Oct. 31, 2011
Helen
Helen (S) (show workout)
Zach 8:09
Rich 8:50
Eug 9:57
Lance 11:17 (kipped so hard he broke a pullup bar)
Sarah
Tiffany 14:39 36
This girl is tough to dance with.
Oct. 30, 2011
Just one
Just Chris today and since he had the choice of Monday's, Tuesdays or Thursdays workouts to do, I let him choose. He didn't want the Amazing Grace workout. So, of course, I had him do Amazing Grace. His reasoning was that he didn't want to do Amazing Grace because he is terrible at it. My reasoning was that he should do it because he is terrible at clean at jerks. It worked, he was better at the end of the workout because he had to be to move the load.
Oct. 29, 2011
Gladiator Rock and Roll Run
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I was worried on Friday because it was a nasty rainy day, but Saturday turned out to be an absolutely perfect day to go out and play in the mud. We went to the Pacific Raceways track in Kent, parked in a field the size of Rhode Island and walked for half a day to the track. We wandered around and walked through the end of the race course, got race ready and checked our bags. The start was on the race track behind a monster truck that took off every half hour as the ear drum busting announcement of the start of each wave. When the truck went we went and I hung with Zach for about as long as it took to get over the timing mats. He was possesed by the Zach demon and he was gone. He was so far gone that he missed a turn and had to climb over a fence to get back on track. We ran some bleachers, waded through an ice filed swimming pool, climbed walls, rocks and tires, carried rice to a Buddha statue, got hit by big balls, jumped over fire, slid down a plastic covered hill...it was great. The guy running the show as American Gladiator guy Nitro...whoever he is. Very nice guy. It was a grand and wonderful day.
Oct. 29, 2011
Friday
Zach, Krista and I rested up for tomorrow's Gladiator race. A slowish Friday in the rain.
Oct. 28, 2011
Thursday
Zena (S) (show workout)
Zach 3:33 115/52
Rich 4:49
Lance 5:22 135/52
Tiffany 6:02 105/36
Sarah 7:46 90/36
Collateral Damage (L) (show workout)
Chris 46:20 95 115
Stacey 44:18 45/65
While Stacey and Chris did Collateral Damage the rest of the crew did Zena. Totally different time element but they both still hurt...a lot.
Oct. 28, 2011
Collateral Damage
Collateral Damage (L) (show workout)
Corey 20:29
Rich 20:32
Eugene 24:42
Lance 27;33
Tiffany 29:11
Steve 29:21
Sarah 30:47
Krista 39:44
Corey and Rich almost made this long a medium...that's really hauling.
Oct. 26, 2011
A Mazing
1000 Meter Row (show workout)
Rich 3:31
Corey 3:35
Stuart 3:50
Eugene 3:55.4
Ed 4:22
Sarah 4:39
Collateral Damage (L) (show workout)
Emily 33:21 6 26 20 26 45 35 70 35
Amazing... (show workout)
Grace +10, +10, +30, -50
Sarah 60 65 75 85 60 13/9/7
Krista 45 55 65 75 45 12/8/6
Eugene 95 115 125 145 95 14/10/8
Stuart 95 115 125 145 95 16/12/9
Corey 115/125/135/165/115 17/12/8
Rich 110 120 130 160 110 17/12/9
Ed 90 100 110 130 105 8/6/4
Small adjustment to the Amazing protocol with the Clean and Jerk. Instead of keeping the weight the same for each of the initial sets, we added, 10, 10 and 30 lbs and then took off 50. Wore us all out. Great workout followed by a 1,000 meter row. Rich had a wonderful 3:31 with Corey just a pull or two behind at 3:35. I don't see anything that close to 3:30 in the near future.
Oct. 24, 2011
I really don't like this girl
Fran (S) (show workout)
Zach 2:22
Corey 3:35
Rich 4:50
Lance 5:18
Tiffany 6:33 65 grn band
Eugene 7:08
Jason 8:33 some jumping pullups
Jennifer M. 7:51 50
Stuart 8:05
Emily 8:14 45
Krista 9:02 40
Marotha 16:58
Zach does not seem to have a problem with her though and managed a stellar 2:22. I couldn't do it that fast with a plastic stick. Did the Super Squats after Fran knowing that doing them before would have crippled our thrusters. This one always leaves me miserable.
