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231115

Workout of the Day

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Meet Guest Programmer - Dale King: Nov. 6-19, 2023.

For max reps:
Thrusters
Hang cleans

♀ 95-lb thrusters, 125-lb hang cleans
♂ 135-lb thrusters, 185-lb hang cleans

Warm up to the prescribed weight and hit a single, maximum-effort set for each movement. Rest as needed between each effort.

Post loads used and reps completed to comments.

Scaling:
Reduce load to perform at least 10 unbroken reps of each movement. Beginners should practice maintaining sound mechanics at moderate loads rather than performing a single-set of maximum reps.

Intermediate option:
For max reps:
Thrusters
Hang cleans

♀ 80-lb thrusters, 95-lb cleans
♂ 115-lb thrusters, 135-lb cleans

Beginner option:
For load:
5-5-5
Thrusters
5-5-5
Hang cleans

♀ 55-lb thrusters, 65-lb cleans
♂ 75-lb thrusters, 95-lb cleans

Movement resources:
The Thruster
The Hang Clean

Comments on 231115

71 Comments

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Clint Michael
August 14th, 2024 at 11:28 am
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Intermediate option

Thrusters-10

Hang squat cleans-8

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jean vergnaud
January 3rd, 2024 at 2:32 pm
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10 thrusters @60kg

6 cleans @85kg then 9@80

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Jeremy Garcia
December 20th, 2023 at 11:18 pm
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M/33/215lbs/5'7"


Intermediate

MaxThrusters 115lbs 10

Max HangCleans 135lbs 13


Back was sore and blown up from snatches yesterday. Felt stiff today, but ready to only lift today. Could've probably pushed out 2-3 more thrusters. Thrusters were tiring on the shoulders and awkward on a sore core. Surprised by the HangCleans, they were quick and smooth. I remember 3@ 165 used to be quite exhausting. Either stronger or grip is stronger, because that 135lbs felt light. Wondering how 165lbs would feel.

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Rohan Bhatia
December 4th, 2023 at 2:53 pm
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Scaled to:


Thrusters- 12 reps @40.5kg

Hang Cleans- 13 reps @45.5kg

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Park Hyunwook
November 29th, 2023 at 7:20 am
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M/51/186


115# 12reps

135# 8reps

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Elizabeth Ibarra
November 28th, 2023 at 1:41 am
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11-27-23 / 7pm ( Carlos )

wu 3 mile run *24:31

into :

thrusters @115# for 15

hang pc @135 for 11

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James Gentile
November 24th, 2023 at 3:54 pm
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completed 11/16 at the Y. RXd


Thrusters - x10

Hang Squat Cleans - x3 (F on fourth rep)


185 lbs was a recent PR at x3 so not too surprised there. not a long break between lifts, was crunched for time.

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Amedeo Alessio Cerea
November 22nd, 2023 at 2:55 pm
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Intermediate

Thrusters: 11

Hang Cleans: 10

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Ki deok Park
November 21st, 2023 at 10:51 pm
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Rx

16/5

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Ralph Keeley
November 21st, 2023 at 5:51 am
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M/37/6’/176#


22 thrusters 115 lbs.

12 hang squat cleans 135 lbs.


Deo gratias

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Nate Gordon
November 18th, 2023 at 5:11 pm
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intermediate scale

20 thrusters 16 hang squat cleans

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Antonio Alves
November 18th, 2023 at 12:43 pm
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Modified, using 2x 12,5 kg DB

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20 DB hang squat cleans

15 DB thrusters

--

Peace.

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Kristen Compton
November 17th, 2023 at 11:18 pm
Commented on: 231115

Rx

thrusters, 10

hang cleans, 3

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Bryson McClure
November 17th, 2023 at 9:26 pm
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RX

21 Thrusters

10 Hang clean

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Jon Miller
November 17th, 2023 at 7:51 pm
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m/39/240


Thrusters: 15 @ 135rx

HPC: 7 @185rx

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Az Native
November 17th, 2023 at 6:43 pm
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Intermediate 115/135

Thruster 13

HPC 13

Didn't think I’d get that many cleans, but happy with it. 4 min rest between exercises.

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Vito Zolota
November 17th, 2023 at 9:25 am
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M/53

Intermediate

Thrusters 11-7-5

Hang power cleans 11-6-6

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Kevin Owen
November 17th, 2023 at 12:29 am
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Beginner: 9:08. 1k run 5:33

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Scott Wiedmeyer
November 17th, 2023 at 12:23 am
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37 / M / 5'9" / 140lbs


Dumbbells thrusters 5-5-5

40-45-45


Dumbbells hang squat cleans 5-5-5

40-45-50


Bringing dumbbells down after each rep has been hurting my wrists lately.

