PR

I went to Lost Battalion Hall for the first time tonight. I was invited by my friend Yoon from the Black Box. Also met David from Crossfit Brooklyn.

Almost took my thumb off the last time I attempted to clean 95 at the Box over a month ago. Failed. My previous PR was 85

Tonight Clean and jerked 100. I didn't even know I was doing that much. That probably helped because after hurting myself I've been too scared to attempt it again.

I can't believe it. WOOHOO

My fav!

Man, I had a sick feeling that this one was coming today.

The most brutal workout ever conceived.

Hey is this the 3 bars of death?

anyone going to the Santa cruz cert Nov 3-4 and interested in splitting the cost of a hotel room please email me

I predict paaaain....

neptune's trousers! my lower back just tightened up already. well as coach rip says, "better get your hammer cocked."

Hmmm, not so 'hall friendly' may scale it back for time/weight constraints!

Called it! It'll be a rush!

yes allison this would be the three bars of death. have a love hate relationship with this one. in a sick kind of way i was hoping for this one.

OMFG... this is going to rock!

Yes - before you ask, these are full squat cleans.

#4 Allison

Yes it is

Oh dear Lord.

Man!...
I had not come across the 3 bars of death yet, this will be my first time. I must say that I will definitely scale that one. DOMS hit my quads hard from yesterday's WOD and the hockey I played last night...

Promises to be fun. 3,2,1, puke!..

By far the hardest workout of the day I've ever done.
3, 2, 1.5, 1, .5, ...GO!

is this 10 of each exercises before moving to the 9 or is it all dls then all bench then all cleans

augh, stupid work meeting might get in between me and linda tomorrow! I was hoping for a 'quickie' that i could squeeze in between meeting and clients. we shall see, maybe i can make it happen. i love to hate linda. good luck everyone!

I could not be more excited for a dang workout. Holy three bars of pain and suffering, batman! Coach G's words from and old video are ringing in my head ".....You dont feel well today? You stayed up too late? You arent into it? You know what we say to those people? 3-2-1 go."

I love this stuff. Happy hunting, all!

had a date with linda last thursday
19:56 (were power cleans though)
Dont think I am ready to see her again just yet. body is hurting in all sorts of arears after my workout yesterday!

#17 tim:

10 DLs, 10 BP, 10 cleans, 9 DLs, 9 BP, 9 cleans, 8 DLs, etc.

#17 Tim - 10 dl, 10 bp, 10 clean, 9 dl, 9bp,...

Tonight I hate this one but after its over I will love it, especially if I get a fat PR. I can't wait to see the looks I will get tomorrow.

ooh - i'm feeling all warm and fuzzy all over!

100lbs.! Awesome work Allison!!!

Once I get to 5 reps it's no problem! It's rounds 10-6 that really sting.

Gotta get up at 5 tomorrow so I can do this at Globogym. I love seeing the trainers faces....

3 bars of death! YES!!!!!!!!

#17 tim,

do 10 dl, 10 bench, 10 cleans, then 9-9-9, etc.
Thats why you really want 3 bars!

Enjoy,

Matt

I've been waiting for this one again...stepping up the weight from last time to "almost rx'd."

hey everyone, there is no way i am going to be able to do this at the gym i go to...there is going to be to many people standing around on there cell phones sucking up all the good oxygen, any suggestions on a good substitute

Hey all. For "Linda" tomorrow, I plan on subbing weighted dips for bench press as I only have two bars. Does anyone have any idea about how much weight would approximate a bodyweight bench? BW 170. I've got bars and rings, 20# vest, dip belt, etc., so pretty much any weight or combination is possible. I'd be grateful for any advice. Good luck all.
John

Sweet! Just got 9 new Pendlay bars at One World. I get to play with three of them tomorrow! I am thinkng about naming all the bars, girls names of course! :-)

My first Linda...coldn't even finish. Second in 29m, third in 26, last one in 19, tomorrow? Can't wait!

ah Linda... took me near an hour to complete it as Rx'ed the first time (about when I started CF)

we'll see what tomorrow brings

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! muahaha

I actually was at work today and knew I hadn't done this workout for a while so I chose it, weird. 6'5"/m/205 as required 24:42.

Hello everyone

I destroyed my elbow the last time I ran this one. I hope I have better luck and form this time around.

As Rx'd--34:26

BW-190lbs.

I knew it, first time I have ever called the workout before it was posted. Woohoo!

whats rx'd?

Gonna see how far I can get tomorrow, male 260lbs...yea...gonna be fun. Woot!

#34

Check out the blow link and all of the other info in faq's (frequently asked questions)

http://www.crossfit.com/cf-info/faq.html#General10

Thanks much adam!

M/33/5'8/72 kg

Deadlift 100kg
Bench Press 50kg
Clean 50kg

34:40

Next time I will go a bit heavier with the bench press. Decided to be a little conservative because of my shoulder problems over the last couple of years. Shoulder held up really good. Maybe 60kg next time.

Looking forward to this one. I have been anxiously awaiting it. Took today's rest day "off" and did 3 rounds of 21-18-15 of SDHP's, Thrusters, then Back Extensions. When I got done a group of trainers came over and asked if I was okay since I was making those pre-pukie cheek puff-outs (What would be a good name for them? Blowpuffs maybe?). One asked me if I was training for anything...I said "life" and he just looked at me with a puzzled look and then turned and walked away. Heh heh heh There's nothing like the smell of XFit in the morning!

i think i accidently drank too much tonight to set a PR, but i'll give it a shot...

this one is going to be a bit hard at my gym. since most of the barbells are being used for bicep curls.

That's what I get for doing heavy deadlifts today. I'd barely done any powerlifting due to equipment and group workouts shying away from them lately. I finally get to work the PL's a little and we get hit with Linda. Pain.

Man I weigh 250 lbs. This is going to take forever.

This may take a little longer as I don't have access to 3 bars - I'll be a popular guy tonight as there is only one Oly Bar in my pokie little gym!

Something tells me I'm going to be looking forward to the 3-2-1... STOP!

This is my fav I cant wait!!

I really wish that I could do this exercise, but I can not press my body weight yet that many times, and I am SCARED of deadlifts as that is what I was doing when I hurt my back. I am going to attempt this tomorrow to see how many I can perform.

I look forward to it!!

(Just got done with a Back and Shoulder workout that I did before checking this...>STUPID<....I will be excited to try this tomorrow.

D

BW 190 lbs.

28:02

Subbed

1. 255 lb. dead lift
2. x 2 45 lb. cleans

42y/181cm/74kg
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of the triplet:
DL: 60kg continous sets
BP: 60kg ocntinous sets
Clean: 40kg continous sets
TIME: 32mins

Warm Up – GA’s warm up + 20 double-unders
WOD – There is only one barbell available at the gym so I couldn’t do Linda. I decided to do a CrossFit Total since I have not done one in a while.
• Deadlift – 405
• Overhead Press – 165
• Squat – 405
CrossFit Total – 975

Nice job on the C&J allison!

Oh Linda...

the only WOD in existence that leaves me bloody, scraped, and sweat-soaked...not to mention unable to finish the following days' WOD's.

have fun everyone...get some!

