Windy City CrossFit | Chicago, IL: November 2008

11/30/08

REST DAY

"The soul that has no established aim loses itself."
- Michel de Montaigne

Comments (1)

11/29/08

TEAM WORKOUT - for time:

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Thruster 75lb (45 lb)
Pullups
Box jumps 24" (18")
KB swings (team picks weight)

"We do not change as we grew older, we just become more clearly ourselves."
- Lynn Hall

Comments (9)

11/28/08

7 rounds:
handstand hold, 30 seconds
bottom of squat hold, 30 seconds
15 flutter kicks

"Act as if it were impossible to fail."
- Dorothea Brander

We've come a long way... A day late, but I'm thankful for our entire community, and for all who helped to make the new space so amazing...you know who you are. I hope all of you had a happy and safe holiday!

Comments (6)

11/27/08

10 rounds for time:

10 push-ups

10 sit-ups

10 squats

"One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful."
- Sigmund Freud

Schmiggy working on his Muscle-Up - on the ring pulley system (courtesy of Tatts)

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11/26/08

Deadlift 3-3-3

"Courage is the greatest of all the virtues. Because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others."
- Samuel Johnson

Tuesday 4:30pm Crew - working through "JT"

Comments (2)

11/25/08

"JT"

For time: 21-15-9
Handstand push-ups

Ring dips

push-ups

"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do."
- Johann von Goethe

Results (AM Session):

Andy 15:33 - 24", jump - ROM

Dingo 12:01 - 24", jump - ROM

Yasmin 12:01 - 20", jump, knees - ROM

Glascott 13:05 - 20", jump - ROM

Bill 12:55 - 20", jump - ROM

Jack 15:15 - 24", jump

Zeke 13:56 - 24", jump - ROM

Heath 11:52 - 24"

D. Russell 14:29 - 20", jump

John 9:11 - 24", jump - ROM

Tricia 11:59 - 20", jump, knees - ROM

Koltse 23:12 - wall - ROM

Leslie 9:30 - 20", jump, knees - ROM

Kim 9:00 - 20", jump, knees - ROM

Shawn 8:48 - 20", jump, knees - ROM

Jamie 8:17 - 20", jump, knees - ROM

Jane S. 10:29 - 20", jump, knees - ROM

Wally 16:44 - 24"

Vicki 15:41 - 20", band - ROM

Pat 13:23 - 24"

Results (PM Session):

Corey 28:27 - wall - ROM

Matt 26:21 - wall - ROM

Newman 24:48 - wall

Schmiggy 20:55 - 24"

Tatts 16:08 - band

Bullet 16:51 - 24", jump - ROM

Adam 12:51 - 20" - ROM

K. 19:20 - wall - ROM

Colleen 11:05 - 20", jump - ROM

Cam 12:47 - 24", jump & knees - ROM

Dage 15:30 - band - ROM

Therese 21:31 - wall, band - ROM

Kathy 13:12 - 20", jump

Regs 13:43 - wall

Lauren 25:16 - wall, jump & band

Will 14:19

Steve D. 21:52 - wall - ROM

Meagles 22:50 - 20", band - ROM

Lori 14:43 - 20", band - ROM

Rich 9:04 - 20", jump - ROM

Hellyer 14:37 - 20", jump & band - ROM

Comments (14)

11/24/08

4 rounds for time:

10 squat clean thruster, 75lb (45lb)

10 box jump

10 push-up

"Vacillating people seldom succeed. They seldom win the solid respect of their fellows. Successful men and women are very careful in reaching decisions, and very persistent and determined in action thereafter."
- L.G. Elliott

**Schedule for Week 3 of the 6 Week Push-up Challenge is up - check it HERE

**Holiday Hours**

Wednesday: 6:30am-10am; no PM session
Thursday: Closed
Friday: Closed
Saturday: 9am, 10am, 11am

Results (AM Session):

Bill 10:53 - 20"

Wally 10:32 - 20"

John 11:52 - 20"

Nicole W. 10:25 - 20" (step-up) - 3 rounds

Leslie 9:16 - 12", knee push-ups

Ana 9:11 - 12", knee push-ups

Kim 13:03 - 12"

Hilary 17:35 - 20", knee push-ups

Jim 9:57 - 18" (jump & step-up)

Monahan 12:05 - 18"

Pat 8:05 - 20"

Thurl 9:37 - 45lb, 20" - 3 rounds

Coco 10:06 - 20", knee push-ups

Peyton 9:23 - 24"

Bruce 10:40 - 24"

Lauren 7:18 - 24"

Team 1:
Dingo
Jack

8:52 - 24"

Team 2:
Yasmin - 12" (step-up)
Dana - 20"

