Monday
WOD:
For Time:
21-18-15-12-9-6-3 of:
Sumo Deadlift High Pull
Push Jerk
Rx’d Weight for Men/95lbs & Women/75lbs
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This Week: Getting the Word Out
I’m pretty sure that many of you tell your friends, family, and for some of you anyone who will listen about CrossFit. When you first started, you were sore all over, everything was hard, and yet you couldn’t stop talking about how awesome the workout was or telling people how you saw someone do a handstand push up or a muscle up, and they looked at you like you were nuts.
It’s important for you to get the word out about the positive things that happen in your life! That’s the best part about the CrossFit community. Our relationships don’t end outside the walls of the gym. You build new friendships with folks inside the gym through suffering! How cool is that? We have all been beginners, we have all had that one workout that just broke us, and we have all experienced the excitement of reaching a new goal.
What are some of the funniest reactions you’ve gotten after talking to your friends and family about CrossFit?
“Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it’s in your power to help them. If you can help your neighbor now, don’t say ‘Come back tomorrow, and then I’ll help you.’ ” Proverbs 3:27-28
When I told someone that I had to do 100 pull-ups as a part of my work-out they said, “I couldn’t do one” and I said, “Neither could I – but, amazingly, you can”.
When Stuart first was first telling me about CCF it seemed likean odd mix of torture and cult -which explains why I am writing this at 5:10 am.
Dawn, Bobbi, Paul, and Blaine – the newsletter is great! very creative and professional – makes us so “uptown”…but still tough, of course.
” And that is supposed to be fun? ” – my mother
” D*mn, that is worse than boot camp when I was in the service ” – my father
” I have to get into better shape before I come there ” – most people I invite
” Why don’t you wear gloves? ” – everyone else
Answers :
1) It doesn’t have to be fun, to be fun
2) I love it.
3) Nothing will prepare you for CCF. Might as well just come. At which time I normally get another excuse.
4) Because I have yet to find any to match my purse. That usually does the trick (Sorry Tai)
Funniest story though was after a short foot chase at work and I’m walking the guy back to the patrol car. Feeling pretty good because I caught him with ease and I wasn’t even winded, I looked at him huffing and puffing and said ” You can’t mess with CrossFit “. Without missing a beat he says ” You’re right “, as if he knew what it was. He had no clue. Only thing he knew was that he got caught and was sucking air through every hole and I wasn’t. The End
Warren
To everyone involved with the newsletter-AWESOME JOB!!!!!!!! VERY PROFESSIONAL.Send a copy to headquarters.
To Warren and all law enforcement and first responders- THANK YOU,THANK YOU,THANK YOU!!!
“We sleep safely in our beds at night because tough men(and women) stand ready to do violence on our behalf”
Funniest reactions from co-workers: ” but, you are a girl” ” are you going to be one of those ‘bodybuilders” now?”
Funniest reaction when I miss a workout and have to make it up at globo gyn: “why are you on the rowing machine, there’s no tv” c&J” will you show me how to do that”
Funniest reaction from little skinny son “OMG Mom, your arms are bigger than mine”
Great game Friday Garris and Chris!!!
WELL WE REDEMMD OURSELVES SUN AND WON AGAINST THE REDWOLVES. PLAYED A LOT BETTER. SORE AS CRAP THOUGH. SEE Y’ALL FRI WHEN I GET OFF WORK. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT GUYS. AND THE DRINKS AFTER
REDEEMED… SORRY
Loved the newsletter by the way. Thank you to all who were involved in it!!!
typical crossfit conversation:
Victor– “yeah, i’ve been going to cross fit for about a year now. It’s really been great”
Other people at lunch — “so what it is exactly?”
Victor — “well, we do these work out of the days, they really concentrate on your core muscles, it makes you more athletic, ………………etc.”
Other people at lunch — ” SO………do the trainers actually encourage you to eat this much during lunch?”
