Brian S and the newest member of our community, Charles Irving

Congratulations to Ben Beifkraft on making the cover of Edible Brooklyn

Congratulations to Josh M on his first Muscle-Up yesterday and the completion of his Union Carpentry Apprenticeship.

The Subway Series, CrossFit Style!
Crossfit South Brooklyn, along with Crossfit Virtuosity, Crossfit Long Island City, and Crossfit Queens will be hosting a series of events this summer aimed at bringing out your competitive side. This is a great opportunity to visit our area's Crossfit gyms and meet some new people. The gym with the best overall score wins the Subway Series Trophy, and bragging rights for a whole year.
Although only athletes competing RX'd will qualify for gym scoring, all athletes are encouraged to participate and cheer on your fellow SBKers. There will be scaling options available.

Here are the event dates:
6/26 – @ CrossFit Long Island City
7/10
– @ CrossFit Queens
7/24 – @ CrossFit Virtuosity
7/31 – @
CrossFit South Brooklyn

So, travel to our outer borough buddies and bring it, South Brooklyn style !!!
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5-5-5-5-5
(E1/4) Max Effort or Sets Across

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As many rounds as possible in 8 minutes of:
3 Jerks 135/95
30 Double Unders

Post rounds and Rx to comments.

Pre-Lifting Skill Work

Muscle Up Practice

Hooverball!

Congratulations to Brian S and Loraine on the birth of their first child, Charles Irving Scott born at 8:35pm weighing in at 8lbs.

There are only 3 slots left for Coach Jeremy's  next Strength Intensive. Move fast to get strong!

3-3-3
(E1/8) Sets Across

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For Time:
Row 750 meters
then perform 5 rounds of:
10 Deadlifts 225/155
12 Burpees

Each Burpee terminates with a lateral jump over the barbell

Post Row time, overall time and Rx to comments.

Want to get strong like, Christian D?

Check out our upcoming Strength Intensive with Coach Jeremy!
Dates
6/21/10 – 8/9/10

Training Schedule
Mondays at 7pm
Wednesdays at 7pm
Fridays at 6pm

Class Size
Space is limited to 8 participants

Register Here!
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Watch Brian D Snatch 100kgs (220lbs)
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Erwan Le Corre MovNat Video

Juliana A goes for 205 lbs

Welcome back from Alaska, Adrian Y!

Tonight's Active Recovery Class is canceled. Why not answer this Active Recovery question instead?
In simplest terms, describe PNF Stretching and give an example of using it to stretch your hamstrings.  Do you PNF?
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3-3-3-3-3
(E1/4) Sets Across or Max Effort

Snatch Pull
3-3-3

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DIY Assistance Work
GHD Sit-Ups 3×10
or
Weighted Sit-Ups 3×15

Gabrus on Thrusters during, "The Brooklyn Lyceum"

Happy Birthday, Rob M!

Write one WOD using the following three movements: Rowing, Thrusters and Double Unders

5 Rounds for max reps of:
Push-ups
Pull-ups

There  is no time component to this WOD.
Have
you ever tried "Lynne" with strict pull-ups?  How about ring push-ups 
or dips instead of push-ups?

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Remember how cold it was the last time we did this?!

Tomorrow starts the beginning of new strength cycle!
Monday-Power Snatch
Wednesday-Front Squat
Thursday-Strict Press
Saturday-Front Squat

What training goals do you have for the upcoming month?

Turkish Get-up
3-3-2-2-1-1-1

*More experienced athletes will work toward a 1RM.  Athletes are encouraged to experiment with a variety of implements (ex. KBs, DBs, Barbells, Sandbags, Sledgehammers)

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Accessory Work
Muscle-Up Progressions & Practice

He's going the distance. He's going for speed.

The Turkish Get-Up Sit-up, Jeff Martone Crossfit.com
The Turkish Get-up Part 2: Get-up Harder, Jeff Martone Crossfit.com
The Turkish Get-up Part 3: Revenge of the Get-up, Jeff Martone Crossfit.com
The Turkish Get-up Part 4: Get-up in the Hood, Warwick Davis Crossfit.com

This guy will get you STRONG. 

Osorio Update: David was scheduled for surgery yesterday but as of the time of publication he'd not gone in.  We wish David a speedy recovery and look forward to having him back as soon as possible.  Get well David!

 Excellent work on Wednesday night by the entire Strength Intensive Crew.  Everyone was putting up major PRs left and right and moving some major weight! 

The next Strength Intensive is coming up and space will fill up fast! The summer intensive will run every Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7pm beginning June 21st and running until August 9th.  Registration opens next week!
Contact Coach Jeremy for any further information via JeremyATCrossfitsouthbrooklynDOTcom. 

Congratulations go out to the Levavi Brothers who won their hockey championship!  We also want to congratulate Charmel R. on completing his degree! 

How do you describe CrossFit to your friends and family? 

5 Rounds NFT of:
Run 270m
10 Knees to Elbows
10 Partner Medball Tosses, 10ft
10 Partner Medball Sit-Up Tosses
10 Lateral Box Jumps

Each partner must complete 10 repetitions of each movement before anyone can move on to the next exercise.

Accessory Work
Foam Roll & LAX Ball

Ryan P Power Cleans

Congratulations on all the new PR's set at the end of Coach Jeremy's Strength Cycle.  How did everyone do?

If the Zombie Apocalypse started this moment, where would you go?
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ZombieFit WOD

Partner Relay Race
3 Rounds of:
Row 500m
35, 25 or 15 Push-ups
The workout is complete when both partners finish all three rounds. Only one partner may be working at a time.
This is a partner workout. One partner completes the couplet while the other rests.  One partner begins the couplet immediately after their partner finishes.

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Accessory work
Kipping Pull-up Practice

Nobody likes a show-off. 

Welcome back Ashley F.who attended his first post-knee surgery WOD

Free Fall: A Short film featuring Guillaume Nery