16.2 tips

I’ll keep this simple. 16.2 feels a lot different than 16.1. 16.1 was a pure mental effort, as for 16.2, well your score will tie in with your maximal strength. Put it this way, if you can’t lift a given weight or the given weight is close to your 1RM, this is the end. For example, for a guy that can clean 205 on a good day, fresh, can’t expect to lift 225 after a bunch of toes to bar and double unders. So here’s a quick advise, go hard with what you’re good at and give yourself more time for your weaknesses. Breaking early on the toes to bar is a good idea to manage your grip. Regardless of your ability with double unders, your forearms will feel the burn and your heart rate will get jacked up.  I recommend a nice steady pace but don’t go all out. Again, if one of the movements is a weakness, try to gain some time somewhere else. For the squat cleans, remember that you can power clean and then front squat after, this might be a good idea if getting under the bar is an issue. Obviously, there’s way more to it, I’ll cover it all with you guys in the morning. Remember, this is about you getting better and improving, the whole CrossFit games, the leaderboard and a special post about tips to get better scores might seems too serious but in reality it’s all in good fun, scale or rx, it’s just a workout.