Take 15 Minutes to work up to a heavy 8 on the Bench Press.

Post loads to comments.
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Performance
5 Rounds NFT of: (20 Minute Cap)
5 Windmills each side (DBS only)
10 Toes to Bars*

Fitness
5 Rounds NFT of: (20 Minute Cap)
8e OH Reverse Lunge**
15 Dumbbell Weighted Sit-Ups

*You can work on strict T2Bs for upper body strength or Kipping for skill.
** Windmills require a ton of hip and shoulder mobility, if you’re too tight to hinge properly in this position, load up and do a reverse lunge with a heavy DB overhead.

Post loads to comments.

Happy Birthday Ms. Becca Wolf!

Healthy Communities through the Brooklyn Community Foundation
Brooklyn Community Foundation is connecting innovative efforts around food, open space, and fitness in three neighborhoods with high concentrations of public housing developments–Red Hook, Fort Greene, and Brownsville—to empower residents to enrich their environments and strengthen their communities, while developing new ways for nonprofits and city agencies to work together to improve public health.
The three year project, launched in 2013, will bring together four neighborhood-based nonprofits, Added Value, Myrtle Ave Revitalization Project, Brownsville Initiative, and Brooklyn Food Coalition, and two city agencies, the New York City Housing Authority and Brooklyn District Public Health Office, to facilitate visible change with urban farms and gardens, affordable produce markets, improvements to school food, fitness groups, and more. The project will also focus on revealing new resident voices committed to the health of their communities through policy, advocacy, and outreach efforts.

More info about the Brooklyn Community Foundation

Want some more verbage about the BCF? Maybe some good fodder for your email campaign! Just copy and paste people! We’ll be highlighting some of their local grant programs between now and FGB to let you know what kinds of impacts they’re making in our community!

Brooklyn Community Foundation is dedicated to improving lives and strengthening communities through local giving, grantmaking, and community service. Establish in 2009 as the first and only charitable foundation for New York City’s largest borough, the Foundation has granted nearly $20 million in partnership with generous donors to address critical community needs and advance innovative nonprofit programs. In response to Superstorm Sandy’s devastating impact in Brooklyn’s coastal neighborhoods, the Foundation launched the Brooklyn Recovery Fund. To date, more than $3.5 million has aided families and small businesses through the efforts of over 50 community-based organizations. Learn more at www.BrooklynCommunityFoundation.org. Spotlight on Recent Brooklyn Community Foundation Special Initiatives and Grants

• Team CFSBK is currently inching toward the 22K mark. You guys and gals are amazing!

B4B at CrossFit Staten Island

On October 19th at 1:00 CrossFit Staten Island will be hosting a Barbell for Boobs event. We will be doing Grace and then partying it up with and paleo friendly food and some booze of course. Everyone is welcome to come friends, family. No need to donate but if people want to there will be ways to donate at the box. Everyone from CFSBK is welcome to come and hang with us for the day.  I hope to see some of you guys there!
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Ring Support Stablity with Rob Miller

Take 15 minutes to work up to a heavy triple on the Deadlift.

Each pull is taken from a dead stop off the floor, loss of a neutral lumbar curve is a no rep.

Post loads to comments.
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4 Rounds of:
For max calories, row 2:00 at 18 strokes per minute
1:00 Max Hollow Rocks
Rest about 1:00

Post best and worst scores for each movement to comments.

“Impossible to Describe”

(Or, how not to explain Crossfit to your friends)
By Dr. Mike Cutatia

Sometimes, a friend will ask me what exactly do we do in the gym. One of my responses goes like this: “We are two sled-dogs lead by a smiling musher (David or Noah) with a whip…” Usually, this is followed by a prolonged silence, and I know that once again I have screwed up recruiting someone into Crossfit. Oh well. I happen to think that’s very descriptive and accurate (except for the whip part…). Its a good thing I don’t work for an advertising firm. I would be the anti-Christ of product sales. A short, but happy career.
How about this alternative: “Our coaches delight in thinking up weird positions to get into, or impossible movements to perform in the shortest amount of time. Imagine thirty people in a room wrestling with bars, plates, ropes, balls, until they are ready to puke”. Actually, I have not seen anyone puke in our gym-except David. I will never forget this. He went running past me one day out the front of the gym with a gastrointestinal face of pure agony. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry with him.
or this:“There are all these people sweating, grunting, and groaning in pain while lifting and banging down heavy things … “. That’s quite accurate, don’t you think? Now, speaking personally, if anyone every described their gym to me like that I would run, not walk, to find out what the heck was going on in a place like that.
But, sometimes, I just mumble-“its impossible to describe”-and walk away.

Yoga for Athletes now starts at 9am

Due to the new 10am CrossFit Group classes we’ve moved Yoga for Athletes with Whitney H to 9:00am. OMMMG!

