By all accounts, Paul Milligan was healthy. He ran marathons and triathlons, he was a cyclist, and he'd been doing CrossFit for the past decade. But after a few workouts left him surprisingly short of breath, he went to the doctor, who found major blockages in four arteries, necessitating a quadruple bypass. Scarier still, he had no symptoms at heart rates lower than 140 bpm. “The cardiologist told me if I had just been a jogger or cyclist and did not exercise at a CrossFit (workout) level of intensity … my five-year survival (prognosis) was less than 50 percent,” Milligan said.
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15 jerks at ¾ body weight
50 squats
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Scaling:
Beginner-level athletes should choose a weight they can push jerk with solid mechanics rather than focusing on the percentage of their body weight.
Intermediate Option:
4 rounds for time of:
15 push jerks
50 squats
♀ 95 lb ♂ 135 lb
Beginner Option:
3 rounds for time of:
10 push jerks
25 squats
♀ 22 lb ♂ 35 lb