Next Level Invitational

registration update

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:24:00 GMT

Good evening everyone!

Some updates and clarifications are in order:

1. There will be a max participation of 16 athletes per gym. 8 Men and 8 Women. This doesn't mean every gym gets 16 athlete slots, it means that a gym can register a max of 16 athletes.

2. There cannot be more than 6 athletes, from any one gym, in a single division. If you decide to register 6 Advanced women form your gym, you have 10 slots left to fill the 5 remaining divisions (adv m, intermediate m and f, masters m and f)

3. There is a ceiling on maximum competitors that we can handle. Once that maximum is reached, registration will cease and there will be no more available slots. What this means is REGISTER EARLY! We'll do our best to accommodate as many athletes as possible, but plan to register early to avoid problems.

We will be in contact. Have a great day, and train hard!

Welcome to the Next Level Invitational Series

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:12:00 GMT

Welcome to the Next Level Invitational Series. This series will be held over the course of 9 months. The kickoff date is August 14 2010. The subsequent dates are December 4 2010 and the championship date will be April 9 2011. Our goal is to produce high quality events and to continuously solidify our position that CrossFit is the best way to determine overall physical fitness as defined by increased work capacity across broad time and modal domains.

1 day

3 events

3 divisions advanced/ intermediate / masters (45+ yrs old)

Here is a brief overview (updated as of May 8, 2010):

Cap entries per gym @ 16 competitors total. Male competitors = 8 max / Female competitors = 8 max. No more than 6 slots in any ONE division. So one gym can't have 10 advanced male athletes competing.
Total male/ female advanced competitors = 50 each
Total male/ female intermediate competitors= 60 each
Total male/ female masters competitors = 15 each
Early Registration will open on July 1 2010 @ 12pm and close July 16 2010 @ 12am
Individual Competitor registration fee = $40 before July 16 2010 @ 12am. After July 16 12am and before July 25 2010 12am registration fee = $50.
Team registration fee = $50. Team entries accepted for advanced and intermediate divisions only
Registration fee includes full day of competition, a competitor bag filled with the series t-shirt, water bottle, and competitor wrists bands plus other goodies from our participating sponsor.
To ensure quality control we strongly suggest each affiliate hold a tryout. This tryout will help eliminate range of motion issues and athletes not quite ready to compete.
All competitors must complete division qualification form for verification of division placing. This sheet will be available for download before registration opens. Go to http://www.crossfitnlp.com/_blog/Next_Level_Invitational
For every 4 competitors registered by an affiliate, one volunteer must also register from the same affiliate. Example: If a gym has 12 athletes competing, they would also register 3 volunteers. If this affiliate has qualified judges, then they can also be counted as volunteers.
Qualified Judges are needed. Judges must be Level 1 certified with experience coaching in an active affiliate. The application will be available for download @ http://www.crossfitnlp.com/_blog/Next_Level_Invitational. This is the most important position of the entire event. We must maintain quality in order to build the sports reputation. It is up to us to step up and create the baseline for all other events to look up to.
Email all questions to: NextLevelInvitational@gmail.com

Train Hard Now and be a Champion Tomorrow!

Results

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:07:00 GMT

Here are the final results (in PDF):

Results

We will have the full comparable data up by tomorrow evening. We are fine tuning the interactive features of our Excel sheet.

CrossFit NLP Wrap Up

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:32:00 GMT

After review of the scores there was a discrepancy in the Male Intermediate and Female Masters divisions. We are currently reviewing the data and and will announce the updated information tonight at 6:00pm. We apologize for the inconvenience.

It seems that in an effort to get the results out to you as soon as possible, we rushed this precise process. We promise to improve, and will ensure fast AND accurate results in the future.

Waiver Form

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:31:00 GMT

THIS IS FOR EVERYONE! Spectators and athletes especially!

To expedite the registration process, and save all of us time, we have provided the waiver form here:

WAIVER

Fill it out and bring it with you in the morning. Remember to include what affiliate you are from! (there is a designated line for it)

WOD # 3 Announcement, Info and Standards

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:13:00 GMT

WOD #3 NLP Invitational Standards from Nathan Holiday on Vimeo.

