Fitness: 4 Warm-Up Sets then your final 3×5 LBBSQ exposure.
If you cleared every rep and squatted heavier 5’s than ever before consider this a successful cycle! Hold on to these numbers as you’ll be working off of them soon.

Performance:  4 Warm-Up Sets then: 1-1-1-1-1
Time to go for a new heavy single and see where you’re at.  Take as much time as you need to get these done.  Experiencing a failed lift would be appropriate today but you shouldn’t fail more than 1x.  Know thyself.
Use spotters!

Post loads to comments.
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3 Rounds Not For Time of:
Palloff Press x15 each side
Split Squats x8 each

Use a Thick Blue Bumper to elevate your back Foot. Load with dumbbells held at a hang or a barbell in a front rack.

Caption Contest! What does this picture make you think of?

Godspeed You! Ragnarians

Posi vibes sent to our two Ragnar Relay teams, Skull and Borgs 1 & 2.  Right now you’re running your butts off and we’re checking the computer. You win! Please keep us updated with your progress!

Fight Gone Bad Report:$5,820 Raised!

Team SBK is killing it! We’re inching closer to $6,000 raised and over halfway to our goal of $10,000. Check out our top 5 fundraisers:

1.Kristen Hoesl: (The Pork Chop Express) $733
2. Christian Reiss: (The Pork Chop Express) $400
3: Emily Ashton: (The Pork Chop Express) $385
4. Jay Reingold: (The DROMulans) $350
5: Mike Mishik: (Buns Of Steel) $305
5: Sarah Marquez: (17 Minutes In Heaven) $305

To see all the details, check out the team dashboard

Ideas for Teams:
Keep the group email chain flowing! If things are a little quiet then the captain should step in and shake things up. Here are some things to talk about. Be Weird!

• Let everyone know when you’ve raised some $ for the team.

• Strategise uniforms

• Plan a trick play to win the big game

• Decide who’s starting at each station

• Plan a meet-up at Open Gym, do 1:00 Pressure tests for each movement to get baseline numbers and figure out scaling options
• Upload pictures to the team page.  Who can provide the best emblem?

• Practice team communication and strategy with a bank heist

MEAT CSA MEMBERS! Take the online survey:

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New CFSBK Strength Cycle with Coach Jeremy dates available!

The 2012 Fight Gone Bad Logo

Good Luck Ragnarians!!!! 

Today begins the epic journey of teo CFSBK Ragnar Relay teams across the mighty Adirondacks Send them good vibes, sbk’ers! You can follow their journey via twitter posts between Joe Williams, Asta Fivgas and Keith Walters (@astafivgas, @josephcwilliams, @commandoism) – #ragnaradk #skullandborg

Overview:
12 people, 2 vans, 200miles, non-stop relay race..

Or.. from the website: Ragnar is the overnight running relay race that makes testing your limits a team sport. A team is made up of 6-12 individuals; each individual runs 3 legs. The legs of the race vary in difficulty and distance, from 3-8 miles, allowing elite and novice runners to run together. Over 2 days and 1 night, teams run across 200 miles of the country’s most scenic terrain. Pair that with crazy costumes, inside jokes, a great finish line party and unforgettable stories. Some call it a slumber party without sleep, pillows or deodorant. We call it Ragnar.

We have rerouted our former NY course to capture the beauty of upstate NY in the fall and the incredible terrain of the Adirondacks.  The new relay starts at the Saratoga Spa State Park in Saratoga Springs, skirts along the Hudson River, passes through the Lake George region, up the southern side of Lake Champlain and ends in Lake Placid, the home of two Winter Olympic Games.

Dates:
September 28-29

CFSBK Skull & Borg Team 1:
Asta Fivgas
Leslie Bolton
Hana Akselrod
Joe Williams
Dan Reshef
Kate Denny
Randi Huo
Marco Diadezzio
Steven Florio
Ian Landau
Juliana Aguedelo
Keith Walter

CFSBK Skull & Borg Team 2:
Jay Reingold
Jayme Lu
Corissa Briglia
Emily Ashton
Alyssa Schwartz
Andrew Migdail
Kryn Miner
Kevin McDonald
Ryan Joyce
Marian Lai
Courtney Hart
Cindy Firman

CFSBK Strength Cycle

We all want to get stronger. That’s because we implicitly understand that building strength is the foundation for increasing overall physical capacity. It has been proven again and again that lifting heavy primes our bodies to be more effective and efficient at metabolic conditioning workouts. Strength is the only mode of training that supports everything else we do in the gym and in life. Plus it’s pretty badass.

We are offering four 8 week Strength programs that will involve the following:
* Small group training designed to increase your competency with the lifts.
* Consistent and repeated exposure to the powerlifts along a linear progression of weight
* Short and intense complementary conditioning workouts.
* Group discussions on lifting topics including: planning warm-ups, the mental aspect of lifting, and elements of the adaptive response to strength training.
*New PRs.

