The Open Report, Week 3 — Counting Up and Down

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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.

In today’s edition:

• The Open Report is back for week three. Check out Known and Knowable’s Open registration insights and learn about the methodology behind tracking.

• The deadlift is a simple but often unnecessarily over-complicated exercise. We demystify the lift below.

• The 25.1 live announcement lineup was revealed earlier this week, and we learned that Haley Adams, Roman Khrennikov, and Austin Hatfield will throw down on February 27. We break it all down.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I am fitter than I thought I was. I’m probably in some sense fitter than when I left the sport.” - Lucy Campbell, 2025 TYR WZA Women’s Elite Winner, reflecting on her win. An interview with the champ is coming tomorrow.

CROSSFIT GAMES

The Open Report, Week 3: Counting Up and Down

The Open begins in 16 days. Register here.

We are just two weeks away from the start of the 2025 CrossFit Open and more than halfway to the submission deadline for 25.1, on Monday, March 3. 

• That’s the date when we will have a complete picture of the total registrations for this year’s Open.

Before we get into what happens from here, a little housekeeping.

The daily CrossFit Open registration reporting has been running for 27 days, so it’s a good time to check in. I realized I never really went into what I’m sharing and what insights it brings. 

The reporting I share each day on @known_knowable on Instagram is a check-in from four different angles:

1. Count up from Day 0 to the final day of the registration period.

2. Count down from the first day of the registration period to the final day.

3. Prize purse funding.

4. Total registration by Competitive Region.

Let’s focus today on “counting up” and “counting down.” I’ll address the other two after 25.1.

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SPEED READS

🏆🌎 World Fitness Project New Webpage: The highly anticipated World Fitness Project has built out its webpage with all known information now available in one place. Check it out.

🥜💪 CrossFit Games x PBfit: CrossFit LLC announced yesterday that PBfit is the Official Peanut Butter of CrossFit Games. To kick off this exciting collaboration, PBfit will launch a CrossFit Games sweepstakes in conjunction with the 2025 CrossFit Open. Learn more here.

🚨🚨 The CrossFit Open Is Coming: The 2025 CrossFit Open will take place from February 27 to March 17, so sign up now!

• Bundle and save on 2025 CrossFit Open shirts and Judges course registration here.

💻😎 At-Home TYR WZA Miami Competition: Did you miss out on the chance to compete in Miami, or are you hungry for a tune-up before the CrossFit Open? Join the challenge, then record and submit your workouts for a chance to win prizes. Registration is free!

ICYMI: The CrossFit Athlete Council (CAC) has created a questionnaire for individual CrossFit athletes and coaches to gather information about topics ranging from safety and the structure of the Games season to communication and transparency. Get the details and take the survey.

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE

Demystifying the Deadlift: A CrossFitter's Guide to the 3 Varieties of Pulling Heavy

The deadlift is one of the most fundamental (and beneficial) exercises we can do. 

• It's also one of the most misunderstood, especially among newer CrossFitters.

At its core, a deadlift is simply the act of lifting a weight from the ground to a standing position. 

But as with most things in fitness, the devil is in the details.

How you perform a deadlift drastically changes which muscles are being targeted and the overall difficulty of the lift. That's where the different deadlift variations come in.

By altering your stance, grip, or even the type of barbell you use, you can tailor the deadlift to your specific goals and needs. But to do that effectively, you need first to understand the key differences between these variations. 

So let's break it down.

CROSSFIT GAMES

CrossFit Open Announcement 25.1: First Look and Predictions

Fans are in for an exciting first live 2025 CrossFit Open announcement, which will feature three athletes who finished in the top 10 at the 2024 CrossFit Games, including:

• Haley Adams – Fifth place at the 2024 CrossFit Games. 

• Austin Hatfield – 10th at the 2024 CrossFit Games.

• Roman Khrennikov – Ninth at the 2024 CrossFit Games. 

All three athletes come from the Mayhem training camp. And while Hatfield and Adams are both live announcement rookies, Khrennikov competed previously at 23.2 and 24.3.

The announcement plans were shared with the public on Monday via Instagram.

Remind me: The CrossFit Open marks the start of the 2025 CrossFit Games season, which is shaping up to look quite different than in years past. 

• There is a new format to the season, along with both major and minor rulebook changes. 

In the post, CrossFit revealed that the 25.1 Open announcement, presented by Rogue, will be hosted by CrossFit Mayhem in Cookeville, TN, on February 27 at 12:00 p.m. PT. The announcement will be streamed live on the CrossFit Games website and YouTube channel. 

While the workout itself is still unknown, it’s been confirmed that there will be a repeat Open workout this year. We’re just not sure which week it will show up. 

HIGHLIGHTS

Celebrating a PR, hosting a fundraiser, this, that, or otherwise? Send us a tip.

• 🏋️‍♀️Congratulations to Thuri Helgadottir, who competed at the Icelandic Championships in weightlifting, hitting all six of her lifts.

• Check out this 102.5-kilo/225-pound clean and push press and this 85-kilo/187-pound snatch from Aimee Cringle.

• Well done to Freya Moosbrugger for joining the 200 club with this 90-kilo/200-pound snatch.

• Nice work to Pame Gutierrez, who builds up to a set of three clean and jerks at 102 kilos/225 pounds.

• 😳Watch Sonny Webster on this 118-kilo/260-pound reverse grip snatch. Anyone trying this?

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