OK everyone...predictions?

I give myself 12 minutes...

With respect to the comment displayed, I believe that Carol Burnett said it best; "Comedy equals tragedy plus time."

It's all about perspective.

Awesome, we just added a 26' pull-up bar with a much larger diameter, this will be a good marker.

Sweet! Let's hope I don't rip the bar down onto my face like last time :-D hahaha

I have been doing Crossfit since March and I love it. As a former college basketball player it is nice to find a workout program more than just lifting weights and running on a treadmill. However, I am about to begin training for the MS150 bike ride, any advice on how to combine my bike work with crossfit.

Funny, I just did max pull-ups today (oops). Will probably hurt my time, but I got 25 good kipping pull-ups up from maybe 5 six months ago. Thanks CrossFit. Now if I could just push away better instead of dropping I would have 40...

I prefer Mel Brooks' quote: "Tragedy is when I get a hang-nail. Comedy is when you fall down a well."

Whoops, I substituted pullups for the J. T. pushups today.

Kyle,

You should post those kind of questions to the message board. They'll get a better response there.

i did this one yesterday on the rest day..wierd..so ill just post it now..17 minutes plus 10 pull ups

so do one pull up, wait 59 seconds until i do the next 2 and so on??????????

Max - such a great video of the double unders! Such encouragement, I am trying to do double unders right now and I just can't get it yet!!! But great video
Nicole - Awesome job on the push press!!!

10 rounds

Thanks Nichole. I have to get Mike M. on tape doing them: you can really see the strong hip action that both motivates the rope and gets you off the ground. It is similar to a kipping pull-up. Plus he can do over 50!

QUESTIONS:

1. I haven't done this workout before. Am I supposed to take 1 minute to complete the pullup or do one quickly and then wait 59 seconds to do the other 2?

2. What are J.T. whatevers? For today"s workout I just did ring pushups.

Thanks to all who clarify. :)

Joe #12 - that's right. You could if you like combine some of the first few minutes (eg do 6 [that is 1+2+3] pulls minute 1, 4 minute 2, 5 minute 3 etc). Or do a few push ups, squats or whatever in the 59 seconds. But it doesn't stay so seemingly easy for long for most of us!

I did:

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

I thought I could do at least 15...

Thanks John. :)

Now I understand it:
As the workout description states, start your watch and within the first minute that elapses you must do one pullup; you must complete 2 pullups within the second minute; 3 within the third minute, and so on until you are unable to complete the number of pullups corresponding with the minute you are on.

ALSO- WHAT IS "J.T." FROM TODAY?

J.T is the name of yesterdays WOD - "J.T." 21-15-9 reps of: Handstand push-ups, Ring dips, Push-ups

I managed 15 min.

"J.T." is in honor of Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeff Taylor, 30, of Little Creek, VA who was killed in Afghanistan.

plus 40lb weight vest
14 rounds plus 14 reps
wanted 16...

I always do respect those who post under internet pseudonyms...it usually points to outstanding moral character and the ability to stand behind one's ideas ;)

18 rds plus 16..
20 rds plus 17 last time...?
just wasn't there today...

Re the picture:
Kelly, why are you so indifferent to that poor man's suffering?

Cynic,
Watch a rugby game.

16 rds as rx'd could have attempted the 17th but my left shoulder did not want to cooperate.

Will

10 minutes

#23 Hogwash!

The reason I push myself to gasping in training is so I don't have to in competition.

Youb simply havent been watching if you dont see elite level athletes bent over exhausted - but it will depend on what sport and how much recovery opportunity occurs.

This is for the SSGT of Marines comment on the front page....

I use the crossfit workouts for my Marines at school here in MO. An ALICE pack with a book or two and set of cammies with boots and MOPP gear equates to about a 25-30 pund pack .. which is great for kettle bell swings and I have found that many things we are issued can double as crossfit equipment. try them before deployment, hope it works out.

Cynic:

You=Boob. If you don't train to exhaustion, you not pushing hard enough. In my line of work, no one cares if you're puking and spent. They kill you anyway.

By the way, I was at a pre-season workout for the Sonics last year and watched at least half the team do the 'ol boot and rally. I think they qualify as elite.

Go troll elsewhere.

age-40
bwt-210#
15 + 8

9 for my wod = lame

not happy

cynic....pavel mentioned something about pink malibu ken & barbie weights in one of his DVDs .... you should get some of those mate, you would be the complete fairy (do you run with your elbows tucked in and your lower arms flailing out the sides with limp wrists?)

well...you cracked it...this is a cult of pain and death

how could everone have missed it??

mummy will get the bottle for you

Cynic:

You=Hippie

The reason you have never seen anyone work out hard is because you hang around with a bunch of granola-smokers. Don't ever try CrossFit. You won't like it.

Cynic,
Sounds like you'd be a great backup!

BW: 169
17 rounds + 15

Hey-

Is a macho cult-like gang a bad thing?

-Kevin

10 minutes

Granola smoker? I laughed for about a minute when I saw that. That'll keep me going for my workout, Thanks Maximus

Age 29 Bwt 200
11 rounds plus 10 pullups
In Cynic's defense, there is nothing wrong with smoking granola, it's actually quite delicious. Its pole he needs to stop smoking.

13 rounds + 8

Santa Cruz WOD for Rick and Fitch
28:28
Overheads turned into front and back squats due to lack of form/shoulder strength? Did rows instead of runs for 800s

#24 Jesse

There are also those who recognize that the internet is a big place with many people. You have noidea who might be watching, life and health insurance companies, bosses, etc...

What if a health insurance company that I'm about to join learns that I injured my shoulder 2 years ago while lifting because I mention it on this site? Will they use that against me or not insure me? What if my boss thinks I'm breathing too hard while working out? Google your name and see what you find out about yourself, that anyone else can as well.

as rx'd:

Alternated grips and kipping.

11+7

"what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but what if it DOES kill you?! "

...then at least one has truly lived.

