Nutrition

I know that we talk a lot about nutrition and zoning, but I thought this might be helpful.  A couple of things to watch for:  1.  look at the amount of powder that comes out of his cup compared to what went in, and 2.  what are those vitamins?  I am switching.

That's all folks.

Thursday night is the last elite class.  (I guess that means that we all passed.)  Any way, the .com is the filthy fifty.  We could do it rx'd or kick up something spicy (go heavy and real pull ups).  After we could all hit dinner in downtown Campbell.  I'm bringing an extra shirt and some cash.  See you @ 7.

CFSJ Affiliate Cup Team

Is anyone interested in doing this? We have been doing well at the local throwdowns and I think that we could do pretty well in this competition. CF Oakland won it last year and we weren't too far behind them in one of the throwdowns. We would need a team of 4-6 people, two must be female. Registration is the first week of June and cost $200 per team. The competition is the same weekend as the games in Aromas. The Affiliate competition is Friday, July 10th with the top five teams competing on Sunday. Hopefully Eric and/or V can qualify for the games but if they don't we could have a good team with them on it, plus we'd be at the games!

I just put this out there to see what the interest is and depending on that we can get something going.

Every Second Counts

Friday May 1st Rio Theater Santa Cruz, Ca 7:15 PM is opening night for the Every Second Counts Crossfit Movie.  Maybe this is where we should hold our elite class.

2 pood KB Fund

Jeremy had a good idea.  He started a 2pood KB fund.  If you would like to contribute put the money in the top left desk drawer.  Play It Again Sports has 2 poods.  As soon as we have enough cash I can run down to pick it up.  

Erik

The Elite class and other things on my mind

The elite class will be tomorrow at 4pm.  I think when V gets back, it will also be on Sat. at 1:30. and then back to Thurs. night. at 7.  I am all for the camaraderie and the challenge, but some of the 7 pm's suck.  Lets see how the 4 pm goes.  Nothing seems to work for everyone.

So the other thing that I am back on is the form issue.  I think that we owe it to everone to correct form.  An easy task when someone is not locking knees out on GHD sit-ups in the warm up, not so easy to get the balls to say it when they are not locking out on their thrusters or fully extending on the bottom of the pull-ups on a sub 5 minute (3 for some) Fran.  But the truth of the matter is that shitty pull-ups (insert anything) helps perfect shitty pull-ups.  We are building capacity for everything.  I can't say that Harj was my favorite person yelling at me to get my pull-ups legit on the day that I went sub 10 on Helen (a big deal for me), but I was glad that she stopped them from getting worse.   The harder that I I try now, the better that I will be pulling myself up a rock, or whatever.  The true test of what our Fran, Helen, Nancy times mean is when we kick ass at other things.

Lastly, what the hell is up with the pull-up bar.  Are the AM classes the only ones that complain about them.  A couple of times we have had ing dips and pull ups in a WOD and had to wait while someone else was working.  PLEASE COMPLAIN. 

Ps. Sorry about the picture.  It was just to stupid not to post.  It is from the gymnastics studio at the end of the building.  All I know is that if my kid went their, they would not go in that way.

Crossfit Santa Clara Throwdown

If you were there, then you know it was a lot of fun.  If not, you need to come to the next one.  Our own team of Jeromy, Erik, Sid and Ashley took 3rd (out of 20).  Legit.  Who were they beat by...Kahlipa (go figure).  Here is the link to the CFSC site to see what the wod was.  The pictures are up here.

Wish 'em luck

I know that this blog was set up to communicate about our CF elite class and the CF throwdowns, but there are some in our family that are going to get the Ju-Jitsu on. I know that Fiona and James are heading down south this weekend for the Pan-Am's. Let's think good thoughts and wish them luck.

CFSJ Picking up Women

So who's gonna be competing in the Santa Clara Throwdown? For those of you that are inexperienced in the O-lifts or weaker in the strength area, Saturday is Lifting Day. Come out at 1:30 and get some practice in. Also, our Elite team lacks female competitors; please try to encourage some female fire breathers to participate. April 4th @ Santa Clara CF.

Kicking ass and taking names

I am really proud to be a part of a box that goes out and tears it up.  I am disappointed that I wasn't there, so would someone post and put up some pictures? 

Ps. So there is some footage of you guys throwing it down.  The video is from CFO and it is on the CFSV website.  You can see our team in the background.

CFO throwdown

Okay, so this is a day late and a dollar short, but here what happened at the CFO throwdown.  First, they are definitely a bunch of heavy lifters.  There was a lot of great competition, and the air really got us going.  We had two teams, Erik H., Caleb and Grace T on one team, and Brian F., Niraj and myself on another.  The workout was team: 100 185# cleans, 100 135# push jerks and 100 burpees.  All of us scaled,  Erik's team went 155# and we went 135#.  All of us thought, at the end, that we could have gone heavier.  The competition does that to you.  It really pushes what you think you can do (although we all left saying that we were glad we kept to the weight we did and didn't leave with any injuries).  There were definitely some people that had no business lifting the weight they did (horrid form), but that is what competition does to you.

So get in on the next ones.  CF Silicon Valley on the 7th of March and CF Diablo on the 14th.  (I won't be in town for either.)

Niraj linked some really great photos:

Flickr

Picturetrail

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Friday and Saturday class is cancelled

We never got a key and that was the final thing.  Sorry if you don't get this.  See you next week.

Is anyone going to Friday nigh practice

Let me know, because I think I am covering the class.  Texting would be the best way 408-656-7007.

Lance

Elite Team Practice

Is anyone available to cover the practices times this week? Friday 7pm and Saturday whenever (since I won't be here). I'll give you my key to open and close the place. I'll leave a workout plan. And what's up with people not showing up to practice? Do these times work or would another time work? Please post to comments.

Great Job Team SJ

I just wanted to send a shout out to all you BAD ASSES that competed at the CFO Throwdown. GREAT JOB! It is difficult to overcome that mindfuck sometimes. I think most of you were surprised in your own abilities. It's a crazy thing when all that energy is flowing around you, adrenaline starts pumping, and people start cheering. Competition is awesome. Congratulations to the Elite team and a special CONGRATS to Brian Forte, Grace Thai, and Caleb for bringing in the big guns. Way to go! I hope that experience helped you become more confident in yourselves and your abilities. Keep up the good work everyone. For those of you out injured, be patient with recovery. It takes time to heal. Next throwdown will be at Silicon Valley; hopefully we can start hyping it up to get some SJ folks out to cheer us on. Please post to comments your own experience with this one.