14.2
bostonwolf
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Camille and Talanya (sp?) head to head.
We are having a boys night out Friday at our box at Fogo De Chao (a Brazilian grill.) We are hoping 14.2 involves heavy weights so we can lift heavy things then go eat meat and drink alcohol. Manly stuff!
We are having a boys night out Friday at our box at Fogo De Chao (a Brazilian grill.) We are hoping 14.2 involves heavy weights so we can lift heavy things then go eat meat and drink alcohol. Manly stuff!
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In for heavy things. My guess is T2B and something else *shudder* wall balls or *larger shudder* burpees. Couplets seem to be what you can expect from the Open. Maybe a triplet or two will pop up.
Also, there are some generic moves that I have seen in the last few years that pop up every year. Box jumps, wall balls, pull-ups, burpees, T2B, DU's, along with light(er) barbell movements.
There are also some that you will likely not see due to the variance of judging what is and is not correct in the standards - such as push ups. There was a lot of controversy a couple of years ago about the judging on them. I doubt you'll see them return any time soon. Which is a darn shame because mine have gotten so much better!!0 -
14.1 was a boon for experienced CrossFitters with well developed conditioning capacity. This week, I am guessing it will be some kind of elimination ladder. For instance, with 13.1, many stalled on the second round of snatches which allowed for the stronger CrossFitters to rank up.0
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I was looking through the WODs of the past Opens. Found one I could really dig repeating. 5 min AMRAP Squat clean & jerks 110# for girls165# for guys. That would be AWESOME0
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I was looking through the WODs of the past Opens. Found one I could really dig repeating. 5 min AMRAP Squat clean & jerks 110# for girls165# for guys. That would be AWESOME
I remember that one. Everyone that competes in The Open usually has a breakthrough moment where they realize that they are better than they realized. That was the one I that did it for me. Even though I did terrible, it was really good for me.0 -
I was looking through the WODs of the past Opens. Found one I could really dig repeating. 5 min AMRAP Squat clean & jerks 110# for girls165# for guys. That would be AWESOME
I remember that one. Everyone that competes in The Open usually has a breakthrough moment where they realize that they are better than they realized. That was the one I that did it for me. Even though I did terrible, it was really good for me.
I would love this workout! I also was thinking it would be great if they did a twist on 13.1 with cleans or C+J and burpees obviously with heavier weights than the snatches were last year. I'm predicting another longish triplet with wall balls, T2B and box jumps...which wouldn't be my favorite but definitely would be better than the 150 wall balls followed by double unders and muscle ups.0 -
in 2011 the movements were: (11.1)double unders, snatches, (11.2)deadlifts, push-ups, box jumps, (11.3)Clean & jerks, (11.4)bar-facing burpees, OHS, muscle ups, (11.5) power cleans, T2B, wall balls, (11.6) thrusters and C2B pull ups
2012: (12.1) Burpees, (12.2) snatches, (12.3) box jumps, Push press, T2B, (12.4) wall balls, double unders, muscle ups, (12.5) thrusters and C2B pull ups
2013: (13.1) burpees, snatches, (13.2) shoulder to overhead, deadlift, box jump, (13.3) wall balls, double unders, muscle ups, (13.4) clean & Jerks, T2B, and of course (13.5) thrusters and C2B pull ups.
They've pretty much stuck with the same movements from year to year.
We're destined for burpees, T2B, thrusters, wall balls, box jumps, muscle ups, and C2Bs almost guaranteed. The only question is really when in the Open those movements will pop up.0 -
I'm thinking it will either be T2B or Wall Balls, followed by Cleans (110# / 165#) - AMRAP 10:00.
*Going to be a high rep count (50) for T2B or WB and then 10 or 15 reps for the cleans.0 -
in 2011 the movements were: (11.1)double unders, snatches, (11.2)deadlifts, push-ups, box jumps, (11.3)Clean & jerks, (11.4)bar-facing burpees, OHS, muscle ups, (11.5) power cleans, T2B, wall balls, (11.6) thrusters and C2B pull ups
2012: (12.1) Burpees, (12.2) snatches, (12.3) box jumps, Push press, T2B, (12.4) wall balls, double unders, muscle ups, (12.5) thrusters and C2B pull ups
2013: (13.1) burpees, snatches, (13.2) shoulder to overhead, deadlift, box jump, (13.3) wall balls, double unders, muscle ups, (13.4) clean & Jerks, T2B, and of course (13.5) thrusters and C2B pull ups.
