Wow, 7 months of CrossFit and this will be the first time doing Barbara. Five rounds. Ouch.

Awesome Job in Musa Qaleh

Well done, keep them on the run!!!!!!

Well i guess number 2 aint so bad. Barbara, one of my favs.

Great to see Musa Qal'eh back in good hands, congrats and best regards from the States

Did this not long ago.

Tiring but good fun.

Being needing to do Chelsea for a while - might do that instead today, hehe.

Nice. Bring the reps after the CFT !!!

I love Barbara.

5 rounds, yikes!! Time to work off all those Christmas treats...this is going to hurt.

first time seeing this one. I like it!

This will help remind me to call my godmother, Barbara, for her birthday today. Thanks Coach.

This would be a good one for:
- a high school PE class
- travel or home workout (as long as you have a place to do pull ups)

This is great! every time a workout like this comes I just get all excited again over crossfit, This is good stuff!

I like the workout, but what is this "rest time" thing...don't belive i've ever heard of that here.

last workout before the Bear Run C-9...dont push it to hard tomorrow...C-12 is coming....luv Prasch

Wednesday-

150 Burpees, with push up and jump
Time= 18:46

Worked on snatch, split jerk (actually just a favorite right now so just keep doing for fun), and some HSPU.

Erin

Ive been waitin for Barbra for a while now. Finally I get my belated christmas gift.

I created a work out today after the CFT. I need some help naming it. Any names anyone?

21 Manmakers/ 30 lb. DB
21 pullups
100 Jumprope
15 Manmaker/ 30 lb. DB
15 pullups
100 Jumprope
9 Manmakers/ 30 lb. DB
9 pullups
100 Jumprope

As rx'd: 14:40

It kicked my butt. I encourage anyone else to try.

Greg & Judd, one word, Amazing.

I will be doing Barbara but will have to sub the 50 squats with 25 left leg assisted squats by holding onto sides of my squat rack. All because of this DAMN LEG CAST!

* Barbara, sorry for the spelling

Ooo I haven't seen Barbara since I started. I was going to try it on my own if it didn't come up. I think the squats are going to be a problem for me tomorrow.

My CrossFit Total was a TOTAL disaster. I had to stop before I started. On my warm up set for the squats with 135 my hip flexor cramped up so much and hur really bad. Every time I tried to get out of the squat it pinched again. Keith W tried to help me streth it out but that killed me too. It's been bothering me a little but nothing like this. It even hurt in the DLs. So I stopped that too because I didn't want to make it worse and just didn't feel like feeling the pain.

What the heck should I do? Just stretch? I've been doing the SS streth but it's obviously not enough. It's just my left hip and it's kind of in my lower back too. Will a massage help?

I have tooken a full week off after my diagnostic angio gram this will be my first workout. Hopefully it goes well I may have to take out the situps.

I'll have to double up and do this one after I do Total tomorrow. Got distracted and missed it today.

Question about timing of Barbara...is each round timed individually or is the entire workout timed?

Happy day after Christmas to all! I am guessing that the squats are using bodyweight only?

Maybe I should have phrased that as "I am hoping..."? :-)

Yikes! Who said Thursday was going to suck....

Brian, yes squats are body weight. good luck!

Sean I read it as time each round individually and post each round's time, not the total 5 round time only.

Pictures of Me and Spider Chicky:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/allisonmagara/?saved=1

Check it out :)

Ok, thanks. That's what I thought. It's just not the normal way for timing. The breaks will be nice and should help with storming through each round.

m/19/5'8"/149

Barbara as Rx'd...love this workout
3:18, 3:49, 3:29, 3:37, 3:29

Did my situps on a bed of ice and my pushups in a foot of snow. On the fifth round, it started to sleet hard!

I've been doing CF for a few months now, but only the bodyweight WODs because of lack of equip. Yesterday did my first Fran at 85#...barely completed it, time 15:22. Terrible, I know, but I'd never done a thruster in my life before that. I loved it though; it was the most painful 15 minutes ever.

There is NO WAY that I will be able to do pushups tomorrow in Barbara. After the Bench Presses on the 23rd, and the Burpees on the 24th, my chest and shoulders are so incredibly sore that doing pushups is most certainly asking for severe muscle strain or possibly an injury. Any suggestions for what I could sub in? I don't like to sub if I don't have to, but like I said I pretty much have to. Thanks!

WOD demo video is awesome. Would the snatches be considered swing snatches, power snatches, or what?

On Joshie (071222), it says to do squat snatches not power snatches, but that's with dumbbells.

Thanks.

Just finished the 150 burpee workout! That was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be!

Tyson
m/28/178
16:30

Miranda
f/25/138
17:20

Our jumps were pathetic and I am sure that none of them after about 50 were even close to high enough!

Hey Greg, was it cold there? I think that's the first video I ever seen with you wearing your shirt the whole time!

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year Bro!

AllisonNYC either a massage or see an ART person (active release technique) they can do some specialized pressure-point work that may help to release whatever's binding your flexors up.
Awesome pix of you & SpideyChick (she's da bomb... every time I think of her Murph time I just shake my head in awe lol)

1st time for Barbara. Can't wait. Almost seems like cake compared to Fran, Badger & Joshie in the same week hehe.

32/m/215/6'5"

Press - 165
Squat - 345
Dead - 385

CFT - 895

This really surprised me after hurting shoulder on Fran and taking the last 3 workouts off. I took it easy on the press since left shoulder is still hurting on that motion. I went really slow and still was able to get 165 up, which is 10 less than last time. Legs felt really good, like they were fully rested for the first time in a long time, squat was up 30 lbs. Worked up to 385 on deadlift and called it a day, had I realized I was so close to 900 I would have added the 5 lbs. to get it.

modified version
5km row
10 burpees
20 pullups
30 pressups
40 knees to elbows
50 squats
5 rounds no breaks
5km row

Will play more catch up today, and save Barbara for while traveling due to lack of equipment.

Allison NYC,
Massage and ART are awesome, but in the meantime get a tennis ball or lacrosse ball. Lay on your stomach and put the ball under your hip flexor. So your laying on the ball kinda. You can do this with your back, legs, feet.. It's a dancer thing works wonders.

did Total (680) this morning at 5:30, one of my buddies couldn't make it so he talked me into doing barbara about an hour ago. Not sure that was a good idea, but hey Alpha Breed mentality talks us into stupid things.

our times as perscribed:

Mike

Age: 21

BW/H: 190ish 5'10

3:33/2:59/3:04/3:05/2:55

Me

Age:22

BW/H: 142, 5'10

2:53/2:32/2:45/2:15/2:34

Doing the math thats a little less than one rep a second for most rounds, and more than one rep a second on the 4th round. I would never have imagined that possible before Cfit.

Mike has been crossfitting in a somewhat erratic fashion for 6 months, his times are incredible. he posted 5:35 Fran on his second ever attempt. A testament to the belief that guys with a strength background can be dominant rather quickly. He has never totaled, but i can see 400 pound deadlifts in the very near future.

#19 AllisonNYC
Re: Hip flexor problems

I can throw out another recommendation for hip flexor problems. Hopefully it will help.

Try stretching all the muscles in your hip area every day. In addition to the Samson stretch, I specifically stretch the following during each round of my Crossfit warmup: hamstrings, quadriceps, and glutes. For hamstrings, I actually do 3 variations each round. After dealing with chronic hip flexor injuries for several years, a therapist suggested that the other muscles in my hip area were so tight they might be putting undue strain on my hip flexors. I can't speak to the accuracy of her diagnosis, or whether the stretching is even what fixed things, but I haven't had any major hip flexor problems since I started doing this a couple years ago.

