Comments on: Upgrading On-Ramp http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/2010/04/upgrading-on-ramp/ CrossFit South Bay Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:48:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BigWaveDave http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/2010/04/upgrading-on-ramp/comment-page-1/#comment-3971 BigWaveDave Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:02:32 +0000 http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/?p=5352#comment-3971 Couldnt have said it better myself Chris. At the end of pledging (hell week), we do the trust fall and make them drink from the sacred crossfit gobblet. Whats in it? Nobody really knows for sure...just drink it pledge! Couldnt have said it better myself Chris. At the end of pledging (hell week), we do the trust fall and make them drink from the sacred crossfit gobblet. Whats in it? Nobody really knows for sure…just drink it pledge!

]]> By: Remy Olson http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/2010/04/upgrading-on-ramp/comment-page-1/#comment-3965 Remy Olson Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:55:50 +0000 http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/?p=5352#comment-3965 Helping teach on-ramp has been SO rewarding. Each class has been special in its own way, and I feel much more connected and invested in the newbs. I wish there were a way for other members to get more involved with on-ramp. I like Chris's idea! I was one of those girls in college that avoided sororities and now I kinda wish now I hadn't. Aww, thanks Rob!! :) feel so special. As for beach wods, I somewhat enjoyed farmer-walks into the ocean in February (thanks Slaughter) and running in sand with the sloshpipe, so I imagine they'll be even better in June. Let's make some scenes!!! Helping teach on-ramp has been SO rewarding. Each class has been special in its own way, and I feel much more connected and invested in the newbs. I wish there were a way for other members to get more involved with on-ramp. I like Chris’s idea! I was one of those girls in college that avoided sororities and now I kinda wish now I hadn’t.

Aww, thanks Rob!! :) feel so special.

As for beach wods, I somewhat enjoyed farmer-walks into the ocean in February (thanks Slaughter) and running in sand with the sloshpipe, so I imagine they’ll be even better in June. Let’s make some scenes!!!

]]> By: Courtney http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/2010/04/upgrading-on-ramp/comment-page-1/#comment-3963 Courtney Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:00:56 +0000 http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/?p=5352#comment-3963 Old Man... I like it...Unfortunately, floaties/water wings are not a coast guard approved flotation device. I second Scarlett's motion for beach some WODs!!! Old Man… I like it…Unfortunately, floaties/water wings are not a coast guard approved flotation device.
I second Scarlett’s motion for beach some WODs!!!

]]> By: Chris Harris http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/2010/04/upgrading-on-ramp/comment-page-1/#comment-3962 Chris Harris Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:00:05 +0000 http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/?p=5352#comment-3962 We should rename on-ramp to Rush, Call them Pledges instead of On-Rampers, make them stay late to clean up the gym, and add a hell week to the end of it all. We could also drop them off 5 miles out in the ocean with nothing but a pair of flippers and a straw.....maybe some floaties too. We should rename on-ramp to Rush, Call them Pledges instead of On-Rampers, make them stay late to clean up the gym, and add a hell week to the end of it all. We could also drop them off 5 miles out in the ocean with nothing but a pair of flippers and a straw…..maybe some floaties too.

]]> By: Scarlett McAlister Harris http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/2010/04/upgrading-on-ramp/comment-page-1/#comment-3960 Scarlett McAlister Harris Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:06:22 +0000 http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/?p=5352#comment-3960 *ahem* What I meant to say was.."keep the on ramp classes small so that you know everyone is getting one on one attention..." *ahem*
What I meant to say was..”keep the on ramp classes small so that you know everyone is getting one on one attention…”