Oct. 23, 2011
Sunday
The Catch (show workout)
Jason 16:01 255 111 83
Lisa 18:13 135 70 50
Stacy 18:28 135 75 50
Zach 22;46 305 135 105 (+30lb vest)
The new guy kicked ass today and had a very good Catch time. Way to go Jason. Lisa and Stacey went head to head with the workout and Zach went heavy and added a 30 lb vest. Nut.
Oct. 23, 2011
Saturday
Evil 4-Play with Helen's Badger (show workout)
Jason 17:21 75 145 25
Oct. 21, 2011
Row Hard
Run Hard (show workout)
Raining – Rowed 500 instead
Corey 32:54 35/52
Rich 33:37 35/52
Lisa 36:29 15/26
Eugene 36:49 25/44
Tiffany 39:39 20/36
Scott 42:47 35/44
Ed 46:20 2× 35/44 with 2000m rowing
Jennifer M. 45:30 20/36
Krista 45:36 20/15 26
Clean and jerk first, but not really heavy. It served as a nice warm up for a variation of Lance's favorite: Hard. The variation is that each round is preceded with a row or a run and it finishes with a run. Jennifer told me (repeatedly) that there are way too many rows in this workout. At row 3 I agreed with her. Lisa, tiny Asian girl, beat me. There was 3000 meters of rowing in that workout and she still managed to beat me. I am mortified.
Oct. 20, 2011
Whatta snatch
AMRAP (show workout)
Flutter Kicks 3 minutes
Eugene 167
Sammie 120
Lance 117
Rich 107
Oct. 19, 2011
The Best Workout EVER
Evil 4-Play with Helen's Badger (show workout)
Zach 22:40 115 135 265 52 35
Eugene 23:12 95 105 225 52 44
Omarei 23:55 35 45 130 26 15
Corey 26:42 115 130 225 52 44
Lance 29:06 95 115 210 52 45
Steve 30:08 115 125 265 52 45
Emily 30:09 45 45 115 26 20
Tiffany 31:34 75 85 155 36 25
Krista 32:37 45 55 130 26 20
Ed 20:06 95 105 225 44 35
This was the best workout ever. I have been looking forward to this every since I cobbled it together and it did not disappoint. I had a little bit of everything and it was perfectly miserable. It had a universal appeal, but of course in an "I hate you" sort of way. Glorious.
Oct. 18, 2011
Clean the Dead Badger
Clean the Dead Badger (show workout)
Tiffany 6:33 205 75 26
Corey 8:20 340 (hex) 150 52
Rich 9;03 305 150 52
Jake 9:09 275 135 44
Eugene 10:48 275 135 44
The workout was hard, squat cleans most of all but the real story was Corey's 100 double unders in a row and 201 in 3 mintues. He wiped the floor with me today.
Oct. 18, 2011
Ohhh, Livia
Max KB PP 3 min (show workout)
Rich 125/52
Corey 120/52
Lance 104/44
Tiffany 104/26
Eugene 94/44
Scott 80/44
Lisa 78/18
Ed 61/44
Stacey 57/18
Chris 43/44
Olivia (S) (show workout)
Corey 5:23
Rich 6:44
Eugene 7:00
Lance 7:35
Tiffany 7:41 (wow)
Scott 9:23
Ed 11:30
Lisa 12:30
Chris 13:16
Stacey 13:58
Super Squats first which surely made for miserable DB Thrusters in Olivia. Funny how I can squat 200 lbs 20 times but cry like a baby thrustering two 35 lb dumbbells. Weird. Tiffany absolutely ate this workout up and had her best performance, like...ever. After the Super Squats and Olivia we did KB PP for AMRAP in 3 min. Nobody liked that at all. For some reason it felt extra difficult today.
Oct. 18, 2011
Sunday
Hard (show workout)
Hard(er)
Lance 34:21 30 52 400 m run before each round.
Not sure what Zach did but he was running around huffing and puffing and lifting stuff. Lance likes Hard and has more entries for that workout than anyone. It wasn't hard enough though, apparently, so he added a 400 meter run before each round. Crazy.
Oct. 15, 2011
Just Zach and Me
I did what I could but I couldn't even come close to Zach's 200 time. While he did C the DB I chased his sub 8 and had to be satisfied with a plus 12.
Oct. 14, 2011
(10 x 10) x 2
200 (M) (show workout)
Zach 7:57 215 115 52 44
Lance 12:49 210 52 35 115 44
Rich 13:11 265 52 45 135 52
Steve 14:00 265 52 45 135 52
Scott 19:00 203 52 35 115 52
Omarei 20:53 95 16 20 95 44
Chris 28:40 203 44 30 95 44
Ed 32:33 210 115 44 30
Clean and Jerks first for 5 x 5 and then the 200...Zach wasn't paying attention, this is supposed to be a Medium...everyone else got the memo. Zach turned it into a short. He crushed everyone.
