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What is a Warrior?

Monday ~ 8-30-10

Ahhhh, the "Break Week"...
Extra workouts were today... see at bottom what you missed.
AND Thursday a.m. (5:30 - 9:00)
Tom is also available tonight and Wednesday night (6:30 p.m.)


What is a Warrior?

(above is a recent picture from the "Warrior Dash" - 2 leaps of Fire at the end of the race!

The dictonary defines it as:
  1. One who is engaged in or experienced in battle.
  2. One who is engaged aggressively or energetically in an activity, cause, or conflict

That being said, a Warrior is one who "over-comes" and "perseveres".
This could pertain to daily life at times, struggles at home or work, with family, and OUR WORKOUT!
And the second part of that... is the Workout for sure... ENERGETICALLY in an ACTIVITY!

As always I was doing some more research and found many interesting things to note.
I hope some of you saw the video on SICFIT's Website about "I will Commit" - that is a warrior montra!

Today's Warrior Warmup:
5 Rounds:  10 x Med ball Clean/Press - burpee
                   10 x Squat Jumps to Med Ball
                     1 50m Sprint

Warrior Workout:
10 Rounds:  1 Turkish Getup (24/16kg)
                     2 KB Double Clean - Press (no knee dip)
                     3 Double KB Snatch
                     2  Ground to OH w/bar (115/70#)
                     1  Strict Pull-up
                     Recovery Sprint 50m

ENJOY LIFE and YOUR WORKOUT like a WARRIOR!


Hard Work and Sacrafice

Friday ~ 8-27-10

Last day of our August Session! Today was Challenge Day!!!! LOVE IT!
See how you rate.
Quote of the Day:  "Hard Work and Sacrafice Are Your Only Salvation"


Rules: If doing the 30 minute max time - 5 Rounds is required of the Run + Box Jump + WB
THEN do the reps of 10-8-6-4-2 or the 4 different exercises.
Get points for Reps + any left over seconds.

i.e. There is 120 total reps to be gotten
      Say you had 2 minutes and 10 seconds left before 30 minutes is up
      Your score would be 120 + 170 = 290


ENJOY!

We are on Break Next Week.
Extra Workout Days are:  Monday @ 5:30 a.m./6:30 a.m./7:00 a.m./ 6:30 p.m.
                                         Wednesday @ 6:30 p.m.
                                         Thursday @ 5:30 a.m./6:30 a.m./7:00 a.m.

No Saturday or Sunday Classes this weekend or next.
Monday: Labor Day = 9:00 a.m. CLASS ONLY to kick off the next Session!

Training vs. Exercise and Coaching vs. Personal Training...

Thursday ~ 8-26-10


Training vs. Exercise and Coaching vs. Personal Training...
I was doing some research today.

Came across some good points throughout my search....

Exercise is what you see people doing on the Eliptical or Treadmill, or while sitting on a bicept curl machine. These people do this to feel better about themselves. These are the same people that continue to look the same year after year without change and are often spotted reading a newspaper while sitting on a stationary bike. Why?

Training is working past the point of comfortable. Working to always make progress. Using all your faculties while doing movements, such as a Ground to Overhead with a barbell, or a Turkish Getup with a Kettlebell. There will be no reading newspapers. We have a rule, "Absolutely NO Sitting, or you will do Burpees."  Only sitting allowed is a wall sit - i.e. still stimulating.


Personal Training, although there is definitely a time and a place for it, especially when working with recovering surgeries or intense injuries, or just really poor body movement. However the majority of Personal Training at a big globo gym consists of a trainer putting someone through the motions of this machine, do 10 reps, while the trainer counts for them, then move to another machine and repeat the procedure around the gym. Sometimes they get "Crazy" and throw in a  few lunges or a stability ball.

Coaching is what we do, we constantly work to perfect your form, We are always watching to make sure your doing the movements completely, correctly, and in a manner to avoid injury. We push you farther than you would ever push yourself. We challenge you to do things you never thought possible, or even dreampt of doing. We are there to help you be the BEST you can Be!

That is the spirit of Coaching and Training vs. Exercise and Personal Training.
Make Sense?

Okay try this today:

Reps 30-25-20-15-10
   • Double KB Snatch
   • Side to Side Box Hop Overs (16-20" box)
   • DU's

AFAP!

ENJOY!
Next week we are on Break!
Extra Drop-In Workout are Monday and Thursday:  5:30 a.m. / 6:30 a.m. / 7:00 a.m.


Great Time to get in here and try us on!

Warriors Line Up

Tuesday 8-24-10


What does training do for you at CIA CrossFit ?

