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The 2023 CrossFit Semifinals are fast approaching, and the Games invites loom on the horizon. The seven CrossFit Semifinals are live, in-person events around the globe that pit respective regions’ top athletes, both Individuals and Teams, from the 2023 CrossFit Quarterfinals against each other.
2023 CrossFit Semifinals Coverage Schedule
Per CrossFit HQ:
All events for the Team and Individual divisions will be live-streamed on Thursdays and Sundays.
Coverage on Fridays and Saturdays will begin on the main field of play (11:45 a.m. local Friday and 11:30 a.m. local Saturday).
The events on the second field (Individual Tests One and Three, Team Test Three) won’t be streamed.
Highlights of those events will be shared at the start of the live streams each day.
The Europe, Oceania, and North America Semifinals “will be streamed by CrossFit live on Games.CrossFit.com and in the CrossFit Games app.” The Africa, Asia, and South America live streams will be hosted by their respective event organizers. All the action will be streamed on the CrossFit Games YouTube channel.
[Related: Six-Time CrossFit Games Champ Tia-Clair Toomey Gives Birth to a Baby Girl]
2023 CrossFit Semifinal Schedule
The 2023 CrossFit Semifinals for Individuals and Teams are scheduled as follows:
May 18-21 — North America East Semifinal | Orlando, FL
May 19-21 — Africa Semifinal | Johannesburg, South Africa
May 25-28 — North America West Semifinal | Pasadena, CA
May 25-28 — Oceania Semifinal | Tennyson, QLD, Australia
May 26-28 — South America Semifinal | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June 1-4 — Europe Semifinal | Berlin, Germany
June 1-4 — Asia Semifinal | Busan, South Korea
The 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games returns to Madison, WI, on Aug. 1-6. For Individuals, 30 male and 30 female competitors will clash at the Africa, Asia, Oceania, and South America Semifinals. Sixty male and 60 female athletes will compete at the Europe and two North America Semifinals.
Twenty Teams will clash in the Africa, Asia, Oceania, and South America Semifinals, while 40 will compete in the Europe and North America Semifinals. Thirty male and 30 female competitors compete in each Age Group division during the Semifinals stage.
[Related: Turkish Get Up Exercise Guide]
2023 CrossFit Semifinals — Individual Workouts
The 2023 CrossFit Individual Semifinals are live, in-person events comprised of the seven workouts below:
Workout One
For time:
3,000-meter Echo Bike
Hand-over-hand pull (84 feet)
2,000-meter Assault AirRunner
Hand-over-hand pull (84 feet)
1,000-meter SkiErg
Hand-over-hand pull (92 feet)
Time cap: 30 minutes. Women: 180 pounds | Men: 225 pounds
Workout Two
As many reps as possible (AMRAP) in three minutes of:
Complete three rounds, resting one minute between rounds. Each athlete’s score is the total reps across the three rounds.
Women: Wear a 10-pound ruck, 24-inch box | Men: Wear a 20-pound ruck, 30-inch box
Workout Three
For time: Semifinals Linda — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 reps of:
Time cap: 17 minutes
Workout Four
For load:
Time cap: six minutes
Following the time cap, athletes will have two minutes to reset for Test Five.
Workout Five
For time:
Eight snatches — Women: 125 pounds | Men: 185 pounds
Run 800 meters
Time cap: six minutes
Workout Six
For time:
20 overhead squats — Women: 125 pounds | Men: 185 pounds
500-meter row
Three handstand walk pirouettes
Two seated legless rope climbs
20 strict chest-to-wall handstand push-ups
Two seated legless rope climbs
Three handstand walk pirouettes
500-meter row
20 overhead squats — Women: 125 pounds | Men: 185 pounds
Time cap: Women: 16 minutes | Men: 15 minutes
Workout Seven
Three rounds for time of:
Echo Bike — Women: 10 calories | Men: 15 calories
20 toes-to-bars
60-foot sandbag bear-hug carry — Women: 150 pounds | Men: 200 pounds
Time cap: six minutes
[Related: Sumo Deadlift High Pull – Muscles Worked, Exercise Demo, and Benefits]
2023 CrossFit Semifinal — Team Division Tests
The 2023 CrossFit Semifinals are all live, in-person contests.
