CrossFit NYC: The Black Box

The issue has nothing to do with the structural integrity of the building. The cross beams between our floor and their ceiling are more than adequate. The problem is the incredibly cheap nonstructural work that was done when the place was converted to office space.

The sheet rock was attached using nails so short that they barely went one inch into the cross beams.

This isn't our fault. In my opinion, kids jumping up and down on a bed would have brought down their ceiling sooner or later.

Make sure to wear a "Respect" shirt to the park if you have one.

Can't wait to get back. Tough weak at work, so made one class. I did the sprint workout on my own and tonight did the 15, 15, 15 squat routine.

Body weight: 180
BS: 15
FS: 15
OHS: 7, 8
After 7 on the OHS I dropped the bar on my back. Not the best feeling.

Nails!!! You can't nail Sheetrock. You must screw Sheetrock. Building code is explicit about number and kind and length of fasteners for Sheetrock. If the work is out of compliance than it's all on the landlord - period. And if it was in complance there wouldn't have been a failure. Suggest a call the department of building for code violations if they give us any trouble.

Best, Kim

Looks like I took the right week to take off.

Self Pity

I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.

- D.H.Lawrence

Do not be a victim
To self-pity.
Self-pity is at once
The beginning and the end
Of life's uselessness.

- Sri Chinmoy

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I put my safety in jepordy tonight by hopping a park fence after it closed and had it all to myself minus a few crackheads and drunks.
I did 21, 15, 9 "box" jumps and pullups in 5 minutes flat.

Not having a gym totally blows but I'll be in the park at 1030. No drinking or singing for me tonight. If someone can bring one of those "girl" shirts for me to buy I'll wear it. I'll bring a scissor:)

What the heck?? I just tried to post but the page closed

I put my safety in jepordy tonight by hopping a park fence after it closed and had it all to myself minus a few crackheads and drunks.
I did 21, 15, 9 "box" jumps and pullups in 5 minutes flat.

Not having a gym totally blows but I'll be in the park at 1030. No drinking or singing for me tonight. If someone can bring one of those "girl" shirts for me to buy I'll wear it. I'll bring a scissor:)

doh! did i say something wrong?

With a name like Dammit you can't say anything right!

A2, if you keep making promises like that, we'll have better attendance at all our events. ;)

Allison-I signed up for Pitsburgh as well-roomate needed?

A2 my 3 year old would be happy to take her scissors to my extra cf "girly" t shirt and make it any size you want. It also may have its own interesting pattern.:)

crossfitbklyn: row, row, row, swing, swing, swing

Well, here in Crossfitqns we did 5 rounds of 15 squats, hill sprint, 15 squats, jog down... Quads are killing me.

god, i wish i had a 20lbs medicine ball down here. 5 sets of 25 20lbs dumbbells thrusters = death.

I think the sub is more like 15lbs each hand. At least that is what Keith had me use in the past.

Actually though, it's the thought of 150 pullups that has me paralyzed with fear.

I spoke too soon. I looked up the sub, and it is 20 lbs each hand. Apparently, Keith wend too each on me. I'm sure he'll make it up.

This is going to be awful!

one of the guys in the WOD example video is that stud who OHS'd his bodyweight 15 times. by the end of the movie he looks like he's about to have a stroke!

Thanks Michelle. I could also use a haircut. What does your daughter charge? :) I'm sure she's better than everyone at Supercuts.

So I couldn't make it to the park at 1030 because I woke up at 1230.
I vote for the class in the park tomorrow to start at Noon!!
C'mon night owls, Who's with me??

So what was the Central Park WOD today?

Hey Jeff,
It was 5 rounds:
25 squats
25 pushups
30 pullups (I think)

I was sucking ass on the pullups, so I scaled back considerably on those.

Also drank what seemed like 2 liters of hot coffee at post-workout brunch. Mmmmmm.

Is anyone going to Dammits party tonight?

A2, I'm going to try to swing by the party at some point tonight. Email me your phone number or call me if you still have mine.

Is this a secret Fight Club party?

noon tomorrow- i vote noon too! and A2-a blind cat could do a better job than supercuts!

Supercuts Supersucks

did the HQ WOD. 20:48, with 20lbs DB thrusters subbed for wall ball. goldang, that was hard.

we're celebrating my friend's birthday at 3 o cups (1st ave and 5th street, downstairs from the pizza restaurant) tonight. if you've never been there, it's a super dingy, kick-ass rock 'n roll bar. cheap drinks, bikers, yuppies, always a good time. gonna be there around 11 PM. you should come!

holy #*&#%^!! i thought i posted a good time, 'cause those dudes in the video were right around 19 minutes, but OPT posted an 11:48 and AFT got a 9:55!! (*#&(*#!!!

I'll be there

I think there was an issue with altitude. Apparently these guys must have been way up in the mountains somewhere. Crossfit Colorado perhaps. I think that affected there times considerably. They probably would have done the WOD much faster on their home turf of SoCal.

I'll be there too

I'm still getting over this cold. Damn these summer colds!! Im trying to take off and rest but I've been working like crazy this week. Seems like 8 hours of sleep is a fantasy at this point.

Have fun at dammits party I 'd love to go but I'm bartending tonight, then I gotta work tomorrow morning again at 8am.

Today's Official WOD 54:00 (Sub DB Thusters, 20 lb each)
Absolutely brutal.

ok so are we still keeping it for 10:30 or has someone made the executive decision for noon tomorrow?

Just finished my WOD:
21, 15, 9
walking lunges (21, 15, 9 each side)
squats
burpees

9:40

I got 7 huge mosquito bites on my body in the 10 minutes I was outside.

I miss the gym

When I was wandering through Central Park trying to find the playground, I saw at least one volleyball court. Immediately I thought of a sport I had heard of called "Hooverball".

Hooverball is basically volleyball played with a 4-6 pound medicine ball. There are some rules changes for safety (and reality) but then end game is supposed to be pretty challenging - supposedly 3x more intense than regular volleyball. A quick search shows that a couple other CrossFit branches have played around with it.

It has a respectable following back in my Baltimore/DC area. Here is the league page: http://www.hooverball.org/About/about.html If anyone would like to play tomorrow or sometime, let me know.

Moon

Out of curiousity, what was the park workout today?

normal class schedule back on again tomorrow?

Park workout today was

25 Burpees
Lap around the circle (Not sure how long it is.)
25 Squats
Lap
25 Pushups
Lap
25 Pullups
Lap

where is class going to held on monday morning?

Classes are back at the box as of tomorrow morning. We'll be modifying workouts to avoid any jumping/dropping, but don't worry--they'll still kick your ass.

I'm down for that Moon. Lets set it up!

are we able to do the snatches tomorrow or are we subbing something else?