Archive for: December 2008

December 31, 2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2009 IS THE YEAR YOU MAKE THE CHANGE AND GET IN THE BEST SHAPE OF YOUR LIFE. YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Filed under: CrossFit The Woodlands - 31 Dec 2008

WHAT A YEAR IT HAS BEEN. I HONESTLY FEEL WE ARE BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS AND GETTING PEOPLE IN OUTSTANDING SHAPE. WE ARE MAKING OUR MARK ON THE FITNESS COMMUNITY AS THE BEST FITNESS PROGRAM THERE IS. I CAN’T WAIT TO GET BACK IN THE GYM AND MAKE 2009 THE BEST YEAR YET. I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED ME GROW THE BUSINESS TO WHERE IT IS NOW. I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT EACH AND EVERYONE ONE OF YOU. THANKS FOR BELIEVING IN ME. THANKS FOR BELIEVING IN YOURSELF.

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December 30, 2008

Tuesday Dec 30 2008 CrossFit The Woodlands WOD

Filed under: CrossFit The Woodlands - 30 Dec 2008

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For time:

Pull ups x 40

M.C. x 300

Burpee x 25

Sprinter sit up x 100

Burpee x 25

M.C. x 300

Pull ups x 40

Commercial gym workout

Filed under: CrossFit The Woodlands - 30 Dec 2008

For Time:

Smith Machine Clean and Jerk x failure

Bosu ball preacher curls with 10sec. pause at the top x 20

Single leg alternating front shoulder raise with blindfold “or pirate patch” *since you can’t see, use your CORE* x 10

Mirror peck and ab flex until you fart “if you accidently shit yourself then you are done”

Crunches “bender ball” x 10000000000000000000000/ until the ambulance shows up/ or cell phone rings

December 29, 2008

Monday Dec 29 2008 CrossFit The Woodlands WOD

Filed under: CrossFit The Woodlands - 29 Dec 2008

As many rounds in 20 min. of:

Deadlift x 5

Push up x 20

Run x 200m

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What has been going on @ CrossFit The Woodlands over the holidays

Filed under: CrossFit The Woodlands - 29 Dec 2008

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My baby got her first calus from doing pull ups. You can’t see it because of the flash but it’s there. Way to go Havangli.

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More working out

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Adam came back from the Air Force

He’s going back of course

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Day after Christmas Fight Gone Bad Workout

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Scott Wells and Chris Holt of CrossFit Threshold

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Workout at LuLuLemon

 

December 26, 2008

Filed under: CrossFit The Woodlands - 26 Dec 2008

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

I know everyone is looking at getting into shape for the New Year and I feel it is my duty as a fitness professional to give some insight on what I feel people should know before they make a life changing decision. I would like to give pros and cons of joining CrossFit opposed to joining a commercial gym. CrossFit can be a bit intimidating at first because people get on the website and see the workouts and think to themselves ?man, I could never do that? or ?these people are crazy. In shape, but crazy.? As a small business owner I do not have a huge budget for marketing. I guess you can consider this a pro or a con. Even though I can not get the word out to millions of people like the commercial gym can, the people who do come in and give the CrossFit program a chance will see and feel results like never before.

Advantages vs. Disadvantages

1. CrossFit does not require you to sign a contract to join. We do month to month. This way you can try it out and if you don?t like it, you simply don?t sign up again the next month.

2. Cost of training. CFTW avg. cost of training is around $6.75 per session opposed to $50/ $80 a session at a commercial gym.

3. If you are looking for proper instruction then CrossFit is the place for you. Don?t go back to the commercial gym and have no clue on what you are doing. This is maybe the #1 reason why people do not see results. If you have no clue on what you are doing, let us help you out. That is what we are here for.

4. No distractions. This can mean many things but when you come to the facility, you are surrounded by other people that are there to get results as well. Listen to their testimonials and see where they once were and how CrossFit got them to where they are.

5. Higher level of training. This is not a jab at anyone but there are trainers out there that plain do not know what they are doing. Come in and talk to me personally. A commercial gym will tell you that their trainer has every certification out there. Well, I got those too. Anyone can pass a test; it?s how you apply that knowledge that counts. Just a little something extra, all those tests are B.S. anyways, you seldom use the things you learn in them. Clients don?t want to know how the blood flows from the heart to the rest of the body; they want to know if you can help them reach their goals fast.

