Don’t you love CrossFit lingo?
It’s hard for me to stifle my inner teenager…who am I kidding?! That’s me present tense.
My buddies & I joined Reebok again for an Anywhere WOD. Yeah! Totally speaking my language!
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We began our WOD led by our fearless leaders, Blair and Lauren outside the Hyatt Long Beach.
Our weekend was full of energy and events [read lack of sleep]. I was ever so thankful for Meta-Ignite to help power me through our workouts.
We broke into teams of 7 and completed each of the 7 exercises to finish the WOD.
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Stair jumps, dips, sit-ups, fence toss, bear crawl, walking lunges & the run.
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Tina and I decided to be twinsies. She is one fit chick–has been participating in CrossFit since December.
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The teams tallied total reps for points, and I gave the CrossFit LA coach some tips for improving his biceps.
After the WOD, we refueled with lunch. But, first Tina and I had to get our pose on.
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| Thanks Tina! |
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| GNC & Michael Mauro |
The GNC booth was a hopping place as they distributed supplements for CrossFit fans.
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| GNC & Michael Mauro |
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| Joe scoping out seats |
This is GNC endorsed athlete Nate Schrader mid-banger. That’s a power stance right there!
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| GNC & Michael Mauro |
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| GNC & Michael Mauro |
Matt Chan, 34 years old, that’s 10 years older than Rich Froning, still dominating.
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| GNC & Michael Mauro |
After this WOD, athletes got a brief reprieve. Then, they brought the women onto the stadium floor to announce the final event (which the men would complete too).
The teams competed prior to the individual finals. As a fan of team sports, I loved seeing these competitions!
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| Dips as part of ‘Elizabeth’ |
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| Pull-ups as part of ‘Fran’ |
Each team member completed one portion of the this WOD before the next could start.
The female team members completed Elizabeth, Fran and Isabel. The male team members completed Diane, Grace and Karen.
*I apologize to readers that have emailed me recently with questions about my workouts and supplements. Once I write up the Games summary, I will respond. Stay tuned for a detailed weekly workout schedule for beginners and experienced fitness enthusiasts.
I am seriously so jealous of all y’all that went! But, you totally have me way interested in Crossfit now!
Yeah! Mission accomplished!
If you haven’t seen the video of Bob Harper talking about decoding crossfit language on the Games website, go watch it! It is hilarious.
Thanks for the suggestion Gabby! I’m on it!
Awesome! Looks like you had a great time – and what an inspiring and motivating event!
It’s an unbelievable display of athleticism and grit!
Oh the CF language ROCKS
LOVE IT! What an amazing experience rockstar!
Right?! It always cracks me up–the sport is amazing!
Holy hams and glutes! These posts make me want to try CrossFit. I’d love a CF for beginners post.
Thanks Kimberly! I think you have a fantastic idea! I’m on it!!
Rich Froning is amazing and so gorgeous but Matt Chan is awesome! He is my cousin’s crossfit coach in Denver…now I am thinking I need to plan a trip out there to workout with them!!
Bess, you have to let me know if you get to do that! Matt (and all the athletes) were stand-up individuals and FANTASTIC ambassadors of the sport. Really outstanding individuals!
So jealous!! That is amazing!! I am going to be integrating more Crossfit into my marathon training schedule once my kids are back int school. Right now I do my own WOD work-outs and have added some weight training too. The difference it has made is incredible!! Thanks for sharing this. By the way I have been doing your GNC work-outs too. LOVE THEM!!!
It’s such a great compliment to running if you can keep your legs fresh! ha ha!
I spent the whole weekend watching the webcast on espn3. There were so many TWSSs that I eventually gave up because there was no one here to high five me. It was super-awesome to watch, very inspirational, and I hope to someday be a part of a crossfit gym!
Ha ha! That’s hilarious! I can’t imagine the play-byplay!
Holy OMG I don’t even know where to start. Such an awesome experience for you all but those pictures? Amazing.
Your recap IS AWESOME, so detailed and interesting! I am NOT a CF’er but I love reading about it and seeing the workouts…very cool and again, your body looks ridiculously awesome! Keep it up sister!
This is so fascinating, really interesting to read this recap, eventhough I have no idea about half of what you are talking about with the specific moves they do! I have heard that some people incorporate CrossFit with marathon training, I’d love to hear more about this if you know how people do that, and if it is found to be beneficial to the running.
WOOOOWWW you are so inspirational keep kickin a** girl!!
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Love the crossfit lingo! Too fun! I am so glad you got to experience the crossfit games!
CF language is awesome. I loved all the recaps you did, makes me feel like I was there myself
It looks like it was a complete blast!
I have loved all the crossfit posts as Im so…new (sounds better than clueless) when it comes to all this!
What I want to know is this… has anyone ever gotten so hot and bothered doing CrossFit that they shot their WOD doing ‘the girls’?
For the WIN! I knew you’d man-handle these terms!!
It ain’t gonna thrust itself…