Everyone Seems Exciting About the Team Series’ 1RM Back Squat

The 1RM back squat made its long-awaited debut in Week 2 of the CrossFit Team Series. For the first time in a CrossFit-sanctioned competition, the 1RM back squat has been programmed and by the looks of social media, the competitors are pretty pumped!

Here’s a look at some of the big lifts we have seen less than 24 hours following the live announcement last night…

YEAH!! That just happened! Gotta love the team series 💥🙌 hit a new PB back squat 140kg- almost forgot there was more left of the workout 😅💁 Excited for the rest and having a BLAST with this one @katrintanja 💕 @roguefitness @crossfitgames #teamseries

A post shared by Annie Thorisdottir (@anniethorisdottir) on Sep 28, 2017 at 7:54am PDT

515# leg exercise for the #CrossFitTeamSeries 🦍 – Team 'Mediocre Regional Athletes' were too excited that that we got a max leg exercise! @lindsey_jacoby _________________________________ @mission6nutrition #mission6 @virusintl #virusintl @fitaid #fitaid @iab_mfg #iabmfg @rxproshop #rxps @crossfitgames #crossfitgames @crossfitkrypton #crossfitkrypton @crossfit #crossfit @thebensmithblueprint #thebensmithblueprint #squat

A post shared by Adam Klink (@adamklink) on Sep 28, 2017 at 10:25am PDT

And the award for the slowest backsquat ever goes to…. 🙋‍♂️ #teamseries #backsquat #crossfitgames @allsportcrossfit

A post shared by Travis Williams (@travismfwilliams) on Sep 27, 2017 at 8:43pm PDT

Did it go up? Stay tuned! @bsmit13 @reebok @crossfitgames #crossfitteamseries #teamreeboklegacy

A post shared by Scott Panchik (@scottpanchik) on Sep 28, 2017 at 11:00am PDT

@scottpanchik @reebok #TeamReebokLegacy #CrossFitTeamSeries Stay Tuned…

A post shared by Ben Smith (@bsmit13) on Sep 28, 2017 at 10:59am PDT