Five rounds for time:

• 30 Medicine Ball Cleans @ 10kg(M)/5kg(W)
• 30 Double Unders

Time: 23:44

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The sight of a full grown muscular monster squatting up and down clutching a big rubber ball doesn’t really inspire much awe, as opposed to the screaming agony of a 400lbs deadlift.

The Medicine Ball Clean is one of the funnier, “easier”-looking crossfit workouts, and it’s easy to get fooled by that. In truth, it justifies its name through the vomit-inducing sensation that it causes, and the head just spaces out after the intensity of those continuous weighted squats. I had to do mine in sets of 15-10-5, to much difficulty.

Good news is, I am finally getting the hang of Double-Unders, after struggling for an eternity! Could do about 10-15 in a row, although the clumsy legs still trip up more frequently than TNB’s lines at Namawee’s house.

Targeted a sub 20-min workout, but should be better once the DUs are smoother and my thighs can take more pain from the damn balls!

More about the Medicine Ball Clean.