100719 "Helen from hell" Rx'ed

26:18

Thanks again to all the volunteers this weekend (especially the abuse I heaped on team judgement) for all of your help. The games couldn't have happened without you.

To the athletes: What an awesome group of people. Thanks for the inspiration! Keep doing what you do.

Looking forward to '11,
-Boz

Power cleans were accepted for this event at the Games. Does that mean it's okay for us to do that too?

Did that video almost make anyone else cry? Man I love this. I did that WOD on Monday with 95lbs. I'll get there some day!

Wow, GREAT article. Excited about our sport's future...

IMPORTANT QUESTION!!! I want to know if the bumper use at the Games will be availible for sale on the net like by rogue or crossfit store for example because i'm interested by this type of bumper and it would be cool to have some of those:)

Great recap video.

Crossfit HQ, Crossfit Games coordinators and media folks, Nice job on the Amanda Miller Tribute. It was nicely put together and made most people around me shed a tear. She was a great competitor and a fighter. RIP.

not sure why we need to see those audi ads. nothing to do with crossfit at all

i thought i had it better......next time

as Rx 7:14 not so good

According to a post by Rogue, they will have all the equipment they provided for reduced sale cost once they get them back from the games under "Closeout". Check with roguefitness.com in a few days. Give 'em time. They are the best supplier's for Crossfit equipment without par.

Someone asked about the equipment, how about the games shirts warn by the judges? I only wear two types of t's, Crossfit and Under Armour, that would be a 2 for 1!

#6 & #11

Rogue Fitness gear leftover will be on the closeout tab late next week once it arrives back at our warehouse. Will include bars, sand bags, dumbbells, steel plates and some other misc items. This was posted today on there Facebook and Twitter accts. The bumpers were all sold at the Games...I emailed Sunday about them..

Ugh, that highlight video was like a trippy snowboarding video, or a remembrance for someone who died. NEED MORE SPEED! FASTER! HARDER!

12:11 rx'd. Cleans slowed me down, all ring hspu unbroken.

Agree with #9, let's see the commercials with CrossFit content. They were cool. An Audi is just a car.

I can't believe the games are over! What a spectacular weekend!

I dont have rings, can I do regular handstand push ups?

@ 18

Try to put your hands up on something higher like paralettes or boxes so you can get a deeper ROM than normal HSPUs. It is not really a real substitute for Ring HSPUs but it will still up the intensity some.

Doing what you can is always better than not doing it at all.

pretty pathetic Spealer didnt get credit for winning this event. it was easily seen on video

Well 155LBs was my dream weight to clean, now it is doable in alot of workouts, I guess new dream weight to do will be to power clean atleast 5 times unbroken 205 LBs, I guess time will tell. have fun with this WOD.

SANTI

33/205/m
as rx'd
11:44

Did this today, but thought it was a 7 min amrap, not 7 rounds. Did 6 rounds plus 3 cleans. Scaled to 155 lbs and regular hspu

Errr... what do those ads have to do with CF?
Is CF becoming an ad-supported site now? o_O

@ #4 SarahBeth: I know exactly what you mean. Crossfit captures that rare spirit that makes life worth living. Sometimes it's over-powering. Last weekend was one of those times.

Ian, I'm assuming that was your work with the vid. If that's the case you have a gift, what an awesome recap and so much of what brings back some of the best memories I have ever had in my athletic career. If others helped out, awesome work as well.

To the volunteers, judges, and those who organized the event a huge thank you! I can't explain how much I appreciate the hard work and effort that you put in to make this happen so athletes like myself can have a few moments to test what we have worked so hard to achieve. As Boz said, this would be impossible without you.

The Games are ever evolving along with the community and I think this proves true more than ever after this past weekend. What an awesome event proving to be both fun and incredibly challenging.

Thanks so much to the fans and all those that supported us as athletes. You don't know how much it motivates us out there when we have you behind us. Torn hands are long forgotten after the first rep when we have you all pulling for us.

And as for the competitors, I've NEVER been in a competition setting where I enjoy those I am around so much. You are all an inspiration, great people, and a pleasure to be around. Thank you for making all of us better athletes and pushing the envelope daily.

You guys rock, all of you, the community. Wish I could put it into words better than this.

Speal

I was just wondering if we ever found out why Mikko Salo walked out early on the wheel barrow event. He seemed like such a admirable athlete in all the videos but I thought it was rather rude for him to walk out before the other athletes were even finished. I just wondered if there was some issue that caused him to leave so abruptly and perhaps I missed the explanation after the event.

Anybody have an answer?

Scaled the weight to 155#. Type of clean wasn't specified, I figured squat clean. My first time trying ring handstand pushups, very fun. 15:42

Can't wait to see the Games video, I've got dial-up internet, so I was following the twitter updates nonstop. Great job Speal, I was rooting for you.

Speal,

What a class act you are. Amazing performance and truly deserving of the Spirit of the Games.

What is the difference between Cleans and Power Cleans?

Anyone know the song that was used in the highlight video?

40/m/190
sub 185lb cleans

10:35
rest 10 min then...

4 rounds of

25 burpees
25 pullups
25 double unders
25 gh situps

28:26

did this one today by chance

as rx'd 6:37, the third clean on each set is hard if ur light like me.

Speal,

Just curious how you feel? After that gauntlet of workouts I can imagine you are hurting.. Would like to think that with your level of training you are recovering pretty well? Let me guess.. you'll be back in the gym tomorrow!? haha

Awesome work.. you truly inspire me as a guy who only ways 140 and constantly tries to keep up with the big boys. I met you once last year. I dropped in for a WOD and I appreciate you having me.

Best of luck!

Brett
m/29/5'6/140

That Games highlight video was so good that I watched it twice, back to back and I know I'm going to watch it again.

I'm so bummed that the Games are over! I can't wait for 2011!

To the powers that be at Crossfit:

Thank you so much for streaming the games online this year! I couldn't tear myself away from it all weekend. The whole thing was incredibly well done, from the camera and commentary, to the choice of workouts. And the athletes themselves were amazing and inspiring. I'm now ready to work out harder than ever, and I'm already looking forward to next year.

Stunning video. Really well done.