Now THIS is what it's all about!

Bring on more O-lifting. Love it.

One oly bar at gym and the poxy smith machine - and probably 3-4 guys arguing over who gets to use the bar! I'm looking fwd to this already...

No Linda for me, I need to function properly for a swim race tomorrow.

Did Fran instead, scaled thrusters to 35 kg:
10:49

I was hoping for a sub 10, but the thrusters killed me today.

M/28y/80kg
as rx'd

DL: 120 kg
BP: 80 kg
Clean: 60 kg

TIME: 55:04

Damn that was hard and damn I was tired

hi :)

i love having a gym at home

25/m/75kg (165lb)/177cm (5'10")

deadlifts 50kg (110lb)
bench 70kg (154lb)
cleans 50kg (110lb)

43:19

First Linda... yowza! She's a mean mistress!

27m / 6'2" / 206lbs.

Deadlift - 225lbs. (form still sucks, so they were straight-leg DL's)
Bench Press - 205lbs. (some help from lifting partner -- my chest is weak!)
Cleans - 150lbs.

53:40

Wish I could go to bed, but have to go back to work!

I'll post the rest of the Jalalabad Crossfit wackos as soon as they're done with work.

M/33y/73kg

As Rx'd

49:02

I love this one but last time trying as rx'd I jacked my shoulder using the evil smith machine. Now I can't do full rom dips because of this. I can't express enough how much I despise this piece of equipment.

Chris

27:28 vs. 25:58 last full attempt using a bit less on the BP.
bw=127
DLs at 135
BPs at 95 (vs. 90 last time)
Cleans - 2x30# dbs (can not monopolize 3 bars at luxo-gym)

34/185#/34

DL 275#
BP 185#
Clean 135#

TIME - 32:25

GREAT...there is only one bar at my gym so this should take a while.

3,2,1 SLOW

Oh yeah, my gym posted a no chalk policy
Can you believe that s@$t
I can't wait till they tell me I can't do hspu because I'm making the walls dirty

-Colonel Samuel Trautman for President 08-

If you have to miss a wod when do you make up the day you missed? what is the recommendation?

thank you

Had only one bar for the WOD, so I stopped the clock as I stripped the bar for each exercise. Whole event took about an hour, actual lift time was 25:30. Rests were taken on the clock during lifts.
m/34 yoa 155#: 235DL, 155BP, 115 clean
I need more bars

first "Linda"; scaled loads

DL: 155
BP: 125
Clean: 90 lbs.

25:56

probably scaled too much on the bp, dl; but still painful.

Last time I scaled this back 20%...

This time I'm giving her 100%

I've got the pre-workout jitters..

Ahhhh..."Linda"...aka "Three Bars of Death"

It has been a while since we last tangoed. This is one of the true pleasures of CF. I think it will also be the WOD that officially gets me asked to leave my new gym :)

GET SOME, GO AGAIN

M/39/185

As close to rx'd as I've gotten on the three bars of death.

DL: 215
BP: 185
C: 135

49:45.

I'd take a nap, but I have to work for the next ten hours or so.

More better faster

not a pretty day...i had to scale way down plus about half way through my shorts ripped in half...hahahah...this should go on the top 10 ways to get kicked out of a gym, MAN!! i got to find a different gym, anyways, did't even get to finish by the time i got home i just cleaned up the house..

BW=60kg

25:58
DL=66kg
BP=48kg
CL=35kg

3 minute improvement from last time!

My wife and I just started the beginner's workout (12 week progression). What can we substitute running with if it rains and we don't own a concept2 Rower. Any suggestions much appreciated.

Was both wanting, and not wanting this one to show up. About time they threw Linda at us. I knew it was coming sometime. It's going to be a PR to simply complete it as Rx'd.

Deadlift: 165# (100%)
Bench: 165# (100%)
Clean: 125# (75%)

28:40
(a 3+ minute improvement from last time!)

28/165/m/5.9

Mark
45:13
205 DL, 130 BP (touching chest), 95 squat clean
Better DL's and BP's.

Last time I did Linda I perfomed "Hang Cleans", should I instead be performing Full Squat Cleans, beginning from the ground, catching in a sqaut and standing?

M 48 70" 175

Deadlift: 1 1/2 body weight - 270 lbs
Bench press: body weight - 175 lbs
Clean: 3/4 body weight - 135 lbs SUB Power Clean

42:35
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Compare to 070727

Deadlift: 1 1/2 body weight - 265 lbs
Bench press: body weight - 175 lbs
Clean: 3/4 body weight - 133 lbs SUB Power Clean

1:00:19

M/22yr/80kg

120/80/60

full squat cleans

32:04

oowww

22/185/6'1"/7%
Ouch. 25:12
DL = 275
BP = 185
Clean = 135
Super Happy Fun Time

29/M/238

This is my 4th or 5th WOD...but first time with Linda.

DL: 135lb
Bench: 135lb
Clean: 135lb

44:13

Man! This is the second time in a row this has come up on my 1/2 volume week. I'm tempted to do this as RX but I know long-term it won't help. Last time I did it with 1/2 weight in 6:00. This time I'll do 10-8-6-4-2 with RX weight.

30/f/158/68"

scaled to:
132# (82.5% BW)Deadlift
65# (40% bw) for both bench and clean.
did power cleans after first round (knee was hurting today.)
25:29

i felt like i was a little heavy/about right on DL and too light on cleans and bench. i just had a weird flow because i had some fast, then slow. while the cleans were light, they wore me out because of the explosiveness, so maybe they were okay. this was a weird workout for me. its this type of workout i would really love to do with a little supervision and guidance.

it doesn't have to be fun to be fun!
ck

In my best boston accent..

OH MY FRIGGIN GAWD! THIS WOD LOOKS WICKED TOUGH!

Working out at 5:30am is not for me. Way off my PR. The cleans were just kicking my ass today.

180#/42yo

275/185/135

26:21

48/M/170 Jim 30:12
Scaled to
1. 205 lb. dead lift
2. 175 lb bench
3. 125 lb. cleans

42/M/200 David 30:12
Scaled to
1. 225 lb. dead lift
2. 205 lb bench
3. 125 lb. cleans

The lights flickered and Pukie was knocking at the door!

bw: 192

DL: 245 (1.27)
BP: 190 (0.99)
CL: 135 (0.70)

Time: 24:10. PR for time and weight. Need to up DL and CL next time.

fourth crossfit workout and i get this?

had to scale back monumentally.

deadlift: 135

benchpress: 135

clean: 45 (needed to work form more than anything!)

23:45

23/160/m/5.6

Linda not easy to do in a commercial gym.
39/M/210

Wimped out (but still trembling and awash with lactic acid after WO) but okay for a newbie

DL:95 (45%)
BP:70 (33%)
C:65 (30%)

22:55

worked out this morning with a buddy who's still recovering from an injury and can't go too heavy right now. modified workout to:

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

20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11
push-ups

15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6
cinder-block swings

rotated through the 3 exercises

26/m/165
dl (240): 10,6-3,6-2,5-2,5,4,3,2,1
bp (165): 10,9,6-2,5-2,5-1,5-4-3-2-1
clean (120): 7-3,6-3,6-2,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

27:25 as rx'd. Sets more broken than last time (April), but cut 5+ minutes off time.

