Il next 9,10 and 11 December in Desio, in Monza Brianza, one of the most important CrossFit® events of the season will take place: the Fall Series Throwdown 2022.
This challenge represents for many athletes the crossfit competition of the heart: for some it was the first competition they participated in, for others the first podium, for others still an event in which to demonstrate that they have reached maturity in CrossFit®.
We, on the other hand, think that the Fall Series is a fundamental vehicle for the diffusion of CrossFit® in Italy, given that after each edition the boxes find new customers and some athletes return home with more enthusiasm, bringing with them a unique experience!
However, this year's edition there will be a special "that", given that it will be its tenth anniversary! Yes… You must know that everything is born in 2011 (but it was only online), from the idea of Giorgio Beltrami who made his very first races starting in 2012 in the parking lot of his garage CrossFit Cantu.
This idea was liked so much that it caught on and hasn't stopped since. The event grows from year to year, just think that in the last editions there have been 34 nations, 2000 athletes in qualification, 640 admitted to the final phase, 4000 spectators.
There are not a few foreign athletes who decide to participate; on that floor we saw important names such as Laura Horvarth, Sara Sigmundsdottir, Bjorgvin Gudmunsson, Rita García Herrera, Adrian Mundwiller (who will be there again this year) and Lacee Kovács, as well as our beloved Italian CrossFitters Bernard Luzi, Giulio Silvino, Marina Novelli and many others.
Theirs point of force it is the perseverance in having remained faithful to their line year after year, which is the one defined as "old school", that is, CrossFit® competition without many frills, without necessarily having to invent new scoring methods or workouts.
Another a notable point are the partnerships they are making with increasingly important brands! Besides theirs main sponsor Yamamoto Nutrition, there are Concept 2, Blor, Compex and Hipro (danone).
Unmissable among the exhibitors stamina which for years has been a permanent presence with 100% Italian products of excellent quality.
But now let's try to clarify this race a bit. Let's start with the basics:
Index
Who are last year's Fall Series champions?
At the Fall Series 2021 we had Iurii Maricenco as champion for the men's category and Valentina Magalotti for the women's.
This year we will see Magalotti on the floor again, to defend her title!
Fall Series Throwdown 2022: technical info
This year the competition will take place from 9 to 11 December at the Pala FitLine Desio (Largo Atleti Azzurri D'Italia, 20832 Desio MB).
Will 6 total workouts (two per day) of which the first will be an endurance, to be performed outdoors (weather permitting).
The timeline of events
Friday 9 / 11
08 am – opening
10:30 am – WOD 1 individual category
11:40 am – WOD 1 TEAM category
14:00 – WOD 2 individual category
15:00 – WOD 2 TEAM category
18pm BOX PARADE
Saturday 10 / 11
07:00 am – opening
08:00 am – WOD 3 individual category
10:45 am – WOD 3 TEAM category
11:25 – WOD 4 individual category
17:50 – WOD 4 TEAM category
19pm End of the day
Sunday 11 / 11
07 am – opening
08:00 am – WOD 5 individual category
11:15 am – WOD 5 TEAM category
13:00 – WOD 6 individual category
16:40 – WOD 6 TEAM category
18:00 athletes podium
The categories of the Fall Series Throwdown 2022:
Participation in the competition takes place according to the following Divisions (man/woman):
- experience category: 40/35
- under 21 category (athletes aged 15 to 21): 20/10
- intermediate category: 60/40
- master category 35/39 (up to 39 years of age included): 20/20
- master category 40/44 (up to 44 years old included): 20/10
- master category 45/49 (up to 49 years old included): 10/10
- masters category 50+: 10/05
- elite category: 60/30
- team experience (2 men + 1 woman): 20
- intermediate team (2 men + 1 woman): 20
- team master 110+ (2 men + 1 woman whose sum of ages must be from 110 upwards): 20
- elite team (2 men + 1 woman): 20
Qualifying WOD
WOD 22.1
AMRAP: 10'
40/32 CAL ROW
30 BOX JUMP OVER
20 DEADLIFTS
Score is total reps
WOD 22.2
EVERY 2-minutes
6 rounds
10 THRUSTERS
10 BAR FACING BURPEE
ADD 3 BURPEES EACH ROUND
ROUND 5-6 ARE FOR MAX REPS BAR FACING BURPEE
Score is total reps
WOD 22.3
FOR TIME
cap time 9′
9-6-3
SNATCHES (ANY STYLE)
RING MU
Score is time
Prize Pool
The prize money in this edition will be about 30k cumulative plus all the interventions of the sponsors, to be divided as usual among the three first classified.