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03132018 – CrossFit

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Someone programmed past open workouts into Open season… Today was 15.1 and 15.1a.

The full workout description is here with analysis here.

9 minute AMRAP of:

15 Toes to Bar

10 Deadlifts 115#

5 Snatches

Then 15.1a was 6 minutes to find 1 RM of Clean and Jerk.

I did the scaled movements and weight for the first part of Hanging Knee Raises and 85 pounds on the bar.

In warmups I did get my first Toes to Bar and got a few in! Not smooth, similar kipping hiccup to my pull ups.

I was able to complete 5 rounds and 26 reps which means I got 1 snatch done in my last round.

Then I hit a quick Clean and Jerk at the 85# and then took a minute to recover. I made 3 or 4 lift before hitting the last one with 5 seconds left of 125#. This was a 20# PR from the last time we tested a Clean and Jerk in 2016. But not necessarily a PR of the other combinations of the lifts. I will take it though, especially right after a 9 minute MetCon.

03092018 – CrossFit

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This was seriously no joke. I missed watching the announcement live and got a text that just said… 800 double unders. Then some more details. My first thought was I can barely get 3 dubs in a row and they usually double the number for single unders. Fortunately that wasn’t the case!

Here is the actual 18.3 Rx
2 rounds for time:
100 double-under
20 overhead squats (115/80)
100 double-unders
12 ring muscle-ups
100 double-unders
20 dumbbell snatches (50/35)
100 double-unders
12 bar muscle-ups

*14 min time cap

Here’s what I did:

100 single-unders
20 overhead squats 45#
100 single-unders
12 pullups
100 single-unders
20 dumbbell snatches 50#
100 single-unders
12 pullups

*14 min time cap

My gym took some coaching license for our competition and made modifications to the scaling. I was going to attempt a scaled +(-) the scaled plus still had dubs so I was going to do those but the overhead squat weight was lower and had pull ups.

Anyway, I was going for 95# on the overhead squat. Let’s just say that was going to work. After 5 or 6 attempts I’d only completed 2 reps, I just couldn’t quite get low enough. So we stripped the plates and I finished the last 18 reps at the scaled weight of 45#. I didn’t get any more no reps!

No muscle ups here and not anywhere close! I did manage to get all 24 pull ups done with only 1 no rep! He didn’t really want to call it, so I just hopped up and did one more. It was mainly in sets of 2 or 3, but I got it done!

The 50# dumbbell snatch might be the biggest achievement of the morning. I wasn’t 100% sure I’d be able to do it, but it was only 10 per arm! I managed to get through with only one break and no no reps!

I made it through the first round and started all over! I was able to make it through the next 100 single unders and got 9 overhead squats done before hitting the time cap! My total was 573 reps!

I won’t have time, but I’m curious about what I could do if I attempted it scaled as written. Thoughts?

03022018 – CrossFit

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18.2 and 18.2a!

As noted in the announcement this was a burner! I also really struggled with whether to try this Rx or not. I could have done the movements as written. Ultimately, I did it scaled and that was a good decision. I barely made it into 18.2a and would not have had I done it Rx. What was this 18.2 CrossFit Open workout?

In 12 minutes complete the following:

1 dumbbell squat (2 35# dumbbells)

1 barfacing burbee

2 of each

3 of each

4 of each

5 of each

6

7

8

9

10 of each…

Then with any time remaining get to a 1RM Clean – this is 18.2a.

The first 5 rounds moved along pretty quickly l, but after that things started to slowly fall apart. The burpees got really hard, if you need help with the math there were 55 of each movement and round 8 is when you hit the halfway mark on the reps. I started out doing strict burpees but started doing more stepbacks or stepovers in rounds 6 and 7. I finished the last round with less than a minute and was able to squeeze in 3 cleans in that time finishing with 120 on the bar. That last minute was intense with loading the bar and cleaning it.

02232018 – CrossFit

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18.1 = Done.

My first CrossFit Open workout is complete. The Open is the annual chance for anyone around the world to compete against themselves and each other on some really hard workouts!

18.1 is the first of 5 workouts. You can find more info about 18.1 here.

I was able to complete it scaled as written:

20 Minute AMRAP:

8 Hanging Knee Raises

10 Dumbbell Hang Clean and Jerk (5 on each side) 35#

14 Calorie Row

I was able to complete 290 reps or 9 rounds plus 2 reps. The dumbbell was definitely the hardest part for me.

02022018 – CrossFit

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Today was another CrossFit Open workout… 17.4 standards and analysis. This was also 16.4 for those keeping track. Only 5% completed a full round!

I did the scaled version of the 13 minute AMRAP.

55 Deadlift 135#

55 Wallball 14#

55 Cal Row

55 Pushups

I got off the rower with just less than a minute left and was able to bang out 10 Pushups on a box. I should have just done 1 or 2 from the floor to maintain a scaled as written workout. Oh well.

That was a hard chipper!