29/f/110

CFT:

BS: 165 (PR)
SP: 90
DL: 235 (-10)

total: 490 (PR)

then met up with eric for the row/bench workout

3 rounds for time of:

500m row
BW bench press, 30 reps

nadia: BP: 85#

33:35

eric: 34/m/139

BP: 135

28:52

rep 30 of round 2 i completely failed. the bar was on my chest i could not sit up and could not dump. just had to lay there for 2 min while eric finished up his last 500m row and then saw me lying there stuck. ha. never have had that happen before. i think my chest will be sore tomorrow. ken you will be happy to know i had a grey goose martini (extra dirty) tonight at the bar downstairs, and two mini veggie burgers. :-)

25/M/161/5'8"
did joshie today
47 minutes as rxed
That workout was brutal.
I had question about the video today. They're dumbell snatches look nothing like the ones they show in the exercise demo. I could've done this in half the time if I did them like that. I guess maybe one is a squat snatch and one is a power snatch. Which one is which?

cant wait to do this in the morning i have been doing crossfit for a while now just never really comment back from kid time off i think i will start

24/m/185/5'9"

as Rx'd

3:34
3:48
4:08
3:57
3:57

viva la revolution!

Peh, hip flexor cramping.

The solution is simple and it doesn't have to do with ART or stretching.

Remember when you starting working L-sits and your quads and hip flexors were cramping up? Same thing. When you hit the bottom portion of the squat, the hip flexors activate against the hamstrings to keep the pelvis anterior rotated so that the lumbar spine is upright. At this point since the insertion of the hip flexors on the femur are close to the pelvis and lumbar spine where the hip flexors originate, the muscle is contracted at basically it's shortest position. This leads to cramping as you can attest with L-sits with the quads/hip flexors or V-sits with the abs and other exercises that require very tight contractions.

So the answer is to basically do weighted squats more so that the cramping goes away. Start with fairly light weights to allow your hip flexors get used to a light load and then build up from there. As you probably noticed, CF doesn't incorporate a lot of weighted barbell work for squats because of the metabolic work that airsquats can give in conjunction with other exercises, so you'll have to do a little specific work on your own.

P.S. And no, CFT, full squat clean oly lifts and the occasional 1-1-1/3-3-3/5-5-5 squat don't really count cause you'd get maybe one every week or two at most.

Looking forward to this. I need to make up the burpees, total AND this one. HOlidays are tough.

I did 90 pullups and 90 dips for time (pull ups were all dead hang)

Did the "cindy"-ish workout before where you do 5 pull ups, 10 pushups, 15 squats each minute on the minute for 20 minutes before that.

32/M/78Kg

Wod #7 (I still owe a crossfit Total)

Warm Up - skill practice of the WOD excercises

WOD - 1/2 Barbara

5 Rounds
Pull Ups x 10 (hang as many as poss, then Jump)
Push Ups x 15
Sit Ups x 20
Squat x 25

Round 1 = 0.00 - 1.33 Round 2 = 3.00 - 4.37
Round 3 = 6.00 - 7.27 Round 4 = 9.00 - 11.02
Round 5 = 12.30 - 14.53

I tried to 1/2 the rest period as I was scaleing down the work by half. I think 3/4 might have been a better representation if my current level, will find out next time. Pull ups and Squats are still the limiter at this stage.

T.

I did Barb -- half a Barbara.

Set 1 - 1'20"
12 PU
15 PshU
20 SU
25 Sq

Sets 2,3 - 4'27"; 5'07"
as px'd

Looking forward to the day I can push through an entire Barbara as px'd. That's going on the goal wall!
TP

What's Px'd ? :)

Thanks Kath, Denver and JP22. It's 6am here and I've been up for over an hour bacause I can't get comfortable. I woke up wrapped up like a mummy because I was tossing and turning so much. I'm took excedrin and I'm trying to lay in a positing that stretches my hip out.

I tried rolling on a ball and it hurt like crazy. Geeze. I also tried a few air squats and it's just not good at all when I get to the bottom. I think I Need a massage.

I'm not a happy camper. Will ice or heat help? I think I may have to do Barbara without the squats tomorrow

sorry for all of the typos.

Where the heck is J roCk!?

Hey Allison, sorry for your pain! Maybe it's time for a rest day or two.

JRock is with family in MA--at least that is what he said on Sunday in Albany.

21/M/150/5'10"

My first CFT. Sad.
660lbs

BS 240
SP 100
DL 320

2:29
2:28
2:28
2:29
2:26

Kipping pullups, chest touching deck pushups, anchored situps, Dynamax to full hip extension squats.

#46 Allison

It's the result of smoking yourself on half a workout... Haha!

Thanks for making me feel better!

34/M/175

2:59
2:57
3:41
3:12
3:32

Allison,

Sounds like you're having some serious psoas issues. The remedies posted so far are great for short term relief. However, if you want to get to the cause of this problem some more intensive therapy may be required. I practice and recommend a form of therapy called Myofascial Release. It is an awesome form of soft tissue therapy designed for long term results. You can learn more at myofascialrelease.com. There is a practitioner in your area. Her name is Debra Abramson. You can locate her at abramsonPT.com. Hope this helps.

Rob Wilson, CMT

yesterday did snatch and L pullup workout with 25lb DB, thats a new movement for me. around 35 min..
post:dead lift up to 340 (pr)

today 5am
5 sets of
tall clean+clean up to 125lb
post:
3rds
2 min on treadmill at 8.7 mph
10 reps powerclean and push jerk with 25lb DB
9:15

Did Barbara two days ago:

3:37
4:23
6:52
5:50
3:58

I subbed 100 revolutions on a stationary bike for the squats because my knees told me to. When I was interviewed at the Toronto cert, I said Murph was the hardest WOD. I take that back. Last time I did Barbara, a year ago, I didn't finish. This time I finished but it was a near death experience.

Bob
neverfeltbetter.blogspot.com

2:16/2:24/2:30/2:31/2:36

"precisely" 3 min b/t rounds
bwt-159
33yom

For comment #19 AllisonNYC and #53 masseur101 and all of CROSSFIT
A.R.T. or Active Release Therapy (same as myofacialrelease) is incredibly effective for all the aches and pains caused by people who train intensively. I swear by it.It's painful when being done but the results are well worth it.If you want to continue doing Crossfit at an intense level especially as you get older put an ART practitioner on your payroll.

Oops! I read it sleepy-eyed so I only did ONE round of everything.
Time: 11.30

Practiced kipping PUs, OHS and did a 200m 90p plate walk.

Wow, some of these times make me feel like a lazy fatass, hahaha...

4:26 / 4:52 / 5:32 / 6:10 / 6:03

worked on getting pullups to chest height, nice flat pushups, full ROM (back of hands to floor each time) situps, and A2A squats... Pukie was still knocking on my door for rounds 4 & 5!

f/45/130-5 ish...thanks to the xmas cookies.

I hate to throw them out. Their in my freezer waiting to go to Tampa next wknd. They keep calling my name and won't leave me alone.

150 burpees
20 min
nose to floor
jumped, but not to 8" Kelly: beyond inspirational love seeing your numbers

Allison,
could your little brother be any cuter?

Sarena,
thanks for opening me up to IF. Had NO idea I was doing it all this time.I go about 18 hrs 3-4 x a week. Does coffee constitute cheating? That is the only thing I drink in the am till noon.I stop @ 6 A night. Also, what is the minimum time for it to be considered IFing. I can't believe how many people do this after discovering it reading the message board yerterday. I just never told anyone because it seemed so unorthodox. No wonder I can eat like a pig and get away w/ it. YIPPEE
Hey, i figure , if cfers do it , it can't be bad for you and I do have great energy. Need to read up more on this.

