40.2

     This Week I am predicting a Grunt WOD. Which is probably what everyone is predicting...so it will be another gymnasty WOD.

     I have lots of reasons Why I think this will be a Chipper Style Grunt WOD:

          1. Week 3 of the Open is historically a Grunt WOD that rewards those with "lungs for days

          2. 2 weeks in a row with around 300ish reps on the gymnasty bar means it might be time

          3. There are lots of Open movements left

          4. I think they'll "bookend the Open" with a "two score" week, my sense a 3RM then couplet

          5. The ladies that will showcase the WOD this week are Foucher and Brooks

     Foucher finished 2nd at the Games in 2012 by placing 1st and 2nd in Pendleton, 1st in the track Triplet, 1st in the Chipper, and by having Top 10 finishes in the Rope-Sled Push, The Double Banger, and the back to back to back Elizabeth/Isabel,/Fran. Most all of those were Grunt and Grind it out events. Then there is this chart/picture:

     This is a chart of all of the Open, Games and Regional score these two ladies had last year. The asterisks are denoting WODs in which a) they finished similarly and also b)open movements that have not be used (thus far) can be found. Brooks is insanely strong and puts up her best scores in chippers, grunt wods, and odd object events. They both did very well on Regional Event 6 they both crushed Open WODs 4 and 5, and they placed very similarly worldwide on Open WOD 3.

     This entire story is probably just an exercise of my Open madness...but here is my prediction:

PREDICTION for 15.3...NOT TODAY'S WORK

         

      AMRAP in 19 Minutes of

               50 Calorie ROW

               50 WBS

               50 Burpees

               50 Box Jumps

               50 HSPU

     I can see them subbing in Hang Cleans and/or S2OH for one/two of these movements. Keep in mind HSPUs have never been in the Open. This WOD mirrors Event 6 from 2014 Regionals. The Team version of it had Double Unders, but I think HQ will save those for later. My prediction this week is also based on what I think 15.4 and 15.5 might be. Since there are still a ton of movements on the table I like this prediction. Its very similar to what Competitor Work was yesterday. 

     Concentrate on strictly paced Burpees today. You may need that skill very soon. Find a friend with a metronome App, or download MetroTimer. If you set it to 60bpm, it will beep every second. Second One = Chest to ground. Second Two = Jump to feet. Second Three = Jump and clap. Second 4 = Breath. Try to train this rhythm. 

 TODAY'S WORK IS:

With a running clock...

At time 0:00

     5 Minute EMOM of

          30 seconds to complete 7 PACED Burpees

          30 seconds to complete 1-2 MU

                    One burpee every 4 seconds, pace this appropriately

At Time 5:00

  

     5 Rounds For Time of:

          7 Hang Cleans (135/95)

          5 Thrusters

          3 S2OH

At Time 15:00

     20 pistols

     100 Double Unders

     20 pistols

At Time  20:00

     5 Min EMOM in 5 Min

          30 seconds to complete 6 PACED Burpees

          30 seconds to complete 1 MU

                    One burpee every 4 seconds, pace this appropriately