Video courtesy of The CrossFit Games.
The 2025 CrossFit Open kicks off live from CrossFit Mayhem on Thursday, Feb. 27! The first to take on Open Workout 25.1, presented by Rogue, in Cookeville will be three CrossFit Games competitors — Haley Adams, Austin Hatfield, and Roman Khrennikov! Hosts Rory Mckernan and Chase Ingraham will be calling all the action!
Athletes:
🏋️♂️ Haley Adams is an eight-time CrossFit Games athlete — five as an individual and three in the teenage division. She won the Girls 16-17 division in 2018, and finished fifth at the 2024 CrossFit Games. Adams has never finished outside the top ten at the CrossFit Games.
🏋️♂️ Austin Hatfield burst onto the CrossFit Games scene in 2024, winning the final two events and finishing 10th overall. Hatfield also has two top-15 finishes in the worldwide Open, taking 11th place in 2023 and 14th place in 2024.
🏋️♂️ Roman Khrennikov has qualified for the Games six times with back-to-back podium finishes in 2021 and 2022. Khrennikov has also won two Semifinals, one Regional, and a Last-Chance Qualifier. Last year, Khrennikov finished ninth at the CrossFit Games.
Tune in: 🗓️ Feb. 27, 2025 ⏰ 12 p.m. PT — Open Workout 25.1 announced + elite athlete throwdown
📺 CrossFit Games website and/or YouTube channel
Now, back to our programming for today…
Warmup:
200M jog
Walking lunge 30’
Inchworm 30’
Spider-Man Lunge 30’
Walking Kicks 30’
Crab walk 30’
Stiff-leg bear crawl 30’
Barbell warmup – With an empty barbell and hands in clean grip, perform 3 reps of: RDL, dip/shrug, high elbows, hang power clean, Push Press
S/S/S:
Push Press
5,4,3,2,1
Increase weight ea set
Video courtesy of Catalyst Athletics.
Final time hitting our Push Press before we re-test your 5X5. Looking to finish with a heavy single for today. If that happens to be a new 1RM, awesome! If not, as long as it is heavy for today and you do it successfully.
WOD:
4 Rounds:
400M Run
100’ Dual DB Front Rack Carry (50/35)
Video courtesy of Central Athlete.
Today, our goal is to get the work in without overly taxing things, as we want to be pretty fresh for whatever The CrossFit Open 25.1 has in store for us.
Scaling Options:
Run -> 500M row
DB weight -> 35/25 -> as needed (ELITE: 70/50)
Joint Strike CrossFit 