I've just been rowing using different intervals and went on a couple of walks. Still a crazy schedule from Christmas and end of year stuff.
I am postponing the CFT until next week when I will have more time and focus. Then I am going to work my way through the Girls and Heros; setting a base line for '08 for myself.

Kate

P.S. John Wopat- Thanks for the Christmas wishes.

Allison I'm having a similar problem with my hip now. It's been an ongoing issue for me for some time. I find that acupuncture works for me. I think everyone has good suggestions and you just have to find what works best for you. Perhaps the most painful I've tried was intramuscular stimulation. The needle in the hip flexor was TERRIBLE!

30/m/180

A little more difficult than I imagined

3::17/3::34/3::39/sickness/5::13/5::27/floor - :10

31/M/163

As rx'd:

2:50.2
2:50.4
3:02.2
3:12.4
3:10.6

Terrible showing at Barbara
1= 3:58
2= 4:37
3= 5:20
4= 5:43
5= 5:55

Have a good day.

M/30/5'7/183
I screwed up the timimg of this. I just timed the whole thing including rest. 39:31. Averaged 5:46 per set. Not my best day.

bw: 183

As rx'd: 3:32, 4:43, 6:24, 5:56, 5:55
total: 26:50 (PR)

Not too bad. I wasn't motivated for this WOD at all, not to mention it was freezing cold outside on the pull-up bars. Only have one other time I've done this WOD complete (about a year ago) and dropped 5 minutes off of total time.

WOW! Barbara just taught me a lesson in humility.

4:22, 3:30, 4:10, 5:15 Threw in the towel in order to not make a mess on the gym floor.

I was in Musa Quela in June/July of 2006. Whole bunch of Taliban down there. Shoot em up like we did!

Tony Blauer rocks the house!

anybody see this?
http://health.msn.com/fitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100184336&page=1

m/45/176
Total time = 21:30
Clarksville, TN

Been looking for JRock myself... where'd he go??

Can't wait to work on Babs tonight!

Age=27
BW=187

1r - 3:15
2r - 3:19
3r - 3:17
4r - 3:33
5r - 3:30

Wonder what is the next challenge is for Kelly Moore....did you see her time today, wow! These workouts just look to easy for her...

CrossFitters unite to change the world. Check it out:
http://stevesclub.typepad.com/

1st ever "true" Crossfit WOD.

Subbed 10 pull ups instead of 20. Forgot to do squats on the first round. Stopped after third round becuase I was about to puke. My ass is spent and I cant wait for tomorrow.

Go AF

I've been asking for this or "annie". It's gonna be tough but good.

Happy Holidays to the men and women at Musa Qal'eh, thanks for the hospitality, and to all of my brothers and sisters spending the holidays away from home. Stay safe and stay fit. More Sweat, Less Blood!

Steve Liberati:

Was it you that said you were going after your NSCA and (is it) CSCS certs? If so how did you do?

bw 170

as rx'd

2:42
2:42
2:45
2:51
2:59

As Rx'd

1 - 5:04
2 - 5:50
3 - 5:40
4 - 5:08
5 - 5:40

Wow.

2:25
2:28
2:24
2:27
2:31

round 1-3:07
round 2-3:52
round 3-4:13
round 4-5:25
round 5-5:43

Hey nice job Judd! I've been waiting to see that workout. I'm pretty sick right now but am hoping to be back getting thrashed with everyone friday or saturday.

29/M/223

BrandX's Puppies:
"Barbie"

Five rounds, each for time of:
5 (assisted) Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Sit-ups
20 Squats

Rest precisely three minutes between each round. Post time for each of five rounds to comments.

2:58
2:57
3:26
3:49
3:46

Allison, thanks for the Christmas present for all guys everywhere. (your photo link) Looking at you there it's impossible to believe what you said the other day about having a prego looking stomach, I presume before you started?? Keep up the good work.

Holy CRAP!
I'm trying to remember why I decided to make my pull-up bars with a 1 1/2 inch bar ...? Did better than last time, all pu's kipping with first two sets uniterrupted. Push ups weren't "perfect" but at least to 90. Almost met pukie after the third round, enough to go into the kitchen and get my trash can. I tip my hat to everyone who averaged 3 min or less per round.

3:12, 3:25, 4:08, 4:49, 4:31
total: 24:05

26/F/115

Still learning how to do kipping pull-ups. Used
Woody assistance band (green) today.

Round 1-5:13
Round 2-5:33
Round 3-5:37
Round 4-6:08
Round 5-6:11

Work 12 hrs shift and didn't get to eat til four o'clock this morning. Went workout after work--Bad Idea. Met Pukie when finish with round 5 :(

Last time, 7s and 8s. Did 3 rounds. This time... better!

4:48
4:08
4:03
4:01
4:07

Great workout, keep'em coming.....

Kim smoked me today! I didn't feel so great this morning. I had a mild headache after the pullups, but it never got worse so I finished the WOD.

5:01/6:18/6:51/7:48/7:24

I don't know what kinda drugs most of you people are taking to get an average under 5 minutes! After the first round, the pushups and situps were severely broken up. Why do they suck so bad? The air squats, however, were my saving grace. I think I was able to get all 50 unbroken on the first round, then to 40 on two more of the rounds. They were fast too.

Nice job today Kim Phan - glad you got to meet Pukie today, but I just missed him!

5:30
5:51
5:40
5:35*
5:30*

*sit-ups on a ball

CFWU
I need to read directions better. Did not time each round just the total time. Took 3 minute rest periods between each round except the first round.
40:12 total. Averages to ~6:14 per round.
M/46/195/72"

as rx'd:
4:24
4:47
4:54
5:03
4:48
Pukie was knockin on the door but I wouldn't let him in.

35yo/F/ 6'3"/ 190

Barb "Lite" from BrandX

10 Pull-ups (JPUs)
20 Modified Push-ups with "the perfect push-up thingy"
30 AbMat Sit-ups
40 Squats below parrallel to full hip ext.

1-3:51
2 5:00 WTH?
3- forgot to time, almost met Pukie
4: 4:08
5: 3:34

Will I ever be able to do 10 pull-ups in a row? I can do 2-3 on a good day? Are the physics against me ? 6'4" wingspan

Great times everyone. I'll be a BigDawg one day.

Jacked up from 'joshie' and burpee's. Trying to get back to normal so no Barbara. =(
I made up a work out and got to use my Buddy Lee jump rope that santa brought me. =)
WU- 1 mile run
WO- 100 rope jumps
5 rounds of 40 squats and 50 sit ups
100 rope jumps
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

age 24 female
body weight 225lbs

I did the pull ups on the smith machine with legs infront. Cant do a full pull up yet.
Push ups I did on my knees from a shoulder injury last year working slowly on getting to do full ones.
Situps I did as crunches with legs stacked above hips.

times: 3:15 3:58 4:03 3:52 4:14

I thought I was going to get sick on the last one

#62 Gina-
What is IF??

Allison NYC-

Cant wait to meet you when you come to our gym in Newport! I know you will love running after you leave:-)

42yo/187#

3:31/4:14/5:01/4:40/4:23

34:16

I did the sit-ups on the GHD. Full range of motion on pulls and pushes. I also did my squats without a med ball so I could squat deeper (and not get that little trampoline cheat). Wow, what a difference!

Exactly 3 min between rounds, except between round 3 and 4, at which time I took an extra 27 seconds to puke. My time picked up after that :-)

Freddy

Yea i was surprised to not have Greg pull his shirt off too! But i told him if he did i would...

Guess i scared him LOL!

freddy c

ha ha! damn you met pukie today? way keep on going! my buddy got a dynamax ball for christmas and i did squats on it for the first time. that little bounce is great. what is the official word on whether that is a cheat or not? i see people in the videos using them all the time.