"What price do we pay when we risk-manage our lives into something safe, flat, and empty?"
Lynnell Mickelsen

too much leg.

12 rounds/minutes
Took today a little easy.
Anyone else in the Omaha area doing Crossfit?

Cheers!

We did yesterday's today.

8 rounds +5

Decided to do dips & knees to elbows also, but with different time limits:

Dips (:30 seconds between sets)
11 rounds +6

Knees to elbows (:45 seconds between sets)
7 rounds +5

Fell out of bed and made it to 12 rounds. Pretty weak, but I was still asleep and did not have a warm-up. Actually, this was my warm-up before a spinning class. JT'ing this afternoon!

wod: 14 + 9 in the round of 15 (up from 12 last time)

Hi all,
{Run 1800' (w/ 49# pack) and Push-upx12 (w/ smae pack)}x6.
Duration 23:56...

same

First 7 sets unbroken and went downhill from there.

Managed two more sets before running out of time.

Josh

Cynic,

I guess you never was a sprinter on a track team. Pukie was always hanging around.

11 minutes of eccentric only pull-ups iow WOD spec with 3-second let down starting high on door.

50 speed sit-ups unbroken 1 min
50 speed squats unbroken 55 seconds

CFWU x 3 minus pull ups

I did 13 minutes plus 12 pull ups.
All pull ups jumping/ negatives.
Also mixed in some squats for the first 10 minutes with the numbers counting down from 10.

I had to laugh at the granola smoker title, that's a first! I've always just heard it called crunchy granola types.

Kate

14 rounds, an improvement of one round.....who would have thought an old guy could do 105 pullups in 14 minutes, or 60 pullups in the last five minutes.....great program Coach!!

granola smoker .... awesome!

11 rounds + 10 pullups

+ 10 lb weight vest

42 yoa, 179 lbs.
CF w/u minus pullups.

16 mins., happy just to be in the game.

Thanks Coach and Lauren.

Yesterday's work
PCJ 90 kg.x1x20.
Bdw. 82 kg.
Duration 16:51...

Does CF endorse one type of pullup over another(standard vs kipping)? Also, how about grip, is palms facing or palms away equally acceptable or should they be varied?

13 sets + 10 reps. down from 15 sets + 10 reps.

correction--only 12 full sets

Dan McD - I was definitely not indifferent; just amazed at the number of pullups that a man that big could do!! Outstanding work.

22 + 10 - ripped off several callouses, terminated the last set early. Kipping pullups done with a different grip (pullup, chin, mixed, parallel) and on different bars (regular bar, fatter bar, doorway gym) each round.

Pullup minute ladder: 10 min. + 7 pullups

#61 Crossfit encourages/likes/permits kipping (it increases power/work) unless otherwise specified.

(Not positive what is intended in that regard for this particular workout, however...)

45, bw195
RX'd 18sets, 15reps

15 rounds + 5

Hey, what happened to Cynic?

I'm assuming strict pull-ups for this workout? Does it matter?

Maximus,
Don't dis the hippies. I know a lot of hippies here in salt lake that go harder than any of the jocks I knew in high school.
If your not nice, they won't share their dope!

Worked with an injured arm. Subbed heavy lat pulls for pullups. (I know...I hate myself!) Did ten lat pulls to start and made it to 11 mins. Extra: Five sets of 5 cleans to front squat to standing by five (105 lbs) and then did intervals on the treadmill at high speed. I think I was punishing myself for my weakness lol.

43/158/5'11.5"

17 rounds in 16:58. Too knackered to try another set. Form distinctly dodgy for the last couple of minutes, with a lot of leg. Still, an improvement.

8 minutes + 5 pull-ups.
The bar at the gym is a skin ripper. Next time wear gloves.

15 rounds + 5.

Cynic -
I agree with you about injury and the risk of Rhabdo - but you are looking at the wrong athletes. Watch an 800m sprinter TRAIN. Watch wrestlers TRAIN (get a video of Dan Gable's Iowa Hawkeyes for some eye-opening training of elite athletes doubled over, dripping with sweat - they're animals).

CFWU x 3 minus pull ups
7 rounds with slight jump

9 minutes, but failed and only got 7 pullups in that set after successfully getting 8 before hand.

This stuff is always harder than it looks. Unbelievable.

Great to run into some CF'ers at WashU by accident. Great to meet you Josh and Mike.

15 rounds + 11
1 round improvement

10 min, plus 7 in 11th minute

After looking at the CF site for 2 months, finally decided to give it a shot today. I like it.
pull-ups : 7 minutes + 3 (shooting for 10 minutes by Christmas)
3 mile run
50 sit-ups
3x10 cable rows, 3x10 dumbell rows
3x10 biceps curls

12 rounds = 72 pull-ups

+ 10 = 82 pull-ups in 13 minutes

Age:25
Weight: 189lbs

sorry, 12 rounds = 78 + 10, 88

Age - 37
Weight - 175

13 round + 11

Non-kipping. I train to do pullups like the agency wants them done, unfortunately.

Tim: 12 minutes easy. Then I fell apart. PR.
Catherine: 12 minutes of jumping pullups. PR.

Catherine raised the rings an inch or two today.

I, on the other hand, felt like I should have had some gas left in the tank, but after the 12th round, I could not recover fast enough. Maybe I'll try again tomorrow, or maybe I'll just wait til next time this WOD comes around. Still an improvement. Next time I want 15 minutes though.

Cynic,

i have three letters for you UFC. if you have never seen an MMA or UFC fighter train they are always on the brink of death. if UFC fighters are not elite athletes, who is?

Cynic-we should be so lucky that our people in service and other professions have the option to do a program so tough in order to preform the jobs they volunteer!!! for.

P.S.-Have fun at your local Medieval Fair

wonder if cynic is the hate-mailer guy

7 minutes, pull-ups for 28 pull-ups

10 rnds plus 4.

Been out of it for a week.

