Am Samstag 26. August fand in Münchenstein bei CrossFit Basel das Finale der Strong(wo)man-Schweizermeisterschaft statt. 35 TeilnehmerInnen hatten sich eingeschrieben und sorgten erneut für Spannung in jeder Kategorie.
CrossFit Basel ist seit 2011 im Strongman-Sport aktiv und richtet jedes Jahr mindestens einen Wettkampf der Schweizermeisterschaft aus.
Die Termine für nächstes Jahr werden im Dezember publiziert. Weitere Workshops bei CrossFit Basel sind in Planung.
Über ein Punktesystem wurden die GewinnerInnen der einzelnen Kategorien über alle drei Wettkämpfe ermittelt. Das Team von CrossFit Basel hat die Saison mit 7 Podestplätzen äusserst erfolgreich abgeschnitten:
Ramon Gysin hat zum 5. Mal in 6 Jahren den Titel „Stärkster Mann der Schweiz“ geholt, Angelo Fiorentino wurde starker dritter:
Fabian Grab holte sich den dritten Platz bei den Newcomern +105kg:
Olivier Glauser platzierte sich in seiner ersten Strongman-Saison sensationell auf dem 1. Rang bei den Newcomern -105kg:
Marc Walker (leider nicht auf dem Bild) wurde zweiter und Basil Bard dritter bei den Newcomern -90kg: Sarah Mentzen gewann bei den Newcomer Strongwoman:
3. Strongman Contest 2017 Basel – Finale
Die AthletInnen haben sich in folgenden 5 Disziplinen gemessen:
Das Team von CrossFit Basel hat erfolgreich abgeschnitten:
Ramon Gysin, 1. Platz Kategorie Strongman
Angelo Fiorentino, 2. Platz Kategorie Strongman
Sarah Mentzen, 2. Platz Kategorie Newcomer Strongwoman
Döne Bonina, 7. Platz Kategorie Newcomer Strongwoman
Fabian Grab, 2. Platz Newcomer +105kg
Markus Junck, 6. Platz Kategorie Newcomer +105kg
Olivier Glauser, 1. Platz Kategorie Newcomer -105kg
Basil Bard, 2. Platz Kategorie Newcomer -90kg
Mark Walker, 6. Platz Kategorie Newcomer -90kg
Fabian Diethelm, 7. Platz Kategorie Newcomer -90kg
Resultate im Detail:
Log Lift, last man standing: Last man standing. Das Gewicht wird laufend erhöht. Man darf Gewichte überspringen. Wer am meisten Gewicht stemmt, hat gewonnen.
Hex Bar Deadlift: Wer kann das Gewicht öfters hochheben? Zeitlimit 75s.
Circus Dumbbell Ladder: 4 verschieden schwere Circus Dumbbell müssen vom Boden über den Kopf gebracht werden. Wer am weitesten kommt, beziehungsweise, wer das letzte öfters über den Kopf stemmt, gewinnt. Zeitlimit 75s.
Atlas Stones loading: Die Steine müssen vom Boden auf die Paletten gebracht werden. Wer schneller ist, hat gewonnen.
Prowler Push: Der Schlitten muss so schnell wie möglich 30m weit gestossen werden. Wer schneller ist, hat gewonnen.
SUN’S OUT, GUNS OUT! Es ist wieder Zeit für unsere grosse Team CHallenge!
Am Samstag, 24. Juni 2017 findet zum achten Mal der grösste Team Wettkampf im deutschsprachigen Europa statt, die Swiss Team CHallenge (2016: 449 Teams/ 1796 athletes!). Der Anlass wird organisiert von CrossFit Basel und CrossFit Leman.
In allen CrossFit Boxen der ganzen Schweiz werden Teams gebildet, welche in zwei Kategorien (Regulars und Firebreathers) lokal in den jeweiligen Affiliates gegeneinander antreten. Die Resultate werden live online übertragen und ausgewertet. Die Teams bestehen aus vier Leuten, von welchen mindestens eine Frau und ein Mann dabei sein muss.
Die Teams messen sich in mehreren Events, welche vor der CHallenge bekannt gegeben werden. Zudem wird es – wie bereits in den vergangenen Jahren – wieder entsprechende Videos geben, worauf die Standards ersichtlich sind.
Die Workouts sind so kreiert, dass möglichst viele Athletinnen und Athleten egal (EGAL!) welchen Niveaus teilnehmen können. Die Athleten der Kategorie Firebreathers beherrschen 80% der vorgeschriebenen Übungen auf dem Whiteboard – die Regular Athleten absolvieren eine skalierte Version der Workouts. Also nochmal: ALLE können teilnehmen, alles was Ihr braucht ist ein Team und viel Motivation!