A Cycle- Novice Cycle 
October 8 – December 2
Monday, Wednesday at 7pm, Friday at 6pm

Monday and Wednesday at 6pm

Register Here!

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3 Rounds For Time of:
Run 400m 
12 Deadlifts
8 Hang Power Cleans
4 Push Presses

Choose one of the following options for load.
A: 155/105
B: 135/95
C: 115/75
D: 95/65
E: 75/45

Post time and Rx to comments.

What a class at CFSBK looked like 5 years ago

CFSBK is 5 Years Old!

Time certainly flys when you’re having fun. Come celebrate our gym and community on Saturday, November 3rd as we host a little shindig to commemorate us turining 5.  We’ll have food, drinks and lots of fun planned for you guys as well as a retrospect into the history of our gym and plans for the future.

MEAT CSA MEMBERS!  Give the farm your feedback – take the online survey!

Work Up to a Heavy 10 on the Low Bar Back Squat. 
You only get 1 attempt at a heavy 10.

Post loads to comments.
Conjugate exposure 5/6
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5 Rounds of:
Row 250m
10 Strict Pull-Ups or Chin Ups

Get off the Erg and head directly to the pull-up bar.  Try to go unbroken or with minmial sets on the pull-ups. Rest as needed between attempts.

Post best/worst Row times and how many unbroken pull-up sets you performed.

Zach H at the Civilian Milititary Combine!

How to Fundraise For Fight Gone Bad

Step 1: Make sure you’ve created your account on Crowdrise.
Step 2: Take a moment to learn more about The Brooklyn Community Foundation and all the great work they’ve done.  They’ve granted a variety of artistic, agricultural, environmental, social and educational programs helping people of all ages. No doubt there are several programs they’ve helped that you identify with.  Here is a quick list of ALL their grants
Step 3: Write a short email to your friends, family and colleagues. Compose a standard message that everyone will get and then personalize each email with a quick intro. You might include examples of grants that the person you’re emailing would appreciate.  You could also.. CALL! a relative and discuss what you’re doing.  After a week or two, follow up with the people who haven’t donated, many people respond after that second nudge.
Step 4: Post to the social media outlet of your choice. Easy peasy!
Step 5: Lead by example.  Either start your donating efforts with a donation to your own fund or coordinate between you and your team to donate to each other.

To see all the FGB registered teams and how they’re doing check out our page!

The Brooklyn Community Projects Series

We’ll regularly be showcasing some of the awesome projects that the BCP has funded right in our own backyards. Enjoy!

Elders Share The Arts

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Do you have any tips on fundraising? If so, let us know what worked for you.
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Thanks to Joy M for photographing this weekend’s CrossFit Total!
To see the entire album, click here!

MEAT CSA MEMBERS!  Give the farm your feedback – take the online survey!

Fight Gone Bad 26 days away

Team Captains, all of you recieved an email yeterday detailing what you guys need to do. Below is a summerized reminder of the tasks at hand:

1) Create your Team on Crowdrise (overdue)
2) Invite your teammates to join your team on crowdrise (overdue)
3) Decide on a Team Name (overdue)
4) Decide tshirt options (deadline 10/1)

5) Organize any practices/gatherings/happy hours/costume making parties (ongoing)
6) Determine which teammate will start at each station (deadline 10/20)
7) RAISE FUNDS! (ongoing though the last day to donate will be on 10/20)

So far we’ve raised $1,700! That’s about enough to have funded the following program:

Description: BAM Dance Africa nine-session, arts residency focused on indigenous African dance and music how these traditional art forms inspired contemporary music and dance styles popular among inner-city adolescents.

Fitness: 3-4 Warm-Up sets then 1×5 Work Sets
5lbs heavier than last week

Performance: Work up to a heavy Triple

Post loads to comments.
DL e5/6 compare 3RM to 8.27.12
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As Many Rounds as Possible In 6 Minutes of:
15 Burpees
35 Double Unders

If you don’t have double unders, perform :30 of double under attempts.

Post rounds to comments.

See you at the Baby Muster

CFSBK Baby Army Muster and Picnic

CFSBK parents! You’re awesome! Your kids are cute! We should hang out more often. Come join us for a CFSBK Baby Army Muster and Picnic on Saturday, October 13th at 1:15pm. Let’s all get to know each other better and watch our cute little ones roll/toddle/run around on gym mats. And, of course, plot baby army world domination.

Babies and children, parents and parents-to-be, friends and pets welcome. We’ll have some fresh fruit for everyone, and you’re welcome to bring some snacks to share if you like.

RSVP to organizer extraordinaire Erica N at erica.nofi(AT)gmail.com

The Brooklyn Community Projects Series

We’ll regularly be showcasing some of the awesome projects that the BCP has funded right in our own backyards. Enjoy!