14 min(feeling stiff)

I was pretty disappointed because I only got 8 minutes, so I added some stuff:
the pullups (got as far as 8 minutes)
knee-ups (two sets of 8)
30 seconds of double-unders
25 situps
30 seconds of jump rope
25 pushups (10 wide, 10 normal, 5 diamond)
30 seconds DUs
10 dips
30 seconds jump rope
15 dumbell rows each arm
30 seconds DUs
8 curls per arm
60 seconds L-seat
3 40-lb bag of dog food snatches with each arm
15 mins of stretching

After all that crap, I'm sure tomorrow's workout is going to be interesting.

Kelly,

That is just flat out impressive.

L-pull-ups: 10 rnds.

1 mile run

WOD: 9 minutes using the soccer goals as the pull-up bar at the local park.

J.T. from yesterday. I did not time it.

2 "soccer field" sprints. Shook hands with pukie.

ooops...subbed picnic table dips for ring dips. 3 to 1.

9 full + 6

52 y/o, 154lbs.

9 rounds + 4

Internet comedians crack me up. NBA players elite athletes? I had to pick myself up after reading that one. Hoo boy! Funny.

Really, little trolls post once, get angry responses, then go back to IrongarmX and tell everyone how they pissed off the cult.

I'm sure that's how it works.

I love this pull up workout and will go at it using a thick bar (towel wrapped around a traditional bar). My grip is sucky.

Then heavy dumbbell work (cleans, snatches, presses) in honor of "Cynic," and just to fart around in the the gym.

Dear Cynic - I'm a middle-aged, civilian, female office-worker, so I'm not sure I'd qualify for a macho cult-like gang. I've been doing crossfit for a couple of months now and I sing its praises every chance I get. I love that the workouts are as hard as they are, and I love the muscle definition I'm seeing as a result. I've never felt fitter. (I get some weird looks in the gym though.) I also enjoy the community of the comments page. I was particularly moved recently by condolences expressed to the family and friends of a fallen soldier. I'm a bit disappointed today by some of the homophobic and left-bashing comments. Let's try to keep it honourable guys. Next time, don't rise to the bait... although, I have to admit that 'granola-smoking' is a pretty funny image.

10 rounds (assisted) - did squats in the first few minutes while I was resting as per John B's suggestion

18 mins

Thats a big PR for me. Coming after a horrible +100hrs work week feeling totally wrecked. Very weird.

BW 67kg

Thanks for support, M-Force and J-ROC! (Nästan hip-hop namn där...)

11 rounds plus 4

13+11

17 rounds plus 8 pull-ups

6 more pull-ups than last time.

13 + 9

Krista: 17+9 9 more than last time
Brent: 17+12
1st time with big bar..

20 min/ 20 pu plus 5 incline sit ups in between each sets. feels good!!!

11 rounds.

Only smoked 2 granola bong hits (instead of the usually 3).

as rx 17+15 (tore a big chunk on my palm at 16+11) 6 better than last time and first time on our new thick bars.

Jeff L. 12+10

14rounds+10. The first 12 rounds with 20# vest. Practice P.P.,P.J. @ L-pose.

Cynic,

"You NEVER see elite athletes in any sport hurled over about to vomit."

Not at Starbucks you don't, no, but the elite athletes you see here gasping for air are...elite athletes.

Broaden your experience to include exposure to elite athletes then come back here and share your revelations.

10 rounds (jumping/kipping negatives) plus 9

Coach,
Ever the optimist, eh?

14+ 13(did 15+ but last 2of the rd. not quite up there)

110 lbs assisted (first time for this one).

completed 12 rounds (and did 12 reps on round 13).

biceps are really sore from Tuesday's workout as i did it on wednesday (2 days ago).

36 minutes - 666 total

20 rounds same as last time (kind of disappointing)

followed with 3 set of bent presses (12lbs), inverted v-handle rows (rep count of 12/12/8), and X-band walks down and back across our largest aerobic room

John,

Is it convenient to by laying on the sidewalk after Fight Gone Bad :)

Best,

Jon

Cynic:

How's the planning for the Longaberger Basket party coming?

Thought so.

10+5
ugh. Starting from scratch & working on form.

subbed situps. 15 rounds and 15 situps...so close to 16!

21 rounds + 17
21 rounds + 16 last time....only had enough to try and better by one cause I tore off 2 huge calluses

Did myself up a nice granola fatty and got all loopy, so I chased it with a shot of CF kool-aid and picked myself a Fight Gone Bad = 289 (down 8)

Stretched it out, picked my a$$ up off the floor - whiped the puke off my chin and then:
WOD = 14 rounds complete

got 13 in 13 then 6 in 14th minute

16 yo
bw 140

14 rounds + 11, nice improvement.

age - 46 BW - 176

8 rounds + 4 non-kipping, mil-spec. sets 1-6 wide grip, set 7, narrow, set 8 chins.

Needless to say, I was disappointed with my results. Have done better numbers on ladders, but that second hand just kept catching me this time...

Been sort of out of commission lately. This was not my best effort, but anyway...

With a continuously running clock do one pull-up the first minute, two pull-ups the second minute, three pull-ups the third minute... continuing as long as you are able.

Total sets = 10

as prescribed:
5 minutes

First time attempting and managed to pull off 13 min + 8. Really good test of endurance.

Lauren C,

that O-lifting getting you down when it comes to pull ups? ;-)

12 and 6...no kipping.

Age 34, BW 150

18 rounds + 10 pullups

10 rounds

10 full rounds in, but the last round took 8 seconds too long. Total of 55 deadhang pull-ups at 150lbs bodyweight.

9 rounds + 5 really thought i'd get more than that, but it is a start.

have i mentioned how much i love crossfit? i can't stop talking about it to my co-workers. i teach a conditioning class for high school athletes, and we've incorporated some of the workouts into our friday workouts, and while they are always wiped out, they all claim to love the feeling they get when they've completed them, and they love that the variance.

