Excitement about CrossFit Open WOD 12.1. Blue Area represents everyone else at the gym; Green Area represents Tom Seddon.

WOD:

   Workout 12.1

Complete as many reps as possible in 7 minutes of:

Burpees

This workout begins from the standing position. The Athlete will move from flat on the ground to touching an object with both hands that is 6 inches above their max reach. Score is total reps completed.

If you’re on Team Playground for The CrossFit Open, you will need to be judged while you do the WOD.

Familiarize yourself with the standards of movement and / or judging here -> http://games.crossfit.com/workouts/the-open

If you’re not on the Team, there’s still time to sign up; head on over to The CrossFit Games site and sign on up.

Randy and Dollie were so into the Games that they prototyped a Team Playground uniform last year. It's probably a good thing we missed the regionals...

WOD:

Run 400 m

21 Deadlift (225 / 155)

21 Burpees

Run 400m

15 Deadlift

15 Burpees

Run 400 m

9 Deadlift

9 Burpees

The CrossFit Games – Open Season

The qualifiers for the 2012 CrossFit Games start tomorrow, and CrossFit Playground has “opted in” to host / participate.  We’d like you guys to join us.

It doesn’t matter if you think you can qualify or not – what we’re going to use the qualifier for is to give people a little taste of what the Games are all about.  If you register as an athlete, you’ll be able to see how you stack up in the region and nationally.  There are a LOT of people who are going to be competing in the qualifier who have no realistic chance of going to the Games, but the majority of the fun is just seeing if you can and how well you do in these workouts.

One thing to be aware of: you will be held to standards on these workouts – a Coach or a Playground-approved athlete will be judging every movement you make.

The cost to join in is 20 dollars, and that’s for all six WODs.

You need to go to The CrossFit Games site to register.  Once you’ve signed up and paid, you’ll need to select your affiliate.  You’ll see a list of every CrossFit Affiliate in the NorthEast in your list – we’re listed (oddly enough) as “CrossFit Playground.”  Pick us as your affiliate, and we’ll add you to the team.

Speaking of teams, here’s the way it works for the team competition: the scores from the top three women and the top three men  who are on the team count for any given workout.  Anyone can be a contributor. The top 30 teams in the region will advance to the Regional round.

Doing the games is a good time, and a great way to build community.  You can hit some WODs with a bunch of people you don’t normally get to work out with, and cheer everyone on.  Randy will be providing entertainment with his quick-change magic act, and JJ will also be offering his foundational class on cheese making (week one’s focus will be “Curds: The Secret to a Great Poutine.”  Sign up and be part of the fun!

There's a weird trend we've noticed in that overall, the CrossFit Coaches are hugely tall, and the Olympians we personally know are really, really small. For the unknowing among us, that's 3-time US Olympian Fred Lowe sammiched between the lovely Cindy Malz and EvaClaire Synkowski.

WOD:

“The Desert Eagle”

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of:

Pullups

Pushups

Overhead Squats (95/65)

A couple of notes:

1) REAL PUSHUPS, please.  Don’t be doing the whole “my ass is the upside of a banana” thing, because 1) it’s not, and c) it’s nowhere near as flattering as you might think it is.

2) Hey, go sign up for the Games.  Right here -> http://games.crossfit.com/ - If you don’t, we won’t write you a letter of recommendation, Chloe Seddon (or anyone else who may want one).

3) A new and exciting class is in the works: Advanced Juggling Techniques with Randy Spellman.  Tentative times are Sundays at 3:30 AM and Wednesdays at 2:14 AM.  Let us know if you’re interested in the comments.

Back Squat

3-3-3-3-3

CrossFit Games Registration

The Games Season is again upon us!  Here’s the link -> http://games.crossfit.com/

We’d like to see every single person at the gym sign up.  You might not make it to the games, but attempting the qualifier WODs will allow  you to see how you stack up in the region and in the world, and doing the WODs in the gym is a great community event.  It’s 20 dollars well spent.

We are fielding one team – Team CrossFit Playground.  When you sign up, select CrossFit Playground as your Affiliate, and we will add you to the team.

We are going to have multiple pre-set times for the Games WODs to be attempted, which we will work through with the Coaches.  During these times, there will be no “regular” WODs; the gym will be dedicated to the Games WOD.  We’ll try to have a couple of them a week so that everyone gets a shot to get their WOD in.

Truly the most solid squat I've seen in a while! Solid PR Mark!

WOD: Raj and Mark Special:

Back Squat 10-10-7-7-5-3-1

Prowler 50ft x 14 rounds

https://games.crossfit.com/mygames/

Hang Power Clean

2-2-2-2-2-2-2 reps

Keep your eyes on the site; we’re going to be posting the Games stuff a little later today.

8 rounds of:
Run 400 meters
Rest 90 seconds

Post total time to comments not including 8th rest.

Keep on moving girl! Keep on moving.

“Nasty Girls”

3 rounds for time:
50 squats
7 muscle ups (sub 4 pullups and 4 ring dips for each muscle up)
10 hang power clean (135/95)

Press
2-2-2-2-2-2-2
Rest 60 seconds between sets