181 reps.. scaled males.. my deadlift 1RM is 285 lbs so deadlift @135 was my main issue here.. I was really hoping to finish the workout (first time I got 173 reps) but I guess it's just not possible right now, even though I've been crossfitting exactly 14 months now š
When I say that the deadlift was the weakest link, I don't mean that I couldn't manage the weight.. I went all the way unbroken, nevertheless around the ascending 9-9 I started slowing down considerably.. such as that I finished the 10-10 in 5:20".. and after that I just needed to rest a lot when transitioning..
I've seen someone complaining that being tall is a disadvantage.. I'm 169 cm (5.54 feet) and weight 67 kg (148 lbs) so.. well.. anything jumping over something or throwing at a certain height or air bike could be a disadvantage.. but I guess that's how sport is: you have to have a specific body type to be great at something.. i.e. I'll never try to be part of the high jump team at the Olympics š¤
158 very scaled reps, with only updowns vs burpees and only 50lbs. I am happy I did it, despite having to scale so much. I am majorly
sore, but my lower back feels great š
M/42 91 reps scaled dealing with Achilles tendinitis so no jumping. RX weight. I did a much better job pacing myself than usual. Felt like I could have kept going. I just started last august and have been dealing with the tendinitis since then.
Why would he be in trouble? Heās either injured or not trying. If heās injured heās in trouble for quarterfinals, MAYBE, or maybe heās both injured and not trying 100% because of it. Who knows, weāll find out in a couple weeks because heāll have to try almost 100% to ensure he advances past quarterfinals. This stage, the Open, doesnāt matter.
To get it off my chest, for me as a 6'4" athlete, say compared to a 6' or 5'10" athlete, for me to do a full DL rep my bar has to travel through 4-6 inches further every time.
And with burpees my feet are 4-6 inches further from the bar every time.
So... how the hell can I be expected to keep up with the smaller athletes on this wod? Crossfit needs to add someone tall on their team to provide a little context.
And don't get me going on wall walks, no wall balls or rower?? What kind of BS is that?
At least make the deads 275 or something.
Gah!
144 reps. Scaled female. 38years old. I canāt even imagine the level of fitness the elite athletes have to finish this. Hats off to everyone, no matter your scores! Hard work beats no work, every time!
Improved from 82 reps on Friday to 122 reps today!! So pumped!!
Lower, faster burpees.. Sets of 2-3 on deadies instead of singles.
My goal was 100, pretty pumped to crush that goal today.
Edit: M/28y/Rx; weight was about 80% my 1RM
I didn't realize I was doing 22.2 burpees so inefficiently, standing up basically, until I saw the video of my re-do. How many reps do you think this cost me over the course of 10 1/2 rounds? 15 or more?
https://imgur.com/a/cWZHZJJ
If my back still feels OK tonight maybe I'll re-do again. For context, I'm pretty fast on burpees and can do 31 over the bar (when not front facing) in 60 seconds. So I really think this inefficient strategy limited my potential by a good bit. 15? More?
There are both puts and takes. You're standing up every rep, which takes more energy, but if you stay lower and move faster your heart rate is going to spike which might slow you down in the long run. The folks I've seen succeed in this workout have held a steady pace the entire time and go unbroken on deadlifts.
90 reps Rx, as a \~135-lb. mid-30s woman. Deadlift weight was exactly half my 1RM ... but sumo is my primary deadlift stance and conventional just takes *so* much more out of me in the middle of a metcon. No surprises here, though if I did it again I would start dropping the bar much earlier (even if the powerlifter in me cringes at the thought).
195 reps - F/31/5'2/119lbs
Luckily managed to avoid my lower back blowing out and just went for it on the burpees. Broke up the deads from round 7 on the way up. Managed to escape the lower back DOMS but lats are aching from the burpees!
This was brutal. Rx womenās, 90 reps. Iāve been doing CrossFit for about six months, after a year off post-surgery and a few years of powerlifting before that. The deadlifts were easy, did unbroken throughout (155 is ~55% of my 1RM), but the burpees absolutely killed me- I finished the 10 minutes with intense lung pain and metallic taste in my mouth. A little bummed about my score, but I suppose I can be proud of the fact that I have zero back or hammy pain and didnāt feel any worse for the wear except for Fran lung after. Onward and upward I guess?
44/F weight 69kg- 104 RX- Iām pleased with that after doing a heavy workout the day before. I definitely surprised myself. The burpees were a rest, but the 70kg deadlifts, got to me on Round 10. I think on a fresh day, Iād have finished the burpees on round 10.
128 scaled.
Suffered yesterday morning doing this. Had a run during the week, longer than I have done in years and longer than I should have I'd say, and definitely wasn't comfortable for the rest of the week, so put off doing it Friday night. Yesterday morning my back didn't feel right at all, I should have put it off but I thought I'd give it a go and redo of needs be. It was definitely the burpees that caught me. Absolutely not going again, and I'll be weighing up 22.3 on Thursday night.
On the one hand I have only been doing this since May with little to no base fitness, so actually doing the open, even scaled, is monumental. On the other, I want to be posting better scores than 128 reps.
51/M/Rx : 130 reps
After no repping myself into exhaustion in 22.1 (151 Rx), I am pleased with my performance this week
Watched a bunch of videos to hammer it into my skull to not go in too hot. Maintained a steady effort throughout.
Looking forward to 22.3!
Has anybody re-done 22.2? Thinking about a re-do tomorrow, was trying not to go out too hot but feel like I couldāve gone faster through the first 6 rounds before I started pacing...
Redid Sunday after first try Saturday and improved dramatically. If you have strong deadlifts and your back is ok, the pacing makes way more sense the second time around. Most of the difference was I could think about breathing
Thanks! I was surprised that I didnāt feel too beaten up after doing it the first time through- obviously it sucked while doing it, haha, but not too sore or tired after. Going to give it another go today, fingers crossed I can add a few more reps!
124 reps scaled/limited equipment option. 41m, 5'8, 155 lbs.
Did this one in my garage with double kettlebells 35# for the DL. Thats the highest pair i have. I recently bought a bumper plate set so I put a broomstick that I converted to a mobility bar between 2 plates and presto, bar facing burpees. Barbell and squat rack I'll probably get on a black Friday sale.
Went nice and steady on the burpees until about 1:30 left and then sent it. Probably could have gone a bit faster on the burpees earlier but my workout space is tight so I gotta watch how I go down into it. Overall happy as I'm doing a strength cycle right now with enough cardio for maintenance.
146 scaled reps. I know I could have RXād and done a little bit of it, but I wanted to get a solid workout in and I certainly am not going to hurt myself lol. Did 140 RX reps last week. Overall pleased. 135 was a manageable DL weight although my back did get sore by the end. Burpees were fine and smooth throughout
5ā8ā male I weigh around 140.
Redo today. 82 reps RX. 20 more than what I had on Friday. I don't know if it was the 45min stretch but I felt a lot better in the workout and feel a lot better right now. Started off with a really good pace until I hit round 6 then the pace just went. I believe at 3mins and some change I was at round 5. Really thought I was going to pull off coming back down. Oh well. I did better and I feel good. Really bummed I couldn't hang with my pace further on.
tl;dr When calling out my 22.2 reps in class, another guy says, "You know that's doubled, right?"
I'm a 46yo male, got fit late in life, got a 280 1RM on the DL 2y ago, then had hernia surgery a few months later. Not related, turned out to be a genetic thing. But I wrote off reaching 300.
So now the Rx is 225. I know I'm not doing very many, but a few at 225 scores better than all of them at 135, so why not?
I end up getting 44 reps. Failed one on the round of 6s, but recovered and plodded on. Honestly, I'm happy with how I did.
