485lb

That WOD demo video with James Hobart is 100% New England. I love it!

James, way to keep it real.....outdoors with the steel plates!

Sunday 110904
Front squat 3-3-3-3-3 reps

1. 185
2. 205
3. 225
4. 235
5. 245lbs F,F,F

last time
1. 185
2. 195
3. 215
4. 225
5. 235lbs

old pr is 225lbs
No big deal, I psyked out on the first try at the 345 and dropped it on the first rep. I was determined to get it but 2 trys later it was'nt going to happen. I felt fine all though on the first 2 sets I got dizzy and felt a slight head rush. It did'nt happen at the end, but I wonder if my blood pressure is off or something. Off day what ever. No big deal.

C2 video - i always just think of the damper setting (and tell my athletes) that a setting of 10 is like paddling a boat by sticking the oar deep into the water and a 1 is like skimming the surface - 10 will get you there faster but you will fatigue, and skimming the surface is not going to get you anywhere quickly, but you won't fatigue as quickly.

And that is an awesome front squat video.

James looks extra handsome

haha... love how the dog stands in front of the camera

Just want to give a huge pat on the back to the San Diego CF Community. Yesterday we did the 31 Heroes Wod on the flight deck of the USS Midway, a retired aircraft carrier. Over 300 people showed up with 250 participating in the wod! RX Jump Ropes was on site and donated a chunk of what the brought in...Thanks Dave you rock!

All in all a great morning. Thank you to everybody across the country who did the wod yesterday, amazing what a our community can do! Again....THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT!

135-185-205-255-255

198lbs (90kg)as rx'd

everything just felt heavy today

485lb for 3 rep max? I would love to see that on video!

Great work James!!!

yo...this morning in paris...yvangt for "french invictus team"
265lbs/287/308/330/352F/330...
120kg/130/140/150/160F/150...
see you soon...

Comment #3 - Posted by: Nik Nichols 40yo 5'6'' 167lbs at September 3, 2011 6:16 PM

Outstanding work brother! I just turned 39 and you are way ahead of me. I'll post my baby numbers later :)

Great Job getting that 300 James...hope to see you at regionals next year

M/46/185

185-205-215-225-235

Dog in camera??? NO REP!!!

As RX'd
225 - 3
245 - 3
275 - 3
315 - 3
365 - 2

How does Hobart manage to keep his elbows parallel to the floor even with a ton of weight?

Well done Jimmy boy. Very impressed.

m/43/72/181
CFWUx3, sub'd pvc for bar on OHS

back after two weeks off for plantar faciitis

5x3 front squat
135,155,175,185,190

155-175-185-195-200
6 months ago my 1 rep was 175.

@ #18

thanks, i assume your talking to me?
first time i have done front squats in a few years

145-155-165-175-185lbs

Personal record--topped out at 185.

115-125-135-155-175(x2)

That's alot better than what it was 3 months ago when I started crossfit. My 1 rep max was only 135lbs! Still along ways to go though :(

@#10
If it's the same Ian Wilson (and for some reason I think it is) there's vid of him on youtube doing a 400# C&J at the US Opens a year ago @age 16. Very conceivable that he's progressed enough in the last year to front squat 485# for reps.

BW approx 134 today

185
205
215
225
230 (3 rep PR)

WL shoes and belt for all sets.

Excellent videos today; great info from Angela Hart. And James Hobart had everything working: outdoor training with no-BS gear, excellent form and technique, and great workout partners. Was very impressed with his performance at the Games; no wonder with solid training like this.

115-125-130-135-140×2

145
155
160
165
170

40M/5'10"/172#

W/U: jump rope, 13x100 (100 before each set of WD and FS); strict weighted bar dip, 35x5 - 45x3 - 55x1; FS, 5x1 at 45-65-95-135-185.

As Rx: 225-245-265-275-275.

C/D: skipped.

