14.1
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I did not sign up but I did do the WOD. My end results were 2 full round + 6 snatches. I'm going to try it again on Monday also to see if I can improve my results.
I tried it again on Saturday and finished with 2 full round + 11 snatches. So a little better.0 -
So I tried it again doing singles just to get a feel for the volume. I think the guy counting for me missed an entire round but I can't be certain. I feel certain I picked up the rope four times (first time I missed once, second unbroken, third missed once, fourth missed at 28) but doing the workout you are so in the moment I have to believe I just zoned out.
So 96 doing double unders, 134 doing singles. 134 will be my test mark when I re-do this in 3 months when I have double unders locked down better.0 -
I was doing the same until we did a WOD called Flight Simulator. 10 minutes of jump rope (doubles RX, singles scaled) where you just keep adding 10 until 100 then come back down. 10-20-30....etc.
I got up to 90 unbroken and then got 95/100. At that point I said to myself "If you can do 95 unbroken single unders the only reason you aren't doing doubles is fear and laziness."
Bought a rope and I bring it in to every WOD and do 10-15 minutes of DU practice every day. I can ALWAYS get one DU now, sometimes 2. And I'm starting to realizing that it is just about timing. When I try to string them together on the second one I'm usually whipping the rope into my legs before I even jump. So it's not that I'm too slow with the rope, it's that I'm a bit too fast. Once I get that balance figured out I'll have it.
This will be my first Crossfit "skill" that I've acquired. I have a reminder in my calender for early June to retry 14.1 with doubles. Can't wait!Score: 77 (2 full rounds of double-unders; 1 full round of snatches +2)
**Double-Unders have never been easy for me . . . I have been doing singles (x3) for WODs, but you can't for the Open. So I sucked it up and got through them (Rx'd) by getting done one at a time w/ even a few strung together. **Will be working on them now !!
**Snatches went great and I'd wish 14.1 called for 30 of them and 15 for the double-unders . . . a guy can dream.
Good Luck to everyone !!!0 -
259 reps as rx'd! Made my goal of first two rounds unbroken then started getting a little frustrated with the double unders. My forearms were toast afterwards!
Gonna give it another shot Monday most likely. Got my sights set on 300+ reps.
Make that 265 reps.
Hell yeah!0 -
My score was 149. That's 3 rounds plus 14 double unders. At our box we tried it on Friday morning to see how we should string the movements together. On the Friday I got 3 rounds plus 35.. but with the pressure of everyone watching on Saturday and having to perform my double unders flawlessly really got to me. I can usually get 20+ double unders in a row.. I could only get 5-8 while being counted by the judge. I was going to redo it on Monday because I was unhappy with my score (I barely slept Sunday night worrying about it) but once I got to the gym on Monday I realized this year is my first time... and I'm not going to be making it to regionals by any means... I mean look at Samantha Briggs.. 472 reps! UNREAL!!!
I do have a goal to make it to the regionals by the time i'm 25 so I have a few years still to get to that point..
Until next time, happy fitness.0 -
So I tried it again doing singles just to get a feel for the volume. I think the guy counting for me missed an entire round but I can't be certain. I feel certain I picked up the rope four times (first time I missed once, second unbroken, third missed once, fourth missed at 28) but doing the workout you are so in the moment I have to believe I just zoned out.
So 96 doing double unders, 134 doing singles. 134 will be my test mark when I re-do this in 3 months when I have double unders locked down better.
I'd like to try this with singles to see how I do...just out of curiosity.
But, even though my score (94) was painfully low, I'm happy. I have not been able to string DU's together at all until this WOD (and even though I got a few strung together, it was a lot like jump, DU, jump, DU), so it was cool to do them and know I did them so I don't shy away next time. I think now when we have DUs in our regular WODs, I'm not going to scale to singles. I want to keep practicing for next year!0 -
My score was 149. That's 3 rounds plus 14 double unders. At our box we tried it on Friday morning to see how we should string the movements together. On the Friday I got 3 rounds plus 35.. but with the pressure of everyone watching on Saturday and having to perform my double unders flawlessly really got to me. I can usually get 20+ double unders in a row.. I could only get 5-8 while being counted by the judge. I was going to redo it on Monday because I was unhappy with my score (I barely slept Sunday night worrying about it) but once I got to the gym on Monday I realized this year is my first time... and I'm not going to be making it to regionals by any means... I mean look at Samantha Briggs.. 472 reps! UNREAL!!!
I do have a goal to make it to the regionals by the time i'm 25 so I have a few years still to get to that point..
Until next time, happy fitness.
I think your outlook is very smart and you've analyzed the situation very well. As long as I have been doing this, I still let myself get too stressed about the leaderboard. Then I remember how much more work I need to put into it and that until my endurance threshold is much higher, I just need to give it my all and have fun with it.