Die Swiss Team CHallenge ist der grösste Event in unserer Box und wir hoffen, dass sich dieses Ereignis niemand entgehen lässt! Es ist ein einmaliges Erlebnis, als WettkämpferIn dabei zu sein und mitzufiebern. Wir versprechen einen spektakulären Tag mit viel Schweiss, Urschreien, einer genialen CrossFit Community, Party und gutem Essen. Dabei sein ist ein MUSS!
Wer uns gerne als Helfer oder Judge unterstützen möchte, darf eine Mail an sarah@crossfitbasel.ch schreiben. Danke im Voraus!
Achtet auf die Plakate, die in der Box aushängen, auf welchen ihr euch und euer Team eintragen müsst.
Wir bieten Platz für 48 Teams – first come, first served.
Ausländische Teams nehmen auch dieses Jahr wieder (zum zweiten) Mal an der offiziellen, schweizweiten Wertung teil (sofern sie in einer Schweizer Box antreten) und können sich per Mail anmelden (siehe unten).
Die WODs und STANDARDS werden vor dem Wettkampf publiziert. Unter anderem findet ihr diese auf der offiziellen Facebookpage:
WICHTIG – TEAM CAPTAIN: Bei allen Teams sind die Captains (erster Athlet / erste Athletin auf dem Plakat) dafür verantwortlich, dass die Teammitglieder die Übungen, den Ablauf und die Standards kennen! Zudem schreibt der Captain eine Mail an sarah@crossfitbasel.ch mit allen Namen der Athletinnen und Athleten, sowie deren T-Shirt-Grössen und Mailadressen.
JUDGES: Wir suchen noch Judges – meldet euch bitte bei: sarah@crossfitbasel.ch
Man kann auch judgen UND als Athlet teilnehmen.
Das Judges Meeting findet am Montag den 19.Juni , 20:00 – 22:00 Uhr in der Box Dreispitz statt.
Wenn ihr nicht teilnehmt, kommt zum Zuschauen und Anfeuern! Je mehr Unterstützung unsere Teams haben, desto besser.
KOSTEN: 55.- CHF/EUR pro Person (exklusive Rabatte aber inklusive offiziellem Teilnehmer Shirt).
KLEIDUNG: Die Events finden drinnen statt, keine Aussenkleidung erforderlich
ANMELDUNG: Auf der Liste in der Box einschreiben.
ALLE CAPTAINS: Mail inklusive Teamname, Teilnehmer (Vor-und Nachname), Shirtgrössen und Mailadressen an sarah@crossfitbasel.ch
ANMELDESCHLUSS: Montag der 29. Mai 2017
Rückblick zu den Anfängen der Swiss Team CHallenge:
SUN’S OUT, GUNS OUT! It’s time for our big Team CHallenge!
Saturday, June 24th 2017, for the eighth time the biggest CrossFit Team competition (2016: 449 Teams/ 1796 athletes!) in the german speaking part of Europe will take place, the Swiss Team CHallenge. The event is been organised by CrossFit Basel and CrossFit Leman.
Every CrossFit box in Switzerland builds teams, which compete in two categories /Regulars and Firebreathers) in the according affiliates. The results will be broadcasted LIVE online and evaluated. The teams consist of 4 members – every team includes at least one female and at least one male athlete.
The teams compete in several events, which will be published ahead of the event with the respective standard videos.
The workouts are created for everyone – EVERYONE. We want as many athletes as possible to be part of the competition, no matter what level. Firebreather athletes master 80% of the given exercises on the Whiteboard, Regular athletes will absolve the scaled version of the workouts. So, again: EVERYONE can participate, all you need is a team and great motivation!!
The Swiss Team CHallenge is the biggest event in our box and we hope that no one misses out on it! It’s an exceptional experience to be part of it as an athlete. We promise a spectacular day with tons of sweat, primal screams, a fantastic CrossFit Community, party and good food. Be there, it’s a MUST!
If you would like to support us as a helper or Judge, please email us at: sarah@crossfitbasel.ch. Thank you so much in advance!
Please enrol you and your teammates on the STCH-posters at the Box.
We offer space for 48 teams – first come, first served!
For the second time in the history of this event, teams from outside of Switzerland are allowed to take part in the official ranking of the competition as long as they compete in a Swiss box. They can enrol via mail (see below).
The WODs and STANDARDS will be published ahead of the competition. Amongst others you can find them also on the official Facebookpage:
IMPORTANT – TEAM CAPTAIN: Every team has a Captain (first athlete on the poster), who is responsible for al the team members to know the exercises, the program of the event and the standards! PLUS, he/she must email at sarah@crossfitbasel.ch all the names, email addresses and shirt sizes of the athletes.
JUDGES: We are looking for Judges – please email us at: sarah@crossfitbasel.ch. You can be a competitor AND a judge. The Judges Meeting takes place on Monday, June 19 from 8pm to 10pm at the Dreispitz Box.
