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Soula’s Workout Log

2009-03-11T22:05:39+10:00

12.30pm with Pete

W/U
800m run
20 goodmornings
20 push ups
20 sit ups
20 squats
20 push ups

W/OUT
8 Rounds
3 Deadlifts
10 DB walking push ups
3 full hang pull ups
10 TGU
time 27.11
Awesome workout but I was very dissappointed with my time. First time doing TGU’s, they were painful. I had to scale them down from 12kg to 8kg in the 4th round. Deadlifts need some work as well, technique not so good. Feeling very sore all over tonight. Thanks Pete for the pain.

Caitlin’s Workout Log

2009-02-18T08:17:15+10:00

I’ve been to 7 CF classes now since my boyfriend so kindly gave me a 10-visit card as a gift/hint. I thought the first 6 were hard: I sweated profusely and felt the pain the next day.

But last night I experienced what was I think my first REAL CF workout. It was “FRAN” and she was a real b*!@h. I struggled like I haven’t ever before, with an empty 20kg bar for the thrusters (my first time doing thrusters) and my purple-band pull-ups converted to jumping pull-ups on the highest box halfway through my first (yes, first) round.

I think my time was 13mins or something, which would have been great if my pull-ups were actual pull-ups and Amy didn’t have to save me with the mini bar in my last round (thanks Amy, I might have actually cried if you hadn’t passed me that lighter bar).

After I called “time” my throat closed up and I wheezed like I’ve never wheezed before. “Fran” beat me.

Thanks for the workout “Fran”, but next time I’ll be stronger and you won’t win.

training holiday

2010-03-13T06:55:44+10:00

hey, im planning on going to thailand to train for a month or 2 at a thai boxing camp and was wondering if anyone had any expirience or thoughts on good gyms to train at ect…

also duz anyone had any other ideas of a “training holiday”

cheers guys

paris

Cameron Gallacher’s WOD LOG

2009-02-14T13:37:24+10:00

14.02.09

WU
800m jog

5rds
10 sit up
10 push up
10 squats

“Firestorm”

1 Round

400m Run
400m Lunges
40 Pull Ups

18:00

Lunges killed and seemed to take forever. Nearly vomited on completion of the workout.

Melbourne Farmer’s Markets

2010-03-05T15:51:15+10:00

Thought some people might be interested in this. If you aren’t a fan of supporting supermarket chains, GM or pesticide foods, here is a great alternative.

I haven’t gone as yet, but due to my MARCH PALEO CHALLENGE (check out my nutrition log) with it’s extra rules I need to find more markets. Was going to begin trying to shop at the weekly Melbourne Farmers Markets (http://www.mfm.com.au/). Should be a great place to source some quality, freshly picked, GM and chemical free fruit and veg.

They are held every Saturday changing depending on which Saturday of the month it currently is:
1st: Veg Out @ St Kilda
2nd: Collingwood Children’s Farm
3rd: Pipeworks @ Port Melbourne
4th: Slow Food @ Abbotsford Convent

Veg Ot is just around the corner from me. Collingwood and Abbotsford I can hit up pre/post the Saturday WOD. Pipeworks is just around teh corner from my work. I don’t really have an excuse to not go do I?

Great words that move you…

2010-02-20T16:18:17+10:00

I am currently reading ‘The Pilgramage’ (for the third time), by Paolo Coelho (most known for his book ‘The Alchemist’). I hit a great section that really drives home a good solid message. Thought I’d share it but also thought it would be great if anyone else sees/reads/hears something that holds a great message that it could be shared here too.

Maybe it’s just a short quote, an idea, a haiku, zen tale, concept, whatever… pop it down here.

These messages don’t always impact you at first, but I find that sometimes in your life you will have an experience and a quote or story that you remember reading a while back pops into your head and all of a sudden makes so much sense because you can really conect with and understand it now.

Anyway, here’s the section from the book. Enjoy.

. . . .

“The good fight is the one that’s fought in the name of our dreams. When we’re young and our dreams first explode inside us with all of their force, we are very courageous, but we haven’t yet learned how to fight. With great effort, we learn how to fight, but by then we no longer have the courage to go into combat. So we turn against ourselves and do battle within. We become our own worst enemy. We say that our dreams were childish, or too difficult to realise, or the result of not having known enough about life. We kill our dreams because we are afraid to fight the good fight.

The first symptom of the process of our killing our dreams is the lack of time. The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work that they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.

The second symptom of the death of our dreams lies in our certainties. Because we don’t want to see life as a grand adventure, we begin to think of ourselves as wise and fair and correct in asking so little of life. We look beyond the walls of our day-to-day existence and we hear the sound of lances breaking, we smell the dust and the sweat, and we see the great defeats and the fire in the eyes of the warriors. But we never see the delight, the immense delight in the hearts of those who are engaged in the battle. For them, neither victory nor defeat is important; what’s important is only that they are fighting the good fight.

