There is no other true test of fitness.
The Games were created to fill a void—no other true test of
fitness existed. From Ironman triathlons to the NFL, all other athletic
events neglected to accurately test fitness. Even decathlons, while testing a relatively wide range of abilities, missed vital components of physical fitness.
The CrossFit Games events are made up of a broad range of functional movements. Functional movements
move large loads, long distances, quickly. These movements also form
the basis of our exercise program. Make no mistake—the CrossFit Games
are designed to test, not train, fitness. The goal is to find the fittest athletes, not to produce an easily replicable workout program.
The Games are a three-stage journey.
The Games season is broken up into three stages. The first
stage is the Open. This five-week, five-workout competition is held in
the winter in CrossFit affiliates and garage gyms around the world.
Workouts are released online each Thursday, and athletes have until the
following Monday to submit their scores. Anyone who's at least 14 years
old can sign up, and join in the first stage of the CrossFit Games season. This year's Open kicks off February 25, 2016.
The top athletes from each of the 17 regions qualify for the second stage of the competition—regionals.
The regionals are live, three-day competitions that are held over three
weekends in May (May 13 - 29, 2016). The top athletes from two or three
regions combine, and compete for the five qualifying spots for the
CrossFit Games .
The season culminates in the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games at
the StubHub Center in Carson, California on July 19 - 24, 2016. At this
point in the season, the field has been whittled down from hundreds of
thousands of athletes in the Open to the world's fittest 40 men, 40
women, 40 teams, 40 teenagers, and 200 masters. The CrossFit Games rank
the world's fittest, and determine who is the Fittest on Earth.
A key element to a fair test of fitness is the unknown and
unknowable. Athletes cannot train for what they do not know. At each
CrossFit Games, the athletes engage in a series of challenges unknown to
them until right before the competition. The combination of highly
trained athletes and unknown events makes for an explosive mix.
May only the best win.
The Games are a playing field where the fittest athletes
are given a chance to distinguish themselves through consistently
exceptional performances. In a single weekend, the CrossFit Games test
athletes’ capabilities across broad time and modal domains. A wide
variety of different events
are intentionally included. In the past, these have ranged from dusty
hill sprints to sandbag carries to ocean swims and endurance events.
Future events will include even more surprises.
In order to be satisfied that the CrossFit Games winners
are truly the Fittest on Earth, we need to be confident the champions
would also win other good tests of fitness.
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