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10-25-2008, 02:55 PM
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King Kong
There's a new workout on crossfit called king kong.
DL 450lbs (or 435 or something) x 1
Muscle up x 2
Clean 225 (or 255 or something...i could go check but i'm bein lazy) x 3
HSPU x 4
there's something about this workout that doesn't sit right with me. i mean i'll give everything a shot once for fun, but when watching the vids, the workout doesn't flow for some reason. at least that's how i feel. does anybody know what i'm talkin about? i can't put my finger on it.
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10-25-2008, 03:44 PM
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I don't think you should expect that heavy deadlifts and cleans to "flow"...
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10-25-2008, 05:19 PM
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Yep, it's a pretty insane workout.. obviously you have to be able to move the heavy weight though. It's the cleans in particular that are probably the worst.
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10-25-2008, 06:19 PM
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Location: Charleston, SC
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The WOD was created by CF Alexandria.
The first guy to do it got a in the mid 7's I think when Anthony B. tried it he got 6 or so and Josh killed it with a mid 2.
Insane. I could do the cleans once and the deadlift not at all.
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10-25-2008, 09:20 PM
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Well now that I finally know what it is....
... it's going to take a very long time to be able to move around those numbers before I can even think of attempting this wod.
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10-26-2008, 03:50 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Grissim Connery
There's a new workout on crossfit called king kong.
DL 450lbs (or 435 or something) x 1 455 is what I saw
Muscle up x 2
Clean 225 (or 255 or something...i could go check but i'm bein lazy) x 3 250 this too
HSPU x 4
there's something about this workout that doesn't sit right with me. i mean i'll give everything a shot once for fun, but when watching the vids, the workout doesn't flow for some reason. at least that's how i feel. does anybody know what i'm talkin about? i can't put my finger on it.
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I saw 455 for DL and 250 for CL.
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Originally Posted by Steven Low
Yep, it's a pretty insane workout.. obviously you have to be able to move the heavy weight though. It's the cleans in particular that are probably the worst.
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I agree 250 x 3 after DLs and MUs is by far the worst part. I'm going to give it a shot in the near future, if the CL were first and the DL 2nd I would have done it already. |
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10-27-2008, 08:06 AM
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It looks like a strong, obviously heavy (due to low MUs and HSPUs) guy selected some things that he can do but very few other people can. I can do this; I just can't think of a reason why I'd want to. What's the point?
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10-27-2008, 08:19 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gant Grimes
It looks like a strong, obviously heavy (due to low MUs and HSPUs) guy selected some things that he can do but very few other people can. I can do this; I just can't think of a reason why I'd want to. What's the point?
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I guess you could say the same about lots of WODs. I think it looks like fun. I like short/heavy WODs |
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10-27-2008, 09:03 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Charleston, SC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gant Grimes
It looks like a strong, obviously heavy (due to low MUs and HSPUs) guy selected some things that he can do but very few other people can. I can do this; I just can't think of a reason why I'd want to. What's the point?
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The affiliate was just playing around with some things and this is what came out of them messing around. One of the guys said the original workout was a 500# DL but after he tried it out he couldn't get the 2nd round so they lowered the weight.
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Pain is your companion, don't go hide from it."
-Kelly Starrett
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10-27-2008, 10:18 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,600
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gant Grimes
It looks like a strong, obviously heavy (due to low MUs and HSPUs) guy selected some things that he can do but very few other people can. I can do this; I just can't think of a reason why I'd want to. What's the point?
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some big guy getting even for all the 5k runs and high rep pullup workouts..... |
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