Well the title pretty much says it all. I've been doing crossfit for 15 months now and totally love it. I've drank the Kool-Aide and totally believe in it. I'm participating in the Open competition but not with the hopes of making it to the Games but to challenge and push myself.

They just announced the third workout of the open (13.3) and I'm pretty well fucked. The work out is a 12 minute AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible) of: 150 Wall balls (20 lbs to 10' target)
90 Double-unders
30 Muscle-ups

If you are not familiar with these movements then you won't understand the difficulty. The wall balls are pretty taxing in that they are both one hell of a cardio work out but they also really burn the thighs after about twenty reps. I think I'll get through the wall balls but it will be a challenge.

Now double-unders are really tough for me. If you don't know what a double under is it's simple. It's just jumping rope like when you were a kid except instead of just jumping up and passing the rope under your feet once you pass it twice for each jump. This is a skill set I've just not perfected YET but am working on. I've only been able to string 9 together one time. Now the good part is I seem to do better when I am tired and I'll be damn tired if I finish the wall ball.

As for Muscle-ups I don't have to worry about them because I'll not get through all the other movements within the time frame. If I somehow do well I'm fucked to put it str8 to the point. I've only once tried to even complete a muscle up. A muscle up is when you grab hold of the gymnastics rings pull yourself up and perform a dip. Sounds simple but I'm telling you it's damn tough. Not only does it require a significant amount of strength but there is also skill involved. Muscle ups are on my goal list for my second year of crossfit.

There are only a hand full of people who will actually complete this work out in 12 minutes. I'm not sure how many men have done it but I know only one woman has ever completed it. Don't discount crossfit women either because they are legit bad ass gals believe me.

The first work out 13.1 was a 17 minute AMRAP of:
40 Burpees
75 pound Snatch, 30 reps
30 Burpees
135 pound Snatch, 30 reps
20 Burpees
165 pound Snatch, 30 reps
10 burpees
210 pound Snatch, as many reps as possible


The shitty part of this for me was I can't snatch 135lbs so once I completed the second set of burpees I was done so my total was 100 with a tie breaker of 7:14. The tie breaker was the time if took for you to complete you last complete set of snatches.


13.2 or the second work out was complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 10 minutes of:
115 pound Shoulder to overhead, 5 reps
115 pound Deadlift, 10 reps
15 Box jumps, 24" box


On this one I completed 172 reps. I was really pleased with this work out. 115 is pretty heavy for me on shoulder to overheads (push press) but very easy for deadlifts. My big problem is the box jumps. Several months ago I performed a 31.99" box jump but unfortunately it was onto a 32" desk. this resulted in 9 stitches in my shin and a huge mental set back. Box jumps aren't the hardest thing in the world but they are taxing and in order to be proficient with them you have to be able to get a good rhythm going. Well after my accident I lost total confidence and now each jump is a separate movement. Meaning I have to totally reset my mind, tell myself I am ok and then jump.

I'm really passionate about crossfit and would enjoy hearing others chime in. I'm pretty sure back in the day somebody on here mentioned crossfit and compared it to PX90 but I don't recall who it was.