Open Workout 25.1
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 15 minutes of:
3 lateral burpees over the dumbbell
3 dumbbell hang clean-to-overheads
30-foot walking lunge (2 x 15 feet)
*After completing each round, add 3 reps to the burpees and hang clean-to-overheads.
♀ 35-lb (15-kg) dumbbell
♂ 50-lb (22.5-kg) dumbbell
Post time or reps completed to comments, and submit your score as part of the 2025 CrossFit Open.
Visit the CrossFit Games website for full details, including Scaled, Foundations (beginner), and Age-Group variations of the workout. Adaptive versions of the workout can be found through WheelWOD.
Resources:
[Burpee Over the Dumbbell]
The Dumbbell Hang Clean and Push Jerk
The Walking Lunge
CrossFit Open Workout 25.1 Tips
Overhead squat 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Front squat 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Back squat 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Try to increase the load on each rep.
Compare to 170710.
Scaling:
Athletes with less experience should perform additional reps per set at submaximal loads to allow more practice. Experienced athletes can perform this heavy day as written, aiming to increase loading for each rep.
Rest Day
"The Startling Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer's," The Atlantic.
Post thoughts to comments.
Rest Day
"Americans Are Retiring Later, Dying Sooner and Sicker In-Between," Bloomberg Business.
Post thoughts to comments.
Rest Day
"NHS provokes fury with indefinite surgery ban for smokers and obese," The Telegraph.
Post thoughts to comments.
For time:
50 walking lunge steps
25 chest-to-bar pull-ups
50 box jumps, 24-in. box
25 triple-unders
50 back extensions
25 ring dips
50 knees-to-elbows
25 wall-ball "2-fer-1s", 20-lb. ball
50 sit-ups
15-ft. rope climbs, 5 ascents
Post time to comments.
Compare to 130326.
Related content:
• CrossFit WOD 170210 With Adrian Bozman
• Triple-Unders
• Wall-Ball "2-fer-1s"
Rest Day
Rest Day
Daniel Rodriguez Keeps Winning - CrossFit Journal video [ipod] [mov] [HD mov]
For the Love of Physics with Walter Lewin, YouTube.
"Lingua Fran-ca" by Mike Warkentin, CrossFit Journal article [pdf]
Rest Day
"From Crunches to Climax" by Emily Beers, CrossFit Journal article [pdf]
"Physical Fitness of Young Chess Players" by Agnieszka Fornal-Urban, Anna Keska
Rest Day
"Brand Is Identity" with Coach Glassman - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]
Registration for the 2013 Reebok CrossFit Games Open is live! - [video]
For time:
15 foot Rope climb, 5 ascents
145 pound Clean and jerk, 5 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 4 ascents
165 pound Clean and jerk, 4 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 3 ascents
185 pound Clean and jerk, 3 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 2 ascents
205 pound Clean and jerk, 2 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 1 ascent
225 pound Clean and jerk, 1 rep
Post time to comments.
Compare to 110914.
"CrossFit Kids Trainer Course: Patience" with Kelly Brown by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]
WOD Demo with CrossFit Impavidus - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]
2011 Games Vault: Mens Rope/Clean, Heat 5 - video [wmv] [mov]
Rest Day
"CrossFit Movement and Mobility Trainer Course: Dip Mechanics" with Kelly Starrett, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
Dispatch 2 from Kenya [pdf]
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.8.
John Wilmot - All My Past Life...
"Red Jacket Defends Native American Religion, 1805".
Post thoughts to comments.
"Angie"
For time:
100 Pull-ups
100 Push-ups
100 Sit-ups
100 Squats
Post time to comments.
Compare to 100725.
"Muscle-Up Virtuosity: Part 1" with Laurie Galassi, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
"Intros To The Open" - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]
Register for the Open here.
WOD Demo with Telluride CrossFit - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]
"20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes" by Jon Gingerich, Lit Reactor.
