Yipee!

Gonna be a good day!

Get some...go again!

I just had a feeling! Never done this. Looks tough, challenging and maybe a little fun for about 1 minute.

Gonna be a good day!

Get some...go again!

yay! i get to hog all the bars at the gym!

"there is no best, only better!"

Looking forward to it

Hey Jones we called it. Lets get after it.

I love this stuff. I've only been doing this a week and I am totally hooked on crossfit. Keep it coming coach.

Aw, crap.

Why would I want to do this to myself? Gee... I feel like having my life suck for about an hour tomorrow.

I'm gonna do it anyway, and probably be proud when I'm done, but not until then!

Oh, sweet! Crossfitters at BAF, I'll be there before the month is out. Hopefully the facitlities are condusive to crossfit.

Dammit.

I knew this day would come. TBOD...awesome!!

If you are interested in competing in the East Coast CF Challenge, please contact me. I am looking to get an idea of how many competitors we will be having, in order to make the event run smoothly for everyone.

Thanks.

Last time I tried this I had to give up after an hour. In that hour I managed to complete THREE rounds. 10-9 and 8.

Since then I've put on 5kg. Which translates to a 7,5kg heavier deadlift which then translates to my being lucky if I manage to complete three rounds this time.

By the way, the date in the link is wrong. It's the right link... but it was 071114 not 071104

we use squat cleans, right?

I 100% knew it! I should have done some fasting last week :/

I've never done the three bars of death with the right DL and clean weight and never with the bench press at all.

I'm nervous. Torn hands and 55 185# deadlifts sounds painful. Something tells me my hands are the last thing I should be worrying about. eeek

Júlíus - If that's the case, I'd recommend scaling a bit. You will definitely get more of the intended adaptation from "Linda" than if you struggle through 3 slow rounds with the rx'd weight.

i like the part that says storm through for time...

Hey folks,
In the new journal there is a good lecture from Nicole on zone/paleo diet. Could someone tell me/put me in the right direction of how to figure this out for my body and fitness level. I just ordered the Paleo for Athletes book and nowthis combo idea caught me off guard. On yesterdays posts some folks gave me a good intro to this in regards to definitions of paleo vs. zone but now how do I apply it?
Thanks!! Sorry if this sounds basic but I am really poor at the diet conept, I have been following the "eat everything in front of my face diet" lately.
-Jake

Crap. I need to lose weight while I sleep.

favorite workout!

Bring it.

Called it.

Man, I'm not even close to being recovered from Angie... This week is going to be ROUGH.

I feel like I'm going to puke. That could be a good thing...

I love what Hari said once -- "I diet for Linda". That should be a t-shirt

this is not a good day. my worst nightmare has come true. I hope I can sleep tonight with the anticipation of destroying my entire body tomorrow. why coach why??????

allison... tape is your friend!!! search up gymnastic style tape jobs for calluses, i do that when im all torn up, works nice! plus doesnt make gripping any easier so your not losing out at all.

oh linda... you ugly B!tch. who is going to ride who tomorow ;)

What kind of CLEAN ???
whatever or the power clean?

What should I do to sub the cleans? I broke two toes and they are almost heald.

oh crap. i told myself the next time linda came up i would do her as rx'd regardless of how long it would take. i only have 1.5 hours tomorrow to workout, god lets hope that's long enough.

since it's my birthday today (3rd) can i choose to weigh like 65 pounds? LMAO!

Interesting that Linda is my mom's name as well as my mother-in-law's name.
Should that make it harder or easier? lol
It's still the hardest one for me.

I like the gymnastics instruction and have taken a liking to playing around with stuff in the gymnastics videos on rest days. I can tell it's helped a lot in other workouts, as well.

jake o - #19
Don't miss Robb Wolf's stuff on intermittent fasting. I struggled with the paleo/zone combo because I was constantly hungry but for some reason when I combine the rigth foods with IF it works great for me. Good luck.

also is some rest between the exercise ????

#33- it's for time so get it done as fast as possible. if you need to rest, do so, but don't stop the clock.

What is a good sub for the regular squat clean. I dont want to bang around my broken toes.

I do all my stuff in my own basement and can't afford a gym membership. This is my first Linda and I only have one oly bar. Any suggs on how to work this one out...?

WOW, what a beautiful day its going to be. Theres a good time to be had by all. Lets drop the hammer.

Three Bars Of Death?

I had to go and gain 15 pounds. i just had to do it. I hate you Linda.

Someone on the message boards said that Coach Glassman has stated that the cleans for Linda are anyway up you can. So, power cleans, squat cleans, what ever you feel like.

What a great CrossFit Kids cert this weekend at Brand X Martial Arts!

Jeff, Mikki, and Cindy-

Thank you for the great information and excellent presentation. The practical application on how to prepare kids of every age for the sport of life was awesome. My compliments to all the kids that participated.

Greg Amundson - Watch out, these kids are gunning for ya!!

BIG Fun!

Jeff,
Thanks for another amazing weekend, and all the help last time. Sorry i was broken this weekend i really wanted to get some more work in with you. No worries i'll be up there more often soon.

It was a great weekend at GSX, thanks to everyone for coming out! It was awesome to meet ya'll!

-Dutch-

I had a swimming coach called Linda once. She was the most badass, hardcore woman i've ever met. I'm gonna hear her roar all through this. Better make it quick so...

Allison,
Try super glue or salt.

These girls are kicking my ass

I knew the day would come...

I love these videos from GSX. It's nice to see a little more emphasis on the Gymnastics section of Crossfit.

Holy god. Im wrecked already after today.
I had to skip Saturday and Friday, so I decided to do the 3-3-3-3-3 back squat and Angie wod's together. Bad idea. I got through the back squats then through angie's pull ups, push ups and situps
but 30 reps into the squats I hightailed it to the chuck bucket.
No more doubling up on WODS for me.

Would like to thank the Martins, their kids, and the staff at Brand X for putting on a FIRST CLASS CrossFit Kids Cert. If you want to pass your level 2 CF Cert, I recommend hitting the CFK cert first. You will learn some great cues for teaching the 9 main movements. They have little kids executing some "Rock Solid" technique. If you want to know what "Rock Solid" is, check out Jeff coaching or his students doing a WOD!

P.S. Hey Coach. Ramona doesn't smell - that bad :-)

What another wonderful cert held by CrossFit. Great people and awesome coaching. I am in awe of Nicole, Tony, Robb, Tony B, Mike, Pat, Holace, Jeremy, Dave, Dutch, Annie, and Coach Glassman!

This has been a great dream come true for our team at GSX.

Dutch - you and Meggie come see us any time. Get that arm healed up my man.

tucker

What is a good sub for the regular squat clean. I dont want to bang around my broken toes.

Theres no way im gonna be able to do this tomorrow... its monday which means that its chest/tricep day for 99% of the people at the globo gym i work out at and god forbid someone take the bars to do a real workout. Theres already gonna be like a thirty minute wait for people to use the benches and i laugh watching people just sitting on machines waiting to use a bench. I'll just make up angie which i missed over the weekend.

Can we use our post-Linda bodyweight? I figure I'm good for a couple of pounds of sweat, puke, blood, etc.

#51 arivgt

I feel your pain.

