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A man successfully sued his uncertified CrossFit trainers and was awarded US$300,000 in damages, [156] after he suffered from rhabdomyolysis after performing a CrossFit workout on December 11, 2005, at Manassas World Gym in Manassas, Virginia, under the trainers' supervision. [157] CrossFit, Inc. was not listed as a defendant in the lawsuit. [156]
The CrossFit Games is an annual athletic competition owned and operated by CrossFit, LLC. [1] Athletes compete in a series of events at the Games, which may be various standard CrossFit workouts consisting of metabolic conditioning exercises, weightlifting, and gymnastics movements, as well as a range of activities from other sports such as swimming, road cycling and strongman.
Jim Dreeben, 83, took up CrossFit in his 80s and got hooked. He does 100 push-ups and also planks six days a week, and his doctor told him to keep going.
The training may depend on what was done previously. A day concentrated on conditioning may be followed by strength work the next, and he tried to fit in conditioning, cardio, and technique work in a day. [80] Every week one or two 40-minute EMOMs, a type of workout that is repeated every minute on the minute, were included in his training. [85]
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The Open started on February 29, 2024, and continued for three weeks until 18 March. [22] [23] A workout was released every week for a total of 3 workouts.[24] [25] [26] This year 343,528 athletes (344,396 including the adaptive divisions) registered for the Open, up over 6% from 2023.
A thruster in CrossFit is a combination of a front squat and push press in one continuous movement and the weights were 165-pounds for the men and 115-pounds for the women. A bar muscle-up is a pull-up variant in which the athlete pulls themselves over the top of the pull-up bar and finishes with the bar at their hips.
The 2024 CrossFit Games will be held this upcoming weekend, August 8th through the 11th. Here's the full schedule, as well as how to watch on TV.