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re: 2015 Crossfit in-game thread: Road to the Open.. 15.5.. The end is near.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:35 pm to Tigerfan56
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:35 pm to Tigerfan56
My injuries cant get worse and I'm less prone to get injured while working out than I am in daily, non-gym activities.
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 10:36 pm
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Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:37 pm to Lester Earl
quote:This is all true. Fortunately, I don't suck at touch and go and I'm not new to the games or OLY lifts. I'm 39 and have been doing them since high school with no injury and pretty decent numbers.
you can be good at OLY lifts but suck at touch n go. That kind of stuff needs practice if you're new or never competed
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:39 pm to LSUAlum2001
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I'll get to move up (or down, depending on how you look at it) in classification soon, so my chances increase in the near future.
As in on to Masters? If so, then you might be on the level where you can make games and then ignore this.
I'm not sure what else you could mean by switching classifications?
I've competed myself before a few times, and I've worked out with some really good athletes (regional and games competitors). I know a guy who was 24 and top 150 in Central East last year but he's seen the writing on the wall with the new format. It's basically a professional sport now. You won't see many newcomers working a regular job and climbing ranks to the games. It's going to be full time cross fitters. Focus more on improving your health and competing against yourself.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:43 pm to Tigerfan56
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It's basically a professional sport now. You won't see many newcomers working a regular job and climbing ranks to the games. It's going to be full time cross fitters. Focus more on improving your health and competing against yourself.
It was basically a professional sport before. Even the common people who are actually "Games caliber" was tiny. I don't see how anything changes for the 95% of people that do the Open for fun annually.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:43 pm to LSUAlum2001
quote:I know a thing or 2 about Oly lifting. Been doing it since HS and CF for about 7-8 years. Trust me I'm all about having good technique, but Games works naturally dictate that you haul arse with weight technique is going to or can get pretty shitty during the workout.
Good technique goes a long way.
Don't let it fool you
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:44 pm to CMBears1259
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This is all true. Fortunately, I don't suck at touch and go and I'm not new to the games or OLY lifts. I'm 39 and have been doing them since high school with no injury and pretty decent numbers.
I don't do touch and go oly lifts at all unless it's extremely light weight. Ever since last year and the first open workout. Our trainer recorded the ones of us who could potentially place a score for our team. I watched the video after of me and saw how awful my Olympic form was in those situations. The weight was light so it didn't feel like awful form. Ever since then, I've decided it's not even worth it to do T&G for me anymore, personally
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:44 pm to Tigerfan56
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I'm not sure what else you could mean by switching classifications?
pretty sure he's into some type of powerlifting.
Crossfit is new to him, as he said
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:48 pm to Tigerfan56
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As in on to Masters? If so, then you might be on the level where you can make games and then ignore this.
Correct. I'm using the open workouts as a gauge to see where I need to improve on the most over the course of the next year:
My goal is to compete a handful of times this year locally and hit Wodapalooza next Jan.
Don't get me wrong. Masters weights are still are bear. The hang clean/front squat/jerk complex in Miami last month was 225, 245 and 265.
225 is pretty much where I top out now with some bad technique. Hopefully getting that corrected will help those weights go up.
My biggest hurdle will be the ankle. Surgey is required for me to fully get it right. Just waiting until I accrue enough PTO to take a week off and get it done.
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 10:51 pm
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:49 pm to Lester Earl
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It was basically a professional sport before. Even the common people who are actually "Games caliber" was tiny. I don't see how anything changes for the 95% of people that do the Open for fun annually.
It was my understanding that they've cut down the amount going to regionals (to 20 I think?) and now have a scales division. To me- it seems like the open will be the weed out. Before, regionals were sort of a weed out. Open workouts were fairly simple. One could be great at the open because you can get by with not having elite strength, or elite advanced movements (muscle-ups, HS walks, etc.). Now I think you'll see more advanced workouts that really weed out people even before regionals. There have been individuals make regionals who could barely string together MU, who didn't really have elite strength, and so on.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 8:10 am to Tigerfan56
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A little more focused on increasing my lactic acid threshold
Consistently rolling out my legs and working on mobility daily have helped tremendously. I used to be the guy who only stretched when I felt like it, now I do it every day.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 4:04 pm to LSUAlum2001
Gonna make a late go at the gym today..
Of course, after doing about 75+ snatches yesterday off-program, snatches are on the docket today.
15min AMRAP
1 Power Snatch at 155
1 Round of Cindy
2 Power Snatches at 155
1 Round of Cindy
...add an additional power snatch every round.
Cindy, again, is:
5 pullups
10 pushups
15 squats
Of course, after doing about 75+ snatches yesterday off-program, snatches are on the docket today.
15min AMRAP
1 Power Snatch at 155
1 Round of Cindy
2 Power Snatches at 155
1 Round of Cindy
...add an additional power snatch every round.
Cindy, again, is:
5 pullups
10 pushups
15 squats
Posted on 2/4/15 at 4:47 pm to LSUAlum2001
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nothing but Snatch, Clean and Jerk work
Me too. But of a different kind.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 5:52 pm to Tooncesridesagain
I've done cross fit for the past month now after about 25 years of "bodybuilding" type routines. I don't understand the hate for crossfit. Best workouts I've ever had and the camaraderie is great at the facility I go to. In terms of functional fitness and athleticism, cross fit smokes anything you can do at a Golds, etc.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 6:22 pm to LSUAlum2001
I also knocked out Cindy and her power snatch at lunch.
This post was edited on 2/4/15 at 6:23 pm
Posted on 2/4/15 at 6:58 pm to barry
Any of y'all going to Slidell this weekend? I think they have a comp over there.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 8:39 pm to tke_swamprat
3 friends from the gym are competing Sunday in the Men's scaled division.
I expect them to win.
I expect them to win.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 8:22 am to LSUAlum2001
I have some buddies going. They should do pretty well also. I know one of them won something out in Slidell last year.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 8:36 am to LSUAlum2001
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Good technique goes a long way.
Don't let it fool you.
I saw something on Livingsocial for a month at a Crossfit gym here in BR for $50. I was thinking of signing up pretty much primarily for getting help with olympic techniques/form. I feel like mine goes out the window sometimes.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 9:28 am to tke_swamprat
I'll be there. Not competing but my coaches are the ones putting it on. It looks like it's going to be pretty big.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 10:04 pm to swampdawg
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I saw something on Livingsocial for a month at a Crossfit gym here in BR for $50. I was thinking of signing up pretty much primarily for getting help with olympic techniques/form. I feel like mine goes out the window sometimes.
Yeah, that's GCF.
They do that every year to let potential new members try it out for a month to see if they like it.
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