New 3RM PR at 275 by 10#. Still feel like my max FS load should be much closer to that of my BS.

155
175
195
215x1 - 1 rep pr
205x2

Carole
F/53/5'6"/133

65-75-80-85-95

Kevin
M/52/5'11"/173

95-115-135-155-165

M/51/153/1-1-06

For record keeping purposes.

PR 190, most recently at Brand X with Jeff, 3/11.

Sunday musings (thinking about golf)...

1) L1. "The Heir" is at Rogue, day 2 of his L1 cert. Good luck, Dan!

2) Caring. The golf ball does not care who you are. It moves in response to your effort, due equally to accuracy and power. In that way a golf ball is exactly like a bumper plate. The weight cares not for your identity. It reacts in an equally dispassionate manner to the accuracy and power that you apply.

We "attach" ourselves to a golf ball via the club, to a bumper plate via a bar. We apply force to each in a core to extremity vector, the relative success of our movement determined by our technique and our applied strength. Others have said that hitting a baseball is harder, and I could be convinced, but other than that it appears to me that some of our lifts (snatch, anyone?) are as technical and demanding as any full-swing golf shot.

3) Ground rules. In golf, as in Crossfit, there is training and there is competition. In each these activities often overlap; you play like you practice, and all. We might allow some technique breaks, a occasional shorting of ROM in a training session, in order to achieve our training goal of the moment. Likewise, during a practice round we might drop a second ball and hit a shot over, improve a lie such that we are training only the swing and the distance.

"Play it as it lies", however, is how you play competitive golf. Arrive to find your ball behind a tree or in a divot? Tant pis. Play it as it lies. Trained for six months for chin-over-the-bar pull-ups and arrive at the Games to find chest-to-bar? Same thing. "Call your own penalties" is the standard in golf; in a CrossFit competition we accede to the judge's call. Same thing, really.

When it's time to compete we "play it as it lies."

4) Focus. "Play what's in front of you. Your score is just a succession of numbers. Don't add them up until the end. Don't dwell on the past." 'Hap' Duvall, father of David. (What? You thought there wouldn't be a teachable moment?)

The most classic of CrossFit competitions, like the unveiling of the Crossfit.com WOD, are examples of encountering the unknown and the unknowable. Being prepared to address the challenge ahead based on the work you've done prior on the driving range or the putting green or, indeed, in the gym. You my...nay, you SHOULD...draw on what you have learned before, but that's all. It makes no sense to play and replay the last shot or the last hole. You prepare to play what's in front of you.

Add 'em up at the end. Thinking about your score through 9 is likely to interfere with your preparation to hit your tee shot on 10. If you are gauging your effort in your WOD based on your time to that point, chances are you haven't worked hard enough up til then, eh? Focus on the next rep.

Crossfit golf. The bar doesn't care who you are. Do the movement as prescribed. Concentrate on the next rep, and add them up at the end. While you're at it, that's not a bad start to life OUTSIDE the gym, too.

I'll see you next week...

205
225
245
265
270x1

225 - 235 - 245 - 245x2 (with a lower back twinge) 185
dang; stiffening up . . . long week ahead

185-205-215-225-235

As RX'ed

225
235
245
255
235

RX'ed: 185-185-185-190-195. I think that's a PR.
Then 24 sets of core Tabatas.

43/m/176cm/73kg

Bike & hike from Elmau to Partenkirchner Dreitorspitze (2633m).

5500 vertical feet elevation gain in 3 hours 30 minutes. Sub 6 hours car to car.
If I hadn't proven it to myself I wouldn't believe that 20 min CF WODs are sufficient preparation for multi hour mountaineering trips. But hell yes: it works!

