“Karen”
For Time:
150 Wall Balls 20/14
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Coach’s Notes: Ladies, the prescribed competition weight is 14#. If you’d like, feel free to do this WOD with 16#. Click below to see how you compare against the last time you did this workout.
Compare to: 100817
Karen’s always a bag of douche
or .. 150 bags of dou … righteous.
everyone hates Karen… oh, wait, here she comes…
“Hi Karrrr”
There have been 4 Karen’s in my life
Mother – Like
Mother in Law – Like
First “real” girlfriend – Used to Like
CrossFit WOD – NEVER EVER LIKED
THAT BEING SAID I’LL BE THERE TO WORK ON MY WEAKNESS!!
9:56 RX
ouch. next time, lets work a little harder maybe? haha
Also not me!
11:21, Rx.
9:57 (RX)
612 rx
WOW
excellent time
10:03 Rx
I think wall balls are officially my least favorite exercise. I’d almost rather do 150 burpees.
omg Jon, that CANNOT be true… I guess you did use the word “almost”
Jon .. don’t give them any ideas .. they read this space too!
haha! Who could “they” be I wonder??
Sorry, next time I’ll write in code. “Iday almostay atherray oday 150 urpeesday.”
amazing squats you have~~
13:01 RX – thanks SOOO much to Dina for the coaching and moto!
Kristi, you have SO much fight in you I LOVED it! Thank *you* for agreeing to partner up. BTW, yes, Matt V. rocked it and wait until you see Sarah’s time! Double Wow! Keep an eye out!
14:52 hoping to make big improvements the next time we do this.
Loved how you stuck with it! High five. And let’s hope the “when” in the “next time we do this” is waaaay out there. Way.
you can count on it! Great job….
12:48
MOD: 16#
Note: Should go to 20# next time or stick to 16# and lower time.
Thanks Matt K. and Matt V.!
Go for 20, you will be stronger and faster the next time we do this, unless you do it 5 minutes from now.
Also thank you to Cindy for partnering up with me today
5:15 Rx
(PR from 5:36 last time)
FYI – women did 14# last time as Rx, too.
Thanks for clearing that up! I was gonna cry if I had to do 16.
BOOM!! – nice Sal!
The biggest of grins!
Coach Sarah smoked it today! AWESOME!
Holy crap, that’s fast!
wow is all I can say Sarah!
And you said you werent sure if you were going to get to your previous PR…way to smoke that WOD!
Comment usually reserved for DC or Coop, but you have earned it today.
ANIMAL!!!
You smoked that one Sarah, great going !
how is this humanly possible..holy crap chica!!! so pretty much you looked like a blur…you totally gave Karen a big @#$% YOU!! …You’re AWESOME!!!
You Rock!!!
7:28 Rx
i was so pumped for this i pulled a Harold … and then yelled for Ironman David Cooper to watch me chase him … but alas, i am a bridesmaid once again.
7:36 .. PR by 53 seconds .. 10% improvement since August.
Thanks to Big James for counting ‘my way’.
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL (times a million) Thanks for coaching today Stamper.
Great PR – You had me scared! Thanks for counting for me today… again. From now on when I think Karen, I will think John Stamper.
you made it look EASY!
9.06 RX
Thanks for the ecouragement and counting, Katelyn!
you rocked it Kate!
you sure did!
your face at the end said it all. So awesome to see you crank that out!
8:25 Rx
Thanks Chris for your help and good job today!
Thanks to you also. Good to meet you!
I’m unable to make the 10:30 class. My slot is open.
i hear devin is guest coaching the 10:30, so you aren’t missing much..
And it looks like someone needs to change the name on the computer in the box, as I definitely didn’t write that.
say what jon !!??!! that was a low blow!
Our favorite 1950′s fitness hero has passed.
RIP Jack
http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/01/23/obit.jack.lalanne/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1
Heard this a.m. … yes,
Thanks for sharing.
