Opening a gym is exciting. The thought of working in an environment you love and being your own boss is motivation enough to sign whatever documents you need to get that loan and open up your own gym. 

For the first time ever in CrossFit Open History, the actual workout is currently being voted for in the CrossFit Games. One of these options actually happens to be exactly what our coaches predicted it would be in our recent post: 13.5.

The finale of the 2018 CrossFit Open was, in all reality, a bit boring. The community decided the workout and ultimately they choose a repeat of 11.6. Very few of those participating in the CrossFit Open today have been around long enough to have attempted this workout when it was first introduced. As a result, many of them won’t be able to create any direction in purpose in their training that a Open Workout repeat usually allows. Without direct and purpose their can be no real athletic progression.

Proper preparation for an event like 18.5 actually starts way before it even begins. Ideally, an athlete should be accumulating volume in movements likely to appear in the CrossFit Open, like Chest to Bar Pull-ups and thrusters. We know this may sound a bit like an oversimplification. However, you should be tackling these movements in a structured manner to allow you to reach your full potential in the CrossFit Open.