AMRAP in 15 minutes of:
5 Power Snatch (110#/77#)
10 Pull ups
15 Box Jumps, 20 inch box
Post rounds and fractions of rounds completed to comments/LogWod.
CrossFit.com's question, the rope climbs at the CrossFit Games, very cool or dangerous?
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The rope climbs at the end of the 3 cuplets was an unnecessary risk. I would hav been more comfortable if they were at the beginning like the affiliate teams because of the athletes fatigue and we know they push themselves harder than normal people. Several of them took some pretty hard landings. In these cases, mats on the ground would have been a prudent measure.
There was also no safety equipment and I don't want to see special or saftey equipment added to the sport of CF. if someone was injured during the off the ground events, I could see helmets, pads, etc added.
Great job 6AM. 5rds/1 snatch @ #88
i like the implementation of more functional stuff, the walls, rope climbs etc are neat.
i wouldnt mind seeing a crossfit games with no barbell movements. how about a gurney drag, hauling large unruley objects, get one of those 180# medical dummys on your shoulders from the ground and fireman carry it, etc. attach some atlas stones to ropes and pull them...i dont know but there are a million ways to implement functional movements without barbells. throwing objects for distance, either a 1 rep throw, or throw an object a certain distance in as few throws as possible, or for time.
haul some heavy sandbags across a wading pool with 3 feet of water in it?
We Crossfit at our own risk and almost any movement can be dangerous if not done correctly. I was happy no one was seriously injured during the rope climbs but they were elite athletes so not all that surprising.
As for the rest of the programming, I liked most of it but I thought it was a bit excessive. There were a total of 9 events in the indivudual competition. Event 6a,b,c was more work than then entire 2008 CrossFit Games (minus the hill run). I know the Games have evolved a lot since 2008 but there has to be a better way to determine the fittest on the planet than 9 workouts in 2 days and one night.
I was a little scared someone was going to take a big fall, especially when I saw Stephanie get her leg stuck a couple times and she couldn't get down.
Perhaps if they were to start with that WOD it would have been safer and still just as challenging. That said, it was the WOD of the final 3 that the most men completed so does that mean it was the easiest or that they were all just pushing themselves even harder towards the end? Who knows...but I'm glad no one was injured...
6 rds, ripped my left palm on the last one. i didn't have a temper tantrum this time, though, which i kind of regret looking back...
20' rope climb as the last event (in a triplet) at the games was kind of like having the swim as the last thing in a workout/ triathlon. Potentially dangerous. It was like watching a NASCAR race. I kept waiting for someone to crash.
7 rounds + 4 PU's. Could NOT keep up w/ Nick!
5rds as RX'd + 3 snatches. Good times.
I agree w/some of the above posts. From a safety standpoint, having the rope climbs first would have been better, but luckily no serious injuries came from it.
I think you guys all nailed it with the rope climbs - for the team competition they weren't as bad as they looked, but we were fresh and a fall from the top would have been bad. For the individuals, they were far more fatigued from the weekend in general than we were, and it was at the very end of the most grueling workout. Recipe for disaster. I was surprised that they were allowed to use that height from a liability standpoint. I think safety equipment would have taken away from the event, but a more reasonable height, and a smarter timing for the individuals, would have been perfect.
5 snatch 110
5 pullups
15 bx jumps
5 rounds and 5 snatches
everything was good except the pullups as usual.
Donohoe out....
5 snatch 110
5 pullups
15 bx jumps
5 rounds and 5 snatches
everything was good except the pullups as usual.
Donohoe out....
This was a fun one!