22 rnds. + 14 into the 23rd min. (PR)

267 total pull ups - the best thing is no callouses ripped

16 rounds, kipping, varied grips, same as last time. Unbroken until the 15th minute which spelled doom for getting beyond 16. Healthy training all. BW:176 YOA:58

10 min

CrossFit Oakland

James
12+10
dead hang

Max
11+6
Kipping

Charles
10+1
Kipping

Justin
8+6
ugly

19 rounds + 19 chins, one rep from the elusive 20 rounds.

Hope too many people don't take Cynic's bait, it's pretty sad when someone waste time out of their own life just to diss something they know seemingly nothing about. Don't give him the ammo, let him wimper away whilst reading his Flex mag when sitting on his inner/outer thigh machine.

I beat OPT.... I beat OPT....

36 bw 190
18 complete + 10 pullups

8 rounds

and thanks for the tips lauren any help is greatly appreciated

i also wish you crossfitters would stop wasting time energy and space on this comment page with any thoughts devoted to a nitwit like cynic

zac-6
mae-7

Well! It looks like i've coined a phrase!

Roxy #99 I was also bothered by the homophobic comments: "fairy", "pole smoker". Very ignorant.

I went to Antioch University, if that means anything to you, so I know all about supposedly peace-and-love hippies who are really seething with anger underneath, as I suspect "cynic" is.

To all of the "cynics" of the world:

The only training I can envision in which you may have ever participated is the type your parents (hopefully) gave you in the proper use of a toilet.

For you the pain is an ugly thought. We here, however, understand that there are only two kinds of pain: The pain of discipline and the pain of regret.

In life there are only two possibilities - Results or excuses. If you have the results you want, congratulations. If not, all you have eft are excuses. I believe I know in which camp you live.

this is gonna hurt!...I think a few games of beer pong is a good recovery method for tonight!!

Total set = 12 full rounds
Last Time 11 rounds + 8 of 12

Is it just me or does it look like Kelly just whipped the poor guy's tail? She appears to be taking a water break after running him into the ground.

Not my best performance today, but the shoulder is feeling better. First 10 rounds underhand grip to protect the shoulder. Started kipping at round 11.
16 rounds 12 pullups.

Had a crossfit moment at the gym. A big guy comes up to me after round 7 and ask me how I do so many pullups. I told him I was only on round 7 and would get to at least 13 before I had to break them up. He said "I can do a lot of weight on all liffts I just can't do pullups." I proudly said "Practice, I do 45 everyday just for a warm up"

Thanks Coach those moments are priceless!

WU approx 3.5 mi run.
WOD
11 min plus 8 PU

8 rounds + 3 rounds of negatives

Didn't do jumping pullups after the 8th round this time (unlike last time) and got side tracked with work. Base score of 8 rounds hasn't changed though (unfortunately).

Cynic,
Thanks for spicing up the debate. The homophobic remarks are totally gay and uncalled for.
To address your "puking" point straight on, it's not that unusual of a thing to do from my humble experience. I don't know the "science" behind it, but back in the glory days of yester-year when I was in crew in college, we had someone puke quite often. Did we want to? No, but when the coach ran us, weight-circuited us, and ERGed(Concept IIs) us in short time frames, some one was bound to puke especially if they didn't eat properly or drank like a prototypical Cal Poly rower.
So you don't have to be a pro athlete to puke, you just have to push yourself or be pushed is what I figure. I haven't puked from working out in years(but oh so close), so maybe it's time to get with the program. I haven't met too many people who can push themselves as hard as their colleagues or coach can. Those folks are pretty self-disciplined.

big pipe: 11 plus 10, dead-hang mt climber grip

Managed to get 12 rounds plus 5 at the end.
Jeremy
New Brunswick (East Coast- Canada)

13 rounds + 2 pullups, 1 round + 10 pullups off my PR, but I did this 10 minutes after making up Helen from Monday (and getting 9:39, woohoo!)

Hey Cynic,

Pain is just weakness leaving the body.

does one drop off the bar between sets or hang until the next minute starts?

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt – April 23, 1910

CFWU x3(-PU's)

WOD
16Rds +12

3 mile run :22::01

Didn't fill real strong, but still was only 2 PU's short of my PR... still chasing 17. Thought I would test the knee and go for a run. Felt ok, still got a tugging sensation on the outside of it. Time for some stretching and then Grappling practice.

Get some, Go again!

28 y/o 170 lb 5’10” approx 12% bf Warm up: handstand practice 1,1,1

With a continuously running clock do one pull-up the first minute, two pull-ups the second minute, three pull-ups the third minute... continuing as long as you are able.
Use as many sets each minute as needed.

8 minutes plus 7 pull ups toward minute 9.
Compared to 060725: 8 minutes plus 4 pull ups toward minute 9.

I live in Novato Ca and heard that there is a Crossfit opening here soon. Can anybody confirm this for me and E-mail me. I work out at a gym that is poorly equiped for a crossfitter (no rubber plates,platform,rope climbing etc.) 210 lbs.48 yrs old 13 rounds plus a 1500 meter row and the rx'ed warm up. I love this program and have about 6 of my co-workers hooked.

comment #160 E=mail is moylan99@comcast.net

Executed the "JT" WoD today @ ~13:50.
-Additional 4 sets of kipping pull-ups x15.
-Additional 4 sets of bench press @ 135 through 185lbs today.
-Inclined military sit-ups and back extensions.

14 rounds and 13 pulls in the 15th minute

lil pipe- did this at gym from dead hang mt climber grip
11 rounds+11

I am going for 20 prob. make 15.

cheers all,
Ricky

#160 Kevin:

Mapquest shows the drive from Novato to CrossFit Oakland as 34 minutes.

Directions here: http://tinyurl.com/yd6444

Next classes are Saturday and Sunday at 9AM.

Full schedule available at http://crossfitoakland.com

Or call me at 510-910-2929.

Max

10 rounds

15 rounds. More challenging than it looks, as usual.

14 rounds + 13

10 rounds plus 3.. last time was 8 plus 3... That's 19 more this time :)

First post for the Velascos in about 1 year. Boston was great. What a family, I'm the quiet type but what a great community. When I started there were 3 affiliates and Kelly couldn't run , things have changed. 53 yr dad, 19 rounds, 18 yr Jess 18 rounds and 10.