Nice quote by Albert Einstein, but JC said it best when He said:

"He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much." -Luke 16:10

M/26/5'9/160

1-185
2-195
3-205 x2 (PR)
4-185
5-200

#10
If it's the same Ian Wilson there's vid on youtube of him doing a 400 lb clean and jerk at the 2010 US Opens at 16 yrs of age. It's not unreasonable to think in the last year he's progressed to where he could do 485 lb front squats for reps

cfwu 3x5
160-185-205-215
l-sit :36

135/155/185/215/185

M/25/164

135-135-155-155-165

I feel like there have been a lot of maxes lately. I mean it's all been different exercises. I was just curious on why we've been maxing out so much lately.

225-235-245-255-275

30/M/135

115-135-155-175-195PR

30/M/6'2"/212

135-155-165-185-(205 F)195

2011-09-04: 225 (135X15)
2011-01-04: 221 (135X12)
2010-04-28: 214 (135X10)
2009-11-30: 210
2009-09-15: 195
2009-06-23: 190
2009-05-04: 185

185, 195, 205 (f x 1) 205 (f x 2), 200 (f x 2)

100505: 185
110104: 205 (really 197) PR

Just bought a new barbell and realized my old one was actually 37 pounds, not 45. So my past numbers are off by eight pounds. Shucks! Furthermore, I am recovering from a cold/fever. Otherwise, I think I might have been able to eek out a (real) 200 lbs PR. Next time...

Mariana f/24/5'4"/115: 95, 115, 125, 130 (f x 2), 130

185-195-205-215(PR)-220(PR)

M/34/5'10"/205 lbs

245-255-275-230-275

95, 115, 135, 140, 140

f/36/107/5.0

24/m/5'10"/200

135/3
165/3
185/3
195/2-fail
190/fail

previous 1rm- 210

Also, a suggestion for anyone wanting a random "card" workout...

Play uno.
-Each color is an exercise, the number is the reps.
-Reverse and Skips are 10 reps of that color.
-Draw 2s are 2+last card.
-Wilds are 12 of person who played the card's choice, wild+4 are 24.
-If you have to draw because you can't play, do whatever card is currently shown.
-At the end of the hand, losers have to do what was left in their hand. We also make the winners run a victory lap...

Have had good fun playing with some friends--2 people can be brutal; 3-4 usually a good number.

Usually pick pushups, pullups, squats, Knees to elbows.
These work too... Kb swings, 100m Row, deadlifts, burpees. Toss in muscle ups if you feel so inclined...

180-190-200-210-215

Followed by "300" workout in 29:00

M/47/6'2/202

Musings you know where, around 1140...

205
215
225
230 x1
230 x1

28/m/5'11"/180
135-185-225-245-275(f)-275(f)

struggle again on this one today

135-155-185-185-185

237#/18yo/m
This was my biannual anniversary of performing crossfit, so me and my buddies did the infamous "Filthy Fifty" instead. To our amazement, we performed in sub 30 min. 25.48 to be exact for myself.

This program, has done wonders for me getting back into the swing of things after breaking my back. I'm proud to say, that I don't know how to workout unless it's a crossfit/crossfit equivalent workout.

M/33/6'3"/200
185/205/225(PR)/215/205
Prev:
185/205/135/205/205
185/205/215/225(F)/205

225-245-255-275(2)-255

So where do I find information about timing between sets, how much to increase/decrease, etc...?

M/33/5'10"/195

135 - x3
185 - x3
195 - x3
205 - x3
215 - x3

PITT: 245
265
285
295 x2
295 x1

TRDD: MIA

WINDSOR CROSSFIT
Ontario, Canada

PITT: 245
265
285
295 x2
295 x1

TRDD: MIA

WINDSOR CROSSFIT
Ontario, Canada

PITT: 245
265
285
295 x2
295 x1

TRDD: MIA

WINDSOR CROSSFIT
Ontario, Canada

Good days, Fair Days, and Bad Days, today was a fair day. (DJD knee) Worked up to 165# for 5 x 3
M/53/72"/210

