I love CrossFit. Some CrossFitters are assholes, sometimes I’m an asshole. If you don’t do CrossFit I bet you are even an asshole at times. Anyways I’ve been getting several hits from people who are knocking CrossFit, which is cool, it’s not for everyone. I’m not saying its for the elite, but it takes people of a certain mental fortitude and personal ethic. People who are competitive get sucked in. How could they not? In running, you’re either the best or your not. In body building your either the biggest, or your not. CrossFit gives the people who are not exceptional at just one thing a chance to be great at many things. To beat the elite runner at lifting, to beat the body builder in metabolic conditioning. CrossFit is an opportunity for everyone to be overall good, and at times superb. Laugh at me now. Go ahead. I used to be a cross country runner, I’ve put in some miles. I was never very good, more of a middle of the pack kind of person. Now that I do CrossFit, I’m still middle of the pack overall, but for individual things I excel. For example I can “squat” clean more than several girls thirty plus pounds heavier than myself. I have great endurance for heavy lifting with high loads. Though I am overall bad at running I excel at running hills especially against other CrossFitters. Booyaaah!!!
My rant: I’m actually I BIG hater on CrossFit as well, for the longest time and even still gyms are allowed to open, run by people who have no business teaching. As a coach for this “sport” I hate such places and people because it reflects on the community of which I take part. Assholes!!! Part two here’s an article of my favorite clients!
That said I finally sent in my passport application. Guam, Brazil, World, here I come! So, if you love or hat me and you live in one of the places I eventually venture, and you see me, don’t hesitate to stop me for a chat!
I’ve made the conscious descision that the Zombie apocalypse should it happen will suck. Every morning that I wake up at 4a.m. I ponder about zombies and just how prepared I am. I think that the morning would be an ideal time for it to happen as my family would be nicely tucked in their beds meaning A. I know where they are, and B. they haven’t been exposed. I would for an afternoon zombie pop. I don’t know where my loved ones are at 2p.m. Shoot. So remember kids, hide your kids, hide your wife, and lock your doors. Below is a video to prepare you! Kthnxbye!
For those of you in the CrossFit cult you know what Fran is how much of a bitch she can be. I usually ace around 7minutes when I do her, but I finally pushed out a 4:49 and boy was that dumb. That workout wrecks your entire body rendering you unable to fend for yourself. Fran usually leaves you disoriented and writhing in pain, wishing your arms would fall off, and is accompanied by a cough, the intense feeling of needing to vomit and shit. Not the best feeling in the world.
In other news the weather in Northern California has been wet and windy. We’ve had tornado warnings, highways closing due to snowfall, and some flooding. Woot. And rumor has it that those of us living on and around the San Andreas fault will get shaken up in the near future! Get your first aid and survival kits together, better over prepared than not prepared!
The Courage Games was definitely an experience. And once you overlooked the rain and the deafening pain of your hands and feet as they froze it was even fun. Don’t hate me for speaking up, but the judges were definitely not on the same page. They gave poor movers an unfair advantage over people who met movement standards. This is not the fault of the athlete of course, nor is it really the fault of the judges. It really comes down to the organizers and how it is their responsibility to hold everyone to the same standards. We see similar discrepancies in any CrossFit Competition, however, this was the worst I have yet seen. The reason this bothers me is because the outcome could have been different. However I feel like everyone took something from this event. Also, I feel that everyone left with a handful of new friendships. The first workout was fun. The second one made me cry for mommy, and the last one was a blast, but overall I’m glad its over.
Individual WOD #1:
a) 1.3 mile run
b) Ground to Overhead procession
Women – 65#, 75#, 85#, 95#, 105#, 115#, 125#, 135#
Individual WOD #2
10 KB Swings 53#/35#
40 Air Squats
20 KB Swings 53#/35#
30 Push Ups (hands off deck)
30 KB Swings 53#/35#
20 Burpees
Individual WOD #3
15 Deadlifts 275#/185#
10 Barrier Hurdles
30 Double Unders
20 meters out and back Overhead Lunge 45#/25#
Transfer your bar (275#/185#) 20 meters (anyhow)
20 Deadlifts 225#/135#
Sprint to Barrier
8 Barrier Hurdles
30 Double Unders
I think I’ll be getting sick. I think a full day of shivering left my immune system pissed off at me. Lesson learned, maybe think twice about doing a outdoor competition in the middle of Winter. I don’t care what the groundhog said this year, it is Winter still.
