Later this evening we will all finally know the answer to the first question of the 2018 CrossFit Open…”what is 18.1?” Dave Castro’s hint might not have even been a hint, and if it was, it sure did not help.
So what will Sam Briggs and Kristin Holte, a rematch of 17.1, be doing this evening at 5pm Pacific? We asked some of the top CrossFit Games athletes for their predictions.
Brent Fikowski
“Disclosure: I am always wrong. But if I was to guess…
“It will be inclusive for a wide range of CrossFitters. Likely most won’t need to perform the WOD scaled. It will be aerobic because that is Holte and Briggs specifically.
“Maybe a 15-minute AMRAP of Wall Balls, One-Armed Overhead Dumbbell Walking Lunges and Double Unders.”
Alessandra Pichelli
“Well, we’re all gonna be wrong, but I will go with…”
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Burpees
Dumbbell Thrusters
“That would hurt.”
Carly Fuhrer
“Frantasy Land. Haha. Let me think…”
30 Burpee Ring Muscle Ups for time.
Paul Castillo
Repeat of 16.1.
20-minute AMRAP
25 ft Overhead Walking Lunges (95/65 lb)
8 Bar-Facing Burpees
25 ft Overhead Walking Lunges (95/65 lb)
8 Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups
Cassidy Lance-McWherter
“Oh man! No thoughts. Just give it to us…we have to do it anyways.”
Mitch Sinnamon
“I’m calling a really long piece, 30+ minute AMRAP. Something outside the box.”
Jason Carroll
“My guess is plain and simple: 17.1 repeat with the new standards.”
Mekenzie Riley
“Hell, I never know. I don’t try and guess. I’m ready for anything.”
Tennil Beuerlein
“I actually haven’t thought much about it, but at this moment I would say something really long that would require Sam [Briggs] and [Kristin] Holte to demonstrate a good score.
“Light hang snatches, toes-to-bar and double-unders.”
