"Fittest on Earth" New Orleans Athlete to Represent City at 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games

NEW ORLEANS - June 13, 2016 - PRLog -- This Wednesday, June 15, 2016, members of the media along with CrossFit athletes and fans will have the opportunity to meet and observe local athlete Matt Wiebke in an elite training workout as he prepares for the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games.

When: Wednesday, June 15, 2016,10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Where: Big Easy CrossFit - 2401 Tchoupitoulas St., New Orleans, LA 70130

What: Media Day Workout - Extreme training regimen, interviews, photo and b-roll opportunities, fitness and nutrition advice, autographs

Who: Matt Wiebke, Reebok CrossFit Athlete; Zack DiBenedetto, Owner, and Head Coach at Big Easy CrossFit

The workout, which is typically closed to the public, will take place Wednesday morning at Wiebke's sponsoring facility Big Easy CrossFit. Media and spectators will have the chance to discuss training preparations, ask fitness and nutrition questions as well as work out alongside Wiebke after signing a waiver.

Big Easy Crossfit owner and head coach Zack DiBenedetto will oversee the event as well as be available for interviews. DiBenedetto, who also works with several New Orleans Saints players and Coach Sean Payton, coaches 5 training sessions each week with Wiebke who is himself a certified coach.

The events at the CrossFit Games are made up of a broad range of functional movements such as moving large loads, gymnastic exercises, and traversing long distances as quickly as possible. These movements are the basis for the CrossFit exercise program as a whole; however, the CrossFit Games are designed to test, not train, fitness in order to find the fittest athletes on the planet which is why athletes do not know the specific events in which they will compete prior to the Games.

The 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games South Regional featured the fittest men, women, and teams from the South West and South Central United States, as well as all of Latin America. 68,000 athletes from these three regions entered the Open, but only the top 50 men, 50 women, and 40 6-person teams were invited to compete at the South Regional May 13 - 15 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.

The five men, five women, and five teams who did the best in relation to their peers across all of the events were invited to compete at the CrossFit Games held at the StubHub Center in Carson, California July 19-24.

Wiebke will be in a field that has been whittled down from hundreds of thousands of athletes in the Open to the world's fittest 40 men, 40 women, 40 teams, 40 teenagers, and 20 masters (Wiebke's division) in the Games.  Wiebke's division alone included over 12,000 athletes.  After the Open, the top 200 were invited to participate in a second round of qualification, from which the top 20 were selected for the CrossFit Games. The CrossFit Games will rank the world's fittest, and determine if Wiebke is the "Fittest on Earth."

Matt Wiebke CrossFit Profile
http://games.crossfit.com/athlete/48148

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About Big Easy Crossfit
Big Easy CrossFit is a community that extends past the gym doors. Individualized fitness and nutrition coaching coupled with high-intensity functional movements for the whole body strengthen the muscles you use on a daily basis (and some you don't). With constantly varying workouts, the only competition in the CrossFit class setting is against your own personal record. Join us, and you'll make friends. You'll push yourself. You'll accomplish what you never thought possible, and you'll come back and do it again tomorrow. We offer all levels of classes, nutrition coaching, and the On-Ramp - a twice-weekly workout to introduce you to common CrossFit movements. The first class is always free.
http://bigeasy-crossfit.com