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| CrossFit is heading here to the desert for the announcement of CrossFit Open Workout 25.2! 🏜️
Open Workout 25.2, presented by U.S. Border Patrol, will feature a head-to-head throw-down between Emily Rolfe and Sydney Wells, live from CrossFit Incendia right down the road in Peoria, Arizona! Athletes: 🏋️♂️ Emily Rolfe stood on the CrossFit Games podium in 2024, taking third place overall and winning the Chad1000X event. In 2022, Rolfe needed emergency surgery after Event 1 at the Games and had to withdraw. Undeterred, Rolfe recovered and qualified for the 2023 Games. Rolfe is a five-time individual Games athlete and has four event wins to her name. 🏋️♂️ Sydney Wells qualified for her first CrossFit Games in 2023, taking home two top-10 finishes in the Inverted Medley and Cross Country 5K. Following in the footsteps of her sister and perennial Games athlete, Brooke Wells, Sydney qualified for her first Semifinal in 2021. She will attempt to return to the Games for her sophomore campaign in 2024. Tune in: 🗓️ March 6, 2025 ⏰ 12 p.m. PT — Open Workout 25.2 announced 📺 CrossFit Games website and/or YouTube channel |
Back to today’s work…
Warmup:
1:00 Jump Rope
10 Hollow Rocks
10 Calf Pedals in Down Dog
10 Reverse lunges
1:00 jump rope
10 Spider-Man Lunge w/twist
10 Thoracic High Fives
1:00 Jump Rope
2 Wall Walks
Barbell Warmup – With an empty bar, perform 5 Reps of Good mornings, Back Squat, Pause Back Squats. Then work up to starting weight for Back Squats.
S/S/S:
Back Squat
5,4,3,2,1
Increase weight ea set
Video courtesy of Catalyst Athletics.
Today is about hitting a heavy set of 5 back squats, followed by a heavier set of 4, then an even heavier triple, then and even heavier double. And then finishing it off with an even heavier single. If this become your new 1RM, cool! But focus on proper form over going for broke on the weight. Getting a new 1Rm with bad form just means you put your body in a bad position under heavy weight.
WOD:
EMOM 15:
Min 1 – 35 Double Unders
Min 2 – 10 Strict or Kipping Handstand Push Ups
Min 3 – 30 Calf Pedals in Down Dog
Min 4 – 45-Second Hollow Hold
Video courtesy of Bridgette Karl.
While Min 3 of this EMOM might look like a break minute, if treated correctly, it will put a good amount of taxing on the shoulders if you hold the Down Dog properly.
Scaling Options:
Dubs -> 70 Single Unders
HSPUs -> Pike Push Ups off box -> Pike Push Ups off floor -> Seated strict shoulder press
Hollow Hold -> Tuck Hold
Joint Strike CrossFit 