And simultaneously remember that I prefer strength training and that the Open will probably never play to my strengths and that it is a valuable learning experience that forces me to work on my weaknesses.0 -
@bostonwolf - A few crossfitters at my box suggested the same thing, which in hindsight was pretty obvious. Practice makes perfect !!! I always just scale them to singles in the WODs. So I have been practicing them all weekend and was able to string a few together. Got to the box early last night for the WOD and kept practicing them - got all sorts of advice on how to improve. The best advice was to do a d/u, then a few singles, then a d/u . . . keep repeating and soon there will be less singles and more d/u. So far it's been working well :-) I'm also plan on getting my own speed "wire" rope - it seems to make a difference.
*Good luck on your re-do of 14.1 in June !!!I was doing the same until we did a WOD called Flight Simulator. 10 minutes of jump rope (doubles RX, singles scaled) where you just keep adding 10 until 100 then come back down. 10-20-30....etc.
I got up to 90 unbroken and then got 95/100. At that point I said to myself "If you can do 95 unbroken single unders the only reason you aren't doing doubles is fear and laziness."
Bought a rope and I bring it in to every WOD and do 10-15 minutes of DU practice every day. I can ALWAYS get one DU now, sometimes 2. And I'm starting to realizing that it is just about timing. When I try to string them together on the second one I'm usually whipping the rope into my legs before I even jump. So it's not that I'm too slow with the rope, it's that I'm a bit too fast. Once I get that balance figured out I'll have it.
This will be my first Crossfit "skill" that I've acquired. I have a reminder in my calender for early June to retry 14.1 with doubles. Can't wait!Score: 77 (2 full rounds of double-unders; 1 full round of snatches +2)
**Double-Unders have never been easy for me . . . I have been doing singles (x3) for WODs, but you can't for the Open. So I sucked it up and got through them (Rx'd) by getting done one at a time w/ even a few strung together. **Will be working on them now !!
**Snatches went great and I'd wish 14.1 called for 30 of them and 15 for the double-unders . . . a guy can dream.
Good Luck to everyone !!!0 -
My score was 149. That's 3 rounds plus 14 double unders. At our box we tried it on Friday morning to see how we should string the movements together. On the Friday I got 3 rounds plus 35.. but with the pressure of everyone watching on Saturday and having to perform my double unders flawlessly really got to me. I can usually get 20+ double unders in a row.. I could only get 5-8 while being counted by the judge. I was going to redo it on Monday because I was unhappy with my score (I barely slept Sunday night worrying about it) but once I got to the gym on Monday I realized this year is my first time... and I'm not going to be making it to regionals by any means... I mean look at Samantha Briggs.. 472 reps! UNREAL!!!
I do have a goal to make it to the regionals by the time i'm 25 so I have a few years still to get to that point..
Until next time, happy fitness.
Good luck getting to regionals. Keep working on your goats and talking with your coaches about what kind of program you will need to get there and give it the best shot you can. My goal just to get more respectable next year, learn more skills and maybe by age 50 or so (the next Masters cutoff after 45) I will give it a serious run.0 -
@bostonwolf - A few crossfitters at my box suggested the same thing, which in hindsight was pretty obvious. Practice makes perfect !!! I always just scale them to singles in the WODs. So I have been practicing them all weekend and was able to string a few together. Got to the box early last night for the WOD and kept practicing them - got all sorts of advice on how to improve. The best advice was to do a d/u, then a few singles, then a d/u . . . keep repeating and soon there will be less singles and more d/u. So far it's been working well :-) I'm also plan on getting my own speed "wire" rope - it seems to make a difference.
Having your own rope really helps. I bought the mid-priced one on Rogue ($20)
I'm not really trying to do single double single. Just working on doubles. So far so good. Last night I was regularly getting two in a row and just missing the third. It's really just rhythm and timing. When I was focused on doing just one I was actually whipping the rope too fast. I had to learn to slow down and get the timing down. It is getting noticably easier so I will keep plugging away.
Might try the DU then single single and see how it goes.0 -
270, (6 rounds even) exactly double my 2011 score for 11.1. A couple of keys were that I use the exact same jump rope that I have been using since 2011, an original Again Faster Revolution X with an unsheathed cable (they no longer make this version), and I did all C & J's from the very first to the very last rep.
I practice double unders almost every day and have been for years. No matter how good you are at DU's, it is a fine motor skill that needs to be constantly calibrated. I also practice in front of a mirror occasionally to make sure the I am not doing the major 3 flaws that will quickly wear anyone out: piking, donkey kicking, and using nothing but elbows and shoulders with locked wrists.0 -
My box did it as the WOD (not unlike almost every other box the day the WOD was released haha). DU's are a hit or miss with me, there are days I can string 30 unbroken together, and then days when I can barely get 2 in a row. The most I got unbroken while doing 14.1 was 13. As for snatches....they are not my strong point...my upper body strength is a bit lacking and the snatch is an awkward movement for me that I need more work on. I was pretty much just aiming to finish two rounds. I ended up finishing 3 rounds and getting 22 more DU's for a score of 1570
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Friday is when we schedule it but people will do it all weekend and even Monday evening0
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scaled to singles (2:1), finished 8 full rounds and 42 singles = 381 total reps
my traps were dead the next day!0
