The official 15.5 thread

[Cowbells]

Mar 26, 2015 20:55:21 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

Mar 26, 2015 20:39:46 GMT -5 stackingtens said:

I like rowing but this will be all oxygen management for me, like usual. Prob doing 3 sets on the thrusters for 27 and 21. Will aim for 2 on 15 and might make a desperate attempt to do the 9 unbroken. But I will be resting a lot between the row and the bar I bet.

I'm kinda relieved in that I really thought it would be worse.

Pretty much ditto every word of this, especially the bolded, although being realistic I will probably have to break up the thrusters more. I can row decently and have been known to start no-repping my thrusters even when I'm not that fatigued, so I might go for it on the rower and then do mini sets of thrusters to keep moving.

Cowbells personally I would probably Rx for pride. If you were going to be top 20 or something, I'd lean toward doing it scaled.

Top 20 is not happening, but it would be kind of fun to go all out and see if I could crack 100, not sure if it would even be possible to make that big of jump though, and that's also a big assumption that a lot of people ahead of me might struggle and I doubt that's the case. I'll probably do rx.

[itsme]

I'm in the same predicament as you Cowbells. Same ranking range and everything in my region for scaled. I'll do this one scaled even though I can RX it. I want to keep it consistent and see where I stand with all scaled WODs for this Open.

[itsme]

Oh yea then I have the issue of being a slow rower so I can make up some time busting out those thrusters at 45lbs. 65lbs would slow me some and I need to make up time on my row. I swear I'll be at 10 cals and everyone else is at 17.

[emilyinchile]

PS. mandiespharm why can't you squat? Are you injured?

[wambam]

I almost always do better if I do one large set followed by one or two smaller sets. If I make it past halfway on the first set, it's usually better for me mentally. So my thrusters will probably be:

14-7-6
11-6-4
8-4-3
5-4

[mandiespharm]

Mar 26, 2015 22:01:28 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

PS. mandiespharm why can't you squat? Are you injured?

Not sure what I did to my knee but it has been cranky for a while. It just started to get worse with in the last week or so. Lunges squatting jumping rope you name it it hurts it. Standing at work all day makes it worse. I have an appointment Wednesday with Ortho to see if they can tell me anything.

[mandiespharm]

Mar 27, 2015 9:04:47 GMT -5 wambam said:

I almost always do better if I do one large set followed by one or two smaller sets. If I make it past halfway on the first set, it's usually better for me mentally. So my thrusters will probably be:

14-7-6
11-6-4
8-4-3
5-4

I'm the same way the only thing I'll change if I end up being able to do this is that I'll shoot for all 9 the last set.

[emilyinchile]

Mar 27, 2015 9:07:05 GMT -5 mandiespharm said:

Mar 26, 2015 22:01:28 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

PS. mandiespharm why can't you squat? Are you injured?

Not sure what I did to my knee but it has been cranky for a while. It just started to get worse with in the last week or so. Lunges squatting jumping rope you name it it hurts it. Standing at work all day makes it worse. I have an appointment Wednesday with Ortho to see if they can tell me anything.

Boo, I'm sorry. Hang in there, and good luck on Weds!

[itsme]

I was supposed to break it up similar but I pushed through and only dropped the bar once in each round and went straight through on the 9. Did it scaled at 11:11. No clue how well I did compared to others. No scores are logged yet.

[suzyp]

A friend did it after class this morning. 72 thrusters is no joke. A lot of it is mental on the thrusters. but it looks brutal. good luck everyone!

[emilyinchile]

itsme 11:11 sounds super fast!

I am seriously considering
6-6-5-5-5
6-5-5-5
5-5-5
5-4
My competitive side says that's a pansy approach and that I should go harder, but my rational side says that thrusters are a weakness of mine, I know that I start having problems with lock out the more I do in a row, and it's smarter to rest for literally 5 seconds in between 5 sets than to try to push it, get no repped, and end up staring at the bar for 20 seconds.

[itsme]

Mar 27, 2015 11:12:59 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

itsme 11:11 sounds super fast!

I am seriously considering
6-6-5-5-5
6-5-5-5
5-5-5
5-4
My competitive side says that's a pansy approach and that I should go harder, but my rational side says that thrusters are a weakness of mine, I know that I start having problems with lock out the more I do in a row, and it's smarter to rest for literally 5 seconds in between 5 sets than to try to push it, get no repped, and end up staring at the bar for 20 seconds.

You're going RX so Definitely break it up into at least 3 groups for the high rep ones. I think breaking up I to 4 for the first 27 would work.

I went scaled so it was easier for me to push through. If I did it RX I would have had to break it up more. I chose to stick to scaled even though I could have RX'd this one. I was scaled the rest of the open. And wanted to stay consistent.

Can you do 10 straight? 10, 7, 5, 5

[stackingtens]

I was planning to go
10-9-8
8-7-6
8-7
then try to do 9 unbroken, knowing that might be 5-4

But my metcon SUCKS so that might be super optimistic. Only advantage I have is strength. It won't be an issue of doing the movement-it will be all breathing.

