Crossfit Games 16.1: The History and Prediction

HISTORY tells us the 2016 Crossfit Games' first WOD will probably be snatches with burpees or double unders but the real answer wont be revealed until February 25.

What do you think it will be?

Let's look at the previous years:

2011 - Anyone's Games

10 min AMRAP (as many reps as possible)
30 Double-Unders
15 Power Snatches (Men 75lb/35kg : Women 55lb/25kg)

2012 - Get stuffed

7 min AMRAP
burpees

2013 - The Combo

17 min AMRAP
40 burpees
30 snatches (Men 75lb/35kg : Women 45lb/21kgs)
30 burpees
30 snatches (Men 135lb/61kg : Women 75lb/35kg)
20 burpees
30 snatches (Men 165lb/75kg : Women 100lb/45kg)
10 burpees
Keep snatching (Men 210lb/95kg : Women 120lb/55kg)

2014 - Back to Basics

10 min AMRAP (as many reps as possible)
30 Double-Unders
15 Power Snatches (Men 75lb/35kg : Women 55lbs/25kg)

2015 - Mix it up

9 min AMRAP
15 toes-to-bars
10 deadlifts (Men 115lb/52kg : Women 75lb/34kg)
5 snatches (Men 115lb/52kg : Women 75/34kg)
Then 6 minutes to find
1-rep-max clean and jerk

The Prediction

10 min AMRAP
15 Snatches (Men 75lb/35kg : Women 45lb/21kgs)
30 Burpees or double unders

What do you think it will be?

Remember this video?

2000 burpees later...

BURPTASTIC - or not! Either way over the past two months I have completed over 2000 burpees and there are a few things I have learned.
 
Currently I’m on day 65 of my 100 days of burpees challenge (Day 1 = 1 burpee, Day 2 = 2 burpee... Day 100 = 100 burpees) - there’s also the burpees we do during WODS (workouts) making my total more than 2000.

So over the weeks I’ve compiled this list of the best and worst things about burpees and this challenge.

Good things?
    1 - When someone says 20 burpees I’m no longer afraid.
    2 - My benchpress has improved - from struggling to do 40kg for one rep to easily doing 40kg for 5 reps - I’d like to think the challenge has helped this otherwise, thanks CFNS.
    3 - My pushups have obviously improved.
    4 - My house is cleaner - strange but I’ll put the radio on do 6 to 11 burpees and clean for the rest of the song until the next song starts.
    5 - This works - try to do Saturday + Sunday’s allocation on the one day, or Sun/Mon so you can have Sunday off.
    6 - I’ve tried all the variations of burpees and am starting to find the one that works best for me with a few suggestions from onlookers :)
   
The Bad...
    1 - I’ve done more than 2000 burpees.
    2 - burpees and hangover = no fun for me.
    3 - It sucks I have to scale them otherwise I get too sore for regular training.
    4 - If I forget to finish a day I have more than 100 to do the next time.
    5 - Burpee and Burpee WOD days suck.
    6 - Sometimes people look at me weird and ask what are you doing? Insert recorded message here.

Will I do this again next year? That’s a good question, right now I’d say no, but time heals old wounds so... maybe I’ll do 100 days of something else challenge next time.

Check my last post for the official 100 days of burpees challenge rules

To try WOD 1 again or not to try it again that is the question...

ON pace but probably a little to slow to get the all might 100 burpees in seven minutes. Heck, who was I kidding?

It all started with my aim last week, go steady finish strong. I did that, was exhausted at the end but recovered quickly giving me a total of 71 burpees. Putting me in 15,422nd place of about 20,000 individual women. In the Australian region that's 1086th of 1425 places.

I'm hoping the next few WODs will be better for me and I'll go a little harder. Oh well.

The big question and revelation especially for my first year ever in the competition was to try it again or not to try it again.

I spoke to a few different people and got their thoughts on it. A few had tried the WOD twice, the second time they did better. They got a taste and tried it again and did worse. However if I don't try I wont know.

I weighed up the pros and cons and there were three outcomes.

If I do it and do well - on the positive I may get a better score however it may also make me complacent for WOD 2 and I can't always have a second try. On the minus I'm stuck in 1086th position but there's always the next WOD and next year.

If I do it and don't beat my score - I just wasted seven minutes of my life. It may dishearten me for future weeks or simply wear me down. Who really wants to do burpees anyway?

I don't do it - I'm stuck here, I learn to go harder next time.

So I didn't do it and I've decided to take up jogging, at least it will help my endurance. I'm proud of my score and I look forward to next time lets climb the ladder!

Check in soon for Crossfit Games 2012 WOD 2 predictions.

A big shout out to my awesome scorer Michelle who did an amazing 87 burpees!! As well as my Crossfit Northside team!

(photo: me a little scruffy but hey I just finished my first ever Crossfit Games 2012 WOD)