M/26/190

Crossfit-Iraq

DL: 295lb
BP: 190lb
CN: 145lb

31:46
Ripped my callous off while lowering the very last DL!! Thanks for showing me I have weak skin Linda :)

THE THREE BARS O' DEATH
28 yom 190lbs 6'2"
30:22
DL 185
BP 135
CN 90
Instant pr because I finished. I dropped more weight from the bars but I completed all sets this tim

M/38/155
CFWUx2
DL 45x10,135x5,225x2
BP 45x10,135x3,155x2
Clean 45x4,95x3,115x2

Linda as Rx'd (225,155,115)
41:28
That's a phat PR by 10%. Thanks coach!

Grip was a serious issue. I forgot my chalk bag and the gym doesn't have chalk. I haven't brought it yet so I don't know if they will object to it. I thought I heard one of the trainers use the word "crossfit" today before having his client do burpees. Unknown if he was talking about me or trying to pass himself off as a crossfit trainer (He clearly is not). I would have said "yeah burpees" to them to see what they would say but I was busy trying not to pass out.

Post: will be surfing if its good.

also in the Army in Korea CFT Korea

30/m/190

DL 225
BP 190
CL 135

20:30

Dropped almost 10 minutes off of my last Linda.

OMG! three bars of death was no exaggeration. first time doing this and it was extremely tough.

45m 20042:45
scaled weights to:
dl 225
bp 165
clean 135
started first round with slightly heavier weights but quickly dropped to these just to survive the workout. I am wiped. good luck to you all on this. I thought I was getting in pretty good shape after 5 months of Crossfit, but....

24/m/185/5'9"

DL: 265
B: 185
C: 135
44:33

viva la revolution
CrossFit hohenfels

23/m/5'7"/150/

as Rx'ed
dl-225
b-155
c-115

Crossfit Hohenfels!

bw 173

DL - 195 (1.12x bw)
BP - 165 (.95x bw)
CL - 115 (.66x bw)

24:36

Bwt: 175

DL: 275
BP: 185
CL: 135 all power cleans from floor

Glove added to right hand @ round of 7 because of rip

BW 172

DL- 255
BP- 177
POWER Clean- 130

18:10

Did power cleans instead of full squat cleans.

add this to post 100
time: 39:14

This workout is damn near impossible to do at my gym...i might have to truck it out to Crossfit Rochester to get my WOD in today

bklyn

It'll be impossible for me to do this as described.

I've only one bar, and not nearly enough weights.

I'll have to think of something.

Wahh!
I realy love/hate Linda and wanted to tango again, but the wife is laid up and I'm launching the kids to school so I had to improvise outside of the gym.
Ended up doing yesterday's Navyseal WOD.
For time (41:11)
Run 1 mile
3 rounds of:
25 50lb Kettlebell swings (scaled down to 35lb)
25 Wallball shots (scaled up to 24lb ball)
25 Pullups (scaled to jumping)
Run 1 mile

24/f/5'6"/151

scaled to:
Deadlift 135 (.9 x BW)
Bench Press 75 (.5 x BW)
Clean 85 (.6 x BW) did power cleans though. will do full cleans next time.

Tme: 29:15

Yeah, I will have to see how many people are in the free weights room first. If it's busy then I'll leave it until tomorrow. A lot of people don't go to the gym on Fridays as it's tradionally go to the pub night. :D

DL 75kg
BP 75kg
CL 30kg

42 minutes

42/164

First time doing "real" Linda. Only had one bar, was not even going to try it, then decided just do it...

DL - Should have done 247 lbs. ended up doing 255 lbs.
Bench - 165
Cleans - 125

I've been looking for somebody who went over one hour? I guess that I will be the first.

1 hour 18 minutes - Even though it seemed to take forever, I have that feeling of accomplishment just like when I completed my first muscleup.

31/m/190lbs

Scaled to:

dead = 135
bp = 185
clean = 75

28:00

Probably scaled too much but it was my first Linda and wanted to make sure I finished it.

m/37/6/168

I remember my first Linda a few months ago - complete disaster. Therefore I scaled it quite a bit this time and did

10/8/6/4/2 of

125 lbs deadlift
135 lbs benchpress
75 lbs full squat clean

Took 17 minutes. Challenging, but doable, so next time I have a good baseline to improve upon.

33/M/195

DL: 295
BP: 195
Clean: 145

46:21

Great job, Rick! The first Linda is an absolute killer. If you're using full weights and full cleans, you're doing well just to survive. PS This was my second, and they don't get any easier.

38/m/205

225# DL
185# BP
95# Cleans

31:03

10, 9, and 8 were broken sets of DL, and Cleans
Unbroken the rest of the way.

24:50 with mods.

At Calgary's busiest (or 2nd busiest) fire hall so I set this one up to be faster than it would at my true bodyweight of around 190, what I didn't account for was that I'd feel like a sack due to poor eating over the past few days. I knew I wanted to go straight through on deads and cleans and I'd work more on strength for the bench so I went:

225 DL
185 Bench
135 POWER Cleans

All DL straight, bench slow (needs more work) and power cleans straight through from round 7 on. Felt really pukey so I know I need to lock in the eating. I've done this WOD faster with heavier weights all around, I feel shame.

Amazed I didn't have to leave to go on a call!

Oh yeah, we've got three bars, two pairs of clips for the weights and only one pair that actually fit the bars properly. Thank you medical tape...

Allison-Congrats on the 100# C&J. I knew you had that in you. You'll be doing bodyweight in no time!

I did a Linda lite: scaled to a 150# person: 225dl, 150bp, 115cl.

32:54

It was about 4 min slower than last time, but I did full squat cleans this time and power cleans last time. Next time I'll have to take the weight up.

Allison-Congrats on the 100# C&J. I knew you had that in you. You'll be doing bodyweight in no time!

I did a Linda lite: scaled to a 150# person: 225dl, 150bp, 115cl.

32:54

It was about 4 min slower than last time, but I did full squat cleans this time and power cleans last time. Next time I'll have to take the weight up.

Allison-Congrats on the 100# C&J. I knew you had that in you. You'll be doing bodyweight in no time!

I did a Linda lite: scaled to a 150# person: 225dl, 150bp, 115cl.

32:54

It was about 4 min slower than last time, but I did full squat cleans this time and power cleans last time. Next time I'll have to take the weight up.

dl 135
bp 80
cl 65

25:49

Over 2 minutes faster than last time, but dropped 5lbs off my previous bp now ROM much better.

That was a bona fide painstorm. I went up 20% on everything but cleans. I had no idea what I was in for.

40/m/180

last time: dl-225
bp-145
sc-90

this time: dl-270
bp-180
sc-120
in 39:30

That was a HUGE increase in weight, and it hurt. All squat cleans from the floor to full squat. At 5's I dropped the bp to 170#. I used every bit of weight I had. Used my hex trap bar for the dl's.
Great workout...

Did this last Fri.

