I Guessed My Time Before I Started the Clock

Justin Medeiros can predict his own workouts almost to the rep. I've done CrossFit on and off for 10 years - so how well do I actually know my body? I made my predictions before two workouts, did them, and checked every guess afterwards. On a trip to the US I met wonderful people and CrossFit Games Athletes...one of them, 2x CrossFit Games champion, Justin Medeiros and his coach Adam Neiffer. I watched Justin self-prescribe his reps for a threshold test and land them on the dot. So I tried the same principle on myself: predict finish time, break pattern, RPE and heart rate - write it down, hide it, no adjusting during the workout. TRY IT YOURSELF (or just guess what I got in the comments) WORKOUT 1 - 21-15-9 for time (12:00 cap) Front squats @ 50% of your 1RM (77.5 kg for me) Bar-facing burpees Predict: finish time, where you break on the front squats, RPE (1-10) WORKOUT 2 - EMOM, 6-minute rounds (8 planned - I did 6, time ran out) Min 1: 12 cal bike Min 2: 10-15 alternating DB snatches (light) Min 3: 12-15 wall balls Min 4: 12 cal ski Min 5: 10-15 sit-ups Min 6: rest or easy row Predict: your average heart rate (target: zone 3-4) CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:19 What I learned from Justin Medeiros 1:09 The self-assessment experiment 1:32 Workout 1: 21-15-9 front squats & burpees 2:35 My predictions (sealed) 3:49 Sensors & warm-up 4:57 Workout 1 - uncut 13:06 The reveal: how close was I? 16:02 Workout 2: EMOM heart-rate test 18:10 Workout 2 results 19:38 Final verdict TRACKED WITH Train.Red: Muscle oxygen sensor (left quad) https://train.red/ WODMotions: only Heart-rate for this Day (usually much cooler stuff possible) check them out! https://wodmotions.com/ Big thanks to Gommaar, that took me on the US Trip as well as Justin Medeiros and Adam Neiffer (even if they most likely forgot me again, it was over a year ago haha). NEXT UP: A week in the Project and THE TEST WEEK wuhuuu - subscribe so you don't miss it. --- Follow The Games Project: Instagram:   / thegamesproject   Website: https://thegamesproject.net Operated by based.athletics by Spengler Music by Epidemic Sound Kenji - Ooyy Bad Little Flex - Blac Bamboo Buck Step-in - Roy Edwin Williams Ode to an Outlaw - Glass House Growls - Cecilia Lindh The Games Project is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by CrossFit, LLC.