Greg and Andrea do koala bear pull-ups.
I talk myself into all kinds of things. I remember the pep talk I gave myself before the first time I went skydiving. Then there was that epic pep talk I gave myself before I broke up with my college girlfriend. Then there was the pep talk I used to give myself before going to 24 Hour Fitness. Some days at 24 Hour made the college break-up seem like a walk in the park (without said ex-girlfriend).
One of the things that made me love CrossFit so much is that it made working out fun again. I really wasn’t concerned with increasing work capacity over broad times and modal domains. Who even knows what that means anyway? All I was concerned with was not having to give myself that dreaded pep talk before the gym again. It was great not to have to think of exercise as a chore. Physiologically it’s important to enjoy what you do for recreation. I know, crazy right? There are so many of us who constantly try to talk ourselves in to doing stuff we hate because we think it’s good for us.
Donna finishes her AMRAP head shaving.
Don’t get me wrong, there are times that I hate doing burpees or other times I hate people screaming at me to do five more reps, but it’s a good kind of hate. It’s not like the hate that conjured deep within my soul when I tried P90X and had to listen to Tony Horton and his terrible jokes over and over again. By keeping exercise fun, we are more apt to do it.
The new On-Ramp class happy after Fran.
CrossFit should be something you can do to get away from the worries of work. Never should exercise feel like a chore. Think back to when we were kids and we ran, jumped and swung on the monkey bars. CrossFit is pretty much the same thing (minus the sweet BMX bikes, skateboards and dirt clod fights). Part of the reason why you are able to get so fit is that you no longer think of it as “the gym”, but as a place you can go and let it all out. I’ve heard many of you come in and say, “I need some CrossFit today” and breathe a sigh of release after a crappy day of work. Those were some of my best CrossFitting days. The next time you come in, make that your hour to let it all out. Yell fuck, shit, piss, bitch or whatever else you want. Sweat and throw stuff down. Swing and jump and remember what it was like to be a kid. If CrossFit isn’t fun, then you’re either doing it wrong or it’s time to go back to 24 Hour Fitness.
WOD 3/18/2010
A. Deadlift 3-3-3
B. 4 Rounds
10 Snatches (power or squat)
15 Toes to Bar
300M Run
CrossFit On-Ramp
Bear Complex
5 Rounds, 7 sets of the following sequence:
Power Clean
Front Squat
Push Press
Back Squat
Push Press
Rest between rounds as needed.
Notes: The Power clean must be seperate from the front squat. No resting on the ground during rounds, not even to re-grip. You want to be at max load by round 4 or 5.
haha whew .. forget deadlifts and snatches .. im goin to disneyland ! ha
FUNctional WOD last night:
where’s the video at??
For time: 17 burpees + pint’o'Guinness
Video was super dark, i’ll have to figure out if I can lighten it up when I get it from Dana.
So apparently Slaughter shit himself during the first WOD at the Sectionals.
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CFGames2010_SoCalSectionals_Day1Highlights.wmv
I feel like hell… I hate green beer, Jaagermister, and all things that have to do w/ Irish drinking. Work is going to be long and dreadful today. I wish everyone the best of luck in getting through the day!
Pretty sure I drank myself Fitarded last night…..
Oh, and awesome post Forrest. There’s a reason so many people stick with Crossfit, and really come to live and breath it, and it’s because it’s something we all really enjoy. I know I do.
Slaughter, how in the hell did you manage to be awake and coherent at 6:15am this morning? In addition to Bob, there were several of you that were well on your way to various forms of ‘tardedness last night….
Damn straight – both to the it’s going to be a long day, and people sticking with Crossfit.
Yesterday’s Slaughter’s Luck of the Irish WOD:
15 Burpees
1/2 Pint Guinness
21 deadlifts – 21 pullups
1/2 Pint Guinness
15 deadlifts – 15 pullups
1/2 pint guinness
9 deadlifts – 9 pullups
1/2 Pint guinness
15 burpees.
I love that working out is a blast, and just coming up with random shit to make ourselves more fit is still fun day after day. Love this shit.
Bob is an animal drinker.. car bombs are bad but taste so good.
Sorry to take up so much space – here is the album for the sectionals. Finally got it all uploaded.
http://picasaweb.google.com/103944461308341975742/2010CrossfitSectionalsJPG?authkey=Gv1sRgCMOV9bW2u4Xh4AE&feat=directlink
WOAH!… glad to know everyone had a good time last night! I was dressed to impress with my green… and proceeded to fall asleep on my bed. Wow… HAPPY st. pattys day to me! …
TOMORROW… its ON!!!!
ps. BOB… Fitarded ….hahaha
i am hurting:( from the WOD and WON (workout of the night), I hate irish car bombs! Slaughter…do you have my camera? I lost it, so sad, we had some fun pics on it and a great video of Remy and Slaughter doing Burpees:)
U LOST IT!?> No i don’t have it, you took it back from me. God damnit there was good pics on that camera!
Sounds like I missed out.
THE CAMERA HAS BEEN FOUND! I want to post the video of Remy and Slauters Burpee-Guinness challenge, how do I do that?
Dana!
Upload it to Facebook and/or Vimeo or youtube. Vimeo’s a free site that has a nice interface.
Oh and then you can just add the link to it here or in today’s post comments.
Ummmm, why do we have to cut out the bmx, skateboard and dirt clod fights. I still do most of those things.