I'm going to go do this at around midnight - 1am when all the 24hr fit meat-heads are resting their chesticles.

I cant do that, my gym closes at midnight and even at that time its still busy. I go to the globo here at school and a lot of people are still working out at that time. Oh and if they see me doing cleans, i could get kicked out like last time!

Maybe in a few years after i graduate ill have a nice gym in my garage complete with bumper plates and rings!

This looks like a blast...
but its the kinda thing that doesn't work too well with the status quo of the university gym where I do these things.

I can barely alternate between the pull-up bar and a dumbbell without someone moving in or cleaning up. 3 bars? I'll definitely be getting the stink-eye on this one!

Linda = Reason to join a Crossfit affiliate

(Just need to get that grad degree and start making a few more bucks to make it possible)

comment #53

I have the same problem here, (minus the kicking out part). I have to get up extra early, 8am, to get these workouts done.

Looking forward to this workout though, no matter how early I have to force myself to wake up.

Is 170lbs a lot for a woman to bench?

wow! my first cert at gsx this weekend. thanks to everyone involved. coach, nicole and dave castro so glad to have met all of you. great fun and a lot of good instruction. breaking all the movements down has such a benefit. is that why i'm sore?

special hats off to tony b, holace and pat. watching you guys film everything made me realize how much work you put into bringing us all these fantastic videos. if the content on this great site is the brains then the videos are the heart and soul. where else would we get our inspiration?

rob wolf

you're an uber genius. thanks for coaching me through fran too.

oh and wait till you guys see this aggie named matt knock out grace. impressive. most impressive.
i hear pat did "okay" on diane as well. stay tuned.

linda after a cert weekend heh? 3 2 1 go.

A little under the weather the last couple days.
Did not work out Friday or Saturday.

But rattled this one off at 5pm in 25:55. PR by 6min

Deadlift 260lbs
Bench 175lbs
Pwr Clean 130lbs

Deadlift was toughest.

RE: #8 I knew when I saw Goldmember that Mike Moore would be a crossfitter.

Son of a bee sting, I love this one but I need to take a couple days off for recovery. Got my firefighting fitness test for a job on Tuesday...wish me luck!

Hello Board

Are the cleans from a hang or Snatch position?

#60 junstr,
From the ground.

thought CF was all about minimal equipment...3 Oly bars..hello...

which normal gym (home or otherwise) has 3 available all at once...doh!

32/142#/F
"Linda" scaled to:
BP: 95
Clean: 85
DL: 135
Finished in 27:38. Bench was the hardest physically, cleans were the hardest mentally.

f: 35/5'7/60kg (132lb)

Linda (1st time & scaled)

DL: 60kg
Bench: 25kg
Clean: 25kg

26:19

I really don't know how I am going to work this in the gym. The only place to really do clean and dl are on the opposite sides of the gym from the bench. I might just do the whole cycle of the first 2 than start back at 10 on bench. Plus the weight?! ugh! my grip is GARBAGE. Last time I did dl I put a layer of paper towel over my hand so the sweat would not get on the bar. Actually worked pretty well though

2003 was last time I did wods. Now it's time to start again. Time 15:29 (33% load bw: 90kg)

Any thoughts on whether its more important to scale this WOD by weight or reps?

CSFU X2 (Still recovering from sickness)

m/22/205

DL:225
BP:205
CLEAN:95

39:01...........sucked

25/m/185/5'9"

DL: 280
BP: 190
CL: 145

31:50, I dropped 13 minutes off the last time I did it, and went up in weight, so I actually can do the perscribed loads, but my hands are a mess..

viva la revolution!

m/23/160

DL: 85 kg
BP: 70 kg
CLEAN: 50 kg

crowded gym and first Linda and first post!! .... 1:40

Ok..no food or water until tonights training, right after the sauna.

Never done Linda but sub 15 seems reasonable right? I'm actually a bit worried I will hurt myself. 55 reps at these weights is huge. Are people able to go to work the next days?

57 total entries into the log:
median time:31:25

total list sorted by time with pics and links to logs:

http://www.logsitall.com/stats-embedded.asp?&ai=22&mi=2&mil=19%2021&mvl=Linda,%20Rx&gender=&ag=&mmx=min
(w/f/s)

33/M/195

DL-295
BP-195
Clean-150

as rx'd 21:50

#67, I was wondering the same thing and went over to the Brandx site for scaling. There is an excellent description of scaling Linda by weight and increasing reps that has you doing as much work as the rx'd workout, but at a scale that is achievable.
http://forum.brandxmartialarts.com/viewtopic.php?t=3590&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30
The post is by JDG and really breaks it down, I had to do a little math, but I think I found a way to do the workout and not feel like I am not doing the same amount of work as someone who does it as "rx'd". Hope this helps.

36/M/160

DL - 240
BP - 160
Pwr Cln - 120

17:34

PR, and last time doing Power Cleans. It is squat cleans from now on!

Crossfit Pentagon: It's OK to cry, but you can't quit!

36/M/202

TBOD
Deadlift: 300
Bench press: 200
Clean: 120 (still not to 3/4 BW)

30:35 (pr) shaved off over 10 min.
What a way to start the week.

M/40/5'11"/185

45:01

DL-250# for 10,9 & half of 8; 225# for remainder
BP-sub push-ups with 20# on back
Clean-115#

F/37/5'6"/140

31:11

DL-135
BP-sub push-ups
Clean-70#

Note: only have 2 bars and no bench...yet

Janell from 03/02/2008

CF Afghanifstan t-shirts:

1 for $10
2 for $15
3 for $20 - each additional shirt is $5

Shawn Gniazdowski can be reached at crossfitjalalabad@yahoo.com

I have a picture of the graphic if you'd like to send me an email to reply to. (kurtboise@gmail.com)

m/39/5'6"/150

dl-225
bp-150
cl-115

time:26:00

thought my time was really slow until i looked at my previous time (37:53). took a whole 11min off. that was really great. crossfit is a wonderful workout.

looking for sub 25 next time.

Modified Linda

I decided to let Linda choose my reps for me, as this is the first time I have done her.

I started at 1.5 times body wt. 300 #s. After rep 2 I didn't like the popping noise my back was doing(back injury from the Coast Guard). Reduced DL to 225 # and left the rest as RX'd. I did 4 more DLs at the reduced wt and could do no more. So I started at 6...I know. Pathetic. But I'm a noob to this stuff, and doing it only makes me stronger. To not do, means I will never satisfy Linda...

6-5-4-3-2-1

DL at 225 lb
Bench press at 200 lb
Clean at 150 lb

27 min in a globo-gym

I followed up with a reduced wt 155lb DL set of 5 for 10 reps each. Obviously I need the practice.

30:58 5k run this morning. Terrible performance. My PR is 27:07. Rain, wind, legs sore, lower back siezed up on me. Not pain but soreness like post hypers type of soreness. Will post WOD results later. Gotta figure out how I'm gonna do this alone with 2 barbells and not cost myself too much time.

bw: 183

As rx'd:

DL: 275 (1.50)
BP: 185 (1.01)
CL: 145 (0.79)

Time: 29:17

DL 325x 10-1
BP 215x10,9; 205x 8,7; 195x 6-1
CL 140x 10-1
69:25
ow
justin 33/m/212

Great CFJ. Good nutrition article but had to shut it off due to the vocabulary expressed. Can anyone break down the last 5 min of the video? Thanks

Maybe if I lost some weight I could do the rx'd WOD.
Until then, I will just act like 135lb is one and a half times my body weight. :)

F/28/150

DL - 135x 10-1
BP - 65x 10-1
CL - 47x 10-1

19:33
used 1xbw deadlift, 3/4xbw bench press, & 1/2xbw clean (bw 150) sloppy cleans

next time use rx'd weights.

