Athletes are focused people. They work hard, they want to learn about their sport, and they crave progress. They’re willing to put it all on the line to succeed.

In their pursuit of success they are willing to try countless strategies to get a leg up on their competition. However, they aren’t designed to be the coach, they’re designed to be the athlete. They need to focus their athletic efforts on expressing their fitness to the best of their abilities, not identifying which of the 5000 new - and often weak - training strategies are out there.

We see far too many athletes preyed on by quick fixes, the end-all supplement “stack,” or the warm up/activation technique that will take them from 3 muscle ups to 20 overnight - yes, this is marketed!

Where this often plays out aggressively is when an athlete sees her/himself and others competing in a big competition, particularly one such as the CrossFit Games Open. Marketing by companies is high, the athlete is already stressed whether they realize it or not, and they too often make decisions that aren’t beneficial to their long-term success.

So often, we have athletes ask us if they should get a coach during the Open. Let’s be honest, we are biased toward having a coach at all times, but our rationale here is this:

●     If you can have a coach see you compete earlier rather than later, they will better understand your abilities and emotional tendencies immediately - A professional coach learns from seeing you compete

●     The more you can have a coach help you work through a competition, the faster you’ll learn how to improve all aspects around it be it preparation, workouts prior and post competition, nutrition during the competition, and your mental state of mind throughout

●     The better your program is before, during, and after a competition, the better your physical adaptation will be and the better your longer term trajectory will be as an athlete

Athletes are realizing more and more that competing at the highest level and at their innate maximum potential often takes years to accomplish. If you are not currently at your peak potential, start now rather than wasting weeks, months, or years going back and forth without a plan or support system.

HEAR FROM OPEX RC COACHES: https://youtu.be/eGkOxlyfRsQ

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Open Strategy Guide: 19.2

Week 2 of the CrossFit Open brings a repeat workout from 2016. However, there is one key factor that changed; there is an 8 minute clock to start the workout rather than consistent 4 minute clocks.

Beginning on an 8-minute clock, complete as many reps as possible of:

 25 toes-to-bars

 50 double-unders

 15 squat cleans, 135 lb.

 25 toes-to-bars

 50 double-unders

 13 squat cleans, 185 lb.

If completed before 8 minutes, add 4 minutes to the clock and proceed to:

 25 toes-to-bars

 50 double-unders

 11 squat cleans, 225 lb.

If completed before 12 minutes, add 4 minutes to the clock and proceed to:

 25 toes-to-bars

 50 double-unders

 9 squat cleans, 275 lb.

If completed before 16 minutes, add 4 minutes to the clock and proceed to:

 25 toes-to-bars

 50 double-unders

 7 squat cleans, 315 lb.

Stop at 20 minutes.

The OPEX RC coaches break down 19.2. They provide a warm up that will allow you to reach your full potential in this workout as well as ideas on how many times you might be able to repeat the workout based on the type of athlete you are.

Open Strategy Guide: 19.2

The video of the Open Strategy for 19.2 coming out Friday across all @bigdawgsathlete social channels. This video will include our coaches and athletes going into further detail on the workout and our athletes completing the second CrossFit Open workout of 2019.

Good luck this Open season! And don't forget to use our tag #BDOpen2019

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