To quote a great man, "Boy, that escalated quickly!" #crossfit #CrossfitMasters #open15

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Awesome evening to ride! 63! What a difference a week makes...1 week ago we had shoveled 18" of snow, we had no power, and the temps were in the teens and heading to -5 overnight! Got to love #ohioweather #getoutside

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Wednesday! @worked up to a triple deadlift at #325, back was feeling a bit tweaky so I kept it light. Then AMRAP 8 @ 90% 10 Deadlifts @ #205 10 Burpee box jump overs (24") Finished 4 rounds and 3 reps, felt slow on these today. Back didn't want to cooperate. #crossfit #CrossfitMasters #open15 @dwoot61 @jtate59

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#judgementday @thebarbellbearclaw ensuring that @quadjilla41 holds the standard! #crossfit

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CrossFit Open 15.2

15.2 went pretty well for me. I hit 244 reps which is a 49 rep improvement form my 195 a year ago. Mainly by hitting 13 more reps and getting out of the round of 16 I was able to get through 1 set of 18 in each of the movements. Currently (as of 9:00 PM on 3-9-2015) I have made it back inside the top 200 scores. 

The workout:

Workout 15.2

For as long as possible:

From 0:00-3:00
  2 rounds of:
  10 overhead squats (95 / 65 lb.)
  10 chest-to-bar pull-ups

From 3:00-6:00
  2 rounds of:
  12 overhead squats (95 / 65 lb.)
  12 chest-to-bar pull-ups

From 6:00-9:00
  2 rounds of:
  14 overhead squats (95 / 65 lb.)
  14 chest-to-bar pull-ups

Etc., following same pattern

I was able to go unbroken on all of the OHS through the round of 16. I was so spent from the pull-ups, I broke and went 5-5-4-4 for the 18 OHS. The CTB pull-ups are always a challenging movement for me, I have yet to develop a solid rhythm on them.  I was able to string 5s together early in the rounds of 14 and 16 which helped put me over the hump to get to the next round. I am very pleased with the 244 reps and decided not to try to get a higher score, as I'm not sure that I would have been able to do that today.

Overall:

I have been able to get back into the top 200 (188ish), just by the barest of margins. 15.1A continues to haunt me. I was buried in the 1000s on that piece, while the best score (205) I had on 15.1 would have put me inside the top 15, to go along with a top 50 placing on 15.2. The is the test of fitness, which I was found lacking in the strength component. Strength takes time to build, and it will be a continued investment as the off-season come. 

Training today was affected by some fatigue from the weekend. I'm not sure I earned it today, but tomorrow I will make sure that happens!

Word! Can't give the @thenaturalgrip enough props for taking care of my hands the last two weeks! 210 TTB from the 2x I did 15.1 and the 122 CTB pull-ups from the only 15.2 attempt. #nomorerippedhands #crossfit #repost from @samdancing First of all, use @thenaturalgrip so you don't tear. I like red, it reminds me of blood and how I never see it on my hands because I take care of them. This is how you heal your big idiot tear. 1st clean your big idiot ripped hands with @cleansnatchsoap 2nd take a chunk of @wodrepairlotion and kneed it till it is soft and warm. 3rd take the ball, place it right in the middle of your rip. Work the edges down until the entire wound in covered. 4th put on a latex glove and wear it overnight. If it's not to bad it will be ready to roll by morning. If it's bad it will need two overnight applications.

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I Gus's it ok for the warm-up to be disrupted by the man! Arnold is in the house! #crossfit #arnold15

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