30/m/5'10"/235

Used 135lbs for all three exercises
36:22

Should have gone heavier on DL and BP

Gross, my Favorite WoD and I'm dying with the flu.

Is there no justice?

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

M/37/77"/215

DL:225
BP:175
CL:135

33:31 (shaved 2 minutes and added 10lbs on BP...next time add weight to each)

M/52/184
Deadlift - 276
Bench - 184
Clean - 135
= 27:40

M/50/6'/100

At my new slender weight this should be no problem. Hehe!

Straight out the Gate

Camp Fallujah

m/24/6'2/200

CFWU x 3

DL: 300lbs 10-1
Bench: 200 10-1
Clean: 150 10-1

39:47

Once I got to 7 reps I noticed my grip starting to deteriorate tremendously. I saw the Crossfit Journal about the rice buckets. But if I don't have access to one what is the next best thing?

F/23/125 First Linda!

DL: 125 lbs
BP: 75 lbs
CL: 67 lbs

39:54!!! Just set my max deadlift of 175 on Saturday so doing 1.5 X BW was out of the question. Next time!

M/17/165

40:50

M/29/6'2"/195 lbs

As rx'd:

DL: 295 (all sets unbroken)
BP: 195 (had to partition most)
Squat-clean: 145 (had to partition all sets)

55:05

Yeah, quite an awful time, I probably should have adjusted the bench and clean weights downward a bit. The squat clean is what added so much freakin time. I kept getting light-headed throughout each set as I was having trouble figuring out "how to breath" during those reps.

That workout was a killer.

M/33/200

30:50
- all bench unbroken (1st time)
- slowest ever but 1st time ever doing cleans instead of pwoer cleans/hang cleans

This was my first ever CrossFit WOD! I love Linda! It definitely helps being a midget - I may have to move a lot of weight, but it didn't have to go very far!

24/m/150 lbs
as rx'd
225 deadlifts
150 bench
75 clean
21:10

M/39/185

2/3 Linda

I didn't have enough time this morning to struggle through as rx'd so I scaled the weight back to try and get in under 30 mins.

DL: 225
BP: 165 (way too light - all sets unbroken)
CL: 135

And even at those weights, I still failed to get it done in 30 mins. Disappointing.

More better faster

43.21
BP 10-60#/8-4 65#/3-75#
DL 75#
CL 65#
Low back is still not quite right.

as rx'd 52 minutes

DL:265 BP:175 CL:135

46:50

Since I'm at a box gym it had to be two bars of death with me loading and unloading one bar for the Deadlifts and Cleans. The hardest part was actually the grip, after the first three sets I couldn't hold the bar anymore. First time and I'm glad it's over. Can't wait for this one to come up again.

~30:00 minutes.
I could have done better. I got lazy.

Ran 2.5 miles afterwards. That was tough.

tried it but weren't strong enough. I mustered the first to rounds and then I died.

I did friday's workout, think I started too low
60 kg
80 kg
90 kg
95 kg
105 kg PR

a couple of us at CF Iowa did Linda last week.

M/26/6'1"/205

BP: 205
DL: 300
Clean: 155

Time: 22:21

Wow, this was really a pathetic effort by me.

205# DL
150# BP
120# PC (brain fart, I know they're supposed to be squat cleans)

Took me 20 minutes to get down to the 5 rep sets, then I had to leave to get ready for class. I can really tell that not being able to workout for 2 weeks really puts me out of shape. Im gunna do this workout again next week sometime to redeem myself.

dead 255
bench 170
clean 125

22:35

hotel rom weight room = no bars! just dumb bells

single arm db power snatch larm x45lbs 10,9,8,7......

single arm db power snatch rarm x45lbs 10,9,8,7......

HSPU 10,9,8,7.....

db hang squat clean 10,9,8,7....

32:10....slow through HSPU's

Bodyweight: 170
Age 42

(scaled)
Deadlift: 1 1/2 body weight (225 lbs)
Bench press: body weight (165)
Clean: 3/4 body weight (115)

Fewer rests, No broken sets until 6 (grip problems)

19:07, finally broke 23 min barrier!

Mark 160lbs 48 yoa

DL 205
BP 130
Squat Clean 95
38:21

F/26yo/5'8/156#

Scaled to: (approx)
BW Deadlift (70kg)
2/3 BW bench (100#)
1/2 BW clean (75#)

THEN my timer broke. But it felt good. Like, terrible good. :)

Hey Crossfitters!

The garage style gym I joined a month ago just closed. I loved it, I could do all of my wods and it was the rough and tough style gym that I had been looking for. I have other facilities I can workout in but they are all health clubs. I'm looking for some crossfitters in the ST. Louis, MO area that possibly workout in a garage style gym. I'm on the IL side of the Metro area, but I'm willing to travel a bit. LET ME KNOW!

2 weeks out from meniscus surgery so I had to scale the weights more than usual.
DL - 177#
Bench - 135#
Power Cleans - 75#

Time - 15:04

Last time it was 32:56 with much closer to Rx'd weights

Still brutal

23:36 as rx:d

BW 170 lbs

36/m/230#
Linda, mistress 'O' pain.
Only had two bars...
DL - 345lbs 10-1
BP - 225lbs 10-1
ran out o time no cleans....
50:23
Sad...

BW 172

DL: 265
BP: 70 lb DB's
Squat Clean: 130

Time: 21:45

Did DB bench press because of lack of equipment. 70 lb DB's felt about even to benching my bodyweight.

24/m/215
Used 200 as my bw for figuring loads...
no belt, no straps and one huge effing blood blister courtesy of Angie...

Somewhere around 40 minutes...

First time I have had to seriously modify a WOD...otherwise I would still be on the 8's.

DL:225 (highly modified, should have been 295)
Bench:195 (easiest part)
Cleans:150 (power cleans, not squat)

As I am only about one month into crossfit, bench is still easy for me, the Dead lifts are the hardest. It doesn't help that I did Sat's workout yesterday. Man, like many others...

My hands are completely wrecked!

forgot the time:

25:40

Any crossftters in the Toledo Ohio area that are looking for a place to do the WODs? I have a 30x60 heated outbuilding that is set up crossfit style. The closest affiliate is 45 minutes away in Ann Arbor so if you need a gnarly space to get brutal in email me. The floors are already conditioned with the visitation of a hundred sweat angels. Come and go as you please, turn down the heat and shut off the lights when you leave.

Linda is a special workout for me. As I said a year ago in Comment #76 here: http://www.crossfit.com/mt-archive2/001722.html, Linda was my last workout before being diagnosed with cancer and my first workout back after finishing my chemo. Now it's been a year, and I'm almost back on track (it's taking a lot longer to get back than I though it would). Still had to scale the weights a little this time, but I did it all in 50 minutes. So I'm happy.

