Linda, oh Linda

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Allison Bojarski

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Saturday 091128
“Linda“
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of the triplet:
Deadlift: 1 1/2 body weight
Bench press: body weight
Clean: 3/4 body weight
Set up three bars and storm through for time.
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  • http://allisonbojarski.tumblr.com Allison Bojarski

    PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS WOD WILL HAVE TO BE MODIFIED FOR THE GROUP-CLASS ENVIRONMENT! Your instructor will assess how best to get everyone through some version of “Linda,” but it’s impossible for each person to have her or his own 3 bars.
    With that in mind, here are scaling options for today’s WOD, courtesy of the CrossFit BrandX forums:
    ———————–
    Big Dawgs:
    As RX’d
    Pack:
    Either Scale the weight back
    or
    Drop the sets doing 10-8-6-4-2 with the rx’d weights.
    Puppies:
    Scale the weight back and drop the sets as shown above.
    Check out this thread for an excellent discussion on power and scaling. Toward the end JDG discusses Linda.
    http://www.crossfitbrandx.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/3590

  • Avery

    Wrist (and the rest of me) can’t handle the volume of full Linda right now.
    So I did 6-5-4-3-2-1:
    deadlifts @185#
    bench press @55# (only thing that really bothered the wrist)
    full squat cleans @83#
    16:23 minutes
    Felt really slow except for the bench which was on the too light side of scaling.

  • Hari

    30:05 Scaled to 90% BW (210 DL’s, 140 BP’s, 105 Cleans)
    (68,54), (55, 42), (61, 48), (41, 21)

  • Reagan

    Linda as Rx’d BW 160lbs
    22:56
    Black Box (248,248)

  • Lenny

    19:32 as Rx’d
    this sucked

  • Jai

    Linda, full 10-9-8…3-2-1
    92# deadlift, 41# for floor press and cleans.
    35:36
    As usual, deadlifts took the most time.
    Practiced with purple string, 3 sets of 3 dead hangs then 4 sets of 1 where I held myself at the top for a count of 10. Then practiced push ups, 4 sets of 10.

  • Rickke

    35:40
    slightly over Rx’d on deadlifts and squat cleans and subbed less weight on bench press.
    BW: 140#
    DL: 215
    BP: 125
    Cleans: 115
    Thanks for staying late and pushing me, Sara!

  • Matt D

    did fight gone bad at cf 908 in nj.
    286 as rx’d. pr.

  • Peter Moskowitz

    35:30, pretending I weighed about 140 pounds.

  • http://www.crossfit305.com Joseph

    Thanks for hosting me on my visit home. Thanks Sara for not letting it get to me.
    Linda
    rx’d
    bw 160
    43: +.