You may also come to watch and cheer! The more support and motivation our teams can get, the better.
COSTS: 55.- CHF/EUR per person (exclusive discounts but including the official athlete shirt).
CLOTHING: All events are held inside, no outdoor clothing needed.
REGISTRATION: List your names on the posters at the box.
ALL CAPTAINS: EMail which includes the name of the team, all participants (first – and last name), shirt sizes and email addresses at sarah@crossfitbasel.ch
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 29th 2017
We’re looking forward to an unforgettable competition – now scroll up and check the recap of our Swiss Team CHallenges from the last years!
On Sunday, March 20th, the Swiss Drug Free Powerlifting Federation (part of WDFPF) hosted their annual Swiss Championships in Lausanne. 30 athletes participated. The Committee thanks all volunteers and all participants, congratulations for the great results!
CrossFit Basel was represented by seven athletes and won 6 gold medals, took 9 swiss and 2 european records!
Monika, Sonja, Aline, Nick and me (Ramon) qualified for the World Championships in November.
Our lifting Team currently holds 78 swiss, 3 european and 5 world records!
Find detailed results and videos on the bottom of the post.
What is Powerlifting?
Every athlete has three attempts in the following three exercises (Powerlifts). The total of the best lifts count towards the total.
You can also compete in Single Lift Competitions where you choose to compete in one, two, or all three lifts, but get ranked separately in each lift.
The next event is the Swiss Single Lift Championship in Colombier (Saturday April 23rd).
There are raw competitions where only a belt is allowed and there are equipped competitions (single ply => one layer of suits/equipment and multi ply => several layers of equipment) where athletes wear assistant suits, briefs and knee wraps to be able to lift much more weight.
The World Drug Free Powerlifting Federation was established to give drug free lifters a home as in most strength sports there is no or little drug testing. In fact there is no other sports federation (including ALL olympic sports!) in the world today that knows such severe punishment like the WDFPF. If an athlete is tested positive he will be banned FOR LIFE and all past results will be erased.
The official results of the Swiss Powerlifting Championships (SDFPF) 2016 – Lausanne:
Thursdaynight, February 27th 2015, the first WOD of the CrossFit Games Open was released. We were all eagerly waiting to see what they came up with this time. Here’s what we got:
Workout 15.1
9 minutes AMRAP:
15 Toes to Bar
10 Deadlifts
5 Snatches
Workout 15.1A
6 minutes Time Cap:
1-Rep-Max Clean&Jerk
The first member on Friday 7am who tackled the challenge was our master member Esteban. In his usual ‚I-kick-my-ass-and-scream‘, he rocked that 15.1.
Rankings so far in Region Europe:
Men Overall:
1. Benaja Wälchli (350)
2. Joel Wächter (2549)
3. Claudio Gallasch (2385)
4. Ramon Gysin (2725)
5. Tom Schwander (2981)
Women Overall:
1. Alessia Wälchli (328)
2. Nadine Steinger (337)
3. Katrin Luethy (685)
4. Bao Luu (930)
5. Lynn Radusch (729)
Men WOD 15.1
1. Benaja Wälchli (205)
2. Claudio Gallasch (185)
3. Lukas Büel (168)
4. Fabian Tresch (162)
5. Joel Wächter (158)
Men WOD 15.1A
1. Ramon Gysin (137.5)
2. Tom Schwander (135)
3. Benaja Wälchli (130)
4. Joel Wächter (120)
5. Jona Harder (120)
Women WOD 15.1
1. Alessia Wälchli (183)
2. Katrin Luethy (176)
3. Jessica Preiss (163)
4. Nadine Steinger (160)
5. Bao Luu (150)
Women WOD 15.1 A
1. Nora Jäggi (91)
2. Nadine Steinger (88.5)
3. Lynn Radusch (81)
4. Alessia Wälchli (78.5)
5. Romina Wicki (78.5)
Headcoach Ramon Gysin’s recap of the first round of this year’s CrossFit Games Open:
‚First week down. The box is literally vibrating. Five weeks in which everyone is nervous and the air is full of tension.
I love the opens and I hate it as well. I love it, because people seem to be more alive. They want to achieve something – they have goals they want to reach, they compete against each other. I love to see their smiles if they did much better than expected.
I also love to see their fear cause I know this experience will teach them a lesson in life as well.
I hate it (sarcasm right there ;)) because it is extremely time consuming and it’s hardly possible to get any other work done during these five weeks. Our team invests plenty of extra time and effort to make this happen for you!
Enough philosophy, back to the numbers – basically the main task during these five weeks – leaderboarding. It’s all about the numbers in the end.
