Open 16.2 snippets

I was excited about this one because Dan Bailey. 'Nuff said.

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No, that's not chalk you see in the air but steam from Bailey's body. The announcement was made in a garage in North Carolina, which apparently had freezing temps at that time.

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I have to admit that I'd only recently learned about the Damn Daniel vine/meme going around. I came across this post in my Explore feed when I searched for #danbailey. It's just so apt.

Anyway, I did a scaled version of the workout:

25 TTBs/hanging knee raises
50 DUs
15 squat cleans (65#)

And in the first 4-minute round I only made it to the 10 squat cleans, so my score was 85 reps. Weak.

July 1 WOD: Dead lifts and DUs

A. Strength: Dead lift

In 20 minutes, work up to a heavy single (85-90% of 1RM)

B. Metcon

EMOM 12 minutes:

Even: 5 dead lifts
Odd: 30 double unders

Our score was the total number of rounds we were able to complete. I missed two rounds of DUs.


My score: 185# (dead lift); 10 rounds (135#)

June 23 WOD: Row and thrusters

A. Strength and Skill

4 sets of:

5 front squats (65-80%)
Rest 10 seconds
5 high box jumps (rest 5 seconds between reps)
Rest 3 minutes

B. Metcon (20 minute cap)

1000m row/run, then:

3 rounds:

15 thrusters (95/65#)
30 double unders

It was raining out so we all rowed for the metcon. Coach Jordan wanted us to be done with the row in 5 minutes since we were doing the WOD in 2 heats. I finished in 4+ minutes but it took a couple of minutes before I could stand properly again. Another DNF under my belt!


My score: 85#/26" (FS and BJ); 1+22 DUs (55#)

Jun 2 WOD: Dead lifts and DUs

A. Strength

Dead lift: work up to a heavy 2RM in 15 minutes (not for touch and go)

B. Metcon

Partner WOD

3 RFT (total of 6 rounds per pair)
50 double unders
20 box jump overs (20/18")

I was partnered with Rae and only one of us could work at a time. The partner must complete a round before the other one can start working. I love these built-in rest periods.


My score: 185# (2RM DL); 13:10 Rx

May 30 WOD: Olys and DUs

A. BBG

Snatch complex (15 minutes)

Power snatch + hang squat snatch + squat snatch

Clean complex (15 minutes)

Power clean + push jerk + split jerk

B. Metcon

100 DUs
Rest the same amount of time 100 DUs were completed
100 DUs

My squat snatch still needs a lot of work, especially when it comes to getting into the bottom position. I used the blocks when I did the clean complex so I didn't exactly do power cleans because the bar was already at my knees.

Oh, and my DUs were actually quite decent today! I finished the first hundred in 2:48 and the second one in about 4 minutes. Small victories.


My score: 50# (snatch complex); 95# (clean complex); 9:43

April 14 WOD: Annie

A. Strength/Skill

3 sets:

8-12 Barbell Bulgarian split squat
Rest 30 seconds
1 minute handstand hold (unbroken or accumulated)
Rest 3 minutes

B. Metcon

Annie

50-40-30-20-10
Double unders
Sit ups

I used a 35 lb bar for the split squats. They were weird and a little bit hard for someone who's had zero workout for 2 weeks. I did the handstand holds unbroken, since I thought it would be a hassle to come down and then go back up again. As for the metcon, I have yet to do Annie in under 15 minutes.


My score: 20 DUs + 8 sit ups

March 20 WOD: Double EMOM

A. BBG

EMOM x 12 minutes: Choice of clean and jerk or thruster

2 reps of chosen barbell movement

Rest exactly 5 minutes, then

B. Metcon

EMOM x 12 minutes

20 double unders
Max reps push ups

I chose to do C&J for the first part of the WOD (I mean, who would choose thrusters, right?). During the metcon I skipped maybe 2 rounds because I couldn't complete the 20 DUs in time.


My score: 2040 (C&J); 68 push ups

March 7 WOD: Open 14.2 and bootcamp

For 14.2, it was Talayna Fortunato and CLB who went head-to-head. It wasn't as fun as 14.1.

I already did OHS yesterday using the same weight, and since I wasn't signed up for the throwdown anyway, Coach Jordan let me scale. I still can't do chest to bar pull ups anyway. It was a super short workout since I only made it to the rounds of 12 so I decided -- for what may be the 2nd time in my CF career -- to do the bootcamp WOD. It sucked (translation: I sucked), and I got a big, fat DNF.