Rest Day
"Number 1 and Number 2: A Day of Training" with Graham Holmberg and Rich Froning Jr., CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
"We're Buddies" with Larry Myers Jr., CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
The Games Update IV - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov Download Only]
"Pat Sherwood is Ready" - video [wmv] [mov]
"All Over The Map: Tovar and Kniep" by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]
Hector Hugh Munro - The Boar-Pig.
"Ernest Hemingway, The Art of Fiction No. 21" interview by George Plimpton, The Paris Review.
Post thoughts to comments.
CrossFit Games Open 11.1
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 10 minutes of:
30 Double-unders
15 Power snatches
The Power snatch loads are as follows:
Men and Masters Men 45-49, 50-54: 75lbs/35kg
Women and Masters Women 45-54: 55lbs/25kg
Masters Men 55-59, 60+: 65lbs/30kg
Masters Women 55-59, 60+: 45lbs/20kg
For a downloadable PDF of the workout, click here.
CrossFit Games Open 11.1 workout instructions - video [wmv] [mov]
Jason Khalipa 7 rounds + 3 snatches, Laurie Galassi 6 rounds + 27 double-unders (25kg).
Post rounds and fractions of rounds completed to comments and/or register and submit your results as part of the CrossFit Games Open.
"Muscle-Up Progressions" with Carl Paoli by Again Faster Equipment, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
The History of the CrossFit Games by Reebok - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov - Download Only]
WOD Demo with Laurie Galassi - video [wmv] [mov]
"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
- Mark Twain
Rest Day
"CrossFit Powerlifting Division", CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
Grand Opening at CrossFit Liberation - video [wmv] [mov]
The Home Gym with Danyel Claire - video [wmv] [mov]
George Orwell - Shooting An Elephant.
"The Mead List: World's Top Ten Gaddafi Toads" by Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest.
Post thoughts to comments.
Rest Day
"Pregnancy for an Elite Competitor: Part 2" with Tanya Wagner, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
"Blue Flame Part 2" with Jon Wilson by Again Faster Equipment, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
Tony Budding on scaling, GHD Edition - video [wmv] [mov]
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.
"Quantitative Easing Explained", YouTube.
Post thoughts to comments.
Weighted pull-ups 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps
Josh Everett 154lbs at 185lb BW, Laurie Galassi 77lbs at 127lbs, Kim Malz 70lbs at 133lb BW, Miranda Oldroyd 45lbs at 149lb BW.
Post loads and body weight to comments.
Compare to 100814.
"Mikko Salo: Coming to America Part 1", CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
Water balloons and double-unders - video [wmv] [mov]
Overview of the CrossFit Stone Making Party with Rob Orlando - video [wmv] [mov]
WOD Demo with Laurie Galassi - video [wmv] [mov]
Miranda Oldroyd on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]
"Industry is a better horse to ride than genius."
- Walter Lippman
Front squat 3-3-3-3-3 reps
Dave Lipson: 405-425-455-455-455lbs.
Pat Barber: 264-286-286-319-330lbs(fail).
Post loads to comments.
Compare to 100428.
"Teaching the Pull-up to a Large Group: Part 1" with Adrian Bozman with Lisa Ray, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
2011 Fight For Air Climb promo with Mikko Salo and Christy Phillips - video [wmv] [mov]
WOD Demo with Pat Barber - video [wmv] [mov]
"The Elephant in the Room" by Callie Oettinger.
Seven rounds for time of:
185 pound Front squat, 3 reps
7 L-pull-ups
Kevin Montoya 6:33, Chris Lofland 6:48, Candice Ruiz 8:55 (135lbs), Kristan Clever 9:33 (135lbs), Rebecca Voigt 11:51 (135lbs).
Post time to comments.
Compare to 100330.
"Defining CrossFit" with Greg Glassman, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
Stone Making Seminar with Rob Orlando - video [wmv] [mov]
Candice Ruiz and Chris Lofland on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov] (9 minutes)
"The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place."