[stackingtens]

Saw this posted-not sure if it will help anyone:


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[emilyinchile]

Mar 27, 2015 11:48:05 GMT -5 itsme said:

Can you do 10 straight? 10, 7, 5, 5

CAN I do 10 straight? Yes. SHOULD I? No. No no no.

I'm now thinking 8-7-6-6, but I'm going to talk to my coach. In my last comp we agreed after the fact that I would have gotten several more reps in the time if I'd broken up thrusters more in one of the WODs instead of just trying to push through (and wasting time resting with the bar racked or not getting my arms locked out), which is why I feel more comfortable going with shorter, faster sets.

[itsme]

Mar 27, 2015 13:43:58 GMT -5 stackingtens said:

I was planning to go
10-9-8
8-7-6
8-7
then try to do 9 unbroken, knowing that might be 5-4

But my metcon SUCKS so that might be super optimistic. Only advantage I have is strength. It won't be an issue of doing the movement-it will be all breathing.

The breathing is what got me. The weight was low enough for me that I had no issues with it. For me it was all the damn squatting especially after the row that wore me out.

[2doxies]

Mar 27, 2015 16:18:55 GMT -5 itsme said:

Mar 27, 2015 13:43:58 GMT -5 stackingtens said:

I was planning to go
10-9-8
8-7-6
8-7
then try to do 9 unbroken, knowing that might be 5-4

But my metcon SUCKS so that might be super optimistic. Only advantage I have is strength. It won't be an issue of doing the movement-it will be all breathing.

The breathing is what got me. The weight was low enough for me that I had no issues with it. For me it was all the damn squatting especially after the row that wore me out.

Agreed - I did scaled this morning in 13:07. It was hard to catch my breath after the row. I broke the first two sets up into smaller chunks, I forget exactly how I broke them up. It's a blur

[itsme]

Mar 27, 2015 17:08:15 GMT -5 2doxies said:

Mar 27, 2015 16:18:55 GMT -5 itsme said:

The breathing is what got me. The weight was low enough for me that I had no issues with it. For me it was all the damn squatting especially after the row that wore me out.

Agreed - I did scaled this morning in 13:07. It was hard to catch my breath after the row. I broke the first two sets up into smaller chunks, I forget exactly how I broke them up. It's a blur

13 minutes of pure blurriness! I broke my first up into 15 & 12 (it was a low weight for me) and then after that I have no clue! I did the 27 cals in under 2 mins and again the rest is who knows. I might have cried if I had to do 65lbs.

[wambam]

15:21 RX

I wanted sub 15 but my lungs and hips weren't having it. I'll take it *shrug*

[Cowbells]

14:00 RX - If I was to do it again, and I most definitely am NOT I would work on managing my row better. I got off to a really fast start, but hit a brick wall about 15 calories into my 21 calorie row. Managing my breathing for the thrusters after that became a challenge.

[wambam]

I DIDN'T EVEN REGISTER

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13:51 scaled with a broken foot and another week off because of it. That shit sucked.

[emilyinchile]

Mar 27, 2015 19:50:40 GMT -5 @sessalee said:

13:51 scaled with a broken foot and another week off because of it. That shit sucked.

Nooooo how?

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Mar 27, 2015 21:46:38 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

Mar 27, 2015 19:50:40 GMT -5 @sessalee said:

13:51 scaled with a broken foot and another week off because of it. That shit sucked.

Nooooo how?

It's a hairline fracture from a jump rope warmup last Monday. It will heal up quick but I am pissed about it.

[mandiespharm]

12:31 scaled. Only bc of my knee.
I did:
9-9-9
11-10
8-7
9

[stackingtens]

I stuck to my plan on the row and thrusters.... And rested a sh!t ton in between. Haha. It was just over 13, RX.

[stackingtens]

Also I'm going to miss our weekly CrossFit talk posts!

[wambam]

Mar 30, 2015 9:10:35 GMT -5 stackingtens said:

Also I'm going to miss our weekly CrossFit talk posts!

Me tooooooo!

[emilyinchile]

You guys, I'm insane. I'm redoing it today.

I did it on Saturday with a little bit of a cold that I didn't really take into consideration until I started doing thrusters. I suddenly felt AWFUL. I was completely white and had goosebumps, I honestly thought I was going to pass out, I freaking sat down in front of the bar with my eyes closed trying to make the world stop spinning multiple times. 22:07.

I still have that bit of a cold, but if I go 1 minute faster I maintain my position as 2nd best girl in our box (the best is way better than the rest of us). Another girl hauled ass and will beat me by 1 point if I stick with my current time. I can do 1 minute faster even with the rest of this cold and with my quads screaming at me, right? (say yes)

[wambam]

Usually, I would say "hell no don't do it" emilyinchile, but in this case, I think you're right. It's worth it.