Kel woke me up in the midst of a deep slumber to tell me of this news.
Rest in Peace Jack.
Our prayers go out to Elaine Lalanne and the rest of the family.
A crucial WOD should come out to celebrate Jack’s life.
great idea!!
Like that idea! Might need to involve some toes to bar thing!
I was hoping we would mod Karen to Jack and make it 96 wall balls, 1 for each year of his life. I’m thinking that was more hope than change.
Big sloppy mess of epic fail this morning. First time doing Karen so when we got partnered up we thought it was a tag team a la Saturday… uh no. Numbers are meaningless since sets weren’t continuous, but did the first 50 in ~2:15, second 50 in 2:40, final 50 in 5:40. All 150 at 20 lbs but struggled to get adequate height.
Will try to RTFM better in the future….
Good work Nate staying with it and pushing yourself. I wouldn’t call this an epic fail, you had the first 100 in 5min that’s good. Your work capacity is almost there for the full 150. Great Job.
Thanks, man. I think the thing that I’m most peeved about is not having a “real” time to beat next time around.
quite the debacle..i coached you then 2 minutes later coached Dean..then the bulb went off over my head and said wait a mintue…one way to know guys is that no tag team would be that easy and no one is standing around, your partner is holding plank or something.
Thanks Coach, I’m just glad that there was indeed no plank involved, Saturday was enough for a while..
8:51 Rx – started to struggle with consistent height at the end. Legs are still wobbly
Hey Nate you did great on that, no fail there! Except yea our times we screwed up, but you put your all in!
Super thanks for getting me to the end!!
Clocking in 13:22, and switched to 16# as follows.. 75@20#, 75@16#
Good work gutting that one out this morning, it’s brutal no matter how you slice it. Thanks for keeping me honest on the form and reps.
haha, I remember writing that on Todd’s garage window….I meant it, too!
LOL! Had to post that one, Katie! Fun times in the garage!
7:12 Rx
45 seconds slower than last time. That being said, I think I may have been aiming for anywhere in the orange last time around (1st cinder block). This time my target was the middle cinder block and I would say this one was a legit Rx. After pulling out the tape measure, I’m not sure that my last 6:27 was legit. Stamp, do you remember our taget when we first did this?
bulls eye baby great job Coop!
11:43 RX
Jon thanks for counting this AM.
10:31 @ 14#
Still targeting the orange block (*waving my fist at the wall* “One day…”)
Thanks Nick and everyone else for the encouragement, talk about improving technique on the fly
12:31 it was as hard as I thought it was going to be.
12:08 16#
Why 16# you ask because Coach Stamper said that was what girls did last time !!!!!
Rah-rah!! You go Cheryl!
And because you let me guilt you into it. You did great though!
WTG Cheryl!
Actually, Coach Stamper said that the Rx for women is 14#, but females could scale up to 16#. I guess you are so AWESOME you decided to do 16#!!!!!!!!!
YEAH CHERYL!!!! THAT’S FANTASTIC!!!
Great job Cheryl!
Over Rx! I guess this whole CrossFit thing is just not challenging enough for you…
Thanks Colleen!
8:51 RX
8:47 RX
Notes to self, some additional data points: All squats were low enough; most balls (90%) hit the top of the middle row in the stripe, the remaining hit the top of the bottom row in the stripe; next time use a 16# ball or don’t stop as many times – just grin and bear it.
9:24 Rx.
This was my first with Karen. All I have to say is Karen isn’t the type of girl you bring home to Mom. She’s more like the type of girl you end up in rehab because of.
7:25
6:25 @ 15#
8:10……Still not feeling back to normal 3 hours later!!!
Great job Leigh! I thought about you last night when I read the WOD.
8:00 14#
Thank you Cheryl for the very needed encouragement!
