An okay place to rest the plate tomorrow
This past weekend I was lucky enough to go to the CrossFit Football seminar in Nashua, NH. Let me preface the rest of this post by saying that I am not a football player (whaaaaat?!) and the CrossFit Football program does not center around the specific sport of American Football. Rather, it is a strength and conditioning program which uses the ideas of CrossFit to specifically prepare athletes for sport (be it Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ping Pong, etc.).
The majority of people do not walk into CrossFIt necessarily wanting to become elite CrossFit athletes. Most people want to CrossFit in order to improve other aspects of their lives, whether it be general health, their marathon time, or improve their training for a specific sport. That’s where CrossFit Football comes into play.
I felt a little out of place sitting among 20 guys, 4 girls, and being the only one wearing pink shorts. The seminar staff was extremely welcoming to everyone and very informative about the CrossFit Football program. I learned drills specific to sport, how to program toward sport-related goals, and lots of painful new stretches. While I have no plans of being drafted anytime soon (sorry to mess up your fantasy teams everyone), I hope to incorporate what I learned into my own training as well as share it with other. I can’t stop talking about it, I even spent about 30 minutes trying to explain sprinting drills to my mom, and managed to pick up an injury showing them to Sam. So please feel free to ask me any questions you may have! Now enough talking, let’s bench.
BURPEES!
September 13, 2012
Strength: Push Press 5-5-5
20 Overhead Walking Lunge Steps (20kg/15kg)
10 Toes-to-Bar
Announcements
Beat the Streets Fundraiser Workout on Saturday, September 22nd, in lieu of the invasion sessions, CrossFit Fenway is hosting the Steve’s Club’s Beat the Streets Fundraiser! This event is to raise money for the Steve’s Club National Program for at-risk youth fitness. Please contact Erika if you’d like to participate, or if you have any questions. The suggested donation is $25, but any amount is appreciated, and can be made via cash, checks made out to “Steve’s Club National Program”, or you may go to our donation page. This is a great cause, and we hope to see a lot of you here on the 22nd.
If you are interested in joining our mailing list, please submit your email below. 
PP: 47kg
WOD: 9:12 Rx
Nice work 6:30. So when are these sprinting drills revealed?
Sprinting is a bit scary to me, and I learned from Erika’s WaPack experience to try scary things. So I’d love drills too!
PP – 30kg with thanks to Nicole for encouraging me on the dip-drive movement.
WOD – 11:46 very un-Rx, but it gave me a new goal: jump to the bar with enough grip strength for a set ;)
PP – 92kg
WOD – 6:24 Rx – couldn’t figure out how I did my first round so much quicker than everyone else and then I realized I only did 10 lunges, so I did 30 for the second round…that really hurt!
Nice work 5:30
PP: 60kg (but 68kg x 4…so close)
WOD: 7:14rx
chasing dan p as usual!
PP – 80kg 90 went up 3 times, but that was all i could muster.
WOD – 8:10 Rx lunges went better than they have ever gone and the t2bs went well too. nothing mind blowing but a good day nonetheless.
PP: 70kg – Should have gone higher. Need to work on OH shoulder flexibilty. Core is arching.
WOD: 6:50 Rx. – First round of Toes to Bar all kipped. Then… no more. The T2B kip disappears so quickly.
My hamstrings were crazy tired today from yesterday’s heavy deads, but everything felt good during the WOD.
PP: 62 kg
WOD: 10:46 Rx, my toes to bar work is starting to pay off but my shoulders were just toast.
It was fun meeting the pm crew. Great job 5:00!
I want to play football with you, Mandy. And then bench it with some burgers the size of our faces.
PP: 45kg, failed on the 5th one at 50kg because I’m silly.
WOD: 12:57 RX
Tippie-tie-Tippie-Taye.
I came in dead last in my class today, and it was AWESOME! All the superheroes in the 5:30 cheered me on even though I’ve only had class with a few of them before. Finishing last in any other setting would probably stir up all kinds of adolescent gym class angst, but I left the box feeling pretty pleased with myself and appreciative of our little gym community.
Push Press: 35k (with a clicky wrist)
WOD: 11:35 RX