First things first…CrossFit Battle Ready Open (see sidebar at right) and Roger Clyne. Roger Clyne is better known for his escapades as frontman for a band from the late 90′s – The Refreshments. They had a couple of “hits” such as Banditos and Down Together. Roger’s band both before and after The Refreshments was, and is, Roger Clyne and the [...]
Check out Mary’s finishing position: You can see her ears in front of her arms. You can also draw a straight line from the bar, down through her hips, and through her heels to the floor. Yesterday was intentionally a light day. Anyone who did 16 x 110 yd ad max effort definitely needed to rest their legs. However, the [...]
CrossFit likes to specialize in not specializing. We do this by doing a wide array of exercises and a variety of skills. Today we will be focusing mainly on gymnastics skills. We practice these skills so that we have better control of our bodies, plus they require a crap ton of strength! Check out Gymnastic Bodies . It is a [...]
One of the main reasons we CrossFit is so that we can have more fun. We encourage you to play…run, jump, climb on stuff, swing around on the monkey bars at the playground with your kids, or do handstands. Do these things often. They are fun and you actually get quite a lot out of them. Tomi and Andy told [...]
We had originally planned to to Tabata Something Else today. Well, we changed our minds due to a technical problem with our concrete anchors. I’m blaming it on the cheap labor. Tabata Something Else will be another day – hopefully a long time in the future. Deadlift 8-8-6-6-3-3-1-1-1 WOD 3 RFT 12 Wall Balls (14/20) 9 K2E 6 Deadlift (155/225) [...]
This is one of the reasons why I don’t have a Facebook page. Your birthday workout is coming Drew! The CrossFit tradition is that you get to make your own workout for your birthday. Drew has already expressed his interest in performing multiple repetitions of curls. Prescribed weights will be 12 oz for women and a full pint for men. [...]
Great turnout yesterday morning! Having a large class makes it so much more fun! Keep bringing friends, family, neighbors, etc. to get a taste! I’d like to hold a “Workout in the Park” sometime very soon to give people a chance to experience CrossFit and not be intimidated by going to a gym. Does anyone have any suggestions as to [...]
Props go to everyone who came in and attempted Kelly yesterday. Even if you scaled the workout, there was no one who was slacking. There were plenty of sweaty shirts to go around. It is so motivating to watch all of you in action. You are why we do this…because we love to see people make positive changes. On a [...]
In just two weeks’ time we saw some massive improvements in the baseline workout. So far, no one who has done this workout for the second time has failed to improve. Johnny improved by 49 seconds, Shondra by 12, Andy by 104, Missy by 44, Hank by 50, and Mary was the big winner with a 167 second improvement! Consistency [...]
Today’s pic is from The 2010 CrossFit Games. Every year the best of the best come together and do some amazing feats of human performance. It is pretty inspirational to watch people give it their all. The Affiliate team that won was CrossFit Fort Vancouver, where I used to train! Not only are those people great athletes, but they are [...]