They've pretty much stuck with the same movements from year to year.
We're destined for burpees, T2B, thrusters, wall balls, box jumps, muscle ups, and C2Bs almost guaranteed. The only question is really when in the Open those movements will pop up.
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things that have showed up in the open every year: wall balls, muscle ups, ttb, box jumps, thrusters, pullups (c2b)0
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oops cmay, i hadn't seen your post until just now
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in 2011 the movements were: (11.1)double unders, snatches, (11.2)deadlifts, push-ups, box jumps, (11.3)Clean & jerks, (11.4)bar-facing burpees, OHS, muscle ups, (11.5) power cleans, T2B, wall balls, (11.6) thrusters and C2B pull ups
2012: (12.1) Burpees, (12.2) snatches, (12.3) box jumps, Push press, T2B, (12.4) wall balls, double unders, muscle ups, (12.5) thrusters and C2B pull ups
2013: (13.1) burpees, snatches, (13.2) shoulder to overhead, deadlift, box jump, (13.3) wall balls, double unders, muscle ups, (13.4) clean & Jerks, T2B, and of course (13.5) thrusters and C2B pull ups.
They've pretty much stuck with the same movements from year to year.
We're destined for burpees, T2B, thrusters, wall balls, box jumps, muscle ups, and C2Bs almost guaranteed. The only question is really when in the Open those movements will pop up.
Agreed.
agreed.
but consider this - lots of the media/promotion was "open for all" and they start out with a xfit specific movement that may not even be a part of every crossfitter's goals. They might keep with the more specific movements and design a more crossfit centric open, as opposed to a truely "open" open.
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None of us (well maybe Lauren) are going to be competing with elite, professional Crossfitters. As one of our coach says, "we all work. They get paid to eat chicken and do back squats all day."
If the workouts included something like muscle ups you would know it was designed to separate the wheat from the chaff. Pull ups do the same general thing, but after a year or so I'm betting most Crossfitters can get at least one (I sure hope I can, and I'm working towards it.
The scaling workouts (where say, snatches start light but quickly get heavy) achieve the same purpose but still let everyone put up a number, for the most part.0 -
In the first year of The Open, there was a lot of elimination on 11.3:
5 min AMRAP of squat clean & jerk, 165 men, 110 women.
We had some pretty fit folks that could not get that weight. All that you had to do is one clean to avoid elimination many couldn't get it. I think that CrossFit learned a lesson from this. It wasn't good for repeat business to knock so many people out of the competition.0 -
And 14.2 is in!!
Every 3 mins, for as long as possible:
Round 1: 10 OH squat (95/65lb), 10 C2B pull ups
Round 2: 12 OHS, 12 C2B
Round 3: 14 OHS, 14 C2B
Round 4: 16 OHS, 16 C2B
etc etc until the 2 rounds cannot be completed within the 3 min cap
**If you finish the round at 2 mins, you have to wait until the 3 mins is up before starting the next round**
A little confusing, but could be fun!!0 -
Well, I'll be lucky to score 1 rep on this one. Never snatched 30kg before, so unless we can take the bar off racks, I may be scoring a fat 0 :b0
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None of us (well maybe Lauren) are going to be competing with elite, professional Crossfitters. As one of our coach says, "we all work. They get paid to eat chicken and do back squats all day."
oh my god, bless you. I am NOWHERE near elite level. I'd say i'm pretty average.Well, I'll be lucky to score 1 rep on this one. Never snatched 30kg before, so unless we can take the bar off racks, I may be scoring a fat 0 :b
you don't have to snatch it to get it up. c&j it, adjust your grip width, and start squatting! you got this!0 -
None of us (well maybe Lauren) are going to be competing with elite, professional Crossfitters. As one of our coach says, "we all work. They get paid to eat chicken and do back squats all day."
oh my god, bless you. I am NOWHERE near elite level. I'd say i'm pretty average.Well, I'll be lucky to score 1 rep on this one. Never snatched 30kg before, so unless we can take the bar off racks, I may be scoring a fat 0 :b
you don't have to snatch it to get it up. c&j it, adjust your grip width, and start squatting! you got this!
You'd be near the top at our gym, just saying. I went to the East Coast Championships in Boston a month or so ago. Those women are all packing some serious muscle. Definitely a full time job. I would say on your build, just layer like 20-30lbs of muscle over everything. Insanely strong.