Victor — [changes subject immediately]
I first brought my husband-he got hooked
2nd my 18 year old son, I kicked his butt
3rd my 17 year old son, half Cindy and he was sore for a week
4th my sister-in-law because her gym closed and she said we need mirrors and bigger bathrooms, more showers, too hot and the double unders “beat her to death”
5th my brother-in-law, he had been getting ready to enter the army and thought he was in great shape no problem, after Helen he was sore for days he gave us mad props for staying with it!
We went to my in-laws house after a WOD and were all hot and sweaty looking rough and they were like “you like this?” and we were like “heck yeah we love it!” and if we don’t look like this when we leave we didn’t work hard enough, they give us mad props too.
We give crossfit mad props and appreciate all of the trainers and members that make it a great place to work out!! Something about “joy shared is doubled and pain shared is 1/2″ I guess thats why its so great to all do the WOD together building friendships inside and outside of the gym…Bleeding, sweating and crying together ( yes I have cryed twice after WOD’s whipped me but I keep coming back). I’ll be in at 3pm today, see ya.
over the past two years of doing CF i’ve heard it all probably –
while CFing in Iraq with my female sidekick SGT K – we often would run into people at our DIV headquarters who would point us out and say, “y’all are the crazy chicks in the gym…” or while doing “Linda” at our Company gym in Baghdad – dropping metal plates and all…..often we were approached and asked, “are you all trying to kill yourselves….”
even later, back in the states, at Moncrief Hospital of all places on Ft. Jackson, i’ve had people walk up to me and say,” Hey Ma’am! you were always in the gym while we were deployed….”
crazy.
when i returned from my deployment, eric was sick of hearing me talk on and on about CF and SOOOOO resistent to try it with be because i was “OBSESSED” with it, as he’d put it…..eventually, i got him hooked too.
my ladies at my work lunchbunch have dubbed me “KILLA” for putting them through CF-esque workouts every MWF……secretly, they love it.
and yesterday, went with my sister to her gym to walk with her and Baby Cabell in the Baby Bjorn so she could “work it out” and get out of the house….after a 50 minute walk, she got on the bike and chatted it up with one of her girlfriends while i took Cabell with me and did pull ups, dips, squats and push pressess (behind the neck) with a weighted bar…..alys was lovely enough to say in the car on the way back to the house…..”no guys are gonna mess with you now after watching up do pullups with a baby strapped to the front of you…..”
classic.
Mom was a little scared, but I managed to kidnap her when she was in town for a visit. She did a half Cindy, the day before her 52nd birthday. Made me proud.
My aunt, I’ve given up on. She’s a M&F junkie who’s convinced that explosive movements will destroy the fabric of the universe and every joint in your body.
My BIL says I’m nuts, but my sister has caught him sneaking onto the computer in the middle of the night to browse around the mainsite. It’s only a matter of time.
My 5yr old nephew thinks it’s the coolest thing since sliced bread and the last time I was home the little buggar did modified burpies and thrusters unitl I was ready to puke.
The folks at my last duty station used to cast dispersion upon my character. I’d disappear to that ‘other gym’ to workout with ‘those contractors’. Anyone who’s been deployed can attest to what a massive beast the rumor mill is over there. One day that other gym was closed and we raided the one on my camp for Cindy. My boss was there (it was his “leg day”) and I never got hassled about my whereabouts again
Fun workout today….see you guys bright and early tomorrow!
I love being able to do something that most people can’t.
I love listening to other peoples workouts and wanting to laugh.
To tell poeple what my workout was and look at their face as you can’t tell if they are amazed or think I’m crazy.
And the usual, ” You like doing that to yourself?” ” No I love it!!” ” Look at me now playa!!”
I can put 300 lbs over my head and hold it. Say that to someone when your not 6’4″ 275.
I love this place and the mentality it has given me.
Thanks to the trainers and the friends who push me everyday……
everybody says ‘oh yeah… that’s like P90 X right?’