Wednesdays & Fridays 9:00AM-10:00AM
If you’re looking to increase range of motion and flexibility, discover some take-home techniques to help you recover, and de-stress your body and mind, Yoga for Athletes is for you. Designed and taught with the CrossFitter in mind, these classes will make the fundamentals of yoga accessible to all. Learn more…
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Stoppage of Play CrossFit Journal

Bethany E training hard through her second pregnancy at CFSBK

• Team CFSBK has broken the 20K mark for Fight Gone Bad Fundraising… Amazing!
• Sadly, there is no Active Recovery this evening as the coaches Fox are off wandering around the desert. We apologize for the inconsistency of AR the last couple weeks while DO and Fox have been off fighting evil outside of CFSBK. Normal scheduling will resume this Saturday.

Upcoming Training Template

The next cycle begins on Sunday the 13th. We’ll be working off a similar template to the previous cycle and expanding upon some of movements we’ve been biasing the last 6 weeks.

Monday: Inversion Strength Biased Training

Wednesday: Cleans, Front Squats and DIY finishers

Thursday: Mixed modal conditioning

Sunday: Mixed modal conditioning

10/29/13 C.R.A.S.H.-B Info Session

The SBK Indoor Rowing Team is mounting its fifth CRASH-Bs campaign! CRASH-Bs is the premier indoor rowing championship, held in Boston each year in February; the 2014 date hasn’t been finalized, but it’s generally on the Sunday of Presidents Day weekend, which will be Feb. 16th.

Coach Nick will lead the team through a program based on his training regimen when he was competing at the olympic level. The participants will meet up for three group technique clinics (each of which will conclude with a workout), plus four team races at the gym. Nick will post a program for each week, and will provide support throughout the next few months for the team. Members will perform the majority workouts on their own. We will provide a plan on how to intergrate them into your CrossFit Group Classes.

The cost of the program is $200. Various payment installment options are available. The fee does not include the CRASH-Bs entry fee ($25), travel to Boston, or hotel.

If you’re interested, come to Nick’s kick-off meeting at 2:15 on Saturday, Oct. 26th. He’ll explain the program in detail and answer questions. (Oh, and at the end, you’ll race 2000m.) Send Nick an email at nick [at] crossfitsouthbrooklyn [dot] com if you plan to show up or if you have any questions.

To read some testimonials from last year’s competitors about their experience with this program, check out the Event Page.
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Incredible Satalite Pictures of Earth This Is Colossal
Bulking Protocol, Part 1 TTMJ
Banksy’s NYC work thus far, complete with audio tour

Take 18 Minutes to establish a heavy but perfect triple

Post loads to comments.
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20 Minutes NFRs of:
1/3 Mile Run
26 H2H Kettlebell Swings
5 Wall Walks with a :05 hold at the top

10am Classes Start This week!

Remember that starting today we’ll be holding CrossFit Group Classes at 10am M-F!

Great job to Team CFSBK on their efforts this weekend at Beast of The East 2013 in CT. After three days of competition, we ended up in 18th place out of 35 teams. Originally our team consisted of McDowell, Melo, Teresa B and Josh with DO competing in the individual division. Unfortunatly, while warming up for event 2 Coach McDowell sprained his wrist and DO had to fill in on the team to finish out the competition. Results below.

Event 1:
AMRAP 20 Minutes
20 Calorie Row
100′ Farmers Carry
10 Overhead Squats 135/95
100′ Farmers Carry

Team score: 487 Points (10th overall)

Event 2:
10 Minutes to Establish Max 1RM Fat Bar Thruster

Team Score: 635lbs Cumulative (24th Overall)

Event 3
With 1 Man and 1 Woman working at at time, complete:
60 Chest To Bar Pull-ups
60 Kettlbell Swings, 53/35
60 Ring dips
60 Kettlbell Swings, 53/35
60 Toes to bars
60 Kettlbell Swings, 53/35
60 Ring dips
60 Kettlbell Swings, 53/35
60 Chest To Bar Pull-ups

Team Score: 17:28 (10th Overall)

Event 4
In 20 Minutes, Establish an 8RM Back Squat

Team Score 950lbs cumulative (20th overall)

Event 5
Max Calories in 1:00 on the Airdyne

Team Score 119 Calories (29th overall)

Event 6
Team “Isabel”
Men: 60 Snatches for time 135lbs
Women: 60 Snatches for time 95lbs

Team Score: Men’s time + Women’s time, 13:05 (17th overall)

More pics in our Flickr page
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Letting Beautfy Speak Up Itself CrossFit
The Handstand Push-Up CrossFit Invictus
Why You Should Fill Your Company With Athletes Forbes

3 Rounds for time of:
50 Air Squats
7 Muscle-Ups
10 Hang Power Cleans, 135/95

Substitute 7 Pull-Ups and 7 Ring Dips or 14 Push-Ups per round.