I can't do chest-to-bars, so I will get my 10 OHS and then practice my kipping and maybe get one or two.
Then I'll grab some atlas balls and kegs and lift some heavy things. Then we have Boy's Night out at Fogo De Chao. Should be a fun Friday!0 -
I just need to lose 20# by tomorrow and I am right there on C2B.
Also, one of our top people at our box in the women's area is snatching like 115# and cannot do C2B's after 4 years, so I guess I don't feel that bad. I'm really in CF for the lifting so I guess I don't care if I don't have a movement that I don't care to master for personal use at all other than maybe needing it in competitions.0 -
Well ...14.2 is sure going to be interesting ;-)
Good Luck to everyone !!!0 -
I just need to lose 20# by tomorrow and I am right there on C2B.
Also, one of our top people at our box in the women's area is snatching like 115# and cannot do C2B's after 4 years, so I guess I don't feel that bad. I'm really in CF for the lifting so I guess I don't care if I don't have a movement that I don't care to master for personal use at all other than maybe needing it in competitions.
Bump that to about 40 or 50 for me and I'm right there with you. I think I can do the OHS Rx but I haven't done them in a long time (not on purpose, they just have not come up on the days I'm doing a WOD)
That said, I'll try and I'll try C2B too. we did some kipping practice a few weeks ago and I was starting to get the hang of it near the end so I'll try to string it together if I can.0 -
I just need to lose 20# by tomorrow and I am right there on C2B.
Also, one of our top people at our box in the women's area is snatching like 115# and cannot do C2B's after 4 years, so I guess I don't feel that bad. I'm really in CF for the lifting so I guess I don't care if I don't have a movement that I don't care to master for personal use at all other than maybe needing it in competitions.
Our manager/coach is build like a brick ****house and she has to do ring rows because her shoulders are so beat up from years of heavy lifting.0 -
I did 14.2 this morning. I got 38 reps. The OHS went pretty well for me, and I was going good on the C2B, eventually just doing them one at a time, but I got no-rep'ed on one and I didn't have enough to make it up and get into the 12's. Was a good burner, but those C2B are just murder if you don't know how to butterfly!
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I was looking through the WODs of the past Opens. Found one I could really dig repeating. 5 min AMRAP Squat clean & jerks 110# for girls165# for guys. That would be AWESOME
I remember that one. Everyone that competes in The Open usually has a breakthrough moment where they realize that they are better than they realized. That was the one I that did it for me. Even though I did terrible, it was really good for me.
This kinda happened to me today. I am just recently getting pretty comfortable with doing normal kipping pull-ups, but I wasn't sure if I could do C2B, and was figuring I would get a lot not counted. But once I started them, I cranked out several unbroken and was feeling pretty amazed by it!0 -
The Overhead Squat is what I have nicked named ‘The Joy Killer’. I absolutely cannot do that exercise. I can snatch, clean (135+), DL (255 max), FS (125+), BQ (125+), you get the point, but when it comes to this, this cruel formation, I can’t even squat with the bar. I do not have that flexibility in my back and shoulder and can’t sit back on my heels to save my life. I tried practicing by just standing in front of a wall with the pipe and ended up scratching up my face. It’s funny not but at that time I was pissed. I actually had to wear head gear while practicing at home.
My question is what did you guys, who struggle with the Overhead Squat, do to make it work?0 -
The Overhead Squat is what I have nicked named ‘The Joy Killer’. I absolutely cannot do that exercise. I can snatch, clean (135+), DL (255 max), FS (125+), BQ (125+), you get the point, but when it comes to this, this cruel formation, I can’t even squat with the bar. I do not have that flexibility in my back and shoulder and can’t sit back on my heels to save my life. I tried practicing by just standing in front of a wall with the pipe and ended up scratching up my face. It’s funny not but at that time I was pissed. I actually had to wear head gear while practicing at home.
My question is what did you guys, who struggle with the Overhead Squat, do to make it work?
I struggled with the OHS when I first started. I realized I put weights on the bar too quickly before I had correct form. So I went back down to the lightest bar and worked on it (my ego was bruised a little :frown:) . My issue was not locking out my elbows now it feels as though I sort of shrug my shoulders in order to keep everything in place. I also had a tendency to want to look down.....once I corrected those issues it helped me stabilize the bar better at the bottom of the squat instead of feeling like my bar was going to fall behind me. I've slowly been able to increase my weight, today being the highest I've done at 65lbs.
