Strength: Snatch – 3 reps on the minute for 8 minutes @ 55%
Metcon – For Time:
800m Run
3 Rounds of:
10 Front Squats (155/110)
20 Pullups
CrossFit has improved my life, health and fitness level in more ways than I count....
It was exactly 6 years from today that I discovered CrossFit from this blog post from Seth Godin. Although Seth's post also references a very unfair and inaccurate piece on CrossFit from the Wall Street Journal, it lead myself (and I'm sure many others) to discovering this life changing fitness program and community of supporters committed to bettering themselves physically and interpersonally.
There is no question that I am as fit and healthy as I ever been in my life. I consider myself fairly strong on average and continue to compete at a competive level while still keeping up with the older kids of Steve's Club and the twenty something year old young raging bulls of CrossFit Tribe.
While CrossFit is a solid, well-rounded fitness program for those interested in GPP (general physical preparedness), the community side of CrossFit is what makes CrossFit a world class fitness program (in my opinion). This is especially important as I strongly believe "people succeed in groups" and the best programs are the ones that people stick to for long term success.
Although I started Crossfitting in my garage alone, it really wasn't until I started Steve's Club (sharing it with others) when I found my true passion and calling in life, unlocking a treasure chest of new opportunities that would shape my future and lead me to starting Steve's Club Camden, Steve's Original (PaleoKits), CrossFit Tribe and Steve's Club National Program.
Some nights I can hardly sleep at night as my head fills up with excitement preparing for the next day of events. Although some days can get very stressful balancing everything from work to family, I am very lucky and blessed to get to be a part of the CrossFit community and give the gift of CrossFit to others
Thanks Seth! Thanks CrossFit!
The greatest discovery any outsider could make about Camden is it's overriding response to failure: If it didn’t work last year, do it AGAIN this year (and if possible do it MORE).
Every year they pass more laws, hire more police, build more prisons, and sentence more offenders for longer periods-all without moving one inch closer to “ending” crime. If it didn’t work last year or the year before that or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Every year they spend more money on schools, hoping to “fix” whatever’s wrong with them, and every year the schools remain stubbornly unfixed. Spending money didn’t work last year or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Every year they try to make the criminals go away, and every year they remain with us. We couldn’t shoehorn these criminals back into the “the mainstream” last year or the year before that or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Maybe its time to TRY something DIFFERENT.
Afterall, IF Camden is saved, it will not be saved by old minds with new programs but by new minds with no programs at all.
Much of my inspiration comes from Daniel Quinn in "Ishmael."
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