Introduction
+ Hardest Movement, Favorite Movement?
   

DROMS
Mat Series A
+ Samson
+ Calve Walk > Inch Worm
+ Pigeon Pose
+ Mountain Climber
+ Triangle Pose
+ OH Reach L-Sit to Bridge walk out

Warm-Up
3 Rounds of:
:30 Jump Rope
:30 Plank

Focus Movements
Back Squat
+ Into: Weighted Expression of Air Squat, how to take it out of rack
+ Barbell 5×5

Set up 4 Racks and have the group partner up and perform 5 sets of 5 reps on your count. Increase weight on 3rd and 5th sets.
   
  
WOD
“HELEN”
3 Rounds for Time of:
Run 400m
21 KB Swings
12 Pull-Ups/Ring Rows

Cool Down
Mat Cool down Series A
+ Straddle
+ Seated Fig 4 Ham
+ Behind Head Chest Stretch
+ OH Tri Lat

Foundations Class 6 <<   >> Foundations Class 7

Introduction
+ How are you feeling?

   
DROMS
Standing Series A
+ Palms Up
+ Palms Down
+ Over and Back
+ Uni lateral Windmills
+ Torso Rotations
+ Hip Rotations
+ Gillies
+ Knees Out Squat > on off tension hip raise

Warm-Up
3 Rounds NFT of:
10 Walking Lunges Each Leg
7 Pull-Ups

Focus Movements
Kettlebell Swings
+ Intro: heels, back, shoulders, relaxed arms.
+ Deadlift KB, “Hike” it back, snap it up
+ Troubleshoot with group, 5 sets of :30 on each.

DB Thrusters
 + Intro, Rack Position, Upright Squat, Explode Overhead
 + 3 Sets of 5 Reps

Box Jumps
+ Intro, dip drive jump, knees up, eyes on box, full hip extension 
+ 2 sets of 5 reps each

(Move quickly through Thrusters and Box Jumps)
       

WOD
AMRAP 12 Minutes:
7 DB Thrusters
12 Box Jumps

Lecture
+ Paleo Intro: Ancestral Diet, Clean Animal Proteins, Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts, seeds
+ Recovery Intro: You get stronger when you recover, not when you workout, Sleep is essential for health

Foundations Class 3 <<   >> Foundations Class 5

Introduction
+ Breakfast
+ Sleep?
+ CrossFit is Constantly Varied, Functional Movements executed at High Intensity
   

DROMS
PVC Series A
+ Flag Poles
+ Cross Body Pec
   
+ Bottom to Bottom PVC:
OHS x5
NG OHS x5
NS OHS x 5
NGNS OHS x5
OHS x5

Warm-Up
Pull-Up intro, Active Shoulders, Full ROM
+ 3 Sets of 5 Reps

Focus Movements
Concept 2 Rowing
+ Intro Machine
+ Catch Position (Find your sit bones, Sit Tall, Knees over heels, Arms in line with chain)
+ Drive (initiate feet, hands, hips and shoulders together)
+ Finish (Elbow back, forearms parallel to floor
+ Recovery (Arms, Trunk, knees
+ Row :30 on :15 off  x4
   
Press/Push Press (Barbell, PVC only as needed)
+ Press Intro: Rack Position, ridged body, “Open window and look outside”
+ 3 Sets of 8 Reps Each
+ Push Press Intro: Dip/Drive/Press
+ 3 Sets of 5 Reps Each
 
     
WOD
For Time:
1000M Row
50 Sit-Ups
30 DB Push Presses

Cool Down
Mat Series A
+ Straddle
+ Seated Fig 4 Ham
+ Behind Head Chest Stretch
+ OH Tri Lat

Foundations Class 2 <<   >> Foundations Class 4

Introduction
+ Sore?
+ Breakfast?
+ Photos?

DROMS
Mat Series A
+ Samson
+ Calve Walk > Inch Worm
+ Pigeon Pose
+ Mountain Climber
+ Triangle Pose
+ OH Reach L-Sit to Bridge walk out

Warm-Up
5 Rounds NFT of:
10-15 Squats
5-10 Push-ups
10 Body Rows

Lead the First two rounds as a group and have them DIY the following three rounds. This will be their primary conditioning stimulus today

Focus Movements
Deadlift
+ PVC Intro: Reverse DL, HIPS then KNEES, KNEES then HIPS, 8 reps
+ Barbell 5×5
Set up 4 Barbells and have the group partner up and perform 5 sets of 5 reps on your count. Increase weight on 3rd and 5th sets.
 
Jump Rope
+ Intro Single Under: upright body, elbows in wrists around, light bounce
+ 3 Rounds of 30 on :15 off Basic Bounce Practice
   
+ Intro Double Under: Same mechanics, Aggressive double pass
+ Double Under, one arm only, single under with bigger hops
+ 2 Rounds :45 on :15 off Practice
       

Lecture
Understanding CrossFit
+ Constantly Varied: Non-specialist program, we vary the time and modal domains
+ Functional Movements: Emphasis on tried and true potent movements, large loads, long distance, quickly
+ Relatively High Intensity: Need to train with enough intensity to stimulate an organic adaptation

Foundations Class 1 <<   >> Foundations Class 3

Introduction
+ Welcome to Foundations, Intro names and how you heard about CF
+ Our Intention is to expose you to our basic movements and fitness philosophy and prepare you for Group Classes
+ Our Strategy will be to progress you from our most basic movements to more complicated movements all while gradually developing your capacity
+ Each day will include a warm-up, skill development, a WOD and a cool down, attendance is a must.
+ Your responsibility is to focus on technique rather than intensity, listen to your body and have fun.

DROMS
Standing Series A
+ Palms Up / Palms Down
+ Over and Back
+ Uni lateral Windmills
+ Torso Rotations / Hip Rotations
+ Gillies
+ Knees Out Squat > on off tension hip raise

Focus Movements
2 Rounds of:
20 Squats
15 Sit-ups
10 Push-Ups
:30 Plank

3 Sets of 10:
Ring Rows

WOD
For Time:
Run 200m
15-12-9
Squat / Push-up / Ring Row
Run 200m

Cool Down
Foam Roller Series A
+ Quad
+ ITB
+ Adductors
+ Lat
+ Upper Back

While Foam Rolling, encourage group to:
+ Take a Before Picture
+ Read “Understanding CrossFit” 
+ Eat a breakfast using only animal protein, vegetables and fruit

>> FOUNDATIONS CLASS 2

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
Username: cfsbk
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
Email username: crossfitsbk@gmail.com
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?