43/m/180

245# DL
180# BP
135# PowerCleans

27.44

I'm curious to know how to calculate total work accomplished on this workout. It would make it easier to compare performances since there is so much scaling. Anyone know the formula for horsepower?

scaled it to ~50% weights, to ez, add more weight next time.
bw 78kg
45kg bench
62,5kg deadlift
30kg powerclean (can't do cleans... yet)
16min

36/195lb
Colorado Springs

I'm leaving town this weekend so I worked out on my rest day.

30 Muscle Ups
50 95lb Overhead Squats
50 Knees to Elbows
Time: 20:12

Now I see Linda for todays workout! *big sigh* Going to have to mentally prepare for this one all day.

-Brent

36/195lb
Colorado Springs

I'm leaving town this weekend so I worked out on my rest day.

30 Muscle Ups
50 95lb Overhead Squats
50 Knees to Elbows
Time: 20:12

Now I see Linda for todays workout! BIG SIGH Going to have to mentally prepare for this one all day.

-Brent

24/m/207
245# DL 118% BW
210# BP 100% BW
155# Clean 75% BW

39:51

My first Linda....BRUTAL! Bench part was surprisingly the hardest part.

Here's a power output calculator from Performance Menu...

http://www.performancemenu.com/resources/powerOutput.php

Don't think I can do Linda until tomorrow, got midterms to study for today.

Just an idea for those of you that only have access to 1 bar. Sub DB bench presses for the bench and DB snatches for the cleans (obviously you will get one more on one arm, but whatever). Then you would only need 1 bar, but still get to use 2 similar movements.

Scaled:
DL: 245
BP:115
Clean:90
33:24

M/29y/159 lbs.
as rx'd

Deadlift: 210 lbs.
Bench: 135 lbs.
Clean: 135 lbs.

36:19

Wish I could bench more :( Does anyone know any good wrist development techniques? My wrists feel like they are on fire!

Scaled to this:

bw 70kg

deadlift: 70kg (BW)
bench: 35kg (1/2 BW)
clean: 22.5 kg (1/3 BW)

Time: 29:59

41/f/163#
Linda 21:45
deadlift weights
165# for 10 rep round
155# for 9 rep round
145# for 8 rep round
135 for 7~1 rep rounds (way too ambitious beginning)
bench press weight 90# all sets
hang squat clean weights
65# for 10~7 rep rounds
55# for 6~1 rep rounds (weight felt good but form not so great)
row 2000m 7:45
yoga class

Love it!

As rx'd: 275 DL, 225 BP, 185 Clean.

Followed it up with a 1-miler sprint.

G2G!!!

M 32 170lbs
Deadlift:
10-1 185lbs
Bench:
10-1 175lbs
Clean:
10-1 115lbs
36min
I had to re-rack on the bench(9-5) to finish the reps- awesome workout!

44/F/125/5'4"
Scaled:
DL 135
Bench 55 (still rehabing rotator cuff)
Clean 60
19:38
Almost 10 min better than last time with more weight!

M 32 190

AS RX'd

DL 285lb
BP 190lb
CLN 145lb

Who ever it was up above (not in the heavens up above, but up above in an earlier comment) that 10-6 was a killer and that 5-1 was alright wasn't kidding. 10-6 seemed like a nightmere, 5-1 were just less physically taxing and more mentally taxing. I have been dreading this one for while and have been procrastinating doing it cause of shrunken testical syndrome with the mere thought of it! However, I am glad that I completed it!

Good luck to everyone and great job to those who went after it!

"Train Hard or Go the F#$% Home"

OH, Forgot, 21:13 as RX'D! Cheers!

Dang this was the hardest I've done yet. Hats off to all you studs for pounding out the required weights. I, however, am a mere mortal.

M 23 181#

DL 205# (first 5 sets)/185# (last 5 sets)
BP 145#
CLN 115#

34:59

DL 135#
Inc Bench 135#
Clean Empty Bar
20 minutes on the dot
Well this is my 4th day on crossfit and it's exactly what I've been looking for. I love it.

Sick as a cat, wasn't gonna workout today but Linda is like a call to arms.

Subbed ring dips for bench press and scaled reps to 10-8-6-4-2

BW:80
Deads 120
Cleans 60

15:29

30yo M 162#
Linda: Approx 34 minutes, forgot to start watch.

DL 245#
BP 160#
Clean 125#

pre-cfwux3, increasing wt dl, bp & cleans
wod- 42 yom, 6'1", 175.5 bw
dl-265, bp-175.5, cleans-132.5-30:38 pr with higher bw
need to go through on dl, higher # of reps on both bp & cleans

OUCH!!!!

ouch

Gar. Did a lot less weight cuz I am a fattie still and don't think I could DL that much! HAHA!

BrandX Scaled version....

10-8-6-4-2
DL 65#
Bench 50#
Clean Oly bar, squats to the floor

Some guy basically yelled at me because he thought I was going to use the Smith machine that he was doing SOMETHING on (still haven't figured out exactly WHAT he was doing) when all I was doing was getting weight plates. I wanted to slap him.

oh yeah, my scaled effort took me 9:09
be glad whe i can do it as RX'd

Jesus I did it as recommended and it took me 70 minutes. this is pain. haha i suck at bench pressing my body weight, but one rep at a time I got it. This is my one month CF anniversary. hooray
M/17/180

Linda (scaled)

225# dL
225# BP
135 PC
31:19

BW=225

Lindita (Linda's nicer and littler sister)

10-8-6-4-2 and 85% of rx'd weight.

Time of :26::20::60

Last time I did 10-8-6-4-2 and 75% of rx'd weight.

Time: 12::51::04

dl 225
bench 185
clean 135

38:48
Can feel my glutes tightening up already.

My first time with this one, and it hurt. I couldnt finish the dead lifts, only got to set of four and then only one done. Then stopped on Bench at three b/c no spot and I didnt trust myself if I got in trouble. How bad is that for only on second week of CF?

Info: M/26/6'4'/242

Dead Lifts: 305
Bench: 185
Clean: 105

dy-no-mite

weird, but i couldn't locate any demo's of linda here but found this on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjKmixUNxQg

wanted some psychological thrashing before the attack. hooah!

Forgot to post this mornings results...

WU: 500m row, CFWUx3

WOD: 42:22 (DL 275, PB 225, SQCL 185)

That was brutal. It totally crushed me. I can't wait to see Linda again! Next time I'll be lighter and it'll be easier haha :)

I don't understand with the three bars excercise is. Can someone explain?

Scratch last comment, bad at math.

Clean: 115

i just went back through the comments and i just wanted to add a congrats to allison on that 100 C&J!! well done!

hey, congrats to us all after Linda! ;-)

ck

Crossfitters/Coaches:

I have been crossfitting for about six months now and I am looking to parlay the strength I have gained into martial arts training. What type of martial art would you recommend? More specifically, what martial art is most translatable from cross fit?

I'm not sure if that makes sense, but I look forward to the responses!

CM

195lb male, 27 yr old.

I seriously spilled my tea today. I hurt myself metabolically.

PR, 34:06

DL- 300
Bench- 195
Clean- 145

"I wanted to breath smoke." - Tyler Durden

as rx'd full squat cleans!

bwt 190
deads 285
bench 190
squat cleans 142.8

29:48 up 5 lbs from last time and time was up about 7 min. I got fat!