135/155/175/155/135

185
205
225
235
245

110/120/135/145/155

185, 195, 200, 205, 210

Compare to:
110104 - 200, 205, 210, 215, 220
100428 - 185, 195, 200, 205, 210

Didn't have time to get to the gym so I subbed:
Karen
11:39 as rx'd

60kg
60kg
70kg
70kg
70kg
(Getting over knee, shoulder, elbow / anti-biotic issues)

Previously:
90kg-90kg-95kg-100kg-90kg

Could have gone heavier on the last set, but still all higher than previous 5x3 & greater depth.
Comment #267 - Posted by: JT at April 29, 2010 12:50 AM

225-255-275(2)-275-285(1)

135, 155, 175, 185, 210.

Fairly happy with my results. Wish I could drop weights in my gym. I'd feel much more comfortable trying heavier weights.

135-155-165-175-185

PR!

225
225
235
245
255 (pr but ROM was off)

f/41/180/5'11"

155-275-185-195-185

195 is 5 lbs below my 3 rep max. Just wasn't feeling it today to push it.

I think i'll have to find some sort of sub for tomorrow's workout... I've managed to do the mainpage pretty much as Rx'd for the last 3 cycles... but I think my streak is stopping here.

CFWU x 3, warmup FS 135lb x 5.

185
205
215 (tie 3RM PR)
225 (f, 1) old 1RM PR
235 (f, 1) new 1RM PR
185 x 7

Finished with 5 muscle ups.

M/44/68/195

As Rx'd

115 - 135 - 185 - 205 - 205

175 x 3
185 x 3
195 x 3
205 x 3
215 x 1

M/28/145/5'9"

205-225-245-265-275

happy to be doing arm workouts again...

w/u - 50 mins ultimate frisbee...then couple hours later, Samson 30 secs x 2 | 10 BE | 10 GHD situps | 10 pushups | 5 dips | 45# x 5 FS

w/o - FS 5x3: 65 - 85 - 95 - 115 - 135

c/d - barefoot 400m run (2:20)

95-105-115-125-135

Did "Murph" 27:55

Then Front Squat 185-225-245-275-285(F)

Immediately wanted to go to sleep after 275.

F/41/5'6"/145

85-95-105-110-115

5 X 3
165 Front Squat
30 K's to E's
1000 M row in 4:12
Good workout.

M/39/5'10"/190#

175,180,185,200,205(PR)

115/125/135/145/165 definitely a new PR, couldn't find last posting, think it was 115

185
205
225
245
225

185
205
225
245
225

Age: 15
115-165-185-205- 215

185-195-205-215-225

135-175-200-220-230

100 100 95 95 100

205
225
245
255
265(pr)

130-135-140-145-150

185
195
195
205x1 (F)
205
better than last time (1/7/11):
Got to 185x3, last set. Very hvy after losing wt (down to ~155 now)
Previous:
5 x 185 sets
Same as last post...5 sets x 185. PM, garage.
Last time:
185
195
205
215
225x2
Previous 205

Subbed "Cindy"- 16 rds (PR)

160
180
210
230
250
35/150/5'4"

225/255/275/285(F 3rd rep)/275

M/5'8"/253#

Joshua

50.0kg
52.5kg
55.0kg
57.5kg
60.0kg

Matt

30.0kg
32.5kg
32.5kg
35.0kg
40.0kg

185-205-225-225f-225

carefully up to 3 @ 80kg - knee still sore

Age: 15 years
152lbs

115-165-185-205-215(x2)

70kg
75
77.5
80
82.5

135
155
175
185
195
felt good and could have gone heavier

155-175-185-195(pr)-185

225
245
265
275(2)
275(2)

m/178cm/87kg/35y
kg
100
110
115
115x2
110

185/205/225/235/245
did during www.mikesgym.org workout on sept 6/11

m/17/5'8"/152
185,195,215,205,225

FSx3: 95,115,125,135,145 (+10lb)

m/43/200/5'11

row 500
15 roman chair situp

Front squat 3-3-3-3-3 reps
45 89 133 155 166 177(2)

M/42/5'8"/162

135-155-175-195-215

M/43/6'/219
225-225-245-245-265

235#

185-195-205-225-235

205
225
255 x2
260 (f)
245 (f)

183, 193, 209, 219, 229

M/33/5'9"/155

180
190
200
205
185

3 x CFWU

115/125/135/135/145

same as last time.

