Broke into Skill Level 3/Advanced Athlete Today!

[Neil McGuigan]

Regarding: http://www.crossfitseattle.com/Skill...preadsheet.pdf

Still mostly on Level II, but did a 3/4 bodyweight military press today, and ran 800m in 2:48!

Should be on a six minute mile in a week or so

I quit smoking on April 1, three months ago

Still can't do a handstand for the life of me

Yay me

[Dave Newman]

Good skills Neil - keep up the good work.

I've just started to tick them off so I'll see where I stand....hopfully I'll not be too far behind you!

[Jake Oleander]

i love looking at those pdf's as the months pass... i can remember when i was first breaking into the advanced categories, now on my strong exercises im in excess of elite

[Nick Cruz]

Awesome job Neil!!

[Bob Guere]

Folks,

This is the first I've stumbled on these skill levels. How are these implemented? Or are they just standards to gauge performance? I assume these are all max-effort exercises?

[Travis Rask]

These are great! First time I've encountered these. Great for goal setting!

I've been @ CrossFit Seattle for a few months now - great place!

[Chantal Brien]

Bob, the explaination for the levels can be found here http://www.crossfitseattle.com/athletic_skill.html (WFS). Basically it's just another way to evaluate your general level of fitness and a method to check your progress. I'm currently working on level 2, though when I tested for level 1 I came close to meeting the 500m rowing standard for level 3 so now that I know what it is I want to try again and see if I can do it. I'm part of the women's thread working on getting through the levels and I think there's a men's thread as well (try searching the workout logs section). Hope this helps, happy CrossFitting!

[Karl Steeves]

I'm bumping this thread instead of starting a new one because I have a question regarding the skills chart. I can do everything on level 2 except the muscle up, and most of the things on level 3. My question is: does one have to complete all the skills assesment in a certain time period (day, weekend ect) or just have to keep track of what he/she can do and claim they are at that level or go through all the tests at once?

To put it another way, would I be level 2 (intermediate) the second I nail the muscle up or would I have to test the others skill again?

[Marcel Zwinger]

great chart,

it just shows how much I s**ck...
gonna keep track from now on, where I stand.

[Jason Peacock]

To answer what qualifiers for 'passing' a level, the rule is that you should be able to meet all requirements for a level in a 30 day period.

The idea is that you're well-rounded, so you shouldn't be spending months focusing on running/rowing to check them all off, then shift to strength to check all those requirements off, but instead when you're at the appropriate level you can all the skills together in the spirit of crossfit and having overall fitness.

(hopefully that made sense)