Fran? Chelsea? Dianne?

Posted by Justus on Jan 16, 2013 in Workout of the Day |

What’s with the girl names? As all CrossFitters know, Fran is not the only WOD with a girl’s name. There are other names, of course, including the Hero WOD’s, named for those- whether military, police or firefighter- who lost their lives in the line of duty. But girl-named WOD’s tend to be benchmark workouts designed to measure improvement through repeated, regular appearance in your medium- and long-term reqimen.

They first appeared officially in the CrossFit Journal in September 2003, and that early list included Angie, Elizabeth, Barbara, Chelsea, Diane and Fran. The motivation for naming them, as Glassman said in December 2009, was simple: He wanted to be able to explain the workout once to his group, give it a name, and then refer to the name next time the workout came up. It’s easier to say “Fran” then to say “a front squat into push press followed by pull-ups.”

Why give them female names? Glassman has said that Fran leaves you crushed and exhausted and joked that “any workout that leaves you flat on your back, staring up at the sky, wondering what the hell happened, deserves a girls name.”

The Box (July/Agust 2012)

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WOD – 01.17.2013

All Levels:

Skill/Strength work: 5 minute AMRAP of Turkish Get Ups (alternating arms)

4 rounds for time of:

15 V-ups

25 kettlebell swings (53#/36#)

500m row

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Level One:

Skill/Strength work: 5 minute of Turkish Get Ups skillwork