Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Longtime CrossFit Seminar Staff trainer and CF-L4 coach Chuck Carswell weighs in on Open Workout 26.2.
This week’s workout will challenge athletes’ stamina and test their skills. For the tip of the spear, Carswell advises attacking it as a sprint, aiming to finish under 7 minutes. For the rest of us, pacing is key. Know your capacity on the gymnastics movements and don’t redline. Overhead stability with the dumbbell is of utmost importance here, Carswell says. As for the dumbbell snatches, go for unbroken reps if you can.
Review all movement standards and scorecards carefully before completing the workout, and don’t forget to submit your score in the CrossFit app or on the CrossFit Games website by 5 p.m. PT, Monday, March 9.
Open Workout 26.2 is presented by Velites.
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Longtime CrossFit Seminar Staff trainer and CF-L4 coach Chuck Carswell weighs in on Open Workout 26.2.
This week’s workout will challenge athletes’ stamina and test their skills. For the tip of the spear, Carswell advises attacking it as a sprint, aiming to finish under 7 minutes. For the rest of us, pacing is key. Know your capacity on the gymnastics movements and don’t redline. Overhead stability with the dumbbell is of utmost importance here, Carswell says. As for the dumbbell snatches, go for unbroken reps if you can.
Review all movement standards and scorecards carefully before completing the workout, and don’t forget to submit your score in the CrossFit app or on the CrossFit Games website by 5 p.m. PT, Monday, March 9.
Open Workout 26.2 is presented by Velites.
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CrossFit is the world’s leading platform for improving health and performance. In the 20 years since its founding, CrossFit has grown from a garage gym in Santa Cruz, California, into the world’s most effective program for improving health and performance through nutrition and exercise. CrossFit is the world’s leading provider of accredited performance-based training courses and certifications and has more than 125,000 credentialed coaches across the world. The program can be modified to welcome people of all ages and abilities and millions of people have already experienced CrossFit’s transformational benefits in more than 13,000 affiliated gyms across 158 countries. CrossFit also directs the CrossFit Games season, beginning with the annual CrossFit Open, through which athletes at every level compete worldwide, and culminating in the CrossFit Games, where top athletes compete for the title of Fittest on Earth®.
Learn more about CrossFit → crossfit.com/what-is-crossfit/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=crossfit
Find a CrossFit gym near you → crossfit.com/map?utm_source=social&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=crossfit
Find CrossFit Courses near you → crossfit.com/courses-near-you?utm_source=social&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=crossfit
View CrossFit workouts → crossfit.com/workout?utm_source=social&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=crossfit
Subscribe to CrossFit email newsletters → crossfit.com/newsletters/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=crossfit
Learn more about the CrossFit Games → https://cf.games/games-learn-more
