The resemblance is uncanny. I have to wonder if Justin and Squatch are related (note the door image and Justin, also they match colors)?
Notes:
Today was the last Sunday CrossFit WOD in Bellevue Square Park for lululemon. Thanks again to those of you who made it out this past month rain or shine to help us expose some newbies to CrossFit!
Schedule Changes:
Starting every Saturday we will now have a 10am morning WOD!
Also reminder that as of Oct. 5th (next week) we will adjust the following class times (this will provide lunch and after work flexibility):
This was it! CrossFit affiliates across the country participated today in the fourth annual FGB fundraiser benefiting Athletes for a Cure and The Wounded Warrior Project. Overall the fundraiser raised close to a million dollars. As a collective group SnoRidge CrossFit, CF Redmond, and Team Schneider raised over $1500! Not counting matching funds!
We were proud to have 29 athletes of all levels and ages hit this WOD with max effort and max support from their fellow CrossFitters in our box. Today was motivating and inspiring on a number of levels for us. Thanks to all who came, participated, scored, cheered, and kept that energy level high with each wave. We hope we can do this again next year. Take a nice rest day tomorrow, you all earned it!
In honor of USAF SSgt Travis L. Griffin, 28, who was killed April 3, 2008 in the Rasheed district of Baghdad by an IED strike to his vehicle. Travis is survived by his son Elijah.
Knowing the reason behind this WOD gives it a whole new light. Here’s to hoping we don’t see any new Hero WOD’s.
Jumping Lunges or Man-Makers? Which was tougher? Survey says… Both! Pretty much an even split among everyone polled for what was harder. Both worked some of the areas commonly neglected in typical gym training: balance, coordination, speed and explosiveness, and functional movement using one half of your body.
Notes:
The “Grace” Challenge is now OFFICIALLY OVER! Neil made his up tonight. Will finalize the results and announce tomorrow.
Congrats to Steph, Pat, and Jeremy who all completed Elements today and will be joining classes starting tomorrow! All three are fired up! Welcome to Solveig who started Elements. She came, saw, and pretty much conquered the “Intro WOD”.
FIGHT GONE BAD: Our workout fundraiser event is Saturday morning from 10AM until 2pm or so. We expect a busy day and have over 30 folks coming from our box, Dan is bringing some athletes from CF Redmond, and a large group from Dupont. Feel free to come join us as we all workout for two great causes: Athletes for a Cure and The Wounded Warrior Project. Or come watch! A great way to get some exposure to CrossFit, meet great people, and get motivated. (Dan made the incredibly cool graphic on the right.)
As a gym SnoRidge CrossFit has raised over $1234 in donations. That is just some outstanding stuff. And I need to submit this to my company for a matching grant tomorrow. Everyone should be proud for garnering support for this. Seeya on Saturday!
Everyone loves Lorri but everyone didn’t really love this WOD. Brutal and fun! The goal here was for you to hit as many rounds as your age. Seeing as you are 21 that would be quite tough.
Bruce and Lucy mid-clean and the AM Group shot post WOD:
Notes:
Tomorrow night’s 7pm class is cancelled as we are closed. All other Wed. class times are normal.
Starting Oct. 1st we are changing our member dues to switch the 3 times per week plan to unlimited for the same price. Click the link above for more details.
The other change is an additional family member/spouse discount if both are unlimited. Discount will be 20% off the second unlimited membership.
October events:
10/10: Nutrition 101 (paleo, Zone and “food for thought”)
Jim: “What’s the difference between running Fran and regular Fran?”
Tom: “Well, there’s no running.”
That about sums it up. No variation of Fran is pleasant. It is however a very effective WOD.
Welcome Pat, Stephanie, and Jeremy who started Elements with us today. Pat even came by in the afternoon WOD to watch and cheer the class on!
Jorge post “Grace”:
Announcements:
This Wed. 9/23 our 7pm class only is cancelled. All other class times on Wed. are the same.
9/26 get ready for Fight Gone Bad. We are open at 10am and will run groups through until complete. We are partnering with CrossFit Redmond who is bringing a group as well as several CF’ers from the Dupont area. Should be a great day and great WOD!
New Class Schedule beginning in October:
Saturday’s we will now have a 10AM class regularly!
Starting 10/5 we will be changing the following daily class times:
Perform 8 rounds of each of the following exercises with alternating intervals of 20 seconds work/10 sec rest:
Wall Jumps (or box jumps)
Push-ups
Air Squats
Rest 1 minute between exercises.
We gave everyone a taste of Tabata intervals today for our third park WOD for lululemon athletica in Bellevue Square. Even the sun cooperated with 20 second intervals of sun followed by 10 seconds of clouds. Amanda, Lyndi and Eli all came out to represent and get their WOD in. Join us next Sunday for our last WOD in Belle Square Park!
We will be holding free CrossFit workouts this Sunday and next (9/20 and 9/27 only) for the Bellevue Square lululemon athletica location!
WOD will be at 9:25am every Sunday for September only. We are halfway through and have just two workouts left. Come work out with us! (Meet Michelle in the store inside the mall). More details here.
Congrats to Dan for getting his kipping pull-up today (pictured back right in the bottom pic)! Perfect day for it! Not only that but thank you for motivating and working with people after finishing your WOD. Lorri snuck in under the radar with her birthday so we will just have to make-up for that next week.
We had a few new faces this week giving CrossFit a try. Who knew bringing a friend along for mutual suffering could be so much fun? (kidding)
Grace challenge results are waiting to be published until Jorge and Neil complete their re-test on Monday.
Notes:
Want proof CrossFit is growing? Is it growing where it should? Post thoughts on this topic to comments.
If you are a NFL fan you may recognize one of the owner/investors, Lorenzo Neal, a former NFL fullback and 4 time Pro Bowl selection. This guy has the NFL record as the lead blocker for 11 straight seasons for a 1000 yard rusher. The list is impressive as he was the blocker for guys like Ladainian Tomlinson (in the video briefly), Eddie George, Adrian Murrell, and Warrick Dunn. He is also a CrossFitter. “PIA” stands for Players In Action. The other investors include Ray Lewis, Chuck Lidell, and Ladainian Tomlinson. This stuff is getting big people.
