• 29Sep

  September 30, 2009

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  WOD:

  Tillman
  

  7 Rounds for time:

  7 Deadlifts 315 lbs
  1 Full Gasser
  15 Pull Ups

  Great job to all who completed the “Swayze.” Based on your performances it look like many of you had a dance careers in previous lives. The guys in particular rocked this WOD.

  Diet Challenge Update:

  Starts on: Oct 19th
  Ends on: Nov 20th (will have a party to celebrate that evening)

  We decided to go with a quick challenge because we feel everyone can rein it in for 4 weeks. We also believe that most of you are already watching what you eat, but need to pay more attention to the quantity and quality of foods you eat.

  Challenge requirements:

  1.) All participants must come to the Playground 3 times a week.

  2.) Keep a daily log of diet – using the website is the best way for us to keep track of progress.

  3.) Get measured weekly

  4.) Follow diet plan suggestions provided by trainers

  We will hold a kickoff meeting prior to the 19th, to go over the rules again and to get measurements. If anyone feels uncomfortable meeting as a group, we can go over this information at your session. The plan is to have all information for each contestant by Oct 16th. Your personal information will not be posted on the site. Stay tuned for more information regarding kickoff date and prizes that the winner take home.

• 28Sep

  September 29, 2009

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  Ah, the high styles of the Autumn of 1981. Recognize anyone?

  WOD:

  Deadlift 3-3-3-3-3 reps

  And if you’re a glutton for punishment, run 4 x 800 m, resting between rounds for as long as it took you to run the previous 800.

  We’re still working on the video from the “Swayze” WOD.

  No rhymes or rants tonight, but we’ll come up with a topic-du-jour tomorrow.  Until then, sleep well, and dream of large women.

• 28Sep

  September 28, 2009

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  WOD:

  

  Melissa ripping out her first deadlifts with 135# for reps.. you go girl!!

  “Angie”

  100 pull-ups

  100 push-ups

  100 sit-ups

  100 squats

  Post time to comments section

  Schedule for week of 9/28

  Monday, 9/28: 5:15AM, 5:30PM
  Tuesday, 9/29: 9AM, 5:30PM
  Wednesday, 9/30: 5:15AM, 9AM and 5:30PM
  Thursday, 10/1: 5:30PM
  Friday, 10/2: 5:15AM, 9AM, 5:30PM
  Saturday, 10/3: 8aAM to 10:00AM
  Sunday, 10/4: 9AM to 11AM

  Monday, 10/5: 5:15AM, 9AM, NO EVENING SESSION – Tallulah’s B-day!

• 26Sep

  September 26, 2009 – “Swayze”

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  WOD:

  

  "Nobody puts baby in the corner!"

  “Swayze”

  400m Carioca
  25 Power clean and jerks
  100m arabesque alternating legs ( jumping on one leg, you must demonstrate control and balance)
  50 hurdle jumps
  100 flutter kicks
  100m plate/db walking lunges
  400m Carioca

  This WOD is a tribute to legendary actor, dancer, and People Magazine’s 1991 Sexiest Man Alive: Patrick Swayze.  For those of us who came of age in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the man was nothing short of an icon.  From his role as Jed Eckert in Red Dawn to the legendary Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing, Swayze was the man.  His later roles and Dalton in Road House and Bhodi in Point Break pretty gave him enough dude points that we can overlook his role in whatever the hell Ghost was all about.

  Swayze was a legend.  R.I.P., Patrick.  You will be missed.

• 24Sep

  September 25, 2009 – Plyo Box Signup

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  Will going MAD Vertical on the Box Jumps. That's a 24 inch box, for the record. We're thinking he should go for 60 inches.

  WOD:

  Start a fight with someone, and lose the fight.

  Well… Not really.

  21 dumbbell thrusters (35 / 20)

  21 pullups

  21 dumbbell squat cleans (35 / 20)

  21 situps

  15 dumbbell thrusters (35 / 20)

  15 pullups

  15 dumbbell squat cleans (35 / 20)

  15 situps

  9 dumbbell thrusters (35 / 20)

  9 pullups

  9 dumbbell squat cleans (35 / 20)

  9 situps

  And….

  GYM PAINTING AND PLYO BOX BUILDOUT DAY – A DRAMA IN TWO PARTS

  OK, it’s an official signup. Part One – most of you are aware of. We need to finish painting the gym, and probably touch up some of the areas that have taken a beating from wallballs and HSPU. October 10th is the day. Sign up if you’re in. Easy enough.

  BUT THAT’S NOT ALL…. ( <– that works best in a Billy Mays voice)

  A lot of people have said they want to have some plyo boxes for their homes, so that they can have box jumps available as an option on days when they can’t make it to The Playground.

  If you buy a plyo box online, you’re looking at 100 bucks if you’re looking at a nickel. We’ve got good news for you – We can beat the crap out of that price. So we’re offering you a two-fer. IF you come and help us with the painting, we will help you by building you a plyo box. We’ve got the saws, the drills, the screws, the wood glue, the know-how, and the dashing good looks to pull it off.

  If you’re in for a plyo box (or plyo boxes, if you so desire), let us know (drop an email to info at crossfitplayground dot com, that way Will and Cindy both get it). You’ll need to get us 25 bucks per box you want built. That price will cover a sheet of 3/4 inch plywood from Home Depot plus a few thousand Turkish Lira for gas, time and effort. Let us know how many boxes you want, and what sizes you want (we’ve got solid templates for the 12, 16, 20, and 24 inch variety, all of which can be made from a single sheet of plywood. If you want bigger, let us know, we’ll figure out the price). Get us the cash by October 8th at the latest – we’re going to Home Depot on the 9th, and that will be that.