Age: 31
Ht: 68"
BW: 240 (25%)

CFWU(10) x3 - 12:53, subbed jumping pu w/ 75 jump ropes.
Rest - 4:01

WOD - BrandX, kip till failed minute, cont. w/ 6" jumping pull-ups till failed minute, cont. w/ holding jumping pull-ups till failed minute.

Kip - 4th minute
6" Jump - 7th minute
Holding Jump - 11th minute

Obviously, if I had started with the holding jump I could have gone more minutes. This hit the biceps like yesterday hit the triceps. All were over-hand grips.

Did this one twice today.

This morning, as rx'd: 17 rds. + 12
This evening with 20 lb. vest on: 14 rds. + 12

Ben: 17 +10

14 rds
All dead hang from fixed rings on playground.
They are about 12 inches apart.
These seem harder than regular pull-ups to me.
Great Workout!!

7 Rounds + NONE exactly!!

hahah....need work.

17 + 17

Hosted BR in Cleveland today. A day behind so we did "Gene's Cloak of Despair" (with necessary mods for normal human beings!), getting both the pushes of "JT" and the "pulls" of today's ladder.

400M run/500M row (alternate each round)
25 Push Press Oly bar
25 Pull-ups
25 Push-ups
4 Rounds for time (2 runs, 2 rows)

BR 33:56
Bingo 36:03

Finished with a little dead lift practice.

For those of you who are really looking for a challenge, the unmodified "Cloak" is easily found in search, courtesy of Eugene.

D.

11 minutes = pulled the bar off the door frame mid kip and landed in a heap. lol.

That's never happened before!

I was done though. There I was envisioning 20 rounds. This is tough.

No WU - stupid, I know

BW = 180lbs
AGE = 27

WOD = no alterations

finished 16rnds, on 17th completed 14 pulls
all kipping, mostly single sets

Also lost about 10 grams of flesh from my hands - is this a form error? Gripping too hard? Not gripping hard enough?

I think the homophobic comments are disgusting.

As far as being winded or tired after a WOD, nobody is forcing you to do the WODs, or to do them with any intensity. It's your own choice whether you want to step it up a notch or not. For me it depends on my mood, how much sleep I got, how stressed out I am, and what I feel like doing. It's all about finding a balance between pushing myself and taking care of myself. Kind of like a guitar string, not too tight and not too loose. It's all about choices, ey? Personally I like the really really intense WODs (without sacrificing form) followed by listening to Enya and doing yoga asanas and deep breathing, but whatever floats your boat.

bw 172

13 rounds plus 9. First 5 rounds overhand, then chins. Better than first time I did this, pre-posting, but not sure by how much. After 6th round, broke reps into sets of 3-4. Petty excuse: third day in a row for me with a lot of pull-ups.

Maximus, you went to Antioch? I went to Central America with this chick from Antioch. She almost got us all killed (literally).... but this was like in '98...I wonder if you knew her.

5 rounds + 3 pull-ups

I have been working on unassisted pull-ups for the past four months and I've gone from only being able to do one to eight in a row....now I need to continue to practice my kipping, I haven't gotten it down quite yet

N- 14 YOF warm up 200 meter run
19 rounds + 11 jumping pull ups with just an itty bitty jump
I'm trying to coach her on kipping but it's hard when I can't do it to show her. We have watched the video multi times.

L- 12 YOM warm up 200 meter run
20 rounds jumping pull ups with small jump
L informed me today that this is his favorite form of a workout.

Coach-
Just wanted to share that N had to give a speech on any topic for speech class and she chose global warming and referenced the article that you shared for us read that talked about the media spin, as one of her points against global warming. Thanks for expanding our minds so we can help expand others.

Kate

12 rounds plus 8

bw: 201 age: 36 warm up: 22:00 of rowing, 5000 meters.

6 rounds. I need a lot of work on pull ups. Will do better next time.

11 min (assisted pullups)

23 y.o
155 lbs
13min + 8 over-hand deadhang pull ups. Kipping doesn't count in the Marine Corps.

Hey-

CFWU + 4min jump rope x 3

WOD: 9 clean rounds using towel pullups!

Xtra: C/J 135lb x25, FS 135lb x5x5

Substantial improvement on OHS and FS in terms of flexibility,... grease the painful groove?

I'm running in the "Race to Cure Lymphoma" tomorrow morning. It a 5 miler for a girl named Sarah, diagnosed with large type B cell lymphoma last March. I'll donate an extra $20 bucks to the cause if somebody on this message board will say, ..."You went to Antioch? I went to [fill in blank] with this chick from Antioch. She almost got us all killed... but it was [fill in another blank]."

Just for a little Friday night fun.

-K

You went to Antioch? I went to "Thunderdome" with this chick from Antioch. She almost got us all killed... but it was "worth it to see a midget get trampled by a pen full of pigs".

#144 - 2 pain types - Nice to see there are some Farnam readers out there!

No Whining! Nobody Cares! Gambatte!

Seems that most folks that know one of these knows where all 3 came from....

12 minutes plus 10 kipping pu's @ 13:00 mark.

Man, I'm so trippin' on this granola.

Kevin 190, does mine count? I started it.

42/145#

13 rds

Cynic -

Speaking for myself (not on behalf of CrossFit) I would like to address your claim that "there's plenty of other ways to get fit".

I am new to the CrossFit Community, but not new to fitness. In my life I have had the opportunity to train at two Olympic Training Centers (Lake Placid, NY and Colorado Springs, CO). I have been in the military and again had the opportunity to train with the best (NAVSPECWAR). Since then, I have also receive several certifications in personal training from NASM, ISSA, ACE, and NCSM. I have a BS in exercise science as well.

In all of my experience and education, nothing has even come close to what I have acheived through CrossFit. You see, while others might talk about THEORIES of exercise and fitness, CrossFit provides RESULTS!