- Guy Kawasaki
Rest Day
"Positive Self-Talk: Defining Your Terms" with Greg Amundson, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
Highlights from the CrossFit Sports Series Stand-Up Paddling Event - video [wmv] [mov]
Watch the Free Live Coverage of the CrossFit/USAW Weightlifting Open.
Robert Schumann, Concert Piece for four Horns and Orchestra in F major op. 86.
"A Tsunami Approaches: The Beginning of the Great Deconstruction" by Robert J. Cristiano, New Geography.
Post thoughts to comments.
Three rounds for time of:
15 ft Rope Climb, 5 ascents
21 Ring dips
50 Squats
Peter Egyed 10:04, Pat Sherwood 12:04, Graham Holmberg 12:32, Elyse Umeda 13:27 (12ft rope, 7 ascents), Kristan Clever 18:19, Rebecca Voigt 22:05. Post time to comments.
Compare to 091220.
"Stomping on the Heel Strike" with Dr. Daniel Lieberman, by CrossFit Again Faster, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
"Spirit of the Games: Part 1" with Chris Spealler, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
CrossFit Journal Stand-Up Paddle Board Race - video [wmv] [mov]
Chris Mason interviews Chris Spealler
"Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and perceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and last some crisis shows what we have become"
- Brooke Foss Westcott
Five rounds for time of:
135 pound Thruster, 15 reps
Run 400 meters
Post time to comments.
Compare to 091219
"The CrossFit Celebrity" with Mikko Salo, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
Greg Amundson 100701 WOD - video [wmv] [mov]
"Heroes and cowards feel exactly the same fear. Heroes just react to it differently."
- Cus D'Amato, boxing trainer
Walking lunge 100 ft.
21 Pull-ups
21 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
18 Pull-ups
18 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
15 Pull-ups
15 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
12 Pull-ups
12 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
9 Pull-ups
9 Sit-ups
Walking Lunge 100 ft.
6 Pull-ups
6 Sit-ups
Chris Spealler 6:42, Eric O'Connor 7:01. Post time to comments.
Compare to 090821
"Two-Minute Drills Part 3: Distracting the Joint" with Kelly Starrett, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
WOD Demo with Chris Spealler and Eric O'Connor - video [wmv] [mov]
"This is CrossFit" with Jason Khalipa - video [wmv] [mov]
"Arnie"
With a single 2 pood kettlebell:
21 Turkish get-ups, Right arm
50 Swings
21 Overhead squats, Left arm
50 Swings
21 Overhead squats, Right arm
50 Swings
21 Turkish get-ups, Left arm
Matt Chan 25:06. Bill Grundler 25:49, Moe Kelsey 29:46, Graham Holmberg 36:31, Jeff Tincher 44:31. Jeff Vale 48:46. Post time to comments.
Bill Grundler 25:49 on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]
Jeff Tincher 44:31 on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]
Snatch balance 1-1-1-1-1-1-1
Spencer Hendel 285lbs, Chris Spealler 245lbs, Eric O'Connor 235lbs, Andy Hendel 185lbs, Tanya Wagner 125lbs. Post loads to comments.
"A Day in the Life of a Starr" with Kelly Starrett, a CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
Spencer and Andy Hendel - Heavy snatch balances - video [wmv] [mov]
Speal v Eric - Heavy snatch balances - video [wmv] [mov]
Tanya Wagner - 125lb snatch balance - video [wmv] [mov]
From the Vault - Brendan Gilliam 1RM Snatch Balance - video [wmv] [mov]
CrossFit Thunder helps raise money for the families of the West Virginia mine disaster.
"One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again."
- Henry Ford
Deadlift 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps
Post loads to comments.
CrossFit Montclair: Think Tank - video [wmv] [mov]
Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:
95 pound Thruster, 5 reps
95 pound Hang Powercleans, 7 reps
95 pound Sumo Deadlift High-pull, 10 reps
Post rounds completed to comments.
Compare to 090625.
Warm-up with Joe Westerlin, CrossFit Omaha - video [wmv] [mov]