Deadlift 10-10-10-10-10 reps TODAY kicks off the 2016 CrossFit Open! Woo hoo! Every Thursday night for the next five weeks, the workout will be announced via Live Announcement from a different affiliate or garage gym around the US. Immediately after Dave Castro announces the workout, two top Games athletes will go head to head in the competition. This is a 6pm weekly event you don’t want to miss! Tune in to games.crossfit.com at 4:45 p.m. PT (5:45 our time) every Thursday for the next five weeks to watch the pre-show in the Update Show Studio. At 5:00 p.m. PT (6:00pm our time), the show will join the athletes and go live from the venue for the official announcement of the workout. Check out the video above where Rory McKernan gives you all the details on how to watch The Open announcements! Where will you watch the live announcement? We’ll have...Read more

Athletes Signed Up for The Open: 109 For time, fast and heavy: 21 dumbbell thrusters Run 400 meters 18 dumbbell thrusters Run 400 meters 15 dumbbell thrusters Run 400 meters Name: Dave Conway Age: 43 Occupation: Software Developer Years CrossFitting: Less than 1. About 10 months. Did the Open last year? If so, did you have any kind of PR’s or try anything new?: No, I started just after The Open last year. Are you doing it this year?  Why?: Yes. The message I heard coming from our coaches was ‘everybody should do The Open’. I generally try to follow directions, so I signed up! It’s something I love about  CrossFit and Roots – my experience shows that all I have to do is show up, follow directions, and try real hard, and I get results. Also, I like to have goals on the horizon, something I’m ‘training for’. It...Read more

10 Rounds for time of: 20 Double-unders 10 Kettlebell Swings 53/35 10 Burpees It surprises me every time. Our daughter Harriet, who is 2 years and 5 months, has a reaction to sugar like no other food product. For a kid who has had limited exposure to this highly processed carbohydrate, it certainly has made an impression on her. Recently, we celebrated Trevor’s birthday with mini gluten-free cupcakes. The next morning Harriet woke up and wanted Trevor to come over for dessert! Later in the day, she wanted to have another party so we could have cupcakes. That evening, she melted down at bedtime because no one would give her chocolate. And this all translates to, “I want sugar!”, she just can’t quite articulate that. These stories become more powerful to me when I enter another food. Take sweet potatoes. She has them everyday, likes them, and half the time asks for...Read more

3 5-minute rounds for max reps at each station: From 0:00-2:00, run 400 meters then double-unders From 2:00-3:00, 35-lb. dumbbell push jerks From 3:00-4:00, pull-ups From 4:00-5:00, 35-lb. dumbbell hang squat cleans  Rest 5 minutes between rounds. You’re probably as restless as we are. The first workout of the 2016 CrossFit Open will be announced this Thursday, February 25th at the LIVE Open Announcement from NorCal CrossFit in Santa Clara, California. Read below for an overview of how each week will look for the next five weeks as we roll through the 2016 CrossFit Open! Thursday The workout for that week will be announced on Thursday evening at 6pm (MST). Director of the CrossFit Games, Dave Castro, drops the workout to a screaming crowd via the LIVE Announcement. The LIVE Announcement is held at a different location each week and features two previous CrossFit Games athletes going head to head against...Read more

For time: Row 500 meters 50 GHD sit-ups Row 1,000 meters 30 GHD sit-ups Row 2,000 meters 20 GHD sit-ups Last week CrossFit.com released a new website. For anyone who has followed the mainsite for years, you know that this was a HUGE update. You can view the new mainsite HERE. And you can sign-up for The Open HERE.Read more