While I admit, the THEORY behind sitting on a physio-ball with one leg in flexion and performing rotational trunk flexes while holding a medicine ball is sound - it in NO WAY provides the RESULTS that is required for ELITE FITNESS!

Again - speaking only for myself, my experiences, and my education - CrossFit is the ONLY path to Elite Fitness. It is not the vomiting that makes it so, but the mental attitude of the individuals who do the workouts. CrossFit has done for fitness what Bruce Lee did for MA - strip away what doesn't work and use what does.

I am not saying you are wrong - just poorly educated. :)

warmupx3rds 100 single jump rope (reg,side to side and high knee), 15 pushups, 15 situps,5 20lb dynamax squat clean and push jerk for form, 10 back exts, 10 front squat for form 45lbs
bwt 240 age 31
14 rds +10
rds 1-9 dh and kip
rds 10-14+ jumping

i love how cynic has time to type on here i mean i thought i saw him at my gym on the 45 degree back ext doing side bends and i think he was in my way when i was doing pullups he was doing pec flys on the cable machine and oh yeah i was going to do assisted handstands on the smith machine but he was doing a seated military press/ one arm db bicep curl superset. This is by far the best workout program i have ever been on and i have a vast experience with different types of programs as i am sure many of the other crossfitters do to. i am sure we didn't just all hatch out of some dinosaur egg and begin crossfitting as our first workout (i can't verify that about some people like opt and kelly moore and all the other crossfit elites). One thing i know is i wish i would have found crossfit a heck of a lot earlier.

#198 - "CrossFit is the ONLY path to Elite Fitness." Not on cynic's "side" (never smoked granola) but does that mean there were no elite athletes before crossfit?

I live near Antioch and went to a screening of the teletubby movie with this chick from Antioch. She almost got us all killed, but that was years ago....

8 minutes, plus 8. Dead hang; no kipping

33 y.o. male, 170#
I made it 10 + 8. Since last time I got through 12 rounds, I punished myself by putting on 20# vest and doing,
90 minutes mowing/yard work
4X5 chins
10 false grip negatives on the rings w/ 10 second hold at the bottom.

Anyone who responded to cynic should read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
Don't feed the trolls.

cfwu x3 - pull-ups

11+8 slightly jumping pullups

"Even shaq knows when to let up" Indeed

11 min, +10,
then decided to make a pyramid, made it back to 7 then hung on the bar and squirmed for awhile like I was being poked by somthing extremely uncomfortable, but not painful, like a hot spoon maybe.

Duncan -

no, there were elite athletes before. . .but the old elite has become the new inept - remember when Arnold S. Gov of Cali was the pinnacle of "fitness". I guess it all depends on how you define "fit" and how you define "elite". I'd put my $ on an average CrossFitter over an "elite" triathlete or marathoner. . .but then again - I'm a CrossFit whore, happy to be called a "cult-like gangsta" and proud to be a part of the greatest fitness community on the planet! :)

12 rounds. Started out w/deadhangs and ended up kipping, palms in, out, up, inverted...etc. :)

19 rounds + 3.... 193 pull ups (PR)
My foreams were done......

18min
+14 kipping Chins

15 +12 -off the pace, for sure. Shoulder not liking pullups (or anything else, for that matter) lately.

CFWU (- pullups)

12+11

1000m row cool down

As a professional geek I spend a lot of time online and I've learned that the only way to respond to trolls is to not respond to trolls.

"When you wrestle with a pig you both get dirty but the pig likes it."

That being said, there's been a lot of energy devoted to responding to the troll. Can I get a little energy responding to my query about synergy from two days ago? Here, I'll even give you guys a little impetus... Works outs without synergy are just a way for The Man to cause us to be tired without purpose thereby stealing our productivity without compensation!!! Crossfit is a pawn of big business and government!!!

Now what do you have to say?!

signed,

an illegal Canadian

Adam: 12+9 for me as rx'ed
Adrienne: 8+8 w/ body rows

(Ok... I'm not illegal.)

(Nor am I Canadian.)

(No disrespect to any legal Canadians.)

Run 4.5mi, no real warmup after that...on into the WOD:

14 + 11 pullups = 116 total

Compare to last time 13+5, or 96 total is a gain of 20.

bw 185

14 rounds + 11

Fastest I have ever done that many pullups. sweet.

bw-197

wod

12 rounds=78 pullups in 12 minutes-1 round better then last time.

MC

44 years old (till next week) 158lbs

9 rounds, then it was like the switch was pulled. I barely got 3 or 4 more of the next round. Another great way to mix it up. Thanks.

#180, Treelizard

The correct spelling is "eh" - ask any Canuck.

..."You went to Antioch? I went to Moosejaw, Saskachewan with this chick from Antioch. She almost got us all killed... but it was actually a granola smoker named Cynic dressed in chick's clothes!

13+12

Hey-

You went to Antioch? I went to Woodstock with this chick from Antioch. She almost got us all killed... but it was crazy,... I got trapled by a pen full of pigs.

-K

cynic wrote:

"what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but what if it DOES kill you?! "

There are plenty of silent killers resulting from a sedentary lifestyle and lack of fitness that are far more dangerous than a maximum effort CrossFit workout. A lot of the videos on the various sites show people doing their first CrossFit workout, and of course they look like they're getting sick, but if you look at the videos of the elites, they may be in a pain, but it's self-induced, they know what they're doing, and they shake it off. The pain tolerance comes with practice, and the athlete uses it as feedback to gauge the intensity of the workout. Unfortunately, 10 wimp workouts does not equal one real workout, only one real workout equals one real workout, there is no easy way out.

WOD: dead hang pull ups 8 rounds + 6
followed by 2 minutes rest, then jumping pull ups
10 rounds

#213 kevin gp

As a "Legal Canadian", I take offense to whatever it is you said that wasn't intended to offend me. I hereby challenge you to a "Fight Gone Bad" showdown to prove I'm no granola smoker.