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Jessica Davies
November 16th, 2023 at 6:42 pm
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22 Thrusters, 13 hang cleans (Rx)

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Tammy Marshall
November 16th, 2023 at 6:31 pm
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RX

Thruster 10

Hang Clean 2

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Jason Belch
November 16th, 2023 at 10:53 am
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50yo Male 215#


Rx


Thruster 15

Hang Clean 8

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Antoine Vial
November 16th, 2023 at 8:01 am
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9 thruster

0 hangclean

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Bruno Rojas
November 16th, 2023 at 6:21 am
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with 60 Kg


6 Thrusters

6 Hang clean

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Alessandro Porro
November 16th, 2023 at 4:11 am
Commented on: 231115

Practiced movements with BB 20kg (25min)

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Deonna Lee
November 16th, 2023 at 2:30 am
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F/ 45/ 5’7”/ 175

Thrusters - 15 RX

Hang Full Clean - 11 RX


my 11 y/o son

Thrusters - 20 w/ 18#

Hang Full Clean - 15 w/ 25#

Really fun family garage time

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Gustavo White
November 16th, 2023 at 2:06 am
Commented on: 231115

My Second Training on Wednesday november 15 at night

Thrusters 10 reps https://youtu.be/zrrtFRIGFmw

Hang Cleans 5 reps 137 lb https://youtube.com/shorts/w-9Xpt80V8


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Sam K
November 16th, 2023 at 1:15 am
Commented on: 231115

Rx

18 - Thrusters @135

21 - HPC @185lbs


Son(16)

Intermediate

15 - Thrusters @115

16 - HPC @135lbs

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Byron Bright
November 16th, 2023 at 12:48 am
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M/39/5'10"/165lbs

Thrusters - 10 reps x 3

Cleans 5 reps x 3

Rx

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Shane Guertin
November 16th, 2023 at 12:26 am
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Thrusters RX - 12

Hang cleans RX - 3

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Steve Day
November 16th, 2023 at 12:14 am
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intermediate

115lb thrusters 17 reps

135lb hang squat cleans 15 reps

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Jennifer Avery
November 16th, 2023 at 12:14 am
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45# thruster, 3x5

65# HC, 3x5

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Jon Wilson
November 16th, 2023 at 12:04 am
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115 thrusters 8

135 hpc 11

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Scott Campbell
November 15th, 2023 at 11:31 pm
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M/54/217 lbs 

Max reps for:

Thrusters 45x5 55x5 65x5 75x3 95x3 115x3 135x4 95x8 

Hang cleans 135x2 155x1 175x1 185x1 135x10

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Lincoln Kerger
November 15th, 2023 at 11:21 pm
Commented on: 231115

Scaled to beginner weights (75 and 95#)

Thruster - 25

HC - 16


Most of the body and the spirit were feeling good enough to give at least the Rx ladies weight a go, but 2 reps into warm-up at 75# and my left elbow made it apparent that was the heaviest I was going in that lift today. Wasn't going much heavier in the HC either. Arthritis is a thing and it sucks. I was feeling kinda crappy about scaling that far at first, but in reminding myself about my #1 rule (listen to your body) I changed my attitude.


Mad respect to ya'll getting after this Rx!

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NA
November 16th, 2023 at 1:57 am

Great job - especially the mind shift to focus on the positive and respect the body when it says “not today”

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Troy Bruun
November 15th, 2023 at 11:13 pm
Commented on: 231115

21 Thrusters (115lbs)

13 Hang Clean (135lbs)


GWU: Full Body Rotations

2x 200m Jog/:45 Spiderman/10 Goblet Sqt/5 SASL Press


SPWU: Thruster Prog. ^Wod weight


HCL Prog. ^ Wod weight

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Lincoln Kerger
November 15th, 2023 at 11:26 pm

Well done!

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Kyle Lynch
November 15th, 2023 at 11:11 pm
Commented on: 231115

For max reps:

35-lb dumb bell thrusters

11 Reps struggled with wrists switched to DBs

30-lb dumb bell hang cleans

34 Reps should have went with 35lb DBs

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Justin Medlin
November 15th, 2023 at 10:34 pm
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Beginner


75# thruster

95# hang power clean, should've seen it called for a full hang clean

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Christian Simpson
November 15th, 2023 at 10:05 pm
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SC to 95/135#...13/13 reps

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Coastie Nick
November 15th, 2023 at 9:38 pm
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Intermediate:


12 Thrusters, 14 Hang Squat Cleans

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James W Bobo II
November 15th, 2023 at 9:43 pm

Solid work Nick!

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Lincoln Kerger
November 15th, 2023 at 11:25 pm

Good work bro! I wasn't hanging with you on this today.

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James W Bobo II
November 15th, 2023 at 9:05 pm
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M/39/72”/170


as rx 18 thrusters and 11 hang cleans. That was enough for today.

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Coastie Nick
November 15th, 2023 at 9:38 pm

Good job, James

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Lincoln Kerger
November 15th, 2023 at 11:25 pm

Well done!

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Mark Yates
November 15th, 2023 at 7:49 pm
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Mark Yates
November 15th, 2023 at 7:49 pm
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115# thrusters, 10 reps

135# hang cleans. I misunderstood and performed (mostly) hang power cleans instead.

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Mark Yates
November 15th, 2023 at 7:50 pm

Also 10 reps cleans

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Mark Yates
November 15th, 2023 at 7:50 pm

Also 10 reps cleans

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Luis Oliveira
November 15th, 2023 at 6:41 pm
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30 Kg Thruster - 15 reps.