Sometimes we have to go back to the basics and work back up I guess. Good luck to you.0 -
The Overhead Squat is what I have nicked named ‘The Joy Killer’. I absolutely cannot do that exercise. I can snatch, clean (135+), DL (255 max), FS (125+), BQ (125+), you get the point, but when it comes to this, this cruel formation, I can’t even squat with the bar. I do not have that flexibility in my back and shoulder and can’t sit back on my heels to save my life. I tried practicing by just standing in front of a wall with the pipe and ended up scratching up my face. It’s funny not but at that time I was pissed. I actually had to wear head gear while practicing at home.
My question is what did you guys, who struggle with the Overhead Squat, do to make it work?
I struggled with the OHS when I first started. I realized I put weights on the bar too quickly before I had correct form. So I went back down to the lightest bar and worked on it (my ego was bruised a little :frown:) . My issue was not locking out my elbows now it feels as though I sort of shrug my shoulders in order to keep everything in place. I also had a tendency to want to look down.....once I corrected those issues it helped me stabilize the bar better at the bottom of the squat instead of feeling like my bar was going to fall behind me. I've slowly been able to increase my weight, today being the highest I've done at 65lbs.
Sometimes we have to go back to the basics and work back up I guess. Good luck to you.
Thanks, I guess I will continue standing in front of that wall WITH my head gear on. I will work on squatting with the pipe overhead (keeping everything aligned) and sitting back on those heels.0 -
Lol, safety first. Not sure what shoes you wear....I failed to mention, staying on my heels was a minor issue for me in the beginning, I remember taking off my shoes (which weren't the best) to actually feel the difference of sitting back on my heels which helped.0
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The Overhead Squat is what I have nicked named ‘The Joy Killer’. I absolutely cannot do that exercise. I can snatch, clean (135+), DL (255 max), FS (125+), BQ (125+), you get the point, but when it comes to this, this cruel formation, I can’t even squat with the bar. I do not have that flexibility in my back and shoulder and can’t sit back on my heels to save my life. I tried practicing by just standing in front of a wall with the pipe and ended up scratching up my face. It’s funny not but at that time I was pissed. I actually had to wear head gear while practicing at home.
My question is what did you guys, who struggle with the Overhead Squat, do to make it work?
I definitely struggle with them too. I know my shoulder mobility is a big part of it as I have trouble keeping the weight directly overhead/slightly behind me. It's almost always forward. I try to stretch my shoulders out af much as I can and at my box I take a PVC pipe, stand with my back aganst the pull up rack, then put the pvc behind the vertical support on the rack and grab it in a snatch grip then squat down, keeping my back as flat against the rack as I can, using the rack to keep my arms from going forward. I sit like that for awhile, moving around to try and stretch them as much as I can. It's helped but i still have a long way to go.0 -
The Overhead Squat is what I have nicked named ‘The Joy Killer’. I absolutely cannot do that exercise. I can snatch, clean (135+), DL (255 max), FS (125+), BQ (125+), you get the point, but when it comes to this, this cruel formation, I can’t even squat with the bar. I do not have that flexibility in my back and shoulder and can’t sit back on my heels to save my life. I tried practicing by just standing in front of a wall with the pipe and ended up scratching up my face. It’s funny not but at that time I was pissed. I actually had to wear head gear while practicing at home.
My question is what did you guys, who struggle with the Overhead Squat, do to make it work?
I definitely struggle with them too. I know my shoulder mobility is a big part of it as I have trouble keeping the weight directly overhead/slightly behind me. It's almost always forward. I try to stretch my shoulders out af much as I can and at my box I take a PVC pipe, stand with my back aganst the pull up rack, then put the pvc behind the vertical support on the rack and grab it in a snatch grip then squat down, keeping my back as flat against the rack as I can, using the rack to keep my arms from going forward. I sit like that for awhile, moving around to try and stretch them as much as I can. It's helped but i still have a long way to go.
Thanks, Ill try that out. And since Overhead Squats are not done frequently, I'll make sure I practice them when we do open gym and try to work on 2-5 before or after class with the PVC pipe.0 -
Lol, safety first. Not sure what shoes you wear....I failed to mention, staying on my heels was a minor issue for me in the beginning, I remember taking off my shoes (which weren't the best) to actually feel the difference of sitting back on my heels which helped.
That was one of the hardest things for me to do. After taking years of martial arts, I was always on my toes, being on your heels are a no, no.0
