Sri Lanka team for CrossFit Games 2019 in USA, sponsored by Esna Luxury Tea
For the first time, two athletes from Sri Lanka, Andy Andrews and Keshini Vitharana were selected as the 'Fittest in Sri Lanka' to represent Sri Lanka at the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games, held in Madison, Wisconsin, USA from August 1 to 4. Sponsored by Esna Luxury Tea, they competed alongside athletes from the world over which was a life enduring experience and set the stage for other athletes too to participate in the future. The energy in the stadium was exhilarating and the experience gained by them due to intense competition augurs well for development and conditioning our athletes for future events.
CrossFit is a strength and conditioning programme consisting mainly of a mix of aerobic exercise, calisthenics, and Olympic weightlifting. CrossFit Inc. , describes its strength and conditioning programme as 'constantly varied functional movements executed at high intensity across broad time and modal domains, with the stated goal of improving fitness', which it defines as 'work capacity across broad time and modal domains. hour-long classes at affiliated gyms, or boxes, typically include a warm-up, a skill development segment, the high- intensity workout of the day (or WOD), and a period of individual or group stretching.
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