Friday night Boston

I am in Boston this weekend, so the boys are coaching classes for me - LOVE YOU GUYS! I am attempting to hit as many CrossFits as I can while I am here - there are 4 in the city. One, CrossFit Fenway is closed for the weekend, (damn it man their logo is kick ass), another CrossFit Southie just opened doors last week, but not to the CrossFit masses, just getting stuff in so that leaves me with 2 in the area, Again Faster - a major supporter of the games, and CrossFit Boston. Gonna be coming home with something that says CrossFit and Boston if it kills me!

Boston has under water tunnels - we all know me, and I was hoping to see fish etc swimming over as I drove through it, but I think they knew there would be people like me going into the tunnels and realized I would be the one to see a fish, veer off in the direction of the fish in my classic butterfly syndrome, and crash - causing the entire road system to close, and the great people of Boston to be late for their entire lives... It makes sense when i put into written words, but the disappointment on my face as I drove into the tunnel was classic. It was late when I got in, so I could not see a lot - I did drive right by Fenway Park, and got the chills!! Friday nights game was canceled due to a Monsoon - no really the rains were crazy when I got here. OK, I don't like driving in cities, I don't like driving in rain, so put those two together - was good I got in at midnight - no one on the roads. So, hopefully that is good for me they will play a double header on Sunday and getting a scalped ticket should be wayyyyy easier!

OK, out for the day - love you guys see you soon! Pictures and stuff coming!

LABOR DAY HOURS

Saturday - Normal hours 9 and 4
Sunday - 9am only
Monday - 10am only


Can you believe it is September already, it seems like I just started summer, my son was leaving 8th grade looking forward to his freshman year, and WHAM here it is, my boy is in highschool, Chandler has been gone for almost a month, and Matt came back about a month early.

Friday 3, September 2010

Hey guys - greetings from Boston!!!

Strength:

Snatch Grip Deadlifts

3-3-3-3-3

Handstand push ups

3 x max reps

Metcon:

100 push ups
100 sit ups
100 flutter kicks - 4 count
100 squats
we did this as part of the Warrior WOD a few weeks ago, of course I think there was 4 miles of running surrounding it - LOL!

Thursday 2nd, September 2010

Should be a beautiful weekend, get your last bit of warm fun and go eat some RIBS!!
It should be remaned "Paleo Festival" So much good food and fun to be had!

For strength today we have

Snatch 8x2

and because I wanted to use all those new lovely sandbags (Thank you Chris)

800m Sandbag carry (Anyway you can)
3 rounds of
10 Burpees
20 Situps
30 Squats
And another 800m sandbag carry to finish it out.

Wednesday 1st, September 2010

The year is flying by people!! Summer is almost gone, and it makes me sad.


Strength:
Strict Press 5-5-3-2-5
and
Bench Press
5-5-5

Metcon
3 Rounds of
21 KB Swings
15 Deads
9 Knees To elbows.

Reach for a PR on strict press

Tuesday 31, September 2010

After yesterdays 5k we have some skill work and a good strength based metcon for you all.

Strength:
Back squats 5-5-3-2-5 2

Skill work:

double unders

Metcon:
Amrap 15 mins
5 hang cleans 60/40kg
7 strict pull ups
9 box jumps

Monday 30, August 2010

Ahhhh - strating the week a little sore after Bugaboo on Saturday. PERFECT!

Strength:

Deadlifts

5-5-3-2-1-5
2 sets of 5 light warm up
1 set of 3 at 60% of your 5 heavy PR
1 set of 2 at 80% of your 5 heavy PR
1 set of 1 at 90% of your 5 heavy pr
1 set of 5 HEAVY PR

Metcon:

5k - been a while but the weather is perfect!!!

Saturday 28, August 2010

SMA Awareness WOD, August 28th, 2010
"Bugaboo"
For time:
200 Thrusters (75/45)

Please join us as we do this special WOD on August 28th in memoriam of Benjamin "Bugaboo" Abruzzo III to raise awareness and donations for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). "Bugaboo" lived for just 200 days before he lost his battle with SMA on December 29th, 2005.

So many other children and families are affected yet knowledge and awareness is very low.

Please read the words in the post below from "Bugaboo"s father who has lost 2 children to this terrible disease. Also take a look at previous posts below from our efforts with this cause last year and the list of CrossFit affiliates who helped out last year. We hope to grow this event each year with your help.

I believe everything happens for a reason and I believe that the CrossFit community has the power to spread the word and raise some donations to fight SMA.

The first step in fighting for any cause is raising awareness by spreading the word. This year we are asking that each participating affiliate raise $200, one dollar for each day that "Bugaboo" was alive. All donations made online will come with a receipt and will be tax deductible. If you are interested, please find a participating affiliate near you, or find an affiliate near you and ask them to participate!

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FSMA DONATION SITE PLEASE!

http://www.fsma.org

If you can't make it to a participating CrossFit affiliate, all we ask of you, is wherever you are on or around August 28th, do this WOD and PLEASE COME BACK TO THIS SITE AND POST YOUR TIME, LOADS AND THOUGHTS TO COMMENTS so we can see who all we reached, then go to the donation site and give what you can. Tell everyone you can why you are doing "Bugaboo" and send the link to this site to everyone you can.

3-2-1-GO!