Well, a group of us headed up to Copper Mountain this past weekend to participate with 7000 other crazy individuals as we did a 5K starting at 9,500' elevation and going upward a good 1,000 feet before coming back down. To make it more interesting, we overcame 10 obstacles along the way. Jumping over Junk Yard Cards, scaling a wall of bails of hay, crawling through a tank of quicksand like mud over a foot deep and under barbed wire at the same time... as well as many other "interesting" crazy human stunts, oh, and jumping over 3' high flames a couple time to complete the finish line!

AHHHHH, good times!  Also known as "The WARRIOR DASH"
Definitely a MUST for those that want more than a "Cherry Creek Sneak" run around on flat surfaces and yada yada.

Best part, I would say is just being able to do a 5K like this.
Some of the fastest people did it in under 21 minutes. Definitely more used to elevation than I.
Myself, I got 12th place in my age bracket.

What keeps us able to do such things?
the CIA FIT ™ Program combined with CIA CrossFit !

Yesterdays WORKOUT:
100 Rope Slams
 80  KB Overhead Swings (24/16kg)
 60  GHD Situps
 40  Burpees
 20  Pull-ups
 10  KB Snatches each side
   1  Rope Ascent 2 the "Easy Button"

AS FAST AS POSSIBLE - ELIMINATE TRANSITION TIME!

Same philosophy for a Warrior Dash ... Just Get 'er Done ASAP!


See ya Next Year at the Warrior Dash!
I'll be shooting for the top 5 in my bracket...

Back from the North Pacific

Thursday ~ 8-19-10


Been gone, off Kayaking miles and miles of the San Juan Islands off the coast North of Seattle.
Lets talk about AMAZING!!!!  When do I get to retire?

Those joining me for the Warrior Dash of the Rockies this Saturday up at Copper Mountain, Lets JAM that PARTY!!!!

Workout for those inquiring minds...

Friday:   Warm:  200m any combination…

                        Lunge / hop / Broad Jump – just get er done!

 

               WOD: Partners…

Person #1: OH Carry 50m

            • Med Ball Slammer Ball (20# / 30#)

            • KB Carry (2 at once or 1 at a time = 2-16 kgs / 2-24 kgs)

            • Plate Carry Down and back (i.e. 100m)  - 25 lb / 45 lb

            • KB Farmer Carry back

            • Med Ball Slammer Carry OH Back

Person #2: get points for Box Jump Burpees (do one, then other)

 

Person with deficite, has penalty of double burpees for difference

 

               Cash:  10 T2B

                          20 K2T

                          5 Hand Stand Kick Up Attempts to Hold

                        - Repeat -

Mentally as well as Physically - Do you stimulate yourself?

Thursday ~ 8/12/10


On top of Mt. Massive – Colorado's 2nd Tallest 14er, and our First 14er!


Question of the Day is do you Mentally as well as Physically stimulate yourself?

Lots of times I see my clients just going through the motions, picking up weights that I know won't push them to advance anywhere soon. Seldom, and with few exceptions, I find a client that actually really focuses, drives, pushes hard and ahhhhh, yes, ACHIEVES!

The reason I choose heavier weights for the Rx in class is to push and challenge. We get better when we get stronger. Our bodies are able to acknowledge what used to be the "easy threshold" is now ridiculously easy and we are not able to do with ease what we used to consider way out of our bounds. In order to achieve jumping a higher box, Snatching a heavier Kettlebell, Deadlifting more weight and doing your kipping pull-ups without assistance, you have to mentally challenge yourself.

The photo above was an INCREDIBLY challenging feat both mentally and physically. At 12,600' elevation, above timber, and suffering for oxygen, I wanted to stop. But I could see the summit just under 2000' further up. I could see people up there. I could see Chad behind me and I was more determined than ever to Make it! After nearly sliding back down because of snow and ice blocking the path and shimmying along the sides of rocks I was clinging to for dear life as the wind blew and tried to throw me off, I Finally summited! Chad directly behind me and OH WHAT A HAPPY THING TO FINALLY BE HERE! Physically my lungs were screaming, the lack of oxygen made my legs heavy. Mentally I kept asking myself "WHY do people do this? WHY do we torture ourselves???"

The answer is simple, because we NEED challenges. Without them, we lack anything to drive us. The reason most people don't like challenges is because of the fear they might fail. Guess What, WHO CARES! Take on the challenge, if you succeed - YEAH!!!! If not, now you have another challenge to go further than you did last time. In class, that means more reps, faster times, less soreness after the fact, and a stronger mind, body & soul!

This is my year of Adventures! I declared that January 1, 2010.
So far, I am succeeding. Yes, there are a few I have missed or something got in the way to prevent that Adventure, but the fact is, I keep putting new ones out there to go after and AHHHH YES, I will get them.

What would challenge you both physically and mentally?
Write it down, give it a date, and create a strategic plan to get there.

