Workout #1 of the CrossFit Games Open (both 9 & 10am classes will start with an in-depth clinic on performing the snatch). As always, the WOD will be scaled to fit everyone’s needs:
10 minutes as many rounds as possible of:
30 double unders
15 power snatch
CrossFit Games Open 11.1 workout instructions – video [wmv] [mov]
The Power snatch loads are as follows:
Men and Masters Men 45-49, 50-54: 75lbs
Women and Masters Women 45-54: 55lbs
Masters Men 55-59, 60+: 65lbs
Masters Women 55-59, 60+: 45lbs
What is the CrossFit Games Open?
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The worst storm in the history of modern yacht racing was the monster gale that struck the Fastnet race in the summer of 1979. The Fastnet (named after its turnaround point, Ireland’s southernmost spot) is one of racing’s most prestigious events, and it had attracted more than 300 competitors, including several of the world’s most famous and successful boats. Conditions were fine at the starting gun, and while a storm was predicted, not even the best forecasters had imagined how ferocious it would be. At its worst, waves were 50 feet high and winds were 70 mph, devastating many of the boats and terrifying many skippers. Of the 306 yachts in the race, 69 didn’t finish, including some of the most exalted competitors; 23 sank or were abandoned. The winner was the brashest of yachting’s young disrupters, 40-year-old Ted Turner. His strategy? “We kept going at full speed during the height of the storm,” he told an interviewer. But wasn’t he afraid? After all, 15 people died. Yes, he said, “but I was more scared of losing than I was of dying.” –Fortune Magazine