Now that it's been a year since I finished dealing with all that chemo stuff, I feel better talking about it. Crossfit (or really, just being in great shape in general) really helped with the treatments. Because I was so strong going in, the doctors were able to give me the really nasty stuff that ended up saving me. Of course it took me all the way back to nothing, but there were people in the hospital with me that weren't able to do their treatments on schedule because they were beat down too far. So keep up the hard work, it does more for you than you realize.

43/f/5'6

wod

Had only one bar, worked with what I had
155 lbs dl
2 X 30 lbs db bench
dubbel kb clean (65)

28:48

37/m/248
DL 225
BP 185
clean 95

25:00

Oh yea, my email address is; joe_lengel@yahoo.com

Age=28
BW=185

Not enough bars to do today's WOD.

Instead, picked an old workout from the archives.

For time:
50 Pullups
50 Dips
135 lbs Clean and Jerk, 15 reps
Row 1K meters

Time: 16:45 mins.

Not too tough, but a satisfying workout.

5K+ (3.3 miles)

00:24:36

43/M/75"/200

28/m/185

DL - 275
BP - 185
CL - 135

About that "storm through for time"... segmented DL and took quite a bit of rest to avoid hernia, BP and CL were GTG unsegmented.

49m/5'10"/225
cfwu x 3
"three bars of death"
DL 315
BP 225
PC 170
time: 34:03

Last night needed a Sunday workout.

3 rounds of:

500m row
12 140lb deadlifts
21 20" box jumps

15:02

To my pleasant surprise the box jumps were the easy rest part. The first couple were tough then they just flowed. I'm thinking that's a pretty good sign I need to get my 24" box in use.

THEN

A mop job of my 1800 sq. foot facility...rubber floors and a cloth mop. Try it sometime. I went high intensity until my back and butt began siezing on me and I began to get light headed.

18/M/155

38:50

I think I did it in shorter time but I forgot to time the first round and ended with 32:50 after 9, so I added a few minutes, although I sped through round 1 in about 3 minutes I'm sure. I feel great right now.

27/m/190

as rx'd

DL: 285
BP: 190
Clean: 142 (1lb collars)

31:46 (PR) DL's were the weak spot as my grip on the bar kept giving out...need to try chalk, a better bar, and a stronger grip

Linda, scaled
BP: 155# (all sets unbroken)
DL: 205# (all sets unbroken)
CL: 115# (first set unbroken; 2-10 broken into two)
(each 20# heavier than last time)

32:30 (1:10 faster than last time despite heavier wts)

Cleans were by far the biggest time suck. My head is still spinning but at least I got past that pukie feeling.

39/M/205

I've never been able to complete Linda due to lack of available bars at globo gym, but the place was empty so I was able to struggle through it.

XFWU

WOD, scaled as follows:
DL 225# (110%)
BP 185# (90%)
CL 105# (51%)

Bench went in full sets the whole way through (scaled too much there).

DL's were tough and Cleans here really hard at the end mostly due to a failing grip.

28 minutes.

28/m/210

as rx'd:

DL 317
BP 210
CL 157

33:42

m,31,245,6'5
dl: 370
bp: 245
cl: 185

53:50

29/m/185

CFW x 3

Today's sand storm just about choked me out in the gym today.

Not as rxd:

DL - 275
Bench - 185
Power Clean - 135. Dodgy shoulder kept me from doing squat cleans.

36:40

32/F/5'10"/155#

Slightly scaled:
Dead: 185
Bench: 115
Full Squat Clean: 95

35:21 PR

The first time I did Linda was last summer, and it took me almost fifty minutes. Each time I've done this workout since, I've been able to shave off a handful of minutes. I wanted to keep it under 30:00 today, but wasn't quite able to get there (last time was 39:00, so that may have been a little ambitious). Next time under thirty for sure!

M/28/185 lbs
As rx'd
Deadlift = 275 lbs
Bench = 185 lbs
Clean = 135 lbs
Time = 45:38

Got slowed down by having to change the weight on the bar for deadlifts and cleans. First time not having to scale this one down on the weight. My hands are completely raw now.

31/m/6'1"/225

CFer for 1 week. Whipped out.

With my stats, there's no way I'm doin' Linda to Rx. I'll scale back to whatever I can to the Rx reps at. Todays my rest day, I'm a day behind. I'll catch up when I hit the wall and need 2 days off.

Echoing the sentiments from last weekends cert at GSX. Thanks to all the lecturers/coaches (Dutch for kicking me through Fran). I tried to thank all you personally, if I did not- I apologize, you really did an outstanding job. The cert attendees were all very friendly and eager to share their personal thoughts about coaching, nutrition, physiology and what works at their box work.

Quick thought about GSX. Jeff Tucker has an amazing facility, and is an extremely hospitable host. No disrespect to the other cert locations but GSX is centrally located in the US and is easily accessible to most in the midwest area. If you are considering a cert, and live in the midwest area/central US- book it at GSX, you will not be disappointed.

Thanks
Tony

30/m/190

as rx'd (for the first time)

30:10

First time with Linda. She tore me a new hole. Half way though, my motivation was pissed because it was taking too long. Hands all tore up and the folks in the gym and wondering what would make men go through such pain. Ahhhhh, the CF made me do it. If they only knew the joy. No way I could have done this four months ago. No freaking way. Cannot wait until next time when Linda gets tamed.

DL: 295#
BP: 195#
Clean: 155#

Scotty: 48:13
Mattyb: 37:02

Sheryl: 27:29 with:
DL: 125#
BP: 85#
Clean: 45#

SWEET

OK I finally got the courage up to attemt EVA over the weekend.
As RX - 1:03
My hands look like hell and my body aches all over. But I'm alive.

27/m/167/5'8
hmmm... didnt realize it was for time...
CFWUx3
Deadlift - 280
BP - 180
Clean - 140
probably around 45 or so mins...

777777777777777777777777

Linda as RX'd, but scaled to the following:

(light warmup)

Deadlift = 205# (below par)
Clean = 95# (below par) (elbows still sore from Nate)
Bench = 175# (on par)

30:45

Followed by 55 crunches

Notes to self:

- Saw spots
- Had to call the waterboy several times
- Developed slight headache on last round
- Nicolle is a bad A$$!
- One of the best/most intense workouts I've ever had

7777777777777777777777777

I have been getting pinched nerves or strained muscles in my neck every time I do heavy bench press, any recommendations out there to fix it?

Off to do Linda...

24/f/5'6"/149

Deadlift: 155 lbs
Bench Press: 95 lbs, switched to 85 for the last 4 rounds
Power Cleans: 85 lbs

Time: 54:10

The vast majority of the time was spent on the bench. I was doing singles for quite a while before I gave in and lowered the weight.

30m/180

24:08 PR

270 DL,180 BP,135 CL

Ya baby, got my email for the March 22-23 Union City cert, I'm stoked! See you there!

whoa - Jelli!

u did Eva as rx'd and swung the 2pood KB? i think "great job!" would be an understatement then. absolutely inspiring. (any woman who swings the 2 pood 150 times in an hour is badazz)

dang i've got a long way to go before i can do the stuff that the CrossFit sheroes can.

