Murph checkin

[wambam]

Goals? Times? Scaling options?

I go at 9

[wambam]

48:15

30 seconds longer than last year, but I did not ever have to go to my knees for push-ups so there's that.

[mandiespharm]

42:?? I did it with a partner. Ran both miles and split the rest down the middle doing 5-10-15 for 10 rounds.

Some people did bands for pullups. Knees for push ups.

[melmel48]

I could look it up, but since you guys know what it is... can you tell me? A friend posted his time yesterday and I had no clue what it was. 

Good luck to those participating!

[wambam]

May 25, 2015 10:52:06 GMT -5 melmel48 said:

I could look it up, but since you guys know what it is... can you tell me? A friend posted his time yesterday and I had no clue what it was. 

Good luck to those participating!

1 mile run
100 pull-ups
200 push-ups
300 squats
1 mile run

Split up the non running reps however you want.

[melmel48]

May 25, 2015 10:53:38 GMT -5 wambam said:

May 25, 2015 10:52:06 GMT -5 melmel48 said:

I could look it up, but since you guys know what it is... can you tell me? A friend posted his time yesterday and I had no clue what it was. 

Good luck to those participating!

1 mile run
100 pull-ups
200 push-ups
300 squats
1 mile run

Split up the non running reps however you want.

This sounds like him.    Thank you! 

[itsme]

I decided to skip. I stayed up late last night, DH is sick, and I don't feel like taking the kids. I did a 9 mile run yesterday so I don't feel too bad workout-wise about missing today.

[joenali]

Lol! My pt wants me to do one pull up, just one! Right now I use a band! I could not imagine 100!

Excellent job everyone!

[GracieLouFreebush1]

Nice job!

We didn't do Murph. We did three hero WODs in a row (Tommy V, Hidalgo at the end, and another I can't recall) which took me 2 hours. I modify a lot still but I'm proud that I went (I was talking myself out of it but already had a sitter lined up since H was working) and completed it all.

[wambam]

Trex arms!

[wambam]

May 26, 2015 8:49:45 GMT -5 GracieLouFreebush1 said:

Nice job!

We didn't do Murph. We did three hero WODs in a row (Tommy V, Hidalgo at the end, and another I can't recall) which took me 2 hours. I modify a lot still but I'm proud that I went (I was talking myself out of it but already had a sitter lined up since H was working) and completed it all.

Whaaaat? Why?

[GracieLouFreebush1]

May 26, 2015 8:55:44 GMT -5 wambam said:

May 26, 2015 8:49:45 GMT -5 GracieLouFreebush1 said:

Nice job!

We didn't do Murph. We did three hero WODs in a row (Tommy V, Hidalgo at the end, and another I can't recall) which took me 2 hours. I modify a lot still but I'm proud that I went (I was talking myself out of it but already had a sitter lined up since H was working) and completed it all.

Whaaaat? Why?

It was rough.  My arms felt rubbery the rest of the day!  We partnered up since there were so many people but we didn't share much of the workload other than splitting 80/60/40 pull ups during Tommy V (for those of us who can't climb the rope) and 1 mi per person on either side of Hidalgo.  Have I mentioned I'm on W2 of C25K and am *not* a great runner?  Haha!  Happy I went though, the vibe was really fun. 

[wambam]

*cries*

Post Murph whole body wreckage is setting in.

*more muffled tears*

ETA: How are my abs sore?!

[mandiespharm]

May 26, 2015 11:57:45 GMT -5 wambam said:

*cries*

Post Murph whole body wreckage is setting in.

*more muffled tears*

ETA: How are my abs sore?!

Me too. Musta been the kipping pullups :-)

[emilyinchile]

Push ups hurt my abs when I have to do a bunch from all that time spent in plank position. Hope everyone feels a little better tomorrow!

[judyramone]

May 25, 2015 10:53:38 GMT -5 wambam said:

May 25, 2015 10:52:06 GMT -5 melmel48 said:

I could look it up, but since you guys know what it is... can you tell me? A friend posted his time yesterday and I had no clue what it was. 

Good luck to those participating!

1 mile run
100 pull-ups
200 push-ups
300 squats
1 mile run

Split up the non running reps however you want.

Good lord.  You all are amazing.  Great work, everyone!

[shauni27]

We do our Murph on the 4th of July. Our gym was closed for Memorial Day.

Last year I did half of murph, but I did it with banded pullups. I think it took me about 30 minutes. This year I hope to do full Murph, again with banded pull ups. I think it will take me about an hour.

[joenali]

[stackingtens]

I didn't do it this year (janky arm and pregnancy) but I coached-such a fun atmosphere. Had a few people in the low 40s, which is CRAZY to me! I did it RX'd once but it was 58 minutes... mostly due to my 10 minute miles-haha. And we live in the damn mountains so all our runs are SO hilly.

Do your boxes all allow knee push ups? We don't allow them at all, hence the curiosity. A lot of research is finding them ineffective in building toward a "true" push up, so we've changed to other scaling methods.

[ladyk]

I did ring rows but I got it done in 63:10.

[itsme]

Ours allows knees.

[wambam]

May 27, 2015 8:56:37 GMT -5 stackingtens said:

I didn't do it this year (janky arm and pregnancy) but I coached-such a fun atmosphere. Had a few people in the low 40s, which is CRAZY to me! I did it RX'd once but it was 58 minutes... mostly due to my 10 minute miles-haha. And we live in the damn mountains so all our runs are SO hilly.

