Dave Castro Announces Top Training Camp Award at 2024 CrossFit Games

Dave Castro announced in a video on Thursday that a new performance-based award for the top training camp will be given at the 2024 CrossFit Games. 

The details: CrossFit’s GM of Sport dropped the news during a video interview with Matt O’Keefe, the Chief Executive Officer of HWPO Training.  

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• “At the end of the Games, we’re going to have a top training camp award. It’s going to be given on the floor, but we’re going to keep it underground this year. We’ll have a trophy for it,” Castro said.
• He added that the details are still being worked out, but the premise is that the award will be completely performance-based. 

The scoring system will be similar to a golf match, with the winner having the lowest number of points. 

• The number of athletes allowed per training camp and the minimum number of athletes required to participate have yet to be determined. 

The CrossFit space has only recently started to split into large training camps or specific programming styles, which community members and elite athletes choose to follow. 

Some of the more well-known camps include PRVN Fitness (created by Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and her husband, Shane), Mayhem Athlete (created by Rich Froning), HWPO Training (created by Mat Fraser), and Max El-Hag’s, Training Think Tank. 

• “Honestly, I love it,” O’Keefe said in response to Castro’s idea. “I’m all in on that.”

Castro added that the winning camp would get a trophy and, of course, bragging rights.

The bottom line: Not only will the winningest training camp gain clout, but it will also give them another opportunity to stand out among a growing list of camps that everyday athletes and affiliates have to choose from. 

While the details are still being ironed out, the training camp award is another way to highlight athletes’ successes and the CrossFit community as a whole.

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