2011

Fight Gone Bad: A Brief History in Pain

Fight Gone Bad is just that... a fight gone bad.  In the below video, Greg Glassman explains his logic in the development of this nasty baseline, benchmark workout:

If you check Athletics Wiki , you will see that Fight Gone Bad is cited as one of the original CrossFit benchmark WODs.  It was designed to simulate the time domain of a mixed martial arts bout of five minutes of work followed by one minute of rest. It has been used in 3 and 5 round versions. The workout first appeared on CrossFit.com on 1 December 2004, although a hint of the workout appeared as just a snapshot image on 7 October 2003.  It was so named after BJ Penn, a professional mixed martial artist, remarked that it was like a "fight gone bad" when asked how it compared to a real fight. (see video above)

The Workout:

In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. We've used this in 3 and 5 round versions. The stations are:

  • Wallball Shots: 20 pound ball, 10 ft target. (Reps)

  • Sumo Deadlift High-Pull: 75 pounds (Reps)

  • Box Jump: 20" box (Reps)

  • Push Press: 75 pounds (Reps)

  • Row: calories (Calories)


The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. On call of "rotate," or "switch" the athlete(s) must move to next station immediately for good score.  One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is one point.  The total amount of reps completed in the three 5-minute rounds is your final score.

My score today was 354.  I'm going to give them one another try in about 4 or 5 weeks and see if I can break 400. I think I can... but only if I can cycle my box jumps and SDHP better.  Here's a quick video I put together of me slugging through this workout.

[embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75EYf27iQLo[/embed]

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