I'm thinking of doing the Scaled Open. There are a few key movements I can't do so won't bother with the normal Open this year.

I'm doing it unofficially as my shoulder issue prohibits me from pulls ups/TTB. We usually do it on a friday night and is lots of fun.

I'm not and I never do. I don't like to push myself to my limit in practice. One year I didn't sign up but did the workouts, and I didn't like the atmosphere at all. When I go to my limit, I will go til I hurt myself. I participate in CF competitions against other people present. I tend to injure myself a lot in things where I go all out and I don't see the point of injuring myself in a contest that's not really a contest I have any chance of winning. Also, this year, due to an injury, I'm off olympic lifting and wall balls until May (a year long hiatus from those movements). I am doing a powerlifting comp after the Open starts and the Open would take away from my ability to train and recover for that .

Plus, I can read the internet and I'm not giving corporate $20 bucks for something I can do for free. I use Beyond the Whiteboard religiously and know how to look up competitor rankings on the CF site, so I just don't get the benefit of spending $20. The whole atmosphere of my box changes to one of complete anxiety and I actually skipped all the Open workout days last year to avoid taking in all that chaotic energy. Our head coach has just barely missed the Games the last few years and I think that adds to the stress level.

I applaud those those who chose to challenge themselves in whatever way is in their wheelhouse and works best for them. I'll stick to comps face-to-face against other competitors instead of myself. We all play differently, so good luck to those of you who are doing it this year!

A group of people from our Box are signing up, so since it will be programmed into the week for us, I'm signing up tonight. I'll be signing up for the Scaled (I assume there will be a Masters sub-division) Open tonight.

KellyAnn1286 wrote: »

Hey all

Who's planning on doing the open year? Any particular reason you are or are not? What are you doing to prepare (if anything) and what are your goals for it? Just pure curiosity.

I'm definitely doing the open. Though I have zero shot at regionals, I like to have a permanent record of where I'm at to see how I've progressed from year to year. It's also a super fun time in general for the gym community in my opinion. I've been trying to tighten up the skills i'm the worst at by adding in additional skill work everyday the past couple of months (mostly gymnastics stuff), squatting at least three times a week and have been throwing in a couple of additional heavy chippers (long and heavy is where I struggle sometimes). Bring it on 2016 Open!

I'm timing my LiveSocial purchased month at a local box to start this Friday specifically so I can hopefully get in all five workouts during its term.

bostonwolf wrote: »

Upstate_Dunadan wrote: »

I'm thinking of doing the Scaled Open. There are a few key movements I can't do so won't bother with the normal Open this year.

Don't sell yourself short. I was able to at least start one of the workouts Rx last year. the next move was toes to bars. I tried a few times and wasn't even close, then just subbed it to knee ups to keep moving through the workout and took my "10" reps.

Doing that will end up ranking you higher than anyone who does only scaled, if that matters to you.

Thanks. I didn't realize until after I signed up last night you don't need to select Scaled vs. Non-scaled (like I've seen at some other local competitions. Each day they will post the WOD, and include a scaled version, and you can do either. That's great. My plan will be to do the Rx WOD unless they do something I just can't do and know it (i.e. muscle ups, rope climbs - we don't have one, etc.). Can't wait. We're having an Open Party tomorrow night at a local tavern to all watch the fun. I think our Box is up to about 12 participants.