Did anyone else watch the individual wod clean and hspu part of the comp video on the crossfit live archive??? I think Spealler actually one by a hair.....at the very least they tied. If you look at who locked out first, etc... I'm pretty sure you will agree he won. I know it would'nt affect the overal score but still. Spealler definately put in work at the games!

Why would you inconvenience ME so much by putting a link to a sponsor of the 2010 CrossFit games commercial on your website?!? I mean...I know I don't HAVE to click it, but still, what gives you the right? Are you some big corporate sellout now?

/sarcasm_off

Just kidding ;) I like Audi. Just amazed folks want to complain about that being linked on the mainpage!

Which archived footage is this WOD for the Speal/Holmberg heat?

m/41/6'0"/194

115# cleans; HSPU (wall)

8:35

Not as rxd. 155 cleans/HSPU (no rings).
Time unknown due to an inept time keeper, but it was probably under a minute?!

8:24

50 kg Clean
dumbbell hspu

Anybody know who the song in the video is by?

42/m/176cm/73kg

Seven rounds for time of:
143 pound (65kg) Squat clean, 3 reps
4 Handstand push-ups

8:58

Fell over backwards on one clean in round 6.
HSPUs unbroken.

I rewatched the speal/holmberg battle on the clean?hspu wod. Speal obviously came out first. But holmberg OWNED the weekend. Speal is just something amazing to watch and really shows that in this sport of fitness, size dont matter

Awesome weekend. Brilliant programing! Fantastic efforts of ALL involved.

When are the reports from the doping tests coming? If we don't hear anything, does that mean everybody was clean? If so that would be awesome!

205 clean
hspu on 45 pound bumper plates
warm up with handstands on rings
16:18

@27- After seeing this issue arise several times, what does it matter what prompted Mikko to leave the wheel barrow wod immediately after finishing? Have you ever competed before? Hec, I finished a wod the other day and I literally had to run out of the box to get into the restroom for an emergency run!

Point is, he is a respectful person and wouldn't do this to display poor sportsmanship. We don't have to know the reason why. Why do we continue to grow so judgmental and nosey about issues that don't concern us? Remember there are always 2 sides to every story. Not trying to pick on you, but just addressing the question with my own. :)

7:08 (135lb clean, parallete HSPU)

For anyone interested, the song in the highlight vid is called "Release All Light" by De La Mancha.

Two rounds :
135 pound Clean, 3 reps
8 HSPU progressions
Five rounds :
115 pound Clean, 3 reps
8 HSPU progressions

tt - 12:24

started to heavy.

Dr. Rishe's article was very interesting.

I'm afraid for Crossfit when big money comes knocking.

not rx'd
Very Humbling

135 squat cleans
floor hspu

11:17

subd 70kg cleans and HSPU
8.20

Subbed 115 lbs for cleans and 95 lbs overhead press for hspus.

27 mins.

10:04Paralette HSPU
1 and 2 with 205#
3-7 185# better form

Rough... speal is a mutant

Humbling indeed.

70kg clean
rounds 1 and 2 Paralette HSPU
rest of rounds on floor

7:20

27/f/5'1"/135

7 rounds:
3x 95# cleans
4x HSPU

5:15

9:57
*Used 185 lb. for power cleans...Need to get STRONGER

Taking a break from CrossFit for the next two weeks... Just moved to DC and am going on vacation, then starting a new job. Just gonna run and do bodyweight work until I find a gym down here.

The videos from the games are EPIC... thanks so much to the people behind CrossFit for streaming the games, and for archiving the footage as well.

Have a great day everybody, see you in a little while!

27/f/5'2/120

7 rounds
3 x 105 # cleans
4 x HSPU

6:40

I'd like to echo Speal's comments above. Can't thank the volunteers, judges, and fans enough for a great experience! Without you guys/girls none of that would have been possible. It makes me proud to be part of such a great community and congratulations to Graham!

For those wondering, had the foot x rayed yesterday and its just a good bruise! Thanks to all those for the concern! Can't wait for next year!

33/m/165

Subbed 165 cleans 12:16

as rx'd

15:41

First 4 rounds in 4 minutes then hit the wall on ring HSPU.

The games were a really humbling experience for me, it showed that anyone can achieve anything if worked so hard to get it. Congrats to everyone who took part.

And very good to hear Rich! All the best for the year ahead.

Thanks to both Chris Spealer and Rich Froning for checking in today. I was about 20' from Rich when he came down...all of us in the medical crew are very, very happy for you, Rich, that your heel isn't broken.

Shout out to Jeff Tucker whose job it was to organize and deploy all of the volunteers. The logistics involved in the Games are always daunting; add in the element of surprise (not even the on-the-ground coordinators got a heads up on the events) and it's simply amazing how smoothly everything went.

30/M/140/5'10

Seven rounds for time of:
155 pound Clean, 3 reps
4 Regular handstand push-ups

11:49

today's warm up. 10 Passthroughs, 10/10 KB Clean and jerk/ 10 box jumps and 1 Minute row sprint,

Today set 2 PRs during a warm up of 1) getting down the row machine to 1:26 split for 500 meters then 2) 358 meters in a minute sprint in the row machine. before the WOD, I Figure out that i have being doing the RHSPU wrong (my uperbody goes up but my legs remain in the straps of the rings) so today did regular hand stand push ups, I guess practice, practice, practice.

I wonder How long took some of the Athlethes to power clean 205, for my self it has being about 2 years from not being able to power clean 85 pounds to power clean 170 (PR). 180 squat clean. (PR)

Have a nice one. Impressive how Speal can handle that much weight the way he does.

SANTI

speal at 145 unreal. whAT HAPPEN TO ALL THE
FAVORITES LIKE JASON, ROB, JOSH THE REGULARS.
WHAT PLACE DID THEY COME IN.

Paddleboarding last night in prep for a race this Sunday. Should be interesting as I haven't boarded more than perhaps 12-15 times and have no technique. I hope to catch a lesson before attempting to paddle the lake this weekend!

115 pound Clean, 3 reps
4 Ring handstand push-ups

5:59. Missed catching the ring straps a couple times on the HSPUs....fell through and landed pretty hard! Otherwise, no breaks on the HSPUs until the last round. That was broken a 2/2 reps.