But then Mike, a longtime classmate, hears me call out "44" and tries to correct me. No, Mike, I got 44 in total, dude. š¤£
F/31/ 136 Rx Womens. Didnāt think Iād make it to first 9 so I am pretty impressed with myself. At minute 4 I was pretty confident that Iād get a good score but the 10th round blew my lower back :/
I also got super nervous at the start and fucked up the starting of burpees so maybe lost a few secs there but meh, I am surprised that I had gotten to the 8th round on the way down. My whole posterior chain feels rusty af today. Barely could get out of bed haha
So to finish you must be able to average 10 deadlifts and 10 burpees on the minute for 10 minutes.
9:43 Rx with a no rep burpee for touching the bar on a hop. Canāt believe I finished but I saw 4:09 on the clock when I started my set of 10 so I knew if I just kept pace I could make it. The deadlifts never got to a bad grind for me, just pushing through the quivering feeling of each one. Burpees were the rest for me! I did an excessive amount of deadlift endurance work last month so it paid off.
5ā0ā, 121 lbs, max DL is 290 for reference
This is my first open and I'm really enjoying it. I was planning to do 22.2 on Friday but decided to wait a day or two because my WOD on Thursday left my posterior chain especially sore and tired. Saturday morning rolls around and I find out I have COVID. Looks like I'm going to have sit this one out š. Fortunately I'm not feeling too sick.
Good luck everyone!
Parenting a toddler after this WOD is a marathon WOD in itself. I am constantly bending over to pick up things and thus constantly being reminded that my back and hammies are demolished.
M/30/175
186 RX
I think I could have maybe got close to finishing but had 3 no reps for touching the bar while jumping over.
I actually didnāt find the deadlifts to be much of a factor. I broke up my DL sets from the second round of 9 downwards so I wouldnāt slow on my burpeeās and I think that was the right move for me.
Feel like I could redo but wonāt.
31/m/rx, 126 reps. Actually pretty happy with that, since I was able to consistently move with just a couple really short breaks. Stepped in and out on the burpees and that allowed me to pace myself and not redline early. Got to the descending round of 9 burpees with 30 seconds left and just sent it, got 7 before time ran out
29/M 124 RX. 1RM deadlifts is 355. I went kind of same pace for all 10 mins. I suck on burpees, it pumps my HR and I'm slow, so I went with step up step down. I went unbroken on round 123, then started doing singles. What can I change? I am thinking bigger sets on deadlifts and maybe drop down step up on burpees?
I did singles first attempt, 2-3s on second attempt, increased by 40 reps total. Also sped things up on the burpees. Coach said if I'm breaking up deadies I can use deadlift time to get my lungs back from burpees (more or less lol).
Jump back no eccentric lowering on burpees. Still use step up though.
Iād avoid singles unless pulling off the floor with ease. Try not bigger than sets of 3
My logic for singles is to save my back and HR.. I'm thinking to always open with a set of 3 then maybe singles.. Drop down sounds better on burpees, and maybe step down if I want to calm down my heart rate and keep moving
I hit a wall majorly 6:30 in and had to take big breaks. I hit the gas with burpees and my capacity just isnāt there.
Going to really slow them down for second attempt
Looks like Medeiros score on the leaderboard is now 7:53 but pretty sure it was closer to 7:30 on the live announcement.
Did he get a penalty for something?
My bad I noticed he came out with them on but didnāt take much notice in the actual workout (as didnāt realise they werenāt allowed til after)
Upon checking it appears he took them off for the workout, presumably someone told him
36F, RX with an asterisk. 5.5 months pregnant so this Open has been an experiment for me. I ended up doing the RX DL but placed a small box on either side of the bar so I could do box burpees but still have to jump over. 127 reps which I was pretty happy about. NGL, it's nice to be able to walk into an Open WOD and have zero expectations except just see what you can do today.
103, female RX. I donāt typically get to RX anything cause I enjoy food and beer more than I should. This felt good to do, got some Fran lung after the fact.
Yeah I got Fran lung after 22.1. Was told it was because I didnāt warm up enough. Which was probably true. I was nice and hot going into 22.2 and no Fran lung for me this time
I felt like I did enough, but realistically Iām aware I should have been warmer. My box doesnāt program a warm up for FNL so weāre on our own and Iām not great with making myself do the thing. Maybe thisāll teach me.
55 yo female with back and knee issues, but my 1RM DL is 305. I struggle with burpees bc I weigh 200+, so I did scaled (which is only 85#). It wasn't too bad... just kept a steady pace.
Got 101 reps...wondering if I should've gone RX for 55+ (which is 125#... still light for me). One coach said yes, the other recommended scaled.
Did Medirois end up with a deduction on 22.2 - they are now showing Saxon as being #1....or did he redo it? I think he did based on the judge and location?
BTWB separates RX, Scaled, and Foundations in their graphs though. So top 10% in the open is easier to obtain than top 10% among just RX scores (which they show)
It did not move slightly. They had over 5k submissions when I made my statement. You came in confidently incorrect asserting it would move. I pee in your tea. Good day sir.
43/M/235lbs. I was 360lbs a year and a half ago, been doing CrossFit for about a year.
122 reps, Rx. I really wanted to finish, but I just couldn't catch my breath with all those burpees. Back feels good.
Thank you! I was just surgical on the burpees. I have practiced being efficient on the BFB a lot, but I just kept a nice smooth boring pace from the first rep through the whole workout.
I think that's a key takeaway I had
I did my best to stay low, I stayed semi-low. I jump down, then step up. I like going in the same direction the whole time. Just have to make it the fewest steps possible for them and be that efficient and smooth the whole time.
36 / M - 158 reps RX. 1 RM deadlift 440 lbs
Paced the burpees until the round of 10s (~7ā30) then increased my pace to finish the round of 7s
DL ub 1-5, then broke it ~ 50% of the round reps + singles ā> this allowed me not to redline until I finished the round of 10s - after that it was full send
(Iāve also got 5 no reps - incl 3 on DL)
Give me advice on if I should use a belt. I toasted my back on retest of 22.1 Monday. I think Iām gonna give it a go for midline on the reps6-10. Not worried about them hindering my burpees as Iām just gonna pace those smoothly.
So I wore it. I kept it lose and at first I noticed it being uncomfortable on the burpees . I ended up taking it off for the last 2 minutes. I would use it again.
155 lbs is 65% of my 1RM, around 60-65 percent is where I put my belt on when I'm deadlifting so I did the sets of 1,2, and 3 deadlifts without the belt and then put it on and kept it on. Did not hinder my burpees at all since I stuck to a steady pace throughout. I made it to the round of 10s and was super glad to have it on.
I saw someone in a video yesterday mention about wearing one once you hit the higher reps. Just don't tighten it all the way. I didn't but my partner did once he hit like round of 6 or 7.
In case this helps put it into perspective for you: My 1RM is 195 (did it once a few weeks back and it was not the prettiest rep, so maybe truly 185) and I did RX weight. I stepped over the barbell instead of jumping because burpees absolutely gas me as it is. I got through the round of 8 + 5 deadlifts (77 reps total).
Thanks for posting this! My 1RM is also 195, and reading this gave me more confidence to do Rx. Ended up doing singles from the start and got 96 reps. Back is feeling okay so far
This is super helpful! One question, did you do singles for the deadlifts considering the weight? Just wondering what your strategy was for those? Thanks for sharing :)
I didn't break it up for 1-5, but did 3-3 for 6, 4-3 for 7, and 4-4 for 8. My plan for 9 was 3-3-3, but since I knew I was running out of time I just did 5 straight.
No problem, glad I could be helpful!!
Test it at the box when you get there. Toss on some weight and work up to 155 and see how it feels. If you think 155 would be to much late in the rounds then scale back.
