Rainier CrossFit

squat and hover

 

The ladies know what I'm talking about...

As for the BIG news I alluded to yesterday, We got permission to change Mt Rainier's Strongest Man and Woman to CROSSFIT'S Strongest man and woman and we'll be taking the contest in a CrossFit direction. What exactly does that mean? It means we have the blessing from Coach to use the name and make our contest an event under the CF umbrella! This is super exciting news to us and we're anxious to get more details ironed out!

Fasting? Maybe. "Neufeld says most adults need about 2,000 calories a day. Those calories make energy, or glycogen. Neufeld says it doesn't hurt — it might even help the body — to fast or stop eating for short periods of time, say 24 hours once a week, as long as you drink water. "

Read the whole article at NPR

peas in a pod

 
The little guys had more fun at sectionals than you did....

Sectional Pictures are here

On Ramp: this is our last week together. On Friday, we'll repeat baseline. Get ready to see how far you've come in amonth!

Speaking of a month - upcoming events:
March 13-14 Oregon/Idaho sectional
March 15 - PNW 3 way Belltowns turn
March19-20 CF Olympic Lifting certification
March 20 The Big Climb
March 26 - The 4th Annual Maltz Challenge 

Not to mention "the third ring" and Caseys birthday are this month!!!  It's gonna be a busy one!!

AND STAY TUNED - I HAVE HUGE HUGE NEWS - for tomorrow!!

meeting of the minds?

 
Looks like they might be solving something big --- or figuring out a deadlift weight. 

Today was a rare day when I didn't update the site until way late. Appologies for that (not really.)

The sectional pictures should be up at www.flickr.com. I posted all of the ones I kept, seems you all were moving so fast I took an exceptional number of blurry ones.

I want to take one more opportunity to THANK Tim, Todd, Dan, James, Calos and Rory for making us look good. You guys are hard working, inspiring, and BAD ASS.  It is a pleasure to be your coaches and your cheering section. 

wow.

I'm uploading about 200 pictures on to our flickr (www.flickr.com) from yesterday. Just search for "Rainier CrossFit" and you should be able to find them.  Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainiercrossfit/sets/72157623525701780/ 

Results can be found here: http://scores2010.crossfit.com/scoring/washington/
 
 
   

2nd round

Natural athletes may have an easier time of it but when you add determination and tenacity to athleticism you get Dan. A hard worker with a quick smile, And quick release shirts.  He's competing today, too. Come join us in Monroe at the Washington Sectionals.

And now it's time to bore you with more Fragile X Research: "In his own words, MIT neuroscientist Mark Bear admits he did not “wake up one day and say, ‘Hey, I’m going to cure autism.’” But, after decades of painstaking basic research on how the brain rewires itself in response to external cues, Bear has discovered a way to reverse the symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome, a disorder that can cause autism, mental retardation, and epilepsy. “It was a classic payoff of basic research,” says Bear, the Picower Professor of Neuroscience."

We're getting closer to curing this thing!!!!!!!!!!!

shouldering

 

James - the benefits of youth in a strong, motivated exterior. James is competing, too. He's our biggest competitor so the body weight exercises will be harder for him but bring on the heavy stuff and watch him shine. Or at least grit his teeth.

If you have just now decided to join us for sectionals, check out the carpools forming on the board and jump in with us!

OnRamp continues our foray into Paleo with craving and energy slumps. It's not just you, it's normal.

Read up on the skinny-fat and more: the top 10 worst nutritional and dietary mistakes people make.

"Although it’s always better not to be overweight, looking good on the outside in no way means everything is working right on the inside. It is entirely possible to be slim…AND diabetic. It is entirely possible to be slim and suffer a heart attack or stroke. It is entirely possible to be slim and get cancer…or just about any other disease. Superficial image isn’t everything. –It’s not even close"

toes pointed

 

Every once in a while someone comes along who not only has a tremendous work capacity and makes everything look easy, Tim does both and makes it pretty. He's competing at the Washington Sectionals this weekend, come watch!

Someone else who makes it look easy, and are great friends as well, check out Greg and Mallee's garage gym in Imperial, Ca - CrossFit Amundson. Greg is one of the original CrossFitters out of Santa Cruz and he was the first one to welcome Kurtis into the fold all those years ago.

We're watching Every Second Counts tonight in the theater in Kristin building in Tacoma, start time 7pm, kids welcome. Email for directions!  Get excited for Sectionals!!

We will be OPEN Saturday morning for the normal Saturday Suck. Paul's in charge, you've been warned!

grin and snatch it

 
 
Kristin's home - please join me in nagging her to stay here - just through July...

Since everyone loves a dog story, I give you this canine transformation.

"Kelly's mother took her to every veterinarian this side of St. Louis.  They placed her on a number of pharmaceuticals in an effort to reduce and curtail her seizures.  The load was so much on little Kelly that she spent the majority of the daylight hours asleep and her nighttime hours having seizures.  Nobody was sleeping much.  The vets suggested that we consider euthanizing her.

When push came to shove nobody could pull the trigger.  So, in a final effort we researched a number of the better offerings in the world of pet nutrition.  We switched foods, upped her workouts (more walking) and tossed in a little 5-HTP.  Improvements followed!  Her seizures reduced by 60% and she actually began acting like a terrier again"

Read the story and the happy ending at Coach Ruts place, here.

ON RAMP!!!!! We start 10 days of strict-no-cheating PALEO today!!!  I'm with you on this one, it will be hard but its completely do-able. I know you can hang for 10 days....

BYOJR

 

We have a bunch of different styles of jump ropes - what is your favorite kind? Do you have one at home?

At sectionals this weekend competitors have been asked to BYOJR - bring your own jump rope. James, Tim, Dan, Todd, Carlos, and Rory will be competing. You guys grab your own or your favorites from the gym. We'll bring extras but be sure to have your favorite one.

Are double unders still amystery to you?  Jon at Again Faster has some tips.

Double Unders from Patrick Cummings on Vimeo.

Onlookers

 
What is it with a group of guys always standing around watching one poor soul work?  Happens in auto repair, fence building, and CrossFit. 

Question: Can you imagine eating 16 sugar cubes at one sitting? You probably have. That’s a little less than what is contained in a 20-ounce bottle of cola.

Funny story: The artificial sweeteners saccharin and aspartame were found accidentally when lab workers doing research that had nothing to do with sweetening put a bit of the test compounds in their mouths and liked what they tasted.

 What kind of researcher sticks an experiment in his mouth?

 At least he had an excuse. The scientists who discovered sucralose (now sold as Splenda) were originally trying to create an insecticide. An assistant thought he had been instructed to “taste” a compound he’d only been asked to “test.”

Read "20 things you didn't know about sugar" in Discover Magazine.