CrossFit: 18.3 RESULTS

For those of you interested in how I perform each of the 5 weeks of the CrossFit Open, I post my results each Tuesday after the Monday deadline.

80’s Night At Friday Night Lights

Photo Used With Permission By Greg Skelly

We have just completed the third week (18.3) of the five week competition. Although I am a Coach, I'm NOT an elite athlete. I'm just a person, very similar to you. I'm considered a Master's athlete in the age category 40-44 years. I compete and post about it because it's fun taking part in a world-wide event with my CrossFit Community, and it's an opportunity to test my fitness to see what areas need improvement.

Hopefully, it may also inspire YOU to step outside your comfort zone to begin a workout program or even compete one day!

What Is 18.3?

If you missed my previous posts about the what, when, why, how and where of the 2018 CrossFit Open, you can catch up with 18.1 here, 18.2 here and 18.3 here. The third week of the Open caused us to:

“Jump For Joy!”

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Formidable Foe

Only a handful of people in the world finished this workout! This was tough. First of all, you have to be proficient in your Double Unders and have stamina to do 800 (if you finish the workout). Second, the Muscle-ups are extremely difficult and not many people can even do them, so they create separation in the pack. Third, and often underestimated, the heavy Overhead Squats and extremely taxing on the shoulders, along with everything else.

Shoulders...!

And THOSE are what got me. I’ve have nagging shoulder pain that I’ve failed to address, and it held me back here. Over half of the 20 reps of Overhead Squats at 80# we’re done as singles. Not to mention the fact that my stamina in Dubs is weak, stringing 5 together when I was tired. My results are below:

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My performance wasn’t as good as I hoped. I really wanted to have time to get to the Ring Muscle-ups to at least try to get my first one ever. But, it wasn’t to be.

18.4 will be released this Thursday at 7:00PM CST on The CrossFit Games Facebook Page. It's fun trying to guess what will be in the next workout; we even make a game it of it at our gym. I’m guessing Thrusters and Rope Climbs!

My main goal is to improve over last year's standings. This is where I stand after three weeks:

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Thanks for following along and cheering me on; I need ALL the help I can get!

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