And, finally, the third symptom of the passing of our dreams is peace. Life becomes a sunday afternoon; we ask for nothing grand, and we cease to demand anything more than we are willing to give. In that state, we think of ourselves as being mature; we put aside the fantasies of our youth, and we seek personal and professional achievement. We are surprised when people our age say that they still want this or that out of life. But really, deep in our hearts, we know that what has happened is that we have renounced the battle for our dreams - we have refused to fight the good fight.

When we renounce our dreams and find peace, we go through a short period of tranquility. But the dead dreams begin to rot within us and to infect our entire being. We become cruel to those around us, and then we begin to direct this cruelty against ourselves. That’s when illnesses and psychoses arise. What we sought to avoid in combat - disappointment and defeat - come upon us because of our cowardice. And one day, the dead, spoiled dreams make it difficult to breathe, and we actually seek death. it’s death that frees us from our certainties, from our work, and from the terrible peace of our Sunday afternoons.”

NEW CFV T SHIRT SLOGANS

2009-02-03T13:40:49+10:00

try these ideas?

Just Keep Moving

5 For Time

It’s Only Good When It Hurts

No mirrors.
No air-conditioning.
No TVs in the training area.
No treadmills.
No machines

Or my fav “Crossfit - it f@ckin hurts”

Matt’s Workout Log.

2009-09-14T09:22:57+10:00

WOD. Diane

21,15,9 - 100kg deadlift, HSPU’s.

RX’d on deadlifts. Subbed pikes for HSPU. 5.40ish. Did some more deadlifts after the WOD to improve form (was rounding the back too much).

Then got to work and did 4x5 HSPU’s. Was filthy at myself for not even attempting the HSPU’s in the workout so had to prove to myself I could do them.

Adrian… log.

2009-03-18T13:48:01+10:00

Finally got around to posting a log. I have collected records of the past three weeks so here goes…

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Mon. 02/03

HELEN
400m run
21 Kettlebell Swings (12K)
12 Pullups
[x3]

9:56
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Wed. 05/03

Deadlift 5-5-5-5-5

40-60-70-90-110
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Thu. 06/03

150 Squat
800 Run
150 Squat

15:16
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Mon. 09/03

CHRISTINE
500m row
12 Deadlift (70kg)
21 Box Jumps
[x3]

14:18

TABATA SQUATS]

21-20-18-17-16-16-18-20

Low 16
Total 146
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Tue. 10/03

5 Handstand Pushup
10 L Pullup
15 Walking Lunges
[AMRAP 20mins]

8 rounds

(Nearly all pushups were handstand)
(All pullups were L shape)
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Wed. 11/03

Deadlift

5-5-5
3-3-3
1-1-1

Worked on technique mainly (as it is currently shocking) with 50kg.

Main problem is keeping correct curve on the way down, esp. the lower back.
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Fri. 13/03

JESTERS REVENGE
5 Thrusters
10 Front Squats
20 Back Squats
40 Lunges
80 Double Unders
[x1 @ 1/2 body weight]

8:19 (30kg)

Became difficult in lunges. Esp. because of agitation with BB across back.
Mostly attempted double-unders. Got six in a row at one point.
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Mon. 16/03

Tabata Rowing
50 Wall Shots (7kg)
30 Lunges

8:19
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Tue. 17/03

(Missed morning class so did my own workout)

5K Run

19:48

Really happy with this time as I got right into improving my running last year (until just over 12 months ago I had always told myself that I just didn’t have the capability to run). It’s been a while since I have gone for a run of any descent length or time. Thought my pace was too slow to make it under 20mins and was punching the air with glee when I checked my time at the end.
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Wed. 18/03

MURPH/2
800 Run
50 Pullups
100 Pushups
150 Squats
800 Run

22:02

Broke up the Pullups/Pushups/Squats into 10x5/10/15.

Happy with both runs (though in hindsight think they could have oth been pushed out faster).
Happy with pullups (Chin over bar every time).
After maybe round 5 I could no longer push out 10 pushups (muscle fatigue) and would rest for a second after 5, again after 8.
Biggest challenge was keeping good form in my squats (my lumbar curve requires huge work). Trying to keep form slowed them right down, but form is better than speed.

Mike, Matt and Roland are crazy to have pushed out the full Murph (esp. Mike in the 10K vest). Maybe one day I’ll get there too.

Commando Steve article

2010-03-12T18:11:24+10:00

As the title states, there is an article about him in this issue of Australian Men’s Fitness magazine. Just got home with it, so no verdict yet, in fact all I know Commando Steve is from Zane’s signature….