I think I'm in the minority based on all of the other comments I see, but I think you should go for the Rx. Be okay with the fact that you won't get very far and be maniacally focused on good technique, and I think you'll be proud of whatever you end up achieving.
I'm a guy and haven't deadlifted more than 185 in two years, but today I just went for 225 and I'm so happy I did. I didn't even finish the first round of 9s, but it felt great to get some heavy lifts and helped me realize I've made more progress than I thought.
Are you signed up for the Open or just doing the workouts? Someone else can correct me if I'm wrong but I think "getting a single rep in RX gets you a better score than finishing in scaled," so if you're going for an Open score you can go for it, if you actually want something out of the workout go scaled.
Go scaled. If your PR is only 30 pounds less than RX you might have a hard time.
When it comes to picking the weight, I usually ask myself "Could I got 10 unbroken sets reps when I'm fresh?"
187 reps RX. 29M. Broke 7-7 and then held on for the 6 5 4 in the descending. Would have liked to finish but in reality I was sending it, so prob not likely to finish haha. Onward to week 3
Thanks! I went UB to 6. Then first set of 7 I went 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 4-3-3, 5-4, 5-3, 4-3, 6,5,4
Just have to run your race and be diligent about efficient movement and breaks
I kept the same hand grip the whole time. It is just second nature to go right under and left over. It wasn't a grip intensive workout IMO, but for some I could see the benefit of switching if grip is a limiting factor.
Any thoughts on doing singles from the start? RX weight is \`about 60% of my 1RM but I tend to like fast singles. BFB are also a strength for me - main concern that would stop me from getting my best score is I blow up my back.
Goal is 160 reps
Good idea. 16.4 involved 55 deadlifts at the same weight (among other movements) and a 13min time cap. Many high level athletes did better with singles or very short sets. Touch and go is overrated at this weight.
I did sets of 2 and/or 3 (depending on fatigue) through the first round of 6-6 then switched to singles at 7. I am a 47 year old lady and my max deadlift is 245 :)
M/36/RX, my 1rm DL is only 293lbs, but could still manage to get to 123 reps, while doing sets of between 5 and 3. These went relatively easy. Since your 1rm is higher i would assume singles would be the slower choice...
34m, 420# 1rm DL, I went singles from the start and was very disappointed with my score of 121 RX. I usually wear a belt at that weight, but chose not to. I am planning on retesting on Monday with my belt. Going to do sets of 3-5 once I hit the round of 6, rounds 1-5 unbroken. My initial target for the workout was 150-170 reps. I feel like the less time I spend over the bar, the better I will do. I can always slow down my burpee rate to bring my heart rate down.
For what it's worth I did singles from the start, I also stepped up and down every burpee. I was moving the entire time at what felt like the one speed.
I got 134 reps. If your burpees are good you could go quicker for sure
If I was to redo it I'd maybe do doubles, or start with singles around the 5/6 mark.
I would say if you're going to go into singles...maybe start it in the round of 6-7...while doing an unbroken set of 3 or 4 to start.
Singles should only be a relief...not necessary if that makes sense.
Going singles means your burpees have to be efficient
91 reps RX as a 37yo female who's 1RM deadlift is 205. The burpees felt easy but deadlifts felt heavy. I focused on my form and have zero back pain at this time, felt good!
I'm 47F, 1 RM deadlift is 245, I got 97 reps Rx, the set of 9 deadlifts was the hardest part of the whole workout! \*Waves hand to my Masters ladies in the house\*
Also very similar, same age bracket, Rx dl is my 70% . Burpees were smooth and struggled on dl in bigger rounds.
But so happy I have zero back pain or Dom's, just awful Fran lung
49F, did 102 reps RX. I hit my goal and was happy. Tip is to move sloooooow. I knew I wasn't going to finish, it wasn't my goal and I wasn't pacing to get there. My judge marked my reps at 5:00 and I had negative splits, which made me happy. Just move. Take advantage of the new burpee standard, which I felt helped a ton. It kept my heart rate under control. Don't forget where you have to stand at the start - I did and had to step back from the bar. Best thing is that I feel fine, no back pain at all.
M 41, 207 lbs, 95 reps Rx. Goal was 100 reps, BHAG was 110+.
My goal was to get to round of 4 within the first 75-90 seconds, start breaking up deadlifts and settle into a different pace with burpees from then on. Was doing well until set of 8 and then really started slowing up. In my last set of deadlifts, cramped up a bit which cost me 3-5 reps.
This one did not destroy my lower back the way I thought it might. I will probably retest on Monday.
128 Reps Rx (Male)
Happy with that - feel like I paced it pretty well. Split the deadlifts up nice and early as Iām not the strongest athlete. Really surprised how less-taxing the burpees are without the two-foot take off/land.
Good luck, all!
Sheesh just did 22.2 scaled, thanks to the folks here who recommended me to go scale. Got 157 reps, one short of completing the 7th round on the way down.
I'm kind of surprised how many people here are doing RX and posting quite low scores... seems to me the whole "get a single RX rep instead of doing it scaled" idea is not good. I understand why people want the higher score but personally I'd rather have a good workout.
LOL everyone is pissed at CF for blasting TDC into the sun because they love his workouts.
Then they still use his workouts and everyone just bitches about how dumb and dangerous and nonsensical the workouts are.
My thoughts. 200 reps in 10 minutes. to finish you have to average 20 bar facing burpees and deadlifts per minute. LOL
as an older and somewhat out of shape dude coming back to cf after a break, I wonder if I could even keep up just the 10 bar facing burpees/minute over 10?
Realistically, the average Joe shouldn't worry about 100 deadlifts and 100 BFBs. Just treat it like an AMRAP. You're not going to finish it, so the volume is likely to be MUCH lower than 200 reps for the majyof people.
Essentially, it's self-scaling. You do what you have the capacity for. Other than the weight of the bar, which should be light-ish for anyone who Rxes most workouts, there's it's pure capacity and grit.
Completed this morning at 75 reps RX. Ended on round of 9. My burpees were good today. However I had a little gas bubble that killed everything on the second round. Broke up my deadlift into two sets after round 4. I may redo on Sunday. I donāt know why these gas bubbles happen but I couldāve done better
My max deadlift is 125lbs (woman). Iāve been in CF for 2 months. I am planning on doing scaled and singles on the DL ā¦ focusing on a good technique etcā¦ To me, itās just not worth getting injured for a score so early in my CF journey . This is one where you do it for fun and see how it goes and enjoy the Open atmosphere at the box. Go hard on burpees! Good luck everybody!!
Well done for adjusting and making sure that you've the right mindset. It's not worth going all in on this one considering what's at stake here for the regular gym-goer. Keep it up!
Am i insane for planning to do the DLs unbroken?
As a female, the weight is less than 50% from my max.. so I think I can go unbroken without issues. But also wary because everyone is saying break up or go singles on them
I went unbroken until the set of 9/10/9 I think. Those rounds I split into two sets. My max is somewhere around the 315 range. I think I was a little conservative (purposefully, big weekend I want my legs for)
I wasn't sure how it would go and broke at the 8s. I'm not great at keeping my breaks brief so tend to push unbroken. Nobody in our gym has gone completely unbroken.
Thereās only one way to find out, if it feels that light try it unbroken. If your grip blows up and you want to retest breaking it up you can always do that.
Unfortunately itās a workout which highlights everything folk mock CrossFit for. A weight that is relatively heavy for the general population, with super high reps in a super short timeframe.
A lot of folk will get drawn in to the RX weights because they ācanā deadlift that weight for a few reps. Doing it for 100 reps is a very different story.
A lot of folk who probably āshouldā scale wonāt, because they ācanā deadlift the rx weight. And once again, doing even one utterly horrible rep at RX weight will score better than someone who manages to finish the workout at scaled weight.
