Thursday 29 September

Check out the weightlifting skills in the video above.  Some of CrossFit's best athletes trying their hand at a more traditional Olympic weightlifting competition.  The comp also included a metcon to even things up between the big lifters and the big engines.

Workout
Work up to a heavy 3 rep clean in 15 mins,

Then the USAW CrossFit 2010 Triplet Workout

6 squat clean 55kg

12 pullups

24 double unders

AMRAP in 10 mins

Would you like to compete in an Olympic weight lifting competition?  We're going to host one in November.  Best of 3 attempts in the snatch and clean + jerk, plus a curly little metcon similar to the one above.  Total kilograms added to your total reps equals your score. 

Scaling

decrease clean weight, band pullups or ring rows, sub 100m row for double unders