This is what we did for bootcamp:

21-18-15-12-9-6-3 (25 minute cap)

Medicine ball clean (9/7 kg)
Double unders
Kettlebell dead lift (32/24 kg)
Box jumps
10m bear crawl


My score: 70 reps (45#; green band)

March 4 WOD: Double AMRAP

A. Skill/SWOD

4 sets of:

2-3 Strict pull ups/chest to bar pull ups/ring rows

Rest 90 seconds

Front squat + jerk

B. Metcon

5 minutes AMRAP

10 pull ups

10 pistol squats (5 per leg) or goblet squats

Rest 5 minutes, then:

5 minutes AMRAP

10 toes to bar

20 double unders

I can't do strict pull ups yet so I did 3 weighted ring rows (10# plate on the chest). Now I know how it feels to be 10 lbs heavier. For the front squat + jerk combo, Coach Jordan emphasized that these must be done as 2 separate movements. For the metcon I chose to do pistol squats since I really need to work on them.

My score: 95# (front squat + jerk); 3 rounds; 2 rounds + 10 DUs

February 28 WOD: Open 14.1

The Open is upon us! After the live announcement by Dave Castro, Garrett Fisher and Marcus Hendren went head to head to do this:

Screen grab from the CrossFit Games site

So 14.1 turns out to be another repeat as it was the first Open workout last 2011, the first year Rich Froning won. He got a score of 448 that year, and surprisingly, neither Fisher nor Hendren was able to beat Froning 2011. That just shows how crazy good he already was at that time.

Anyway, the 10 am class was the first to do the workout at the box. Since I'm not registered for the Manila Throwdown, I scaled and used 45# instead of the prescribed 55#.


My score: 3 rounds + 16 DUs, or 151 reps (45#)

February 24 WOD: Cheeper

I think I've acquired the habit of deliberately mispronouncing words. Hence, cheeper (chipper, if you still don't get it).

For time or reps (10 minute cap):

70 double unders
50 bar-facing burpees
30 clean and jerks (135/95#)
10 muscle ups

The burpees were neverending and just awful. I completed 123 reps at the end of 10 minutes but the others wanted to finish and even though my mind was screaming no, I did it. Well, just until the 30 C&J at least. By the 13th C&J I wanted to stop but Anton sat in front of me and kept count and I had no choice but to see it through.


My score: 123 (75#)

February 6 WOD: Of jerks, lunges, and not DNF-ing

It is such a good day.

A. BBG

EMOM x 12 minutes

Clean and jerk x 1

Loads per minute (%): 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 80-85, 85, 85-90, 90, 90+

B. Metcon

For time (18 minute cap):

400m run
20 front rack lunges (135/95#)
40 chest to bar pullups
20 front rack lunges
80 double unders

Even though the jerks didn't feel so good, I still loved doing the C&Js. My triceps are still sore from last Tuesday (because of the push ups? or the pull ups? I don't know anything anymore). But in other news, I actually finished the WOD! I thought that the pull ups would do me in but they weren't so bad today. I just kept chipping away at the reps. One at a time. Also, my DUs didn't abandon me today.


My score: 100# (clean and jerk); 17:03 (65#)

January 28 WOD: Leg killer

A. Skill

3 rounds (not for time; focus on technique)

10 box jumps
10 toes to bar
10 alternating pistols (5 per leg)

B. Metcon

4 RFT (10 minute cap)

5 squat cleans (155/105#)
10 chest to bar pull ups
20 double unders

Rest 5 minutes

4 RFT (10 minute cap)

10 dead lifts (155/105#)
20 wall balls (9/7 kg)

You know I rarely lie on the floor after a WOD but this... this had me on my back a good few minutes. It absolutely owned me. The 7 kg ball played a particularly cruel staring game with me.


My score: 3 + 1 pull up (65#); 3 + 3 dead lifts (95#)

January 23 WOD: Another why-do-I-do-this-to-myself WOD

A. BBG

In 10 minutes, work up to a heavy hang clean and jerk (85-90%)

B. Metcon

6 RFT (20 minutes cap)

20 double unders
15 wall balls (9/7 kg)
10 pull ups
Rest 1 minute

Coach Jordan had us do 1 set of hang clean and jerk every 2 minutes. I started with 65#, then 75#, then 85#, then 95# for the last 2 sets.

