What is Barbell Brunch? What you need to know ????

Every year, CrossFit East River participates in the CrossFit Open. The Open is a 5-week worldwide competition orchestrated by CrossFit Headquarters. The weekly competition WODs are announced every Thursday night during the Open. This year, the open starts on Thursday, Feb. 21, and the last workout will be announced on Thursday, March 21.

We love this time of year at CFER because it brings the entire community together on Saturdays to throw down and participate in the Open workouts. We call this event Barbell Brunch, and we’ve run it for the past five years. We’ll bring the coffee, you bring the energy and get ready to surprise and out-perform yourself!

The way we run Brunch is similar to what you might see at a local competition: you will sign up for a heat time in Wodify, and you should plan on coming to the gym at least 30 minutes prior to your heat so you can warm up, get pumped and enjoy the rest of what we’ve got in store!

We’ll also have two vendors this year: Thirteen Fit Apparel during week two, and Fit Club NY will be here during week four with a Recovery Station – think mobility, PT services and more!

And, save the date for our end-of-Open/March Social: Saturday, March 23, at the East Village Tavern (literally around the corner on 10th and C).

In order to participate in CFER’s Barbell Brunch, you will need to sign up for the CrossFit Open. It’s $20 (like, two coffees at Starbucks or a drink on the weekend), and we don’t get any of that money. There is no fee to participate in Barbell Brunch aside from signing up for the Open.

Here’s the rundown:

1. Sign up for the CrossFit OPEN — > Games.CrossFit.com

2. Get ready for Barbell Brunch on Saturdays at CFER!

3. Athletes who register for the Open will have access to sign up for Barbell Brunch heats in Wodify. 

4. If you’re not participating in the Open (why not?!), we will offer an 8 a.m. WOD on Saturdays. 

5. Heats will be posted in Wodify sometime Thursday night after the workout is announced, say around 8:30 p.m. EST.

6. Check out the Open workouts ahead of time! CrossFit HQ releases them on Thursday night. We will send a weekly Open email with a suggested warm-up, which will also be posted at the gym.

7. Please show up at least 30 minutes before your heat time.

8. CRUSH THE WOD!

9. Plan on staying after your scheduled heat in order to judge an athlete in the following heat. 

Fun things during Barbell Brunch:

• COFFEE ☕
• Vendors!
• Special Brunch T-Shirts!
• Our amazing community!

Questions? Shoot us an email!