WOD:
20m Renegade Row Bear Crawl w/KB's (24kg/16kg)
10 Ring Pushups
1 Muscle Up

4 Rounds AFAP!


ENJOY LIFE!

Are you Tough Enough?

Wednesday ~ 8-11-10

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men to win them.
- -- Emerson



Borrowed Image from CrossFit FairFax... Because I love it!


Today:  Cards - Black Jack 21 - 30 minutes
hit on 16 and under
if go over 21 do Broad-Jump Burpees
do cards for reps

Hearts: DU's
Diamond: Ball Slam Rollbacks
Clubs: Wt. Ball Hurl/Burpees
Spades: Sledge Hammers each side

ENJOY!

Another Tuesday Workout

Tuesday ~ 8-10-10



Another week off to a kick!

24 reps of each
• DL @ 205#/165#
• Box Jumps 24"/20"
• Double KB Bench Press 24/16kg's
• Box Jumps
• Double KB Cleans


Join the "Cult Gym"....   CIA FIT GYM!
Working out with others will always push you to go harder than on your own!

What I have learned


Monday ~ 8/9/10

Watch this Link:  Dealing with your Demons!  >  www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQITWbAaDx0&feature=player_embedded
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What I have learned...
1) You are never too old to apologize, regardless of who wronged who.
2) You have a choice to focus on what you have NOT achieved, or look at what you HAVE achieved and built.
3) Friends are like teeth, floss only the ones you want to keep!
4) Life is not fair, but how you react and adapt is up to you.
5) You will never know how it feels to be someone else, and they will never know how it feels to be you.
6) Live today as if it were the only thing that mattered.
7) Live tomorrow as if it were the only thing that mattered.
8) Keep trying, you are Never too old!
9) Feed Your SOUL, It IS Your Soul that Gives YOU LIFE!
10) Remind yourself of what you have learned!


WOD today:
150 Reps any combination AFAP!
       • Burpees
       • Wall Ball


ENJOY!

You are what you EAT!

Thursday - 8/5/10

Eating

Some people so it seems can eat whatever they want and look Great! Right? Well, not necessarily. If we all had to walk around naked, it would be interesting how much more some of us would pay attention to what we put in our bodies. You really are what you eat. There is such a thing known as "Skinny Fat" - Those that look skinny, but are truly lacking all muscle tone.

Sugars, Processed Food, Starches, Chemicals we can't pronounce... All that is GOING to AFFECT your body (if not your brain) in more ways than you might think. Think about the increase in the rate of cancer people are now getting, or how about Thyroid issues? Kids that have all these intolerance that we never even knew existed when we were kids. Honestly it seems crazy. Are we not supposed to be one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world? Yet we have the HIGHEST OBESITY RATE of any other country! Notice I did not say "Over-weight", yes, ACTUALLY OBESE!

Why?
Well let me give you some insight. Countries with none of the "amenities" we have. Countries where they actually go out pull up fresh veggies and pick fresh fruit and hunt for meat to eat are not showing up any of the problems inherent to our countries people. The reason is they don't have "EASY FOOD". By that I mean processed microwaveable meals, processed crackers, bread, tortillas. Sugared ice cream, cookies, snacks of all varieties. They actually get their carbs from veggies and their sweet cravings from fruit. Oh, and NO milk! They don't have it and they don't have the factories like we do to process it and make it full of sugar. Go check a carton of "milk" and look at the carbs, then the "sugar carbs"... notice a correlation? They are almost the same!

So, what is the solution?
Honestly, it is to eat Paleo. Eat Lean Meats and Fish. Get your Omega 3's. Eat Fresh Vegetables and lots of them. Eat Fresh Fruits. And eat a limited amount of Nuts and Seeds. Sounds simple doesn't it!

Then why is it so hard?
Basically it is hard because I guarantee you are not eating enough Protein. And you need to replace your "Grains" that you were eating for carbs with really good Vegetables. NOT just eliminate them. Your body need those veggies for good vitamins to stay healthy.

Once you get on the band wagon and you can do it gradually. Believe me it will be much easier to stick to it if you do it gradually by eliminating foods not on the "GOOD" list, and setting yourself GOALS for doing such. Put it on a calendar that you will eliminate XYZ by such and such date.

AND when someone tells me it is too much food... NO, it is not if you are eating right. The reason we are sick and deficient in our society of "excess" is because we don't eat enough of the things our bodies truly need. When we do, the results are AMAZING!

Things like those "skinny jeans" fitting, smaller dress sizes, wanting to be seen in a 2-piece bikini, all because we feel CONFIDENT in "We Are What We EAT!"

For more on Paleo, Read "The Paleo Diet" or visit www.thepaleodiet.com />

If you don't like something, change it.
If you can't change it, change your attitude about it.
Don't complain.
                             ~ Maya Angelou

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