The Iron Star Games – a CrossFit, Powerlifting, and Olympic lifting Competition. The Iron Star Games spreads across 20 Days, 14 Scored Events, 5 Dedicated Recovery Workouts, and an Awards Ceremony. Coached in small classes, you’ll be taught how to properly complete each event. The Games features a beginner scaling for newer lifters and elite scaling for more seasoned athletes. We will crown 12 total champions: Iron Star, Rising Star, Strongest Male & Female, Elite and Beginner-level CrossFit Champions, plus a Spirit Award.
We’ll be awarding over $3,000 in gift certificates and prizes. The Iron Star Games Start January 4, 2021. Special Black Friday Pricing is now in effect.
When is the Iron Star Games?
The Iron Star Games will run from January 4 - January 24. It is not necessary for you to attend every day to win or participate. View the schedule.
Iron Star Competition Overview
The Iron Star Games is Comprises of 14 Events: 7 CrossFit, 4 Powerlifting, and 3 Olympic Lifting. The Iron Games takes place over 20 consecutive days, 1 workout per day. The event features an Elite Class and a Beginner Class. Plus separate brackets for men and women. Scoring is also normalized by age.
How Does It Work?
Class Members: will do each of the events one day after the other. To avoid overtraining problems, we will continue our Yoga & Mobility training on the fourth day.
Personal Training: members may compete in the games by scheduling the workouts with their coach starting today. As long as you complete all 14 events by January 23, you are good.
Open Gym Members: may compete by filming and posting their workouts. If through Instagram, please use IGTV and tag @sandandsteelfitness. If through Youtube, please make sure you use the Sand and Steel Fitness Location Tag when you upload. Please put the event number and event title in the video. Open Gym Members will need to additionally have our Class Programming Membership to compete. Workouts must be logged into SugarWOD in order for the score to be counted.
Registration Rules
Existing Members: In order to enter the competition, you have to register below, and you have to log all your time or load into our SugarWOD Tracking System.
New Members: register using the registration form below and then book a gym tour, so we can show you in person what to do.
Table of Contents
Pricing & Registration
Current Member Pricing
Early Bird Pricing-
14 Workouts
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5 Recovery Workouts
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Trophies & Prizes
New Member Pricing
Sale Ends November 30-
14 Workouts
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5 Recovery Workouts
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Trophies & Prizes
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Open Gym Membership Included
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Fitness Class Membership Included
FAQ
Participation is Optional. We’ll be doing the Iron Star Games during the normally scheduled times. If you’d like to eligible to win prizes, you should register asap.
Fitness Class Membership Info | Open Gym Membership Info
Your Iron Star Games Membership will expire on the last day of the games. At which time, your membership will roll into our Combo Unlimited Membership. You can cancel or request a hold on your membership though at any time.
Yes, beginners are welcome in our Beginner Class. Additional modifications will be provided as needed.
Elite Class is approximately in between the Advanced & Expert levels in Sand and Steel’s normal Classes.
Champion Class is approximately in between the Beginner and Intermediate level in Sand and Steel’s normal Classes.
For more on our class levels, see our workout of the day page.
If the lockdown occurs before the games start, your membership will be converted to store credit that you can use for any future membership. If the lockdown occurs during the games, your membership will be placed on hold until the games can resume.
Iron Star Games
Prizes and Awards
Prizes will be awarded on Sunday morning, January 24, 2021.
12 Real Trophies
Each of the 12 winners will receive a real trophy to celebrate their achievement.
1 Gym Plaque for all 12 Winners
Sand and Steel will get an engraved plaque with all ten winners. Everyone will remember how you did.
$100 Gift Certificate
Our All Star Spirit Award Recipient Also Receives $100 Gift Certifcate.
Free Owner's Training With Paul
All winners will receive 1 Owner's Training Session with Paul. $100 Value.
Free Owner's Training with Dawn
All winners will receive 1 Owner's Training Session with Paul. $100 Value.
12 Recognized Winners
- Iron Star: Top Male Athlete
- Iron Star: Top Female Athlete
- Rising Star: Top Male Athlete
- Rising Star: Top Female Athlete
- All Star Coach: Top Coach
- All Star Spirit Award: Gym Spirit
- Strongest Man
- Strongest Woman
- CrossFit Elite: Top Male Athlete
- CrossFit Elite: Top Female Athlete
- CrossFit Champion: Top Male Beginner Class
- CrossFit Champion: Top Female Beginner Class
At a Glance
Technique and Instruction
All workouts include professional instruction. If an exercise is unfamilar to you, we will teach you how to do it safely.
Yoga and Mobility Classes Included
Thursdays and Sunday are mobility and recovery days. Optional, but highly recommended.