Test One
Four rounds for time, with one member at each station, of:
*Athletes must change stations every round.
Time cap: 28 minutes
Test Two
In Male/Female pairs for 15 minutes, complete as many rounds and reps as possible of:
Three synchro muscle-ups — one partner on the rings, one partner on the bar
Five synchro thrusters — Women: 65 pounds | Men: 95 pounds
*One pair works while the other rests, then switch.**Add two muscle-ups and five thrusters after both pairs complete the round.
Test Three
As a relay (Female/Male/Female/Male), complete:
Female one and Male one
Female two and Male two
400-meter sprint
15 dumbbell bench presses — Women: 60-pound dumbbells | Men: 90-pound dumbbells
10 unbroken single-leg squats, leg one
10 unbroken single-leg squats, leg two
Three handstand pirouettes
Time cap: 16 minutes
Test Four
Five rounds for time, in Male/Female pairs, of:
Male/Female pair one starts:
Row — Women: seven calories | Men: 10 calories
10 (each) synchro alternating dumbbell snatches — Women: 60 pounds | Male: 90 pounds
15 (each) 24-inch box jumps, alternating
Male/Female pair two starts:
Row — Women: seven calories | Men: 10 calories
20 (each) synchro alternating dumbbell snatches — Women: 50 pounds | Male: 70 pounds
10 (each) 30-inch box jumps, alternating
*When both pairs have completed a round, switch positions for the following round.**Pair one will row three times and ski two times.***Pair two will ski three times and row two times.
Time cap: 15 minutes
Test Five
One minute of max-rep cleans — Women: 195 pounds | Men: 275 pounds
Two minutes rest.
One minute of max-rep cleans — Women: 215 pounds | Men: 235 pounds
Two minutes rest.
One minute of max-rep cleans — Women: 235 pounds | Men: 315 pounds
Test Six
For time:
Switch
15 worm burpees
15 worm squats
Women complete two legless rope climbs (each)
Men complete 15 strict handstand push-ups (each)
Switch
15 worm burpees
15 worm squats
Women complete three rope climbs (each)
Men complete 20 handstand push-ups (each)
Switch
15 worm burpees
15 worm squats
Time cap: 16 minutes
[Related: Reverse Lunge Exercise Guide]
Vacant Podium
The 2022 CrossFit Games runner-up Mal O’Brien revealed on May 16 that she would not compete in the Semifinal stage, ending her 2023 season. That leaves the Individual Women’s division with two vacant slots on the podium from the 2022 Games as six-time Fittest Women on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey ended her 2023 season at the conclusion of the Quarterfinals due to her pregnancy.
With so much uncertainty heading into the 2023 Games, the stakes of the Semifinals have certainly increased. We’ll see who can capitalize in each contest through June before athletes get two months of recovery before the biggest competition on the 2023 CrossFit Calendar.
The 2023 CrossFit Semifinals are fast approaching, and the Games invites loom on the horizon. The seven CrossFit Semifinals are live, in-person events around the globe that pit respective regions’ top athletes, both Individuals and Teams, from the 2023 CrossFit Quarterfinals against each other.
2023 CrossFit Semifinals Coverage Schedule
Per CrossFit HQ:
[Related: Six-Time CrossFit Games Champ Tia-Clair Toomey Gives Birth to a Baby Girl]
2023 CrossFit Semifinal Schedule
The 2023 CrossFit Semifinals for Individuals and Teams are scheduled as follows:
Twenty Teams will clash in the Africa, Asia, Oceania, and South America Semifinals, while 40 will compete in the Europe and North America Semifinals. Thirty male and 30 female competitors compete in each Age Group division during the Semifinals stage.
