The 2023 CrossFit Games Open is upon us! The first workout [23.1] will be announced on Thursday 16th February at 8PM and you can watch the announcement live at the CrossFit Games Website. We'll be having a watch party at Chalk so members can drop-in and watch the announcement at the gym at 8PM every Thursday evening.
Friday Night Lights
The Friday Night Lights tradition is how we facilitate the Open for all of our members here at Chalk to make it easy to participate - and have a ton of FUN as a community. There's really nothing else like it!
This weekly event at Chalk is held each Friday during the 3 weeks of the CrossFit Open. The gym will be set up in a competition format so members can have an amazing atmosphere to push them on! All regular classes on Friday will be cancelled so we can deliver an amazing Friday Night Lights experience and get the entire CHALK community together.
The first heat at Friday Night Lights will start at 5:30PM and you can book into a heat via our member's app. Just like our classes, there will be two different versions of the workout for you to choose from. These will be referred to as 'Rx' or 'Scaled' versions. Depending on the skill and loading of the workout, you choose which version you'd like to do.
Once your workout is completed, your judge will give you your score card. If you have registered for The Open on the official CrossFit Games website (recommended) you will need to submit your score through your online profile. The deadline to submit scores on the CrossFit Games website is 1AM the following Tuesday but we recommend doing it ASAP so you don't forget!
Judges
We want to make the CrossFit Open & Friday Night Lights bigger & better than ever before so we need your help - we need judges! If you are someone that is comfortable and knowledgeable with all movements, we will likely be recruiting you to judge before or after your heat.
The judges course only takes 60-minutes to complete (Price: $10) and you don't have to do it in one sitting; you can save your progress & come back to it. The more judges we have the bigger the heats we can run... so the bigger the buzz!
This course is for ANYONE and it's a great way to learn more about movements & standards that will enable you to bring better performances into class. Take the judges course here.
Coaches Throwdown
Our coaching team talk the talk and walk the walk. Every Friday night at 7:45PM throughout the CrossFit Open they will compete against each other in a coaches throwdown. This is a great opportunity to watch our coaches in action and hype yourself up for the workout. We all know you would like to see them suffer a little too - call it revenge for all them burpees they made you do.
What if I can't come to Friday Night Lights?
We want to encourage you to be here on Friday Nights. The competition energy with a crowd around you often pushes you to a place you have never been. Think PRs, new movements unlocked, and really pushing to your threshold. That being said, if you simply can't come on Friday nights, you can still complete the workout on Sundays at the gym. We will be providing an Open Gym slot from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM each Sunday.
The number one thing any Chalk member can do is come to Friday Night Lights and hang out, judge, chat...just be there and bring some friends, family, kids - the whole gang! This is one of the biggest community events of the year and we would love you to experience it with those closest to you.
The CrossFit Open is a global celebration of all the individual reasons we CrossFit. Maybe it’s to live healthier lives. Maybe it’s to lift your kids or stay healthy for your family. Maybe it’s just to prove we can do more than we ever believed possible. Whatever it is, this is the time to show the world your unique why. For all of the details on what to expect during the CrossFit Open, check out this blog post from a few weeks ago outlining what it is and why you should sign up.