• 30Nov

  December 1, 2010

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  WOD:

  

  The Suttons.. The first family to join the Playground.

   

  “Jackie”

  For time:

  1000 meter row
  45 pound Thruster, 50 reps
  30 pull-ups

   

  It is hard to believe that December is already here. The holiday craze is in full swing, and the crap food is out in full force. Try to limit your crap intake during the week, and use moderation on the weekend. Pick one night and indulge and then make sure you clean it up the next day. We all from time to time fall “victim” to the “oh well, its the holidays”, and end up in a carb coma for the whole month of December.

   

  1.) Dues are “due” on December 1st. Please give them to your coach.  We will not be doing automatic withdrawal this month.

  2.) Grand Opening Party on Dec 4th at 7:30PM. You will have the option to workout at this party, so either come dress to WOD or bring your gear just in case you are called on to throw down. All are welcome – spread the word.

  3.) Forum is back up – go chat it up!

  4.) Remember to log your thoughts, times..etc to the website. Get your WOD buddy to do it too. It’s a great way to get the community chatting.

• 29Nov

  November 30, 2010

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  Once upon a time... Well, actually, it was April 22, 2009... A very young Chloe paid her first visit to The Playground. You've come a long way from swinging that tiny little kettlebell, Chloe!

  WOD:

   

  3 Rounds for time:

  10 OHS (135 / 95)
  50 Double Unders

  Chris Spealler rocked the pants off this one at the Qualifiers in a completely mind blowing 2:39.  Want to see how double unders are done?  Watch the vid!

  Rest 10 minutes;

  Tabata Row for Calories

   

  Reminders:

  0.) Who the hell took Will’s keys last night?  They were on the desk.  Chevrolet Truck Keys.  Red stop sign keychain that (oddly enough) says STOP on it and some things that won’t make a lot of sense if you’re not an Internet nerdy type.  If you find them, please bring them back to the gym and / or email or call us to let us know.

  1.) Dues are “due” on December 1st. Please give them to your coach.  We will not be doing automatic withdrawal this month.

  2.) Grand Opening Party on Dec 4th at 7:30PM. You will have the option to workout at this party, so either come dress to WOD or bring your gear just in case you are called on to throw down. All are welcome – spread the word.

  3.) Forum is back up – go chat it up!

  4.) Remember to log your thoughts, times..etc to the website. Get your WOD buddy to do it too. It’s a great way to get the community chatting.

• 28Nov

  November 29, 2010

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  WOD:

   

  

  Randy burping it up!

  “Bulger”

  Ten rounds of:
  Run 150 meters
  7 Chest to bar pull-ups
  135/95 pound Front squat, 7 reps
  7 Handstand push-ups

  Hope you all had a relaxing long weekend. Now its time to get back on the horse and giddy up!

  Reminders:

  1.) Dues are “due” on December 1st. Please give them to your coach.  We will not be doing automatic withdrawal this month.

  2.) Grand Opening Party on Dec 4th at 7:30PM. You will have the option to workout at this party, so either come dress to WOD or bring your gear just in case you are called on to throw down. All are welcome – spread the word.

  3.) Forum is back up – go chat it up!

  4.) Remember to log your thoughts, times..etc to the website. Get your WOD buddy to do it too. It’s a great way to get the community chatting.

  MWOD:

• 27Nov

  November 28, 2010

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  WOD:

  

  Playground kids working their HSPU. Tallulah has 5 unbroken!!

   

  “Fran”

  21-15-9

  Thrusters (95#/65)

  Pull-ups

   

  “Fran” is “the” CrossFit benchmark WOD, come in and hit it hard folks. We look forward to hearing about your PR’s!

   

  Reminders:

  1.) Grand Opening Party on Dec 4th at 7:30PM. You will have the option to workout at this party, so either come dress to WOD or bring your gear just in case you are called on to throw down. All are welcome – spread the word.

  2.) Forum is back up – go chat it up!

