Men will die for points

Keeping score

Totally loved it

Congratulations to the eighteen athletes who showed up and rocked the CrossFit Total on Saturday. They squatted; they pressed; they deadlifted.

From the new folks just learning the mechanics to old hands chasing new PRs, everyone stepped up admirably. Many of the bunch set multiple personal bests and performed well above their expectations. We all learned a great deal and are already looking forward to the next time around.

Special thanks to the friends and family who came along show support. It's good to have you in the house.

Totality

This Saturday, May 5th, at noon, we will be hosting the CrossFit Total (CFT) for CFES members. The contested lifts are the back squat, press, and deadlift. Your best of three attempts at each will be added together to come up with your CFT score (which will go on the new records board in the Blue Room). We will have an open gym from 12:00 until 4:00 pm for members to total each of the lifts.

Post-CFT festivities will be held at Tu Casa (2 blocks from the gym) starting at 4pm. Bring friends and family for a Cinco de Mayo throwdown -- good food, conversation, and maybe even some drinks.

The rower bites back

One day a guy walks into a gym and sees on the whiteboard:

500m row x 3
Rest as needed between efforts.

“500-meter row--that’s it?” he says with a dismissive smirk, and saunters off to change clothes.

On the first one, he embraces the spirit of the sprint and throws himself into it fully.

It pays off with an excellent time, but not without some...discomfort. Fortunately his friends are there with support and encouragement in the aftermath.

Congratulations, William, on your 1:29 personal record :-)

Strong work

Kettlebell snatch, 212 reps in 10 minutes

Visit from Chelsea

Every minute on the minute, perform 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups, and 15 squats.

Can you continue for thirty minutes? Twenty minutes? How about 10? If you fall behind the clock, note the time and then keep going for thirty minutes to see how many total rounds you can complete.

Team 6 - CrossFit classic "Chelsea"

What a team

Before

(What is it with the boyz in skirtz?)

During?

("Hey, this isn't so hard!")

After

(It was the day after St. Patty's, after all.)

Venimus, vidimus, escendimus

We did it again! The annual Big Climb for Leukemia up the 1,311 steps of the Columbia Tower was yesterday, and we had a team of 24 Eastside CrossFitters participating. And, this year, we had another 25 of our friends from Rainier CrossFit, Mt. Baker CrossFit, and CrossFit Westside joining in the fun. Forty-nine CrossFitters are hard to miss, even in a big crowd!

Most of the results are in:

NAME	TIME	PLACE IN AGE DIV	PLACE OVERALL	SEX OVERALL
Irena Netik	10:58	3 / 201	135 /1850	5 / 730
Michael Street	11:19	53 / 257	182 /1850	171 /1120
Justin Davis	11:24	58 / 372	195 /1850	184 /1120
Russell Hadley	11:53	75 / 372	275 /1850	252 /1120
Paul Callo	12:09	88 / 372	334 /1850	299 / 1120
James Walsh	12:12	86 / 257	348 /1850	310 /1120
Mark Brinton	13:13	76 / 208	559 /1850	472 /1120
Bruce Duba	13:24	87 / 213	614 / 1850	512 / 1120
Jean Christopherson	13:35	17 / 116	649 /1850	120 / 730
Marc Amsberry	13:45	188 /372	701 /1850	568 /1120
Sean McDaniel	13:58	200 / 372	742 / 1850	592 /1120
Kim Amsberry	14:13	66 /241	795 /1850	173 /730
Tom Hussey	14:12	211 / 372	786 /1850	614 /1120
Mike Hom	14:12	156 / 257	783 /1850	613 /1120
Bridget Jendro	14:23	73 / 241	823 /1850	190 / 730
Jackie Richards	14:39	80 / 241	877 /1850	214 / 730
Carrie Klumpar	15:23	107 / 241	1017 /1850	273 / 730
James Duggins	17:12	216 / 257	1320 /1850	905 /1120
Heaton Wrenn	17:16	166 / 208	1327 /1850	910 /1120
Mark Woodside	17:51	318 / 372	1375 /1850	933 /1120
Paula Tomlinson	20:21	192 / 241	1566 /1850	542 / 730
Madonna McDaniel	21:27	202 / 241	1629 /1850	587 / 730
Beth Walsh	22:54	357 / 372	1682 /1850	1058 /1120
Kathryn Haniuk	24:52	100 / 116	1735 /1850	654 / 730
Robyn Sproston	NA (yet)