“Crush”
Event 3 (10 minute cutoff)
3 rounds of
50m Sprint
15 Ground to Overhead
10 Ring Dips

Weights and Standards:
Intermediate and masters: (85, 55), 10 chest to deck pushups in place of ring dips
Advanced: (115/75)

· Ground to Overhead: weight must be taken from the ground and locked out overhead. Weight must be stabilized overhead with ears visible from the side.
· For women’s intermediate and masters the weight starts below the knees.
· Ring Dips: Rep starts at full elbow extension and ends at full elbow extension. In the bottom position elbow must be higher than shoulders. Kipping is authorized. ·
· Pushups: (intermediate and masters) chest much touch the deck, and there must be full arm extension at the top. Body must remain in a rigid straight line.

General map of event

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:21:00 GMT

click here is a general map of the event. - shows where to park, location of registration, affiliate and vendor area, bathrooms and locker rooms.

Important notes:

Notice the Affiliate and Vendor area. This is where you can eat, drink and be merry. There are also stands on either side of the field where you may bring food and drink.
Children are free ( however they do not count towards you affiliate support number)
Competitors will have access to boys and girls locker rooms
We still have one more surprise for you guys..........stay tuned.

Competitor Information and Heat Schedule

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:55:00 GMT

ATHLETE HEAT SCHEDULE (click for updated list as of 4/08/10 12:00am)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION (same as information presented below, linked for your convenience)

April 10th, 2010 Schedule

6:00am – 7:00am – Athlete and Spectator registration
7:00am – 7:15am – Judge and volunteer meeting
7:15am – 7:30am – Athlete meeting and announcements
7:30am – 7:35am – National Anthem
7:35am – 7:55am – Kickoff ceremony
8:00am – 10:40am – WOD # 1
40 minute break
11:20:am – 1:35pm – WOD #2
25 minute break
2:00pm – 5:00pm – WOD # 3
5:30pm – 6:15pm – Announce winners / Affiliate support Prize winner
6:30pm – pack up

Rules and Regulations for Venue (El Toro High School rules…not ours)
1. No Food or drink allowed on track and field surface. (only water can be brought onto field)
2. Clean up after yourselves
3. No parking on street. Parking lot is Free and close to entrance
4. Children are the sole responsibility of the accompanying guardian

Competitors Rules
1. Be respectful and supportive to all competitors, judges, spectators and volunteers. We all need each other.
2. It is the competitors responsibility to know and understand all rules and scoring procedures
3. All competitors must keep their athlete # visible during the events
4. Competitors are responsible for bringing their own tape, chalk, pre/ post wod food and drink.
5. Competitor must be present at pre-heat checkin 10 minutes prior to heat start time (15 min preferable) BE AWARE!!!
6. Only WATER on field and/ or track

Scoring Procedures
1. Competitors will receive 1 pt for every place they finish in the respective WOD. 1st place = 1 pt, 5th place = 5 pts etc.
2. Each WOD is weighted equally.
3. Competitor with the lowest total points wins
4. Ties are possible. No tiebreakers (use row time as tiebreaker)
5. DNF do not disqualify competitor from completing all 3 events.
6. DNF / MODS will not place higher than competitors with not DNF’s or MODSpositions (unless everyone in your division DNF or MOD then most work completed will be used to determine placing)

Scorecard procedure (VERY IMPORTANT)
1. At registration you will be given you competitors card
2. It will be 1 card with all 3 events
3. Bring the competitor card to Pre –heat Athlete Checkin tent
4. Card will be taken from you and given to judge/ timekeeper
5. When competitor completes WOD he/ she will pick up card at the Results Table by Scorekeeper
6. Repeat this process for all events

NLP Invitational Standards

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:13:00 GMT

WOD # 1 NLP Invitational Standards from Nathan Holiday on Vimeo.

WOD #2 NLP Invitational Standards from Nathan Holiday on Vimeo.