23/m/185

3:51
5:22
5:29
4:46
4:22

It still amazes me how you can get such a good workout from doing nothing but bodyweight. That's why gymnasts are so strong.

4:10
3:54
4:09
4:50
4:36
as rxed situps - feet were not anchored

We only got 2 rounds in 20 minutes. Nice to know there's still room for slight improvement.

didn't record round times. total time with 3 minute rests....30:40 as rx'd

29/m/185

I missed yesterday so I had to double up.

Press - 165
Squat - 355 PR
DL - 455 PR
CFT - 975 PR. 1K here I come!

I only got through 4 rounds of Barbara before we got a call. The situps were a b!tch! First time doing that WOD and I really enjoyed it.

3:24, 3:29, 3:51, 4:28

Oh and I received my Christmas delights today from Spider Chick. Very cool and very delicious!

M/44/153

45:05 including the 3 minute breaks. First time doing Barbara and she kicked my butt.

tried to come back too early on the pulled lat, so no pull-up's for me for a couple of weeks

subbed back extensions for pull-up's

#1 4:49
#2 5:26
#3 6:15
#4 7:20
#5 9:19

did all sit-up's on the GHD, and on round 5 broke the set into 5's......brutal.

Ahh, my first Barbara. It was the press ups that killed me. Have not got over the 30 rep bench pressing and the 150 burpees. Found myself just pushing out sets of 5 towards the end. Must try more Tabatta press ups. Will make a concerted effort to do them twice a month. Happy New year to y'all.

Just did CFT.

Back Squat = 315 (pr)
Shoulder Press = 135
Deadlift = 335 (pr)

Total = 785

My total is up 50 from last time! Looking forward to Barbara this afternoon.

BW 177

2:20/2:40/2:50/2:59/2:57

As Rx;d:

1: 3:30
2: 4:34
3: 5:34
4: 6:35
5: 5:41

Total = 25:54 (plus 12:00 rest)

I must confess, my form got sloppy as this workout dragged on.

Mark

3:50
4:12
4:22
4:58
4:56

Push ups continue to be the issue. Chest touching on each rep.

Not as rx'd

Five rounds w/ total time of 17:01

Didn't read the rest 3 minutes between each set. I was wondering where everybody found time to write their times down.

Good workout anyway.

Well, crap, why didn't I see Allison's pictures BEFORE I did "Barbara"? That would have been all the motivation I needed. Think they'd let me post those pictures on the wall in front of me in the gym while I workout?

Anyway, another ho-hum performance. I've still got that distance runner's build working against me...oh yeah, and the distance running itself. :-P

26/m/165lbs
As Rx'd

1 - 4:08
2 - 5:40
3 - 5:32
4 - 5:31
5 - 5:16
Total: 26:07

Did Sundays row/bench yesterday so reduced push ups to 20s (not 30s)
Otherwise as Rx'd (pull ups on rings)

4:34
5:14
5:31
Colin training partner left - 7:33
6:45
Total 29:07 (plus 12mins rest)

Colin (his 2nd CF wod) did three rounds (jumping pu's/and half number of sit up and squat, no push up) after an 11k run 4:30/4:29/3:31 - 3 rounds and he was spent.

What a difference having someone urging you on.
Sit ups slowed down considerably by round 3 as cocix grinding on pavement surface, next time will bring a mat to sit on.

Didn't record splits.
43:02 (31:02 without rest time).
Did 15 pull-ups each set(haven't mastered kipping).
Still haven't completed a workout as rx'd, but I'll get there...

the logsitall site has a total of about 18 entries for the Barbara - the ranking is shown below. More data is always welcome to help make the stats better!

Current top Barbara standings from the crossfit ranking site:

[1] johan edström Photo 11 mins 30 secs M 26 148
[2] Michael Cooley Photo 13 mins 11 secs M 36 190
[3] Eric Richeson Photo 16 mins 32 secs M 26 130 CrossFit Flathead(MT)
[4] Brian D Photo 17 mins 41 secs M 25 203
[5] Ericka Khudakivskyy Photo 19 mins 20 secs F 24 139
[6] TOM VIOTTI Photo 24 mins 14 secs M 32 180
[7] Shane Skowron Photo 24 mins 40 secs M 19 149
[8] Sean Dunston Photo 25 mins 26 secs M 37 165 CrossFit Alexandria
[9] ken cutrer Photo 27 mins 10 secs M 43 188 solo
[10] David Sailor Photo 28 mins 47 secs M 44 177 Solo
[11] Joe (Elvis) Neault Photo 33 mins 20 secs M 30 185 N/A
[12] Chris Leach Photo 35 mins 35 secs M 20 120 CrossFit Plano
[13] Kris Frymire Photo 36 mins 5 secs M 34 235
[14] Todd Lynch Photo 38 mins 28 secs M 36 162 Sonz Palm Beach Gardens
[15] Michele Vieux Photo 39 mins 57 secs F 29 140 CFSD
[16] Bryce Allison Photo 40 mins 19 secs M 28 132
[17] Joel Thomas Photo 41 mins 30 secs M 35 192
[18] Derek Heinonen Photo 45 mins 59 secs M 18 145

to log your time or to see details about any entry: www.LogsItAll.com (w/f/s)

questions or comments email me at wkpatton@aol.com

-bill patton

2:58
3:30
3:40
3:58
4:30
just about passed out on this one....

M/56/205/70"

No CF total for me this time, hamstring still on the mend. Pulled it last three deadlift workouts. Rested instead

"Barbara"
situps on bosu ball feet unanchored.

2:58
2:50
2:55
2:50
3:02 pull ups broken this set :(

Thought Pukie was an urban legend until I saw him looking in the window after the fourth set. Close one!

39/M/5'10"/195lbs.

Scaled back to 3 rounds of 10 pullups, 20 pushups, 30 situps and 40 squats.

Rd 1--5:05
Rd 2--6:43
Rd 3--7:35

I did better than I thought I would but that last round took me to failure on the situps, almost on pushups and getting there on squats. I had to do jumping pullups on the last 5 in all 3 rounds. Later today, I'll get out the Again Faster bar and work on the kip.

38/m/202/69.5"

"Barbara Lite"

31:03

pullups still the weak point. The kip is coming along but is not there yet. I usually have to add an extra swing to get it. Not concentrating enough on pushing down from the top...

32/m/160#

NO REST between sets!!

31:04 mins

Absolutely killer!..but loved every gassing second of it!

f/31f135/5'4"

Uh. Duh. I missed that part that said post time per round. I just kept a running clock. My rounds were averaging 10 mins.

55:02 (if you subtract 12 mins of rest from 1:07:02) as Rx'd with GHD situps and Kipping pull-ups.

Babs is not my favorite girl ... I think I prefer Cindy ... even Angie for some weird reason. You don't have to keep revisiting the same thing over and over like groundhog day!

as rx'd

chest touching deck, full hip ext. squats

2:55
3:09
3:11
3:39
4:21

I was surprised to see Pukie walking up the alley, too.... SOOO glad he passed on by.

26 yo male 182lbs

Did Barbara with a couple of buddies.

1. 3:07
2. 3:46
3, 4, and 5 were skipped due to pukie. maybe next time we'll get finished.

Love you Cassie baby.

26 yo male 182lbs

Did Barbara with a couple of buddies.

1. 3:07
2. 3:46
3, 4, and 5 were skipped due to pukie. maybe next time we'll get finished.

Love you Cassie baby.

26 yo male 182lbs

Did Barbara with a couple of buddies.

1. 3:07
2. 3:46
3, 4, and 5 were skipped due to pukie. maybe next time we'll get finished.