Wall balls are mean. You feel good the first round but you die in the second round. On the bright side, I did my first set of DUs unbroken today!


My score: 95# (hang clean and jerk); DNF - 5 rounds (19:43)

January 20 WOD: Snatch complex and Annie

A. BBG

5 sets of the following complex:

Hang squat snatch + Squat snatch (80%)

B. Metcon

Annie (12 minutes cap)

50-40-30-20-10
Double unders
Sit ups

I've read somewhere that the squat snatch should be simply called the snatch. Because if the WOD doesn't say you're supposed to do a a power snatch, you should know you're supposed to do a full (or squat) snatch. So it's either a snatch or a power snatch. Same with the clean. Just a bit of trivia.

My DUs were miraculously okay today. I think it helped when I tried to keep in mind what Amie always tells me - feet together and flick the wrists down to avoid tripping. I DNFed but since I only had a few reps to go, I finished it anyway.

My score: 45# (snatch complex); 268 reps (made it to the 8th rep of the 20 sit ups)

January 7 WOD: Running clock

What's better than doing an AMRAP? Doing three! Yay! Well, not really yay.

6 minutes AMRAP

5 dead lifts (225/135#)
10 lateral burpees over bar
50 double unders
Rest and transition 4 minutes

6 minutes AMRAP

4 hang power cleans (135/95#)
8 hand stand push ups
Rest and transition 4 minutes

6 minutes AMRAP (sets ascending by twos)
Power snatch (115/75#)
Bar muscle ups

I did the first workout as Rx'd but my DUs sucked. For the second one I did pike push ups instead of HSPU, and for the third one I tried to do strict pull ups with the blue band.


My score: 1 + 12 DUs (135#); 6 + 4 pike push ups (75#); 6 + 4 power snatch (55#)

December 19 WOD: My third 12.4

Throwback WOD time! A lot of people at the box seem to be preparing for the 2014 Open and I think today's workout served as sort of a gauge for their progress.

The first time we did this was in March 2012, and again in March this year.

12 minutes AMRAP

150 wall balls (9/7 kg)
90 double unders
30 muscle ups

The real time cap is 12 minutes but Coach Jordan set the clock at 20 minutes. I know. Ugh, right? Actually, when the 12 minutes expired I sat down for a bit and contemplated on whether or not I was going to continue until the end of the 20 minutes. Not hard to guess what I did. But man, those wall balls were never ending. I think I got a stiff neck because I was always looking up.


My score: End of 12 minutes - 126 Rx; end of 20 minutes - 150 wall balls + 46 DUs Rx

Dec 10 WOD: Jerk balance

A. Skill

3 x 3 jerk balance

B. Metcon

3 RFT
10 dead lifts (245/165#)
15 clapping push ups
20 pull ups
25 double unders

The 12:30 pm class was overflowing so Coach Jordan had to do 2 heats. I scaled down again today. I've had no drive lately. Maybe (I hope) it's just a case of holiday-related laziness.


My score: 70# (jerk balance); 14:10 (125#; kneeling clapping push ups; ring rows)

Nov 26 WOD: Glimpse

Okay, it turns out that it's anniversary week at the box and I think we're doing throwback WODs the whole week. Today's WOD, "Glimpse" first appeared in November 2011. Whoa. That was the month I started doing CF.

Glimpse

5 RFT (20 minute cap)
9 dead lifts (225/155)
12 bar facing burpees
20 double unders

I did the workout as prescribed and I STILL DNFed. My excuse is I wasn't able to warm up properly and my quads were still sore and stiff as heck from yesterday's squats.


My score: 4 rounds Rx

Nov 21 WOD: Snatch practice

A. BBG

EMOM x 10 minutes
Snatch complex: High hang snatch + snatch (70%)

B. Metcon

EMOM x 6 minutes
20 double unders
10 toes to bar
10 double unders

I had to scale wayyy way down on the metcon because Coach Jordan wanted us to finish the rounds as much as possible. He knew I wasn't super proficient in both the DUs and TTBs so he allowed me to do tuck jumps instead of DUs and V-ups instead of TTB.


My score: 55# (snatch complex); 5 rounds