Fielding on his way to an awesome Fran P.R!

Counting Reps – by The Claw 

I suspect at least some of you share my dilemma: When doing hard workouts, such as Fran, I sometimes lose count of reps. Here’s a simple idea that might help.
Crossfit counts reps in basically one of two ways: One, some workouts include a fixed number of reps, such as in Fran, with 21, 15, and 9. The second type workout is AMRAP, without a fixed number of reps. The main problem that arises out of fixed rep workouts is that, not only do you have to keep count, but you have to remember the number to reps. Believe it or not, this can get complicated when under great physical strain.
My simple idea is that when we do fixed rep workouts such as Fran, count backwards! And when counting variable rep workouts, such as AMRAP, count forwards.
The wisdom of this became apparent to me during the Fran trials last Saturday. I counted my own reps down from 21 and had no problems keeping count. Then I volunteered to count Traver’s effort, and I lost count! And I wasn’t even under any physical exertion at that point! (Fortunately, Eric was keeping track too, so Traver did the correct number of reps.)
So, I suggest when we count fixed rep workouts, such as Fran, we start with the first rep at 21, go down, and when we do rep one, we know we’re done. And when doing AMRAP, when time is up, just yell out the last number in your head.

Today’s Workout: “I Am Unbreakable” (borrowed from CFV)

One time through for time: All reps should be completed straight.  If you miss a rep, start the movement over!

20 DB Thrusters (35#/ 15#)
20 Pull ups
20 Sit ups
20 Double Unders
20 Push ups
20 KB Swings