Niiiiice!
sick daughter at home Karen….150 thrusters with 25 lb weight — 6:15 RX (rx is always easier when you create the workout
hey “Karen” leave my kid out of it next time you bitch!
two 25lb dumbbells? Nice DE! When will we see you at the box? Hope T heals fast!
just one….i left the other where it belonged..on the floor:)
Thats so funny Claudia!! I have to admit I almost turned around on my way over! You did great!! Thank God its over!
8:15 RX
Thanx to Leigh and Lani for the push. We brought the back corner wall down!
Lou Rx’d 10:39
Theresa #12 13:09
150 thrusters 45#
08:29 minutes
I’m not going to mention any names, but someone took the wall ball home. Adapt and overcome. LOL.
oooops. My bad.
MOD it still sucked WOD..2 days of rest.. 7:34–20# slam balls. Shoulder still intact but check back with me tomorrow
9:58 rx
if you consider rx to include a height handicap so that one can hit just below the orange line, since the ball is moving the same distance…right? right?
I believe rx is 9′ for women (just below the orange line), 10′ for men (top of the first orange block) FROM the FLOOR (not height dependent). if you hit lower than that, that’s a scale.
13:38 with 14#
Rx’d with 8:15 approx 1 min slower than last time trying to work on form and getting ball on target. Also deeper in the squat.
wont be able to make it to the 6:15 class tonight if anybody wants my spot
6:15 cancellation – work crisis (year end for accountants is crazy)
9:55. I should have made some of those throws higher, but knock it out next time. I honestly thought I was going to hate this one more. Phew.. maybe that is what they call progress.
6:33 all 150 of them!!!
I did the small little med balls that the CrossFit kids use, the 6#. I guess you could say that I RX’d the kid’s version of the WOD!
Good Coaching Devin!
CrossFit Fury WOD:
4 x 800m Run at 6 minute intervals (start at 0, 6, 12, 18 minutes respectively)
Times: 2:52, 3:05, 3:08, 3:10
Wondering if I did this thing right.. Feels like I should have at least been at 12:00 for this one. Holy crap! 5:15???? I think we have found the Bionic Woman and her name is Sarah.
hehe – thanks Cindy…or should I just say “shut up”
11:00. RX
9:10 Rx
“pinch a penny”
you da bomb Kelly- holy LOOOWW squats
oh hit middle orange block
Nice nice Stef!
HA HA! You remembered! I’m telling you that prision defense will help that ball reach the 10ft. mark!
Thank you for the compliment!
Also, you KILLED that workout! I was in awe (while still trying to catch my breath) how seamless and easy you made it look!
9:25 Rx – weekend killed me – 12:02 last time
10:58 Rx
thanks to Sarah, Coop, Nick and of couse STAMPER!
Cindy, Great job coaching!
Gary you have a beautiful wall ball
Such amazing squats and wall balls! Way to rock the wod Gary!
13:02-MOD WOD 20# medicine ball squats
9:27 rx.
10:38 My first RX! Last time was 13:28.
Thanks Jonathan and Josh for coaching me!
11:29. 14# ball and 9 foot target.
8:42 Rx (1:31 PR)
12:28 RX
Very happy that I was getting low in my squats and was hitting the 10ft. mark!
Def had the coughs hardcore afterwards!
PS – thanks to Step for helping me through this workout! I appreciate the support!
13:48 — 50 @ RX dropped to 16 for the rest.
Most of my wall balls hit the first row of orange
Next time, maybe start @ 16 or don’t go as low in my squat.
8:40 RX I think I can’t remember.
you got 8:20… nice work bud
8:32 rx
8:20 rx, 14lb, 7 foot max; soooo need to work on lowering my squats and reaching the 9 foot. Just so you know ….Erin rocked!!
11:47, 14#, 8.5 ft (as confirmed by Coach Jon)
Thanks Coach for counting!
10:40 Rx (last time 13:40)- great working out with you Sandy!
10:18 @16#. Will work on getting lower in my squats.