10 hspu
25 box jumps
3 rounds
Enterprise 878
Friday, July 5, 2013
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Crossfit Family
You have the family you’re born into. And then you have other families you find along the way.
For some folks, that’s the military. Or their neighborhood. Maybe a club they join. Some group of folks who “get” them and among whom they feel instantly at home. There’s no tension, no strife, just acceptance and work towards a common cause. Like how families should be, but seldom are.
For us, it’s CrossFit.
Here, we find people who look like us in some ways (callused hands, noticeable traps) and who act like us in some ways (“Come on. More pull-ups. Let’s go.”) But, most importantly, they feel like we do in so many ways. They work hard. They sacrifice. They care. They might be three thousand miles away, or they might be right next to us in the gym. Somehow the distance doesn’t matter. Besides, the blogs and Facebook took care of the distance problem, or so it seems. Miles have faded in the digital world.
There could be a million words written about CrossFit and its legacy to this world, but it might all come down to one: Community. Sure that sounds like sacrilege over the other, more famous phrase: Elite Fitness. But maybe it’s right.
You have the family you’re born into. And you have the CrossFit family you were lucky enough to find along the way.
Shauna and I both feel lucky to have found our Crossfit family here in Enterprise.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
07/03/2013 - Hero WOD Schmalls
Tonight we are doing a Hero WOD at 8 p.m. There will be no class tomorrow so we can celebrate our nations independence day.
This 4th of July, we honor the many who have given up their life, so we can enjoy our freedoms. One of the the patriots who laid down their life for our freedoms was Justin Schmalstieg. The video above is a short tribute done by Crossfit about Justin's life. Today's workout is called Schmalls.
800 Meter run
2 rounds
50 Burpees
40 Pull ups
30 Pistols
20 KB Swings
10 Hand stand pushups
800 meter run
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Good article on slowing down to gain perspective.
76-year-old phenom Larry the Legend, and 19-year-old phenom Lauren Fisher.
Written by Shane Farmer
What’s really important to you? I’ve found that I all too easily get wrapped up in the day to day “actions,” that I have to perform. My workouts, going to the dry cleaners, meetings etc. What I know in my soul though is that although these things consume my time during the days, they don’t define who I am and my day to day brain often forgets that. I’d ask you to take a similar look at how you define your days and life. Do you get so wrapped up in what someone says to you at the coffee shop that you let it consume the rest of your day? Are you so mad/hurt/surprised that you hold onto that comment and it brings you down until you wake up the next day? I’m guilty of this, I have to make it an active practice to release those feelings and understand that I can’t affect what others do or say.
This is often incredibly hard. What I’ve found is that by hitting a 5 minute pause button on your day, you can reset and let these things go. In writing it sounds easy, in practice it takes some effort. You need to remove yourself from the situation in one way or another, whether physically or mentally. Then you need to cleanse your mental pallet, you can do this by closing your eyes and imagine all the thoughts in your head being put into a balloon, blowing it up, then letting it go into the sky, or imagine writing all the rambling thoughts in your head being written down on a chalkboard then erasing it to get a clean slate.
Once you’ve cleansed that pallet of yours, you can get to the process of setting your new path for the day. Focus in on what makes you happy, what great thing do you have coming in the next couple days? Is there any art you particularly love? Go look at it, even online if you can’t make it in person. Listen to a song. Any of these things can work, but what you’re doing is shifting your mind to a new set of tracks instead of letting it run uncontrollably on its own.
Be conscious of what your mind is saying, self talk has a big impact on your life and often we’re not aware of what it’s saying. So take control and be conscious to your own life, your body will thank you.
Monday, July 1, 2013
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