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    The Troubles With Doubles

    @schafer Try wrapping bright tape around the middle of the rope. Get in good lighting and see if it stays centered. If the rope is scewing lopsided, you need to fix that first. It took me a frustratingly long time to figure out how.
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    The Troubles With Doubles

    @rhondasl I agree for some. But others must be like me - motivated like crazy, practicing routinely to the point of Achilles sprain, for years, with trivial progress. Hence, my post. There needs to be better instruction for those of us lacking natural ability.
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    The Troubles With Doubles

    There are more than two things wrong with how we teach double unders. Some months back I dropped in out of town and was honored when a super fit 50 year old guy offered to be my partner. He threw up unbroken toes to bar like nobody's business, whipped that 50 lb dumbbell into a snatch like it...
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    0 reps is way better than " " reps ?!?!?

    Here is what seems like a flaw in the leaderboard logic: In my 65+M division, all the dudes that entered 0 reps for workout are tied for 250th place. All of us that didn't bother to enter a score are tied for 292nd place. We are nicked 42 extra points for not entering a 0. I can handle it. But...
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    Worst WODs for a newbie

    Seeing OK‘s question about first class and the great responses makes me think of the times someone has showed up on the worst possible day. When I felt compelled to say “honest, it’s not always like this!”. Murph comes to mind. What are some others?
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