will compete against one another in the Regional WODs from 2011 to determine the top three men and women to comprise the 2012 CF KoP Team. There are several reasons for this…

1) The Sectionals occur over 5 weeks but at Regionals you may be asked to do 3 or more workouts in one day and we need to know how you can perform in that environment.
2) The Regional workouts from last year comprise high level skill and strength movements…two things that continue to be present in CF competitions at higher levels but may be absent at lower levels.
3) This gives everyone more time to work on your weaknesses if you have not been doing so already.
4) In the unfortunate event that a high level member gets hurt during Regionals, this would be an opportunity for them to prove their potential.

If you remember the workouts from Regionals, you should become proficient in ALL of the following: HSPU, Heavy Thrusters, Heavy Deadlifts, High Box Jumps, Heavy Snatches, Muscle-Ups, etc. We offer 4 Strength classes weekly, Monday/Friday 7:30PM, Thursday 5:30PM & Saturday at 11:00AM, these should be used as competition classes for training and strength building prior to the "open" secionals.

If there are any questions related to Open Sectionals or the CF KoP Team, please see Jason at the gym.