Seven rounds for time of:
135 pound Clean, 3 reps
2 handstand push-ups 17:35

Jeff @ 2.0
11:20
Started from handstand. Couldn't figure out how to start from headstand.

M/30/5'9"/195

subbed 9" box HSPU for rings...each rep ear deep. Otherwise as rx'd - 13:21

first two rounds were squat cleans; remaining five rounds were power cleans.

Not to self: the next time this WOD comes up, don't run the night before...legs were very heavy.

27:54

this was very humbling. Stayed with the 205lbs and actually got better at it as the rounds progressed. Did ring HSPUs with foot resting on the top rung of a stepladder. It just shows me what incredible athletes the participants in the '10 games are. You all rock!

2010-07-21: 7:47. Sub 178 pc's and reg hspu. Tuff.

Scaled to 185# after first round, and used Smith machine bar to assist with ring handstand pushups.

25:45

Also press 1RM, 160#, PR tie

I just started this week -- I don't have a barbell or rings and I can't find any substitutions. Any ideas? Thx!

As Rxd
15.39

Are these to be squat cleans or power cleans? Someone wrote that power cleans were accepted at Games but when I see 'cleans' I think squat cleans. Thanks, and contrats to all athletes in the games. You are all an inspiration as are all the coaches and volunteers... great community!! Thanks for sharing the wealth of info.

5 Rounds
3 Power Cleans @195
4 HSPU's

2 Rounds
3 Power Cleans @125
4 HSPU's

First time I've done heavy cleans in a while, started a little heavy.

Hey HQ, check out this 1940 Crossfit champ, Bill McCabe, who scored one hundred on the streetcleaner's physcial, which shares elements with the 2010 games:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/nyregion/21mccabe.html

Dan Duffy

I love crossfit, but lately, some of the workouts are utterly ridiculous. I don't mind hard workouts, but todays for instance, 4 ring handstand pushups, really? What percentage of the fit and in-shape population can actually do this. It is getting so elite crossfitter specific, that it is starting to lose its appeal to those like me, who are in pretty good shape, want a hard, but doable workout.

And yes, I know I can scale, but when you have to scale every workout, you wonder if you are still getting the benefits of the workout. Just ranting.

26/m/5'11"/209
19:17 sub parallette HSPU..cleans as rx'd

39/M/5'10"/171
7Rds 12:40
Scaled:
185# Cleans x3
HSPU x4

If you didn't notice, the recent WOD's have been taken from the 2010 Games. I think it is great that we can appreciate what these amazing athletes in the games can do and see how we compare. Do the best you can and you will see that you will start to do things you never thought you would. It took me two years to finally do muscle ups, but now I can.

Pack scale with 135# bar and 1 abmat HSPU.

7:15

Tried 205# cleans and failed during 2nd set.
7 RFTs
185# Cleans x 3
4 HSPU (don't trust RHSPU yet)
10:52

6:53 (155-lbs.; sub: hspu)

Thank you so much for the live feed over the weekend, other than doing WOD's, I was absolutely glued to my computer! I can't wait until next year.

Great Highlight Movie.
Thanks for getting it out so fast.

Hope I can cut enough weight to compete with Speal next year.
How many blocks to drop 80lbs?

kstar

Scaled cleans to 185 (rd 4 done at 205 but couldn't maintain). HSPU's.

14:51

7 rounds in 13:50 of:
3 x 155# cleans
8 x HSPU

Then did 3 rounds x 10 of:
Toes to bar
Dead hang pull ups
24" box jumps

#70 Kelly,way to go on this wod. Ring hspu's are tough for anyone. Not to mention bodyweight cleans. Sounds like you should think about the masters in a few years. Keep it up badass!

Is there any reason why the women's weight is always left out? Isn't it time HQ adds this?

#49--It's not nice to call people nosey and judgmental even when you add a smile at the end. Concern for the top athletes is part of any sport.

#95--I emailed the HQ to request women's rx. Maybe if we all do that they will accommodate us. I was doing everything at 70%, as I had been instructed until I realized that was not a clear women's rx across the board at the games. I'm sure I will not be able to pull off the rx on everything but at least it would give me a clear goal.

Holy cow! I am a retard. I did AMRAP for 7 minutes. Dangit!
205 lbs
toes to wall progression. Weight not completely over shoulder.
did 3 rounds plus 2 HSPU Then finished off another round.
Oh well 4 rounds is probably good scaling for me anyway.

3 R:
800m Run
105# C&J x10
= 24:22

That was pretty fun. I sort of combined running with heavy Grace. And I carried on a conversation about cures for my 25 fire ant bites then about the CF games all during the wod. Not bad ;)
Erin

Wow rough workout. I;m amazed to those of you who could do this as rx'd with a good time.

First time doing ring HSPU and i wanted to get every set of them. However i would not have been able to do both ring HSPU and 205# clean. So, instead i dropped the clean weight.

7 rounds of:

3 185# Cleans
4 Ring HSPU

16:58

Ring HSPU killed my upper body (and my time for that matter lol). Will continue to work and get stronger. Was happy to just be able to do them.

13:00
7 rounds
3 155# Cleans (form wasn't great)
12 Very inclined push-ups

M/17/5'11"/170

Still cant do hand stand push-ups something i plan on working on and getting down. Had to sub them with raised ring push-ups. Also started out with the 205 clings but had to go down to 185 at the end of round three, this majorly killed my time.

Round 1- 3 clings 205, 15 raised ring push up's
Round 2- 3 clings 205, 15 raised ring push up's
Round 3- 2 clings 205 1 cling 185, 15 raised ring push up's
Rounds 4,5,6,7- 3 clings 185, 15 raised ring push up's

Final time 20:11

Great workout but still a bit above my level. I wasn't able to do the ring HSPU so I subbed standard HSPU. I also had to drop the clean weight to #185 in order to maintain a constant weight.

7 rd's for time:

3 - #185 power clean
6 - HSPU

13:53

Carole
F/52/5'6"/133

95# power cleans
regular hspu, to a pad

6:30

m/31/170/5'8"

not as rx'd

-135lb clean
-HSPU

5:35

what do people suggest for olympic type lifts in which I cannot drop the weights at my gym. I waste a ton of energy and forearm strength holding the barbell on the way down. Is it better to go for lighter weight/higher reps

Seven rounds for time of:
205 pound Clean, 3 reps
4 Ring handstand push-ups(Subbed 8 handstand PU)

8 was too many. Took a long time.

