Gerald T Mangine, Elisabeth K Zeitz, Joshua D Dexheimer, Ashley Hines, Brandon Lively, Brian M Kliszczewicz
To observe workout pacing strategies and determine which best predicted performance, this retrospective study analyzed recorded efforts from a random selection of 160 high-ranking (top 10,000) men and women ( n = 80 each) in the 2020 CrossFit® Open (CFO). Video recordings submitted to the official competition leaderboard for all five tests were analyzed to quantify overall test completion rates (and tie-break time for test 5 only) and within-test repetition completion rate (repetitions × sec-1 ) for each exercise, as well as the quantity of failed repetitions, break strategy (count and duration), and transition times...
2024: Frontiers in sports and active living