  3.) Remember to log your thoughts, times..etc to the website. Get your WOD buddy to do it too. It’s a great way to get the community chatting.

   

  MWOD:

   

   

• 26Nov

  November 27, 2010

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  WOD:

  

  Textbook squat and burpee. Way to go Carlsons!

  Select a bumper plate

  Rx’d – men: 45 / women: 25

  For time and always with your plate:
  400 meter run with your plate
  20 Down and ups (go from laying on your back to standing with the plate overhead)
  30 Deadlifts (plate must hit the ground)
  40 Overhead Walking Lunges – plate overhead
  50 Burpees (plate on the ground at bottom, overhead at top)
  400 meter run with your plate

  Fantastic showing from the Playground at the Manchester Road Race. There are a few pictures of team members on CTNow.com. Go check it out if you haven’t already.

  So we did not do our traditional post for Thanksgiving. We usually say what we are thankful for this year and ask all of you to post your thoughts to the comment section. We have many things to be thankful for this year. Of course our beautiful family, our latest addition to the crew, and we are of course thankful for all of you.  We have a wonderful community of people at the Playground. A community of people that really care about each other, so cheers and thanks to all of you who are the glue of the Playground!

• 26Nov

  November 26, 2010

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  WOD:

  “Turkey Burn”

  5 rounds for time:

  400 m run
  10 burpees
  20 pullups
  30 pushups
  40 squats

  Hours:

  Friday: 9:30AM and 4pm
  Saturday: 8:30AM
  Sunday: 8am

• 24Nov

  November 24, 2010

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  WOD:

  Power clean 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps

   

  MWOD:

   

• 22Nov

  November 23, 2010

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  WOD:

  

  "Better, Faster, Stonger"

   

  “Chowdah”

  3 rounds for time:

  3 Overhead Squats
  6 Jerks
  9 Front Squats
  12 Power Cleans
  400 meter run

  MWOD:

  Test: Deadlift set up position, Active bottom position in the squat;
  Mob: Try and stick the head of your femur out your bottom. 4 minutes each leg.
  Re-test: Deadlift and Squat Positions- Did anything change? Which YOU would you rather do high rep cleans in?

   

  Schedule:

  MTW – Regular hours

  Thursday: Off – no classes

  Friday: 9:30AM to 10:30AM and 4pm (subject to change)

  Saturday and Sunday: regular hours

  
  

  Reminders:

  1.) Grand Opening Party at 7:30PM on December 4th – spread the word about the party.  Some of the members are interested in doing a “yankee swap” type of deal with presents. If you want to participate at the Grand Opening, bring a wrapped present valued at  $10.00.

  2.)The Trot begins at 10AM.  On race day, we would like all team members to meet at the Bennet Middle school flag pole on Main street at 9am for a team picture.

• 21Nov

  November 22, 2010

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  WOD:

  

  Pam working her cleans.

  “Tabata Something Else”

  Complete 32 intervals of 20 seconds of work followed by ten seconds of rest where the first 8 intervals are pull-ups, the second 8 are push-ups, the third 8 intervals are sit-ups, and finally, the last 8 intervals are squats. There is no rest between exercises.

  MWOD:

  Schedule:

  MTW – Regular hours

  Thursday: Off – no classes

  Friday: 9:30AM to 10:30AM and 4pm (subject to change)

  Saturday and Sunday: regular hours

  
  

  Reminders:

  1.) Grand Opening Party at 7:30PM on December 4th – spread the word about the party.  Some of the members are interested in doing a “yankee swap” type of deal with presents. If you want to participate at the Grand Opening, bring a wrapped present valued at  $10.00.

  2.) Turkey Trot shirts should be ready tomorrow.  On race day, we would like all team members to meet at the Bennet Middle school flag pole on Main street at 9am for a team picture.

• 20Nov

  November 21, 2010

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  WOD:

  “2008 CrossFit Games Final WOD”

  30 reps, Clean and Jerk, for time.

  Men: 155
  Women: 105

   

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