And as for what you say to a guy who drinks so much he pukes: When I was 17, I drank 23 beers before I puked all over. My girlfriend at the time wasn't happy with me and gave me the old "you should know your limits" routine... in my best drunk off my a$$ 17 year old tone I told her... "But sweetheart... how can you possibly know what your limits are if you don't exceed them from time to time?"

20 rounds completed. w00t!

bw 185

11 rounds=66, previous 7 rounds+7=35
There was a lot of kipping involved but a huge improvement!

17 plus 16
Total 169.

kipping hard, by the way, and unashamed!

Andy: 16 + 13 Strong Work
Paul: 15 + 8 (post JT)

10 + 7

11 rds + 10

BWT 250
9 rounds completed-1 round (9 PUs) better than last time...then added seated mil press 185# max

"But sweetheart... how can you possibly know what your limits are if you don't exceed them from time to time?"

An instant classic...

11 rounds, last two jumping

Cynic, check out the Rmax website. You will be at home there.

LOL James!!!!!

10 min ellip 15/15. 10 rds + 6 pull ups--new pr. compares to 9 rds + 6 pull ups (mostly dead hang) on 7/25/06 vs 7 rds on backyard swing set fat cross beam on 6/11/06 vs 9 rds + 9 on 3/16/06, 7+7 on 1/30/06, 8 on 12/10/05, 9 on 7/1/05. hr avg 121, hr max 158

Min. 14 plus 5 reps, finished with jumpers till min 17. Up from min. 13

bw: 185

As rx'd: 12 + 11

Matt - 15 rounds, lots & lots of kipping:-)
Garry O'Neill - 9 rounds

CFWU x 3 minus pullups and dips

12 sets +5

finished with calf workout followed by practicing:
cleans
split jerks
dead lifts
overhead squats
10 minute bike sprints

Age 50/BW 240#
12 rounds (minute 11) plus 4 pullups (minute 12); like to think this was because I was doubling up with "JT", but I was totally spent.

#224 Jared:

I accept your challenge, Sir!
And I think I speak for all Americans as I exercise my right to exercise until I puke even if the exercising of said right, be it right or wrong, may result in my ultimate expiration... or perspiration. I shall defend my honor with sweat and a large blunt object.

I'll post on Sunday.

15 rds + 13; over 2 rds short of pb.

Could have been from JT, muscle-up practice, or chest to bar dead-hangs for rds 1-8 (after reading free pull-up article from CFJ). Whatever, a weak performance today.

Kelly Moore, JeffT, AFC, inspirational efforts as usual.

Still no way to do pullups, so I subbed pushups. Did 9 minutes.

I never post, 'till now......."cynic".....what the crap. It's always about gettin out what you put in. This is not the place to be rattling cages. Your wasting space.

10 + 8 (all dead hang)

8 rounds + 4

what is the best sub when you just can't do anymore correct pullups? Lat pull downs? Jumping pull ups? Oh yeah, Cynic, you are what I like to call a complete idiot.

9 + 4. Followed it up w/ rowing workout, 10 hard pulls followed by 1 min active rest, 15 hard pulls, 1 min active rest, 20 hard pulls, 1 min active rest. Rinse and repeat for 20 mins.
4330 meters.

13 rounds plus 8

7 rounds plus 4.
Did the CFWU without pull-ups. Although yesterday with JT I could only manage three unassisted ring dips after the HPSUs, today I ripped off ten no problem.

7 plus 5

11 rounds even...HR avg 125, max 163
One round less than previous thanks to yesterday's killer upper body WOD!

13 rounds +11.

8 more pullups than last time.

13 rounds +5
Then I did JT

Hey Cynic,Why do you care?I was cynical until a friend said "try it for 1 month".I have Never looked back.If being in the best shape of my life is being weak, then bring on the weakness.Thanks to all who make this possible.

pullups after dark at the park with Casten
10 rounds plus a very few
kipping

13rounds + 11
6 pullups better than last time.

Followed with tabata squats 18 on all but second last round score = 17.

7 Rounds True Pullups
+ 4 Rounds Kipping Pullups
+ 6 Rounds Jumping PU's

Well a little improvement since the last WOD of this.

Ryan 26/#185 17 + 9

Andy V. 12

Oops forgot WU with 8.5 mile run

"fairy" is a figure of speech - take it easy - no offence intended to anyone at all

i guess its my 'aussie country' warped sense of humour

my point was that in making that comment about him/her, i was making a presumption not unlike the one he/she was making about CrossFitters - obviously (I thought)

anyway....happy days

and apologies to anyone with a baby bottle fetish

bw 146#
12 rounds of dead hang ring pullups

Steve: 11 rounds + 8

Shane: 12 rounds

11 rounds.

10 rounds. Assisted starting at 6th round.

060725

10 + 6

061013

14 + 13

13 rounds + 12 jumping pull-ups

12+11

11 rounds + 8

finished last round, but over alloted interval

bw 165#

24 rds + 21 (pr by 2 rounds)

just couldn't hold on to the bar.

8 mins + 5 in 9th.
Hope I get 10 next time.

206-
i don't doubt that people who do crossfit are in excellent shape; however, i think the assumption that an average crossfitter would prevaile over an elite triathlete is pretty bold, unless the average crossfitter is also a triathelete.
i would sink to the bottom during the swim, get bored during the run and probably get my shoelace tangled in the pedals and flip head over handlebars during the bike ride. advantage-elite athlete.

10 Rds

Gina

10 Rds

Both off way off PB

13+6. Used alternated grip just for fun, and I definitely was able to go longer. Last time I only made 11+7. Get some...oh, and by the way, I knew this guy who knew a girl who went to Antioch...

8 rounds, didn't count how many I got in the ninth round. Last time was 8 rounds + 5.

Did six rounds unbroken. After missing on the ninth round, went to jumping pullups (starting at 10) and got to 24 rounds + 24 on the 25th round. Then did 50 situps, an 800m run and 50 pushups. Started out with the Tabata squat routine (see tomorrow's post) b/c I am a day late doing this one. Guess I was feeling guilty for missing some workouts this week (heavy work weeks sometimes sap my motivation).

