Lifting, and pedaling, and jumping, and of course sweating, 300 athletes in teams of four representing CrossFit boxes from all over the southeast, competed in the second annual Mako Crossfit Feeding Frenzy, put on by Mako CrossFit of Pensacola.
Ty Hanson, owner of Mako, said Feeding Frenzy is “like a 5k.” The game is simple: complete each WOD (workout of the day) as fast as possible. WOD’s are pairs of exercises such as burpees to plate after burning 25 calories on a stationary bike or interspersing box jump-overs with various types of weight lifting (deadlift, shoulder to overhead, front squat, snatch).
The goal, Hanson said, is to give a platform to compete for people who can’t get to the official CrossFit Games in California. According to CrossFit’s website, www.crossfit.com, “The Games were created to fill a void,” saying no other athletic competition from decathlons to traditional sports, accurately tests fitness.
While the CrossFit Games seeks to identify the Fittest Man and Fittest Woman, Feeding Frenzy tested teams of four. Hanson said athletes divided into two classes, Rx and scaled, where Rx means “prescribed” or standard WOD parameters and “scaled” means more forgiving requirements. Teams also divided by gender with four male, four female, or two and two per team.
Mirror Image CrossFit from Panama City placed first in Rx 4 Male and Scaled 4 Male. CrossFit Fort Walton Beach placed first in Rx 4 Female and Scaled 4 Female. Commando CrossFit out of Hurlburt Field took first for Rx 2/2 while Panhandle Crossfit, from Panama City rounded out top finishers in Scaled 2/2.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Southeast sweats at Feeding Frenzy