The Original “Nasty Girls”

Some of you did the workout “Nasty Girls” last Thursday. You may be wondering where that came from and why it’s called “Nasty Girls”. Here are the original “Nasty Girls” from old CrossFit headquarters in Santa Cruz:

That was Annie, the Asian girl, Eva, the taller one and former Olympic skier, and Nicole, the cute little one with the worried look in her eyes. Nicole needed to be more explosive on her muscle-ups. The static muscle-ups killed her on this workout. This was one of the early videos and she got even stronger subsequently. She now runs the level 2 CrossFit certifications. Annie was just a little met-con machine. She competed in the affiliate cup this last year for one of the Santa Cruz affiliates. Eva was so strong. She made a second athletic career competing in Olympic Lifting meets. Notice how she just blows through the high hang cleans.

I love this workout, it’s a great representation of a balanced CrossFit workout including a gymnastics movement, the muscle-up, an Olympic Lifting element, the high-hang clean, and a metabolic movement, the air-squats. I have to say that although all three of them are awesome, I think that Annie was my favorite Nasty Girl. At the CrossFit certifications she was always so spunky and enthusiastic while coaching. If you want to see the whole video, you can go to www.crossfit.com > Exercises & Demos > WODs > Nasty Girls. Who is your favorite Nasty Girl and why? What is your favorite CrossFit workout? Why? Are there any workouts that you would like to see two people from CrossFit Marin go head-to-head on? If so, which one and whom? Post thought to comments.