M/34/5'4"/145lbs
155, 175, 195, 195, 195

M/40/187

135,140,145,150,150

After back squats at 135. Got 10 reps, could have done more. Unmotivated. Want to get to 15 then increase the weight.

m/39/6/190ish
155
185
205
210x2
210 (PR)

f/29/501/140ish
135
155
165
175
180 (PR)

135
155
175
195 (2)
195

305,305,305,305,305

215 - 230 - 250 - 255 -260x2

Then
On Bar: MU to L-sit 5sec
Invert hang to BL 5 sec to german hang 5 sec
10 x GHR
10x wall extensions

205/255/275/305/325

185-195-205-215-225-245-then did 275x1 just to see my max. then did 135 x 25.

m/52/158
166
177
189
201
223

M/42/6'0"/160

165,175,185,195(f),185(2+f)

Previous two

135 145 155 165 175
112 125 135 145 145 previous

Tonight

185 185 185 195 205

185-205-215-225-245

Really pushed it on the 245!! Should be able to up the weight by 10 pounds next time.

M/26/5'11''/195

185-205-215-225-245

Really pushed it on the 245!! Just getting back into Crossfit after a summer layoff, so should be able to add a lot of weight the next time this one shows up.

M/26/5'11''/195

C-
115-135-155-160-165

205# (post WOD)

135-155-165(2)-165-175

85-105-125-125-135

95-115-125-135-145*1(f)

m/45/6'4/180

70 kg
75 kg
80 kg
85 kg
90 kg

m/37/5'9/181
CFWU-3. Reg. Superman. Burgener. K to E. Row 500m.
185,200,210,220,235
Felt like I did a good job getting hips back, keeping lumbar tight & chest up.
4/28/10:
185,195,210,220,230-1,225-2 - Rounded back on this set.
11/30/09: 185,195,210,220,225-Back rounded on last rep of last 2 sets.
9/15: 185,195,205,220,225 - 2+1
6/23: 175,185,200,215,225
5/4: 175,185,195,210,220
3/25: 165,175,195,205,215
2/22: 165,185,195,215,215

185, 195, 205, 215, 225

WU
Front Squats 3 reps at:
185/195/205/215/225(0/1/1)
M/50/194#/72"

Jeff @ 2.0
255 on all sets

225
245
250
255
260

190-210-230-250-270lbs

185-195-205x3

M/23/70"/190#

185#
205#
215# (2)
185#
195#

As Rx'd: 135, 185, 205, 225, 245

135
175
195
205
225

51/m/190

190/205/215/220/220.

m/33/5'8"/170lb

165-185-205-225-225

135, 155, 175, 185, 210.

Not very good form, but getting better.

80k,85k,90,90,92.5k pb (204lbs) 16.10.11

form improving - holding breath at top and keeping straight and tight really helping.

80k,80k,85k,87.5k,87.5k 23.01.11

after checking hobart's video i realised i did 5x5's. pushing for 100k next time.

185, 205(f), 205, 215, 225(f)

(PR: 240)

225,215,205,185,165
rx'd

CFWUx3
45x5, 135x5 warmup
205-215-225-225-215

Did Murph (36:52 - no vest) this past Saturday and will be doing Eva this upcoming Saturday. In light of these 2 brutal workouts, I was wondering what does the CF community feel is the toughest WOD? Thanks in advance.

185,195,205,210,215 as RXd

176/187/198/209/220
started to easy and added not enaough weigth, lookin for the 264 (120kg) next week