Oct. 13, 2011
Hot Gaits
Max Reps KB Snatch 3 min (show workout)
Rich 139 44
Eugene 10436
Lance 99 36
Tiffany 80 26
Krista 53 26
Jennifer M. 53 26
Thermopylae (show workout)
Zach 18:40
Rich 19:59
Eugeen 21:49
Lance 21:52
Corey 23:32
Jennifer M. 28:13
Tiffany 30:58
Krista 34:27
Super Squats first which absolutely murdered our Thermopylae times...though, in actual fact we were all faster. Every one of us were miserable the whole time though. That's a leg destroying workout. In spite of yesterday's Pukie drive by, Zach went out like a rocket again but this time he held it together and lapped me. He came in from his run on round 4 before I left for mine. He is of no value to me in my pursuit of positive self worth.
Oct. 12, 2011
Let's Party
Party with the Girls (L) (show workout)
Omarei 25:48 35 18
Corey 26:23 105 52
Lance 27:57 85 52
Eugene 28:33 85 52
Steve 32:35 105 52
Emily 34:18 35 26
Krista 35:09 45 26
Jennifer 36:24 50 36
Ed 44:12 85 44
Scott 47:55 95 52
Zach came out of the gate on fire today and by the time he was 10 minutes in he got burnt. Poor guy had to pray over the bucket a couple times. Never gave at the alter, but be did a lot of praying. Then after the workout he sat with the bucket, but never had to tithe. Sometimes it just doesn't pay to go balls out from the start. There were plenty of hard parts and no matter what was last that would have been the hardest but Grace happened to come last and that was a very tough finish...though thrusters after wall ball was no picnic either.
Oct. 11, 2011
3-Fer
Max KB PP 3 min (show workout)
Corey 130 52
Rich 115 52
Lance 108 44
Tiffany 100 26
Eugene 100 44
Jim 91 44
100 (M) (show workout)
Corey 12:55 205 135 45 52 270 hex
Eugene 12:58 185 115 35 44 225
Rich 13:52 203 135 52 45 52 255
Lance 14:19 165 115 35 44 210
Jim 14:28 195 130 35 44 235
Tiffany 18:11 115 70 44 25 205
Scott 18:28 185 115 45 52 185
Clean and Jerks 5 x 5 to start then the 100 and finally max KB PP in 3 minutes. The clean and jerks made the 100 more miserable then it would normally be. The Colleen and Jerks were the worst.
Oct. 10, 2011
Samantha
Max DU 3 min (show workout)
Corey 191
Eugene 157
Steve 100
Rich 43
Jennifer M. 36
Samantha (S) (show workout)
Corey 2:22 115
Rich 4:03 110
Eugene 4:08 95
Steve 4:55 15
Jennifer 6:17 55
Super squats first since Samantha is so upper body focused. Corey flew through the workout with hardly a pause. I really want to see Zach do this one but he is on leave for a bit. As if that wsn't enough he also did the most double unders with a stellar 191. I was only good for 157 so I have some work to do to catch up.
Oct. 9, 2011
Sunday
Lance showed up and tried to create a medical condition with Angina and Chris selected his favorite discover America ship. Chris is Lisa's husband and he is a runner, in fact he did a 10k yesterday in 52:00. Went after his metcon with Santa Maria and he developed a relationship with box jumps. Not a good one, though. Welcome to CrossFit Chris. Now go limp your way home. He said his butt and his hammies were sore...he's doing it right.
Oct. 9, 2011
2808
2812 (show workout)
Eugene 22:21
Lance 24:39
Joey 24:50
Rich 25:07
Sarah 27;30
Steve 30:14
Tiffany 25:39 (every other)
The whole bowl and the 162 extra stairs out of the bowl today and all of us felt the effects of not having done them in awhile...well, Tiffany has never done them and she was ever so happy to be there. There was football game going on so we all must have looked very indecisive about where we wanted to sit. The stairs weren't enough for Steve so he came in and did Heavily Armed...again, and with 65 lb dumbbells. Ed brough his boys but only Damarco worked out with him...his brother played football today.
Oct. 7, 2011
Pinta, Nina and...