  One additional note – 3/4 inch plywood is about 50 pounds a sheet, so we can do about 20 sheets in the pickup before the weight and height start becoming an issue. If the demand is overwhelming, we can make more than one trip, but get your order in sooner rather than later.

  Sign up below, and bonus points for amusing us with your bio.

  The event have ended - no more registrations are allowed.
• 23Sep

  September 24, 2009

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  WOD:

  

  Suzanne killing the "filthy!!"

  4 rounds of:

  Run 400 meters
  50 squats

  A new challenge is in the works. This time we will focus on diet only, and the duration will be less than 6 weeks.

  The challenge will begin on October 19th and end on November 23rd – just in time for Thanksgiving. This Challenge will be all about balancing your life through diet and exercise.

  All are welcome to join. We will pick one person to “showcase” on the website to track progress. All participants are required to keep a food journal, and must be at the gym three times a week.

  We will provide suggestions regarding diet, food choices and recipes.

  Any takers.?!?

• 22Sep

  September 23, 2009

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  Happy Birthday Auntie Kimmie!!!

  WOD:

  

  Mike ripping out pull-ups

  “Filthy Fifty”

  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

• 21Sep

  September 22, 2009

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  Will and Tom working Deads at CrossFit USA in their unofficial CrossFit Playground Uniforms. Yeah, we won.

  The Playground WOD:

  For Time:

  10 Deadlifts (225 / 135) / 1 Burpee

  9 Deadlifts / 2 Burpees

  8 Deadlifts / 3 Burpees

  7 Deadlifts / 4 Burpees

  6 Deadlifts / 5 Burpees

  5 Deadlifts / 6 Burpees

  4 Deadlifts / 7 Burpees

  3 Deadlifts / 8 Burpees

  2 Deadlifts / 9 Burpees

  1 Deadlift / 10 Burpees

  Weights will be scaled as necessary.

• 20Sep

  September 21, 2009

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  Will, Cindy, and Coach Burgener

  First and foremost, today marks the seven year anniversary since Will and Cindy got married, so in an unabashed bit of self-acknowledgement, happy anniversary to us!

  WOD:

  10 Rounds:

  1 Squat Clean @ 90% of your 1RM

  5 Burpees

  5 Pullups

  Rest 1 minute

  Rants and Notes:

  We just got back from a truly outstanding weekend spent with Coach Mike Burgener, EvaClaire Synkowski, Keith Wittenstein, three-time Olympian Fred Lowe, and many other amazing Coaches and athletes (including a drop-in visit from Brian MacKenzie of CrossFit Endurance). It was an amazing learning experience for us, and we’ve got lots of new goodies in store for the Playground Crew.

  

  One of these things is not like the others.... EC, Fred Lowe, Cindy

  Before any of you go through today’s WOD, you will be subject to a crash course on how to properly clean and jerk. We will adjust your load according to how you take to the crash course.

  We’re still processing everything we went through, but we’ve already decided that we will be adapting The Burgener Warmup as a warmup component for all athletes, every day. The full progression takes very little time, encourages the grooving of several key elements of properly performing the Olympic lifts, and focuses on some areas where we all can improve.

  We are genuinely excited to share what we learned over the weekend with our athletes. Bring your lifting shoes this week, and get ready to get deluged and drilled with Olympic Lifting this week while it’s still fresh in our minds.

  YAY BURPEES!

  This week’s Schedule:

  9/21 – 9AM and 5:30PM
  9/22 – All sessions
  9/23 – All sessions
  9/24 – 5:30PM
  9/25 – All sessions

• 18Sep

  September 19, 2009

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  Bailey and Will grinding it out.. Way to bring it today!

  As most of you know, Cindy and Will will be in Boston at the Olympic Weightlifting Certification with Coach Mike Burgener and (rumor has it) a freshly-returned from a summer working on an organic farm in Montana Eva Claire Synkowski.  We’re psyched.

  Joyce (and soon-to be-certified Will) Moorcroft graciously offered to man The Playground for us (and for you) tomorrow morning.  And since Joyce is running the show, we left the programming honors up to her (although we think we smell a bit of Will’s fingerprints on this one as well).  She (they) did not disappoint, except for failing to name the WOD (don’t worry, we took care of that for you, Joyce – no offense!) So without further ado:

  WOD:

  “The Baby Momma”

  3 Rounds for Time

  Run 400 M
  40 Sit ups
  100 M walking lunges
  25 Pull ups
  30 Squats
  20 push-ups

  And a note from your friendly neighborhood Playground Coaches:

  We’re extremely proud of the way everyone brought it this week at The Playground.  There was hard work all around, and even more importantly, a LOT of work on improving technique.

  It’s important that we all do some introspection from time to time and try to bring our game to the next level.  You all did that this week, and you did it without any grandiose motivational speeches from us.  As your coaches, there’s nothing that makes us prouder than to watch each and every one of you overcome your own hurdles and improve as athletes.  Weeks like this one are the exact reason we decided to affiliate, and your performances this week motivate us more than we can convey.

  Give it hell for the baby momma tomorrow, and keep up the good work.  You can expect some Olympic Lifting next week, to be certain.

  Kisses,

  Will & Cindy

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