16:56

5'8/M/38/200lbs.

49 / 179

not as rx'd
165# Power cleans (1RM is 185)
Feet elevated 3' push-ups wearing a 20# vest

9:47

Seven rounds for time of:
175 pound Clean, 3 reps
4 handstand push-ups

time 12:01 Cleans killed me. They were slower then I wanted, but HSPU's were good. all unbroken.

My bar mal functioned and came apart on one side. The ring that keep the weights from sliding in twards your hands came unscrewed in the middle of the workout andit took me a bit to get it togather and every set I'd have to tighten it back on.

I still took longer then I wanted to set up and go though. But it got faster as I went on, I ket telling myself ''second pull, be fast under the bar'' worked well. Collar bone sore from rubbing. Oh missed two cleans.

Audi was a sponsor? There's my next car.

@Jake

Just deal with it. As time goes on your grip will get stronger. Bumper plates are a luxury. Many people have gotten VERY good and very strong doing Oly lifts with only Iron. Don't let a weak grip be a reason to go for lighter weights and higher reps.

The Again Faster Highlight video is my new favorite main site video ever posted! It is fantastic!

23:15 Rx'd

Very humbling experience.

Graham and Speal are just monsters......what an athletes Froaning is awesome

Crossfit is the best training method ever and we the crossfitters are the best community on Earth......

17:00 RX

The RHSPUs took 4ever! 1-2 at at time! Rob O. is my hero, with his 20lb vest and 500Lb deads.

Subbed ring handstand with regular handstand PU.

First 3 rounds 70 kg. Next 4 rounds 65kg.

13:15

Awesome games and athletes. Great job of streaming. It is good to see something that really grew because of the internet mature along with the internet. I do hope that as Crossfit grows it will retain that grass roots feel and not get too slick and commercialized.
Congrats to all the athletes. Great to see Spealler make top 3. I don't know him personally, but from everything I've seen he seems to be a class act and that is worth far more than all his fitness ability. Character is what makes a true champion. I hope he stays that way. Good to see him in the Adidas ad.

#94 Dan....re: #70 Kelly and Masters. I say (if she's injury free and wants to compete)....Masters-shMasters. Straight up games. If you see her log and some times on the CF Games workouts, you'll understand why.

#61 Slav...check out Crossfit MPH in DC. You won't be disappointed.

age 20 bw 170

12:56

5 rounds:
185# squat cleans (205 first 2 rounds)
handstand pushups on a 45 bumper

Scaled to 155# Cleans and HSPUs on 45#plate stack.

Time: 12:25

M.35.168

Major subs:
135lb clean
HSPU

8:17

8:42
75# clean
Squat clean

m/155/21

9:41

90 lb squat clean
hspu's

then cleaned for weight 155lbs new (pr)

Graham has really motivated me. Time to get serious!

27 y/o Male Wt: 178

6:37

185 lb clean
10 regular handstand push-ups
(Left my rings at home today)

Finished out w/pyramid of push-ups & pull-ups 1-10. (Obviously not part of the timed wod)

Just got stationed back in the midwest. Now a member of Crossfit Milwaukee!

scaled to 155 and regular hspu

14:15

m/165

as rx w/ 205# power cleans

8:38

* ring hspu were done with legs bent and feet wrapped on straps, my bar i hung my rings on isnt high enough to accomodate full leg extension.

Squat Cleans scaled to 155#.

Self-assist on Ring HSPU.

13:25

Really fun workout!

Awesome video!

I think Coach Glassman has too much substance to let CrossFit compromise its core qualities if it ever "goes mainstream" like ESPN or something.

Yes some people will be upset that it is not a small operation in Aromas, but me having gotten into this in May 2009 and not easily able to fly to Cali, the live stream was incredible!

I may be wrong, but is this the biggest event to ever be streamed live HD like this? The only event? Is CF a pioneer to do this?

Not as Rx'd...185lb Cleans

9:35

I am amazed at how many people tried to do this WOD as Rx'd with times in the 15+ minute domain. I think that totally defeats the purpose. The competitors at the games were finishing this in 5-6 minutes and that is a whole different stimulus than 15-20. Could I have done this with 205? Yes...but I would not have been able to maintain any intensity which I think is the purpose of this workout.

Again faster has a really good aricle on this very subject that I would suggest folks read.

http://www.againfaster.com/articles/zatsiorsky-scaling-and-power.html

Remember this WOD was designed for the best of the best...very few of us on this site are at the "elite" status that these workouts were designed for. Remember one of the keys to CrossFit is the ability to check your ego at the door.

NEVER QUIT!

3 mile run
21:43
then 5 Rounds
(3) 135# cleans
(10) Pushups
4:39
then
50 Sits

35yom / 195lbs

Pack, 7 Rounds for time:
135# Clean, 3 reps
8 Handstand push-ups

16:56

Cleans were harder than I expected...form was decent, but the third rep was always a struggle. Had to break up the handstand push-ups each round...not sure if I'm getting better at these or not. I might move to having a spotter hold my feet.

So, I can power clean 185 just fine but I certainly couldn't squat clean it, much less 21 times. So, I went with 185, with "vertical pushups" as a way of getting to HSPU. But, then I decided I wanted to do squat cleans, so I dropped to 135. I have to say, I felt like the workout was better with the squat clean. Good stuff.

2 rounds
185 Power Cleans
4 Vert Pushups
5 rounds
135 full squat clean
4 vert pushups

8:16

been gone a while

cfwu x 2 (+40 pushup)

scaled 115lb cleans
hspu's on ground w/ feet on shelf

11:11

26/M/6'3"/218 lbs

7 Min AMRAP

7x 315 Deadlift
20m Sprint
14 One legged Squats
21 DBL unders
20m Sprint

Completed: 1 Round + 6 One legged Squats
(Not very good at DBL Unders which took up most of my time, any suggestions on a good technique?)

Feeling like I failed at that workout, I proceeded to do todays WOD...

