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14.2 Chalk Bucket: Tips and Strategies

March 7, 2014 By strongfigure

Welcome to your one stop shop for 14.2.CrossFit-14.2-Workout-Standards

From the folks at Barbell Shrugged — CrossFit Open 14.2 WOD Strategy and Tips for Overhead Squat and Chest to Bar Pullups – TechniqueWOD:

Here is a 22 minute video that goes through strategy, mobility, and everything you will likely need for 14.2.

Highlights: go at the pace of the round, wear your OLYs, hook grip on overhead to save your grip on pullups, LOTS of mobility, nutrition, and wear neon green.  Oh and ladies — stuff your bra.

If you still want more, checkout the 5 pages of advice, tips, and videos from Tabata Times:

Coaching Roundtable: CrossFit Open 14.2 tips & advice from Tabata Times.

Coach Brian MacKenzie shares a five minute video:

Carl Paoli, Ken Crowder, Wes Piatt, Alison Belger, and many more share their insights in this article.

This video is 6 minutes — keep your heart rate low and save that grip. They also go through strategies for the different types of CrossFit athletes: beginners, bubble guys, Fronings…

How about advice from the athletes themselves? Talayna gives us some great tips and Camille explains her injury: advice camille2Here is a video with Chris Spealler that will help your pullups to be more efficient:

MobilityWod just released four videos with “Prep, Strategy, and Survival Tips” for 14.2 so click here.

Outlaw Strategy Tips and Pacing can be found here.

I think this is enough information for 14.2 but if we find any additional resources that we believe will help we will continue to update this post.

Filed Under: CrossFit, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: 14.2 crossfit open, barbell shrugged, tabata times

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