31yom, 182#, 5'11''

DL- 265 - 145%BW
HC- 140 - 75%BW
BP- 185 - 100%BW

22:30

34/M/75kg

As Rx'd:

DL: 115kg
BP: 75kg
Power clean: 55kg

33 min

31/M/190lbs

Linda:
DL: 135lbs(71%)
BP: 95lbs(50%)
Clean: 65lbs(34%)

First day of many failed attempts to start Crossfitting. Didn't want to push it too much so that I could continue tomorrow, so I pretty much did a half Linda by percentages.

Peacers
SC

M, 175, 39

DL: 225 (1.29%)
BP: 175
CN: 115 (.66%)

26:58

I work out on my lunch hour in a gym where the median age of those present is easily 55. Most days I have the free weight room to myself or with just a few others using the lat machine or dumbells. Today, I was completely by myself after the first set of "LINDA" - I have no doubt the grunting, banging weights and accumulating pools of sweat scared them away.

"I don't understand with the three bars excercise is. Can someone explain?

Comment #147 - Posted by Andrew at October 11, 2007 10:35 AM"

Andrew: In an ideal situation, you would load three bars...one for the Deadlift, one for the bench press and one for the Clean...that way there is no stopping to load/unload bars for each exercise....three bars loaded, pretty dang heavy, three bars of death!
At least this is the way I understand it. Correct me if I'm wrong ya'll!

Scaled to ability, should have read posts b4 completing as i was completely discouraged at high time and low weights and really beat myself up during the workout.
40/F/182, cf for about 3 weeks
dl-95
bench-70
clean-60
29:38

#150. I would say choose whatever you like the most, crossfit will enhance and bring to a new level any physical activity you do. Personally it helped me a lot with my jiu-jitsu a lot. Although I don't like using this approach, but if I have to I can "outlast" and submit anyone in our club.

37/171/m
wod as rx'd: 33 min

for all you pros....I've got one bar in our department gym, any recommendations on how to break it up with only one bar? was consdiering doing deadlifts with just chained plates...going to have to eat the time on bench and cleans...unless i just stack the chained plates and use them for the bench also...what do ya think?

37 bw 190
last 26:47

today as rx'd 22:40 (new pr)

dl 285
bp 190
pc 145

this one always seems to elude me but I'm going to try to get something done. last time out I was injured and the time before that I had scheduled car maintenance and stuck hanging around the repair shop all day. Wouldn't you know it but I booked car repairs for today over a month ago to have my front axle replaced so stuck with no transportation. Linda and auto repairs two out of three times - what odds?
I'll keep my fingers crossed that the repairs are done quickly so I can still get this done tonight.
Heading to a globogym and modifying is an unpleasant thought as I'd really rather it as rx'd.

47/f/140

dl 135
bp 80
cl 65

25:49

Over 2 minutes faster than last time, though dropped down 5lbs on the bp. Got much better rom with the lower weight.
Full squat cleans.

38/M/205
30:48, a PR by 7 minutes, with heavier weights. Gaucoin, I feel your pain, working at st 3 today, so subbed ring dips for BP(no bench), which is actually a little harder for me.
DL 265(245 last time)
CL 135(will try rx'd 150 next time.)
Felt so much stronger and better form just from last weeks cert. Cleans were full squat and much better.

Had to scale to the following:

1 x body weight- dead lifts
3/4 x body weight- bench press
1/2 x body weight- cleans

Remembered 3/4 way through the 8 rep round that they weren't clean and jerks- just cleans...

So, finished in 36:24

180/m/24

BTW, I can see myself falling for Linda...

27m 205#
started with prescribed weight. after 2 rds and 40 minutes I had to get to work.
finished with 135 across the board.

Ok Boys and Girls. I think that this is going to hard. I have not done bench for a really long time. I am still sore from the jumping pullups from the other day. I am going to give it my all. I would like to meet Mr. Pukie some time. (just to make sure I am doing what I am supposed to do.

John

M/32/275

DL: 315
BP: 245
PC: 185

50 min.

looked easier on paper, that one was a beast.

AllisonNYC- Good job!

10/10/07
WU-
B wu x 1 w/25 lbs, x 1 w/ 45 lbs
1 round The Bear 45 lb bar
WOD-
The Bear
55-60-65F
Failed on final rep of push press from behind the head. I had to duck my head down to clear the bar over it. Tried 3 more attempts with just the behind the head PP w/ 65 lbs, but no joy.

Today-
No time for Linda, rowing sprints instead.
Sprinted 9 rounds @ 1:40 minute w/ 20 second rests.
9 rounds total distance- 3205 m (15:00 mins)
1 extra round- 395 m
Total distance 3600 m

Post- stretching

Kate

Hey my buddy and I had to break this down because we had class today...we did 10-6 this morning, then 5-1 just now. Does that significantly affect the results??

Whenever you do linda at a "gym" you always get some funny looks and people cant understand why you have to use 3 bars at once. It seems that i am the only person doing crossfit in zimbabwe, thanks its keeping me sane...

197lbs deads
135lbs bp
117lbs cleans
26/m/200lbs

32/M/170

I took almost a month off. (No reason really, a day turned into a month -- inertia was difficult to overcome) Yesterday I did the squats/rope jumps and walked funny for the rest of the day.

I almost cried when I saw Linda today...but I sucked it up and I'm glad I did.

DL - 195
BP - 155
Clean - 115
(This is the most weight I've attempted)
28 min

I'm in pain but I'm thrilled with my performance.

#158 U'i-
Forgot to write it the other day, Welcome and happy CrossFiting!

Kate

F/40/143lbs/65kg

Scaled to:
60kg (132lbs) deadlift
40kg (88lbs) bench
30kg (66lbs) clean

32:30

Did power cleans as I have a lot of knee pain.
The deadlifts really sucked after the first four rounds as well as I tore a callus right off. :(

275# DL
175# BP
135# PC

53:24

Slow.
Summer kills me with wildland firefighting and rafting trips. I am looking forward to winter and six months of consistant workouts.

jolie 29 yr female, 5'4" 125lbs
185/105/93... 46:33
roman 30 yr male, 6" 185lbs
275/185/135... 42:34

26M
150

I hate this workout above all others. My back is still not right, stupid BJJ.

squat 185
bench 150
dumbbell clean 80 (because I am weak)

forgot to stop the timer about 30min

m/38/178 lbs.
scaled down to
DL-135
BP-135
clean-95
23:10

hey all,
i am looking for someone to train crossfit with in Miami. we dont have an affiliate down here.

thanks
littleone
in miami

Hi everyone, first time post. I've been lurking for the last couple of months and have gradually been incorporating crossfit into my workouts. Am now taking an intro course at crossfit TO and am about a third of the way thru an adult gymnastics course. I am totally excited about my gains.
Today, I did the wod, but scaled a bit.
Deads 225, bench 155, cleans 95. Time 24:10. Next time I won't scale at all.
I really enjoy all the posts here, esp John Wopat and Spiderchick. Also thanks to Marty (#71) for introducing me to crossfit.

