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    By Marnu Breitenbach 12 Mar, 2024
    Well well well well well!! Dave Castro, you devious and sneaky devil, you did it again. They say in Crossfit that the magic is in the movement, the art is in the programming, the science is in the explanation, and the fun is in the community. Nothing could be truer after the release of Workout 24.1, which consisted of a “mushroom” style workout with either a 22.5 kg dumbbell or a 15kg dumbbell and a very daunting fifteen minute time cap. On paper a very simple looking workout, but in reality one that snatched part of your soul. The Crossfit Amsterdam community certainly brought the fun! For time: 21 dumbbell snatches, arm 1 21 lateral burpees over dumbbell 21 dumbbell snatches, arm 2 21 lateral burpees over dumbbell 15 dumbbell snatches, arm 1 15 lateral burpees over dumbbell 15 dumbbell snatches, arm 2 15 lateral burpees over dumbbell 9 dumbbell snatches, arm 1 9 lateral burpees over dumbbell 9 dumbbell snatches, arm 2 9 lateral burpees over dumbbell In what has been a record breaking year for people signing up for the open, Crossfit Amsterdam had 110 members sign up to complete the open. The Friday night lights had an exceptional turn out with close to ninety people turning up ready to throw down and feel the burn, and in the immortal words of the great man Arnold Schwarzenegger feel the burn they did. As a gym, we do plenty of burpees, but it is always surprising how a movement pattern can be modified slightly and it causes so much carnage as a result. It is fair to say that very few people enjoyed the lateral burpees over the dumbbell, and even fewer people enjoyed the double whammy of burpees after every snatch portion of the workout. This test was one of pure determination to have the pain over with as soon as possible. After the finishing of each heat, there wasn’t a single athlete laying on the ground in absolute agony as a result of this workout. Everyone gave it their absolute all and it showed. Across the board there were some amazing results and efforts from athletes and it’s hard to single out all results however as a group no one left anything in the tank and those who did, heroically did a redo on Sunday/Monday! Some notable efforts over the weekend included Alessandro Zonta - we all know he loves a heavy barbell, but to get through the 90 burpees within the time cap was a fantastic effort. Peyman A for literally never picking up the 22.5 kg dumbbell before the commencement of 24.1 In a workout designed for people under 5 feet tall, Daan Koning, Jose Verhulsdonck and Barbara Schmidt were absolutely incredible!! Alvaro Torrens and Andrea Moreno for being the fittest couple in the box after 24.1!! There was some screaming/cheering at each other during the workout but I presume they are still married :) CFA as a whole for currently being the 9th fittest box in all of the Netherlands after the first workout! In the all important second annual teams competition, it was encouraging to see some redemption from some of last year's teams. Bringing some much needed competitiveness to the night, it was nice to see some other teams excel rather than watch the mighty Cream team dominate. After tallying up all the scores here are the results from WOD 24.1 Team Blue - 4 hours, 41 minutes and 13 seconds Team White - 4 hours, 47 minutes and 4 seconds Team Black - 5 hours, 11 minutes and 38 seconds Team Pink - 5 hours, 15 minutes and 35 seconds Congratulations to Coach Clay and his merry band of team bluesers! Just a reminder that there will be extra points next week for the best dressed team, so get out your best outfit and represent your team with some pride. On a more serious note, well done to everyone who registered. While it's not something that worries us as coaches if people do or don't do The Open, and it's something that we don't want to push on people - We are incredibly proud that every year we have such great participation rates and even prouder seeing these numbers grow. It's never easy putting yourself out there, giving it your all, being vulnerable and putting your name up alongside the whole world. We really love everyone getting together as a community, cheering each other on, celebrating PRs, pushing boundaries and doing things and pushing to a place that previously people didn't think they were able to. But our favourite thing about The Open is everyone's own personal growth. It's hard. For many and most, it is scary doing the workout alongside someone else while also being counted and judged. You do feel nervous when putting up a score alongside other people in the world. It's a great chance to overcome something and come out the other side more confident in your ability to be resilient and challenge yourself. If you're worried or waiting until you're "ready", or "fit enough" or "can commit fully" then don't worry - that day will never come. I've done almost every Open workout since it began fourteen years ago and not once had I thought before, "Yeah I really feel great" or "I'm fully prepared". But once again, this is another mirror to life. You will probably never feel ready for what's coming but you will have to do it anyway, and you always make it through, just like you'll make it through this! At times you will be put outside your comfort zone, but you will also create some lasting memories. Ask anyone about any of the open workouts they've done - they will be able to tell you something they remember. So for the first-year rookie, lean on the veterans. Veterans help out or give some encouragement to someone new and tell them something you wish you had known. But most importantly - have fun, relax and enjoy the experience! Just like any other CrossFit workout: everyone is too wrapped up in what they are doing to care about your score - so don't worry! Well done to every single person in a team who has put themselves out there and registered. I'm extremely proud of you all. And while midway through several workouts you may be questioning why you signed up for this, you will look back and be glad you did!

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