This year's CrossFit Games Open has just ended after five gruelling weeks of soaring highs and crushing lows. Workouts that seemed so easy on paper yet cut the legs out from under you in minutes; or workouts that left you staring at the bar at the end of your physical capacity with no hope of further progression. But what about the single  rep that you got into the next round? What about the tactics that you weren't too sure about that got you further than all of your friends? The morning that you woke up and said "Finally. Deadlift and box jumps! It's my time." The Open had a little something for everyone; no matter how experienced. Every year we have done it, it has inspired us to greater things than we felt capable of. It brought some new people to the gym and brought back some long overdue old faces. In particular, Sundays were an outstanding display of camaraderie and cakes with the recent formation of the Fat Lad's Rhabdo Club. We have collectively and individually accomplished some amazing things this year: With 192 athletes registered we were once again the largest team in Europe (13th Largest Worldwide) and it is testament to the community and to the commitment of the athletes to the gym and one another that we continue to dominate on our capacity to get behind one another. We are expecting something to recognise this achievement from the powers that be. 40% of Scotland's top 10 [...]