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Thanks!
Bryan & Miranda

Wednesday, August 5th

WOD
3 rounds:
200 M farmer's walk
7 R arm KB clean & press
7 L arm KB clean & press
7 burpees

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Tuesday, August 4th

WOD

4 rounds:

25 wall balls (20/14)

12 SDHP (95/65)

Alternate traveler's WOD

20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2

Seconds handstand hold

Star jumps

Results: (all done as Rx'd)
Joe 10:52
Vickie 9:11
Leo 12:21
Shannon 8:43
Zach 8:22
Tom 10:05
Glenda 14:41

Monday, August 3rd

Last Friday wrapped up our summer CrossFit Kids program and we just wanted to thank everyone who participated.  It has been a pleasure getting to work with all of the kids and we hope they had as much fun as we did.

WOD:

Back squats 5-5-5

AMRAP in 12 minutes:

10 box jumps

10 KBS (1.5/1 pood)

10 hang power cleans (95#/65#)

Pain by Lisbeth Darsh of CrossFit Watertown

The iron is unforgiving, as is life sometimes. Things don’t always go your way in a workout, at your job, with your loved ones. Hell, things might not even go your way at the gas station or the supermarket. They’re out of unleaded, or somebody has 32 items in the 15 item “Express” line and slows everything down. It happens. Get over it.

In a workout, you might blast through the first round of “Fran” but then the second round goes a bit slower, and the third round destroys you and leaves you with a miserable time. It happens. Get over it.

Your life might start out rosy and picture perfect, but then something happens and you find yourself in a place you never imagined, never dreamed of, with a lot of questions and few answers and you feel like you’re in that third round of “Fran” but it never ends. It happens. But here’s the deal: It doesn’t matter what happened. What matters is how you deal with it.

You can sit there and look at the past and be depressed, or you can forge ahead. You can just decide to do thrusters and pull-ups until your hands give out and your heart explodes. (That’s a metaphor. Don’t go and actually do that, crazy people.) You can decide that you’re still breathing and life is short and you’re damned if you’re going to give up and sit down and cry.

Because life isn’t won by the criers. It’s not even lived well. If your heart is still beating, you’re still in the game and you’re damn lucky. Make the most of your life. Make the most of today.

Maya Angelou wrote: “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”

So don’t be defeated. Rise from it. Come out of it. There’s no “Fran” without pain. There’s no victory without pain. There’s no life without pain. It happens. Get over it. Pick up the iron and start working. Learn who you really are and, more importantly, who you could become. I’m guessing it’s somebody better than who you already are.

Saturday, August 1st

Thank you to Asif and Billy for leading the kettlebell clinic this morning and teaching us some great new skills.  Also, thanks to those who stayed after the clinic and participated in (and survived!) the brutal workout that we made to honor Blake.  Great job, everyone! 

WOD:

800 M run

100 M walking KB lunge (1.5/1 pood)

100 M run

deadlift (20 @ 245# or 33 @ 185#/20 @ 135# or 33 @ 95#)

20 burpee box jumps

400 M run

50 KBS (1.5/1 pood)

100 M run

clean & jerk (15 @ 135# or 25 @ 105#/15 @ 85# or 25 @ 65#)

400 M KB run (1.5/1 pood)

REMINDERS:

*The barbeque planned for tomorrow afternoon has been moved to next Thursday, August 6th @ 6:30 PM. This get-together will serve as a send off party for Blake Bush as he plans to leave for the Navy so we encourage everyone to be here! 

*We are still having a group workout tomorrow morning @ 9:00 AM so come on by if you are ready for a tough workout! Hope to see you there! 

Friday, July 31st

WOD: "Death by Burpee"

With a continuously running clock, do one burpee the first minute, 2 burpees the second minute, three burpees the third minute...continuing as long as you are able.

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." -Winston Churchill

 

 

Thursday, July 30th

“Life is either a great adventure or nothing.” -Helen Keller

WOD: "Cindy" or "Mary"

AMRAP in 20 minutes of:
5 pullups
10 pushups
15 squats

AMRAP in 20 minutes of"
5 HSPU
10 pistols
15 pullups

Wednesday, July 29th

 

WOD

5 rounds for time:

10 KB ninja situps 

15 KB swings

20 KB step ups & press

*Ninja situps will be performed similar to an inverted burpee (see video) but without kicking up into a handstand.  You will hold your kettlebell in front of your chest as you sit & stand up.