Modified WOD
7 rounds for time:
3 x 205 Power Clean
4 x 185 Push Jerk

9:45

tried the HSPU's during my warmup for the 1st time and theres no way i could have gotten a decent time while trying to HSPU 218 lbs!

In response to Dave #128 (if there was even any $$ that changed hands, which knowing this group may not have occurred),

Google...Yahoo...CNN...ESPN...and so on, and so on, and so on...

Amazing weekend.. Amazing video.. even more amazing commuinity and athletes. Graham, Rich, Speal, Mikko, Khalipa... I hope you all know how much we (the crossfit community) look up to you! You are our Michael Jordan's, our Peyton Mannings, our Tom Brady's... We idolize you and you provide us with amazing role models. The character and heart that you display everyday just shows how awesome our sport is. As a wrestler in hs and college I never thought I could love anything as much, if not more, than wrestling.. Crossfit is it! I am crossfit.. and I hope that I can continue to work towards new goals everyday..

Thank you all who competed and everyone in the community for being my inspiration!!

Brett
Accelerate Fitness (Crossfit 2260)
Chandler, AZ

See ya at Sectionals in 2011

How is accepting sponsorship to make profits and pay for the event selling out? I guess they should pass a donation cup around for the games next year. Or maybe just hold it in a junkyard on a Sunday for free.

10min

20 burpees (8# db)
15 V-ups
8 handstand pushups
50 jumprope

15 burp
15 V
5 hand
50 jump

15 burp
15 V
5 hand
50 jump

11 burp

@ #51 Patrick Cummings: Don't know if you remember me but we met at NE Regionals.

I can only assume the video is your work: absolutely impeccable. Cannot stop watching it. Best part is at 2:40 in with Froning's glance over at Speal...

An awesome video in tribute to awesome athletes at an incredible event for an incredible community.

Thank you.

Signed,

The Other Patrick Cummings

Thanks to great coaching the ring HSPU were r'xd.
The cleans are getting there.
7 rounds of

3 155# power clean
4 ring HSPU

Time 14:00

Some random thoughts about this year's Games. As a competitor twice (the first two), and now working for CF HQ, let me come at this from two different perspectives.

1 - I'm a sports addict. I rarely miss the ESPN highlights and I get a feed to keep up with the Red Sox. We will all be looking back years from now talking about how a sport was launched this past weekend. It was an amazing event to watch. Our ESPN classic moment will be Speal and Graham on the first WoD under the lights, along with about 10 others from this weekend.

2 - I got a chance to sit with some non-CF'ers throughout the Games - they were blown away. More importantly, they wanted to know where the closest affiliate was to them. Let's try to remember to think "big tent" and not cry about these new "wannabe's." Our nostalgia for Aromas and "keepin' it real" can blind us to the fact that if Coach and Lauren had been so insular, there would be no Speal, or Rich Froning, or Annie Thorisdottir, Mikko, or Graham Holmberg. It would have stopped at Josh Everett and Greg Amundson, or Dave Leys and Rob Miller.
The torch gets passed because we open it up to the world.

3 - Whoever was babbling about "selling out" - please. Big money has been thrown at CF a number of times. I know because I've written a few of the rejection letters on behalf of CF HQ. But we also have to understand that putting on a free live stream costs A LOT of money. We'll likely come up short (by a good bit) on this year's Games, but it was worth it to bring it to our worldwide family and to show others what it is that we do. I've heard an old saying that says that money (lots of it) only makes you more of what you are. If that's the case, they can bring it in wheelbarrows like the sandbag WoD - we'll be just fine. If you had seen the level of generosity I have by Coach and others, you'd understand that corporate sponsorship is no threat to our soul. We're just fine in that department. Graham Holmberg and Kristan Clever won $25,000 for their efforts; does anyone think they are now "sellouts"? Let's not utter platitudes and trite bromides merely to throw stones. Let's hear legitimate, well considered and reasoned criticisms as to the "why $$ and corporate sponsors are going to ruin CrossFit" debate. I have yet to hear any intelligent arguments on why this is bad for our community.

4 - My hat goes off to all of the athletes, from masters to Affiliate teams. The volunteers were awesome - even the guy who wouldn't let me in because I wasn't on the list. Or Coach's dad. Or Coach. (True story - but not the same guy each time). Tony Budding and Dave Castro deserve a standing ovation, as does Justin Bergh. Great job, boys.

5 - The commentators and analysts did a great job, so far from what I've seen going back and watching the live stream. How cool to hear Josh E. analyzing the HSPU workout? By the way, I hope Josh won the banner from the sponsors for most pullups at the booth they had setup (57). I doubt you'll see Madden doing that anytime soon.

Best to all the fans, as well. The HD center folks said they've never seen anything like it in terms of civility to their staff, helpfulness, and lack of complaints (according to someone there, only one complaint, and it was that the place was "too clean" for the CF Games. Another person waxing nostalgic for Aromas, evidently.)

Cheers to all. Let's train hard again, not just for next year's Games, but for tomorrow's task that we don't know is coming.

28/6'4"/230 lbs.

8:21

- sub'd regular HSPU (to 2" pad).
- 205# power cleans

7 rds:
3 x 155 squat cleans
8 hspu's
16:23
shoulders out of gas after round 4

Scaled to 185lb to maintain intensity since I figured that was the purpose of the workout and not for me to stand there and look at 205 for 20+ minutes...otherwise as Rx'd.

9:35

NEVER QUIT!!

The video was an amazing tribute to some great athletes. I was glued to my computer during the games, what a great event!

155lbs cleans (my body weight)
Otherwise as rx; 16:40

Scaled;
Seven rounds for time of:
120 pound Clean, 3 reps
4 elevated feet push-ups (I mis-read this and didn't see the hand stand part).

Humbling to say the least. Started with 205 first set. Did squat cleans with it. Dropped to 185 second, 165 for third through seventh. First 4 rounds squat cleans. HSPU's on wall. Not very good. 16:19
At least I know what needs work. Everything!!!
:-)
More than amazed at the competitors. Gives me greater goals to work towards.

Ads are good. I'd rather watch an Audi ad than pay to access this site... this 100% FREE website.

