2 Days & Counting....Til the 2011 CrossFit Games

Hey Guys!!!
Sorry for leaving you hanging for so long. But summer came and took over my life. What can I say? I have been enjoying myself, but I’m back!!! And I have got big news too!

This weekend is the CrossFit Games!!! CrossFit is what originally inspired this blog, and this time the Games are even BIGGER!!!

In just a matter of a few years, the games have completely transformed as the CrossFit athletes become rockstars and the games go from being held on a farm in the middle of no where to being held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA and sponsored by Reebok.

With the CrossFit Games just two days away, I thought I’d share some interesting facts about this year’s games

1. This is the first year the Games are sponsored (by Reebok).

2. This is the first year the athletes are treated like rockstars, with custom fitted apparel, meals and more.

3. This is the first year there is a CrossFit kids/teens competition.

4. The CrossFit Games are known for having throwing something crazy and unexpected into the WODs (most commonly referred to as the hopper WOD).

5. Just announced: ALL competitors must take a swim test.

6. On July 31, 2011, the fittest (wo)man on Earth will be determined!

Check back soon for more news and updates!!! Also, follow AMRAPlife on Twitter for live updates.

Also, it is not too late to get tickets. Just $50 for all three days!!

2011 SoCal CrossFit Sectionals

With week 6 of the CrossFit Open coming to an end, the SoCal CrossFit Sectionals plan to wrap it up with a bang. This weekend in Aliso Viejo, Calif., over 300 athletes will be competing in hopes of getting their fastest times possible and qualifying for the 2011 CrossFit Regionals.

The CrossFit Sectionals gives the athletes the opportunity to compete in a game sized stage. Furthermore this competitive setting will serve as a preview to the CrossFit Regionals as it showcases some of the top competitors.

The Sectionals will be a full day event with the fastest heat going off at the end of the day. In addition to getting a good workout, or watching some great athletes getting a workout, there will also be vendors that serve the CrossFit community, food trucks, a beer garden, fundraisers and much more throughout the day.

So, if you are in the area, check it out! Free admission for spectators!

Good luck to all the athletes competing tomorrow! Shout out to my friend Gabriel Perez! Have Fun!!

Check out the leader board for some of the top athletes you may see tomorrow!

What Is CrossFit?

So what is CrossFit?

To the unknown, it may just look like someone having a seizure; or that they are running around like a chicken with its heads cutoff, while simultaneously throwing an insane amount of weight overhead. However, you have actually just caught them in the middle of a 15-minute test of their level of fittest.

CrossFit is "constantly varied functional movements executed at a high intensity." It is an attempt to perfect your physical aptitude in each of the ten components of fitness: endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, balance, agility, and accuracy, executed through workouts that push you beyond your perceived limits.

While CrossFit consists of daily WODs and competing with other crossfitters to have the best and fastest time of the day or of a particular named/benchmark workout, it all leads up to the annual CrossFit Games. This yearly competition is where the best of the best compete for the title of "Fittest on Earth."

(Below is the trailer for the film "Every Second Counts." A documentary which follows five athletes competing in the 2008 CrossFit Games as they "push themselves beyond limitations imposed by the human mind and flirt with the limits of physical capacity.")

The CrossFit Games is a three-day event where both individuals and teams compete for the title of "Fittest on Earth." The competition entails anywhere from a total of three to eight events, which are not announced until a few days prior to the competition or until you step into the stadium; forcing the athletes to train all year long for a competition whose format is almost a complete mystery.