CrossFit South Bay | Hermosa Beach, CA

Drank Kool-Aid:May 2009
Fave WOD: Kelly
Least Fave WOD: Fran
Fave Movement: snatch and push press
Least Fave Movement: CLEANS!!
DL: 295 (about to break 300!)
BS: 235
CF Accomplishments:Losing 10 #s of fat due to the Zone!
CF Goals: 50 pullups unbroken, HSPU, Muscle Up
Jake found us through the Northrup grapevine and immediately became known for his speed in any WOD involving [...]

Drank Kool-Aid: February 09
Fave WOD: Bear and Murph
Fave Movement: rope climb, deadlifts, backsquats, butterfly kips (I asked for ONE fave, Avelyne! )
Least Fave WOD: Marcus’ 5 lunges/10 squats for 400m!!!
Least Fave Movement: Wallball…sooo NOT for short folk
DL: 205#
Box Jump: 38″
BS: 155#
CF Goals:Obtaining Level 1 in Sept, improving on oly lifts, getting my muscle-up, [...]

Drank Kool-Aid: April 09
Fave WOD:CF Baseball, since the MOOBs took the BOOBs in overtime!
Least Fave WOD:
Fave Movement: Back Squat and BOX JUMPS
Least Fave Movement: Burpees
Back Squat PR: 315#
CF Goals: Beat Simon every day (particularly at the Simon/Scott Total Off), complete a pull up, get in the best shape of his life, and improve flexibility
Scott [...]

Drank Kool-Aid: tried it in Nov 06, but wasn’t a believer until Feb 09.
Fave Girl WOD: Fran
Fave Movement: OHS
Least Fave Movement: DL, JBS (only cuz he knew the WOD ahead of time…see below)
Least Fave WOD: Diane, or anything over 10 minutes
Fran: 4:31
Snatch: 140#
Best CF Accomplishment: Being an integral part of extending the CFSB community
Next year’s [...]

Drank Kool-Aid: July 08
Fave WOD:  Jury’s still out (read between the lines: Chip is too hung over to answer this one)
Least Fave WOD: Sweatfest (sorry Norn Iron!)
Fave Movement: Cleans
Least Fave Movement: Thrusters
DL: 400#
Chip was a closet Kool Aid drinker from the start. Holly outted him by telling us he spent hours watching the videos [...]

Drank Kool-Aid: January 09
Fave WOD: Fran
Fave Movement: Thruster (do we see a theme here?)
Least Fave WOD: Filthy
Leave Fave Movement: Burpees (he says “shocker”!)
DL: 335#
Fran: 3:34
Diane: 4:22
CF Goal: Keep improving everyday and beat ‘Lil Ryan’
Best CF Accomplishment: Fran time
Ryan found us in the beginning of this year and his gains have been amazing.  He quickly claimed [...]

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Drank Kool-Aid:  Sampled Kool-Aid May 08, but officially started in April 09
Fave Girl: Haven’t met her yet, but Cindy’s lookin good!
Fave Movement: Hang Power Cleans
Least Fave Girl: Linda
Least Fave Movement: Snatch
Fran: 4:21 (first attempt)
Biggest CF Accomplishment: coming within 32 secs of qualifying for the games
CF Goal: To complete [...]

Drank Kool-Aid: July ‘08
Fave Girl: Fran
Least Fave WOD: “None — I love them all!”
Fave Movement: Deadlift
Least Fave Movement: Snatch
Biggest CF Accomplishment: Doing FGB Rx’d at her Level I Cert!
CF Goal: “To share CrossFit with everyone I love!!”

This Tejana chica is our poster child for Hot CrossFit Mommas. She bought into the Kool-Aid [...]

Drank Kool-Aid:  Home Box March 08, CFSB Feb 09  (Level 1 Cert Mar 09)
Fave Girl: Helen 10:55
Fave WOD: heavy days
Fave Movement:  Insert Max’s Potty Humor here.
Least Fave Movement: Thrusters
Least Fave WOD: anything with rowing
DL:  300, FS: 202, Bench: Forrest’s BW
Best CF Accomplishments:  Gained almost 30# of lean mass from paleo-zone, and took his Fran time from 7:04 to [...]

Drank Kool-Aid: Aug 07
Fave Girl: Al can’t bear to choose between the lovely ladies!
Least Fave: Karen (and Isabelle cuz he can’t do it as Rx’d just yet)
Fave Movement: OHS
Least Fave: Snatch
DL: More than 2xBW!!!
OHS: Multiple reps at BW
CrossFit Goal: 15 x BW OHS and a sub 5:00 Fran [...]