But please, no pop-up ads.

m/35/72"/220

Not as Rx'ed

used 135 for cleans, subbed HSPUs for ring HSPUs.

11:28

Is anyone else having trouble accessing CrossFit Journal articles and videos? I've been getting a "Cannot make connection with server" message for a couple days now.

D @ home
1018
scaled to 155# cleans
HSPU to double abmat (shoulder felt OK)
125
250
415
605
735
900
1018

32yo M 175lb 5’10”
CFWU x 3, 10 pull ups, 10 ring dips per round
Squat clean 65lbs x 5-5 95lbs x 5 115lbs x 2
Power clean 135lbs x 2 155lbs x 1

26:50
155lb power cleans
First three rounds HSPU to 3” stack, last four rounds HSPU feet on rack assist
Foam roll after

35 yof 125lbs

55#

7:02

135# PC
HSPU's to aerobic step + 1

:53/:58/1:06/1:13/1:17/1:47/1:13 = 8:30 total

HSPU's need some work
could use 145-155 on PC's, all unbroken at 135#

ryan

7:57 26lbs 5 push-ups (Can't do ring handstand push-ups, only nine). Loved the wod!

14:12. 205 clean. Parallete HSPu.

185 lb cleans
HSPUs were h2fp
13.17

Well, it's been a while since I did a mainsite WOD, doing my own programming now but after seeing this at the Games, knew I had to come back. Been a long time, good to see a few familiar names... in8girl xoxo big hugs

95# power cleans
HSPUs to 1 abmat
7:58

I need work LOL

39M/5'10"/170#

W/U: ROM exercises, 20x; power clean, 7x3 at 45-65-95-115-135-155-175#

As Rx: 12:44.

C/D: foam roll; keg drill; should press, 135x5 - 145x2 - 155x1.

Power cleans w/controlled drop (no bumpers); rings lowered to one fist above floor. Things started getting slow on round 4.

M/33/150/5"9
3 squat clean @ 135
7 HSPU on plates
7 rds = 5:55

7 rds: 3x135lb squat cleans, 7x hspu = 7:46. 10 rep abmat after. .6 mi run wu 4:42.

I like rjf's wod total. I started Crossfit in July 2005 after seeing a wod in Outside magazine. Still love it.

m/53/177

7 rounds:
135 pound clean
8 Pike Pushups(last 4 rounds not good form--felt more like decline push-ups)

10:18

m/35/6'3"/243

not as rx'd:

185# power cleans
never tried RHSPU's - set-it-up, not gonna happen right now. Maybe if I had a spotter to get up without killing myself...
sub'd HSPU's against wall with hands on 4" boxes, head to floor x4

Only made it through 5 rounds before I had to run...

8:01

very humbling workout again. all competitors are amazing!

24.m.140.65"

as rx'd
*Clean 190#
18:27(PR)

70 lbs for clean
assisted hspu

3:53

Ran 800m when finished...stressful week!

M/5'9/26/200lbs

6:39

Subbed with regular handstand pushups.

Scaled cleans to 181 lbs.
did hspu on paralette bars
14:07

done at crossfit
115 squat cleans
ring HSPU with knees on box
7:15.

Intensity needs to be increased. I should have done this faster. Ring HSPU too easy. Next time get someone to hold my feet for balance and do them.

18 GHD sit ups and back ext afterward.
foam roller too.

7 RFT scaled to

135# clean 3 reps
4 ring hand stand push ups (feet held by spotter)

9:33

kevin o at July 21, 2010 5:18 PM:

Thanks! When I first tried CF, I decided to give it a 30 day trial. Of course after the 30 days, I didn't want to stop. So I changed the trial to 30 WODs. That's when I went back and numbered them. Needless to say, I didn't return after 30 WODs either. In fact, I haven't missed a posted WOD since I started! LOL.

70 ilb. clean- asst. HSPU

4:21

Right shoulder has a Torn rotator cuff; Surgery in 8 days. 3 more WOD's
KB swings 1.5 Pood 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1x
Squat thrust 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10x
Pull ups 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1x
AB Mat sit ups 2-4-6-8-10-12-14-16-18-20x
m/52/6’/215
16:20

70 lb clean
asst. hspu
3:49

As Rx'd:
5:56

8:51
sub'd 5 assisted HSPU

31 yom, 190 lbs

7:18

scaled to 165 lbs and normal hspu

tried 205 cleaned it once. Could not, forgive me, get it up again. Droped down to 185.
34:34 crazy hard couple of days.
39/M/170

M/28/70/164

7 rnds/time:

135# clean x3 rnds, 145# x4 rnds.
4HSPU

Cleans are a weak point of mine. 185 is my 1RM pretty much.

12:14

M/26/71"/196

Subs: 135 lb cleans
Hspus to hspu negatives to decline pushups

Core warmup
26'08"

Ahr: 124
Max: 178

Had been feeling headach-y, and the exertion worsened that. But got a version of the wod in.

11:39,155lb clean,assisted HSPU's(I had my ankles hooked on an oly bar resting on a squat rack).

SUB 135# cl
SUB hspu

14:07

subbed regular hspu's, cleans as rx'd
6:46

24/m/165lbs/70"

1st WOD
Sew up crossfit shirt for time:
Double stitch
7:48

2nd WOD
Seven rounds for time of:
205lb clean, 3 reps
SUB: regular HSPU
11:10

11:39,155lb cleans(went too light)and hspu's with ankles over an oly bar that was in a squat rack.

F/34/5'3"/108
45lb cleans, 3reps
handstand push ups,4reps
7 rounds 13 minutes
need to go low weight for a bit just for a break!!!

m/30/5'8/178

5 rounds
135# clean x 3 reps
wall assisted hspu x 4 reps
10:21

Then customers showed up... for an hour.
Then finished 2 more rounds untimed with a 21 du warm and cool.

38/m6/185

Sub'd 185 pounds
22:34

Wow

Scaled down for the weak:
7 RFT:
3 - 155# Clean
4 - HSPU (Wall/No Rings)
@7:42

I 'spealer' scaled it to approx. 80% of my 1rm clean/push press, which is about 190#.

