03/16/2026
This years open looked a little different
The Open is always a season of pushing yourself. Every gym has a story of the people who get their first pull up ever after staring at the bar for 3 minutes and relentlessly trying. The spirit of the Open itself is exciting, and opens the door for so many possibilities
Sometimes those possibilities can also lead to pressures. Pressure to place a certain percentile or to compare yourself to someone else. This year that wasn’t the goal
Dr. Kassi completed the open this year in her third trimester of her first pregnancy. She showed up, even when it meant dropping in to a friends gym while out of town or knocking out a workout on a Monday morning between patients, to move her body intentionally. The pinnacle of the open, 26.3, ended with her husband and her parents cheering her on at Friday Night Lights. She show cases beautifully how “being pregnant” isn’t a reason to sit this season out, and in fact is a reason to embrace it, show up, and have fun
Dr. Rachel went into this open “knowing” it would likely be her least fit year-between mom-ing, spring break, and the clinic shift, her energy and her mind have been else where. Instead of showing up to the gym 5-6 days a week, lately it has been 3-4 intentional days. This open started as a hard look in the face of how things go when you juggle a million things (😅), and ended on the very last day with a 26.3 throw down that bumped her from the 55th percentile to the 76th (stay tuned to see if this drops or if it will finally be the year she makes quarterfinals?)
No matter what happens, the 2026 CrossFit Open came and went. We’d love to hear about YOUR open experience, and how we can support you moving forward in quarterfinals and beyond 💪
