“Few things will fill you with as much dread.”  And yet few tests reveal the fitness level of an individual as FRAN.  Listen to CrossFit Founder/Owner Greg Glassman talk a little bit about the orgin of this workout HERE.

As always when testing a benchmark- use your most recent scaling so that you can compare the results.  If you have not done it before OR if you have already done an “apples-to-apples” comparison and improved- then increase the load and set a new standard for yourself.  The idea is to complete this in about 5-6 minutes.  Today we do not have a cut off time… but we really, really want this to be done within 6 minutes. Consult with your coach to determine a level of difficulty that is right for you.

Watch CrossFit Games legend, Julie Foucher do FRAN as part of a demonstration for Pepperdine’s sports medicine department at a lecture hall on campus. A series of experiments with Holden’s students were done with CrossFit Games athletes to look at the metabolic effects of training on some of the fittest athletes on the planet. What better WOD to test this than Fran!