The French Throwdown just announced its first two workouts via a live announcement face-off featuring Jelle Hoste, Victor Hoffer, Lucy McGonigle and Linda Keesman. Workout 1 was based on “Topsy”, a CrossFit Hero WOD.
The problem is that it appears to have been leaked prior to today.
In a story posted by Luka Đukić this afternoon, he shared a screenshot of a DM showing a “rumour” that the workout was a 16-minute AMRAP of ring muscle-ups, thrusters and row.
That DM was allegedly sent on Friday, January 23.
While the “rumoured” workout wasn’t exactly right, it was definitely close enough.
| Actual Workout | Rumored Workout |
| 15-minute AMRAP of: 3 Ring Muscle-Ups 8 Thrusters (50/35 kg) 17 Calorie Row |
16-minute AMRAP of: 3 Ring Muscle-Ups 8 Thrusters (60 kg) 17 Calorie Row |
So yeah, basically the same.
Đukić then calls the French Throwdown, Mayhem Athlete and the CrossFit Games a joke and compares this to how some athletes were doing “Chad” to the same standard ahead of the 2024 CrossFit Games.
