14.5

[wambam]

It's got to be thrusters and burpees. Has to be.

[mandiespharm]

Ditto that.

[wambam]

Someone in my pool just guessed a 12.1 with thrusters - so 7min of thrusters. LOL.

[emilyinchile]

I was thinking today how I am not excited to end the Open with burpees. I can do them, obviously, but I'm weirdly slow at them. I would be ok with them surprising us again and not doing burpees! Or 7 minutes of thrusters because eww.

[mrsgoontz]

A tv crew is actually coming to my box to record us doing 14.5 on Saturday. I am so nervous for some reason.

I think thrusters and burpees are very likely although I hope something else is thrown in there to reprieve us from those two agonizing movements.

[wambam]

I could also see a rope climb thrown in now that the whole "equipment a lot of people don't have access to" debate is over.

[wambam]

My workout tonight:
3 thruster, 3 burpees
6 thruster, 6 burpees
...
7min

If this is 14.5, I automatically get to round 18z

[mandiespharm]

I want to vomit at the thought of doing this. Sat is gonna suck

[wambam]

This is going to take me for.ev.errrrr

[nadasteph]

Ugh. Bar facing burpees are the worst.

[rugbywife]

wambam, your ability to predict the workout is only confirming my presumption that you at least know Castro, lol…

I think it is shitty that you HAVE to do all 168 reps. I don't think I could do it in an hour or even 2. The volume would kill me.

[wambam]

Mar 27, 2014 19:45:35 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

wambam, your ability to predict the workout is only confirming my presumption that you at least know Castro, lol…

I think it is shitty that you HAVE to do all 168 reps. I don't think I could do it in an hour or even 2. The volume would kill me.

Hahaha even if I knew him I'd never admit it.

I am ungodly slow at thrusters. It's going to be a looooong night.

[rugbywife]

Mar 27, 2014 19:47:45 GMT -5 wambam said:

Mar 27, 2014 19:45:35 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

wambam, your ability to predict the workout is only confirming my presumption that you at least know Castro, lol…

I think it is shitty that you HAVE to do all 168 reps. I don't think I could do it in an hour or even 2. The volume would kill me.

Hahaha even if I knew him I'd never admit it.

I am ungodly slow at thrusters. It's going to be a looooong night.

It would take me so so so long…I am not sad that I can't do it this year.

[emilyinchile]

wambam you said you automatically got the round of 18, so just do the round of 21s and add it on to your 7 minutes. That totally counts, right?

This is going to take me a long-ass time, but I'll do it. Like I said, I'm slow at burpees, but I'm telling myself that with this volume maybe slow and steady will be an advantage. The only question is whether I can do steady...

[jess]

This is going to take me forever to complete. I'll be happy with an hour. A freaking HOUR! Geeze.


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[mrsgoontz]

This is going to take me FOREVER. I am bummed about both feet having to jump over the bar at the same time. I am going to fall on my face and get no-repped.

[wambam]

Everyone seems concerned about the burpees. I am not concerned about those one bit. I am concerned about somehow finishing the thrusters in sets of 3.

[emilyinchile]

So I did 1 thruster today with like 2 kgs over the required weight (it was there, it was loaded, I had to give it a shot), and I actually said "Nope" afterward. I wanted to be like the little nope octopus and run away. Instead I will have to do pretty much the same thing EIGHTY FOUR TIMES and also do a ton of burpees. Eff.

[mandiespharm]

I'm just gonna do it with 55-60 pounds and see how far I get. I know I can do 21 with 65 but that will take me like 3-4 min. Today's wod was 35-25-15 push-ups pull-ups and backwards walking lunges. As if my shoulders weren't sore already....

Good luck girls!

[rugbywife]

DH is doing it right now. It is a struggle for him, I hate watching him do it!!

[wambam]

Pure, unadulterated misery. There is no upside or reprieve. Just torture.

Fuck. Me.

[wambam]

Oh lovely, we have our first vomiter

[rugbywife]

DH finished in 21:33. It wasn't pretty at all. We had a few people finish in 12-15 minutes.

[wambam]

Mar 28, 2014 19:30:12 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

DH finished in 21:33. It wasn't pretty at all. We had a few people finish in 12-15 minutes.

Yeah my friend (who loves thrusters...ew) finished in 14:20

[emilyinchile]

Mar 28, 2014 17:38:31 GMT -5 wambam said:

Pure, unadulterated misery. There is no upside or reprieve. Just torture.

Fuck. Me.

Oh goody, I can't wait! I'm not doing it until Monday because I'm a little sore today.

We have a bunch of people in the 20-somethings. Our top guy did it in 11:07, and our top girl did it in 13:45. I'm aiming to beat 28 minutes based on other people in my box who've done it so far.

[mandiespharm]

22:30 with 52.6 pounds. I knew I wasn't gonna do it with 65. Thrusters are my arch nemesis.

[rubiakt]

I got 18:54 which on one hand was not as good as I had hoped (I was aiming for 16-17 because the two women that I am usually competitive with got 14 and 17 minutes). However thrusters are just a terrible exercise for me and I knew that I would likely be quite a bit higher than that. My B goal was sub 20 and I made that, so I'm still pretty happy.

We had a huge range at our gym, from 14 minutes up to a few guys who were almost crawling over the bar to finish their burpees at 45 minutes. That was hard to watch. Typical time seems to be low to mid 20's. It's painful in the moment, and the anticipation was bad for this one, but at worst it's only a half hour out of your life.

[jess]

Freaking 34:50 :/

Just when I thought I was pretty badass lol

That was the worst WOD I 've ever done.


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[mandiespharm]

Mar 30, 2014 19:12:55 GMT -5 jess said:

Freaking 34:50 :/

Just when I thought I was pretty badass lol

That was the worst WOD I 've ever done.


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But you finished! And that's what matters

[wambam]

Mar 30, 2014 19:12:55 GMT -5 jess said:

That was the worst WOD I 've ever done.

I can think of several super miserable hero WODs I'd rather do than 14.5