Kristin King from CrossFit Little Egypt in the North Central Region has taken out CrossFit Open Workout 15.4. King finished with 180 reps, making it through the round of 27 handstand push ups.
King finished ahead of Michele Letendre who finished in second with 167 reps.
https://vimeo.com/123004522
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Jacob Anderson, the 21 year old from the South East Region has taken out CrossFit Open Workout 15.4. Anderson finished with 183 reps, making it through the round of 27 handstand push ups.
To put things in perspective, thats 9 more reps than CrossFit Games Champion Rich Froning, who finished in second with 174 reps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtGWnNgQI2w
Week four of the CrossFit Open is now in the books with CrossFit Open Workout 15.4 completed.
For the first time we saw Handstand Push Ups in a work out, coupled with some power cleans.
Jacob Anderson topped the men’s leaderboard with 183 reps and little known Kristin King scored 180 reps to take this weeks honors for the ladies.
The top of the pile continue to look very consistent, with Mat Fraser still edging out Rich Froning for first position in the CrossFit Open. After a Open Announcement workout consistent of plenty of no-reps, Josh Bridges fought back and repeated to workout to score 167 reps good enough for 4th overall this week. Bridges continues the climb up the leaderboard to 14th overall.
Camille Le-blanc Bazinet extends her lead with just one week to go to claim the CrossFit Open title. Australia’s Kara Webb slips down into 5th place, with her score of 148 only good enough for 50th overall in 15.4.
CrossFit Games Affiliate Cup Champions CrossFit Invictus continue to assert themselves at the top of the table after four weeks of competition. Australia’s CrossFit Active retain their hold on 7th. All eyes have been on Rich Froning’s CrossFit Mayhem team who currently sit in 9th.
Dean Linder Leighton continues to hold onto the top standings for the men in Australia. Ben Garard edges out Khan Porter for one point, placing second and third respectively. The Australian men’s leaderboard took a huge shake up this week, with those top 30 placings being decided on just one more workout!
Kara Webb sits atop the Australian Women’s leaderboard with just 12 points, her workout in 15.4 was 4th overall. Top three rounded out once again by Denae Brown & Jess Coughlan. Winner of 15.4 in Australia was Rebecca Gowing, wth 155 reps pushing her up to 12th overall.
New Zealand are now represented in the Top 3, with Zak’s Pack in third behind CrossFit Athletic and Schwartz CrossFit. With limited places up for grabs at Regionals this year, the Team competition will be hotly contested.
The WOD Life catch up with Australia’s 4th Fittest Man, James Newbury of CrossFit Mode to get his thoughts on CrossFit Open Workout 15.4.
Newbury shares his initial thoughts on the workout, how to warm up and building towards Regionals.
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Carl Paoli from The Freestyle Connection shares his tips on CrossFit Open Workout 15.4.
Paoli identifies the challenge of this workout being the handstand push ups. Focusing on efficiency of movement to get you moving correctly!
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Rudy Nielsen from The Outlaw Way shares his tips on CrossFit Open Workout 15.4.
Primary focusing on the set up and execution of the handstand push up.
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CrossFit Open Workout 15.4 has been released and for the first time it includes Handstand Push Ups, complimented with Cleans.
With new standards being enforced, it is important that you carefully select your judge who is knowledgable of the standards. Ensure that the tape is measured correctly and you are ready to go. The last thing you want is that your workout being deemed ineligible due to incorrect set up.
Communicate clearly and effectively throughout the workout to ensure that the standard is met on every rep. Ensure you hold the standard and are accountable.
This is where the workout is going to be won or lost. We saw Josh Bridges attempt to bust out strict handstand push ups from the get go. Compared with Scott Panchik who went into kipping straight away. The difference was evident, as Scott was able to stay consistent and meet the standard required where as Bridges continued to get no repped, setting him back significantly.
If you need to break up your sets of handstand push ups, do so just before failure. Don’t find yourself in that struggling position where your arms are so fatigue that you simple cannot do another handstand push up. The muscular endurance is key on this workout, so break it up just prior. Shake your arms out, feel good and then get back on it!
Even if you are strong, don’t attempt to touch and go the reps. Just like Scott Panchik in the Open Announcement, just aim for smooth and efficient singles. Don’t use the extra energy required to touch and go the reps, even if it is in your wheel house.
As time starts to run out and you are on your cleans, you can look to move through these quickly if you have capacity.
It has been said before, that this workout is a muscular endurance workout. It’s not necessarily about your work capacity, rather the ability for you to continue to move through technical movements that tax your muscles to the point of failure.