Weigh-ins
Because this is a Strength Competition, we need to have weigh-ins on the first the day. Our scoring is adjusted to take into account your weight.
Male and Female Winners
Women's Workouts are scaled so that they are equally challenging + our lifting comps take into account gender in the scoring. The result, while we have prizes and awards for both genders, we will find out who is the Strongest Overall.
Scoring
In order for your score to be counted, it must be logged into SugarWOD.
Elite and Beginner Level Scaling
If you are new to CrossFit or you just out of shape, you'll still be able to safely compete in our beginner class. The beginner class features the same style workouts with lower weights and less technical exercises.
The Iron Star Event Schedule
There are 20 Days of the Iron Star Games. There are 14 Scored Events, 5 dedicated recovery days, and 1 Awards Ceremony.
Max Effort Squat or Power Clean
- 10:00 Minute Warmup
- 3 Attempts – Max 1:00 Minute per Attempt
- Weights Can Only Be Increased Once Selected.
- Elite: For time: 21-15-9 reps of squat cleans (135/95lb) and ring dips.
- Champion: For time: 21-15-9 reps of hang power cleans (95/65lb) and band assisted ring dips or 2x Box Dips.
Max Effort Barbell Squat
- 10:00 Minute Warmup
- 3 Attempts – Max 1:00 Minute per Attempt
- Weights Can Only Be Increased Once Selected.
Yoga with Ira and Kinstretch with Paul
- Skill Work: Pullup, Squat, Press, Thruster
- Elite: For time: 21-15-9 reps of thruster (95/75lb) and pull-ups.
- Champion: 21-15-9 reps of thruster 75/55; Banded Pullups or 3x Ring Rows
- Mobility: Lats and Chest
Max Effort Bench Press
- 10:00 Minute Warmup
- 3 Attempts – Max 1:00 Minute per Attempt
- Weights Can Only Be Increased Once Selected.
The main rules are associated with keeping your head, shoulders, and buttocks in contact with the bench, and your feet flat on the floor. Furthermore, you must pause the weight on your chest before pressing and have a constant forward motion of the barbell.
Coach Ira guides you through a restorative Yin Class. Coach Paul helps you with mobility in the recovery clinic
- Skills: Handstand Pushups Practice & Deadlift Technique
- Elite: For time: 21-15-9 reps of deadlifts (225/155lb) and handstand push-ups (head on abmat).
- Champion: For time: 21-15-9 reps of deadlifts (135/95b) and Pike Pushups.
- Mobility: shoulders
- Skills: Due to the complex nature of this workout, we’ll focus just on demoing the exercise and explaining the scoring.
- Elite: For Time: complete 150 Total reps alternating on 1 Minute Rounds: Burpees, 75 pound Power snatch, Box jump, 24″ box, 75 pound Thruster, Chest to bar Pull-ups, Rest. This a variation of Hope, modified for time.
- Champion: 150 Total reps alternating on 1 Minute Rounds: Three rounds of: Burpees, 45 pound Power snatch, Box jump, 18” box, 45 pound Thruster, Banded Pulllups. This a variation of Hope, modified for time.
Max Effort Barbell Deadlift
- 10:00 Minute Warmup
- 3 Attempts – Max 1:00 Minute per Attempt
- Weights Can Only Be Increased Once Selected.
Yoga with Ira and Kinstretch with Paul
- Skill Work: Clean and Jerk Technique
- Elite: For time: 30 clean-and-jerks (135/95lb).
- Champion: 30 ground to overhead (95/65lb)
- Mobility: T-Spine Mobility
Max effort squat jerk, push press, or spilt jerk:
- 10:00 Minute Warmup
- 3 Attempts – Max 1:00 Minute per Attempt
- Weights Can Only Be Increased Once Selected.
- Press from the squat rack.
Coach Ira guides you through a restorative Yin Class. Coach Paul helps you with mobility in the recovery clinic
- Elite: For time: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of deadlift (1.5 BW), bench press (BW), clean (0.75 BW).
- Champion: For time: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of deadlift (1 BW), bench press (.75 BW), clean (0.50 BW).
Max Effort Barbell Front Squat
- 10:00 Minute Warmup
- 3 Attempts – Max 1:00 Minute per Attempt
- Weights Can Only Be Increased Once Selected.
- Elite: It wouldn’t be a true CrossFit Competition Without some Unknown Elements. This a Workout from your past — come back to haunt you.
- Champion: No help here — an easier version — just as ruthless.
Yoga with Ira and Kinstretch with Paul
Max Effort Sumo Deadlift Max
- 10:00 Minute Warmup
- 3 Attempts – Max 1:00 Minute per Attempt
- Weights Can Only Be Increased Once Selected.
Awards Ceremony will be at 10AM. Breakfast to be provided.
Iron Star Games Registration Form
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