Monday Trivia Questions

1. Where is the Sea of Tranquility located?
2. This region was a kingdom of Czechoslovakia until the 15th century, when it passed to Hungary and then to the Hapsburgs. It became the core of the new state of Czechoslovakia in 1918. Today the name can refer to certain artistic intellectuals.
3. How many whole numbers between 100 and 400 contain the digit 2? … not how many 2’s are there…
4. What is the basic, general difference between libel and slander?
5. This American actress of the silent film era starred in sensational, highly publicized films such as Cleopatra (1917) and Salome (1918). Who was she?

As always, no researching allowed. If you know the answers post to comments, even if someone else already answered and you didn’t read it yet! Lets see who the CFSBK smarties are.

Stage 1: Relay Race
For 15 minutes, run as many alternating laps as possible with a partner around the block. Each full lap around the block is 1 point. There is a strict 15 minute cap after which we’ll transition to Stage 2.

Stage 2: Shoulder to Overhead
In 10 minutes, find a best shoulder to overhead. Partners have to alternate attempts and should work as a cohesive unit communicating weight changes and time management. Use the guide below to see what style you’ll be performing.

Performance: 1RM Push or Split Jerk
Fitness: 2RM Push Press, Make the intent to learn how to move heavy loads off your shoulders using your legs.

Post partner, points and best load overhead to comments.

Coaches McDowell and Josh do an afternoon WOD

Book Club Today

CFSBK Book Club Meeting at 5pm at Pacific Standard

CrossFit Total Today

Coach Jeremy’s Strength Cyclers will wrap up their 8 week cycle today at 1:00pm. The following lifters will be testing the last 8 weeks of training as they attempt 1RMs in the Back Squat, Press and Deadlift. All are welcome to come by and cheer on the lifters.  Rumor has it we’ll be seeing our Back Squat leaderboard change up after today!

Roster:
Avi S
Kabir S
Cloyde M
Santee D
Laurent G
Max S
Susan C
Dan E
Deepak T
David T
Dave B
Rob I
Michele K
Mel L
Rahsaan C

C.R.A.S.H-B’s Info Session Today

Is the erg your friend, or your enemy? Either way, compete at the world’s biggest indoor rowing competition, CRASH-Bs, in late February, and make the erg your bitch – or at least your frenemy. Coach Nick is going to train athletes from now through CRASH-Bs using a program modeled on his training for the Olympic Team. Participants will learn proper technique and race prep strategies, and improve their stamina. If you’re interested, join Nick for a brief meeting this today at 1:15 to learn more. RSVP to nick [at] crossfitsouthbrooklyn [dot] org, or just show up!

Fitness: 4 Warm-Up Sets then your next 3×5 LBBSQ exposure. This should be getting hard.

Performance:  4 Warm-Up Sets then: 2-2-2-2-2

Post loads to comments.
LBBSQ e4/6 compare to 9.15.12
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3 Rounds for Time of:
40 Air Squats
15 Kipping Pull-Ups
20 Box Jumps 24″/20″

If you can’t perform 15 Kipping Pull-ups, perform 7 Strict Pull-Ups or 15 Jumping Pull-Ups on Rings.
Step down on your Box Jumps

Post time and Rx to comments.

Suggested DIY Cool Down: Foam Roll lower body, 2:00 Couch Stretch each leg and/or 2:00 Super Frog Stretch

CFSBK Pyramid!

Happy Birthday, Coach McDowell!

Tomorrow!

• We’re hosting a C.R.A.S.H.-B Info session with Coach Nick tomorrow at 1pm
• Come for the info session, stay for the CrossFit Total for Coach Jeremy starting at 1pm
• CFSBK Book Club Meeting at 5pm at Pacific Standard

Good Training Habits, Part 1 
David Osorio

While it’s our responsibility as coaches to teach you movement, program intelligently and keep you safe, it’s your responsibility as athletes to develop good training habits.  Here is an overview of three great habits that will significantly enrich your training experience. 

Be Proactive With Your Movement Prep
Everyone needs to do a little personalized maintenance on their bodies.  Even 10 minutes of DIY movement prep before class can go a long way in keeping you fit and pain free.  After you’ve signed in and changed, take advantage of the time you’ve got and start moving.

Warm-up
Row an easy 300-500m on the erg. Get your heart rate up a little and try to get a light sweat going.  We recommend holding 20 strokes per minute and rehearsing good form.

Stretch/Foam Roll
Many of us know where our tightest areas are,  they’re the ones that make it difficult to squat below parallel or press a barbell overhead.  Spend 5-10 minutes stretching out or doing some soft tissue work (foam roller/LAX ball etc) on your “problem areas”.  If you don’t know where to begin, ask a coach what you should be prioritizing and we’ll help you out.  We also regularly refer our members to the MobilityWOD Blog.  This is great resource for folks who need simple, effective strategies to help them move better.