BW 190
Last: 10R+8
This: 13R+9 (alternated sets of over & underhand grips) last round included 2 reps I dq'd myself for because I only got up to my eyes...talk about total muscle failure...

Post WOD:
21-15-9 dips
3x8 knees to elbows
2x10 L pullups

If you drop the "but sweetheart" you've got another CF T-shirt motto there....(IMHO)

7 Rounds +2 I Stink

With a continuously running clock do one pull-up the first minute, two pull-ups the second minute, three pull-ups the third minute... continuing as long as you are able.

Use as many sets each minute as needed.

7 rounds + 5 pull ups

(hurting from heavy sparring at BJJ)

17 rounds + 17 pullups
however, only the first 4 rounds were non-jumping. my pullups are still weak but getting better. if i remember correctly, last time i did 13 rounds of jumping pullups.

Hello everyone!

Did this after double BJJ class but was happy this is getting better and i think I am now improving at these.

Rounds = 8 + 6 (upto round 7 unbroken)

London Crossfitter!

10 rounds, yesterday did 5 - 10 - 15, 15 rounds in 20 minutes and I had not worked out in a wek so I was sore. Thought I would have done more.

18 minutes

11 minutes for a new PR, but I think I pullled a shoulder muscle.

13 rds + 9
as rx'd

Anthony (BW=180)
Notes: as rx'd
Rounds: 16 rounds + 16 chinups (152 chinups, 20 rep PR)

Jodi (BW=104.5)
Notes: as rx'd
Rounds: 15 rounds + 15 chinups (135 chinups, 14 less than last time)

12 w/ kip

Perform on 10/14/2006 with rings.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 4

8 minutes

First ever crossfit WOD did 7 rounds at 11.45pm at night (one day late!)

Crapped out at 9 rounds. I felt strong and then the wheels fell off. I did go for a 3 hour paddle before the workout though.

8+8 (-100 pounds) + did tabata squats (see 10/14)

10 full rounds and a fragment.

CFWUx3-ss,ohs,push-ups,pull-ups, ring dips,abmat sits, ghd backs

12 rounds (one round better than last time)

tabata squat score 15

800 meter jog hip and knee feel better

9 rounds + 9

15 rnds + 6

9 rounds

15 rounds plus 6
13 rounds last time

16 complete rounds + 14 in the 17th minute.
Switched the grip on every other round, kipped a lot, and rested on my back in between rounds. PR!

BW 57kg

16 rounds JPUs

Jon G,
It's definitely convenient to have someone else pick you off the ground after FGB.

Take care Man
Shad

Got 15 minutes. Yet another Crossfit workout that kicked my ass. I am beginning to see a common theme here. And to think I once considered myself fit..........

BW 168
age 37
12 set 9 reps

BW-196
12 rounds plus 7 reps

14 rounds after another workout (not involving pullups)

21 full rounds.

-D.

10 rounds

9 rounds total.
-Amy

Stretching warm-up.

Thought I was going to do significantly more, but I ended up with:

As rx'd - 10 Rounds plus 9
Additional: Air squats during during the down time.

After a few minutes rest, I tried working on my kip (Have always done "good form" pullups) and did about 10 extras.

BW:170
Age:31

17 rds + 12reps

Had to make up for my day i couldn't do the workout.

finished at round 18

Talissa: 10 rounds

10 rounds, then dumbbell lifts.

18 + 13

PR

13 min

27 yo, 173 lbs

Did this over a day late.
9 rounds + 9 pullups

My hanging basement pullup bar swings like a little trapeze, which makes lots of kipping awkward. I think I should be able to manage more than this. First time, though.

196/25% (For Octber 13, 2006)

6 rounds +4

5 minutes, then minute 6 I did one real pullup. Switched to the assisted machine for minutes 7 through 10.

I'm actually proud of how many unassisted pullups I managed - I didn't think I'd be able to do that many!

36 YOM 192LB's
CFWU X 3

8 Rounds and I was done. All were strict form I have to learn how to Kip!

10 (or very darn close)

added 2x squats after pullups through round 7 (i.e., 1 pullups, 2 squats; 2 pullups, 4 squats, etc.) just to pass the time. I don't think it impacted my pullups.

Did this following tabata squats.
12 + 9

Poor nutrition for a couple of days and squats had a small effect.

Nice bingo. This would be good after tabata squats..but I bet you were tired at the end.

I did this wod this morning (Sun) as follows:

Run 2.2 mi to highschool (nice p/u bar),

12 + 7

Run 2.2 mi home (a bit slower!).

My dogs, Bosco & Colby, demanded the pre- & post runs.

8 min (4 reps goin to 9)

Urbana Garage Group (make-up #1)
Karl (unassisted)
15 rounds + 10

Dorie (with light band)
14 rounds

Molly (with medium band)
13 rounds

11 minutes (on fat bar swing set)
thanks!

age:39 - 9 +6. up 1 +6.
age:14- 5+
micah (11) sub'd 30# pulldowns - 30 up from 8. huge imprvmt. fun for him too.

**************************

9 rds

9 more... one away from 10 round 9 was done 5+4

42 @ 230

SDS

2.5 Mile Run....21:40
Then WOD
10 Rounds Even

5.5 rounds since in the 6th I had to jump on the last couple. Getting better since 4 weeks ago I could do 0. But clearly lots of work to be done.

CFWUx3 (sub L-sits for PUs)
15, completed the set of 16 but not in time

15 rounds + 11 jumping

A bit off my last score probably due to being sore from previous day.

16 + 5

Well paced and broken up well. Not that great at pullups, but was able to pace myself properly to achieve maximum.

15 rds + 12

Definately felt yesterday's evil wheel session during the pullups. The similar system demands between the wheel and kipping PUs is interesting. Might make for a fun homemade WOD.

12 +10

9 rounds + 6

11+7

All dead hang. Nice family vicotry Redding Mark - I'll get you next time.