Next Level Invitational

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.  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)

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

1. 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.
2. Total male/ female advanced competitors = 50 each
3. Total male/ female intermediate competitors= 60 each
4. Total male/ female masters competitors = 15 each
5. Early Registration will open on July 1 2010 @ 12pm and close July 16 2010 @ 12am
6. Individual Competitor registration fee = $40 before July 16 2010 @ 12am.  After July 16 12am and before July 25 2010 12am registration fee = $50.
7. Team registration fee = $50.  Team entries accepted for advanced and intermediate divisions only
8. 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.
9. 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. 
10. 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
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Email all questions to: NextLevelInvitational@gmail.com

Train Hard Now and be a Champion Tomorrow!

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:

1. attendee must register for event either pre or on site (pre-registration is preferred)
2. must fill out provided info card with name and CrossFit Affiliate name
3. Only one card per person
4. We will announce the winner at the end of the event
5. 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 )

Hey everyone,

This is an announcement regarding the workouts for the Next Level Invitational.  We want this event to be very competitive and will release information about the workouts periodically. There will be double unders in every division.  In the male advanced division there will be bar muscle ups.  Female advanced, male intermediate and male masters there will be chest 2 bar pullups and for female intermediate and female masters there will be kipping pullups.

We decided to release this information to limit possible problems regarding hitting the workouts to standard and to help prepare the competitors thoroughly. 

As we near competition day, more announcements regarding specifics will come. 

Register here for the Invitational

Hey guys,

We have already reached over 30 registrations in 3 days.  

Go here to register: https://www.regonline.com/the_next_level_invitational

Do not wait until the event is sold out, register now!  We will be making our rounds to as many of the neighboring affiliates as we can to spread the word and drop off flyers and posters.  If you would like us to stop by or mail you a poster and some flyers please reply to this email and let me know. 

Remember thius event is not only about winning but it is about bringing your box together.  So the more information that is available to them and seeing the constant reminders help reinforce the importance of their support.

Affiliate Support Prize
We will be announcing an Affiliate Support Prize.  This prize may include equipment, seminars, or various other goodies.  It will be awarded to the affiliate with the greatest number of spectators and competitors registered.  This will be a good way to earn some free stuff and build the community within your box.

Stay tuned for more details..........

Widget for homepage
If you are an affiliate or individual with a blog, here is the html code for the countdown widget.  This is great motivating tool and will help keep everyone dialed in during training.

Copy and paste the code listed below in to your html code of your page.

<iframe allowtransparency="false" width="220" height="100" src="http://crossfitnlp.com/countdown-widget">
<noframes><a href="http://crossfitnlp.com/_blog/Next_Level_Invitational" target="_blank">Counting down to the Next Level Invitational</a></noframes>

 

Finally, the time has come to register for the Next Level Invitational. Click on the link below to complete the registration form. At this time we are only accepting checks. Once some technical issues are completed we will have credit/ debit options available for payment. Please do not wait as we already have 50+ names on the reserve list and we want you to get in before we close registration.

Register here: http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=816813

We will send out a email to collect some vital stats on the competitors from this we will begin to post some athlete profiles from the different divisions.