Invitational wods announced

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:02:00 GMT

NLP Invitational WODs

Good afternoon, presented below are two of your three events. The third event will be announced Friday evening. There are diagrams to follow in separate email. The video standards will be released this evening on the Next Level Invitational blog page and facebook. Sorry for the delay as there have been some technical difficulties.
Questions and concerns can be directed to nathan.holiday@gmail.com.
Bitches, gripes, and complaints can be directed to lamarr.smith@gmail.com.

“Lucifer’s Loop”
Event 1 (20 minute cutoff):
50 Doubleunders
1k Row
100m Backwards Sprint
100m Forward Sprint with sandbag
100m Forward Sprint with an additional sandbag
30 Front Squats
100m Backwards Sprint
50 Doubleunders

Weights and Standards:
Weight of each Sandbag for all divisions: Men: #35, Women: #20
Front Squats Intermediate and Masters: (115/65)
Front Squats Advanced: (155/105)

· Doubleunders must be in strings of 2 or more.
· Hips must be squared off on the backwards run – this is a guideline. No sidestepping, side-shuffling, or crossing feet etc.
· Sandbags must be picked up from designated area and dropped off in designated area. The athlete will be called back to accomplish this task if it is skipped. Sandbags must be carried by the athlete only – no assistance may be given – and they may be carried with any technique.
· Front squats are taken from the ground. Each rep starts at full hip extension and ends at full hip extension. Iliac crest of the hip must be below the knee in bottom position and hands may be in any position. Full cleans will not count towards reps.

“Growth Hormone”
Event 2
AMRAP + Reps in 7 minutes
3 Deadlifts
5 Pullups
7 Burpees

Weights and Standards:
Deadlifts Intermediate and Masters: (205/135)
Deadlits Advanced: (275/185)
Pullups Intermediate and Masters: Chin Breaks Vertical Plane
Pullups Advanced: Chest to Bar

· Deadlifts may be dropped from the top. Any grip and stance is authorized.
· Bar must settle on the ground between each rep. No bouncing.
· Pullups: Any part of the chest below the clavicle must make visible contact with the bar to count; elbows must be fully extended in bottom position. For scaled chin must visibly pass over the bar, breaking the vertical plane.

· Burpees: Chest must touch the ground on the bottom. For the repetition to count there must be full hip extension at the top, hands must clap over-head, and feet must leave the ground simultaneously. At the top of the movement feet, hips, head and hands must be in a vertical line. It does not matter how you get from the ground to upright as long as you meet the above requirements.

WOD # 1 Diagram

WOD # 2 Diagram

Heats times, rules, regulations and special instructions will be released tomorrow @ 12pm

Good Luck

Movement announcements

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:07:00 GMT

Movements for the Next Level Invitational

Double unders
Chest to bar pullups (advanced)/ chin breaking vertical plane (intermediate/ master)
Front Squats
Deadlifts
Sandbags
Rowing
Burpees

Call for Volunteers

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:13:00 GMT

Good Afternoon,

The Next Level Invitational is reaching out to all area affiliates, friends and family for help. We need approx 15-20 more couragous volunteers and approx 10 more judges. We are looking to create an event and experience worthy of repeating. The easy part is the securing the venue, planning the wods, planning the setup and all the other tiny details. The hard part is having the manpower to execute the plan. We have a great event planned for both spectators and competitors. The proper amount of man/woman power just makes it easier.

If your affiliates have competitors competing please try to have some volunteers assisting as well. This helps ensure your athletes receive the quality care and attention they deserve.

Our area of need is in the morning 5am -12pm and Friday evening 6-10pm. If you can commit for the full day or for a select number of hours please email us your name, affiliate gym, crossfit experience i.e. level 1 cert or how long have you been crossfitting and t-shirt size.

We appreciate your help,

Thank you

11 days left- fine tune your training

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:42:00 GMT

Hey guys as you and your fellow athletes get ready for the Invitational we will be sending out information pertaining to the registration process, affiliate area setup, movements, movement standards and the actual wods.

Today's Announcement is regarding the Affiliate Support Prize Contest

The affiliate with the most attendees (competitors + spectators) at the event will received a Concept 2 Model E rower. Click here for the features of the rower.

This is a tremendous value for your affiliate. So come out and support your fellow athletes.

