Dear CrossFit, 13.4 and 13.5 Throwdowns Give Clues

Dear CrossFit,

Yes you are unpredictable, constantly varied, and consistently kick my *ss.  However, the next two throwdowns give clues that I find irresistible to pass up.  Also, we haven’t seen pullups, thrusters, C&J or anything spectacularly heavy yet, so….. here we go!

13.4 will be Spealer vs. Holmberg in St. Louis.  http://games.crossfit.com/announcements/graham-holmberg-and-chris-spealler-go-head-head-134  I predict that this will be Fran, in a classic battle between a lightweight (5’5″, 151#, 285C&J, 420 deadlift, 106 consecutive pullups) and a not so light weight (5’11″, 195#, 315C&J, 525 deadlift, 53 consecutive pullups).  There has been a lot of talk about the need for weight classes or divisions in CrossFit (like in wrestling, boxing, crew, weightlifting, judo, …) and HQ may be pushing back by staging this contest.

13.5 will be Fronnig vs. Khalipa in Santa Cruz, California.

I predict this will be one of three things: 1) a first-ever 15 minutes to find your 1RM C&J, 2) ten minutes, total weight C&J, 3) 12 minutes for C&J, 135#x10, 185#x10, 235#x10, 285#x10, 305#x as many as possible.  This will be an epic battle of the titans. Khalipa (5’9″, 210#,  315# C&J, 550# deadlift, 50 consecutive pullups) and Froning (5,9″, 195#, 370 C&J, 545 deadlift, 75 consecutive pullups).  CrossFit has “gone heavy” in its training, and this is the logical progression from last year’s Snatch Ladder.  I can’t weight to see this battle.

I wonder what tomorrow’s WOD will be…