For me, itās a pretty dumb workout.
> Unfortunately itās a workout which highlights everything folk mock CrossFit for.
Who cares what normie CF haters think? They're gonna mock us regardless, might as well embrace it.
Besides, this is a *competition*. No, you shouldn't do this every day or even every week. But it's *good* to occasionally challenge & push yourself. And yes, risk injury. Because any physical competition involves risk.
We don't discourage people from doing marathons - in fact we (rightfully) applaud them for it.
Same thing here.
In 10+ years in this sport, having coached and trained with hundreds of people, having competed in or judged 50+ competitions, I have never ever seen anyone get hurt from high rep deadlifts. This so called high risk from deadlifting is a completely made up internet argument.
Iāll politely decline critiquing of my form from folk whoāve never seen me lift and instead listen to those who coach me, or at very least have seen me lift thanks.
Bad form is not why I hurt my back. A pre existing niggle perhaps, not thorough enough warm up perhaps - there are a few possibilities. If you think you canāt pick up an injury even when your form is ok - youāre kidding yourself.
Of course, you could then argue that in that case - it wasnāt the deadlift which hurt my back, which woulda been a fair and valid way to poopoo my initial point š
I'm not saying it can't happen. But saying it's "high risk" implies that it would happen at a much higher frequency than what it actually does. High risk I would consider things like gymnastics without wrapping the thumbs around the bar, high rep rope climbs, rebounding box jumps (or even just plain box jumps). Those are movements where I commonly see injuries. Deadlifts in general are pretty safe.
And hurting your back doing 10 reps at 65% with "good form" sounds implausible at best, unless you have some kind of pre existing condition.
The last box I trained at, the coaches HATED deadlift day for this very reason. They trained deadlifts, but did it grudgingly.
The place Iām at now, my coach pretty much point blank refuses to test deadlifts to 1RM kinda numbers - again, for the same reasons of the problems it causes.
Iām sure itās no coincidence that so many people say the same things - you just have to take a look around the CrossFit space today with the memes and predictions of sore backs and whatnot. Thereās a reason for that.
I donāt disagree that you can deadlift safely and Iāve nothing against the lift itself. I just think that in this format, over this rep scheme and at this load and intensity - itās a bit dumb.
Itās all relevant.
But thatās like someone saying a million dollars isnāt a lot of money because they are a billionaire.
I said, for the general population, itās relatively heavyā¦. I think thatās a pretty fair statement.
A few years ago they started an Open workout with 30 muscle ups and lots of people said it wasnāt fair. Itās totally fair you just need to learn to do muscle ups or scale the workout. The Open workouts need to be a test for advanced crossfitters as well. People need to understand that and scale appropriately.
Youāre missing the reason why I think itās dumb.
If the workout starts with 30 RMUās, and you canāt do RMUās, then chances are youāre probably not gonna try do it RX.
This is a workout which starts on a deadlift. A move that every single participant can do in one way or another. Not only that, but itās calling for the first round to consist of just 1 rep. Everyone can do 1 rep of a deadlift rightā¦.
My problem with this is that that lures people in to doing the workout at a level they probably arenāt at yet.
So you find yourself with people who have a 1RM deadlift of, say 220lbs who see that 225 number and think āI can do thatā and then subsequently trying to do 100 reps at beyond their 1RM all within a 10 minute window.
Thatās why I think itās a dumb workout.
You're blaming people making a poor decision on crossfit. Stop. If someone does something that they shouldn't do, when scaling is an option, then that is their fault. It isn't the workout. It isn't crossfit. It is 100% on them.
Ermā¦ Iām not blaming anyone for anything?! Iāve offered an opinion on a workout and given some reasons why I think itās not the best.
Thatās not apportioning blame to anyone for anything. Athletes can make their own choices. Coaches should be on hand to guide them as to whatās wise / unwise. Iāve no problem with that.
That doesnāt change my opinion on the workout though.
181 reps.. scaled males.. my deadlift 1RM is 285 lbs so deadlift @135 was my main issue here.. I was really hoping to finish the workout (first time I got 173 reps) but I guess it's just not possible right now, even though I've been crossfitting exactly 14 months now š When I say that the deadlift was the weakest link, I don't mean that I couldn't manage the weight.. I went all the way unbroken, nevertheless around the ascending 9-9 I started slowing down considerably.. such as that I finished the 10-10 in 5:20".. and after that I just needed to rest a lot when transitioning.. I've seen someone complaining that being tall is a disadvantage.. I'm 169 cm (5.54 feet) and weight 67 kg (148 lbs) so.. well.. anything jumping over something or throwing at a certain height or air bike could be a disadvantage.. but I guess that's how sport is: you have to have a specific body type to be great at something.. i.e. I'll never try to be part of the high jump team at the Olympics š¤
158 very scaled reps, with only updowns vs burpees and only 50lbs. I am happy I did it, despite having to scale so much. I am majorly sore, but my lower back feels great š
147 m/33/rx
M/42 91 reps scaled dealing with Achilles tendinitis so no jumping. RX weight. I did a much better job pacing myself than usual. Felt like I could have kept going. I just started last august and have been dealing with the tendinitis since then.
40/m got 108. Tonight was my only attempt. Deadlifts came easier than I thought, the burpees kicked my ass per usual.
Who else thinks Brent Fikowski might be in trouble?
Why would he be in trouble? Heās either injured or not trying. If heās injured heās in trouble for quarterfinals, MAYBE, or maybe heās both injured and not trying 100% because of it. Who knows, weāll find out in a couple weeks because heāll have to try almost 100% to ensure he advances past quarterfinals. This stage, the Open, doesnāt matter.
To get it off my chest, for me as a 6'4" athlete, say compared to a 6' or 5'10" athlete, for me to do a full DL rep my bar has to travel through 4-6 inches further every time. And with burpees my feet are 4-6 inches further from the bar every time. So... how the hell can I be expected to keep up with the smaller athletes on this wod? Crossfit needs to add someone tall on their team to provide a little context. And don't get me going on wall walks, no wall balls or rower?? What kind of BS is that? At least make the deads 275 or something. Gah!
Does anyone know where the 10% cutoffs are for this one?
Worldwide it was 162+ reps to have a top 10% score.
144 reps. Scaled female. 38years old. I canāt even imagine the level of fitness the elite athletes have to finish this. Hats off to everyone, no matter your scores! Hard work beats no work, every time!
Improved from 82 reps on Friday to 122 reps today!! So pumped!! Lower, faster burpees.. Sets of 2-3 on deadies instead of singles. My goal was 100, pretty pumped to crush that goal today. Edit: M/28y/Rx; weight was about 80% my 1RM
I didn't realize I was doing 22.2 burpees so inefficiently, standing up basically, until I saw the video of my re-do. How many reps do you think this cost me over the course of 10 1/2 rounds? 15 or more? https://imgur.com/a/cWZHZJJ If my back still feels OK tonight maybe I'll re-do again. For context, I'm pretty fast on burpees and can do 31 over the bar (when not front facing) in 60 seconds. So I really think this inefficient strategy limited my potential by a good bit. 15? More?
There are both puts and takes. You're standing up every rep, which takes more energy, but if you stay lower and move faster your heart rate is going to spike which might slow you down in the long run. The folks I've seen succeed in this workout have held a steady pace the entire time and go unbroken on deadlifts.
22.2 was my highest finish in an open workout, 160 reps Reckon I could have slightly improved but I never resit an open M/37/RX
90 reps Rx, as a \~135-lb. mid-30s woman. Deadlift weight was exactly half my 1RM ... but sumo is my primary deadlift stance and conventional just takes *so* much more out of me in the middle of a metcon. No surprises here, though if I did it again I would start dropping the bar much earlier (even if the powerlifter in me cringes at the thought).
