Archive for January, 2010

Everything is wet

Justin, you’re doing it wrong. The pants stay on when you work out… FOOTBALL GONE BAD Box Jumps (20in) Double Unders (mod singles or sub burpees) Pushups Row Thrusters (95/65) In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute. The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. This is a [...]

Where do you stack up?

I have no immediate intentions of going to this route but some CrossFit gyms out there have different level classes, Beginner/ Intermediate/ Advanced/ Elite. I love the mix of skills, abilities and strengths that we have throughout all of our classes. Here is an example of one of the CrossFit Gym’s standards to attend certain [...]

Should of? Would of? Could of?

Did you make the jump today and take on a bigger box? STRENGTH/SKILL 5×5 Hang Squat Cleans WOD 15 Box Jumps (30/24) 15 Push Press (115/85) 15 KB Swings (55/35) 3 Rounds Marci 10:35 alt/45/26 Lee 10:08 20/75/55 Danny 11:26 24/105/35 Allison F. 10:00 alt/45/26 Carla 11:46 20/85/35 Harry 11:24 24/110/55 Katie K. 9:48 alt/45/26 [...]

Running Sunday. Full, Half, 5K

Congratulations to all of our friends that participated in the Chevron Houston Marathon Events today, Howard B., Susie T., Carrie, Jeff A., Scott, Eryn, Laura S., Jeremy and Dennis. Did I miss anyone? I’m sorry if we missed you flying by it was crazy out there to eyeball everybody. Luckily I was able to catch [...]

I can’t straighten out my arms?!

This workout had a lot of pulling in it, make sure and stretch and drink plenty of water. Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. Stay hydrated. Range of motion is paramount. Quite simply, your weights should not be increased if it prevents you from maintaining your range of motion. Bowie, however, maintains it even with the bar [...]