Divided We Fall 2012...its nearly here!

The largest team CrossFit competition ever to hit Europe is being held this weekend - 3/4th November 2012 in Swansea, Wales. With 110 teams of 6 people (2 ladies, 4 men) and approximately 1500 spectators the event, being backed by Reebok, is going to be amazing!

Divided We Fall has been growing in stature over the last few years and is the brainchild of the guys at Reebok CrossFit Velocity. Each year as the interest in CrossFit grows and grows the event grows with it and this year is sure to be the best yet. Check out the video below for highlights of last years event.

This year the entire event is being held at a separate sports venue, The LC2 in Swansea docks, rather  than at CrossFit Velocity itself just so the organisers can accommodate so many people.

The weekend will kick off at 9am Saturday morning and is likely to consist of 3 WODs (or Workouts of the Day) spread throughout the day. At the end of the first day the teams will be cut with the top 50 teams making it through to day 2.

A similar format will be followed on Sunday but this time there will be a cut after every WOD taking the teams down to 30, 20 and then 10 for the final which will take place sometime around 4pm.

DWF have released the movements that will be required for each athlete to be competent at and they have raised a few eyebrows with burpee pistol squats, bar muscle ups and even a stand up paddle boarding event. The boundaries of what a competitive CrossFitter can be expected to perform these days is growing all the time. Its going to make for some exciting viewing!

Reebok CrossFit Connect have two teams taking part in the event and it will be a lot of our athletes first time in a CrossFit competition. Attending and competing in an event like this is an eye opening experience when you get to compete against very high levels of athletes. Sometimes you can forget that there are in the region of 10,000 other CrossFitters in the UK when you just attend your own box all the time. The community is massive and growing bigger all the time and its an event like this that makes you realise just how damn fun CrossFit is! And just how damn good some of these people are!

The Connect team at the qualifiers for this years DWF competition

I really dont know how our teams are going to fare in the competition as we are still a fairly young box but id like to think that we would at least make it into the Sunday! :) The more we compete the better we will get though and taking part in an event like this can really light a fire under your training intensity when you get back home.

We will be posting regular Facebook and Twitter updates throughout the weekend so give us a follow if you haven't done already and keep track of the action.

If it looks like something you would like to be part of then give us a call or email using the details on this blog or check out our website. We'll arrange a time for you to come down and meet us and get involved. We run Intro courses at the beginning of each month so get your name down for the next one! :)

Good luck to all our members who are representing the box at the games. Whatever happens we will be proud of all of you and feel honoured to have coached you into a position where you can compete at events like these. Next up in November comes the qualifiers for The London Throwdown! No rest time guys! ;)