rest day

So the 2011 crossfit games open has ended! a great experience, and my first taste of the competitive atmosphere that the crossfit community prides themselves on. A mixture of challenging/fun workouts which will definitely be repeated in my future training, will be very cool to see how far Ive progressed since first attempting the wods.
Not only was it my first games experience, but also Cooee Crossfit's first since opening their doors in January. We had 8 athletes take part in the online competition and all other Cooee athletes battled scaled versions of the wods in the box. Each athlete had varying results. however, all took away with them a new found sense of self-achievement and confidence that I'm sure has a lit a competitive fire in theirs bellies.. i know i have!
One athlete from Cooee, Liam '6-pack' pack, Studying a major in HR and minor in PR at the university of Notre Dame. Wrote an article which sums up the vibe at Cooee in relation to the games.

Cooee CrossFit Bracing for Challenge

01/04/2011

The Cooee CrossFit Box (gym) in Shenton Park is currently competing in its first Reebok CrossFit Games Open.

The Box has only been operating since January 26, 2011, which has contributed to a massive disadvantage to Cooee athletes who have only had 6 weeks preparation for the games.


CrossFit is a high intensity sport that physically pushes the human body to exhaustion involving weights, cardio and gymnastic exercises.
Cooee CrossFit has encouraged all of their athletes to participate in the games workouts, however, only 7 officially registered.

Owner of Cooee CrossFit, Match Murphy, believes his athletes will have a disadvantage against other Boxes because his athletes cannot prepare adequately.

“Exercises which are going to come up are more complex and we haven’t had the time to develop the strength and coordination to do a few let alone multiples,” he said.

Mr Murphy hoped he could prepare his athletes both physically and mentally for the games but he does not expect immediate results.

“Winning the games for a Cooee CrossFit athlete is an unrealistic goal and if they push too hard in an attempt to win the games there could risk injury or low morale.”

Mr. Murphy endeavors to communicate with his athletes to help them understand that they should want participation not results.

An athlete at Cooee CrossFit, Tim Marshall, shares Mr. Murphy’s views “I just want to learn and do my best,” he said.

Mr. Marshall has been a Cooee athlete since their establishment and hopes that his first games will provide him with new levels of physical ability and intensity.

Mr. Marshall also acknowledged the lack of preparation time for the games “ I struggle with the strength aspect of CrossFit, I need better conditioning.

“It helps when Match and I get to chat and he reminds me it is all fun and not to get attached to my place,” he said.

This however, is not Mr Murphy or Mr Marshall’s views about the games next year, both have higher expectations collectively and individually.

“Our team will be a lot more competitive next year and can be more highly placed in Western Australia,” said Mr Murphy.

“I’m hoping to be on top of the pack, right now I am not even half way which is disappointing, but it is the start of something greater,” said Mr Marshall.

The disadvantage that Cooee and its athletes have for the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games Open is obviously huge, however their fighting spirit is not.