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[Related: Turkish Get Up Exercise Guide]
2023 CrossFit Semifinals — Individual Workouts
The 2023 CrossFit Individual Semifinals are live, in-person events comprised of the seven workouts below:
Workout One
For time:
Workout Two
As many reps as possible (AMRAP) in three minutes of:
Complete three rounds, resting one minute between rounds. Each athlete’s score is the total reps across the three rounds.
Women: Wear a 10-pound ruck, 24-inch box | Men: Wear a 20-pound ruck, 30-inch box
Workout Three
For time: Semifinals Linda — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 reps of:
Time cap: 17 minutes
Workout Four
For load:
Time cap: six minutes
Following the time cap, athletes will have two minutes to reset for Test Five.
Workout Five
For time:
Workout Six
For time:
Workout Seven
Three rounds for time of:
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[Related: Sumo Deadlift High Pull – Muscles Worked, Exercise Demo, and Benefits]
2023 CrossFit Semifinal — Team Division Tests
The 2023 CrossFit Semifinals are all live, in-person contests.
Test One
Four rounds for time, with one member at each station, of:
*Athletes must change stations every round.
Time cap: 28 minutes
Test Two
In Male/Female pairs for 15 minutes, complete as many rounds and reps as possible of:
**Add two muscle-ups and five thrusters after both pairs complete the round.
Test Three
As a relay (Female/Male/Female/Male), complete:
Female one and Male one
Female two and Male two
Test Four
Five rounds for time, in Male/Female pairs, of:
Male/Female pair one starts:
**Pair one will row three times and ski two times.
***Pair two will ski three times and row two times.
Time cap: 15 minutes
Test Five
For time:
Switch
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[Related: Reverse Lunge Exercise Guide]
Vacant Podium
The 2022 CrossFit Games runner-up Mal O’Brien revealed on May 16 that she would not compete in the Semifinal stage, ending her 2023 season. That leaves the Individual Women’s division with two vacant slots on the podium from the 2022 Games as six-time Fittest Women on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey ended her 2023 season at the conclusion of the Quarterfinals due to her pregnancy.
With so much uncertainty heading into the 2023 Games, the stakes of the Semifinals have certainly increased. We’ll see who can capitalize in each contest through June before athletes get two months of recovery before the biggest competition on the 2023 CrossFit Calendar.
Click here to view the article.
2023 CrossFit Semifinals Coverage Schedule
Per CrossFit HQ:
All events for the Team and Individual divisions will be live-streamed on Thursdays and Sundays.
Coverage on Fridays and Saturdays will begin on the main field of play (11:45 a.m. local Friday and 11:30 a.m. local Saturday).
The events on the second field (Individual Tests One and Three, Team Test Three) won’t be streamed.
Highlights of those events will be shared at the start of the live streams each day.
The Europe, Oceania, and North America Semifinals “will be streamed by CrossFit live on Games.CrossFit.com and in the CrossFit Games app.” The Africa, Asia, and South America live streams will be hosted by their respective event organizers. All the action will be streamed on the CrossFit Games YouTube channel.
[Related: Six-Time CrossFit Games Champ Tia-Clair Toomey Gives Birth to a Baby Girl]
2023 CrossFit Semifinal Schedule
The 2023 CrossFit Semifinals for Individuals and Teams are scheduled as follows:
May 18-21 — North America East Semifinal | Orlando, FL
May 19-21 — Africa Semifinal | Johannesburg, South Africa
May 25-28 — North America West Semifinal | Pasadena, CA
May 25-28 — Oceania Semifinal | Tennyson, QLD, Australia
May 26-28 — South America Semifinal | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June 1-4 — Europe Semifinal | Berlin, Germany
June 1-4 — Asia Semifinal | Busan, South Korea
The 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games returns to Madison, WI, on Aug. 1-6. For Individuals, 30 male and 30 female competitors will clash at the Africa, Asia, Oceania, and South America Semifinals. Sixty male and 60 female athletes will compete at the Europe and two North America Semifinals.
