Say hello to Brandon — he’s one of our newest members but he’s going to be smokin’ those WOD times soon, without a doubt. Welcome, Brandon!
(There are a bunch of new members at CrossFit Watertown — if you’re an oldhead, remember to say hello and help out. Thanks!)
In other news, here’s the deal on the Feb Rowing Challenge. Look at today’s date: Feb 16th. Now, pick a reasonable goal for you to reach by March 1st. Reasonable. Not whacked-out and not wussy. No injuries but no sloth component. Write down that goal on the whiteboard today. If you reach it, we’ll toss your name in the raffle. Any questions, ask a coach or ask in Comments.
Have a great day!
February 16th, 2010 at 9:40 am
Welcome Brandon. Watch out for Rockstar. She’s got a thing for Asian dudes but she’s harmless.
February 16th, 2010 at 10:09 am
Welcome Brandon!!! Great form on those SDLHP
February 16th, 2010 at 10:16 am
Welcome Brandon …. great to have you in the nooner crowd!!
February 16th, 2010 at 10:22 am
Welcome Brandon!! It was great counting out your last reps~keep up the hard work!
February 16th, 2010 at 10:38 am
Whoo hooo! Donna’s in Comments!
February 16th, 2010 at 10:38 am
And why am I suddenly wishing I was an Asian dude?
February 16th, 2010 at 10:51 am
AHhh— welcome Brandon, and yes we have an Asian man soft spot at CFW lol
February 16th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Welcome Brandom…fyi…5:00pm class is the cool class…promise I won’t bite…for now…
February 16th, 2010 at 11:19 am
hehehe.. Rockstar- don’t lie to the boy lol
… sooo.. 6 for tough mudder??? anyone else???????? The more the merrier!!!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:23 am
Welcome Brandon
The more I read about the Tough Mudder the more I want to do it. I’m in.
February 16th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
I think Brandon will fit in with our crew. His first official WOD, if I’m not mistaken, was 150 wall ball, and he came back for more. That says a lot about a person. Most mere mortals would limp home and never come back after that WOD!!
February 16th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Welcome Brandon it was nice getting to meet you for a bit on sat.
With the toughmudder – if you haven’t looked at the map & breakdown of events yet you definetely should ( http://toughmudder.com/events/bear-creek/bear-creek-map/ ), I first thought it would be a nice warmup / intro for the Warrior Dash…but its twice as long and greuling. The waiver is a bit intimidating as well and makes me want to sign a bogus name with my left hand. Anyways let me know what people want to do – I’m probably 60/40 (yes/no) at this point, but if others are doing it that would help things
February 16th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
I’m trying to switch some things around at work so I do the Tough Mudder. For get that marathon crap… they don’t run through fire!
February 16th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Karen made me miss the Sunday Football WOD. I didn’t roll out properly and it hurt all day Saturday and Sunday.
February 16th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Well I posted before but wordpress seems to have eaten my previous post.
I strongly suggest people look at the map and breakdown of the 17 obstacles at the tough mudder…if you need the link just send me a msg on facebook and I’ll get it to you. I orginally thought it would be a nice warmup for the Warrior Dash but this thing is seriousy twice as long and grueling
February 16th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. I am so happy to have found Crossfit Watertown. Thanks again Donna for encouraging me on the last set of yesterday’s WOD. Kirk…the 150 wall balls were ABSOLUTELY brutal and I look forward to many more WODs with everyone. See you guys soon!!!!
February 16th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Welcome Brandon! Don’t listen to Rockstar, 6pm is where it’s at…
Having Karen as your first official wod? Nasty stuff.
February 16th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
*****ATTENTION ALL*****
There will be NO evening classes tonight due to the weather
Everyone owes me burpees, situps, and walking lunges at home, 15min AMRAP =)
February 16th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Dan I agree with you. This race is not for novices. Seven miles is a tough run in and of itself. Based on the information on the website: it takes their average competitor 2.5 hours to complete and those people looked like heavily trained athletes. Reminder to everyone: this is time without water, food, or bathrooms (based on the fact that they do not mention stations on the website). This is Murph times two plus some.
If you want to be able to do this – we have time to train for it. Work in long distance runs with some burpees or kettlebell swings at mile markers. This is not a show up and do it type of race. It will be dangerous if you do not prepare for it properly.
February 16th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Good points Dan and Becky. I love anything that challenges me!!! when do we start training?
BTW, BRANDON Rockstar is absolutely right 5:00pm rocks!!! As a matter of fact all our Asian men (and most everyone) lost their Crossfit virginity at 5.
February 16th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Good point, Rich. And — little known fact — Melissa lost her virginity in my garage, as did Janice, Sue, and Mary. Nate lost his virginity to Sue, Mary, and Rich in our old place across the street.
I better stop now.
February 16th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
And, yes, Melissa was already married when that happened. Her husband did the same thing a few months later, but we made him stop after 10 min with Cindy.
February 16th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
OMG – listening to all these comments would make some people realllly wonder what CF is all about!!
Welcome Brandon! 6pm is THE class! I suggest you try them all.
Yes, Jackie, gobble gobble!
Melissa, what about burpees in the snow tonight???
February 16th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
When you say “nate lost his virginity…”, I hear “nate was raped…”.
Easily my most memorable CFW experience
February 16th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
I just remember that you kept sitting down but they kept going. They didn’t stop until the hour was up.
February 16th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
“nate was raped” HA!… dude! we were all raped!…My cherry popper: I come in all innocent to “talk” about CF & Lis rapes me- no warning at all- brings me(@ 220lbs) to the point of vomit/blackout. Not long after the assault started- I slid down to the floor- and THEN she handed me a waiver form, “just in case”… Ahhh… I knew when my life flashed before my eyes- I’d love CF.
February 16th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
I almost forgot I lasted a whole 10 minutes my first time with Cindy, I mean Melis, I mean, Cindy. hmmm. I’d better stop talking.
February 16th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Hey now!
February 16th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Kirk — I just watched. The funny thing is, Melis kept going for another 10 min after you stopped.
February 16th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
HA!!! You guys! seriously the last 3 posts in any combination are freakng hilarious bahahaa
February 16th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
What’s really funny is that I seem to remember Beery’s quote after the infamous “I met Jen and she groped me” incident. I believe he said, “She took my virginity for the second time.”
February 17th, 2010 at 12:18 am
HA! Jen IS CFW!! She was meant to be the greatest of virginity takers… 10 mins into being @ CFW she touched Jess’ boob AND Bobby’s butt… BAHAHA
February 17th, 2010 at 9:11 am
I really wonder what other people think when they read our comments. It all sounds so dirty and yet it’s a bunch of people doing functional fitness in an old mill building . . .