Sept. 3, 2010

September 3rd

Who wants a root canal?  Nope, me neither.  This was 3 rounds of lung killer and some lunatic suggested we add a round and add "Without Anesthetic."  Great.  Over achiever.  This was plenty hurtful enough without any modifications thank you very much. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 9:29 p.m.

Sept. 2, 2010

Diane

Supposed to be Babylon 5 today but I had it in my head to do Diane which is not till next Thursday.  Since Danielle and Michelle did it this morning, I ran with it for the afternoon group too.  Rob did Abstraction though and Lance and Sarah Killed Bob. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 10:42 p.m.

Sept. 2, 2010

Lung Buster

Posted by Eugene Allen at 12:29 p.m.

Sept. 2, 2010

Tuesday August 31st

Posted by Eugene Allen at 12:25 p.m.

Aug. 30, 2010

Monday the 30th

While Blackjack was going on back home, Susan her sister Amy and I did Entiat which was 5 rows decending from 500 to 100 with pushups, rage ball, the Bear and thrusters with a 400 meter run each round.  Harder than it sounds.  Beautiful environment for a workout. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 11:09 p.m.

Aug. 30, 2010

Sunday 082910

Went to the gym in the morning with the Suburban and trailer loaded for Lake Chelan so I could get some stuff from the gym and paint those 4 x 4 sheets.  Wasn't expecting anyone there but Zach brought his friend Robert to the gym to seek Ataxia.  And they found it.  Especially Robert.  Drove over to Susan's house, packed stuff and drove east to Lake Chelan to stay in Erin's lakeside house.  Holy cow...it's amazing here.  THANK YOU ERIN. After their workouts Lance and Steve did Amazing Curls with Lance starting at 65 lbs and getting to 113 lbs and Steve started with 80 lbs and did 127 reps.  Steve is hard to beat with the individual lifts. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 6:30 p.m.

Aug. 28, 2010

Saturday 082810

Tami and Anthony came in this morning at 10:00 because...well, because Tami wanted to and they both Got Air.  In the afternoon Rob and Michell got some too but they both rowed for the run and did situps rather than front squats.  Sarah the Cyborg decided she wanted go epic on us and cajoled or maybe shamed Lance and Steve into sharing her pain.  While they suffered through that I primed eight 4 x 4 sheets of 3/4 inch plywood that I will be using at the new gym as platform sections within the layout of stall mats.  That will simultaneously give a more solid surface for the Olympic lifts while reducing the number of stall mats I need.  I'll be painting them black with a heavy duty paint used for decking and porches and such. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 8:53 p.m.

Aug. 27, 2010

Thursday August 27th

As pleasant as you might think it should be Four Play isn't...especially with a weight selection as huge as Anthony's.  Killer. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 1:05 p.m.

Aug. 25, 2010

Wednesday

Nick stepped up today and did Santa Maria with a 20 lb vest on.  He has lost about 20 lbs and his fitness has improved from barely being able to do many of the movements to now wearing a weighted vest to make the workout more challenging for him.  Rob made up Pegleg and it looks to be a killer. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 8:25 p.m.

Aug. 24, 2010

Monday 8/23

Sometimes, if you work out hard enough, you can simulate heavy mind numbing drug use.  For example, Tami was doing Santa Maria today and one one of her runs, a run she has done many, many times before, she ran right past the gym and was about to circle the front building.  Susan went off on her run and yelled at Tami, "What are you doing?" wondering why Tami had passed the gym and was running out toward 112th Street.  "I'm running" Tami said without adding the obvious "Duh."  Susan said, "OK" not pointing out that Tami was looking back at Susan who had come out of the gym door and could see the rest of us working out...not to mention all of our cars.  I was doing box jumps while this was going on wondering how far Tami would go.  She came trotting back into the gym not long after that but I don't know how far she got before she realized she had gone too far.  Perhaps I have to set up some cones for her.

Posted by Eugene Allen at 12:53 p.m.

Aug. 22, 2010

Sunday August 22nd

While Steve endured an Unholy Alliance, Jan did a push press and DL workout and Rob did Amazing Bench followed by Amazing Curls, the rest chased Death to the Infidel.  Higgins is a new gal that showed up for the first time and caught her Death as well. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 10:32 p.m.

Aug. 22, 2010

Saturday

Finally got Danielle back and she is suffering through CrossFit withdrawl.  Her return to fitness will be swift but a bit painful. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 10:27 p.m.

Aug. 22, 2010

SWAT Day

Early SWAT day and the new Grin and Bear it workout.  Like the Turkish Bear but with a row, pullups and ring dips added.  Leave it to Zach to smoke us all. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 10:23 p.m.

Aug. 22, 2010

Thursday

Zach got up to a 205 clean and jerk today, at a BW of 145 and then ran a 4:58 mile.  Incredible.  Other's of us did the C and J workout and then ran but nobody can touch that.  Of course that wasn't enough, after that he beat everyone with a killer Death to the Infidel time.  He's a cyborg. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 10:14 p.m.

Aug. 18, 2010

Wendsday's Epic

Jacob's ladder is quite the long haul and when you get toward the end your energy level is quite low.  It is probably one of the harder Epic's and surely belongs on the Really Firggen Hard board.  I've upped the weight a little bit so that sure complicated matters.  Still, the freakshow that consists of Zach and now Anthony did it with a 20lb vest on.  Craziness.  Anthony flipped me off and said that there is a special place in hell for me.  Must have been a tough one for him. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 1:54 p.m.

Aug. 17, 2010

Unholy Alliance

Busy afternoon today with a workout has a lot of moving parts.  Today's workout was load driven and long and tomorrow's is rep driven and long.  Two tough ones in a row.  Zach pulled out a ery strong victory and had a killer time.  Lisa Hart sent me a note and said hi to us all.  So to all of us that were here when Lisa was around...Hi.  She should be here for a visit in December. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 7:30 p.m.

Aug. 17, 2010

Turkish Bear

The Turkish Bear has been stepped up a bit...1 TGU, 1 Bear, 1 TGU ten times.  Killer.  As tough as Zach and Anthony are, the top dog today was Javad with a fabulous 8:50.  Great time. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 2:45 p.m.

Aug. 13, 2010

Ninja's Mile Friday

A busy Ninja's mile this morning followed by Alex and Steve doing Amazing Curls.  That original Amazing Grace workout format is finding a lot of use lately.  Steve came back in the afternoon and did moving day while Jim and Javad didi Ninja's mile. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 3:51 p.m.

Aug. 12, 2010

He ain't heavy, oh wait, yes he is

Beth, Michelle and I did Moving Day this morning.  My bar walk weight was 265 and that was tough.  Used 52's for the waiter's walk, about 100 for the farmers walk, the tire had two 26's inside and the pack and bag carry were about 90 lbs each.  Six trips is a lot. In the afternoon there was more moving to be done and Javad used 315 for his bar walk.  Sarah and new gal Michelle did Hard and Susan did Abbey Normal, while Jan knocked out Angie. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 12:25 p.m.

Aug. 12, 2010

Vest of Tribulation

Busy day today putting our Vest on.  The outstanding performance by far was Anthony's 20:30 with his bunker gear on.  He kept Zach nervously looking over his shoulder for the entire workout. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 12:15 p.m.