Yesterday, I put out my predictions for the 2016 CrossFit Games Regional events, and today, Dave Castro announced the first two Regional events... kind of.

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Event 1 is “Snatch” and Event 2 is “Regionals Nate.” So what could that mean? Here are my top three guesses at each event:

Snatch

The heavy snatch has shown up in Regionals several times in various formats from 1RM Hang Snatch to an ascending snatch ladder with double-under buy-ins before each lift.

For two consecutive years, Regionals have featured a 1RM snatch in some form or another (hang-squat snatch in 2014, full snatch in 2015). This year, I think we’ll see some sort of complex.

Hang Snatch + Snatch

This is a combination of the 2014 and 2015 events. The athlete starts by deadlifting the bar to the hips, then finishes with a hang snatch (without allowing the bar to go below the knee). Without dropping the bar, the athlete then brings the bar back down, taps the ground, and performs a full snatch.

Three-Position Snatch

This is another way to combine the 2014 and 2015 events while adding a bonus rep. The athlete deadlifts the bar and starts with a hang snatch from above the knee. Then, the athlete hang-snatches from below the knee, and finishes with a full snatch from the floor.

2RM Snatch

I like this version the best. The athletes would be given a short clock, somewhere between 10-20 seconds, and be tasked with two full snatches as heavy as possible within that time frame.

Regionals Nate

Nate is a great Hero workout:

AMRAP 20 minutes
2 muscle-ups
4 handstand push-ups
8 kettlebell swings (70/53)

Last year, we saw two Hero workouts on Friday and neither of them were modified. How could Nate be changed to make it more Regionals-specific?

We’ve already seen a variation of a classic appear at Regionals in the form of Nasty Girls V2 from 2014. In that case, air squats became pistols, and the hang/power cleans got heavier. If we apply the same concept to Nate, we get:

Nate V2

AMRAP 20:
2 muscle-ups
4 strict-deficit handstand push-ups
8 kettlebell swings (88/62)

I think that’s too simple, though. CrossFit has learned that showmanship is important, and watching a group of people execute a 20-minute AMRAP is not only tough to follow, but also boring to watch. This would be more exciting:

Regionals Nate

4 rounds for time:
8 muscle-ups
16 strict-deficit handstand push-ups
32 kettlebell swings (88/62)

It’s quicker than 20 minutes, grippier than the original Nate, and adds not only more weight, but also more difficult handstand push-ups.