Twenty Teams will clash in the Africa, Asia, Oceania, and South America Semifinals, while 40 will compete in the Europe and North America Semifinals. Thirty male and 30 female competitors compete in each Age Group division during the Semifinals stage.
[Related: Turkish Get Up Exercise Guide]
2023 CrossFit Semifinals — Individual Workouts
The 2023 CrossFit Individual Semifinals are live, in-person events comprised of the seven workouts below:
Workout One
For time:
3,000-meter Echo Bike
Hand-over-hand pull (84 feet)
2,000-meter Assault AirRunner
Hand-over-hand pull (84 feet)
1,000-meter SkiErg
Hand-over-hand pull (92 feet)
Time cap: 30 minutes. Women: 180 pounds | Men: 225 pounds
Workout Two
As many reps as possible (AMRAP) in three minutes of:
Complete three rounds, resting one minute between rounds. Each athlete’s score is the total reps across the three rounds.
Women: Wear a 10-pound ruck, 24-inch box | Men: Wear a 20-pound ruck, 30-inch box
Workout Three
For time: Semifinals Linda — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 reps of:
Time cap: 17 minutes
Workout Four
For load:
Time cap: six minutes
Following the time cap, athletes will have two minutes to reset for Test Five.
Workout Five
For time:
Eight snatches — Women: 125 pounds | Men: 185 pounds
Run 800 meters
Time cap: six minutes
Workout Six
For time:
20 overhead squats — Women: 125 pounds | Men: 185 pounds
500-meter row
Three handstand walk pirouettes
Two seated legless rope climbs
20 strict chest-to-wall handstand push-ups
Two seated legless rope climbs
Three handstand walk pirouettes
500-meter row
20 overhead squats — Women: 125 pounds | Men: 185 pounds
Time cap: Women: 16 minutes | Men: 15 minutes
Workout Seven
Three rounds for time of:
Echo Bike — Women: 10 calories | Men: 15 calories
20 toes-to-bars
60-foot sandbag bear-hug carry — Women: 150 pounds | Men: 200 pounds
Time cap: six minutes
[Related: Sumo Deadlift High Pull – Muscles Worked, Exercise Demo, and Benefits]
2023 CrossFit Semifinal — Team Division Tests
The 2023 CrossFit Semifinals are all live, in-person contests.
Test One
Four rounds for time, with one member at each station, of:
*Athletes must change stations every round.
Time cap: 28 minutes
Test Two
In Male/Female pairs for 15 minutes, complete as many rounds and reps as possible of:
Three synchro muscle-ups — one partner on the rings, one partner on the bar
Five synchro thrusters — Women: 65 pounds | Men: 95 pounds
*One pair works while the other rests, then switch.**Add two muscle-ups and five thrusters after both pairs complete the round.
Test Three
As a relay (Female/Male/Female/Male), complete:
Female one and Male one
Female two and Male two
400-meter sprint
15 dumbbell bench presses — Women: 60-pound dumbbells | Men: 90-pound dumbbells
10 unbroken single-leg squats, leg one
10 unbroken single-leg squats, leg two
Three handstand pirouettes
Time cap: 16 minutes
Test Four
Five rounds for time, in Male/Female pairs, of:
Male/Female pair one starts:
Row — Women: seven calories | Men: 10 calories
10 (each) synchro alternating dumbbell snatches — Women: 60 pounds | Male: 90 pounds
15 (each) 24-inch box jumps, alternating
Male/Female pair two starts:
Row — Women: seven calories | Men: 10 calories
20 (each) synchro alternating dumbbell snatches — Women: 50 pounds | Male: 70 pounds
10 (each) 30-inch box jumps, alternating
*When both pairs have completed a round, switch positions for the following round.**Pair one will row three times and ski two times.***Pair two will ski three times and row two times.