40 Kg Hang Power Clean - 15 reps.

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Lee Robinson
November 15th, 2023 at 5:30 pm
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Worked upto a heavy 3 on each, then completed a max rep set.


Thrusters working upto 80Kg

Then 12 reps at 60Kg


Hang Clean working upto 90Kg

Then 12 reps at 60Kg

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Brian Louchis
November 15th, 2023 at 5:14 pm
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Rx

Thrusters: 11 reps

Hang Cleans: 7 reps

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Derek Eason
November 15th, 2023 at 4:45 pm
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Rx

Thrusters: 25 reps

Hang Cleans: 18 reps



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Jim Rix
November 15th, 2023 at 6:54 pm

At 160# BW…insane.

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James W Bobo II
November 15th, 2023 at 9:43 pm

Dude! Solid work

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Lincoln Kerger
November 15th, 2023 at 11:24 pm

Absolute beast my man!

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Dale King
November 15th, 2023 at 3:50 pm
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20 x Thrusters (135)

12 x Hang Cleans (185)


Thrusters were a significant emotional event. Took about a 10:00 break - did hang clean portion and legs were still zapped from Thrusters.

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Derek Eason
November 15th, 2023 at 4:46 pm

Those Thrusters were definitely a “Significant Emotional Event”!

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Chris Sinagoga
November 15th, 2023 at 6:33 pm

Great work Dale! And great workout design

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James W Bobo II
November 15th, 2023 at 9:44 pm

Nice job Dale! I'm enjoying the programming

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Lincoln Kerger
November 15th, 2023 at 11:23 pm

Monster effort, great work! I think thrusters are an emotional event period.

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Stacey Thompkins
November 15th, 2023 at 3:22 pm
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M/49/6'2"/180#


Modified with KB's...

Max reps

44# DxKB thrusters (18)

5:00 rest then

62# DxKB cleans (20)

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Manuel Ambriz Jr
November 15th, 2023 at 3:20 pm
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38/M/190lbs

Beginner: 3 RDs each

Thrusters: 16/20/15 @ 75lbs

HCs: 12/15/15 @ 95lbs


Should I have worked towards a 5 rep max? If I want to get stronger in CrossFit, should I approach load as traditional weightlifting? Increasing weight per set? Thoughts anyone? Thanks in advance.

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Rohan Bhatia
December 2nd, 2023 at 1:35 pm

There are days when only strength part is given where you have to increase weight. Other days in metcon the weight is fixed, so should only go for same weight. If you are still working on movements, so should only practice them with a light weight and learn the movement

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Jonathan Elmore
November 15th, 2023 at 2:39 pm
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Not a day for PRs but I’m here.


intermediate 10/10

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Brandon Maguire
November 15th, 2023 at 1:26 pm
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Intermediate option.

14 thrusters

9 hang cleans


Not feeling it today

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Charles Meyers
November 15th, 2023 at 1:08 pm
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Beginner option:

For load:

5-5-5

Thrusters

5-5-5

Hang cleans

♂ 75-lb thrusters, 95-lb cleans

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Steven Thunander
November 15th, 2023 at 2:07 am
Commented on: 231115

Globo wod: scale the weights here so you can get at least 10 unbroken reps on each, a good percentage is 70% of your 1 rep max. Make sure you warm up each movement well before starting the sets. Dumbbell subs are dumbbell thrusters 35/50lb dumbbells and dumbbell hang squat cleans 70/45lb dumbbells. Again scale the dumbbell weights as needed to hit the minimum reps. Hotel gym with only 50lb dumbbells men just do an AMRAP set with that weight.

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Chris Sinagoga
November 15th, 2023 at 1:45 am
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Champions Club Scaling Notes


RANT

Oooooooooh man this looks like a spicy one. Any time your first thought when seeing a workout is, "is that it?" then that's a major clue that the workout you're looking at could get really rough. Remember, the workouts on here are designed to even make the fittest on earth break at some point; it's not just about weight or reps or rounds, but also workout design. If Mrs. Gloria (our gym's favorite 81 year-old) did one max set of thrusters for a workout, she wouldn't get as much out of it, so adjusting the format would help. Same for a new kid just learning the form and just learning what kinds of fatigue are okay to work through and what kinds aren't. So don't be married to this format if you need more practice, or if you don't have the lifts like that. A max set of hang cleans at 185 would be worse than an 800m sprint for the fit athlete; do you have that capacity?


WORKOUT THEMES

Max output followed by full recovery. Weightlifting. Squatting without connection and upright torso.


SHORT MEDIUM LONG


LIGHT


MEDIUM

x

HEAVY


FORMAT/MOVEMENT QUESTIONS

See rant

Am I okay with thrusters taking some energy out of hang cleans?

Do I want to preserve the unbroken-ness of the theme or the weights? (If weights, set a time cap for each movement, or set a number to get to in as few sets as possible with minimum rest)


NEW TO CROSSFIT SCALE

Spend 15 minutes practicing thrusters

Spend 15 minutes practicing hang cleans


GENERAL FEAR LEVEL: 7?

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