Love you Cassie baby.

m/20/170/5'10

1 - 3.05
2 - 3.56
3 - 4.35
4 - 5.28
5 - 4.36

Could only do three rounds..... Ran out of gas and felt like I was gonna puke.... not sure why.

1 - 3:37
2 - 4:59
3 - 6:18

Pathetic.....

R1 - 2:59
R2 - 2:46
R3 - 2:29
R4 - 2:36
R5 - 2:39

Did fat Barbara last time...eased up this time - nursing elbow...ring pull-ups shorter rom...all else good form.

Alli NYC, just leave it alone. Sounds like your body is telling you something, REST. You could have pulled something, torn it, sprained it, etc. Ice a few days and see what gives. Start back at reduced weights and reps and gradually go back into it. So what if you have to take a step back, how many steps have you taken forward (I assume a lot by now)?

So, take it easy. I'll have to plan to be up at black box some day in 2008 to play with you all. Perhaps next Christmas/New Year's season.

Awesome Vid. Doing a workout with Greg A. is on my 'to do' list.

Back on the meds, still trying to evade the Demons...

Barbara - As Rx'd, w/3min rest btw rnds:

4:14
4:31
4:30
4:33
4:31

Good WOD management! Still shaking...

DAMN MONKEYS!

45 minutes Rxd

#1 4:00
#2 5:19
#3 5:07
#4 6:35
#5 6:44

3 sets overhead figure 8s 15lbs
3 sets preacher wrist curls 65lbs

Scaled it to 3 rounds:
7:40, 7:20, 5:46
Still not fully back from holiday down-time. Glad to see from the boards it looks like I'm not the only one.
Cheers

Did 3 rounds, needed to jump pullups

3:48
5:34
8:27

M/28/190/6'0"

1 - 7:52
2 - 8:42
3 - 10:12 - finished. very light headed. exhausted.
4 - ??:??
5 - ??:??

First Barbara. Kicked my trash.

Coming back from 5 days of being sick. Frustrating.

bwt:152

as rx'd: total time-15:03

rounds- 2:55/2:58/2:59/3:06/3:05

First time for Barbara. Enjoyed it.

4:41
4:23
4:08
4:23
4:35

as rx'd

Barbara as Rx'd

Gary----51/205..5:17..6:20..7:23..8:35..7:50
Justin--33/212..5:05..6:59..7:51..7:54..9:03
Scott---33/152..4:03..4:44..5:56..6:50..7:33

I figure some old guys times will help the average. Wow this is a work out.

27 Dec 07

[U]Warmup x 3[/U]
15 sec. Samson stretch (each leg)
15 back extensions
15 dips

[U]WOD[/U]
5 rounds of "Barbie" (thanks BrandX!)
5 pullups
10 pushups
15 situps
20 squats

20:34 with 3 minute rest between each round (didn't record each round's individual time)

1000m row
4:47

I'm so excited my gym has a rower now. It's some ghettofied version, not as nice as a Concept 2, but hey you can't have it all.

Came very close to quitting on round 3. I was in a cold sweat from round 3 on and almost met the infamous pukie today, almost. I'm still shaking from this one, and it's nearly an hour later.

Round 1- 4:58
Round 2- 6:37
Round 3- 7:35
Round 4- 8:06
Round 5- 9:01

3:12
3:13
2:55
3:07
3:05

Ouch! My fresh new cold is in full swing which compounded the pain and almost added pukie to the mix.

45:51

First round 4:10, last rd. 7:30 At the Miramonte in Indian Wells, CA.

32/m/215/6'5"

Embarrassing time, but what the hell here goes:

1 - 4:59
2 - 6:50
3 - 9:10
4 - 9:34
5 - 8:45

It looks like this will be about the worst total time. No doubt about it, being a long legged, long armed, monkey boy who still has some weight, I suck at body weight exercises. This workout was excruciating and the hardest I have done in 9 months of Crossfit. I was seeing pukie after the 1st set and he didn't go away until 15 minutes after I stopped. Extremely humbling workout.

as Rx'd
sub'd assist pullup #5
8:13
7:48
8:37
8:57 (Kipping pullups)
9:53 (Kipping again)

30/M/208/5'11"

First time doing Barbara. Left shoulder (probably rotator cuff) was hurting during last three sets of pullups, but everything else was okay.)

6:17
6:06
5:55
5:44 (felt a little more warmed up)
6:19 (pooped, achy left shoulder on pullups)

total - 30:21

21/m/205

as rx'd

2:40
3:59
3:51
3:54
4:20

I've never done this WOD before, and I loved it...I had a visit from pukie afterwards as well

as Rx'd
sub'd assist pullup #5
8:13
7:48
8:37
8:57 (Kipping pullups)
9:53 (Kipping again)
42:28

Jim 48/M/170 3:54, 4:34, 5:20, 6:34, 6:22
......Go Team Diamondback!!! Great times!!

Jim 48/M/170 3:54, 4:34, 5:20, 6:34, 6:22

47 5'10 195 (maybe sporting a few extra after Christmas)

modified cfwu x 3 (deleted p/u)

#1 4:05
#2 4:15
#3 4:00 (10 pu 10 jumping)
#4 4:45 (8 pu 12 jumping)
#5 4:50 (8 pu 12 jumping)

Getting better with pull ups, before I was spend after the first set of multiple set pu routine! Thanks Crossfit!!!

M/220/30/5 8"

Round
1 1:56
2 3:28
3 3:35
4 3:38 10 extra pushups on accident
5 3:24 crunches instead of situps

Did barbara for the 1st time. Got a call in the middle of the 1st round, and just stopped the clock and continued when I got back. I gave myself only a 1 min rest after I finshed the first round because of the call. I still don't have the kipping rhythm down yet, so my pull ups are strict. I hit the wall in the 4th round and it took me 2 minutes in round 4 + 5 to get the pull ups done.
2:55; 3:14; 3:42; 4:10; 4:49
Nampa Fire station 4

22/m/165
Wow, I feel like a piece after looking at these other times, plus with the holiday travel I've done 3 WODs in the past 12 days and boy am I feeling neglected. I mixed up pull-ups and push-ups so I did 20 push-ups and 30 pull-ups. Alternated kipping and jumping pull-ups each set.
6:11
5:30
5:49
5:40
5:57

35/m/145

4:40
4:36
6:13 (delayed a bit by having to move spots)
5:29
6:17

m/30/191

1: around 5:30 (conservative, did not time)
2: 5:58
3: 5:51
4: 7:07
5: 6:35

Hey ken c.!

I got an email from poi dog today. He's officially in our "40+ Support Group"!

Yes I puked today. Second time in two weeks. Kinda wierd as I wasn't clocking in any world class times today. I fear I have unlocked my "puke switch." Great!

About the medball, I never considered it a cheat, but I tell ya, it was a lot harder going deeper and not bouncing off that ball, which is something I tend to do as I get fatigued.

33/6'3"/265. Just to add another old-guy data point. Running clock of 72 minutes excluding the rest periods. Individual rounds from 11 to 14 minutes. Ouch.

Wow! Some great times posted which make me feel ashamed. Here are mine, warts and all.

1 4:00
2 6:00
3 10:00 (pukie was starting to grumble)
4 12:00
5 8:00

I'm accepting suggestions for excuses.

AllisonNYC...I have a similiar problem with my left hip flexor. I can't say rest was particularly helpful (it is most bothersome when I wake up) or different types of massages (but who doesn't like a massage anyway regardless of pain level). Stretching consistently produced the best results for me, by far. During my CFWU, I include a twisting lunge, pidgeon pose, and cobra pose. I found them in the October issue of Men's Journal, whose fitness articles I generally ignore, although they did feature an article about the Glassman's and Crossfit once.