M/19/188/5'6"
Weight scaled
Deadlift: 245
Bench Press: 145
Clean: 115
Time: 24:11

Could have gone heavier on deadlifts, but wanted to go a bit faster than I would have with 275 while maintaining some level of form. Bench was done on 2 jump boxes, so it was awkward. Plus I suck at it. Clean form was really good except for lumbar curve in the bottom.

185/M/27

22:11 as rx'd

Airborne

42 yoa, btw-173#, 6'1"
DL-260 BP-173 Cleans-130
23:40 PR, last time 29:05 at bwt of 175.5#
BP was the biggest difference, with singles only at the very end (last rep of 3, 2 & 1), the cleans had more multiple reps and DL were straight thru except for rds of 8(4/4),7(4/3).

40/M/188

CFWUx1

Linda

Scaled
DL 165lb (87% of bw)
BP 60lb db (63% of bw)
Clean 95lb (50% of bw)

34:16

My first time w/Linda. Scaled too much on all.

23M/5'9/140

W/U 100 single under, 200 meter run

SUBBED 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-1
95lbs dead lift
25 lbs weighted push up (stayed at 5 reps to finish)
75lbs hang squat clean

Time 23:06 before the last 1 rep round then did some Grip strength on the pullup bar

If I had the equipment for the full weight, my time would have tripled.

Rob Corson -

Excellent work that is quite an improvement for this beast. Back from sunny Hawaii I see with a vengeance.

... Mike

Linda would have been cool, but I'm not ready yet. Lots of DOMS from my half Angie before the rest. I just worked on BPs and DLs, for today (skipped the cleans).

BPs: 5x 67.5kg, 5x 67.5kg, 4x 65kg (missed 5th)
DL: 5x130kg

DLs felt pretty good, but I've lost a lot of upper body strength. BPs were miserable. It'll come back, though. DOMS felt a lot better once I got to work.

DL - 290
BP - 195
CL - 150
. . .this is gonna suck (at lease with the DL's

29 yom, 180 lbs

42:42 DL=245 BP=185 Clean=135 lbs

41:00 last time DL=225 BP=185 Clean=135

WU
DL BP PC
WOD
225# DL
165# BWT BP
115# PC
23:30

scaled and didn't time it but went fast

205 DL
185 BP
105 clean

M/173/33
Linda mod'd
We were tight on space today. I shared three bars with my buddy.
DL: sumo 225lb
BP: 175
Power Clean: 105
32:35

M/22/165

As Rx'd
DL:245#
BP:165#
CL:135#

Time 26:40

Time to eat...

27/m/5'10"/153

28:25 (scaled)

165 lb deadlifts
50 lb dumbbells bench press (no spotter)
75 lb power cleans

Took a few minutes longer than last time I did this but I did all 10 rounds (having previously skipped the 10-rep round) and the deadlifts were 10 lbs heavier than before. I felt okay afterwards (much better than after Angie on Saturday!) so I probably should have gone heavier with the weights I used. Happy with form.

By the way, three of us did this at a globo gym.
We kept a quick pace. People just stopped and stared. The looks were
rrrrreally funny.

25yo male 162#

30:37

Um...daymit~

After being upset about yesterdays "Angie" for 26:32 I feel like less of a CF and more of a biggest loser loser :)
I'm going to have to do this one tonight, from like 8 or 9 at night so that I can use all the bars in sight.
Your times look awesome!
Keep up the fantastic work! "And somebody get me a Venti BREVE STAT~

Kizer~

Bwt: 134

Used following weight

DL: 225
Bench: 155
Squat Clean: 115

18:39 (pr)

26/5'7"/135

Third time with Linda, first "as rx'd"

DL 205
BP 135
CL 100 (full squat cleans)

Time: 32:00 on the nose. This is the first time I've had the opportunity to do this with 3 bars instead of 2, so some time saved there but then you're just more exhausted anyway. Definately had some people in the gym giving me weird looks.

Last time: 35:50 with 170, 135, 70 lb weights.

First time: 31:35 with 125, 115, 65 lb weights.

Thanks Crossfit, that's some serious progression in only 5 months, and I was NOT a rookie lifter when I started. Linda was one of my first WOD's, and boy was she a wakeup call. I remember thinking when I finished "there is no way I'll ever do this as written". I'm very happy to have just proven myself wrong!

m/34/72kg

The first time i did this i had to use a smith machine for bench press.This time it was with a free bar and much harder.

DL:105kg
BP:70kg
CL:50kg

25:32 took 2 mins of my last time

1hr 23:35
Killer-Adjusted heavily, need to re-access and scale down work outs.
Deadlift: (1.5 bw =305-not able) started at 240-240-225-225-225-200-200-200-200-200.
Bench: 205-200-200-195-190-190-190-190-190-190.
Clean: (3/4 bw=150-not able) Started with 105-all 10 sets.

Have only 2 bars-which became tiring to change. As reps went down grip-weakened on deadlift.

24/m/195
295 dead
195 bench
150 clean
As rx'd
31:21...shaved about 11 minutes off of last time...now if I could only get those damn stars to stop spinning around my head.

22/F/165

28:30

DL: 135lb
BP: 90lb
PC: 80lb

35:19
over 5 minutes slower than last time. I did get confused on which round I was on at times so I may have repeated a round or two or maybe because my hands still haven't totally healed from "Eva".

M/22/6'1"/185

Linda as Rx'd
DL: 275
BP: 185
Full Squat Clean: 135

20:15

1:23 better than the last time I did this, 5 days ago

First time as Rx'ed:
275
185
135

32:38, will be well under 30 next time.

Also introduced my buddy to CF with this WOD.

M/19/225

Rx'ed
335
225
170

47:17, he's hooked. His time will plummet by next time.

3 CFWU 15
DL 295
BP 195
SC 145

56:40

39:01 (last time 40+ min, did not time it)

BW = 170

DL = 205#
Bench = 170
Clean = 115

I thought the gym manager was going to yell at me for taking 3 bars, but thankfully he did not. Good to know for future attempts.

Had a nice 10k run yesterday am.

Was ready to do Angie today but now a good headache has set in and neck is sore/stiff. Think I will take today as an early day off to rest, not wanting to get down with the flu.

Can’t wait for Linda- that is a favorite of mine.

Erin

First time doing this one as prescribed.
Deads 245, bench 165 and cleans 125. Deads and bench were very manageable but cleans were brutal. Never did more than 3 consecutively. Still, I'm very happy to have done it.
Time 44:04

M/20/145lbs

As Rx'd

Deadlift: 225
Bench Press: 145
Clean: 115

29:15

I should go to the 24hr fit at 2am more often. There was NOBODY there! :)

31/m/196

34:27

scaled the Deads way down, need to go up in weight next time (maybe 255 or 265).

DL: 255
Bench: 205
Cleans: 145

Grip strength kept failing on DL and cleans on rounds 5-on. Chest kept failing on final rep in rounds 6 thru 3.

F/40/128

Meant to scale to BW, 3/4 BW, 1/2 BW (and round down) but accidentally did 115 instead of 125 on the deadlift. Rats!

115 deadlift
90 bench press for first 3 sets, then 85
65 full squat cleans

20:22. Slower than last time, but increased weight on BP from 85/75 to 90/85 and did full squat cleans instead of power cleans.