Post Rx and time to comments.

Nicole Carroll, Eva T, and Annie Sakamoto take on this classic WOD. This video was a lot of old school CrossFitters first introduction into the methodology.  It’s still an amazing and inspirational video. If you’ve never seen it, watch it all the way through.

• CROSSFIT TOTAL today. At 1:30 Coach Jeremy’s Strength Cyclers will take a crack at new 1RMs in the Squat, Press and Deadlift. All are encouraged to come on down and check out the barbell madness! Good luck to all competing!
• Tomorrow starts Back Off Week where we decrease the volume and prep for the upcoming 6 weeks of training that proceed it.

Fight Gone Bad Fundraising Update!

Congratulations Team CFSBK on raising over $19K as of last night! Below are our top fund raisers from both the individual and team divisions. (as of 8:00am October 5)

Top 10 Individuals
1.Matt Chmielecki   $1,870
2. Asta Fivgas $750
3. Erik Berndt $750
4. Robyn O’Brien $670
5. Lauren Borducci $615
6. Lindsay Silva $605
7. Peter Mattis $600
8. Janelle Rooks $545
9. Ian Pumo $500
10. Pierre Davidoff $500

In teams of 2 with one partner working at a time complete:
1200m Row
120 Wall Ball Shots
120 Burpees
1 Mile Run (Run together)

Split up however but the goal is to have a relatively balanced work load between partners.

Post partner, time and Rx to comments.

Mike F Deadlifting at the Pump Games from a few weekends ago. Mike ended up taking 6th overall! See more pictures from the event on our Flickr page!

• There is no Active Recovery Today since coach DO is competing in CT
• CFSBK is SO CLOSE to 20K raised for Fight Gone Bad 2013. Can your fund raising put us over that edge today??? Don’t forget that the Brooklyn Community Foundation is matching every dollar we raise between 15K and 30K. So every dollar you fund raise actually has double the charitable value!

• Happy Birthday Nancy H. and Francine R.!

New Group Classes Starting Monday

Effective Monday, October 7th we’ll be adding 6 new Group Classes to our weekly schedule:

Monday: 10am
Tuesday: 10am
Wednesday: 10am
Thursday: 10am
Friday: 10am

Sunday: 8am

This brings up our weekly WOD class offerings from 52 to 58. Get stoked!

Yoga for Athletes with Whitney H.

Wednesdays & Fridays 9:15AM-10:15AM
If you’re looking to increase range of motion and flexibility, discover some take-home techniques to help you recover, and de-stress your body and mind, Yoga for Athletes is for you. Designed and taught with the CrossFitter in mind, these classes will make the fundamentals of yoga accessible to all. Learn more…

Chiro and ART Body Work with Dr. Fidler

By Appointment
Got some issues with your tissues?  Sore shoulder? Funky Hip? Come see Dr. Jason Fidler on Saturday and Friday nights at CFSBK to get an assessment and some body work done on yourself.  To learn more about these services and Dr. Fidler’s background, click here

Massage With Inka

By Appointment
Inka is offering sports massage geared towards breaking down adhesions, relieving trigger points, unadhering myofascial restrictions, and increasing range of motion. Techniques include Myofascial Release and Trigger Point Therapy.  Learn more…

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Department Of Agriculture Discovers Perfect Goat
Building the Games with Rogue CrossFit Games

How Matt U raised 23K for Fight Gone Bad 2010

Good Luck Team CFSBK!

This weekend Coaches DO, Melo, McDowell, Josh and Teresa B will be competing in a 3 day CrossFit competition called Beast Of The East. Coach DO will be competing in the individual division while everyone else will be representing in the team division.

More Work, Or A Sip Of Water?

by Christian Fox
 
You’re mid-Helen. You’re finishing your 2nd round of KB swings and the pull-up bar is waiting for you. So what do you do? Place your bell down, grab a sip of water, wipe the sweat from your face, chalk up your hands, and then size up the pull-up bar? Or do you ditch the bell and get on the pull-up bar knowing that you’ve only got one round left and the big rest is coming. Last sprint, last swings, last pull-ups. Forget the chalky feeling on your tongue; you’re getting on the leader board this time.
 