CrossFit is getting more and more competitive and the qualifications toughen up every year. That is a good thing – we don’t want to get lazy or stand still, do we? This year, CrossFit Headquarters designed super regions. Only twenty teams from Europe will go to the Regional Games this year, together with ten teams from Africa!
The individual athletes will drop out of the teams AFTER the Opens. This way, it is very hard to predict which ranking has to be striven for to be qualified in the end. Last year, the leaderboard changed dramatically! Currently, we are sitting on place 26 in Europe out of over 400 registered teams. Together with the team from our friends of CrossFit Turicum we are the best teams in the german speaking area.
Part 15.1a (1-max-rep C&J) brought us rank eleven, which is actually the second best Open result ever. Technically, this means we have some of the best CrossFit weightlifters in Europe at our box. Obviously, the work in our very successful olympic weightlifting club, lead-managed by uncle Tom pays off!
Personally, I must say that I am very happy with my results – I was close to some of the youngsters and CrossFit specialists from my box.
Let’s see what comes up next? Quoting my friend Jami: ‚It’s gonna be CrossFit.“
The season 2015 begins with the worldwide CROSSFIT GAMES OPEN – on February 26 2015!! Our ambition is to qualify for the CrossFit Regionals Europe where we were part of since 2011 – challenge accepted!!
What are the CrossFit Games?
Anyone can sign up to compete in five workouts over five weeks and post their scores online. Last year, the Open reached more than 209,000 athletes from around the world. The next stage of the CrossFit Games season are the CrossFit Regionals. Competitors need to finish near the top of their region’s Leaderboard. The top five men, five women and five teams at the end of each three-day regional competition will receive invitations to the CrossFit Games in the US, where the fittest person on Earth will be crowned.
Whether you are a beginner, an advanced athlete, junior or master – the CrossFit Games Open are accessible for anyone. There is already a whole slew of athletes from CrossFit Basel who are currently prepping for the competition. Join them and let’s compete side by side!!
On February 26, 2015 at 5pm PST (Fridaynight 1am for us) the first Open Workout will be released. Athletes have four days – until Mondaynight 1am – to absolve the workout. Judges will score the performance and you will have to submit your results to the Games site online. A new workout will be released every Thursdaynight within these five weeks (end of Open Games: March 30th, 2015). A scaled option of the Open workout will be released each week of the Open too. With reduced loading or less challenging movements, the scaled option will be designed to make the Open even more accessible.
Let’s DO THIS!!
CrossFit Basel offers Workout Times at the box. These are as follows:
Friday, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Saturday, 3pm – 5pm (no workout time on March 14 and March 21) / 7pm – 9pm
Sunday, 2pm – 4pm (no workout time on March 1st, March 15 and March 22) / 7pm – 9pm
Please be aware of workout time changes. Stay tuned on our Facebook page or ask the coaches!
We genuinely want to encourage all of you to register for this competition. Not only will it be challenging and a ton of fun to compete within the community, but it is the perfect chance to gather competition experience and to figure out your current position with your performance and strength in CrossFit. Go, sign up!!
CrossFit Basel at the CrossFit Games Regionals Europe since 2011!
Let’s take a quick review on CrossFit Basel’s performances at the CrossFit Games Open/Regionals:
The first time we sent athletes to the CrossFit Games Regionals Europe was back in 2011. Coach Claudia competed in the category Women Individuals and placed 18th. Read the article from back in the days here!
We did not miss out on the Regionals in 2012 and competed as a team and individual. The team placed 18th and Ramon Gysin who competed as Individual won Event 5, the ‚Snatch Ladder‘. He made it to the final and finished strong with a 15th place out of 60 athletes!
Also, see the ladies team in action!
2013: Tom Schwander (ranked 47) and Nadine Steinger (ranked 33) entered the Regionals as Individuals, plus we sent two teams!
This time the teams finished with a strong 19th and 23rd place.
2014: Again last year, a team of our best athletes travelled to Copenhagen to take the challenge of the CrossFit Games Regionals Europe. This time they came in 15th!!
We are certainly proud of our qualifications 4 times in a row and will give our best to be part of the Regional Games in Copenhagen this year as well. Also important to point out is that the teams of athletes varied from year to year. Overall, we sent TWENTY different athletes to the Reebok CrossFit Games Regionals Europe during these four years. This shows that we follow a concept and strategy that works. Considering that the qualifications get tougher each year, we can be proud to be well in the loop with the fittest people on Earth.
Become a Judge!!
In order to keep up with the international standards, all workouts must be scored by certified judges. Anyone who is interested is allowed or better asked to take this course and become a judge! You can simply take the course of six modules here. This course includes general information on competition rules, regulations and common movements. If you already absolved the course or have any questions about it, contact us at email at web@crossfitbasel.ch.
And now let’s train, prepare, get strong and look forward to a strong CrossFit Games Open 2015!!
