Subscribe to the CrossFit Journal for the full hour-long feature: https://journal.crossfit.com/subscribe “Behind the Scenes” is back with another all-access pass to the CrossFit Games. In this series, director and producer Sevan Matossian offers an uncensored look behind the curtain of 11th edition of the Games, held Aug. 3-6 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. In Part 2, the athletes officially kick off the 2017 competition with Run Swim Run, followed by the Games’ first cyclocross event. Later, they close out the day with Amanda .45, a tougher variation of the traditional muscle-up/snatch couplet. Who will push through the pain and stand atop the leaderboard after Day 1? The CrossFit Journal — ( The CrossFit Games® – The Sport