Don’t aim to move so fast that you cannot maintain that pace throughout. Remember, smooth is slow and slow is fast. Lock out every rep, move smooth and consistent and let your reps accumulate. In the last one to two minutes you can then empty the tank.
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Complete as many reps as possible in 8 minutes of:
3 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
6 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
9 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
12 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
15 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
18 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
21 handstand push-ups
9 cleans
Etc., adding 3 reps to the handstand push-up each round, and 3 reps to the clean every 3 rounds.
Men clean 185 lb.
Women clean 125 lb.
Notes
Prior to starting this workout each athlete will need to stand against the wall and measure and mark their foot line for the handstand push-ups (details to the left). At the call of “3-2-1 … go,” the athlete will kick up into a handstand and perform handstand push-ups. Once 3 handstand push-up reps are complete they will move to the barbell for 3 cleans, then back to the wall for 6 handstand push-ups, then 3 cleans, etc. Each round, the number of repetitions of the handstand push-ups will increase by 3. After every 3 rounds, the number of clean reps will increase by 3. Athletes will continue following this pattern for as many reps as possible within the 8 minutes.
Your score will be the total number of repetitions completed before the 8-minute time cap.
Tiebreak
In this workout, we are using a special tiebreak method. Time should be marked after every third set of cleans (the last set before increasing the clean reps), i.e., after the third set of 3 cleans, after the third set of 6 cleans, after the third set of 9 cleans, etc. Whichever occurred last will be your tiebreak score.
For example, a male athlete finishes 5 handstand push-ups in the round of 24 reps for a total of 125 reps. During his workout he finished his third set of 3 cleans at 1:31 and his third set of 6 cleans at 5:25. In this case, he will submit 125 reps for his score and also enter 5:25 as his time in the tiebreak field. This athlete would be ranked above someone who got 125 reps and a tiebreak time of 6:00, but below someone with 125 reps and a tiebreak time of 5:15.
Note: All tiebreak times must be reported in elapsed time, not in time remaining. If you are using a countdown timer, you must convert to elapsed time before reporting your score. For this reason, it is recommended you set your clock to count up.
For Scaled options there is no tiebreak.
Equipment
• Wall with a line at the appropriate height for the handstand push-up
• Barbell
• Collars
• Plates to load to the appropriate weight for your division
For each workout, be sure the athlete has adequate space to safely complete the event. Clear the area of all extra equipment, people or other obstructions.
*The official weight is in pounds. For your convenience, the minimum acceptable weights in kilograms are 84 / 56 kg for Rx’d, 43 / 29 kg push press and 52 / 34 kg clean for Masters 55+ and Scaled, 52 / 34 kg clean for Teens 16-17, 43 / 29 kg clean for Teens 14-15, 29 / 20 kg push press and 34 / 24 kg clean for Teens Scaled and Masters 55+ Scaled.
Video Submission Standards
Prior to starting, film the plates and barbell to be used so the loads can be seen clearly. Also film the process of measuring the line for the handstand push-ups. All video submissions should be uncut and unedited in order to accurately display the performance. A second person with a stopwatch should be in the frame throughout the entire workout. Shoot the video from an angle so all exercises can be clearly seen meeting the movement standards.
Workout 15.4 Variations
Rx’d
(Rx’d Men, Masters Men 40-44, Masters Men 45-49, Masters Men 50-54, Rx’dWomen, Masters Women 40-44, Masters Women 45-49, Masters Women 50-54)
Complete as many reps as possible in 8 minutes of:
3 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
6 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
9 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
12 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
15 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
18 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
21 handstand push-ups
9 cleans
Etc., adding 3 reps to the handstand push-up each round, and 3 reps to the clean every 3 rounds.
Men clean 185 lb.
Women clean 125 lb.
NOTE: Athletes in all Masters categories who choose to perform the scaled version of this workout will still be eligible to advance to the Masters Qualifier. They will be ranked below all athletes who performed the Rx’d version, but will not be ineligible for the next stage of competition.
Masters 55+
(Masters Men 55-59, Masters Men 60+, Masters Women 55-59, Masters Women 60+)
Complete as many reps as possible in 8 minutes of:
3 push presses
3 cleans
6 push presses
3 cleans
9 push presses
3 cleans
12 push presses
6 cleans
15 push presses
6 cleans
18 push presses
6 cleans
21 push presses
9 cleans
Etc., adding 3 reps to the push press each round, and 3 reps to the clean every 3 rounds.
Men push press 95 lb. and clean 115 lb.
Women push press 65 lb. and clean 75 lb.