M/45/6'/170/7500'

Linda (some scaling)

BP: 175
DL: 225
CL: 115

32:30

42/f/5'3/115

CFWU x3 (20 reps each on jumping pullups for practice :) )

WOD: Linda = 44:56

DL 155# (all sets broken except for 4,3,2,1)
BP 85# (all sets unbroken)
Clean SQ 60# (all sets broken except for 5,4,3,2,1)

41yo/f/158#
lisaq wu x1
Linda 22:00
deadlift 185#
benchpress 10rep 75#, rep9~6 85#, reps 5~1 95#
need to increase confidence in bench press & just go heavier
full from floor, catch deep squat, 65#
cleans left me breathless, feeling little nauseous...
lisaq wu x1
AMAZING job to those of you doing as rx'ed!

DL 235 (147% BW)
Bench 160 (first time with linda off smith machine)
Clean 110 (69% BW)(mis counted thought I was doing more)

21:36

Compare to:
DL 225 (142% BW)
Bench 155
Clean 110 (70% BW)
23:19

10-8-6-4-2 reps of the triplet:

Deadlift: 125
Bench press: 70
Clean: 70

13:51
I can't stand up straight without shaking. Felt nauseated during round 2.

Male
bwt: 150

As Rx'd if I had weighed 185lbs.
DL-280#
BP-185#
Full Clean-140#

25:26

A day behind, so I did Angie today. Will do Linda later, probbly tomorrow.

Get some..

m/30yo/195#
scaled down to: 185# DL, 155# bench, 95# cleans
39:28
all sets broken except bench

Last time: 10-8-6-4-2 with the following scale: 225#DL, 170#BP, 115#CL. Time 13:41

This time:
Reps as rx'd. Weights scaled as follows:
DL 250#
BP 170#
CL 125#

Made it through 10-9 then had to drop to 225#DL (grip failing), 155#BP (just wasn't going up), 115#CL (grip again). Made it through 8-7-6 then had to drop BP to 135# for remaining reps. Finishing the reps as rx'd was a physical as well as mental triumph for me. My arms are shaking as I type this and showering/shaving is starting to worry me...

Total Time: around 30 min. Timer reset halfway through the first set of cleans.

28/m/188

26:55, PR by 1:55

225/185/135, power cleans

all deads and BPs were unbroken... i really need to psych myself into doing the rx'd DL weight next time...

Nearly a puker. That was a nasty one!

Ankle update:

My left ankle looks like a balloon with some purple hues to it so I'll be sitting out Linda today, and probably anything that requires standing for some time. No news regarding my X-rays yet but I hope it's just a sprain.

I'll be rocking out the upper body stuff for a while, it would seem, so look for my JT times and HSPU to improve dramatically whilst my newfound deadlifting and squatting strength takes the hit.

Never a dull moment at the Aucoin household...

35M/165
used DL 205, BP 165, Clean 115
34:35
same weight as last time and 20 min faster
time could have been under 30 min but left hand grip started to fail on the round with 7 reps so eventually ad to break up dead lifts to one rep at a time

Used 225 for the deads, 135 for the cleans and 185 for the bench. Ran out of time at 29:20, had to go to work, finished through round 6.

The deads and cleans were a bit light for me (I could do complete sets from the get go). I was sharing the bars with two other guys. I had to break up the benches every round.

-jj

Male/ 200lbs/ 29yr.

BP: 175 lbs.
DL: 175 lbs.
Cl: 115 lbs.

Needs lots of work...

First time doing Linda since shoulder surgery 11/06, and most likely the first time doing the Rx'd loads for my bodyweight with all three lifts (I used to have to scale back the deadlifts).

bwt-150

deadlifts-225
bench-150
clean-113

44:23

42/m/230

first time doing this, time 35:29

DL 345# 10,9,8,7 lost form and dropped to 315# for 6,5,4 then back to 345# for 3,2,1

BP 230# as Rx'd

CL 170# 10,9,8,7 same as DL...lost form and dropped to 135# for 6,5,4 then back to 170# for 3,2,1 (I really need to work on cleans)

3 rounds
Run 400 M
10 Deadlifts (used 85#)
10 Cleans (used 85#)

16:01

I don't have 3 bars to set this up in my garage gym. Used this as a substitute off of BrandX website.

Felt really good. Form deteriorated on the last couple of cleans. Also, did power cleans.

29/m/180

Did PTP dead-lifts yesterday...excuses excuses..haha.

270 10-5
180 10-5
135 10-5

lwr back was screaming so I packed it up and saved face for another day...Man I hate being mortal!

Semper Fi!

47/m/205lbs Scaled
225 lb Deadlift
155 lb Bench
95 lb Clean
20:56

I was just talking about this one with a buddy of mine. First time through this and had to scale big time.

did 10, 8, 6, 4, 2

deadlifts-175
bench-115
clean-85

Time 12:48

Been at this for about 5-6 weeks. Feeling better overall, but not happy with strength. Not going up as fast as I would like. Hope that improves soon.

Ok..so I set myself up with at cocky post (#75) to get me motivated to "storm through" my first Linda...

Didn't quite happen like that but I'm very pleased. I finished half in 11 minutes which, although not indicating high levels of manliness, should provide sufficient stimuli for a first timer. Linda is now my favorite wod. Hats off to all who complete her.

m/155/20

have very light deadlift.
deadlift 155
clean 115
bench 155

45 min

first time on this workout i have some work ahead of me i can see

M/25/235

As RX for reps, however weight was adjusted much lower, as you can see below. Also, the f*$& thing took me 75mins to complete. Slow as f*%$.

DL: 275
Bench: 205
Clean: 155

m/21/205

DL-(10,8,6,6,6)x221#(1.08BW),
then(4,3,2,1)x243#(1.18BW)
BP-(10,8,6,6,5,4,3,2,1)x195#(.95BW)
squat clean-(10,8,6,6,6,6)x111#(.54BW),
then a few sets at 100# for form

Need to work on cleans. Gonna try to get up to rx'd weights before worrying about time. This one made me feel like a wuss.

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Bench: 120 lb

This one didn't go so well...

M/24/160/5'10''
Sea Level

39:55
DL=185(1.05bw) due to back recovery
BP=155(.88bw)
CLEAN=135(.77bw)
DL wound up being the easy part, but I didn't want to risk strain or re-injury.
barely able to do BP last 4 sets
clean felt good.like the right weight.

Me: 41yo/M/5'10"189lbs

Warm up: some easy stretches and Bergener warm up 1 set 5 reps

WOD: 1:58:11

Deadlift: 247lbs

Bench Press: 195 for rounds 10,9,8, and the first 2 reps of round 7. After that my chesticles were done so the rest of the rounds were at 135lbs

Cleans: 145lbs

Cooldown: Squats 3-3-3-3-3 @ 185lbs

I am so close to completing Linda as prescribed. My body weight bench press is keeping me from it but I got 30 of the 55 reps with my body weight. Next time I may be able to get Linda as prescribed. Thanks Crossfit.

Have Fun, Train Hard,

Billy

31/M/6'0/190

Practice: Double Unders, GHDSU, Back Ext

Train: "Linda"
Deadlift: 225 first set, then 185 remainder
Bench: 190 throughout
Clean: 145 first set, then 135 remainder

Stopped at 18:30 when finished set of 5 reps. Absolutely freakin' brutal. I think this was way worse than Fran. Stopped due to borderline convulsive puking and tremendous headache. Next time I take the kids to get ice cream on the weekend, I'll be reminded to abstain in case Linda shows up the next day...

