2007 CrossFit Games Event 2 - The Hopper
For time:
1,000-meter row
Then,
5 rounds of:
25 pull-ups
7 push jerks
♀ 85 lb
♂ 135 lb
Compare to 230707.
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Stimulus and Strategy:
Today's workout is a throwback to the original hopper workout created for the first CrossFit Games in 2007. Be cautious — the row is a trap. Don't come out too hot, because a healthy dose of pull-ups follows. Aim to complete each set of pull-ups in 4 sets or fewer. The push jerk loading should be moderate, allowing you to perform your reps unbroken in most rounds. As a guideline, a single round of the couplet should take no more than 3 minutes to complete.
Intermediate option:
For time:
1,000-meter row
Then,
5 rounds of:
15 pull-ups
7 push jerks
♀ 75 lb
♂ 115 lb
Beginner option:
For time:
500-meter row
Then,
5 rounds of:
10 jumping pull-ups
7 push jerks
The pull-up bar should intersect your forearms when standing with your arms overhead.
♀ 35 lb
♂ 45 lb
Resources:
Rowing Technique Tips
The Kipping Pull-Up
The Push Jerk
Jumping Pull-Up Progression
2007 CrossFit Games - The Hopper
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RX 19:47
Hand tore in the 4th round.
Pieced together the last round of pull ups with sets of 5.
🥵🥵🥵
Mowed instead of rowed, then 5 RFT
25 lat pulldowns (50#)/8 alt DB push press
(4 per side)35#-11:07*
*The mowing portion was hours, with my trusty manual rotary blade. OG style.
Nice sub! Rotary mower, dang. Next time you could sub pushing a handcart across a field, 1800s OG style lol
Perhaps during harvest when the corn needs threshing & wood hauling for winter, Half-Pint 🤣
OG indeed! I remember pushing one of those as the first mower I got to use. Great job!
22:02 as RX’d.
damn that was a lot of pull ups
12:10
10/8/7 pull ups all rounds
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltymmbZotoM
Completed with a 20 lb weight vest and performed all 125 pull-ups as strict pull-ups. Push jerks stayed unbroken throughout and felt great.
Yesterday was supposed to be a recovery day, but I spent time practicing butterfly pull-ups and handstand push-ups, so my hands were already raw and my shoulders were fatigued before starting. That definitely made the pull-ups more challenging.
Awesome throwback workout!
Scaled to 115lb
4-5 round 15 pull ups
1000m in 4:10
1st round 15 pull ups, rds 2-4 15 Ring Rows
7 push jerks @ 115lb
Rx 9:32
*Row = 3:44.2 = 1:52.1 Avg./500m
*Pull-ups: 25-15/10-13/12-10/8/7-10/8/7
*Unbroken Push Jerks
*That was fun! I hope they program the Hopper 2026 for tomorrow’s workout!
Awesome Derek!
Most impressive!
Really wanted to do this workout, but rowed 6K Wednesday, and will be doing barbell cycling tomorrow. Doing it next week! So, I opted for “Kelly.”
5 RFT:
-400m run
-30 box jumps
-30 WBS
Time: 31:00
Great sub!
Rx’d: 15:22
Big pull-up sets turned to little pull-up sets. PJ surprisingly unbroken sets.
230707: 17:52
200925: 18:29
M/ 43y/ 177lbs/ 68”
Great improvement Coastie!
Hell yeah, bro!
Awesome! & exactly what BB said: impressive but not surprising!
Rx — 18:12
Nice!
21:35 RX
Nice work
4:23 Row
5 Rounds
-25 Pull-ups
-115Ibs Push-Jerk
4:00 row,
Pull-ups 10/8/7; 10/8/7; 7/7/6/5; 7/7/6/5; 5/5/4/6/5
On another note, did you see this other Chantz guy!? I guess we all deserve a second Chance!! 🤣
What are the chantzes/ chances of that?!
Good work, Chance Uno
Nice job! Sometimes ya just gotta take a chantz, Chance
Rx 11:31
15/10 pull ups
Unbroken jerks
Awesome broski
10:10
first wod in like two years(!!)
14:12 115# PJ
-3’ row
6 rds:
-10 pull-ups
-5 push jerks (105 lbs)
3’ row
14:55
2007 Hopper WOD (scaled/kinda)
Intermediate
14:12
230707: 95# for PJ, 13:40
200925: 12:52 - 14 strict PU and 115# on the PJ
My stamina has waned a bit over the last few years so I put the clock at a lower priority and focused on executing bigger sets for the pull-ups and go UB on the PJ. I think I executed pull-ups in 5s with pretty short breaks in 2023. Row was 3:42 without pushing too hard but I spent more time than I should have getting on the bar to start the rounds. Pull-ups were mostly strict'ish.
Great work - and I would be curious to hear what the workouts leading up to those old times looked like on your compared to's. We've pulled a lot this week - If I remember correctly, high volume snatches, muscle ups, heavy clean, rest day and this. Wondering how much of the cumulative effect of the week played into today's results.
Looks good to me, big dawg!
The stamina looks strong based on those times, especially after all the work you did yesterday!
Subbed 800 m run for the row
11:38
M 56/210/6’
That was a fun birthday wod. CrossFit has been a fun fitness journey, I love the different movements and trying to get better at all of them. I used to just go to the gym and do all the basics but CrossFit makes working out fun and interesting. I appreciate all the hero words and how CrossFit salutes all those that have served and have given everything for our freedoms.
I’ve been following the main site workouts for a long time and it never gets old. Wish I would have started when I was in my 20s. Oh well this helps me stay young at heart.
13:10 intermediate scale.
Well said!
And Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! 🥳
Scaled, 16:57, 95lbs push press, 20 pull-ups (3 rds only)
500m row
10 ring rows x 5
7 dumbell push presses (2-20 lb dumbells) x 5
Rx 21:57
Intermediate: 18:00
15 pull ups
7 push jerks (135)
Had to kip with the pull ups at the end
Final time: 20 minutes
5 R : 10 pull ups / 7 push press 35kg
17:50
1000 m row
15 leg assisted pull up
7 push press 30 kg
18:08
1000m row
5 rft:
15 Jumping Pull-up
7 push press @95#
17min
16:22
18:42 rx
Scaled to
1000m row
then
5 rnds
10 mostly strict pull ups
7 push jerks @ 95#
13:48
m/56/180
compare to
9/25/2020 with same scale
14:01
compare to
7/7/2023
same scale but 15 pull ups
17:19
Not gonna lie--felt good to beat my 50 yr old self:) Take the wins when I can!
Looking forward to seeing you all crush this
Time to go watch the games:)
Yo that's a legit pr Mike!
Great work! And that 50 year old you didn't stand a chance.
Hell yeah brother!
Awesome, Mike!
That's fantastic! Aging in reverse!
28.31 rxd
28:00
(row en 3'50)
pull ups divisées en 8 🙈
14:10
Int. rep scheme
"Australian" pullups
75# push jerks
Barbell 30kg
15:41
1000 m row - finished at 4:32
5 rounds of 15 push-ups + 7 push presses at 2x25 lbs dumbbells
60 kg push jerk
Rx
26:24
What a 💩show. My body is hurting this morning. The first round of pulls hurt just to hold the bar and I dropped off before even completing the first rep. The rest of the pull ups were a mix of butterflies, kipping and strict while trying to babysit my ripped palm. The row was a relaxed 4:00 duration. The push jerks were too easy, just switched to strict presses for the last round. Which may have been the 6th because I lost count. In all I spent much more time admiring the architecture of my basement then moving.
🤣
I tend to count the number of positions for J hooks in the rack. I'll have to check the architecture next time.
Good work fighting through the pain and completing the workout whilst pondering remodeling work!
I often perform WODs outside & likewise find cloud architecture just fascinating during same! Great job even with middle distance gazing!
Intermediate-ish strict:
For time:
1,000-meter row
Then,
5 rounds of:
12 strict pull-ups
7 push jerks @ 115#
14:18
Beginner option:8:58
Pull up rep scheme 10x10x5 per round
Barbell: 95-105-115-125-130 went up each round. Probably could not have done 130 every round
I watched Wednesday, saw this one coming.
85lbs jerks, 18:42
Nice work
19.55
13:56
7 pullups
7 PJ (65)
***just getting back into CrossFit after 10+ years. Had to scale them pull-ups severely!
Welcome back Gloria! Not a bad one to come back to - hope we keep seeing you on here!
Welcome back!
1600m run
5 or 6 rds , lost count
10 pullup + 7 push jerk #95
Some wait time mixed in
1000m row
5 x
15 pullups (25 first round)
7 push jerk 100lbs (dumbbells)
1000m row 5:19
5rnds: 5 kip PUs 7 PJ
2:00 rest then
50 jumping PUs 5 rnds of 10
Chose to forgo stimulus in the name of hitting a classic. No regrets
Good a reason as any!
1000m row
Then 5 rounds of
15 pull-ups
7 push press 115#
M/57/68”/145#
15:40
Row time 3:55.2
For time
Row 1000m
Then 5 rounds
15 strict pull ups
7 strict press @65#
Round times
R1 | 04:03 |
R2 | 02:05 | -118 s
R3 | 02:19 | +14 s
R4 | 02:20 | +1 s
R5 | 02:21 | +1 s
R6 | 02:32 | +11 s
Ø 02:36
Nice work, bb! Unstoppable
Well done, and I like your take on Chris S's questions!
Very nice job!
18:15
14:38
Thx Chance! 🫶🏻
M/54
15:44 intermediate
You are my competition now jeff
50 cal. Echo, 10 Strict PU, 7 Push Press 95#
5 rounds of -
15 pullups + 7 push press w/ 95lbs
intermediate
Ring rows
60kg barbell
13:37
Back is tweaked
dynamic warm-up
tabata push ups, air squats, and rowing
Push jerks unbroken
row 4:21
pull-up - Rx
barbell - scaled to 95lbs
Rx 30:06
1000m row 04:38
Pull-ups (1 R divided in 2 sets; 2 R in 3 sets and rest rounds divided on 4 sets)
push jerks 62.5kg no breaks
15:02/rx
Champions Club Scaling Notes
RANT
Again with all the veteran wisdom on here, I'd like to give them a chance to chime in with their input on this workout. Here's a few questions I'd like to get their perspective on:
1. Scare me? If the row had an aggressive time cap to get to the second part. For me that’s about a 3:50 or faster. Second- if i had to do it Rx because - see 2.
2. Doing push jerks. With chronic compartment syndrome I would have to take a couple of months off in a best case scenario. Worst case i go to the hospital and have emergency surgery to relieve the pressure. Second path to injury - Kipling / butterfly. I don’t have the joint stability to support those movements
3. Row 1000m.5 rounds 15 strict pull ups, 7 strict presses.
4. That i did my best with my limitations and found a way to maintain fitness today and not put myself in a position where my fitness will decline and require recovery.
Hmmm... maybe a mix of #1 and #3 for you? 5 rounds of 15 strict pull-ups and 7 strict presses, then a sub-4 minute 1k row at the end (tell yourself you have to do the entire workout again if you go over 4 haha)
Ha! I did manage to stay under 4 opening with the row. But that redo is a good motivator. "if you haven't finished 250m in 58 seconds, start again..."
Yo, Chris!
Always great insight my man!