Log all your Workouts 
Training without logging is like driving without a road map.  You don’t know where you’ve been or where you’re going.  Taking notes on each training session helps you track your progress and helps us make informed decisions about how to assist you in choosing weights and scaling movements. Each day should list some quantitative and qualitative notes about your training session. Here is an example:

10/17/10 Sunday, 10am
Warm-up:
200m jog, LAX ball’d both hips and glutes
Group Droms, clean and jerk practice @ 65lbs

3 Rounds for time:
Run 400m
6 Clean and Jerks, 85lbs
12 Ring Rows
10:57

cooled down on Foam Roller.

Right knee bothered me a little first run, then felt fine. Clean and Jerks felt really heavy but good. Less rest between movements next time.

You can track your workouts in a journal or on line.  Us coaches LOVE to read the details of your workout in the comments section. It gives us a deeper perspective into your training and the programming in general.

Start Slow and Maintain Perspective
We take our training seriously at CrossFit South Brooklyn and with that comes with a good deal of responsibility. Our movement pool uses serious strength and conditioning exercises in order to develop a broad, inclusive fitness.  If we don’t treat these movements and workouts with respect, training plateaus and injuries are sure to follow.  The best way to ensure your success and training longevity with us is by starting slowly and developing a rock-solid technical base. In fact, the first few months you start CrossFit, intensity should not be a significant concern.  The movements are potent enough that just consistently performing them will create a favorable adaptation. After you feel really comfortable with most of our exercises and have a working knowledge of your weights, only then should you start ramping up the intensity. 
Training with a life long perspective is incredibly important, remember that you’re here to build yourself up not break yourself down.  Scaling workouts properly, listening to your body and checking your ego at the door will allow you to workout successfully for years to come. Most importantly, have fun with this stuff and enjoy the process.

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Mobility Is About Position, Stretch With Purpose, Not To Warm-Up Mobility WOD

Aileen Finishes Her Pull

Weekend Reminders

• Don’t forget about the C.R.A.S.H.-B Info session with Coach Nick this Sunday

• We’ll also be hosting a CrossFit Total for Coach Jeremy

CFSBK Book Club Meeting This Sunday

Did you read this month’s Book Club book? Come discuss Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 by Hunter S. Thompson with some other CFSBKers at Pacific Standard this weekend. Flex those mind muscles!

Meeting Details
Date: 9/23/12
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Pacific Standard
Contact Person: Peggy pjeanlouis1(AT)gmail.com

The Brooklyn Community Projects Series

We’ll regularly be showcasing some of the awesome projects that the BCP has funded right in our own backyards. Enjoy!

Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health

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Can you tell which coach is coaching based on what music is playing?
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Performance:
Even Minutes: 1 Heavy Power Clean
Odd Minutes: 5 Handstand Push-ups

Start at a moderate load and work up. Find your best weight for the day and then stay there or pull back and work any technical issues out. Score for cleans is best single rep.  There is an on the spot 10 Burpee penalty for missing a rep.
For the Handstand Push-Ups, there is a one burpee penalty for failing a rep.

Fitness:
Even Minutes: 1  Power Clean
Odd Minutes: 5 DB Presses

Work up to a medium-heavy weight for the PC. Try to make your first rep look like your twentieth. You should come no where close to missing because of weight.
Keep the DB presses consistent and strong. If you start missing or losing position, take 1-2 rounds off to recover.

Post best clean, total HSPUs or DB weight used and fouls to comments.

Check out Jake’s Snatch. Take a moment to see where he’s at during each phase in the lift. Notice the relashionship between his body and how high the barbell is. Nice work!

Crossfit South Brooklyn Baby Army Muster and Picnic

CFSBK parents! You’re awesome! Your kids are cute! We should hang out more often.

Come join us for a CFSBK Baby Army Muster and Picnic on Saturday, October 13th at 1:15pm

Let’s all get to know each other better and watch our cute little ones roll/toddle/run around on gym mats. And, of course, plot baby army world domination.

Babies and children, parents and parents-to-be, friends and pets welcome. We’ll have some fresh fruit for everyone, and you’re welcome to bring some snacks to share if you like.

RSVP to organizer extraordinaire Erica N at erica.nofi(AT)gmail.com

CrossFit Total This Sunday

Coach Jeremy’s Strength Cyclers will wrap up their 8 week cycle this Sunday at 1:00pm. The following lifters will be testing the last 8 weeks of training as they attempt 1RMs in the Back Squat, Press and Deadlift.

Roster:
Avi S
Kabir S
Cloyde M
Santee D
Laurent G
Max S
Susan C
Dan E
Deepak T
David T
Dave B
Rob I
Michele K
Mel L
Rahsaan C

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