Santa Maria (show workout)
Corey 23:35
Rich 24:58
Eugene 26:13
Jim 26:38
Lance 27:53
Steve 29:01
Scott 31:50
Jennifer M. 32:33
Tiffany 32:54
Krista 34:15
Stuart 36:21
Deadlift 5 x 5 to start followed by Santa Maria. The box jumps are miserable. I almost fell on my face on my first jump. Always kind of a surprise as to whether or not you are going to be able to make it on top of the tire after the row and the air squats. I almost took Steve out. Most people worked out this morning, just Tiffany and Rich in the afternoon. Jim's back for the rest of the month and then he PCS's to New York. Sorry to see him go. Zach's gone for a bit on leave and not a peep from Mike or Dave. Oh, stairs tomorrow, Saturday at 10:00. In case you read this in time.
Oct. 6, 2011
Clean It
Max Reps KB Snatch 3 min (show workout)
Rich 125 44
Eugene 101 36
Zach 92 36
Lance 89 36
Katie 77 18
Jim 71 44
Krista 70 18
Super Squats first and then power cleans, Zach got to 215 and Krista managed 85. Max snatches after that. Tiffany's 23:11 on Pushing the Envelope was here best performance yet.
Oct. 6, 2011
I Like to Push it Push it
Pushing the Envelope (L) (show workout)
Rich 18:11 110 45 52
Eugene 18:22 95 35 44
Zach 18:40 PC/C&J 135 PP/FS 35 115 44
Corey 19:34 115 45 52
Lance 20:57 95 35 44
Steve 21:37 115 45 52
Krista 25:05 35 25 20 17
Jennifer M 26:58 55 20 25 26
Omarei 27:13
Damarco 27:41
Ed 42:38 95 35 36
The stars of the day were Ed's boys Omarei and Damarco, youngsters both, who really had no idea what they were doing but did it anyway. I had to coach them along with each of the movements but even with that disadvantage they had an amazing day.
Oct. 4, 2011
Angina
Max DU 3 min (show workout)
Eugene 159
Zach 40
Tiffany 40
Rich 37
Ed 35
Kristia 19
Katie 16
Angina (show workout)
Eugene 31:18
Rich 36:22
Zach 41:01
Tiffany 47:08
Krista 36:05 3 rounds
We started with a push press workout with 2 x 4, 3 x 3 and 4 x 2. Zach took the day here with a 215 lb push press at 155 BW. That just bugs the hell out of me that he is lighter AND stronger than me, and most others. Annoying. Rich did 200 lbs and I think I did like 46 or something. Next we did max double unders in 3 minutes and that was entertaining. For me. Watching people flog themselves with a jump rope really cracks me up. Some ab work followed and then at the end we did Angina. That's a brand new workout for the Gladiator bunch and for anyone trying to induce tachycardia.
Oct. 4, 2011
Damn Zach
Blackjack (S) (show workout)
Corey 7:23 115
Eugene 7:58 95
Lance 8:10 95
Rich 8:23 110
Sarah 10:32 65
Zach 11:40 115 (Bunkers)
So, I beat Zach today. At Blackjack. Yup, 7 thrusters, 7 pullups and 7 burpees for 5 rounds. Stomped him. OK, sure he was using 135 and I was using 95, and maybe he was wearing his bunker gear and so what he weighs 20 lbs less than me and maybe it was only 4:17 that I beat him by...but it was a victory and I will savor it. Had he beaten me under those circumstances I think I would have quit CrossFitting and taken up cross stitching.
Oct. 2, 2011
Weekend Freeforall
Zach humbled us all again with a 31:18 Evil Air Assault...blistering. Rich grumbled his way through Kitchen Cinco and took back his comment during 4-play was just as bad. It's not. Tiffany went after Helen wanting to get some more running in before the Gladiator race later this month. New guy Ed found out that something simple like rowing, wall ball, swings and ball slams for 21-15-9 can be crushing when done all together and fast. Now that's how you get your HR up.
Oct. 1, 2011
Kelsie's Naptime
Kelsie's Naptime (M) (show workout)
Zach 15:34 225 115 85
Eugene 20:48 225 115 95
Lance 20:53 210 115 95
Rich 20:56 265 135 110
Tiffany 31:20 205 85 70
Krista 35:49 115 75 45
I have a rather strong friend named Chris who can bench the Queen Mary. With the people on it. He has a daughter named Kelsie and he told me he would structure his workouts so he could get it done during Kelsie's Naptime. Seemed like a great name for a workout. It's is quite a metcon hit and it never finds your muscle's failing, but your lungs certainly would rather be doing something else.