CrossFit Open 23.2B
Starting right after 23.2A, you have 5 minutes to find: 1-rep-max thruster from the floor Score: the heaviest successful thruster, in pounds.Start CrossFit Open 23.2B with the timer
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Loads
Rx
Men: Load of your choice
Women: Load of your choice
Scaled
Men: 1-rep-max thruster from the floor
Women: 1-rep-max thruster from the floor
Movements
- Thruster
Movement standards
The bar starts on the floor and may be cleaned any way. Hip crease passes below the knee in the squat, and the rep ends with the bar locked out overhead.
Equipment
- Barbell
Coaching notes by goal
Bulking: Max Strength
Before: Have plates set out before 23.2A starts. Build from 60% in 3-4 jumps.
Pacing: Three or four attempts at most. Take a big breath at the top and drive through the whole foot.
After: 3 × 5 Front Squats at 70% + 3 × 8 Strict Press.
Nutrition: Surplus (+350 kcal). 40g fast carbs and 30g protein within an hour after.
Maintaining: Strength Under Fatigue
Before: Load your opener before the AMRAP ends.
Pacing: Open at a weight you'd make for a triple fresh, then two jumps. Clean, breathe, then go.
After: Easy walk + hip flexor stretch.
Nutrition: Maintenance calories. Electrolytes with 500mg sodium before you start.
Cutting: Technique First
Before: Practice the clean-to-thruster with an empty bar during the warm-up.
Pacing: One solid opener and one heavier attempt. Skip a big final jump if you're running on a deficit.
After: 10 min Zone 2 walk.
Nutrition: Deficit (-350 kcal), 2.2g/kg protein, zero-calorie electrolytes.
Coaching notes are OpenWorkouts' own suggestions, not part of the official workout.
Source: games.crossfit.com/workouts/open/2023/2; fitnessvolt.com and morningchalkup.com 23.2 coverage