As you may have seen in the gym, there is a poster asking for athletes to help prove that Crossfit Connection is one of the “fittest gyms” in Canada.
Along with individual participation at the Crossfit Games, there is an event for a team competition. This is known as the “Affiliate Cup”. A team needs to consist of 3 women and 3 men. The competition will involve completion of a number of events over the course of a day or two. For each event, only 4 participants will compete, 2 women and 2 men. This will allow the team to select the most appropriate athlete for the event. Said differently, if the WOD includes HEAVY deadlifts, Andy and I would struggle, but Big T (Terry) would be a strong competitor.
I’m not sure we all realize how much stronger and faster we are all getting. I’ve had the opportunity to visit a couple of other Crossfit boxes in Canada over the past few months, and I can honestly say, we hold our own with the best of them!!
This year, the qualifiers for the Affiliate Cup will take place in Calgary during the individual sectional qualifiers in May. We are looking for a team of 3 women and 3 men to compete on behalf of Crossfit Connection.
If we get enough interest, we will hold a pre-qualifier in the next few months to ensure we are pulling together the strongest team possible. Once we have a team selected, we can start to step up our training to really excel in Calgary!! For those of you who are already planning on competing as individuals at the sectionals in Toronto, we won’t finalize the Affiliate Team until after the Toronto weekend.
Please sign up early so that we can make sure we have enough interest to fill a team as soon as the registration for the Affiliate Cup opens up. Thank you to Terry, Dru and Laura for stepping up and putting your names on the board.
Ryan and Andy
What to expect at the Affiliate Cup?
We have received a number of questions around what to expect at the Affiliate Cup. Most of the questions revolve around; What are the events? Am I strong enough to compete?
While one of the fundamental elements of Crossfit is the “Unknown and the Unknowable”, here’s what the events from the 2009 Affiliate Cup consisted of:
Event 1:
Stadium Workout
30 Wallballs (20lbs/14lbs)
Row 300m
30 Box jumps (24")
30 KB swings (24kg/16kg)
30 DB Push press / Push jerk (40lbs/25lb)
30 Deadlifts (225lbs/135lbs)
Event 2:
Hill Workout
2500m (approximately) Hill run relay
Rules:
1. The first athlete will run one lap (approximately 500m) carrying a short piece of PVC.
2. At the completion of the lap, there will be a well marked transition area in which to pass the PVC to the second athlete, who runs one lap with the PVC.
3. This repeats until all four athletes have run one lap with the PVC.
4. The team then runs one final lap together.
5. The clock is stopped when the last athlete crosses the finish line holding the PVC. If the last athlete to cross the line isn't carrying the PVC, the clock stops when that athlete grabs the PVC.
6. There is a 20min cap on this workout.
Event 3:
North Pad Workout
3-rep Overhead Squat plus
Max total pull-ups in 3 attempts
Rules:
1. In any order, all four athletes must perform exactly three sets of max pull-ups. Pull-ups are standard ROM, and will be judged by middle of the neck reaching the height of the bar.
2. All four athletes perform the heaviest 3-rep overhead squat possible (as many attempts as they want within the 20min time limit).
3. The greatest successful loads lifted by each athlete are tallied, and added to the total reps for the 12 sets of pull-ups performed to become the team score.
4. The team with the highest score wins.
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