FINDING THE FITTEST (ON LNK)

Open to all personnel on Camp Leatherneck and Camp Bastion

Two afternoons and four total events to test your physical fitness as measured by your ability to complete short challenges with various obstacles and exercises.

What is the Fitness Throwdown?

• It is a Challenge. Just like an organized 5K run (plus a Strongman Competition, but really it’s like neither).

• This is a competition to see who is the fittest Male and Female aboard Camps Leatherneck and Bastion according to commonly held fitness standards of variety, functionality and intensity.

• Within those standards you can measure everything from times, weights, numbers of rounds or laps, you name it, within a workout. This is a measure used to know your relative fitness to those around you training under the same methods. It is also relatively accepted that people will fight tooth and nail for points, so making fitness into a competition makes people perform better than when alone. So win or lose, we all benefit.

How do I enter?

• Email CFLNK.THROWDOWN@gmail.com to register as an athlete or help run the event as a volunteer.

• There will be an entrance fee of $10 this gets you a commemorative t-shirt. Additionally, the extra t-shirts will be sold at the event for $10 each. (THIS IS NOT A FUNDRAISER. Funds from sales will go to repay the bulk t-shirt purchase only.)

What are the actual challenges?

The 2011 Fitness Throwdown will consist of (4) functional fitness events.

• The workouts will be challenging, yet achievable by all willing to try. Proper coaching will be provided by judges to ensure safety and a standard to measure the relative intensity of participants.

• Each will encompass all aspects fundamental of functional fitness as per a common model which includes Variety, Functionality, Intensity.

• The workouts will be posted the day prior to the challenge on the CrossFit Leatherneck website www.crossfitleatherneck.com
Two events will be conducted each of the two days in a timeframe of 2-3 hours.

• Each event will be to complete a workout of some difficulty and complexity but limited in skill for max participation by those unfamiliar with skill work (no handstand walks, no Olympic weightlifting, no back flips, etc required).

• After the first day is complete, the top 50% of participants will move on to compete on the day two. This facilitates the speed and intensity of day two.

• The workouts for the day two will be announced at the end of day one in after the top 50% is announced. Success is rewarded by moving on to day 2.

• The second day’s workouts will be a bit more challenging but yet attainable by those who are of high fitness levels. After the third workout is complete, the top 50% from event 3 will move on to the final workout. The final event determines our top Male and Female competitors.

What if I cannot do the workout?

• All aspects of functional exercise, rounds, weights, speed, etc, can be scaled to the ability of the athlete.

• During this challenge if you choose to scale you may still participate but your relative placement will be below athletes who compete at full scale, despite your speed of finish.

Spectators, volunteers and athletes interested in a challenge are encouraged to attend.

Presented by CrossFit Leatherneck

Please do not post dates or times of the event to comments (OPSEC). If you have questions about the schedule please email CFLNK.THROWDOWN@gmail.com