Watch on Games.CrossFit.com
CrossFit.com appeared on the web in early 2001.
That February, Coach Greg Glassman sent a ping out into the universe, posting a workout of dumbbell thrusters and quarter mile runs for any life form listening and willing to try.
The CrossFit revolution began in garages and globo-gyms, with followers learning the movements by reading the text descriptions or watching the videos on the Exercises & Demos page, constructing their own equipment (Read “The Garage Gym” by Greg Glassman), and finding a community and accountability in the CrossFit.com comments thread.
Fifteen years later, a free Workout of the Day continues to blip onto CrossFit.com at 5 p.m. PT each day so that anyone, anywhere can get fit.
This year, the second workout of the 2016 Open will be announced from a garage gym.
A small crew will fill the garage, including Director of the Games Dave Castro and the third- and fourth-ranked men from the 2015 Games, Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson and Dan Bailey.
Watch it live on Games.CrossFit.com starting at 5 p.m. PT on Thursday, March 3.
Open Announcement Match-ups and Locations
16.1: Chyna Cho and Emily Abbott | NorCal CrossFit
16.2: Björgvin Guðmundsson and Dan Bailey | Garage Gym
16.3: Shawn Ramirez and Nicholas Paladino | CrossFit Jax
16.4: Katrin Davidsdottir and Sara Sigmundsdottir | Colorado Springs
16.5: Rich Froning, Ben Smith, Mat Fraser | The Ranch
Tickets
The live announcements of the Open workouts are designed to be online spectator events. Tickets will not be made available to the general public.
