Team 5 @ 5am WOD:
5am class did the "Dirty Thirty-Five"
We all know how to talk the CrossFit language to other CrossFitters. We are skilled in the CrossFit vernacular for people who share our world. But when faced with newcomers, most of us struggle so much in attempting to explain it. Describing CrossFit is like trying to say why you love your kids so much. Words have been written for thousands of years but no one yet has come up with the right ones to say what we feel.
It will be totally inadequate, but allow me a few words to try to describe what CrossFit is:
It’s a way of working out. It’s a sport. It’s a community. It’s a way to live your life.
It’s Heart. Soul. Love. Victory. And Loss.
It’s getting up early to do some horrible workout with others, or alone. And going to bed late some nights because you’re waiting for Lauren to post the next day’s WOD and you just have to know what it is before you shut your eyes.
It’s sprinting 400 meters again and again, even though you hate running, but you sure want to do it faster and better.
It’s learning Olympic lifts and obsessing over your clean technique, even though you’re a 15-year-old kid, or a 58-year-old grandfather, or a 25-year-old bad mofo stud.
It’s getting back on the pull-up bar, even though every muscle and bone in your body hurts and you’re shaking and you can feel lunch rising in your throat and your heart is pounding out of your chest. You can’t quit now. You can’t quit ever. You must see things through to the end, no matter how painful that might be.
It’s realizing the power of the barbell is mightier than the lure of the couch and the television. One will make you stronger, but the other will weaken your body and your brain. I do not exaggerate when I say the barbell may literally save your life. And your soul.
It’s a community that comes together to peform and witness feats of strength and stamina. A crowd that recognizes heart more than standings, and that victory must be earned or it is worthless. Cheaters will not be tolerated. Character and honor still matter here.
It’s a place that is growing faster than anyone could ever dream, propelled by heart, soul, hard work, and dedication. This CrossFit world is ours. And it’s about to become the world of so many others too. In the future, we will look back on these years with fondness, with nostalgia for the times when we were still small.
So, on Friday when the Affiliate Cup Competition starts, and on Saturday, when the individual competition starts, let us all revel in these days and these ways. Let us lift until our muscles give out, pull up until our hands are raw, and cheer until our dry, raspy throats can manage no more words. These Games – these people – deserve no less.
Heart and community. We’re about to witness huge displays of both. How lucky we are to be here.
This year’s Games are going to be fabulous for many reasons. I have goose bumps just writing about them. Hold on, CrossFit World, this is going to be a hell of a ride . . .
(By Lisbeth Darsh, www.crossfitwatertown.com.)
For time:
50 Box jump, 24 inch box
50 Jumping pull-ups
50 Kettlebell swings, 1 pood
Walking Lunge, 50 steps
50 Knees to elbows
50 Push press, 45 pounds
50 Back extensions
50 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball
50 Burpees
50 Double unders
See comments for scaling and post times.
Thanks again T-dub for all the help mounting the new pull up bar!!!
Pictures: Steve and Manda testing out the new bar. And our group made it on the scoreboard at the Dodger game Saturday night.
"Grace"
Clean and Jerk 135 pounds, 30 reps
Use 95 pounds, 65 pounds or broomstick as needed and post time and load to comments.
Picture: Jeffrey Leonard snatching on the jumbotron @ the Games. This guy was a beast!
Park WOD tomorrow!!!
8am sharp @ the par course on Truxtun ext. across from Total Woman and the Triple A. Don't forget H2O and a towel! See you there!!!
Wed. PM WOD
3 rounds for time:
Run 400mSee comments for scaling and post times.
Cash out:
Eat something healthy.
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