Do your boxes all allow knee push ups? We don't allow them at all, hence the curiosity. A lot of research is finding them ineffective in building toward a "true" push up, so we've changed to other scaling methods.

Can you elaborate? I'm curious to what the other scaling methods would be.

[sugarbear]

May 25, 2015 14:25:06 GMT -5 joenali said:

Lol! My pt wants me to do one pull up, just one! Right now I use a band! I could not imagine 100!

Excellent job everyone!

Kipping pull ups are not pull ups.

[emilyinchile]

May 27, 2015 15:37:45 GMT -5 sugarbear said:

May 25, 2015 14:25:06 GMT -5 joenali said:

Lol! My pt wants me to do one pull up, just one! Right now I use a band! I could not imagine 100!

Excellent job everyone!

Kipping pull ups are not pull ups.

Well ok then.  ^o)

joenali, in Crossfit unless "strict" is specified, people usually do pull ups with a pendulum-type movement called a kip, which requires less brute strength than a dead hang pull up. Quite a few other gymnastics movements can be done either with kipping or strict. Which way you're doing a movement depends on the goal of the workout, but volume/speed is usually going to involve kipping.

wambam, if you can't do "real" push ups, our coaches will have you do essentially a hand release push up where you don't keep your body totally straight on the way up and do more of a worm movement than a strict plank (and don't have to actually release your hands) - does that description make sense? I don't know if it's actually better than knee push ups, but it's an answer to your question!

[wambam]

May 27, 2015 17:46:25 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

May 27, 2015 15:37:45 GMT -5 sugarbear said:

Kipping pull ups are not pull ups.

Well ok then. 

joenali, in Crossfit unless "strict" is specified, people usually do pull ups with a pendulum-type movement called a kip, which requires less brute strength than a dead hang pull up. Quite a few other gymnastics movements can be done either with kipping or strict. Which way you're doing a movement depends on the goal of the workout, but volume/speed is usually going to involve kipping.

wambam, if you can't do "real" push ups, our coaches will have you do essentially a hand release push up where you don't keep your body totally straight on the way up and do more of a worm movement than a strict plank (and don't have to actually release your hands) - does that description make sense? I don't know if it's actually better than knee push ups, but it's an answer to your question!

Ahh okay. The worm is generally discouraged at my gym lol.

[sugarbear]

May 27, 2015 17:46:25 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

May 27, 2015 15:37:45 GMT -5 sugarbear said:

Kipping pull ups are not pull ups.

Well ok then. 

Well, when you talk about prescribed workouts, it's misrepresentative to write "100 pull ups." People marvel -- "OMG OMG! You can do 100 pull ups, that's amazing!" 

I'm not discounting your workouts... but let's be clear that "as prescribed" doesn't mean that women-- and lots of men-- are actually doing 100 real pull ups. 

[emilyinchile]

May 27, 2015 18:07:01 GMT -5 sugarbear said:

May 27, 2015 17:46:25 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

Well ok then. 

Well, when you talk about prescribed workouts, it's misrepresentative to write "100 pull ups." People marvel -- "OMG OMG! You can do 100 pull ups, that's amazing!" 

I'm not discounting your workouts... but let's be clear that "as prescribed" doesn't mean that women-- and lots of men-- are actually doing 100 real pull ups. 

Haha, I can almost guarantee that no one is doing 100 strict pull ups, man or woman!

I totally see your point that the average person thinks of strict pull ups, and whether or not it's wrong for CF to use the words "pull up" to describe all types of pull ups is a valid debate. I have no problem with differentiating - I'm not trying to sound cool by tricking people regarding my pull up capabilities - although as it stands, in context, it's correct to just write the workout as "100 pull ups". The eye roll was for the categorical declaration that kipping pull ups are not pull ups when they are just a style of pull up. And "pull up" has officially lost all meaning now that I've typed it so much!

[mandiespharm]

emilyinchile - my thoughts exactly about the pullups. WTF

[sugarbear]

May 27, 2015 18:35:35 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

May 27, 2015 18:07:01 GMT -5 sugarbear said:

Well, when you talk about prescribed workouts, it's misrepresentative to write "100 pull ups." People marvel -- "OMG OMG! You can do 100 pull ups, that's amazing!" 

I'm not discounting your workouts... but let's be clear that "as prescribed" doesn't mean that women-- and lots of men-- are actually doing 100 real pull ups. 

Haha, I can almost guarantee that no one is doing 100 strict pull ups, man or woman!

I totally see your point that the average person thinks of strict pull ups, and whether or not it's wrong for CF to use the words "pull up" to describe all types of pull ups is a valid debate. I have no problem with differentiating - I'm not trying to sound cool by tricking people regarding my pull up capabilities - although as it stands, in context, it's correct to just write the workout as "100 pull ups". The eye roll was for the categorical declaration that kipping pull ups are not pull ups when they are just a style of pull up. And "pull up" has officially lost all meaning now that I've typed it so much!

Totally, but you know that. People who don't Crossfit read 100 pull ups and either think immediately, "OMG, I could never do that," (which is too bad, because using a band, or doing kipping pull ups, they probably could actually do it). I am absolutely only suggesting that Crossfit's language is misleading. By all means, differentiate-- I do, for all of my classes-- but make that known.

And, I'll own that since I can, and often do, strict pull ups, it drives me crazy that people lump kipping pull-ups into regular pull-ups. /snob.

[wambam]

For the record, I wasn't trying to trick anyone or whatever. I didn't even think about it *shrug*