M/47/165

Scaled down due to injury and ability.
BW: 172
DL: 205#
BP: 155#
CL: 65#

23:50

27/245/78"

Last time: 21:00
High handle Trap Bar DL: 275
BP: 190
HPC: 135

Today: 34:15
DL: 245-100%
BP: 215-88%
PC: 155-63%

Back is getting better but not good enough to do Squat Cleans. Happy with the improvement in BP and the switch to real DL's!

45yof/138#
Linda 29:29. (Last time 27:27)
DL 155#. (135#)
BP 61#. (75#)
CL 75#. (52#)

Went down weight on BP since shoulder is having a hard time! Overall, I was happy.

Neil(50) & Ellie(52)

Neil

1000 mtr row + 5 mins jump rope + Burgener WU

"Linda"

Slightly scaled

DL 112.5 kg
BP 75 KG
PC 55 kg ( will do CLs next time)

19.51 (3.10 faster yhan last time, same weights)

Ellie

Same WU

"LInda"

DL 60 kg
BP 35 kg
PC 30 kg

18 .19 (1.20 faster than last time)

Have a good one.

Neilfit

5 more hours and it's go time... Tick Tock Tick Tock

Should add that these were full cleans. Does anyone know if women ever do this as Rx'd?

M/34/185

first time with the 3 bars of death
DL 235
BP 135
CL 135

my cleans got a bit weak at the end and turned into PC's. Very happy with this none the less.

Second to last 2/3 cycle

pre rom stuff
post cfwu as a cool down 2x10

bw 250 ususally do 250/185/135 for the triplet
2/3 of 2/3 today due to my scaling yielded 185/135/95
last time was 28 minutes modified scaled
this time was 16 minutes non modified scaled
yo soy en fuego.

m 35 bw 157
Done at LA Fitness in Arizona.

DL------------225
Bench---------155
Power Clean---115

31:40. Bench was unbroken. Power clean had one, at most 2 rests per set. Deadlifts KILLED me. The majority of my time was deadlift. Slower than last time, but form on DL better this time.

Casey (CRussell) from Mesa Fire Department-- pleasure meeting you. Keep on Crossfitting and come by Crossfit NYC when you are in New York City.

Had to adjust for my fitness level, male 260lbs
DL 185/ bench 205/clean 135/time 1hr 15 min.
got a lot of work to do still

M/36/177

Scaled - way scaled

DL 175
CL 95
BP 125

23:30

25/M/208#

Wow i wish I weight about 50# less. This one hurt real bad.

2x15 CFWU

BW = 208#
Deadlift = 315#
Bench = 210#
Squat Clean = 160#

As rx'd: 44:35

m/19/175
DL 260
BP 175
CL 135
49.32

this was my first three bars of death, and it was awesome! I can't remember the last time I was that close to actually passing out. The sense of accomplishment was amazing. I think I have a new favorite.

28yom/6'4"/215# But for this one I pretended I weighed 185.
Dead:275#
BP:185#
Clean:135#
42 minutes. 5 less than last time. Beats a stick in the eye.

47 minutes. This was hard. I really crapped out on the cleans. teaches me not to run before doing this workout.

Age 35
BW 145#

As rx'd:
DL 215
BP 145
Clean 110

21:54

61/m/180/6'

CFWU x3

First "Linda" , no bench available today so subbed 20# weighted dips. Scaled reps and weights down also. Worked on technique on DL's and full squat cleans. Reps scaled to 8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1.

DL 125#
Weighted dips 20#
Cleans started 75# had to switch to 65# to maintain form in full squat cleans.

21:52

M/25/170

Clean: 125
BP: 170
DL: 255

41:50

Skipped Linda due to sore quads. Worked on BP.
135x12,x8,185(f),155x2,115x10,x7,x7,x4,x4. Need to build strength.

I'm in a mountain-top cabin right now recording music, but thank humanity's various gods that there was a couple of benches and a doorframe pull-up bar!

I did an ab circuit that I got from American Gymnast. The only thing I had to scale back was the V-Ups (I did 15 instead of 30).

For time:
Hanging Leg Raises: 10 reps
Hyperextensions: 15 reps
Hanging Sit-Ups/Decline Bench Sit-Ups: 10 reps
Lower Back Raises: 20 reps
V-Ups: 15 reps
Body Tighteners (Iron Bridge): 45 sec. each side
Hanging Sit-Ups: 20 reps
Hollow Hold/Arch Hold: 60 sec. each side
Time: 8:39

Clean: 125
BP: 165
DL: 225

34:20

This is my 2nd week of crossfit nothing has ever kicked my ass so quickly i am lovin it.

Annie Sakamoto is my hero!

I did the following deadlift series: 10x250, 9x260, 8x270, 7x275, 6x280, 4x285, 3x290, 2x295, 1x300. I made the classic mistake of working out on yesterday's rest day, doing heavy presses, push presses and press jerks. I woke up this morning with a stiff right shoulder, making benches a no go and cleans chancey. I'm bummed because 3 bars of death is a WOD I fear, all the more reason to embrace it. Didn't someone famous say keep your enemies close to you? I guesss that applies to fearsome WOD's. BW:170, Y/A:59

Correction:

there "IS" a couple of benches and a pull-up bar.

Sorry, I'm a perfectionist.

30m 200lb

25:29 as rx'd

Let's try this again:

there "ARE" a couple of benches and a pull-up bar.

Tim:

Tweaked my back on the round of 7. Didn't feel like a good idea to keep going on the deadlifts so I finished up at around 12 minutes (pushed the wrong button on my stopwatch). Bench press felt heavy, deadlifts felt heavy, cleans felt light (they always do) even with full squat cleans.

Oh well. That sucked.

26y/6'5"/211 lbs

DL: 225
BP: 155
Clean: 135
39:53

Had to use same bar for DL and (power) cleans. Weight should have been higher for cleans and especially for the bench presses.

32/M/180

Only had one bar, so didn't time myself.
Only did 10,9,8 due to lots of people waiting for the only bar the gym has...
STUPID GYM

#209 john wopat

"To know your enemy, you must become your enemy...keep your friends close and your enemies closer"
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

42yom / 145

19:53(PR) as rx'd

DL - 220
BP - 145
CL - 110

Feel really good about this I was shooting for sub 25 but to get sub 20 I am stoked. Definately helps to have lost some weight and gained strength and technique on this one.

Post - L-Hangs

1/2 volume week.

Rx weight 10-8-6-4-2
12:05

20:01
DL 235 - 142%
BP 135 - 82% should have done more
CL 110 - 67% Power cleans
BW 165

#69 talked about that pre-workout jitters... I walked around the gym for about 5 minutes trying to figure how I was going to do this. Turns out... YOU JUST DO IT!

Only one bar (below weight is for all sets)

DLs = 185#s
Bench = 60# dbs
Clean = 115 #s

53:54

Finally, I've never met this "Linda" but I bet she's much nicer in person.

37f/143#

Scaled this beast... first time meeting "Linda"... Holy Sore Backs, Batman!" Good stuff...