So, 7 rounds for time of:
3 x power clean @ 155#
4 x HSPU on two 45# hi-temp bumpers (head to ground)

12:20

Almost did sub 12:00 but failed 4th hspu at 11:50.

Brad male/38/6'8"/165

135lb Clean
regular HSPU

11:00

Tried to do handstand pushups more difficult to set up for them so i just did 45 pound db presses somebody tell me how they do them
Also power cleans hurt my shoulders bad help with that as well please

Michael, 15:13 not measured

Supermans and unanchored crossover situps, on a dirt runway in baja.

Subbed, as weak and somewhat lazy ;-)

100lb cleans (full, not power)
HSPU

8m 10s

Getting there, after surgery a while back.

I think I could maybe manage '1' Clean @ 205#
So I scaled to 135# and normal HSPU (dont have rings, and COME ON!!!!!!, Ring Handstand Push ups? Mad Respect.)

I did 8 rounds by accident. 10:03

165lbs cleans
15:31

29/6'8"/218

12:57 w/ hspu

Didn't time
95 lbs
Push ups on 28" box

Groin still playing up. Did JT instead:

21-, 15- and 9 reps of:
HSPU variations
Dips
Push ups

11 mins 27 secs.

F/40/5'6"/150

85# cleans
band-assist HSPU attempts to 4" board stack

10:47

7:12 as rx'd

10:09 (165)

HSPU not on rings, done to two ab-mats

175# M 34 5'8"

Modified 145# Clean, Wall HSPU

24 mins

Big thanks to Stephane for giving me some tips on scaling. Never would have finished this one otherwise.

7 rnds
115# clean
box HSPU

8:30

cfwu, 135x5pc, 205(f), 185x1

subbed 185 powercleans and 6 hspu

11'42"

M/24/161

1st 2 rds = 135lb cleans/HSPUs
Last 5 rds = 95lb cleans/HSPUs

8:02

before wod did:
for load
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
135, 165, 185, 195(fail on jerk), 175, 165, 155
of power clean and split jerk then did wod scaled to:
135 clean
95 lb press

7:27

This sounded too hard, so I ran Half Dome instead.

4:49min. As rx'd.

CFWU x3
1 mile run

WOD (135lb)
:09::57

Very slow... But my Cleans were solid.

Get some, Go again!

Kevin
M/51/5'11"/168

CFSB, press:

5 X 95
3 X 110
2 X 117.5
1 X 125

Then, today's WOD, massive scaling:

95# squat clean
hspu, with feet on bar

6:57

Got box jump PR in warm-up, with a 44" jump. Then big time crash trying for 46"!

subbed 135 squat clean, 60lb DB push press.
10:40

Subbed 135 lb squat cleans, 5 HSPU. Didn't time it, had to share space with a guy sparring on the punching bag at the Globogym. Sweat city.

Darius

m/173cm/75kg

65kg cleans
6 hspu

8 min

7:06 Regular Hand-stand push-ups, couldn't do them with the rings

23 / M / 5'9" / 135lbs

125lb cleans
HSPU against wall

22:41

I hit an increasingly troublesome HSPU wall in rounds 5, 6, and especially 7. I think I need to work on my cleans; I was tired towards the end but hit a solid triple-extension on a few reps and practically pulled the bar up to my nose, which was suprising when I barely got it to my shoulders on the previous rep.

CFWU X 3

7 rds
185 pounds clean, 3 reps
4 HSPU

Time: 11:55

37yom 5'10" 195lbs

205 lb Power Clean
Regular Good old fashioned HSPU

8:23

m/39/76/215

165# HPC
HSPU

10:30

M/33/5'4"/140lbs
Subbed 155lbs for cleans
Rings HSPU as rx'd
8:08

135# clean and regular HSPU

4.06

21/m/5'11"/170

DQ.

wu did 25 double unders a few 2-3 in a row mainly one at atime then did cleans up to 210

scaled wod

7 rounds

3 reps 165 clean
4 reg hspu with feet on power rack

7:04

M/23/170#/6' Did 7 rounds of 165# Clean, 3 reps and 4 regular Handstand Push-Ups. Time was 1445.

m/49/178

205 pound Clean, 3 reps
4 bumper-plate handstand push-ups

only 5 rounds

14:20

Really needed this heavy Clean work, my sloppy technique was noticeably improved by the end.

THanks

Scaled to 175#. HSPU on parallettes 9.15
HSPU were pretty bad.

CFWU.

165# power clean. regular HSPU.

13:45

10:50 (Kipping Parallette HSPU)

7 Rounds:
3x 155# power cleans (R1-50 R6 and 7 were 135
4x HSPU

8:36

scaled cleans to 185, subbed bar muscle ups for HSPUs

14:30

Rx'd 13:54

Time sucks compared to Graham & Speal, but I was happy just to complete Ring HSPU's, these are what held me up, blew right thru cleans.

CFWUx1

11:00

Scaled to 135lb cleans
Modified Ring-HSPU with feet on 24" box

Ernest 40/M/61"/160

My PR on Power Clean is 205 so i did the WOD with 165 and i finally do all the Ring HSPU:D at the beginning my friend was with me in case i fell on the ground and at the end i was able without someone . Did all the ring HSPU Unbroken
So Seven rounds for time of: Clean 165lbs, 3 reps and 4 Ring HSPU
Time : 15:17

15:47
subbed floor HSPU's

12:07 185 lb cleans

M 36/5'10"/170

165#
HSPU (wall)

15:20

16:47

subbed 155# squat cleans
HSPU (floor variety)

12:20
185 clean
135 press

M/25/157 GregAWU

175lb squat cleans
floor HSPU

10:59

floor hspu
23:27

21/m/170
135lb cleans
floor hspu

21/m/170
135lb cleans
floor hspu
20:30

Ok, not my best showing. Floor hspus, weight 155 except 1st two reps at 165. 18:10

160# Squat Cleans all else as rx'd:

16:40

31/m/71"/173#/Centurion Crossfit: Fort Hood, TX

Burgener WU
1 round as Rx then scaled cleans to 185# for last 6 rounds.
21:31

Looking forward to seeing this again.

Subbed 2x Wall HSPU (8 reps per round):

10 mins

Scaled to 135# and HSPU on dumbbells:

15:03

Started out with 155#, but after the first round I knew it was going to be too much weight.