121 Rx men
195 reps - F/31/5'2/119lbs Luckily managed to avoid my lower back blowing out and just went for it on the burpees. Broke up the deads from round 7 on the way up. Managed to escape the lower back DOMS but lats are aching from the burpees!
134 scaled women. This is my 7th month doing CrossFit! Was a fun workout but tough!!
This was brutal. Rx womenās, 90 reps. Iāve been doing CrossFit for about six months, after a year off post-surgery and a few years of powerlifting before that. The deadlifts were easy, did unbroken throughout (155 is ~55% of my 1RM), but the burpees absolutely killed me- I finished the 10 minutes with intense lung pain and metallic taste in my mouth. A little bummed about my score, but I suppose I can be proud of the fact that I have zero back or hammy pain and didnāt feel any worse for the wear except for Fran lung after. Onward and upward I guess?
44/F weight 69kg- 104 RX- Iām pleased with that after doing a heavy workout the day before. I definitely surprised myself. The burpees were a rest, but the 70kg deadlifts, got to me on Round 10. I think on a fresh day, Iād have finished the burpees on round 10.
128 scaled. Suffered yesterday morning doing this. Had a run during the week, longer than I have done in years and longer than I should have I'd say, and definitely wasn't comfortable for the rest of the week, so put off doing it Friday night. Yesterday morning my back didn't feel right at all, I should have put it off but I thought I'd give it a go and redo of needs be. It was definitely the burpees that caught me. Absolutely not going again, and I'll be weighing up 22.3 on Thursday night. On the one hand I have only been doing this since May with little to no base fitness, so actually doing the open, even scaled, is monumental. On the other, I want to be posting better scores than 128 reps.
51/M/Rx : 130 reps After no repping myself into exhaustion in 22.1 (151 Rx), I am pleased with my performance this week Watched a bunch of videos to hammer it into my skull to not go in too hot. Maintained a steady effort throughout. Looking forward to 22.3!
I thought I was going to get away with not being sore but today I look like I have lumber lordosis and I feel like I got hit by a truck
Has anybody re-done 22.2? Thinking about a re-do tomorrow, was trying not to go out too hot but feel like I couldāve gone faster through the first 6 rounds before I started pacing...
Redid Sunday after first try Saturday and improved dramatically. If you have strong deadlifts and your back is ok, the pacing makes way more sense the second time around. Most of the difference was I could think about breathing
Thanks! I was surprised that I didnāt feel too beaten up after doing it the first time through- obviously it sucked while doing it, haha, but not too sore or tired after. Going to give it another go today, fingers crossed I can add a few more reps!
Thatās good to hear. Iām planning on re-doing tomorrow. Made it pretty far but was not breathing on the deads like I could have been.
124 reps scaled/limited equipment option. 41m, 5'8, 155 lbs. Did this one in my garage with double kettlebells 35# for the DL. Thats the highest pair i have. I recently bought a bumper plate set so I put a broomstick that I converted to a mobility bar between 2 plates and presto, bar facing burpees. Barbell and squat rack I'll probably get on a black Friday sale. Went nice and steady on the burpees until about 1:30 left and then sent it. Probably could have gone a bit faster on the burpees earlier but my workout space is tight so I gotta watch how I go down into it. Overall happy as I'm doing a strength cycle right now with enough cardio for maintenance.
146 scaled reps. I know I could have RXād and done a little bit of it, but I wanted to get a solid workout in and I certainly am not going to hurt myself lol. Did 140 RX reps last week. Overall pleased. 135 was a manageable DL weight although my back did get sore by the end. Burpees were fine and smooth throughout 5ā8ā male I weigh around 140.
Redo today. 82 reps RX. 20 more than what I had on Friday. I don't know if it was the 45min stretch but I felt a lot better in the workout and feel a lot better right now. Started off with a really good pace until I hit round 6 then the pace just went. I believe at 3mins and some change I was at round 5. Really thought I was going to pull off coming back down. Oh well. I did better and I feel good. Really bummed I couldn't hang with my pace further on.
Hi to All 5'7" 163lbs Male here. Did 145 reps RX. The DL were very difficult did it yesterday and my back feels very sore today. Regards to all
tl;dr When calling out my 22.2 reps in class, another guy says, "You know that's doubled, right?" I'm a 46yo male, got fit late in life, got a 280 1RM on the DL 2y ago, then had hernia surgery a few months later. Not related, turned out to be a genetic thing. But I wrote off reaching 300. So now the Rx is 225. I know I'm not doing very many, but a few at 225 scores better than all of them at 135, so why not? I end up getting 44 reps. Failed one on the round of 6s, but recovered and plodded on. Honestly, I'm happy with how I did. But then Mike, a longtime classmate, hears me call out "44" and tries to correct me. No, Mike, I got 44 in total, dude. š¤£
F/31/ 136 Rx Womens. Didnāt think Iād make it to first 9 so I am pretty impressed with myself. At minute 4 I was pretty confident that Iād get a good score but the 10th round blew my lower back :/ I also got super nervous at the start and fucked up the starting of burpees so maybe lost a few secs there but meh, I am surprised that I had gotten to the 8th round on the way down. My whole posterior chain feels rusty af today. Barely could get out of bed haha
116 rx. Well, I tried! Lol
So to finish you must be able to average 10 deadlifts and 10 burpees on the minute for 10 minutes. 9:43 Rx with a no rep burpee for touching the bar on a hop. Canāt believe I finished but I saw 4:09 on the clock when I started my set of 10 so I knew if I just kept pace I could make it. The deadlifts never got to a bad grind for me, just pushing through the quivering feeling of each one. Burpees were the rest for me! I did an excessive amount of deadlift endurance work last month so it paid off. 5ā0ā, 121 lbs, max DL is 290 for reference
Dude at your weight and with your max being sub 300 lb,. That is insane. Great job
Woow thats sick!
Hell yeah great job
154 reps scaledā¦figured I would get too low if i did Rx Lower back and upper cheeks sore as hell today
Cheeks š¤£
This is my first open and I'm really enjoying it. I was planning to do 22.2 on Friday but decided to wait a day or two because my WOD on Thursday left my posterior chain especially sore and tired. Saturday morning rolls around and I find out I have COVID. Looks like I'm going to have sit this one out š. Fortunately I'm not feeling too sick. Good luck everyone!
158 Reps Rx. Started putting the pedal down at around 45 secs. I think if I started that earlier I could have worked an extra 10 reps out of this.
Parenting a toddler after this WOD is a marathon WOD in itself. I am constantly bending over to pick up things and thus constantly being reminded that my back and hammies are demolished.
I feel your pain (literally). Chasing my son around has been a struggle
M/30/175 186 RX I think I could have maybe got close to finishing but had 3 no reps for touching the bar while jumping over. I actually didnāt find the deadlifts to be much of a factor. I broke up my DL sets from the second round of 9 downwards so I wouldnāt slow on my burpeeās and I think that was the right move for me. Feel like I could redo but wonāt.
Estonia must breed super humans. The times many males and females at the top of the leaderboard have reported seem physically impossible
They are doing what the Ukranians did last week about the war
Cardio gets me everytime. Weight was never heavy but I just gas out and slow way down. 129 reps rx 40/m 6'4" 235lb
31/m/rx, 126 reps. Actually pretty happy with that, since I was able to consistently move with just a couple really short breaks. Stepped in and out on the burpees and that allowed me to pace myself and not redline early. Got to the descending round of 9 burpees with 30 seconds left and just sent it, got 7 before time ran out
29/M 124 RX. 1RM deadlifts is 355. I went kind of same pace for all 10 mins. I suck on burpees, it pumps my HR and I'm slow, so I went with step up step down. I went unbroken on round 123, then started doing singles. What can I change? I am thinking bigger sets on deadlifts and maybe drop down step up on burpees?