]]> By: Scarlett McAlister Harris http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/2010/04/upgrading-on-ramp/comment-page-1/#comment-3959 Scarlett McAlister Harris Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:56:58 +0000 http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/?p=5352#comment-3959 After hearing Chris come home talking non-stop about CF all summer I decided I had to check it out for myself. My first CF experience was one of the free Saturday beach WODS last September. At the beach that day I met a group of veteran Crossfitters (Nicole, Carlton & Wes just to name a few) along with a CF newcomer like myself (Mike Kodman). Forrest led us through a beat-down of a WOD with medballs and sprints in the sand and I immediately fell in love with the program. When I officially started CF back in late October of last year my Olympic weight lifting experience was limited and my body was still finding it's way back from injuries and surgery. Going through the Elements program with Forrest (this was pre-On Ramp) gave me a chance to learn in a safe, controlled, low pressure environment. The combination of the free beach WOD (which got me interested) and the Elements program (which got me hooked) was exactly what I needed to kick start a full on CF addiction. So in a nutshell: Bring back the free beach WOD, keep the on ramp classes small so that no everyone gets one on one attention, and definitely do some skill clinics on the weekends. (I volunteer myself to help with a handstand pushup clinic ;) After hearing Chris come home talking non-stop about CF all summer I decided I had to check it out for myself. My first CF experience was one of the free Saturday beach WODS last September. At the beach that day I met a group of veteran Crossfitters (Nicole, Carlton & Wes just to name a few) along with a CF newcomer like myself (Mike Kodman). Forrest led us through a beat-down of a WOD with medballs and sprints in the sand and I immediately fell in love with the program. When I officially started CF back in late October of last year my Olympic weight lifting experience was limited and my body was still finding it’s way back from injuries and surgery. Going through the Elements program with Forrest (this was pre-On Ramp) gave me a chance to learn in a safe, controlled, low pressure environment. The combination of the free beach WOD (which got me interested) and the Elements program (which got me hooked) was exactly what I needed to kick start a full on CF addiction.

So in a nutshell: Bring back the free beach WOD, keep the on ramp classes small so that no everyone gets one on one attention, and definitely do some skill clinics on the weekends. (I volunteer myself to help with a handstand pushup clinic ;)

]]> By: lisa http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/2010/04/upgrading-on-ramp/comment-page-1/#comment-3958 lisa Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:37:49 +0000 http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/?p=5352#comment-3958 maybe i should redo onramp! maybe i should redo onramp!

]]> By: Rob Wagner http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/2010/04/upgrading-on-ramp/comment-page-1/#comment-3957 Rob Wagner Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:32:26 +0000 http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/?p=5352#comment-3957 Just saw this on the Main CF Page: http://games2010.crossfit.com/blog/2010/04/live-streaming-southwest-regional/ So if you can't be there to cheer on Remy in person, maybe you can see her feats of strength on the Web in real time!! Good Luck Girl!! Just saw this on the Main CF Page:
http://games2010.crossfit.com/blog/2010/04/live-streaming-southwest-regional/
So if you can’t be there to cheer on Remy in person, maybe you can see her feats of strength on the Web in real time!!
Good Luck Girl!!

]]> By: bob http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/2010/04/upgrading-on-ramp/comment-page-1/#comment-3956 bob Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:19:18 +0000 http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/?p=5352#comment-3956 On-Ramp is vital for success in the Crossfit mentality. Whether an introduction or a transition, there must be some kind of an easy, steady exposure of the movements and philosophy at large. Personally, coming in to crossfit, I underestimated just how much ground I had lost strength and endurance wise. Thus, On-Ramp served two primary purposes in my case: 1) it provided a stable foundation from which I could build, including an understanding of movements, an awareness of my current physical standing, and the opportunity to make realistic goals, and; 2) it prevented me from immediate injury that I would have undoubtedly sustained ie jumping right in to an olympic lift at the wrong weight. On-Ramp is vital for success in the Crossfit mentality. Whether an introduction or a transition, there must be some kind of an easy, steady exposure of the movements and philosophy at large. Personally, coming in to crossfit, I underestimated just how much ground I had lost strength and endurance wise. Thus, On-Ramp served two primary purposes in my case: 1) it provided a stable foundation from which I could build, including an understanding of movements, an awareness of my current physical standing, and the opportunity to make realistic goals, and; 2) it prevented me from immediate injury that I would have undoubtedly sustained ie jumping right in to an olympic lift at the wrong weight.

]]> By: Forrest http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/2010/04/upgrading-on-ramp/comment-page-1/#comment-3955 Forrest Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:16:14 +0000 http://www.crossfitsouthbay.com/?p=5352#comment-3955 John what can I say? I have a wild imagination and a sick sense of humor. I guess it's from hours of playing with legos and making mix tapes by myself as a kid..and by "kid" I mean late 20's. John what can I say? I have a wild imagination and a sick sense of humor. I guess it’s from hours of playing with legos and making mix tapes by myself as a kid..and by “kid” I mean late 20′s.

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