The other day I reviewed a brutal WOD called Hope. It’s actually the WOD for an upcoming charity event for St. Judes Childern’s Hospital. The event is scheduled for June 9th. Hope is three rounds of max burpees, 75 pound Power snatch, 24″ box jump, 75 pound thruster and chest-to-bar pull-ups. There is no rest between stations, and 1 minute between rounds. In other words 5 minutes on, 1 minute rest, for 3 rounds.
I had a tough time with the workout. My score was 115; I had all kinds of problems, mostly related to the thrusters and snatches. But I’ll get another chance on June 9th and I’ve decided to make a goal of it.
I didn’t keep my score details, but I recall correctly it was something like this:
| Burpee | Snatch | BoxJumps | Thruster | C2B |
| 15 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 7 |
| 12 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
For a total of 115. I think a score of 150 is within my ability. So that means I need to get 50 reps in each round. For the Crossfit Open 12.3 I did 30 snatches at 75#, so I know I can do snatches. Of course for 12.3 snatches was all I had to do, and I had the advantage of a set of 30 at 43# to warm up.
But if I could do add 8 more burpees, 7 more snatches, 10 more box jumps, 5 more thrusters, and 5 more C2b I would be at 150. If I can just maintain 15 burpees, 15 box jumps, and 10 c2b that means all I need are 5 snatches and 5 thrusters each round.
The point of all the math is that it’s help to have a set of goals, a plan, and a certain flexibility to account for real world conditions (like pain, exaustion and limited talent.)
When I get to the WOD next time I’ll ask my partner to make sure I’m on target for 50 each round. One way or another, 150 is the goal.
Cheers.
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