As Ordered:
DL: 225 (had to scale down)
Bench: 195 (could scale up)
Cleans: 135 (could go up)

23:28 Scaled back to
DL bw (155)
BP 3/4 bw (115)
CL 1/2 bw (75)

36 yom
bwt 155

41/M/68/185

never done this yet as prescribed. Hurting for time so today was not the day to start.
Pretended I weighed 135...
DL (205), BP (135), Cleans (more power than squat) (105)
23:10
Clean form sucks. Must find time to work on cleans.

37 y/o M 5'8" 185

Happy B-day to me, earnin the cake!

BP-185
DL-275
CL-115

35:14

13:05 as rx'd - PB

BWT-163
246 DL, 163 BP, 123 "full squat" cleans

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

DL 275
BCH 245
PC 135

Male 270lbs

51/M/155

Compared to last time in October, I went up 30 lbs on DL to 225, (grueling) and up 15 lbs on DB power cleans to 90, but it took 9 minutes longer. Only one bar; lots of time switching plates. Wow, OPT and Speal, that is inconceivable!

49:95

29m/5'6/163#

Sweet Linda. Should be a fun cycle - or not. Linda scares me & I didn't have the nootz to do her as Rx'd so all cleans were PC's instead of full squat cleans and DL's were scaled down a bit.

DL: 225
BP: 165
PC: 125

25:35

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Male 270
42:03
DL 275
BN 245
PC 135

23/M/195

As Rx'd

DL: 315
BP: 195
Cleans: 145

19:00

Gripping the deadlifts got really tough near the end.

Scaled and brutal

DL 265 # +10 from last time
DB Bench 85# +5 from last time
Cleans 135 +5 from last time

time 41:39 + 7 min. from last time
Felt kinda strong in the lifts but my wind was shot after 1st rd. of cleans they are my nemisis(sp)

not as Rxd - but still a butt kicker!

DL 225
cleans 75 (from is real bad, not flexible enough YET)
sub'd elevated pushups for bench.

25.55

M/45/230/70"

first time with the triplets, me like!
Alex

21:40 as Rxed

DL = 245
BP = 165
CL = 125

BP was my down fall this time.

"Linda"

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

Deadlift: 1 1/2 body weight - 265
Bench press: body weight - 175
Clean: 3/4 body weight - 130

39:54
----------------------------------------------------
Compare 071114

Deadlift: 1 1/2 body weight - 275 lbs
Bench press: body weight - 175 lbs
Clean: 3/4 body weight - SUB 95 lbs Hang Clean

35:57

42:29, 12 min. slower than PR, but first time with all weights as rx'd! Since this was my first with 300lb DL and 150 full squat clean, I wasn't worried so much about time, just keeping good form. Next time I'll try to "storm through for time". More like stumble through for survival...OPT, you are inhuman bro.

DL - 225
BP - 190
CL - 145

35:40

I did the first round with the proper DL wieght (285) but after that I had to drop to 225. Would have had a real tough time trying to blast out 55 reps with that wieght....Great workout though.

dl--225
cl--115
bp--195

this is going to be insane first time doing this i hope i wont puke my brains out.Keep up the good work.

29/M/180

Significantly scaled. One of these days...

DL: 185
SQ: 95
BP: 135

I listed them in that order because I did them in that order. Don't know if it made a difference, but it sure hurt like hell.

One of the most painful WODs ever.

Today was my first time as Rx'd.

BW 160

38:09 - 6 minutes faster than when I had the DL and Cleans scaled back to 80% so yeah - PR!

M 41yrs 162
As Rx'd
35:00

WOW That was very painful. But i managed to get it done. I hope that next time i can go up in wieght and do it a little faster.

Time was 28:30
225lbs deadlift
225lbs benchpress
95lbs cleans

42yom / 147

20:31 as rx'd

DL - 222
BP - 147
CL - 112

Really focused on full Squat Cleans this time. Grip became a factor in the later rounds.

Post - Hand stand holds really getting better with these thanks to Jeff Tucker and the folks at GSX.

Oh s*&t!

50 yoa, 5'08, 180....scaled back weights

225 lbs deadlift 10-1
155 (10,9) 165 (8,7) 175 (6,5) 180 (4-1) bench press
95 lbs (10-1) cleans...

approx 46 minutes. not exactoly a world record. :)

by the way....my cleans suck, as to form. nowhere near squatting....more like dipping.

39/M/5'9"/185
225 dead lift, 185 bench, 50 dumbells 1st rnd, then 40 for cleans
29:54
Scared to do alot of the olympic lifts. No bumper plates or spot, and technique sux for the most part. Any suggestions on form improvement?

M/200/26

300,200,155
47 minutes
First date with Linda, as always, just when I'm starting to feel in shape I get put in check by CF.

37/m/165

Scaled bwt 110#
Deadlift: 165#
Bench press: 115#
Clean: 85#
21:59

time/scale ratio:
33.0 = 21.98 minutes/ (110 scaled bwt/165 bwt)
The lower the ratio the better

May be a dumb question:

Would you say its better to rest enough when needed to be able to finish a set, or go as fast as possible and rest during the set if needed? I have seen both done, and personally I prefer the second of the two. But isn't that what crossfit is about?

40/M/5'10"/200

"Linda" with DL @ 200, Ring PU subbed for BP (no bench or 3rd bar), and power cleans at 100 for 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 in:

29:51 My first semi-full Linda.

MarkSC,

For Help on Oly lifts visit the Mike's Gym website http://www.mikesgym.org/
Also check out his supplemental Oly program from the December 2007 CrossFit Journal.

One more ass whomped here. 8:54 as rx'ed from yesterday's video. I've got a workout tomorrow with Zach Even-Esh and Linda would have exhausted me, and I have no idea what Zach has in store for me. I thought how bad can 75# thrusters be? And then burpees? You get the picture. BW:174 Y/A:59

28/M/6'5/225

My 1st time doing Linda. DL225, CL165, B205 I started with 315 on the DL and dropped it to two plates after the first set. My heart was pounding for the whole time, and I finished with what I thought was a decent time of 55:30. It looks like there is only one way to go, and that is up.

Forgot my time (#227): 25:48. Damn Linda messed me up.

35m 195lb

asrx'd

DL 295
BP 195
PC 145

22:52 new pr

that hurt real bad as usual. Hands are torn to shreds.

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Back from a long weekend at the Arnold Classic. It was great to finally meet Veronica Carpenter; unfortunately I missed watching her compete in O-lifting. The O-lifting was definitely amazing to watch. A good number of the competing women were putting more weight overhead than most women can deadlift.

No Linda for me; lower back very fatigued from the six hour drive and doing kb demos for the past three days. I did the featured video WOD instead preceeded with a 10 minute 16k kb snatch set.

7:43 for 5 rounds of 7 reduced kip pullups done on Catherine's doorway gym (reduced so I didn't kip the bar off the doorframe), 7 pushup burpees with a lateral jump over a 12"x12" piece of luggage and thrusters with a pair of 36# kbs. The luggage jump forced me to maintain an honest jump each rep.