DL - 155#
BP - 115#
Cl - 105# (as rx'd)

28:28

scaled down to:
135#dl
hspu
135# cleans

35:06

35 yom 202lb

first time for linda 31:49

DL 315 sets 10-7; 265 sets 6-1
BP 185 scaled minus 15lbs sets 10-1
PC 135 scaled minus 15lbs sets 10-1

20:20 AS dx'd

BW 185

DL 277
BP 185
CL 135

m/18/bwt:154

as rx'd: 31:03

my weakest WOD by far

37m 185
sad performance today
"1/2 linda"
10,8,6,4,2 reps
DL: 225 (120% bw)
B: 185
C: 115 (scaled too much on this)
20ish minutes
did way better last time. ugh. off day.

First time with Linda. A feisty mistress!
Yanked two whole callouses off my hands but finished anyway:

58:41

As rx'd.

42yom 182lbs
"Storm through for time" huh...well not me; at least not until the round of 5. Had to scale that one as this was my first Linda, and still have DOMS from Tuesday's WOD.

Linda aka 3 bars of death (and it almost was..)
DL: 185lbs (BW).
BP: 135lbs (about 2/3 BW, could've gone to 145 or 155).
Cln: 85lbs (about 45% BW).

I gotta say, I much prefer the pain from Fran, as it only lasts half as long!..

Time: 19:08 (my realistic goal was under 25 min).
Love it though!..

28/M/205

DL:315
BP:205
C:150

29:12

first crossfit workout, this stuff is awesome!

34yom 175lb 70in

Modified WOD to "HEAVY LINDA" by upscaling weights by a factor of 1.2

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of the triplet:

Deadlift: 315lb
Bench press: 210lb
Clean: 160lb

34:22

deadlifts were harder than I thought and bench was a nice break in between the DL & the clean.

29/M/6'4"/200#
As Rx'd
DL 300
BP 200
PC 150
45:57 (over 7 min. faster than last time)
I lost weight and got stronger!

32/F/5'10"/153#
DL 185 (BW x 1.21)
BP 115 (BW x .75)
C 95 (BW x .62) Full squat cleans
42:41
I increased my bench by 20# from last time, added 5# to my cleans, and STILL shaved 7 minutes off my time!

Not my first WOD, but my first time posting:

19/m/170lb

DL 225 - hex bar
BP 170
Cl 120

34:19 as rx'd

Good to be done

46 195 One bar of death

should be 292 dl, 195 bp, 146 cl
only one bar so 225 dl115% 155bp,79% 155 cl 79%

also one bar because last time w rxed dnf

pain putting on 35s and taking off and putting on rack and moving bench
36:21

I seriously felt like I was going pretty fast...yeah right.

Wow!

29M/165#/5'6"

DL: 245# @ 55 total reps = 13,475#
BP: 165# @ 55 total reps = 9,075#
C: 115# @ 55 total reps = 6,325#

Total weight heaved into the air: 28,875# (that makes it seem like a lot of weight!)

in - you ready for this - 50:35

I didn't think any crossfit wod would take more than 40 minutes, but my first date with Linda proved me wrong. She's a pushy broad.

Scaled to 10-8-6-4-2:

deadlift @ 155
bench press @ 95
power clean @ 65

22:54. Then I felt bad about not doing real cleans, so:

front squats: 3 x 10 @ 65

BW: 140

Deadlift: 155
Bench: 45lb dumbells
Clean: 80lbs

35minutes

37/m/157lbs

Due to equipment limitations and skill level did the following modifications:

Reps as rx'd.

DL: 205lbs (haven't done DL for a while so scaled down)
BP: Subbed body-weight, ring push-up/fly combo (using power rings at floor level, one rep = one push-up + one chest fly)
Cleans: Only had the one bar so did full cleans with two 1-pood KBs. Felt plenty hard.

Time: 24:55

Definitely a very nasty combo of exercises.

p.s. BW is 211. I hope to do Linda as prescribed someday, but that day is a way off yet!

34yom/160#

CFWUx3 (8:23)
WOD: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
245# DL
165# BP
125# Power Clean

40:22 (4:05 improvement from July)

only had 2 bars so a little time lost to switching

At comment # 160, AMLove21 said,

"I seriously spilled my tea today. I hurt myself metabolically."

I don't know what that means but it sounds horrible. Hope you're alright, metabolically speaking. I can't wait to do this workout now.

Scaled down:
m/33/174#
CFWUx2
DL-185#
BP-155#
CL-135#
40:30

34/m/174

255 DL
175 Bench
115/95 clean

34:28

About 4 minutes slower than last time. I did the first couple sets of cleans with 115, but wasn't happy with the form--they were like low power cleans. So I switched to #95 after the set of 9.

Does anyone have any thoughts on whether it's better to go lower with less weight on the cleans, or to do the weight as rx'd and sacrifice some depth?

24/m/170
This was a rough one. Ended up having to scale.

10- Started DL with 255, which proved to be a bit heavy. Did one. Dropped to 225, did 5. Moved down to 185 and finished the 4. BP: 170. Clean: 125.
9- DL: 185; BP:170; Clean: 125
8- DL: 185; BP:170; Clean: 125
7- DL: 185; BP:170; Clean: 125
6- DL: 185; BP:170; Clean: 125
5- DL: 185; BP:170; Clean: 125 (getting pretty fatigued and running out of time)
4- Dropped weight DL: 135; BP: 155; Clean: 95
3- DL: 135; BP: 155; Clean: 95
2- DL: 135; BP: 155; Clean: 95
1- DL: 135; BP: 155; Clean: 95
Finished in 51:00

I was running out of time and getting pretty fatigued so I decided to drop the weight some to crank through the final rounds. This was my first "Linda". Next time time will be better and weight will be closer to prescribed!

***NAVY LT MIKE MURPHY TO RECEIVE POSTHUMOUS MEDAL OF HONOR***

Per the Navy Times:

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/10/navy_seal_moh_071011w/

First time back in a while, Started at 8. hopefully I can keep my lazy a$$ motivated this time. :)

Did BP: 135, DL: 225, Clean: 95

http://www.angrydalty.com/crossfit.htm

F/38

Scaled and 2 bars available

DL 135 BP/Clean 65

16:01 (1:30 faster than last time at same loads)

Did I forget to mention that my lower back won't stop trembling?

Nice work on the PR's everyone.

35m/76kg/5'8"

First full Linda, previous time did 10/8/6/4/2 I think.

CFWU .3

Time: 36:50

DL - 110kg (too much) - go for 100kg next time
Bench Press (on damn smith machine as no other bar)
- 70kg (too little - no other weights available to reach body weight)
- Clean - 40kg (too light - but no other weights and probably better to keep lower as learning form)

Not quite as Rx'd as BP just under body weight and Clean at 55% not 75% body weight

Lower back pain - poor DL form from 6 reps down.

34/M/195

22:52

DL- 265 (bout right)
BP- 95 (way too light- worried about no spotter)
Clean- 111 (too light)

Off- topic, but --

HOOYAH, Michael Murphy!!

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/10/navy_seal_moh_071011w/

W/f safe

36M/5'10"/172#

As Rx: 46:00 (est)

At some point stopwatch on cell phone died. Est based on adding up minutes of songs played on CD.

DL: 255#
BP: 170#
CL: 130#

Just thought everyone would like to know, LT Michael Murphy will be awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor on 22 October.
Here is a link to the article: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/10/navy_seal_moh_071011w/

I'm sure mostly everyone knows this, but one of the workouts, "Murph" is named after this man.

