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@nuka Every chance he was only in a class of 3-4. Kudos to giving it a go - strong for CrossFit and good for him to go out there and work on a different sport

@monimck If you have the ability to do all of that at home and have at least some variation of the movements where you don’t need a coach and it’s more a capacity/efficiency issue I would do this. Pick a movement to focus on for the day and do specific practise. Let’s say wall walks. Do a set...

@jonathan_gale I did the same thing. We had focussed skills sessions in the run up to the open. Last week I tried to get BMUs and didn’t. Then a week later I did. After a WOD so it’s not like I came in fresh. The good news is that you’ve done the drills and the programming so as long as your...

@edweve71 Start behind the bar, big swing through then push down hard on the bar and start raising your feet at the same time (or knee to chest type movement). Try and keep your arms completely locked out until your shoulders are over the bar. Don’t even think about the hip drive until you’re up...

@lauren_ I do completely agree. However, in powerlifting and strongman the grip issue is there 100% on the deadlift and somewhat in the bench press

@jonathan_gale I was in this boat for a while with BMU at just got my first one (2 days after I did 24.3 and about 30 mins before the cut off so no redo for me) You’ll get there. I stopped trying to do actual BMU and just focussed on the drills. The big things for me were the hips to bar with...

@truthtellah Point and counterpoint That sucks as CrossFit specifically loads using gendered loading parameters. Part of that requires a 15kg bar and in Olympic Weightlifting a 15kg for females is a standard However - the vast majority of commercial gyms only have 20kg bars. In powerlifting or...

@cnghello Do I RX and hope for some open magic for my first BMU?