Good luck

AllisonNYC

Try this stretch as is should hit the spot!!!!

Lie on your back and cross your right ankle at your left knee as if you were going to do a glutes stretch. Bring your left knee up so the thigh is at 90 degrees to the torso and then keeping your shoulders flat on the floor rotate your legs over to the right side and you should feel the stretch in the left hip.

Took me about 2 months to totally get rid of it, but I didn't have to stop training during the treatment from my oesto. Massage, ultra sound, accupunture and stretching sorted it out.

R

No pull up bar. Bummer
3:58
3:40
3:28
3:27
3:27

5 Sets of:
30 Push
40 Sit
50 Squat

4:25/4:27/5:40/5:45/5:55
Total time - 38:20
Elev. 5,600'

m/36/185

BrandX scaled;
Pack:
"Barbara lite"

Five rounds, each for time of:
10 Pull-ups
20 Push-ups
30 Sit-ups
40 Squats

I missed the 3 minute rest part which almost resulted in pukie arriving.

Times at end of each round (running continuously)
2:51 (2:51)
6:59 (4:08)
12:00 (5:01)
17:36 (5:36)
24:21 (6:45)

I almost puked but now that I see that I was supposed to rest I imagine that would have helped me a lot!

it just says squats....what kind of squats?

8:26
10:42
12:40
11:46
10:23

Thanks for all of the advice on my tight hip. You guys are so helpful. I'm going to take the day off but I'm not happy about it. I feel so heavy and slow and I know the rest of my body needs to move. It seems like everyone is saying I need to get an ART massage. It sounds painful but it can't be worse than this annoying feeling that won't go away.

Gina: He couldn't be any cuter. I think he's the best thing on the planet. I've been on his sh!t list for the last few days and it's breaking my heart. I don't know what I did. I have to go to the gym tonight to pick up a bag of Thomas the Tank and Friends trains for him from another Black Boxer. Maybe that will get me back on his god side. I'll have to wear jeans because if I wear LuLuLemon pants I'll be too tempted and I'll probably end up training.

Melissa:: I can't wait to meet you too. I just started saying I don't love running instead of saying I hate running. I really hope it becomes more enjoyable after the weekend. I'm really looking forward to it. The bonus is that Eva is going to be there..

John Wopat: Thanks for the kind words the other day. :)

BoB and Brian- you guys are funny. I'll keep em coming for you.

One more thing: I got my First CrossFit Certificate in the mail today. I'm going to frame it and hang it up. So exciting. Reminded me of the awesome time I had at the Kettlebell Cert. Great people and I learned so much. I love my Crossfit.

m.238.6'4".33

3:18
3:12
3:48
4:30
4:27

#161 33 is not old

4:35
5:43
7:05
7:05
7:10

3 rounds
7:31
7:43
10:00
stopped

4:11
5:31
4:57
5:59
5:49

(Jumping pull-ups on all sets)

I really don't understand how people get faster as the rounds go on. My last set up push ups after I have already done 120 aren't going to be faster than my first set up 30. Props to people who can do it.

3:11
4:14
4:44
5:45
6:07 as rx'd

ABout the med ball for squats: I think if you have a deep squat you don't really need the ball. If you go low enough without it you'll probably just bounce off of it and it will stop you from going lower if you can.
It's good for people who are just getting used to squtting to the right depth.

Modified by adding a set of 10 dips to each round so it looked like this -
10 dips
20 pullups
30 pushups
40 situps
50 squats

5 rounds, 3 min rest between

Ryan: (21, 602, 185 lbs)
4:50
4:50
5:20
4:50
4:00 (almost met pukie)

Charis: (19, 509, 145 lbs)

only able to do 1 1/2 rounds
pullups and dips assisted (70 lbs)

12:55 - round 1

did 10 minutes on stairclimber treadmill

44/76"/191

Rd 1 - 6:08
Rd 2 - 8:44
Rd 3 - 9:05
Rd 4 - 10:20 (included 4 jumping PU's to finish)
Rd 5 - 6:40 (all jumping PU's)

Total time: 40:57

disappointed I needed to use jumping PU's - did max effort pullups in Rd 1 which used a lot of energy as opposed to managing it better at the start

Wow today was brutal, first time doing CF in almost two months.

Did a scaled version only three rounds.
Rd 1 - 4.48
Rd 2 - 7.27
Rd 3 - 6.36

Managed 4 rounds before hypoxia won :D

All pullups done on Elite Rings, no kipping or swinging (per my personal ethic). That ended up being my weakest spot after the 3rd round.

4'09"
7'00"
7'36"
9'04"

M 37 6'2 180
4:45
6:36
6:02
6:51
7:50

4:55,5:32,5:24,5:34,5:00 (switched on the last 2 to rounds to jumping pull up's as my palms were ready to tear off)

did push up's to small blue ball and anchored sit ups

m/33/70/198

4:01
5:08
7:08
6:51
6:51
decline bench situps and squats with bar on all rounds

37:30 min total lost track of each round started with 4:55, 6 then do not remember just know the total time - 12 min. This was a WOD from hell! I have a lot of respect for people with 3-4 min rounds! all five rounds!

Allison NYC: How long ago did you do your cert? I did mine at quantico in september and have yet to receive anything.

42/f/5'6

jump pull up
girlie push up
sit ups
air squats

total time 35:25 average per round 4:20

First WOD in about 2 weeks.

Avg. 5:10 per set

1-3:23
2-3:24
3-3:39
4-3:55
5-4:54

I fell to pieces in round 5. As soon as my hands let go during the pullups on rep 11 I felt my mental game weaken. All downhill from there

31/M/190
As rx'd
rd1: 2:38
rd2: 2:59
rd3: 3:21
rd4: 3:24
rd5: 4:06
Total time: 16:27
First time doing "Barbara"

27/M/150

Did Barbara last night. Total time was 29:02. This includes the 12 minutes of rest. No kipping. So, roughly 3:20 per round. I nearly puked.

what a vid! That was a sic mashup to! Love it and can't wait to do Barb for the first time today!

21/M/167

48:28, less 12 minutes for breaks = 36:28

Pull-ups were on a Gravitron with a 70lb assist. Time doesn't include first set of pull-ups, as I was having issues with the stop watch.

That was a blast!

2:47/3:10/3:48/4:38/4:05=18:28
fourth rd was not pretty, didn't push hard enough in every exercise, overall push ups were the most broken, pull ups & sit ups the least and in squats I need to suffer thru them more without stopping.

38/175

family in town and just getting to yesterdays workout.

back squat: 225 ata
press: 130
dl: 255

barbara tomorrow

Keith #166

Squats are the kind where you break parallel at the bottom and open your hips all the way up at the top.

No weight, just air.

No CFWU, 3 minutes rope jump

No kipped pull ups
5:15
6:15
7:35
8
7:40

30/M/5'10"/182

Did only 4 rounds
7:00
9:12
7:29
8:16

All rests 3:00
All pushups were chest to deck.
First 2 rounds, situps were on roman chair; last 2, on floor with feet anchored.

After rd 4, I started to black out during the rest period and couldn't stand so I called it a day. I just sat there against the wall, fighting back unconsciousness for ~10 minutes when Coach Pukie tapped me for an extended one-on-one session.

I imagine it looked exactly like the pie-eating-contest scene from "Stand By Me", especially since I'd had blueberries with breakfast.

Good times!

Age 35
BW 148#

As rx'd:

3:35
3:40
3:51
3:46
3:42

29yo M 165lb 5’10”
CFWU x 3, 5 pull ups, 5 ring dips, 5 HSPU w/feet on rack per round.