23/m/183

BP: 200
Clean: 135
DL: 280

32:31

closing in on the 30 min mark, probably could have made it had someone not stolen my bench for a bit...oh well.

WOW was all I kept saying as I read some of your weights! Especially you ladies! Nice work out there:)
Did "Linda" around 0900, it's now 1730, my butt and back are starting to feel it~ And I mean deep in the rear muscles~
Lookin' forward for tomorrow's WOD.

My first WOD - what a day to choose.

20M/6'5"/208

I've never deadlifted or cleaned before, so I didn't go for time and instead concentrated on form. Only got down to 5, then my hands started to kill me as I don't have lifting gloves. Gotta either develop calluses or get some gloves.

One of the harder physical exercions that I can remeber, as far as non-aerobic exercises go.

I used conservative weights for DL and CL since I have no experience with those lifts.

DL: 135#
BP: 135#
CL: 95#

m/31/6-5/215

Linda the First
DL 305 (sub)
BP 215
CL 165

1:01

Did everything for five sets. I saw mr. pukie coming and I got scared. Stopped after 5 sets. Here is my weight

Me= 278 lbs

Dead lift=135
Bench=135
Power clean=95

All in pounds. I am so out of shape. I will post tommorrow after I work out. Need some help getting in shape.

John

49/m/185

Hands and back are hammered. Nowhere to go but up; need to review the DL videos.

BP: 165
Clean: 135
DL: 185

38:30

lisaq--

that was a smoking 2k you rowed after the WOD

RX'd

Pre-lunch time. . . .gym was like a ghost town!

6'5"
240

#209 THE John Wopat???

28 yom, 180 lbs

Scaled down to DL=225 lbs, BP=185 lbs, Clean=115 lbs; and only did 10, 8, 6, 4, 2

19:00 even, full Linda takes me about 49 minutes

m/28/195
DL - 295
BP - 195
Clean - 145

As rx'd 35:12. This is my first Linda. When I started, I wanted to break 30 minutes, but after I finished the round with 7 reps, I realized it was about survival. Lynda: I HATE HER.

Age 35
BW 145

As rx'd:

21:54

192#

290# Deadlift
195# Bench Press
150# Clean

28:53 as rx'd

Work Performed
132418.57 joules
13502.72 kg-m
97671.94 ft-lbs

Power Output
55.87 watts
0.08 horsepower
41.21 ft-lbs/sec

Man that seems kinda pathetic, but then I have nothing to compare it to. Anybody else care to input their info? It's easy on the link provided earlier by tjo....Thanks.

http://www.performancemenu.com/resources/powerOutput.php

32/m/225#

scaled to

deadlift - bodyweight (225)
bench press - 3/4 bodyweight (170)
clean - 1/2 body weight 115

10-8-6-4-2-3-5

22:58

I must say that I really enjoy this workout. I was going to stop after doing 10-8-6-4-2, but I was feeling so good, i started going back up the ladder, hence adding the 3-5. didn't make it to the 7-9, (forgot the 1), due to time constraints and not wanting to risk injury. Can't wait for it to come up again, I am thinking of doing it as Rx'ed.

24M/6'6"/bw 245

BW 245! That means 370lb. deads! My hands hurt so bad. So does my back. Wanted to quit after the first 5 reps on deads. My max is 495, but 370 was very very heavy.

As RX'd: 43:13

Go To Hell Lynda!

m/29/195

DL: 295 lbs
BP: 195 lbs
PC: 150 lbs

49:16

All sets completed. DL and PC reps were broken up in the higher rep sets.

Been doing Crossfit for about a month now, love it! First time attempting Linda. Accomplished as rx'd in just under 48 min (a little slow, I know).

Age: 25
BW: 205 lbs

DL: 335 lbs
BP: 205 lbs
CLEAN: 135 lbs

M/31/6'1/195lbs

As rx'd

time: 46:28

M/31/6'1/195lbs

As rx'd

time: 46:28

45/m/175
holy crap--this one just about killed me
bench 175
deadlift 225
clean (full squat) 111(used 15 kg plates)
time 51 minutes

Work Performed
138471.81 joules
14119.97 kg-m
102136.81 ft-lbs

Power Output
58.43 watts
0.08 horsepower
43.1 ft-lbs/sec

Interesting what adding a 1/2 inch to my height did. These are more accurate since I'm 5'9.5".

bench at 155 to round of 8 -145 to round of 5 -135 to finish
deadlift at 175 to round of 8 - 155 to finish
clean at 95 full squat to round of 5 - power clean to finish

40:17

M/35/163/509

DL - 245, BP - 165, C - 125 (these turned into PC's after a while)
As Rx'ed = 47:50 min.

My second time to play with Linda and this chick is truely an Amazon! My time did not improve but I increased the weight a good bit since the last one (also low motivation for some reason). A rather rude WOD have to do on a birthday!

37/M/195
DL-295 BENCH-195 S-CLEAN 145
1st time doing Linda 57:03
had only two bars so stacking and unstacking weights sucked. I'm pissed looking at all these great times! want to try it again and do better! Nice work Everyone!

Had to scale back first WOD in about 8 months. 135 bench 145 dl 95 cleans 24 mins. of crying lol

humbling experience.

BW: 125lbs

19:01

scaled as follows:
DL @ 155
BP @ 75
Clean @ 65 (too easy)

this was my first Linda. I've always feared and respected Linda and consider it the ultimate hot monster guy workout.

44/76"/197

First Linda - CF'ing about 6 weeks - scaled weight royally (the rx DL weight is my one rep max) but did all the reps as rx.

So:

DL - 175 lbs
BP - 135 lbs
C - 85 lbs

24:10

All unbroken sets except the 7-rep BP (5/2).

Need to increase weight next time.

what does r xd mean?

As Rx'd
unscaled

DL 245 lbs
BP 165 lbs
C 115 lbs

42 minutes

47/171/M

DL 256(sub 225 1.32%bw)
BP 171(sub 135 .79%bw)
C 128(sub 95 .55%bw)

34:25

Used my typical LuxoGym sub: 225# deads, chest-slapping pushups, and 2x45# db cleans. Time was 24.23, about 1 min faster than previous. Wind and lower back fatigue were the limiting factors.

Tariq

26yo/M/159

DL: 240
BP: 160
C: 120

37:41 GiddyUp!

27yo/m/170
DL 255
BP 170
C 125
25min 9sec

Only my second work out. I am not lifting my weight yet. I'll get there soon.

DL: 135
BP: 95
Clean: 95

37:00

What does it mean when you fill drunk after your work out?

27yom/205
DL 225
BP 205
C 135
43:24 - rehabing the back
total weight lifted: 31,075 lb

and... doing JT yesterday was not good today

44/M/6'/185
TIME: 24:07

DL 185 LBS
BP 185 LBS
C 135 LBS

I KEEP IT BODY WEIGHT ON THE DEAD LIFTING ON THIS MANY REPS PARTICULARLY WHEN I'M ON SHIFT. I MAY HAVE TO LIFT A LOT LATTER.

RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT.
TUCSON, AZ.