Time cap: 15 minutes
Test Five
One minute of max-rep cleans — Women: 195 pounds | Men: 275 pounds
Two minutes rest.
One minute of max-rep cleans — Women: 215 pounds | Men: 235 pounds
Two minutes rest.
One minute of max-rep cleans — Women: 235 pounds | Men: 315 pounds
Test Six
For time:
Switch
15 worm burpees
15 worm squats
Women complete two legless rope climbs (each)
Men complete 15 strict handstand push-ups (each)
Switch
15 worm burpees
15 worm squats
Women complete three rope climbs (each)
Men complete 20 handstand push-ups (each)
Switch
15 worm burpees
15 worm squats
Time cap: 16 minutes
[Related: Reverse Lunge Exercise Guide]
Vacant Podium
The 2022 CrossFit Games runner-up Mal O’Brien revealed on May 16 that she would not compete in the Semifinal stage, ending her 2023 season. That leaves the Individual Women’s division with two vacant slots on the podium from the 2022 Games as six-time Fittest Women on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey ended her 2023 season at the conclusion of the Quarterfinals due to her pregnancy.
With so much uncertainty heading into the 2023 Games, the stakes of the Semifinals have certainly increased. We’ll see who can capitalize in each contest through June before athletes get two months of recovery before the biggest competition on the 2023 CrossFit Calendar.
The 2023 CrossFit Semifinals are fast approaching, and the Games invites loom on the horizon. The seven CrossFit Semifinals are live, in-person events around the globe that pit respective regions’ top athletes, both Individuals and Teams, from the 2023 CrossFit Quarterfinals against each other.
2023 CrossFit Semifinals Coverage Schedule
Per CrossFit HQ:
- All events for the Team and Individual divisions will be live-streamed on Thursdays and Sundays.
- Coverage on Fridays and Saturdays will begin on the main field of play (11:45 a.m. local Friday and 11:30 a.m. local Saturday).
- The events on the second field (Individual Tests One and Three, Team Test Three) won’t be streamed.
- Highlights of those events will be shared at the start of the live streams each day.
[Related: Six-Time CrossFit Games Champ Tia-Clair Toomey Gives Birth to a Baby Girl]
2023 CrossFit Semifinal Schedule
The 2023 CrossFit Semifinals for Individuals and Teams are scheduled as follows:
- May 18-21 — North America East Semifinal | Orlando, FL
- May 19-21 — Africa Semifinal | Johannesburg, South Africa
- May 25-28 — North America West Semifinal | Pasadena, CA
- May 25-28 — Oceania Semifinal | Tennyson, QLD, Australia
- May 26-28 — South America Semifinal | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- June 1-4 — Europe Semifinal | Berlin, Germany
- June 1-4 — Asia Semifinal | Busan, South Korea
Twenty Teams will clash in the Africa, Asia, Oceania, and South America Semifinals, while 40 will compete in the Europe and North America Semifinals. Thirty male and 30 female competitors compete in each Age Group division during the Semifinals stage.
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[Related: Turkish Get Up Exercise Guide]
2023 CrossFit Semifinals — Individual Workouts
The 2023 CrossFit Individual Semifinals are live, in-person events comprised of the seven workouts below:
Workout One
For time:
- 3,000-meter Echo Bike
- Hand-over-hand pull (84 feet)
- 2,000-meter Assault AirRunner
- Hand-over-hand pull (84 feet)
- 1,000-meter SkiErg
- Hand-over-hand pull (92 feet)
Workout Two
As many reps as possible (AMRAP) in three minutes of:
Complete three rounds, resting one minute between rounds. Each athlete’s score is the total reps across the three rounds.
