The training floor is coming together.
Our pull-up bar components are being constructed off-site and will change some of this arrangement when they get installed.

Margie's Local wants to know What Your Measurements Are

Happy Birthday Kira D!

Best Wishes to Grant P as he makes his way to Haiti to assist with the relief effort.

Does anyone have an old chalk board they're willing to donate? Maybe you know someone who works in a school that might have a lead on one? I was thinking it would be a good idea to cut up a chalk board into little slates so that we could use them to track reps/rounds in workouts.  This would be a more sustainable alternative to using paper and pens.

Affiliate Cup Team Registration
opens on Feb 1 for the CrossFit Regionals in May.  CrossFit South
Brooklyn will reserve a team and commence tryouts in late Feb/early
March. Each team can consist of 6 individuals with at least 2 men and 2 women. Are you interested in trying out?
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Laurie Galassi does the recent mainsite Handstand walk/hold/push-up WOD CrossFit

Carmelo and Ernesto work on the first coat of paint.  We went with light gray accented with black and red.  The community area, office and bathroom will be painted, the rest of the space will stay raw.

Now that the floors have been sealed, we can cut and lay down the mats.  We've gained some square footage so we'll need to purchase more mats over the next couple months.

Raise your hand if you hate your hip flexors

See why Bitters are Better down at Margie's Local.

The Primal Quest Challengers have organized a Paleo Potluck this Saturday (1/30) at 6pm at Coach Margie's apartment.  If you missed this conversation on the Google Group and you're interested, please email Margie(AT)CrossFitSouthBrooklyn.com.

What is your current musical obsession?
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Great article on "Showing Up" at CrossFit Virtuosity
Why Slow Movement Builds Coordination Better Movement
Anatomical Art Lists Galore!

Online Journals

The CrossFit Journal
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Password: southbrooklyn
note: This account is for educational purposes only.  Please do not post any comments to the journal as it will come up as “CrossFit South Brooklyn” commenting.  If you’d like to participate in online discussion you can create your own account.

The Performance Menu
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Password: southbrooklyn
note: This account has PM journals starting from issue 31.  I personally have the other 30 issues on my computer.  If you’d like one please email me and I’ll send it to you directly.  If anyone knows an easy way to upload these otherwise let me know.

Digital Library

5/3/1 Manual by Jim Wendler
Built Like a Badass by Joe Defranco
The Ultimate Underground by Zach Evan Esh
Westside book of Methods by Louie Simmons

Bullet Proof Abs by Pavel T
From Russia with Tough Love by Pavel T
Naked Warrior by Pavel T
Power to the People by Pavel T
Relax into Stretch by Pavel T
Russian Kettlebell Challenge by Pavel T
Super Joints by Pavel T

Infinite Intensity by Ross Enamait
Ultimate Training for the Ultimate Warrior by Ross Enamait
The Underground Guide to Warrior Fitness by Ross Enamait
Warrior Workout Bonus Series Pt. 1 by Ross Enamait
Warrior Workout Bonus Series Pt. 2 by Ross Enamait

Online Resources

Things are moving along swiftly with our new location.  We've been working long days to get everything ready for our reopen which is scheduled for Feb 1.  If we finish ahead of schedule we'll no doubt invite everyone over for some celebration and workouts before the full schedule goes into effect.  We miss everyone very much and can't wait resume with normal training.  Here are sneak peaks and info on what we've been working on:

The freshly poured concrete floor came with about 2 feet of dust so we had to move all the equipment off the main floor and sweep, mop, vacuum, sweep again, mop again and then vacuum it again to get rid of all the powder.  Tomorrow we'll be pouring a sealant on it to prevent it from dusting up from foot traffic.  We also chipped away any excess mortar so the floor could be perfectly flat everywhere.

We're installing an industrial sink into the community area so we can
fill up the self serve espresso and coffee machines.  This is also
going to be used for drinking water and food prep. We got a great deal
on a stainless steel sink and table in the Bowery.

Anastacio and Armando are recycling our old pull-up bar into a wall mounted unit which will give us over 20 pull-up stations.  We're also installing a second pull-up bar on the other side of the room and a third along the roll-up gate.  Each wall mounted unit will also have squat racks built into them.  When it's complete, we'll have 16 racks to choose from.  Consider crowding during barbell lifting a distant memory.

Naturally, we're making time for Deadlifting.  We've got some new equipment coming in too. 14 new medicine balls are being shipped on the 31st and Deb and Alec donated a trap bar to the program.

Little Linus still wants his group classes back.  In time, little man.

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CrossFit South Brooklyn is Profiled in the January 2010 Issue of the USRowing E-Magazine

The Plyometric Boxes get a Fresh Coat of Paint

Although we've got our Certificate of Occupancy, much work needs to be done before we can start holding formal classes.  We'll keep you updated on our progress and get things rolling as soon as possible.

Happy Birthday, Nicole B!

Who is in for The Epic #1 at CrossFit Metropolis this weekend?