Now I can sit here all day and give pros and cons but ultimately, you are the one that is going to have to make the decision for yourself. I hope 2009 is the year everyone becomes more aware of their bodies and start to help themselves get into better shape. Stop listening entities trying to make a buck off your fitness at the expense of your results. Get into shape by doing a proper training program and start eating correctly; you will be amazed how things start to take care of themselves.

December 22, 2008

Filed under: CrossFit The Woodlands - 22 Dec 2008

CrossFit The Woodlands Christmas Schedule

Dec. 23rd / Regular Hours

Dec. 24th / Closed

Dec. 25th / Closed

Dec. 26th / One class held @ 12p.m.

Jan. 1st / One class held @ 12p.m.

Monday Dec 22 2008 CrossFit The Woodlands WOD

Filed under: CrossFit The Woodlands - 22 Dec 2008

There are people who talk the talk, then there are people that walk the walk. Which one are you? I see alot of people that talk the talk and make so many excuses. No wonder they are out of shape, they spend all their time thinking up excuses to not be in the gym. I have never understood why someone would want to be like this. I have yet to see the person who will challange that eating correctly and partaking in regular exercise is not good for you. Even though the holiday season is here, don’t let that be an excuse to get out of shape. I personally don’t believe in new year’s resolutions, but if that is what gets you going then the new year in here. What is it going to be. Will you make the changes to get yourself in better shape, or will it be another year of excuses.

Row x 1000m

A1. Deadlift 3 x 10

A2. D.B. press 3 x 12

B1. High box step up 2 x 20

B2. Chin up 2 x 15

C1. Burpee 3 x 10

C2. Bear crawl 3 x 80ft

December 19, 2008

Friday Dec 19 2008 CrossFit The Woodlands WOD

Filed under: CrossFit The Woodlands - 19 Dec 2008

FREE Sat. workout at 10a.m.

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Today we did Murph and it was tough as hell. Good job everyone. Tomorrow we will be a LuLuLemon at 11:30 doing a workout. Come out and cheer us on

“Murph”

Run x 1mile

Pull up x 100

Push up x 200

Squat x 300

Run x 1mile

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December 18, 2008

Thursday Dec 18 2008 CrossFit The Woodlands WOD

Filed under: CrossFit The Woodlands - 18 Dec 2008

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This is the face of someone that is about to let it go, or maybe that is Melissa’s fun face. Either way, keep up the hard work.

The other day I met up with some parents from a volleyball club that had some very good questions. One of the questions was about volume of training. The girls were training at school with volleyball and weights. After school, they were training volleyball for two hours and in a few months, they would be required to do a proper strength and conditioning program for an hour after volleyball training. Parents were concerned with their kids overtraining. Now I know this sounds like alot but I had an answer that I felt was a pretty good one. As I watched the girls go through their warm up and volleyball training I noticed some very evident things. With all this training they were doing, they still had terrible mechanics. Yes, alot of them were good volleyball players, but imagine if they had a proper strength and conditioning program. Imagine the possibilities of going from just being mediocore, to great. I guess this is what I’m trying to say. If you are doing alot of training and you are still not doing exercises correctly, then doing an extra strength and conditioning program that teaches you to do those exercises properly is not considered overtraining. THEN

Today I met a few guys that seemed like they were in pretty good shape. One guy was what you would consider to be Built, Cut up, or whatever other sterotype you would like to place upon him. One of his concerns was that he can’t get any better than what he is right now. Now let me remind you that this kid is about 22 years old. He said that he has hit his peak. I looked at him as if he was joking, but he was not. I do not know why people insist that they have peaked. I rather them say that they are in a rut. When you talk about peaking, you are talking about mastery. Now lets look at mastery. How long does it take to master something. I don’t have an answer. I have been alive for 30 years and still have not mastered a damn thing. I told them about this guy I once knew. He was a 96 year old WuShu student. He had been practicing chinese wushu since the age of six. Notice that this guy had been doing wushu for 90 years and he was still a student. So at the ripe age of 22 this guy had hit his peak. Please excuse me when I call bullshit on this one because there is always room to grow.

 

8 rounds of:

K.B. thurster x 10

K.B. swing x 10

Run with K.B. x 200m

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