The Brazen Fitness Intramural Open
Brazen Nation,
The Open is upon us, and with it, the 2023 Brazen Fitness Intramural Open!
Starting Feb 16th, participants will get to enjoy three weeks of fun, fitness & competition. Many of you will be accomplishing things that you never thought you could. A lot of you will make new friends.
But only one team will win the title of Brazen Fitness Open Champions 2023.
The best part? The registration is open today and it's totally free.
Read on for all the juicy details!
What is the Open?
Every year, CrossFit HQ creates three workouts for all the CrossFit gyms in the world to perform. These workouts are announced weekly on Thursday nights, with the first one this year being announced on Thursday February 16th.
Brazen Fitness will be programming those workouts on Saturday, each week of the week. That's Saturday Feb 18th, Feb 25th, and March 4th.
How the competition works
The Intramural Open will feature four teams, each led by a Team Captain and an Assistant Captain (both of whom are Brazen coaches).
Athletes can apply to join any team they choose before the start of the competition. Team members will perform the Open workout each of the three weeks to help their team win.
Each team wins points on a weekly basis primarily through participation: the more members do the Saturday Open workout and log a score in SugarWOD, the more points the team will accumulate for that week (1 pt per team member per week). Athletes can perform the workout Rx or Scaled on any given week.
Note: workouts can be done at home or at another gym. As long as you're on a team and you log your score, it will count. Scores need to be in SugarWOD by Monday night at 9pm EST.
The competition will also feature bonus points:
* Each week, the team that brings the most energy each week will win 5 bonus points. We call those Spirit points. The winner will be decided by a vote of team captains. And by "the most energy" we mean cheering, singing, costumes, signs, synchronized dances, whatever your team deems suitable on Saturdays. Social media shenanigans leading up to the workout also count!
* Each week will also feature an "RX Challenge". If a certain number of team members perform a portion of the RX version of the workout, the team will be eligible for bonus points for that week. The exact definition of "portion" will be different each week.
Recruitment & Sign-Up
Prior to the start of the competition, team members can help recruit other athletes to their team.
The Team Captain and Asst. Captain start this process off by cajoling to join their team (bribes are not allowed, do not accept any!).
Athletes can apply to join a team through the PushPress sign-up link below. Once you complete the PushPress sign-up form, you will be redirecting to submit your application to your team of choice.
Applicants may specify a first and second choice. But athlete assignment will depend on team capacity so there is no guarantee every single athlete will land their first or second choice. If you really REALLY want to join a team, you have to be quick about it. There are recruitment caps in place to make sure the teams are balanced in size.
Once you're on a team, you are then free to convince others to join your dark side!
Non-Members
This year, we're opening the competition up to non-members as well!
So if you're an alumni of Brazen Fitness or you're a friend/partner of someone who is a member, you are absolutely welcome to join us!
There will be RX and Scaled versions of each workout. We will also be suggesting a "Foundations"-level version of each workout that is suitable for anyone who's done CrossFit for 3 months or less, or hasn't done CrossFit at all!
Folks who are not currently members of Brazen Fitness can register the same way as members do, using the sign-up button below.
Scheduling & Make-Up
Each week, the Open workout is announced by CrossFit HQ on Thursday night.
For us, the workouts will be programmed at the gym on Saturdays. For the 3 weeks of the Open, we will be running an augmented class schedule on Saturdays: 8:30/9:30/10:30am.
While the workouts are Open workouts, our classes will continue to run following our typical format: coach-led, warm-up, prep, then workout and, if time allows, a cool-down. Everyone is invited to show up early or stick around a little later to watch and cheer for their teammates.
If you can't make a Saturday class, then every registered athlete will have the option of completing the workout during Open Gym on the Friday before, or the Monday after.
Open Gym access will be free for registered athletes: with sign-up, each athlete will get a punch card that provides them access to one session per week, for 3 weeks, which can be used to do the Saturday workout or to book an Open Gym slot instead. Open Gym caps will be raised to 4 ppl per slot for the during of the Open.
Teams
Ok, enough with the details.
Without further ado, this year's team captains are:
Team 1: Coach Edith & Coach Nate
Team 2: Coach Eliza & Coach Elise
Team 3: Coach Madi & Coach Tyler
Team 4: Coach Mariela & Coach Beth
The captains are working on revealing a theme for this year's Open. With that theme in mind, team members will decide what names to give their teams prior to the start of the Competition (Feb 18th).
Sign-up and recruitment is open right now!
As a potential participant in the Open, you can
(a) sign-up and apply for a team right now,
(b) wait and play hard to get,
(c) sign-up and choose to be randomly assigned
Click on the button below to join the competition!
Questions
I'm not going to be able to workout on Saturday mornings, what are my options? You can attend Open Gym on Fridays or on Mondays (Open Gym schedule is available here). By registering for the Open, you will receive a punchcard with 3 free classes on it. You can use those 3 classes to reserve for Open Gym.
I'm going to be out of town for 1 or more weeks, what are my options? You can complete the workout at any level by dropping in at any CrossFit gym or a commercial, hotel, or even home gym depending on required equipment.
Will I have to be on Facebook? No. But we will be using the BAND app for team communications, announcements and general trash talk during this year's Open. It's not required to get on BAND, but depending on your desired level of involvement with your team's plans each week, you might want to consider downloading the app. You will receive an invite from your Team Captain after you sign-up and apply for a team.
I'm not that good at CrossFit. Will I hurt my team with my score? Absolutely not! Scoring is based on participation. In fact, you'll probably surprise yourself with your fitness :)
Got more questions? Email us at info@brazenfitness.com!