In many WODs, a sip of water here and there is totally appropriate. Think Murph, Angie, Barbara (during the rest), or some other 20+minute chipper style WOD. These are designed to be done at a medium to medium-high intensity and take significant time to complete; hence they need to be paced out and can allow for a sip or a break. WODs like Fran, Annie, and the like are meant to be executed at a high intensity throughout, and take a short time to complete. I feel pretty confident saying that you will not dehydrate during 5-10 minutes it takes to complete either of these couplets. Often though, we see athletes stopping mid-WOD to grab a sip or just to put their hands on their hips and rest. Sometimes, sure, this is appropriate. Are you sick, pregnant, injured, or the like? Then yes, you may need to pace even short WODs. But if not, then be honest with yourself about why you’re reaching for your water bottle again or chalking up for the 4th time in 12 pull-ups. It probably isn’t thirst. It’s being uncomfortable with being uncomfortable.
 
Let me be clear…I’m not saying not to stay hydrated and on the south-side line of Pukieville, but if this sounds like you then try this trick. BEFORE the clock starts, drink a cup of water. Then put your water bottle away from you and out of reach. Mid-WOD when you start to think how nice a little H20 would feel on your tongue, use that to motivate you to finish faster. The water is the reward. Finish and it’s yours.
 
Train smart, but train hard. Remember that intensity is what brings results. Increase your pain tolerance. Try getting more comfortable with being uncomfortable.

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Do you play any video games? What are you currently playing and what are your all time favorites?

As Many Rounds As Possible In 10 minutes of:
30 Double Unders
15 Power Snatches 75/55

Post time and Rx to comments.
compare to 3.2.13

Can you beat the champs? 2011 Open Results:
Rich Froning: 9 Rounds + 30 Doubles, 13 Snatches
Annie Thorisdottir: 9 Rounds

• Happy Birthday, Ashley F!
• CFSBK has raised over 17K for Fight Gone Bad 2013!!! Great Job team!!

9/29/13 CFSBK 0, Side of Mac and G’s 1

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Did you know you can get a year’s subscription to the CrossFit Journal for free? Start here!
Open WOD 11.1 Explanation

21-15-9 Rep rounds for time of:
Thrusters, 95/65
Kipping Pull-Ups

Scale the workout appropriately and work on your discomfort tolerance today.

Post time and Rx to comments.
compare to 2.13.13

Congratulationt to Matt Cohen and his wife on the birth of Violet!
Violet Octavia Cohen, 7 lbs and 10 ounces, was born at 2:02 AM on September 19th after only 90 minutes of labor.  She was almost born in the car, and I missed the actual delivery in the five minutes it took for me to park after dropping my wife off at the hospital door.  Violet was in such a big hurry to get out, but now all she does is sleep.

Happy Birthday Emily V!

MEAT and VEG CSA Pickup Today, 6-8:30 PM!

Please remember that today is the October meat and chicken delivery date, as well as the weekly vegetable CSA delivery.

Private and Semi Private Yoga Sessions with Whitney

Crush Week beating you up? Take a bit of extra time to recover with yoga. Whitney offers private, semi-private, and small-group sessions in which she tailors the practice to each individual. Sessions can include restorative poses and deep stretches specific to your own personal sore, stuck, and painful post-WOD business.

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25 Abandoned Yugoslavia Monuments that look like they’re from the Future
Why Tough Teachers Get Good Results WSJ
Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success? Grit

Getting Dark Out Earlier…
Photo by Bekka P

• There is no comp class or active recovery today.

Fight Gone Bad Update

Congratulations Team CFSBK on raising over $15K as of last night! Below are our top fund raisers from both the individual and team divisions. (as of 12:00pm Tuesday 10/1)

Top 10 Individuals
1.Matt Chmielecki   $1,545
2. Erik Berndt   $750
3. Asta Fivgas   $725
4. Peter Mattis   $600
5. Lindsay Silva   $580
6. lauren borducci   $540
7. Robyn O’Brien   $520
8. Ian Pumo   $500
9. Pierre Davidoff   $500
10. Whitney Bernstein   $490

Top 10 Teams
1. Who Pood-ed?   $2,135
2. Twerking Sensations   $1,750
3. Saved By The Balls   $1,367
4. Dante DeBlasio’s Hairstylists   $1,305
5. 99 Problems but this WOD ain’t…   $1,285
6. The Metconquerors   $1,225
7. Sweat-Stained Is the New Black   $725
8. Fresh to Death   $620
9. Snatch, Clean and Twerk   $575
10. Free Range Meatheads   $535

To see the full rankings, click here.

Prize Sponsors Wanted!

We’ve already got some great prizes lined up for the event but are looking for more! If you’ve got a service or product to donate we’d love to put it in the mix and shout you or your business out for it.  No prize is too small, please email David (at) CrossFitSouthBrooklyn.com to get more information. The categories reciving prizes are:

Top 3 Team Fund raisers
Top 3 Individual Fundraisers
Top 3 Female Rx’d Points Scored
Top 3 Male Rx’d Points Scored
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Have you found success with individual fundraising in the past? What do you recommend?