Women: Wear a 10-pound ruck, 24-inch box | Men: Wear a 20-pound ruck, 30-inch box
Workout Three
For time: Semifinals Linda — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 reps of:
Time cap: 17 minutes
Workout Four
For load:
Time cap: six minutes
Following the time cap, athletes will have two minutes to reset for Test Five.
Workout Five
For time:
- Eight snatches — Women: 125 pounds | Men: 185 pounds
- Run 800 meters
Workout Six
For time:
- 20 overhead squats — Women: 125 pounds | Men: 185 pounds
- 500-meter row
- Three handstand walk pirouettes
- Two seated legless rope climbs
- 20 strict chest-to-wall handstand push-ups
- Two seated legless rope climbs
- Three handstand walk pirouettes
- 500-meter row
- 20 overhead squats — Women: 125 pounds | Men: 185 pounds
Workout Seven
Three rounds for time of:
- Echo Bike — Women: 10 calories | Men: 15 calories
- 20 toes-to-bars
- 60-foot sandbag bear-hug carry — Women: 150 pounds | Men: 200 pounds
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[Related: Sumo Deadlift High Pull – Muscles Worked, Exercise Demo, and Benefits]
2023 CrossFit Semifinal — Team Division Tests
The 2023 CrossFit Semifinals are all live, in-person contests.
Test One
Four rounds for time, with one member at each station, of:
*Athletes must change stations every round.
Time cap: 28 minutes
Test Two
In Male/Female pairs for 15 minutes, complete as many rounds and reps as possible of:
- Three synchro muscle-ups — one partner on the rings, one partner on the bar
- Five synchro thrusters — Women: 65 pounds | Men: 95 pounds
**Add two muscle-ups and five thrusters after both pairs complete the round.
Test Three
As a relay (Female/Male/Female/Male), complete:
Female one and Male one
Female two and Male two
- 400-meter sprint
- 15 dumbbell bench presses — Women: 60-pound dumbbells | Men: 90-pound dumbbells
- 10 unbroken single-leg squats, leg one
- 10 unbroken single-leg squats, leg two
- Three handstand pirouettes
Test Four
Five rounds for time, in Male/Female pairs, of:
Male/Female pair one starts:
- Row — Women: seven calories | Men: 10 calories
- 10 (each) synchro alternating dumbbell snatches — Women: 60 pounds | Male: 90 pounds
- 15 (each) 24-inch box jumps, alternating
- Row — Women: seven calories | Men: 10 calories
- 20 (each) synchro alternating dumbbell snatches — Women: 50 pounds | Male: 70 pounds
- 10 (each) 30-inch box jumps, alternating
**Pair one will row three times and ski two times.
***Pair two will ski three times and row two times.
Time cap: 15 minutes
Test Five
- One minute of max-rep cleans — Women: 195 pounds | Men: 275 pounds
- One minute of max-rep cleans — Women: 215 pounds | Men: 235 pounds
- One minute of max-rep cleans — Women: 235 pounds | Men: 315 pounds
For time:
Switch
- 15 worm burpees
- 15 worm squats
- Women complete two legless rope climbs (each)
- Men complete 15 strict handstand push-ups (each)
- 15 worm burpees
- 15 worm squats
- Women complete three rope climbs (each)
- Men complete 20 handstand push-ups (each)
- 15 worm burpees
- 15 worm squats
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[Related: Reverse Lunge Exercise Guide]
Vacant Podium
The 2022 CrossFit Games runner-up Mal O’Brien revealed on May 16 that she would not compete in the Semifinal stage, ending her 2023 season. That leaves the Individual Women’s division with two vacant slots on the podium from the 2022 Games as six-time Fittest Women on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey ended her 2023 season at the conclusion of the Quarterfinals due to her pregnancy.
With so much uncertainty heading into the 2023 Games, the stakes of the Semifinals have certainly increased. We’ll see who can capitalize in each contest through June before athletes get two months of recovery before the biggest competition on the 2023 CrossFit Calendar.
Click here to view the article.