Teens
(Teen Boys 14-15, Teen Boys 16-17, Teen Girls 14-15, Teen Girls 16-17)
Complete as many reps as possible in 8 minutes of:
3 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
6 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
9 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
12 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
15 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
18 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
21 handstand push-ups
9 cleans
Etc., adding 3 reps to the handstand push-up each round, and 3 reps to the clean every 3 rounds.
Boys 14-15 clean 95 lb.
Boys 16-17 clean 115 lb.
Girls 14-15 clean 65 lb.
Girls 16-17 clean 75 lb.
Scaled
(Scaled Men, Scaled Masters Men 40-44, Scaled Masters Men 45-49, Scaled Masters Men 50-54, Scaled Women, Scaled Masters Women 40-44, Scaled Masters Women 45-49, Scaled Masters Women 50-54)
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 8 minutes of:
10 push presses
10 cleans
Men push press 95 lb. and clean 115 lb.
Women push press 65 lb. and clean 75 lb.
Scaled Masters 55+
(Scaled Masters Men 55-59, Scaled Masters Men 60+, Scaled Masters Women 55-59, Scaled Masters Women 60+)
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 8 minutes of:
10 push presses
10 cleans
Men push press 65 lb. and clean 75 lb.
Women push press 45 lb. and clean 55 lb.
Scaled Teens
(Scaled Teen Boys 14-15, Scaled Teen Boys 16-17, Scaled Teen Girls 14-15, Scaled Teen Girls 16-17)
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 8 minutes of:
10 push presses
10 cleans
Boys push press 65 lb. and clean 75 lb.
Girls push press 45 lb. and clean 55 lb.
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We have now passed half way in the CrossFit Open, with CrossFit Open Workout 15.3 completed.
Dave Castro once again dropped a bomb, with the first time Muscle Ups were first in the workout.
Who got their first muscle up as a result?
Ben Smith topped the men’s leaderboard with 630 reps and Sam Briggs scored 633, edging out Kara Webb to win the women’s workout for week three.
Mat Fraser overtakes Rich Froning for the first time in the CrossFit Open. With all the talk about Rich Froning not going individual this year and Fraser the next in line, Fraser has his sights set on finishing first overall in a competition where Rich competes as an individual. Can Fraser hold on our will Rich kick into another gear and secure that top spot?
Camille Le-blanc Bazinet continues her hunt for the CrossFit Open title, maintaining her lead after the third week of competition. Australia’s Kara Webb moves up into second place with another amazing Open Workout.
CrossFit Games Affiliate Cup Champions CrossFit Invictus continue to assert themselves at the top of the table after three weeks of competition. Australia’s CrossFit Active move into 7th, representing as the only Australian team inside the Top 20.
For a third week in a row Dean Linder Leighton continues to top the standings for the men in Australia. The top 5 is rounded out with seasoned CrossFit Games Athletes; Porter, Swan and Mackay. After being hotly tipped for a berth at the CrossFit Games in 2014 but missing out due to a regionals performance, Ben Garard currently sits in second.
Kara Webb asserts herself in first, ahead of Jess Coughlan and Denae Brown. Can anyone catch Kara? Stand out for week three was Tia-Clair Toomey, finishing in third place in Australia with a 508 reps on CrossFit Open Workout 15.3 and moves into 7th overall.
The Australian Teams leaderboard holds true after three weeks, with no change in the Top 3 between CrossFit Athletic, CrossFit Norwest and Schwartz CrossFit. With limited places up for grabs at Regionals this year, the Team competition will be hotly contested.
The 2013 CrossFit Games Champion is back to winning ways, with Sam Briggs taking out CrossFit Open Workout 15.3.
After battling injuries and dispelling rumors that she would be unable to complete the CrossFit Open, Briggs tallied a score of 633 reps, just 9 ahead of Australia’s Kara Webb.
However, this is not enough to secure Briggs berth at Regionals with the ex-Europe Region competitor currently sitting in 14th place in the South East. Briggs will need to maintain her place inside the Top 20 to continue her road back to the CrossFit Games.
Can she do it?
Via: CrossFit Games
CrossFit Games Veteran Ben Smith has taken top honors on CrossFit Open Workout 15.3.
Smith scored equal top score of 630 reps, however won overall with a better tie breaker score than Brad Townsend.
With the win in week three of the CrossFit Open, Ben Smith moves up to third on the CrossFit Open Leaderboard behind Mat Fraser and Rich Froning.
Via: CrossFit Games
Currently leading the CrossFit Open Leaderboard overall, Australia’s Kara Webb continues on her CrossFit Open rampage with 624 reps on CrossFit Open Workout 15.3.
Subscribing to the “one and done” strategy, Webb is running her own race in 2015 and she won’t stop until she is on the podium at the CrossFit Games!
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