Nice to meet you Fran

After meeting Fran for the first time on Sunday, I decided to look up videos of other people taking her on. I found a video of Camille Leblanc-Bazinet, who finished top 10 in the 2010 Crossfit Games. She did Fran in 2:29. Very impressive! Check it out on YouTube. I included her tips below. I especially like the part about not breathing. I am pretty sure I was bent over sucking in air several times through Fran. Ha!

Camille's 3 Tips to a Faster Fran

by CrossFit on Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 1:36pm

1. Don't wait to have your breath back because it won't happen or maybe it will happen but 20 minutes later. It's a waste of time and if you can't breathe anymore, well we all know a human can stop breathing for 2 minutes without dying . . . so we are okay.
2. Do butterfly. They are a lot faster than kipping pull-up and when they are done right you can almost take your breath back on those.
3. Never tell yourself that it's hard. Your body is able to give you way more than what your head think. Human is a complicated machine and we don't know our potential . . . so go on until your body breaks down. And if that time you don't have a nice Fran time, remember that you improve and the next time you are going to be better. And you can't be better than yourself so don't compare with someone else, just try to beat you everytime and you are going to win everytime.

-- By Camille Leblanc-Bazinet