First off, thanks to Tosh for coming out and coaching our group yesterday morning.  In the process of getting set-up I forgot to give him a proper introduction, which I realized when a few of you later asked me, “who was that guy that coached us?” Brian Chontosh (Tosh) is a badass CrossFitter and technique driven coach (as two of you pointed out) who works with CrossFit in a variety of ways.  While we didn’t get to see him workout, he has a pretty fun video on the games website if you want to check it out.  On to Whole Foods…  Last week at Whole Foods an unhealthily small woman in workout clothes heaved her basket onto the conveyor belt.  Glancing inside it, I surveyed her food: 2 bottles of Mix1 3 bananas 4 yogurts, fruit flavored, fat free grapes 3 bars bread potato chips a boxed slice of Whole Foods...Read more

WOD: – Teams of 3 – 3 exercises: KB swings, overhead walking lunges, box jumps – Complete as many repetitions as possible in 20 minutes  – Team rotation is kicked off when teammate doing overhead walking lunges  drops bar.  Each teammate is relieved from current station when teammate sent to relieve reaches station. Makes sense, right?Read more

Reminder! Tomorrow’s workout will be held at the northwest corner of North Boulder Park at 6am.   WOD: “Tabata Something Else”  Complete 32 intervals of 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest where the first 8 intervals are pull-ups, the second 8 are push-ups, the third 8 intervals are sit-ups, and finally, the last 8 intervals are squats. There is no rest between exercises. Hey!  All you endurance crazy kids – check out this guy from CrossFit Eaton.  He’s running faster with fewer injuries and less mileage and he’s kicking butt!  CrossFit + CrossFit Endurance = Infinite Potential Drake Relays Master Mile from CrossFit Eaton on Vimeo.Read more

Big Ups to everyone on their impressive PRs yesterday!  It’s a great accomplishment to follow-up two shoulder and upper body intensive WODs with a one rep max PR in the shoulder press.  You earned your rest day.   Thanks Emily for sharing your Cinco de Mayo shades which were the obvious source of a few PRs.   Trevor was the official winner of the Cinco de Mayo super mini WOD with a winning time of :45 seconds.   And finally, the Boulder County Farmer’s Market Wednesday evening hours start today!   Details: Wednesdays 4-8pm, 13th and Arapahoe in downtown Boulder Why you should go: because the market sells real food and it’s grown locallyRead more

First 20 minutes: snatch technique work WOD: Shoulder Press 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps A big thanks to MBS CrossFit for having us out for the Spring Weightlifting meet.  It was fun and competitive and a great learning experience!  Results here.Read more