"Barbara"
20 Pull-ups
30 Push-ups
40 Sit-ups
50 Squats

Times: 7:23-8:23-7:55-7:55-8:34
Foam roll after.
Compared to 070219: 9:40-8:38-9:29-9:20-9:42

169 -- you're right, but it was easier to blame my lousy time on something I can't control (my age) than on something I can control (my fitness). Next time will be better.

#182 El Cobra: It was the 3rd weekend in October. I guess I'll be getting the Barbell Certificate soon since it was the following weekend.

It's so cool.

I just got off the phone with a guy who teaches Tony Blauers stuff in the city. I'm going to have my first lesson in a few days!!

All you have to do is ask around here. This is the greatest community ever.

I wrapped my hands pretty generously to help protect the tears from Joshie, but still was getting aggravated so only made it through 8 of the second round. All else as rx'd:

5:23 (with pu's)
?-pushed wrong button on stop watch, (8 pu's)
4:20 (0 pu's)
4:38 (0 pu's)
4:21 (0 pu's)

No cfwu. 3 min rope jump
No kipping p/u
5:15
6:15
7:35
8
7:40

26 yo / M / 185

All sets as Rx'd

3:25
3:45
3:30
3:56
3:32

as rx'd
3:58 / 4:32 / 6:13 / 7:09 / 7:08

Only got through 4 rounds (ran out of time, and felt lightheaded and dizzy, so good excuse to stop)

Four rounds as Rx'd:

4:01, 4:48, 6:20, 6:39

Not great, but getting over a virus. Did the 150-Burpee WOD last night also. Last time I did this one in February, I had to subtract 10 reps from each exercise and also had to stop after 4 rounds. Hopefully this counts as improvement. :?)

first post...I'm getting a pretty decent pain in my right hip area when I go past parallel on squats...not sure if anyone has experienced anything similar...almost like it has less range of motion then my left...strange...plan on pushing through it unless someone says otherwise!! The CrossFit community is awesome and I'm not sure what's taken me so long to post...Our affiliate in jersey will be up soon...thanks again for any info!!!

19 / F
well, this looks like a fun workout and I will definitely do it at some point - but this morning I did a 5K race in San Diego... fun times!
5K time: 24:04

40/m/190

scaled accd. to brandx
5 rounds
10 pu
20 push ups
30 sit ups
40 squats
rest 3:00 between each round

2:56
3:43
3:42
3:48
3:22

42yom / 146

rnd1 - 2:59 all unbroken
rnd2 - 3:29 only pullups and pushups unbroken
rnd3 - 4:03 only pullups unbroken
rnd4 - 4:32 only pullups unbroken
rnd5 - 4:41 only pullups unbroken

Total w/o breaks - 19:44 -- avg 3:57/rnd
Total with breaks - 31:44

Barbara was my first CF workout back in February of this year. She kicked my butt then, I had to scale reps for all the exercises and I ended up finishing at 46:45. Quite a difference between then and now. This program is awesome.

7:52
9:07
9:39
8:57
8:59

Pull ups were with 60lbs assistance on the gravitron. Amazing that my times improved when I actually rested the full 3 minutes.

Can anyone point me to any scientific research about squatting with the knees over the toes/full depth? I naturally do that when squatting (butt to calves), but have been chided twice in two days by the personal trainers at my gym.

One is going to show me tomorrow how to squat "while protecting my knees," which I imagine will mean butchering my ROM - one trainer asked yesterday "Why do you squat so deep?" I was floored, and had no idea how to respond. Why wouldn't I train with full ROM?

Anyway, I'd really like some credible articles about the whole "knees over toes" thing. Is it really that bad?

Didn't have time for the whole thing today so I did 3 rounds in the time I had:

AL
2:49
3:16
3:56

m/194/28
First time with Barbara: she was not gentle.
As rx'd: 28:50 including rest time (16:50 without). After the first two rounds I thought this might actually be a "girl" WOD that wasn't too bad. Midway through the third round I knew I was wrong!

"Barbara"

3:51
3:48
3:52
4:06
4:05

3 min exactly between rounds. Pre 5 min C2, CFWU. Post 3 min C2, TGU practice and two 3min rounds of KB juggling.

um... maybe a silly question, but what is the dog's name? The red and white pit bull doggie? Just curious. I love him. I have a bull mastiff named Fran. I'm not even kidding.

Did CFT and Barbara today. CFT 705, PR got 2x bodyweight with deads, a goal I was hoping to reach by the end of the year. Press a little weak, will focus on that move in the following months.

Barb,
3:40
4:30
4:38
4:58
5:30

Making progress, thanks Coach.

M45/250#

Row 500M, time 1:36.8 new PR.
CFWUx1

Barbara as Rx'd:
5:26, 7:27, 8:09, 8:17, 8:40

Once again, pushups are hurting my time more than anything else.

round 1- 3:54,

round 2- 5:36

round 3- 6:19

round 4- 6:46 felt like i was gonna pass out

round 5- 5:10 just pushed as hard as i could since it was the last round

22/M/172#

Burgener WU
Barbara as rx'd
2:40
2:47
3:13
4:11
3:39

Crazy times. I like it.

2:08
2:13
2:20
2:08
1:57

I can't believe I have been asking for this one.
first round every straight thru for 3:28 followed by 4:30/5:04/5:35/5:30 for a 24:07 total. sit ups definitely my slowest and almost take a good 2:30 as I get more tired. The only positive note is last time was
4:08/4:56/6:00/6:05/6:56

male/35yrs/190lbs

as rxd

3m47s
4m28s
4m52s
4m50s
4m42s

good 'un!

61/m/179/6'

CFWU x 2 (-pu's/dips , +pushups)

"Barbara" 5 rds as rx'd:
4:59
6:01
5:51
6:02
5:34

after 1 rnd pull ups were the biggest slow down.

barbara

4:45, 5:18, 5:52, 6:17, 6:48

I just moved to a different fire station and the pull up bar is lower, hard to get a good kip. I'll get it worked out.
Plus, somehow it's my first barbara in 1 1/2 years of CF.

28 yom, 180 lbs

6:38, 7:21, 7:51, 8:54, 9:55

Wow, the times I've seen are amazing! I clearly didn't have it today; combination of poor diet lately and very sore chest. First time with this WOD, felt a combination headache/dizziness off and on after the second set. I've never felt it before, guess I'll blame it on poor diet.

Tom
m/45/180

5:21, 5:52, 5:50, 5:38, 4:59

Whew - by the end, I'd figured out how to partition.

t

First WOD to include full leg-work since my knee injury in September. The 50 squats per round were taken very slowly as times can attest.

Barbara as rx'd...
1. 6:19
2. 5:59
3. 6:04
4. 5:43
5. 7:08
Tot Time: .........31:13mins.............

First Official WOD

158
35

rx'd
1st 3:59
2nd 4:17
3rd 4:25
4th 4:49
5th 4:59 Yay sub 5
6th 12 minute lay down

fwaa...

44/179

3:37, 4:19, 4:57, 5:49, 5:43

Dana, 14/F

3:56, 4:31, 4:34, 4:54, 4:41

I did kipping pullups and anchored situps.
She did jumping pullups and abmat, unanchored situps. She's killing me.

I was lucky enough to work out with the kind folks at CrossFit Atlanta, today. Dan MacDougald is a nice guy who welcomed me in! Times are coming from memory, but should be pretty close:

Barbara

6:10
8:17
8:47
9:47
9:52

The sit ups were killing me, just couldn't sit up. Switched to anchored situps in the third round, and that helped some - then the low back started hurting. The 4th round had about a 1 minute break in it for personal, non-wuss reasons that I won't discuss in mixed company :D Situps in the last round just took forever.

