FINNERAL: THIS IS URBAN LIFE ATHLETICS ON WEST FAYETTE STREET WHERE ATHLETES TOOK ON THE FIRST WORKOUT OF THIS SEASON’S CROSSFIT OPEN, ONE OF THE LARGEST FITNESS COMPETITIONS IN THE WORLD. THE CROSSFIT OPEN IS AN ALL-INCLUSIVE EVENT WHERE ATHLETES WILL DO ONE ANNOUNCED WORKOUT EACH OF THE NEXT 5 WEEKS AND SUBMIT THEIR SCORES TO THE CROSSFIT GAMES WEBSITE. URBAN LIFE ATHLETICS MEMBER NATE KAUFMAN LOOKS FORWARD TO THE OPEN EVERY YEAR FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.
KAUFMAN: I THINK IT’S A NICE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND DO THE SAME THING AS A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY AND EVEN AROUND THE WORLD. BE ABLE TO SEE NOT JUST HOW YOU STACK UP, BUT ALSO JUST BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE. IT SORT OF AMPLIFIES THAT TYPE OF COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT THAT CROSSFIT DOES REALLY WELL I THINK
FINNERAL: THE FIRST ANNOUNCED WORKOUT OF THIS SEASON’S CROSSFIT OPEN IS AS FOLLOWS TEN ROUNDS FOR TIME OF 8 GROUND TO OVERHEADS WITH THE BARBELL AND 10 BAR-FACING BURPEES. THE TIME CAP FOR THIS WORKOUT IS 15 MINUTES SO THE SCORE FOR ATHLETES WHO DO NOT FINISH IN TIME WILL BE HOW FAR INTO THE WORKOUT THEY GOT WITHIN THOSE 15 MINUTES.
FINNERAL: FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I JUST SAID, THESE ARE GROUND TO OVERHEADS WITH THE BARBELL AND THESE ARE BAR-FACING BURPEES. KAUFMAN WENT INTO A WORKOUT WITH A CLEAR STRATEGY, BUT HE ADMITED HE HAD TO ADJUST AS THE WOROUT EVOLVED.
KAUFMAN: WITH THE BURPEES I SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE MORE THAN I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO BUT YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO WHEN YOU’RE GETTING THROUGH IT.
FINNERAL: THE OPEN CAN BE A WAY FOR COMPETITIVE ATHLETES TO TRY TO QUALIFY FOR THE CROSSFIT GAMES, BUT PEOPLE CAN ALSO DO THE WORKOUTS FOR FUN. MANY MEMBERS OF URBAN LIFE ATHLETICS ARE NOT SIGNED UP FOR THE OPEN BUT WANT TRY OUT THE WORKOUTS ANYWAYS. AS AN EXPERIENCED CROSSFITTER, KAUFMAN HAD SOME ADVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST STARTING.
KAUFMAN: BE PATIENT WITH YOURSELF. LET YOUR COACHES TEACH YOU. TRY TO BE A COACHABLE ATHLETE. JUST HAVE FUN. ANYTIME YOU GET TO SWEAT IS A GOOD TIME SO TRY TO JUST HAVE FUN WITH IT.
FINNERAL: KAUFMAN SAYS THE OPEN IS A GREAT WAY TO GET THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. JAMES FINNERAL NCC NEWS
