If only they had cleaned up…..
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15.3, a classic CrossFit Triplet! For the first time in the history of the CrossFit Open, HQ decided to start a workout with Muscle Ups – drawing a definitive line in the sand between scaled and rx athletes. While the RX workout demanded skill and strength, the scaled workout was a simple and sinister test of your metabolic capacity! How are your quads feeling?
By placing the Muscle Up as the first movement in 15.3 – HQ have set the standard of what they believe is an RX athlete. Did you spend enough of your training in the past year focusing on gymnastics skills and strength?
Remember no one is born with the skills/strength to do a muscle up (unless you’re Braggins) – they had to build the right pulling/pressing strength; rip their wrists practicing the ring transitions, and grind through the pain of false grip. Don’t be disheartened if you didn’t get a Muscle Up this time round – instead get motivated, spend time building the strength, and practicing the drills.
It’s within EVERYONE to get this skill – at the end of the day, it’s not even a skill, it’s just a way that young gymnasts used to get from below the rings, to above!
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CLASH OF THE CLANS / 15.3 THE RESULTS
- Top 3 Scaled Finishers
Male – Jeremy Gaedkte, Craig Bigelow, Nicholas Antoniou
Female – Siobhan Mooney, Steph O’Rouke, Megan McLeod - Top 3 RX Finishers
Male – Thomas Braggins, Bryan Froud, Jonathan O’Brien
Female – Lauren Lovick, Emily Bonett, - Team Spirit Award goes to Ring Ninjas (Thanks to Brendan Gillen for being an awesome example of the Open, he got his first muscle up, but decided to go scaled to get a workout, then he stuck around and took photos for the box – Legend! The Champions of Chalk nearly got the spirit award, if only they had cleaned up after themselves!
- Special Mentions
- Brendan Gillen – first muscle up!
- Elin Engman, and Vanessa Phua – if 15.3 was about effort on the rings, these two would have won! Those muscle ups aren’t far away, keep working the drills, and I think we’ll see one in the next few weeks!
- Nicholas Antoniou for his OUTSTANDING judging skills 😉
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THE CLASH OF THE CLANS LEADERBOARD.
| 15.1 | 15.1A | 15.2 | 15.3 | Total Score | |
| WOD Killas | 66 (2) | 52 (1) | 53 (2) | 53 (2) | 7 |
| Disciples of Gong | 80 (5) | 60 (3) | 50 (1) | 59 (3) | 12 |
| Unicorns of Anarchy | 61 (1) | 70 (4) | 75 (6) | 74 (6) | 17 |
| Champions of Chalk | 70 (4) | 80 (5) | 91 (8) | 48 (1) | 18 |
| Followers of Bro’din | 86 (6) | 56 (2) | 56 (3) | 86 (7) | 18 |
| Ring Ninjas | 75 (3) | 113 (8) | 88 (7) | 67 (4) | 22 |
| Sweat Angels | 89 (7) | 98 (7) | 66 (4) | 68 (5) | 23 |
| Bar Barians | 80 (5) | 83 (6) | 72 (5) | 113 (8) | 24 |
- Big move by Champions of Chalk, taking first place in this weeks workout, moving from 5th Place to 4th Equal with Brodin
- WOD Killa’s and Disciples of Gong continue to dominate the Leaderboard!
- Unicorns of Anarchy hold on to their 3rd Place (JUST!) with Champions of Chalk, and the Followers of Brodin not far behind!
- Ring Ninjas begin their climb up the Leaderboard with a 4th Place Finish this week. A podium finish in the next 2 workouts could see them climb into top 3 rankings.