11:45 - knee push-ups

Team 3:
Zeke
Sarge

13:46 - 20"

Team 4:
Shawn
Jamie

9:13 - 20", knee push-ups

Team 5:
Jill - 24"
Mary - 20"
Vicki - 24"

12:09

Results (PM Session):

Nick 11:55 - 95lb, 24"

Karen 8:10 - 24"

Beef 7:56 - 24"

Maggy 8:55 - 20"

Meagles 8:40 - 24"

Max 5:29 - 45lb, 20" - 2 rounds

Denise 10:12 - 24"

Paul 9:12 - 20"

Cal 7:07 - 27"

Whitey 7:37 - 20"

Dee 8:05 - 20"

Jon Von 7:40 - 20"

Dawn 8:57 - 20"

Adam 9:23 - 20"

Koltse 8:11 - 24"

Team 6:

Regs - 95lb, 32"

T.J. - 95lb, 20"

8:15

Team 7:

Dwight - 95lb

Dan T.

11:03 - 24"

Team 8:

Schmiggy - 24"

Charlie - 20" - 2 rounds

13:31

Team 9:

Butch

Matt

8:34 - 24"

Team 10:

Jane - 20" (step-up)

Tricia - 20", knee push-ups

10:55

Team 11:

Shannon

Therese

11:39 - 24"

Team 12:

Newman

Matlas

7:26 - 24"

Team 13:

Greg - squat clean only, no thruster

Corey

9:18 - 95lb, 32"

Team 14:

Cam

Tatts

9:12 - 20"

Team 15:

BC - 95lb, 32"

Dage - 95lb, 24"

8:42

Team 16:

K.

Donna

10:49 - 20"

Team 17:

Liz - 45lb & PVC

Grapes

9:59 - hang power clean, 20"

Team 18:

Bullet

George

12:14 - 65lb, 18"

Comments (12)

11/23/08

REST DAY

"Minutes are worth more than money. Spend them wisely."
- Thomas P. Murphy

Saturday Action

Comments (2)

11/22/08

TEAM WORKOUT - max rounds in 15 minutes:

Bear complex x 3, 75lb (45lb)

5 knees to elbows

7 pull-ups

9 push-ups

**Bear complex equals...

1 hang power clean
1 front squat
1 push press
1 back squat
1 push press

"A man is what he thinks about all day long."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Results:

Team 1:

Tricia - band

Donna - jump

Kristen L.

Maggy - band & jump

4

Team 2:

K.

Peyton

Karen

Denise

5

Team 3:

Rich

Dage

Heath

6

Team 4:

Jack

Glascott

Andy

6

Team 5:

Butch

Dee

Huddy

5

Team 6:

Koltse

T.J.

Harmon

6 - CTB

Team 7:

Dingo

Jon Von

John - jump

6

Team 8:

Jeneral - band &kip

Dawn - band

Kathy

Colleen - band

5

Team 9:

Yasmin - jump

Nicole W. - jump

Coco - band

5

Team 10:

Corey

Tatts

Bruce

7

Team 11:

Cam

Bullet

5 - 65lb

Team 12:

Zeke

Chris G.

Brent

5

Comments (7)

11/21/08

3 rounds for time:
400m row
30 flutter kicks
20 pull-ups

"Life is not lost by dying. Life is lost minute by minute, day be day, in all the thousand small, uncaring ways."
- Stephen Saint Vincent Benet

**Congrats to Ferrari for getting his first muscle-up last night - Nice Work!

Results (AM Session):

Chris G. 19:03

Shannon 19:04

Lisa 12:08 - jump - 2 rounds

Jim 20:51

Ana 15:52 - jump

Kim 20:01 - band

Kathy 19:30

Nicole W. 12:29 - jump - 2 rounds

Hilary 19:07 - jump

Bullet 17:19

Mary 19:49

Peyton 18:47

Pat 12:28 - sub KB swings (24kg) for pull-ups

Team 1:

Dana

Yasmin

14:39 - jump

Team 2:

Doogie

Dingo

14:43

Team 3:

Jack

Joel

17:17

Team 4:

Zeke

John

16:35 - jump

Team 5:

Glascott

Bill

15:40 - jump

Team 6:

Jamie - jump

Shawn - band

15:04

Team 7:

Jill

Vicki - band

16:35

Team 8:

Foto - band

Charlie - sub KB swings (16kg) for pull-ups

18:41

Results (PM Session):

Team 9:

Wally

Greg

17:10

Team 10:

Regs - CTB

Matlas - sub KB swings (24kg) for pull-ups

Team 11:

Cam - ROM (pull-ups)

Butch