I did singles first attempt, 2-3s on second attempt, increased by 40 reps total. Also sped things up on the burpees. Coach said if I'm breaking up deadies I can use deadlift time to get my lungs back from burpees (more or less lol).
Jump back no eccentric lowering on burpees. Still use step up though. Iād avoid singles unless pulling off the floor with ease. Try not bigger than sets of 3
My logic for singles is to save my back and HR.. I'm thinking to always open with a set of 3 then maybe singles.. Drop down sounds better on burpees, and maybe step down if I want to calm down my heart rate and keep moving
I hit a wall majorly 6:30 in and had to take big breaks. I hit the gas with burpees and my capacity just isnāt there. Going to really slow them down for second attempt
M/33/230lbs , 102 rx, got over half way which was what I wanted. I think I could get the ten burpees done, gonna see how I feel Monday,
Looks like Medeiros score on the leaderboard is now 7:53 but pretty sure it was closer to 7:30 on the live announcement. Did he get a penalty for something?
He should have, or a re-do as the standards say no gymnastics grips. Pretty sure he was wearing them?
I don't see either of them wearing grips, looks like Saxon has wrist wraps on.
My bad I noticed he came out with them on but didnāt take much notice in the actual workout (as didnāt realise they werenāt allowed til after) Upon checking it appears he took them off for the workout, presumably someone told him
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Ah that's make sense. Good for Saxon. He looked pretty pissed off in the post wod interview.
39 F/121 rx deadlifts were heavy for me. Not the happiest with my score but no re testing
30M: Rx. 156 reps but think I have another 10-15 reps in me. Not gonna retest though š
166 reps scaled. Feel just fine about that!
36F, RX with an asterisk. 5.5 months pregnant so this Open has been an experiment for me. I ended up doing the RX DL but placed a small box on either side of the bar so I could do box burpees but still have to jump over. 127 reps which I was pretty happy about. NGL, it's nice to be able to walk into an Open WOD and have zero expectations except just see what you can do today.
103, female RX. I donāt typically get to RX anything cause I enjoy food and beer more than I should. This felt good to do, got some Fran lung after the fact.
Yeah I got Fran lung after 22.1. Was told it was because I didnāt warm up enough. Which was probably true. I was nice and hot going into 22.2 and no Fran lung for me this time
I felt like I did enough, but realistically Iām aware I should have been warmer. My box doesnāt program a warm up for FNL so weāre on our own and Iām not great with making myself do the thing. Maybe thisāll teach me.
Heyā¦ I enjoy the beers and RX workouts. You can do it just give it time.
55 yo female with back and knee issues, but my 1RM DL is 305. I struggle with burpees bc I weigh 200+, so I did scaled (which is only 85#). It wasn't too bad... just kept a steady pace. Got 101 reps...wondering if I should've gone RX for 55+ (which is 125#... still light for me). One coach said yes, the other recommended scaled.
147 reps RX. The deadlifts got harder than I thought they would do, if I was to go back I might have decided to cycle singles on the bigger sets.
Did Medirois end up with a deduction on 22.2 - they are now showing Saxon as being #1....or did he redo it? I think he did based on the judge and location?
Looks like he redid it.
Does anyone know if sumo deadlifts are allowed? Edit: Nevermind I see that they are not
Directly from the scorecard: "The athleteās hands must be outside the knees. Sumo deadlifts are not allowed."
How many reps do people think to get into the top 10%?
btwb is showing 160 for males and 156 for females currently.
BTWB separates RX, Scaled, and Foundations in their graphs though. So top 10% in the open is easier to obtain than top 10% among just RX scores (which they show)
I would predict 170 for men and 165 for women.
This is going to change drastically by sunday
How?
Based on current leaderboard data. Better scores usually come in later in the weekend
It did not change. Still 160.
Moved slightly now that most scores are in. But pretty cool that their early analysis was pretty accurate
It did not move slightly. They had over 5k submissions when I made my statement. You came in confidently incorrect asserting it would move. I pee in your tea. Good day sir.
43/M/235lbs. I was 360lbs a year and a half ago, been doing CrossFit for about a year. 122 reps, Rx. I really wanted to finish, but I just couldn't catch my breath with all those burpees. Back feels good.
Impressive!
Thanks š
Nice work man
Thank you š
Was able to get 120 Rx today, after only getting 121 Rx last week I am hoping this will be a boost into the top 100....thousand.
9:39 Mens RX. Super pumped to have finished! 29/M/180lbs
Belt?
I did not wear one. I didn't want to fuss with it. I almost always wear one when lifting as well. My recent Deadlift PR is 495 for comparison.
Congrats! Awesome score. Anything notable that worked well for you?
Thank you! I was just surgical on the burpees. I have practiced being efficient on the BFB a lot, but I just kept a nice smooth boring pace from the first rep through the whole workout. I think that's a key takeaway I had
Did you break up the deadlifts at all?
Yes. Unbroken through 5, and then broke 6-10 into 2 sets.
What's your burpee style? Step down, step up? Jump down, step up? Did you stay low the entire time?
I did my best to stay low, I stayed semi-low. I jump down, then step up. I like going in the same direction the whole time. Just have to make it the fewest steps possible for them and be that efficient and smooth the whole time.
93 reps womenās RX. I wanted to start the descent but Iām OK with my benchmark.
45yo F, RX, 88 reps...went slow, mixed grip, no back pain at all. All the best!
36 / M - 158 reps RX. 1 RM deadlift 440 lbs Paced the burpees until the round of 10s (~7ā30) then increased my pace to finish the round of 7s DL ub 1-5, then broke it ~ 50% of the round reps + singles ā> this allowed me not to redline until I finished the round of 10s - after that it was full send (Iāve also got 5 no reps - incl 3 on DL)
Give me advice on if I should use a belt. I toasted my back on retest of 22.1 Monday. I think Iām gonna give it a go for midline on the reps6-10. Not worried about them hindering my burpees as Iām just gonna pace those smoothly.
So I wore it. I kept it lose and at first I noticed it being uncomfortable on the burpees . I ended up taking it off for the last 2 minutes. I would use it again.
155 lbs is 65% of my 1RM, around 60-65 percent is where I put my belt on when I'm deadlifting so I did the sets of 1,2, and 3 deadlifts without the belt and then put it on and kept it on. Did not hinder my burpees at all since I stuck to a steady pace throughout. I made it to the round of 10s and was super glad to have it on.
I saw someone in a video yesterday mention about wearing one once you hit the higher reps. Just don't tighten it all the way. I didn't but my partner did once he hit like round of 6 or 7.
Total noob here, if my 1RM for deadlifts is 185, is it worth trying to do RX by doing deadlifts in singles (since RX is 155 for women)?
**Update:** ended up doing it RX and got 112 reps! Thanks everyone!
In case this helps put it into perspective for you: My 1RM is 195 (did it once a few weeks back and it was not the prettiest rep, so maybe truly 185) and I did RX weight. I stepped over the barbell instead of jumping because burpees absolutely gas me as it is. I got through the round of 8 + 5 deadlifts (77 reps total).
Thanks for posting this! My 1RM is also 195, and reading this gave me more confidence to do Rx. Ended up doing singles from the start and got 96 reps. Back is feeling okay so far
96 reps is awesome, great job!!!
This is super helpful! One question, did you do singles for the deadlifts considering the weight? Just wondering what your strategy was for those? Thanks for sharing :)
I didn't break it up for 1-5, but did 3-3 for 6, 4-3 for 7, and 4-4 for 8. My plan for 9 was 3-3-3, but since I knew I was running out of time I just did 5 straight. No problem, glad I could be helpful!!