Seeing the sub-3 rounds posted here just adds insult to injury. Heh heh. Time to start working situps more, too.

I bought a 25lbs kettlebell by the GoFit brand at my local sporting goods store. Its painted a nice orange color, perfect for fall :). I didn't want to go too heavy since I'm just starting out. I'm M/6'1/205. Was this a logical move on my part starting with 25 lbs. Its not as hardcore looking as the black kb's but its a start. Right?

Did CFT from yesterday:

Sq- 295
P- 155
DL- 435 (pr)

885. Same as last time. Smaller squat and press, bigger deadlift. So my overall number stays the same. Figures.

40y/o M
75" 199#
1. 3:48
2. 4:33
3. 5:28
4. 5:58
5. 5:04
total 24:31
all pullups unbroken...everything else broken

Did all at Rainier CrossFit. Thanks to Curtis.

as rx'd:

3:02 3:24 4:20 5:15 5:34

got a pounding head ache mid way through. that didn't help at all.

sailorcrew

that dana is a beast! great job you guys.

40/M/170

1) 4:12
2) 3:53
3) 3:36
4) 3:37
5) 3:28

Only was able to finish 3 sets of it and started getting tunnel vision.

as rx'd
3:00.9
3:11.2
3:54.0

Still sore from my workouts thru this past week too. Might need a rest day tomorrow or Saturday for sure.

Only 3 rds...GHD sit-ups...sub jumprope x 50 for push-ups (shoulder)

1 @ 4:57
2 @ 6:44
3 @ 7:11

33/M/5'10"/200lbs

Holy F-ing S---!!!! This was tough.

Round #1 5:28
Round #2 5:35
Round #3 7:15
Round #4 9:08 (Losing it)
Round #5 7:00

Total on Running Clock (Including Rx'D 3-minute rest time) was 47:06 Aprroximately 35-minutes of work with 12-minutes of rest. That was tough. I found the sit ups to be the toughest for me.

my first time for 'barbara'. i'm decent on kipping pull-ups, but they are TOTALLY slowing down my times. just posted on 'logsitall' for the first time.

F31/128/5'5

all as rx'd. kipping, chest to ground, non-anchored sit-ups, butt to medicine ball. all rest times=3:00.
1-5:23
2-5:52
3-5:19
4-5:24
5-5:29

also, did the 150 burpees yesterday (14:27, as rx'd) while visiting my parents for christmas. met pukie twice in their backyard. they, and my two kids, are 'concerned' about this whole crossfit thing! they'll come around, though. we just started up crossfit new england (in dedham, MA) and i had 30 people do the 150 this morning, too. they HATED it, but we're psyched afterwards.

44/m/71 kg
3xCFWU, fewer pullups and situps
4/5 rounds of Barbara
6:47
7:31
8:28
10:08
Pull-ups take about half of those times.
Recovering from a cold, so this was the first workout since last monday.

Male 37 220lbs 6'0

This was my first Barbara.
WOW.

As Rx'd
1: 5:13
2: 7:37
3: 9:29
4: 9:40
10: 11:0

Hopefully I'll shave a lot of time off my next time now that I've done it once any and know my weaknesses

Pull up bar at my gym was being hogged (I hate that), so subbed 500m row instead of pull ups. All sets ~6 min.

I don't know what the name is for the muscle at the top of your calf, but whatever it is, it hurts. This was FUN though.

23/F/5'2/120

"B_rbara" (can't do push-ups); sit-ups unanchored for first time; PU on gravitron; best I can do...

3:24
3:42
4:57
5:05
4:23

This really hurt. I've never been so close to meeting pukie but I resisted.

As rx'd:

average round: 3:40

My 21st birthday is tomorrow! I'm gonna need something good to work off all the beers I've got to pound, coach!

36M/5'10"/170#

As Rx: R1 = 3:40, R2 = 3:44, R3 = 3:06, R4 = 3:26, R5 = 3:30.

Done, for better or worse, sick with cold/flu. Finished w/my first pukie after a WOD.

Anthony (M/29/170)

R1: 2:46
R2: 2:58
R3: 2:52
R4: 3:29
R5: 3:44

I was hoping for sub 3 min on all rounds, but situps slowed me down in the 4th and 5th rounds.

Did assisted pull up

5:45
8:45
8:25
5:35 (took off my dress and laid my purse down)
7:11

Wow,
pre: verbal persuasion to get the guy doing curls in the cage to let me work in with him
post: passing out tape for the other pullup junkies

Did not finish, made it through 4 rounds and there was little chance to finish without pukie, times: 4m15s each split just under 26minutes for the 4rnds and 3 3m breaks not bad for a big guy but next I will finish.

50/197

4:40-4:46-4:58-5:09-5:11
Unanchored sit-ups

Did assisted pull up

5:45
8:45
8:25
5:35 (took off my dress and laid my purse down)
7:11

3:50 / 5:31 / 5:43 / 6:27 / 6:23
Did 18 pull ups in a row on first round.

It took several months to receive my certificate. I thought we were supposed to get a t-shirt too, but I never received one.

I'm sitting out today. My right shoulder is on fire--made a doctor's appointment to get it evaluated, but it's not until 4 January.

I'll run and do some pull ups in the morning. Perhaps "Nicole" will be okay for someone with anterior shoulder pain.

M/35/180

as Rx'd
3:33
4:11
4:19
4:30
4:05

6:35, 6:12, 6:46, 6:39, 7:12. Times are slower than previous but this is the first time all pushups were full body flat on floor (no elevation at arms).

Catching up so I did the total as the AM workout
SQT
355
375
385 PR

Press
185
195
205 FAIL

DL
500
510
515 FAIL

Total 1090

Barbara to follow tonight

Will not attempt this one alone again if I can help it.

4:35
4:10
5:15 considered stopping as this round depleted me... and my previous times were and felt better than this ugliness.
Turned up the music and finished.
6:00
7:04

Forgot to mention, I did abmat situps, first two rounds unanchored.

M/45/157
2:54; 3:18; 4:34; 4:52; 4:56
Pukie was close.. tough one!

44/M/6'/185

1-2:01
2-2:06
3-2:05
4-2:11
5-2:21

REST IS A FOUR LETTER WORD I'M NOT USED TO SEEING IN CROSSFIT WODS. SOCAL WAS NICE. DID CROSSFIT TYPE WORKOUTS. HAD FUN!

RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT.
TUCSON, AZ.

29yo/M/6'4"/202#

as rx'd with the exception of 50 18" step-ups subbed for squats, still nursing hip and groin. Getting better, still not good :-(

5:25
6:11
6:51
7:27
5:59

32yo/F/5'10"/155#

as rx'd with unanchored abmat situps

5:49
6:27
6:43
6:50
6:41

M/22/6'1"/185

Barbara as RXed: 2:58, 2:58, 3:07, 2:47, 2:40
How did that happen? I don't know, it's stull a good time getting beat up by a girl

Question: Is doing the kipping pull-up an option on WOD with high Pull-up reps?

29/M/225

1-4:14
2-5:38
3-7:03
4-7:12
5-7:37

40/m/6'/185lbs

Ran 3m, 20:49

chin ups 71 68 75 67 71
push ups 57 99 133 147 165
sit ups 104 129 138 160 156
squats 60 62 65 60 52
4:52 5:58 6:51 7:14 7:24
rest 3:01 3:02 3:04 3:06

wow. After first 7, chin ups were on an assisted machine with 30 lbs on it, generally in sets of 5-7. It seemed more effective than jumping, we'll see how it feels tomorrow. Still working on kipping, but no bar in the gym, and people look at you funny if you use the lat machine (and it's hard to grip). I've got the 4x4s in concrete in the back yard, just need to find a bar to put in it.