If you are like me, unless you have a definative goal, you have trouble motivating yourself. Ever since the Norcal Sectionals, its been difficult for me to motivate myself to workout. Sure, I spent some of that time trying to let my right elbow recover, but really it has felt better for months. Sometimes I would go to the gym just to “chat” when my initial reason was to get my WOD on. So, in response to my prolonged recovery, *cough* laziness *cough* cough*, I decided to participate in another challenge.
As I mentioned before, although this is a nutrition challenge, it will also provoke me to force myself to beat myself up in the gym. Why? I want to make a huge physical change to my body. Why? So I can win the pot. Why? Because I’m broke. But there is another why! And the answer to that why, is to get healthy and active again. To remind myself why I love this CrossFit stuff so much. If I introduce a healthy serving of vanity, I now have several things to motivate me.
Scrambles have become my absolute favorite for breakfast, and breakfast has become my most favorite meal. I usually start out with enough olive oil to cover the whole pan. Then I sauté in some onion and green onion. Let that go on for about a minute, then I start cracking eggs, commonly 4. I then throw in some tomato, mushroom, and whatever else looks scrumptious!
So, so far the challenge has been fairly easy, however the cry of ice cream is ever strong and that will surely be the first thing I dig into when this is all over!
First off, I’m looking to get back into writing, my intellect and focus has reduced dramatically since I’ve silenced myself. Second of all, I want to get back into the gym consistently and eat better. I’ll admit I have been super lazy when it comes to getting into the gym for more than coaching, and my eating habits have been more or less mortifying. So, in response to my life style’s pleading cry for a change, I’ve entered myself into CrossFit One World’s Look better naked challenge. The goals to win this “competition” are to either lose the most weight, or to make the most dramatic change to your body within a seven week period.
Now I only weigh about 125 pounds, and I don’t expect to lose very much weight. However, I truly believe that I can sculpt myself. In order to guarantee a change I have been carb loading with junk food, alcohol, and excessive eating. I do not feel very good at this moment, however, I know that my healthy choices to come will cause a great change in the way I feel about myself and will encourage me to stay honest, and will hopefully stick when the competition is over. My life style change (diet) will fall under Paleo this time rather than the Zone. However, I may combine the two at some point during this little adventure to tamper with the effects.
My game plan: Eat lots of protein, mainly my zesty italian chicken or store-bought carne asada. Throw out all of the junk I have in my pantry, pack my lunches, and eat in moderation (Those who know me, know that I engorge myself).
The video I have included is excruciatingly long, so please, only watch about the first 30 seconds. Also, the entire thing is sideways, I lack video editing software, sowwy!
Life isn’t all cookies and butterflies, it’s dark, wicked, and filthy. Some how CrossFit has become a ray of sunshine in this world of darkness. Not only is it something that people genuinly enjoy putting themselves through, it better equipts us for the challenges ahead. Freddy C. of CrossFit One World wrote an article about this topic not too long ago. Some sceptics and haters have determined that Crossfit atheletes are preparing for some superhuman feat that they will likely never face. Freddy responds
Sure, I might live my entire life and never need to perform a heroic act….or, I might have to perform several in one day. Who knows? We know not what life has in store for us tomorrow. A mom or dad might have to save their family from a house fire. A teacher might have to protect his/her students from some heinous act of school violence. A firefighter or police officer may go to work tomorrow and not return home to their loved ones.
I agree with Camacho completely, but I would also like to add how CrossFit betters us all in our basic, unsuperhuman parts of life. Grandma can carry her grocieries all the way to her car without assistance or stopping for a break, grandpa can put the heavy bucket of paint in its place on the shelf in the garage without a stool or ladder. Mom can lift and walk with that piece of furniture that just needs to be in another room, and not wait for her husband to come home from work, dad can open that pickle jar without throwing out his back, and the kids, well, they dominate the neighborhood with their superior lumbar curve and always get picked first for any game.