Here are the rules:

attendee must register for event either pre or on site (pre-registration is preferred)
must fill out provided info card with name and CrossFit Affiliate name
Only one card per person
We will announce the winner at the end of the event
Winner can either take rower home from event or pickup from Next Level Performance

Movement Announcements

We will slowly release the movements that will be included in the workouts. As a disclaimer these announcements are in random order. We will not release weight, volume or distances until the entire wod is announced. This will improve the quality of competition. So hint: work on the movements we announce.

Movement Announcement #1

Ring dips (for advanced men and women) kipping is allowed

Chest to deck push ups ( intermediate/ masters men and women)

Here is a schedule for information release:

April 2nd - movement announcement # 2

April 2nd - (extended the deadline this will be final deadline) all COMPETITOR registration fees must be received or notifyregistration@crossfitnlp.com if there is an issue

April 2nd - online competitor registration will be closed. only spectators will be allowed to registrar online.

April 4th - Movement announcement #3

April 5th - Movement announcement #4

April 7th - wods released.

April 7th - competition rules, scoring and movement standard video and document released

For all announcements and updates

Please check the Next Level Invitational Blog ( http://www.crossfitnlp.com/_blog/Next_Level_Invitational )

22 days to go: call for judges and volunteers

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Hope all is well with everyone,

Overview of Invitational purpose

I just wanted to help some people understand the purpose and driving force behind the Next Level Invitational. If you did not know already "CrossFit is a sport for some of us". So with that said look at you and/or your members as athletes who represent various teams. Your daily training sessions are practices. Now take the end result of making it to the CrossFit Games as the Superbowl. This year CrossFit has created a brief playoff system to handle the sheer numbers of athletes who feel they are worthy to compete in the arena of the CrossFit Games. But there are very few "regular season" competitions for athletes to test their ability It is a very small percentage of actual CrossFit Games competitors compared to the overwhelming majority of people who will never make it or who are not ready yet. This is where events such as the Invitational or the previously successful OC Throwdown come into play. The Invitational provides game time scenarios for you and your athletes. With this new experience also comes knowledge and confidence which allows for improved training sessions in your box.

As affiliate owners and coaches we have a responsible to our athletes within our box to provide them with as many opportunities for success as possible. Introducing them to actual competition is one of those responsibilities. Many of your athletes will never realize their true potential until they have their backs against wall and are forced to fight and execute under pressure. Also as a coach competition allows you to realize the areas of strength or weakness in your programming.

The advanced division will test the athlete's abilities the same as a sectional or regional or even the CrossFit Games. The intermediate division will be very challenging and will look to expose weaknesses in an athlete's physical or mental ability. However, in both divisions if the wods become to challenging for the athlete then they can modify during wod and will be allowed to finish the wod and the competition. Their scores will be noted as such and they will be either dropped to the lower division if coming from the advanced or simply be placed after all the rx finishers for their division.

The important thing to remember is that every workout makes you stronger and every competition gives you experience under the lights and pressure of being judged.

Call for Judges

Thank you in advance for your support. An event is only as good as the standards upheld within the event. Our judges must be our first line of defense and the gate keepers of range of motion. With that said I have attached the Judge/ volunteer form to fill out and email back. You will receive a confirmation email once accepted as judge or volunteer (everyone will be accepted in some capacity). We have listed the criteria you must meet in order to be a judge. Thank you again as we could not pull this event off with your help.

Call for Volunteers

The volunteers are the core of the event. I need a strong core of dedicated and caring individuals to help with setup, registration, breakdown, crowd control etc.

Please use the same form as the judges but simply fill it out and write volunteer across the top and email back to me.

Competitor Registration Closing soon!!

We will be closing on line registration on March 27th 2010. Spectators will be allowed to register online until April 7th 2010. Spectators will also be allowed to register on site (cash only on site)

Make sure to check the Next Level Invitational blog for more updates.

Please do not hesitate to ask if you have any questions or concerns.

no bar muscleup

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:03:00 GMT

Due to an equipment issue we will have to remove the lovely bar muscle ups from the Invitational workouts. The advanced men will now only have to do chest 2 bar pullups.