Justin Allen (Proud of this Guy)

Well, back from Minneapolis and back to the real world. Sometimes God's plans don't always match up with yours but I will always trust that he knows best. I really enjoyed the journey of getting back to regionals and going for the goal of making the games again. I definitely couldn't hav...e done it without the support of my wonderful amazing wife @brittiallen. I wanted to thank everyone else that supported me through the year. Family and Friends you all rock! Everyone that bought a shirt...thank you! The support from the community is so awesome! Love all of you! The gyms that continue to allow me to train as hard as I need @crossfitttown downtown and south, and @crossfitbellator. I would like to thank my sponsors for always gearing me up and making sure I have all that I need in order to perform at my best @reebok @progenex @bobcole. And lastly but certainly not least I want to thank my coach @dennisberry @okiedb Thank you for always having me as prepared as possible and having to deal with my crazy butt all the time. You had me more prepared than ever this year but I just simply did not execute like we planned. I feel very blessed to have you as my coach. Congrats to all of the athletes that made it this year! You guys are awesome and will represent the region well. Anyways, time to get back to training and having fun!

2015 Regional Events

My Training Partner Justin Allen needs your support!

Check out this sweet Progenex shirt featuring T-Town athlete Justin Allen! Pre-order yours at the gym this week. We'll have them available for males and females - $30 each. Proceeds will support Justin's journey to the Crossfit Regionals!

CrossFit Open WOD 15.5

7:32

Workout 15.5

27-21-15-9 reps for time of:
Row (calories)
Thrusters

Men use 95 lb.
Women use 65 lb.

Notes
This workout begins seated on the rower with the monitor set to zero calories. At the call of “3-2-1 … go,” the athlete will grab the handle and begin rowing. Once you have rowed 27 calories you will move to the barbell for 27 thrusters, then back to the rower for the round of 21, and so forth. Each time you return to the rower you or your judge must reset the monitor to zero before rowing.

Every second counts in this workout. Your score will be the time it takes to complete all 144 repetitions. There is no time cap for this workout.

This workout ends when the final rep of the thruster is locked out overhead. Time will be recorded in full seconds. Do not round up. If you finish in 9:25.7, your score is 9:25.

CrossFit Open WOD 15.4

90 REPS

Workout 15.4

Complete as many reps as possible in 8 minutes of:
3 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
6 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
9 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
12 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
15 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
18 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
21 handstand push-ups
9 cleans
Etc., adding 3 reps to the handstand push-up each round, and 3 reps to the clean every 3 rounds.

Men clean 185 lb.
Women clean 125 lb.

Notes
Prior to starting this workout each athlete will need to stand against the wall and measure and mark their foot line for the handstand push-ups (details to the left). At the call of “3-2-1 … go,” the athlete will kick up into a handstand and perform handstand push-ups. Once 3 handstand push-up reps are complete they will move to the barbell for 3 cleans, then back to the wall for 6 handstand push-ups, then 3 cleans, etc. Each round, the number of repetitions of the handstand push-ups will increase by 3. After every 3 rounds, the number of clean reps will increase by 3. Athletes will continue following this pattern for as many reps as possible within the 8 minutes.

Your score will be the total number of repetitions completed before the 8-minute time cap.

Open WOD 15.3

453 REPS

NO REP

No repping someone is not enjoyable! We’ve all seen videos or heard someone complain about getting no repped. Also Bro repping is one of the biggest flaws in the Open. Dan Bailey (aka Danny Broflex) and the Games site even put out a video mocking or warning against “bro reps,” which is basically giving your buddy reps even when they don’t meet the standards.

The CF Open Seperates Athletes

The 2015 CrossFit Open has become too big for itself. Having said that, I do think with the way Crossfit is going, we are looking more at the opportunity of seeing the sport grow into a professionalized sport. This means that there will be full time pros who DO NOT need to go through the Open. They will be part of the professionalized sport of Crossfit which will have 5 professional only events annually in different cities geographically with a 6th culmination event known as "the Open". The Open can then keep it's format by being just that, an Open competition and call to anyone who wants to participate in this tournament. In this way, Crossfit takes on a Cup Competition model that exists in soccer in European nations. You have your rogue underdog going up against the big professionals.

CrossFit Open 15.1 & 15.1A Results

202 Reps
285#

Participate in the Open this year with CrossFit T-Town!

The T-Town community will bond together for the next five weeks as we compete in the 2015 CrossFit Open. Competition style atmosphere with loud music and spectators will have your adrenaline pumping and drive you to perform your best.

Sign-ups for each week will begin Thursday evenings immediately following the workout announcement.
WODS are announced live every Thursday at 7pm beginning February 26th on the CrossFit Games website: http://games.crossfit.com/.
Time slots are given on a first come, first serve basis.  Athletes can request a specific time slot below.  These events are free to T-Town members and $10 for non-members.

Schedule:

Friday, February 27th from 5-8 pm @ DOWNTOWN
Saturday, March 7th from 8-11 @ SOUTH
Friday, March 14th from @ DOWNTOWN
Saturday, March 21st from 8-11 @ SOUTH
Friday, March 27th from 5:30-8 @ DOWNTOWN (celebration to follow)

CrosssFit Open Region Changes

To advance to the next stage of the CrossFit Games season—regionals—athletes must finish the Open near the top of their region's Leaderboard.

Only 20 men, 20 women, and 15 teams from U.S. and Canadian regions will advance to their regionals. These numbers grown to 30, 30, and 20 for Europe and Australia, and shrink to 10, 10 and 10 for Latin America, Asia and Africa.
At regionals, top athletes from two to three regions will compete side by side.

Weekend 1: May 15-17
South West, South Central and Latin America → South Regional
Mid Atlantic and South East Regions → Atlantic Regional

Weekend 2: May 22-24
NorCal and SoCal Regions → California Regional
Canada East and North East Regions → East Regional
Australia and Asia Regions → Pacific Regional

Weekend 3: May 29-31
Canada West and North West Regions → West Regional
North Central and Central East Regions → Central Regional
Europe and Africa Regions → Meridian Regional

The top five men, five women and five teams at the end of each three-day regional competition will receive invitations to the CrossFit Games at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

CrossFit Open 2015

The CrossFit Games stand alone as the ultimate test of fitness. No test, regardless of its lofty claims, can grant legitimate title to the best without first providing access to all. 
The 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games season begins with the online Open. Anyone can sign up to compete in five workouts over five weeks and post their scores online. Last year, the Open reached more than 209,000 athletes from around the world.
You can either perform the Open workout at a participating CrossFit affiliate where you will be judged in person, or you can film your full performance and upload it to YouTube or another video-sharing site. The video will be displayed alongside your score so other CrossFit athletes can be your judge.

You are free to make as many attempts at the Open workout as you please. Your only limit is time. You have four days—96 hours—to complete the week's workout and submit your best score to the Games site. The week's workout is released each Thursday at 5 p.m. PT, and scores are due the following Monday at 5 p.m. PT.

The 2015 Open begins on Thursday, Feb. 26. That evening, tune into the live Open announcement show streamed to Games.CrossFit.com. Director of the Games Dave Castro will announce Open Workout 15.1 and moments later top Games athletes will complete that workout going head to head.
Athletes will submit their scores throughout the weekend. The hard deadline for score submissions is 5 p.m. PT on Monday, March 2. Don't be late!

15.1: Feb. 26 -March 2
15.2: March 5-9
15.3: March 12-16
15.4: March 19-23
15.5: March 26-30