More TYR Cup Predictions, TYR WZA SoCal Starts Friday

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In today’s edition:

  • The inaugural TYR WZA SoCal kicks off in a few days in Huntington Beach, CA. On top of all the community and team divisions, the TYR Cup will take center stage. Check out the second half of our event winner predictions today.

  • You train hard in the gym, preparing for competition day, but what can you do outside the gym to move the needle? Learn how optimizing sleep, nutrition, stress, and hydration can help.

  • The NOCCO USA x CrossFit Invictus “Rise to Perform” Scholarship application window is now open. Get all the details below.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I want to know why they are so passionate about this. It's a tough sport…They're going to walk into an environment with some really talented athletes, and that can be humbling. We want to know…why they're there and the vision for what they can do with their career in this sport.” - CJ Martin, CrossFit Invictus founder and owner on what he wants to learn about “Rise to Perform” Scholarship applicants

COMPETITIONS

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TYR WZA SoCal Is Coming — Top Picks for TYR Cup Event Winners, Part 2

Editor’s Note: This is the second part of our two-part analysis of the TYR Cup competition. If you missed part one, check it out here before moving on. 

The TYR Cup is coming to WZA SoCal and with it, a unique competition experience for elite athletes. 

Team World and Team North America are each constructed with four men and four women (eight total members per team), who will face 11 events over the weekend.

The events will differ in style. With 6 different competition formats, strategy will play a key role in the weekend.

  • Individual: All athletes will compete in the event, and the team with the best-combined score will win.

  • All Hands: All eight athletes work together to complete the event as a team.

  • Spotlight: One woman and one man from each team will compete in an event specializing in weightlifting, gymnastics, or monostructural elements.

  • Miami Team: Following the format of Wodapalooza, Team World and Team North America will field a trio of men and women who will each complete the event.

  • CFG Teams: Two men and two women will represent each team in these events.

  • Captains: The captains from Team World and Team North America will go head to head on the competition floor.

With the rosters set and most of the events announced, it seems like a good time to predict some winners.

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🏋️‍♀️ 🍂 Barbell Babes Fundraiser: Barbell Babes just released a limited edition “Lifting & Lattes Barbell Club” hoodie and 100% of the proceeds from every hoodie sold will go directly to support Compete for a Cure.

⃠🥇The European Championships Is Canceled: The European Championship was set to go down later this month in London, but it’s not happening. Get all the details from Jason CF Media.

😎🏆 TYR Wodapalooza SoCal x Reps Ahead: The stage will soon be set for athletes across all divisions as well as the TYR Cup teams. But wait, there’s more!

  • Announced just last week, Reps Ahead Pro 4 is coming to TYR WZA SoCal and will feature individual throwdowns between James Sprague and Jayson Hopper, Anikha Greer and Kyra Milligan, and Devyn Kim and Lauren Stallwood. Check more details, including the workout sequence here.

🎙️🙌 “Why I Still Choose the CrossFit Methodology (After 17 Years)”: Miranda Alcaraz, Coach, former CrossFit Seminar Staff Member, and founder of Street Parking, delivered a powerful monologue (and Q&A) via YouTube last week on why she continues to trust and support the CrossFit methodology.

💪📋 Rogue Invitational Update — “The C”: Athletes can compete in this community challenge through the month of September. Registration is open now. Learn more here.

ICYMI: PFAA President Brent Fikowski and board member Pat Vellner appeared on the Talking Elite Fitness podcast earlier this week. They provided a lot of information about the organization, its actions, and its plans. Get the key takeaways.

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE

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4 Keys to Crushing Your Next Comp That Have Nothing to Do With Training

If you’ve signed up for a fitness competition or endurance race, regardless if it’s your first or you’re an experienced vet, this article covers four ways to optimize your performance on event day that have nothing to do with training! 

First things first, you will want to start with a solid foundation. 

If you aren’t prioritizing these four things, no amount of well-written programming will make you more healthy or fit:

  1. Sleep

  2. Hydration 

  3. Nutrition

  4. Stress Management

With these four foundational components in mind, let’s take a look at how to best implement them into part of your daily routines.

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INDUSTRY

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NOCCO USA x CrossFit Invictus “Rise and Perform” Scholarship Details — Application Window Open

As CrossFit Games athletes return to training in anticipation of the 2025 season, NOCCO USA and CrossFit Invictus have come together to offer a “Rise and Perform” Scholarship. 

Announced last month, the scholarship is a joint effort to fuel, empower, and support young athletes who demonstrate incredible dedication and potential and have goals to compete in CrossFit.

Miki Huguet, Senior Brand Manager from NOCCO, explains how the collaboration with CrossFit Invictus came to be:

  • “We've seen Invictus as a staple in the sport since we launched in the US in 2019. We recently saw an opportunity to partner up, but we wanted to put together a partnership that had more meaning than just a brand endorsement to a gym or a gym endorsement to a brand.”

Huguet and CJ Martin, founder and owner of Invictus, started brainstorming on a collaboration, and they realized that no one offers a training scholarship to teen or young athletes who want to excel in the sport.

  • Huguet: “We wanted to provide that opportunity to those athletes who are sometimes forgotten; they don't receive the attention that you know they deserve. And they're the future of the sport.”

  • Martin elaborated: “We love to see these people be able to chase their dreams. We have a ton of athletes from Lauren Fisher to Chandler Smith who have been blessed, done great in the sport,...and are financially able to continue to pursue their goals. It's that group of athletes that are still rising…this could be such a lifeline for those people.”

CrossFit Invictus has a long history of coaching young athletes who became rising stars, and Martin understands that often those athletes don’t have the funds or the life situation to support their passion.

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