21:31

used 195 lbs and regular hspu

21/m/155/5'8

yes a few days behind on WODs.

10:25

205 failed
185x1set
175x2set
165x3set
160x1set
sub HSPU for rings, no rings

I really need to work on Clean, Snatch and Overhead squats. Forms bad or not as it should be and I can not get the power generated to do the heavier weights.

Seven rounds for time of:
205 pound Clean, 3 reps SUB 125 pound
4 Ring handstand push-ups SUB 16 Ring push-ups

14:34

Subbed 155 for 205 since my max clean is 185

Also subbed 8 hspu for 4 with rings since we still have no rings

13:57

M/32/5'9"/155

Subbed 165lbs power cleans. Regular HSPUs.

9:45

Sub'd 135# and assisted handstand push-ups.

10:24

135 lb squat clean sub bw bench press for hspu
10:31

Scaled heavily.
SQCL: 115lb x3
HSPU: from 15lb plates x4
7 rounds, 15:45

Seven rounds for time of:
155 pound Clean, 3 reps
4 Ring handstand push-ups (1st time with ring HSPU!!!)
5:56

"Mrs. Wobbly"
Seven rounds for time of:
95 pound Clean, 3 reps
4 Handstand push-ups
4:32

Modified ... a lot.

155lb. Cleans 3 reps
5 HSPU

10:03

7 rounds

135# clean, 3 reps
4 HSPU (head to abmat)

9:15

8:35 w/ 2 HSPU to go, but had to rest a bit to bang out the last two

CFWU x 3,

#135 on cleans, next time go to #145
HSPUs on Ground

12:59

155# cleans
HSPU's on 35'b rubber plates for added depth
13:18
best/deepest squat cleans i've ever done
m/34/145/5'4"

7 rounds

4 weighed pull ups 88 lb.(my daughter's body weight)
4 ring HSPU

9:42

Seven rounds for time of:
185 pound Clean, 3 reps
4 handstand push-ups

9:15

Thank god I didn't get my haircut yet for the handstand pushups. They're getting better but not great yet.

25m/5'11"/173lbs

As rx'd: 16:57. Got owned by the ring handstand pushups.

205 clean 3reps
4 HSPU
17:56

as rx'd

12:48

Crossfit warmup
WOD subbed 155lbs and HSPU

10:05

Warmdown with 10 L sit pullups.

7 rounds of

175lb power cleans x 3
HSPU (w/ feet on power rack) x 10

8:06

Afterwards, I practiced on my power/squat clean form.

135lb hang cleans 3x10
75lb high pulls 3x10
75lb squat cleans 3x15

35 yom 193 lbs

Did 185lb power cleans and HSPU against wall. Wrist still questionable but better. Felt strong today.

6:46

M54yo 137
Ne add fel, soha ne add fel!
Keeping weight off...need to start losing again.

155lb power cleans...more next time. Stronger as rounds went by.
Sissy ring HSPU with knees on 28.5" box.

07:41

M/22/171/6'2"

Scaled to 185# for first 3 rounds and did 175# for remaining 4 rounds.

20:33

Wow. That was insane...ly awesome. Can't even believe Graham got sub 5. Wow.

Cleans @ 145
HSPU's
15:43

CFWU
155# vice 205# cleans. HSPU vice ring HSPU.
11:50
M/49/196#/72"

Wow...was already pretty beat and this was tough. No room in the Stryker gym for hand-stand push-up nonsense, so I decided on:

7 rds for time of:
175-lb power clean x 3
175-lb push jerk x 4

13:55 (had to mix and match to get all the jerks, but did all the reps)

m/35/5'10"/190

Seven
135 pound Clean, 3 reps
4 reps seated dumbbell press with 45 pounds

as rx'd: 15:16

clean 60kg (70kg 1st round)
45kg press (2, 1, 1, 0 HSPU)

8:20

m/36/5'9/172
CFWU-3. Reg except 12 pushups instead of HSPU. Superman. Burgener. No DU.

Powercleans. Scaled to 185 for 2-7 rounds. Tried 195 on 1st set. Couldn't get to rack position. Ring HSPU 1st & 1/2 of last w/Bob spotting.
8 Reg HSPU per round otherwise.
19:50

1st WOD after 9 day break. painful.

155# clean
paralette hspu to ear

22:32

135#, reg hspu's: 14:10

M/32/205/5'11"
185/185/185/185/185/196/196 X3 cleans
4 HSPU X 7
14:30

F/32/155/5'7"
65# cleans X 7
5 HSPU Progressions, 1 15s hold, 1 20s hold
21:30

scaled to 135#
hspu x 8

7 rnds
12:42

CFWUx1
Burgener warmup
Cleans: 135, 185, 205
15:08 with 195

Matt: 95 lb 18:06

135# clean
95# press

15min

5 reps 90 lb power cleans
4 hspu

7 rounds 20 min

first set at 205# then scaled to 185#

regular HSPU

10:42

As rx'd, 13:58.

This is one of those WODs I was just glad to finish. Cleans went great - I did some power cleans and some split cleans. Only failed on one rep, the very last one in round 7 - otherwise unbroken sets, though I dropped the weight after every rep. Ring HSPUs went a little more smoothly than last time, but only the first round unbroken. Started doing singles from round 5 on. This was a tough but super fun WOD.

7 rounds:

3 155lb power clean
4 handstand pushup

7:43 08/27/2010

11:58 rx.

Did 185 lb squat clean.
First 4 sets did paralellit hspu then regular hspu
Time: 18:44
Careful of back.

For rounds:

5 deadlifts (4 rounds @ 205, finish @ 185)
14 pistols
21 double-unders

3 minutes or work, 1 minute of rest. Begin next round where you left off.

8 1/3 round

11:01. Handstand pushups against wall.

screamed at for dropping weights.
:)

155 lbs. cleans and regular HSPUs

10:58

M/40/190/5-10
7rnds

Scaled to 185 PC x 3
and plates on floor for better depth x 4
0.57-1.24-1.39-1.43-2.03-2.00=11.20

Before did some HS Ring work, tough there got 1-2 total HSPU so need to work on that.