The distal end

New recruits getting in touch with themselves by learning what the hamstrings do, both at the knee end and the hip end.

Labor site

"Three Bars of Death": The scene.

Drew set up his three bars and stormed through "Linda" in 16:09 at 80kg bodyweight!

"Linda" - 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps for time:

1.5 x bodyweight deadlift

bodyweight bench press

.75 x bodyweight power clean

Rest for the weary

CrossFit Eastside will be CLOSED all day for the Labor Day holiday on Monday, September 7, 2009. A day of well-earned rest for all o y'all.

However, we will be OPEN for the usual 10:00am class this Saturday morning, Sept. 5. Come join the fun.
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Remember, too, it's only 3 weeks until Fight Gone Bad IV on Saturday, September 26. Sign up on the individual or team hard-copy list in the gym. It's also time to register yourself officially online (it's quick and easy) and start thinking about fundraising.

Stick workout

What happens when artists try to explain their workouts.

Fight Gone Bad IV

CrossFit Eastside will be hosting Fight Gone Bad IV (FGBIII, FGB II) , an annual fundraiser for the Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Wounded Warrior Project, on September 26, 2009, at 10:00 am. Hundreds of CrossFit affiliates around the world will be doing the same thing on the same day, working together to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars (or more) as a community.

The event at CrossFit Eastside is open to all -- meaning you don't have to be a CrossFit Eastside regular to join in on the fun. We know you regular CF Eastsiders will be out in force for it. If you train at another CF affiliate that's not participating, you're heartily invited to come represent with us. The workout weights are scalable to make it accessible to folks at almost all levels of fitness and experience. We will have a potluck BBQ at the gym after the event.

To sign up for the event, navigate to http://www.fgb4.org/ > Find Team > Team Name > "CrossFit Eastside."

Going up

The drive before the split.

Glute-ham raise

The glute-ham raise takes the standard hip extension one step further, raising the torso up into a nearly vertical position until the knee is flexed to almost a full ninety degrees. This requires intense contraction of essentially everything on the posterior side of the body--spine, glutes, hamstrings, and calves. It also exercises the hamstrings in both their proximal function (hip extension) and distal function (knee flexion) at once.

All in the family

Ben meets "Jackie"--and her sisters!

Jackie: 1000m row / 50 thrusters (2okg) / 30 pull-ups

Sister 1: 500m row / 25 thrusters / 15 pull-ups

Sister 2: 250m row / 13 thrusters / 8 pull-ups