re: Crossfit Games 2016 (NSFW now)

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I watched the film on Netflix last night about the games last year. The head guy noted that Murph isn't that bad of a workout...in the gym...but when you throw it in the middle of the games, against the best in the world, it's different. People were being dragged into deep water with the elite of the elite. They went way too fast, and thus almost died. A lot of the top people didn't complain, they just said it was abnormally hot that day.

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This is the biggest thing with an event like Murph. When I do it, I have to take my time (to an extent) with the Cindy portion. I do a round (5 pullups 10 pushups 15 squats) every minute on the minute for the first 10 minutes. Each round usually takes me 40 seconds so I have 20 seconds after to rest and catch my breath before the next round. Then once I hit ten rounds (10 minutes into the Cindy portion), I go unbroken, one round after the other.

I'm sure if I was in the Games, though, I'd go unbroken from the start and die.