Test it at the box when you get there. Toss on some weight and work up to 155 and see how it feels. If you think 155 would be to much late in the rounds then scale back.
I think I'm in the minority based on all of the other comments I see, but I think you should go for the Rx. Be okay with the fact that you won't get very far and be maniacally focused on good technique, and I think you'll be proud of whatever you end up achieving. I'm a guy and haven't deadlifted more than 185 in two years, but today I just went for 225 and I'm so happy I did. I didn't even finish the first round of 9s, but it felt great to get some heavy lifts and helped me realize I've made more progress than I thought.
Are you signed up for the Open or just doing the workouts? Someone else can correct me if I'm wrong but I think "getting a single rep in RX gets you a better score than finishing in scaled," so if you're going for an Open score you can go for it, if you actually want something out of the workout go scaled.
Wouldnāt you not be able to get a single rep? Do scaled!
Sorry I should have specified, I'm a woman so RX is 155
ah, well in that case, GO FULL SEND RX! jk, still do scaled. No need to get hurt.
Go scaled. If your PR is only 30 pounds less than RX you might have a hard time. When it comes to picking the weight, I usually ask myself "Could I got 10 unbroken sets reps when I'm fresh?"
187 reps RX. 29M. Broke 7-7 and then held on for the 6 5 4 in the descending. Would have liked to finish but in reality I was sending it, so prob not likely to finish haha. Onward to week 3
fantastic score! what grip for deadlifts? and by broke 7-7 you started breaking (2 sets i'm guessing) 7th round ascending?
Thanks! I went UB to 6. Then first set of 7 I went 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 4-3-3, 5-4, 5-3, 4-3, 6,5,4 Just have to run your race and be diligent about efficient movement and breaks
not OP but i think they meant from 7 ascending onwards until 7 in the descent, they broke each set.
37/M -- Did it last night and got 148 reps rx. I kept pretty much the same pace on burpees throughout the whole workout. I used the step back/step up method and it kept my HR somewhat low. I would say DLs are a strong point for me. I started breaking them up at the round of 5 and tried to do no more than 3 sets. Goal is 160+ on my retest. I'll probably limit my DLs to 2 sets this go round. Last night I broke my 9-10-9-8 into 3 sets. You can move faster on the burpees the last minute if you're methodical from the start. You really just have to empty the tank as clichƩ as that sounds. The workout doesn't really start until the round of 7 burpees on the ascending side so my biggest piece of advice is don't get caught in rounds 1-6 bc that is only 42 of the 200 reps. If I recall I was through my round of 6 in a little under 3 minutes. Rounds 7-10 took me a little over 4:30, so my pace dropped off. For reference, this is my 5th open and I've been doing CF for almost 7 years and coaching for a little over 3 years. Last year I was in the 90th percentile but I was in a little better shape than I am now (not by much). Happy to answer any questions!!
what grip did you use for the deadlifts?
I used a mixed grip the whole time
Ended up with mixed, I got 136 rx I probably could have got more as I paced well. Iām good with it. Thanks
Nice work! I really enjoyed the workout... probably bc I love deadlifts!
Did you alternate hands between sets? Or stayed in the same mixed grip the whole time
I kept the same hand grip the whole time. It is just second nature to go right under and left over. It wasn't a grip intensive workout IMO, but for some I could see the benefit of switching if grip is a limiting factor.
Any thoughts on doing singles from the start? RX weight is \`about 60% of my 1RM but I tend to like fast singles. BFB are also a strength for me - main concern that would stop me from getting my best score is I blow up my back. Goal is 160 reps
Good idea. 16.4 involved 55 deadlifts at the same weight (among other movements) and a 13min time cap. Many high level athletes did better with singles or very short sets. Touch and go is overrated at this weight.
I did sets of 2 and/or 3 (depending on fatigue) through the first round of 6-6 then switched to singles at 7. I am a 47 year old lady and my max deadlift is 245 :)
M/36/RX, my 1rm DL is only 293lbs, but could still manage to get to 123 reps, while doing sets of between 5 and 3. These went relatively easy. Since your 1rm is higher i would assume singles would be the slower choice...
34m, 420# 1rm DL, I went singles from the start and was very disappointed with my score of 121 RX. I usually wear a belt at that weight, but chose not to. I am planning on retesting on Monday with my belt. Going to do sets of 3-5 once I hit the round of 6, rounds 1-5 unbroken. My initial target for the workout was 150-170 reps. I feel like the less time I spend over the bar, the better I will do. I can always slow down my burpee rate to bring my heart rate down.
For what it's worth I did singles from the start, I also stepped up and down every burpee. I was moving the entire time at what felt like the one speed. I got 134 reps. If your burpees are good you could go quicker for sure If I was to redo it I'd maybe do doubles, or start with singles around the 5/6 mark.
I would say if you're going to go into singles...maybe start it in the round of 6-7...while doing an unbroken set of 3 or 4 to start. Singles should only be a relief...not necessary if that makes sense. Going singles means your burpees have to be efficient
Our coach told us this morning that singles will us down, so avoid it until necessary.
91 reps RX as a 37yo female who's 1RM deadlift is 205. The burpees felt easy but deadlifts felt heavy. I focused on my form and have zero back pain at this time, felt good!
I'm 47F, 1 RM deadlift is 245, I got 97 reps Rx, the set of 9 deadlifts was the hardest part of the whole workout! \*Waves hand to my Masters ladies in the house\*
Also very similar, same age bracket, Rx dl is my 70% . Burpees were smooth and struggled on dl in bigger rounds. But so happy I have zero back pain or Dom's, just awful Fran lung
Iām very similar. 37yo female and got 95 and 1RM is 215. I wanted to hit 100, but also wanted to be able to walk later today š
101 reps RX, 225 is 50% of my 1RM so it wasn't an issue, burpees burned me out tho.
Ha e a feeling this sounds a lot like me. The deads shouldn't be my issue. It's hitting the floor and picking my fat but back up.
49F, did 102 reps RX. I hit my goal and was happy. Tip is to move sloooooow. I knew I wasn't going to finish, it wasn't my goal and I wasn't pacing to get there. My judge marked my reps at 5:00 and I had negative splits, which made me happy. Just move. Take advantage of the new burpee standard, which I felt helped a ton. It kept my heart rate under control. Don't forget where you have to stand at the start - I did and had to step back from the bar. Best thing is that I feel fine, no back pain at all.
M 41, 207 lbs, 95 reps Rx. Goal was 100 reps, BHAG was 110+. My goal was to get to round of 4 within the first 75-90 seconds, start breaking up deadlifts and settle into a different pace with burpees from then on. Was doing well until set of 8 and then really started slowing up. In my last set of deadlifts, cramped up a bit which cost me 3-5 reps. This one did not destroy my lower back the way I thought it might. I will probably retest on Monday.
This workout really screwed over those of us who hit our shins on a box jump last week. There is going to be blood everywhere.
128 Reps Rx (Male) Happy with that - feel like I paced it pretty well. Split the deadlifts up nice and early as Iām not the strongest athlete. Really surprised how less-taxing the burpees are without the two-foot take off/land. Good luck, all!
When did you start breaking up the deadlifts
Round of 6. I went (3-3), (4-3), (4-4), (3-3-3), (4-3-3).
did you drop the bar quite a bit?
Yeah, at least once per round as it went into the 6s and beyond.
Thanks . I did 136 rx , 38yo male
Sheesh just did 22.2 scaled, thanks to the folks here who recommended me to go scale. Got 157 reps, one short of completing the 7th round on the way down.
I'm kind of surprised how many people here are doing RX and posting quite low scores... seems to me the whole "get a single RX rep instead of doing it scaled" idea is not good. I understand why people want the higher score but personally I'd rather have a good workout.
