Leaderboard WOD - HELEN!

Hey team,

HERE WE GO!

A first shot at our leaderboard workout HELEN. This workout has been around since the very early days of CrossFit and really is a great representation of what a wod is all about - short(ish), with a mix of modalities, HELEN will tax you in a very efficient manner!

You can check out some stats on the workout by checking out the image below, which show percentiles and a nice distribution curve of scores (and a staggering number of entries!). Our run route is a bit tougher than most, so the run will be challenging for sure.

We'll look to take on HELEN likely twice more this year, and I expect as our running picks up, we'll be able to knock out some even better scores as we go. So treat this first one as a bit of a fact finding mission!

Here is one of my favorite all time videos of HELEN, done by OG CrossFit icon, James Fitzgerald:

Enjoy!

Cam

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TRAINING MONDAY - TUESDAY

WARM UP: 2 rounds

Row 250m

5/side leg up and overs (face up)

5 slow cobra to childs pose

10 cossack squats

WORKOUT PRIMER:

Every 1:30 for 7:30: Hang Power Clean

3 Hang Power Cleans, 50% 1RM

Light to moderate and quick and powerful... just priming the hips for the wod!

Specific warm up:

2 rounds of -

200m run, 12 swings, 6 pullups, rest 60 s

WOD: HELEN - LEADERBOARD WORKOUT!

Absolutely a classic wod, simple yet very effective! You'll want to warm up your run well beforehand, so hit the specific warm up after doing a few warm up pullups and swings and stretches to get your legs and arms ready.

Beware of the grip factor of this workout - yes you will be able to shake out your arms on the run but it will add up through a total of 63 kbs and 36 pullups... so break up reps as needed to sustain your work rate.

RX: 3 ROUNDS FOR TIME OF -

400M RUN

21 KBS (53/35)

12 PULLUPS

FG 2 - scale kb weight, jumping pullups or assisted pullups

FG 1 - scale run distance as needed, ring rows, scale kb as needed