See, CrossFit helps.
I am always inspired each day when I walk into a CrossFit box and I see women do things that were once considered…just for men. Who knew a woman could clean 150#…I never thought I would be able to do it. But I did and it was one of the proudest moments of my CrossFit addiction. And geeze, there are women at One World who are damn near deadlifting 300#. Now that’s amazing, I see men everyday who can’t do some of the things us women do and it brought me to the realization of just how important technique is. Hell, I never would have cleaned 150# without it. If I don’t drop under that bar, well…I wont be catching it. I think a thing to consider for us women is we are driven, our drive causes us to focus and in turn, since we can’t always rely on raw power, our only choice is amazing technique or failure.
Now, I’m not saying that men are all raw power, or that all women aren’t, I just think people need to have some drive, focus, and determination. Something I myself have been lacking these past few weeks. Hopefully, you, the reader have not fallen off the pony.
The only real purpose of this post was to express my love for the women who have crossed the borders into a world of fitness, health, and strength!
I’ll be at the Games, I hope to see many of you there!
Hey guys, hows it hanging! This whole blog thing is failing now that I am back in California and actually doing things. All of a sudden I do not have free time or motivation. Interesting… This guy knows how to dance!
Camping this season is going to be a big thing on my to do list to frquent. I want to get out on the lakes and make some meories. This past weekend I went with a lovally group to Lake Tulloch. I had such a great time, especially when I got off the antihistamenes. They were killing me.
Meet: Jason Borgenburch
Occupation: Video Game Tester
Underwear: Flinstone thong in bottom drawer
Biggest Secret: Lives at home with his mom and enjoys smoking the reefer with her cat whilst wearing her silken lingerie.
So this game is fun but I haven’t been making much of an effort because I have been all over the place. For example the beach, hence Jason B. and going to the lake, grand fun. So I will try to make quality posts and hopefully get some videos up as soon as I fix the sound on my computer.
I have a few things coming up in the next couple of weeks and hopefully I can pull some fun content from these events.
You never know what the world has to offer unless you get out there and try 
new things. Heck, you might find something that you really like. Thus, my challenge will be to try something new everyday. I will be taking pictures or video of whatever my find is. Today’s find is some German candy and candy from I dunno where. Gummies were okay in small quantities. The little hard yogurt things were good but with a weird after taste.
Okay…so my idea for a game is actually Jeffs idea and kinda works with Billellsworths since its already kind of a passion to be random…I will play the people watching game. The rules are simple. I will walk around or sit on a bench with a coffee or whatever and watch people and when I see someone interesting I will do the following:
Make up a name for the person.
Make up what they do for a living.
Make up what kind of underwear they wear.
Or makeup something else super random…
It will all be based on first impressions and appearance!
Filed under: Fitness, food, Stuff, The Zone | Tags: algebra, boring, crossfit, job search, math, rita, summer, The Zone
Good news, I have finally signed up for my summer math course, a course that will determine my academic future. Should I fail this class, I will be kicked out of East Bay and will have to go to Ohlone…Math 900…an algebra course that is considered elementary…a course that I find very difficult. Quote from me ” I suck at math”. I guess I need to take in the CrossFit philosophy of “practicing what you suck at”…which for me is math…trust me, I’d rather do Fran…So on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10am till 11:50am I will be learning algebra…again…hopefully…
On another note I cam in third for the CrossFit One World tryouts. Congrats to Cheryl and Jaime who killed all of the workouts! It was a two day killer with a mix of a full squat Grace, a 5k Row (disgusting), and Helen. I think I speak for everyone who participated when I say, “it was a blast!”
The Zone: I have been Zoning on and off for the past week or so. When I am on it, I feel fabulous, when I’m not, I feel…okay. Lesson here, I should start Zoning again. So should you!
A job…I need to find a job soon. I’m thinking Monday I’ll walk into Sports Authority and ask for an application, and perhaps see about getting an early morning job at Starbucks or something. Wish me luck!