Finished with 5 minutes of jumping rope using Catherine's speed rope. Much, much better than the beaded one I have been using.

The second greatest workout in the histroy of Hero CrossFit (out of two)!

We took our time through the sets to demonstrate proper form, as well as having to change weights out every single set. Otherwise each set was unbroken.

Rory
Deadlift 275
Bench 185
Power Clean 135

Esteban
Deadlift 135
Bench 115
Power Clean 65

Combined time of 1:10 (I know)

Rory
Camp Hero
27/M/190

OPT : WHAT ON EARTH!? That's outrageous.

What kind of workout is this?! I can't believe how wrecked I am right now. As soon as I got to the gym I picked up a 95# bar and figured out then and there that my hands were going to make this next to impossible or really painful. I decided to give it a shot anyway.

Keith cut us off at 20 minutes because we were going in heats and only had on BP.

I started out with 185 for the DL. I thought it would be easy enough since my max is 240. yeah right. I got 2 reps and said no, no, no. All DLs were done pretty much by my finger tips because holding it just freakin hurt.
My first time Bench pressing except at the Barbell cert. Never done a max so went light...too light

In 20 minutes made it through the 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, and 5s with:
bench press: 75# all unbroken
clean: 95#
Deadlift: 145#

I feel like I"ve been hit by a truck. It was harder than I expected and I'm not looking forward to doing it heavier and all rounds. WFT. That was insane.

Did pressing before and worked up to 90. Failed at 95.

Seriously overtrained last week (between CrossFit and Jiu Jitsu) and physically crashed Friday. First work out since so I was just feeling it out.

Did the first 4 rounds (10-9-8-7) as Rx'd, but with ring push-up/fly combo in place for bench, in just under 20min. I usually scale down quite a bit and this felt a lot harder. I might try it again in a couple of days to get a base line.

m/34/70/190

285
190
145
25:56pr

My wife cannot bench her weight 10 times, what should we do?

Wow... this was a lot harder than i thought it would be and i'm super-glad i let them talk me out of Rx.

I did 205# DL, 175# BP, and 115# clean. DL was HARD for the first 5 or 6 rounds, then not so bad. BP was pretty solid throughout, and I probably could have lifted more on the clean, but it was good to get a slight breather. Did all BP unbroken.

30:59

M/38/187/70"

CFWU x 1

DL 215#
BP 189# (ISO Lateral Back Bench)
Clean 100#

46:00

27/m 150#

Bench 150#
Deadlift 185#
Clean 100#
27:00
had to go less on dl and clean back is out of whack today.

39/m/175

First time with Linda as rx'd:

dead-260
bench-175
Clean-125

39:55

M/33/228/6 feet

scaled the weight, but did the reps as Rx'ed. I used:

230 - DL
175 - BP
120 - cleans

finished with a time of 29:55. Had I gone as prescribed, I probably would have taken over an hour to finish, and I work out during lunch, so that wouldn't be good. Still a good workout though, even though I scaled it down. The globogymmers were giving me curious looks, all inbetween their cable crossovers and lat pull-downs, of course.

32 yom 245lb bwt
deadlift 305 +5
close grip bench 175 -10 shoulder issues & sharing bar
squat cleans 125
last time 33:08
this time 27:54

M/22/180
DL 225lbs
bench 185
clean 135

10-9-6-4-2-1 for DL and clean
10-9-6-4-3-4 (w spot) for bench
time 1:02 minutes

36 M 190
dl 285
bp 190
cl 145
26m 30s
to easy going to add weight next time

M/22/168

Swim Workout 2300yds
Track Workout 6 x 800m sprints w/ 1 min rest

lower back was hurting before going into WOD
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3 bars of death as rx'd: 44:02

250 - Deadlift
170 - Bench Press
125 Cleans

Deadlifts just kicked my ass....When you start a DL are you supposed to be in a down squatting position? I was starting from having knees bent, leaning foward with back straight.

30 YOM 200lbs
Linda as rx'ed 34:52
Deads: 300lbs
Bench: 200lbs
Cleans: 150lbs

Remind me to lose 50lbs before I do this again. Whupped my ass.

22/M/185/6'3"

As Rx'ed 39:33.95

1st post disappeared, let's try this again...

33/228/m/6 feet

29:55, not as rx'ed. went with:

230 for deadlift
175 for benchpress
120 for cleans (full squat)

still a good workout, even though I scaled it. I feel like it will take too long to finish if i do it as Rx'ed (I work out during my lunch break). Globogymers were giving me curious looks in between their sets of dumbell shoulder raises; I find that pretty funny.

46 y/o male 155#
30:50 as rx'd
232 DL
155 BP
116 C

25:56

170 Deads
95 Bench
95 Cleans

I only had two bars. I could have totally gone heavier with my bench but was using the same bar for my cleans. I think I could have pulled off 105 for the cleans. Under estimated my capability. I have been really really strict with eating in the Zone and it's amazing how amazing my workouts are!!! If you aren't in the zone get there!!!!

First time doing Linda..Modified, DL the hardest for me, did hang cleans:

41m/175

DL: 225
BP: 175
Cleans: 115

24:21

25:06
Clean: 95 lbs. (from ground)
Deads: 225 lbs.
Bench: 135 lbs. (should have done more)

Hello crossfitters! Only my second workout with you guys. I loved that I hated this workout. I can barely move.

Something I wanted to comment on. I may be new to crossfit, but I am not new to staying healthy. I was reading through the comments and I saw a lot of people commenting, "Just getting over my sickness," or, "...a little under the weather." Come on guys. Part of the reason of doing crossfit is staying healthy. We need to practice our nutrition as much as we do our cleans. If you are having problems getting sick this winter, take some vitmin C, a multi vitamin, echinacea. The more the merrier. And eat your vegetables! (broccoli, spinach, dark greens) They are packed with nutrients and vitamins that will not only help you recover from these nasty workouts, but they will help keep you "above the weather."

First Time as Rx'd

Body Weight 198

Dead Lift 300
Bench Press 200
Squat Cleans 150

1:00:08

As rx'd 30:11. BW 175lbs. Ouch.

Thanks to the GSX crew and everyone who attended the cert! It was a fantastic weekend.

45yom 174#
scaled down to:
deads: 225
bench: 135
Cleans: 115
time: 37:35
(stairclimb yesterday)

M/27/198 lbs/5'11''

40:06, but only made it through the 10, 9, and 2/3 (DL and BP) of 8 rep sets, then crashed. Started with too much weight on DL (255) and SC (135), had no second bar so used 75 lb dumbells for BP.

Next time start with 205 on DL and 115 on SC, and 185 BP if you have a second bar.

Really frustrated, disappointing effort today...

M/46/185

225 DL
185 BP
135 C
20:10

I am very humbled by the efforts of animals like OPT!

32/m/210/6'5"

1:09 as rx'd

First time doing it as rx'd, previous was 50:03 at 1.25 on the DL. I would guess 70% of time is on DL.

m/28/193
As rx'd
DL 295
BP 190
C 145

33:10, PR by 36 seconds. Yeah baby!!

31/m/5'8"/182

DL-275# 10-1
BP-185# 10-1
SC-135# 10-1

as RX'd 33:40

45/M/6/185
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