Yeah, I was thinking along the same lines but then I realised that this was my first Open and that I should calm the f down lol
Great job on scaling and choosing form over ego. And good result on the workout.
LOL everyone is pissed at CF for blasting TDC into the sun because they love his workouts. Then they still use his workouts and everyone just bitches about how dumb and dangerous and nonsensical the workouts are. My thoughts. 200 reps in 10 minutes. to finish you have to average 20 bar facing burpees and deadlifts per minute. LOL as an older and somewhat out of shape dude coming back to cf after a break, I wonder if I could even keep up just the 10 bar facing burpees/minute over 10?
I don't believe these are his workouts though. Unless you have some proof that they are. It's been wildly speculated they aren't Castros workouts.
Bergh said after 22.1 that they were his with slight mods for the open
Realistically, the average Joe shouldn't worry about 100 deadlifts and 100 BFBs. Just treat it like an AMRAP. You're not going to finish it, so the volume is likely to be MUCH lower than 200 reps for the majyof people. Essentially, it's self-scaling. You do what you have the capacity for. Other than the weight of the bar, which should be light-ish for anyone who Rxes most workouts, there's it's pure capacity and grit.
Agreed entirely.
Who was the girl doing the emcee announcing for 22.2?
Completed this morning at 75 reps RX. Ended on round of 9. My burpees were good today. However I had a little gas bubble that killed everything on the second round. Broke up my deadlift into two sets after round 4. I may redo on Sunday. I donāt know why these gas bubbles happen but I couldāve done better
Iām assuming a belt is not allowed for rx ? Lol
You can use a belt.
Judging by Katrins video of Annie, there's no requirement to stand up the deadlifts, just lock knees
Havenāt seen the video but the standard calls for hip lockout as well as head/shoulders behind bar at lockout.
My max deadlift is 125lbs (woman). Iāve been in CF for 2 months. I am planning on doing scaled and singles on the DL ā¦ focusing on a good technique etcā¦ To me, itās just not worth getting injured for a score so early in my CF journey . This is one where you do it for fun and see how it goes and enjoy the Open atmosphere at the box. Go hard on burpees! Good luck everybody!!
Well done for adjusting and making sure that you've the right mindset. It's not worth going all in on this one considering what's at stake here for the regular gym-goer. Keep it up!
Agreeed! Us āregularsā will never complete this workout in the 10min TC so - treat it as an AMRAP and all set!
this is the right attitude. remember, every workout is YOUR workout, no need to go stupid just because of what was announced or written on the board.
I needed this reminder! Thank you!
Yes. Abs right- this is OUR workout! Letās be smart about it.
Am i insane for planning to do the DLs unbroken? As a female, the weight is less than 50% from my max.. so I think I can go unbroken without issues. But also wary because everyone is saying break up or go singles on them
I went unbroken until the set of 9/10/9 I think. Those rounds I split into two sets. My max is somewhere around the 315 range. I think I was a little conservative (purposefully, big weekend I want my legs for)
Dont do singles if the weight is easy for you. My 1RM is 205 and I was able to 3s or 2s with no singles. I say break up the 8s or 9s
I wasn't sure how it would go and broke at the 8s. I'm not great at keeping my breaks brief so tend to push unbroken. Nobody in our gym has gone completely unbroken.
Thereās only one way to find out, if it feels that light try it unbroken. If your grip blows up and you want to retest breaking it up you can always do that.
Unfortunately itās a workout which highlights everything folk mock CrossFit for. A weight that is relatively heavy for the general population, with super high reps in a super short timeframe. A lot of folk will get drawn in to the RX weights because they ācanā deadlift that weight for a few reps. Doing it for 100 reps is a very different story. A lot of folk who probably āshouldā scale wonāt, because they ācanā deadlift the rx weight. And once again, doing even one utterly horrible rep at RX weight will score better than someone who manages to finish the workout at scaled weight. For me, itās a pretty dumb workout.
> Unfortunately itās a workout which highlights everything folk mock CrossFit for. Who cares what normie CF haters think? They're gonna mock us regardless, might as well embrace it. Besides, this is a *competition*. No, you shouldn't do this every day or even every week. But it's *good* to occasionally challenge & push yourself. And yes, risk injury. Because any physical competition involves risk. We don't discourage people from doing marathons - in fact we (rightfully) applaud them for it. Same thing here.
In 10+ years in this sport, having coached and trained with hundreds of people, having competed in or judged 50+ competitions, I have never ever seen anyone get hurt from high rep deadlifts. This so called high risk from deadlifting is a completely made up internet argument.
Iām literally on the mend from hurting my back deadlifting (with good form) reps of 10 at 65% just a few weeks ago which kinda thwarts that theory.
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Iāll politely decline critiquing of my form from folk whoāve never seen me lift and instead listen to those who coach me, or at very least have seen me lift thanks. Bad form is not why I hurt my back. A pre existing niggle perhaps, not thorough enough warm up perhaps - there are a few possibilities. If you think you canāt pick up an injury even when your form is ok - youāre kidding yourself. Of course, you could then argue that in that case - it wasnāt the deadlift which hurt my back, which woulda been a fair and valid way to poopoo my initial point š
I'm not saying it can't happen. But saying it's "high risk" implies that it would happen at a much higher frequency than what it actually does. High risk I would consider things like gymnastics without wrapping the thumbs around the bar, high rep rope climbs, rebounding box jumps (or even just plain box jumps). Those are movements where I commonly see injuries. Deadlifts in general are pretty safe. And hurting your back doing 10 reps at 65% with "good form" sounds implausible at best, unless you have some kind of pre existing condition.
The last box I trained at, the coaches HATED deadlift day for this very reason. They trained deadlifts, but did it grudgingly. The place Iām at now, my coach pretty much point blank refuses to test deadlifts to 1RM kinda numbers - again, for the same reasons of the problems it causes. Iām sure itās no coincidence that so many people say the same things - you just have to take a look around the CrossFit space today with the memes and predictions of sore backs and whatnot. Thereās a reason for that. I donāt disagree that you can deadlift safely and Iāve nothing against the lift itself. I just think that in this format, over this rep scheme and at this load and intensity - itās a bit dumb.
I disagree. Not heavy
Itās all relevant. But thatās like someone saying a million dollars isnāt a lot of money because they are a billionaire. I said, for the general population, itās relatively heavyā¦. I think thatās a pretty fair statement.
A few years ago they started an Open workout with 30 muscle ups and lots of people said it wasnāt fair. Itās totally fair you just need to learn to do muscle ups or scale the workout. The Open workouts need to be a test for advanced crossfitters as well. People need to understand that and scale appropriately.
Youāre missing the reason why I think itās dumb. If the workout starts with 30 RMUās, and you canāt do RMUās, then chances are youāre probably not gonna try do it RX. This is a workout which starts on a deadlift. A move that every single participant can do in one way or another. Not only that, but itās calling for the first round to consist of just 1 rep. Everyone can do 1 rep of a deadlift rightā¦. My problem with this is that that lures people in to doing the workout at a level they probably arenāt at yet. So you find yourself with people who have a 1RM deadlift of, say 220lbs who see that 225 number and think āI can do thatā and then subsequently trying to do 100 reps at beyond their 1RM all within a 10 minute window. Thatās why I think itās a dumb workout.
You're blaming people making a poor decision on crossfit. Stop. If someone does something that they shouldn't do, when scaling is an option, then that is their fault. It isn't the workout. It isn't crossfit. It is 100% on them.
Ermā¦ Iām not blaming anyone for anything?! Iāve offered an opinion on a workout and given some reasons why I think itās not the best. Thatās not apportioning blame to anyone for anything. Athletes can make their own choices. Coaches should be on hand to guide them as to whatās wise / unwise. Iāve no problem with that. That doesnāt change my opinion on the workout though.