Videos of people walking backwards up walls first started appearing on Instagram on Friday. The wall walk was followed up with dumbbell snatches and box jumps – everyone’s videos showing the same moves performed at similarly fast-paced rhythms.

Of course, it’s not unusual to see videos of people completing circuits like this online – but the reason everyone was sharing the exact same workout was for a particular reason: the CrossFit Open.

Given that so many of our favourite athletes and fitness influencers (and even our gym-going friends) are getting involved, we wanted to know what exactly this competition is – and how to get started ourselves. So we spoke with Jess Rosart, manager of functional training gym WIT, to explain everything there is to know about the CrossFit Open 2022.

CrossFit Open 2022: what is the 22.1 workout and why is it all over Instagram?