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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Stone Mountain

It's Day Two of The Rumble At the Rock, a/k/a 2010 CrossFit Games, Georgia Sectionals, and we are closed today.

Results from yesterdays competition have CrossFit Atlanta athletes leading the pack in both the men's and the women's competitions, with the men in position for a podium sweep. 

CF ATL's Men's rankings through Day One workouts:

1.    Ken Gall
2.    Rob Miller
3.    Jonathan Horowitz
6.    Ian Mosher
7.    Michael Krueger
24.  Chris Alberts

CF ATL's Women's rankings through Day One workouts:

1.    Leah Polaski
2.    Bethanie Harsh
12.  Leah Anderson
16.  Whitney Hugelet
19.  Margaret Redman
23.  Kulsoom Abdullah

Results will be updated as scores are tabulated can be accessed online: Georgia Sectional Scores

Good luck to all the athletes participating and many thanks to the all the volunteers helping to make this happen.

In other news, Georgia Tech Rugby Football Club moved into sole possession of 1st place in their division by beating Kennesaw State 16-5.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Stone Mountain, GA

It's Game Day and we will be closed today and Sunday for The Rumble At the Rock, a/k/a 2010 CrossFit Games, Georgia Sectionals.

Results will be updated through the day and can be accessed online: Georgia Sectional Scores

Good luck to all the athletes participating and many thanks to the all the volunteers helping to make this happen.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Some of our peeps getting ready for Sectionals, which start tomorrow

Workout of the Day

Five rounds for max reps of:
2/3 Body weight thruster
Pull-ups

Post reps for both exercises in all rounds.

"An artist is one who eschews the pursuit of women, money, and fame for the sake of his art, by which he hopes to gain women, money, and fame."
--Sigmund Freud

Check out this video from HQ, about how CrossFit athletes with no endurance experience trained for and competed in a 28 mile race with a ton of elevation, all under the guidance of our friend and  former CF ATL trainer, Ga. Tech track star, Brendan Mahoney,  "The Quad Dipsea" with San Francisco CrossFit, a CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov].  CF Atl will be starting an endurance team soon.  Stay tuned.

NOTICE

We will be closed this weekend for the CrossFit Games Sectionals!

But you've been invited to visit our friends at CrossFit On The Move for their morning session. 

Because of the large number of trainers and and members who will be participating as competitors or volunteers in the CrossFit Games Sectionals  this weekend at Stone Mountain we won''t have anyone to staff the gym, and probably no one to come workout.  We have two teams entered in the Affiliate team competition, too many to count entered in the individual competition, and many others volunteering in one way or another. 

15 men and 15 women will qualify to move on to the Southeast Regionals, from which 4 men and 4 women will qualify for the 2010 CrossFit Games to compete for the title of "Fittest Man & Woman on Earth."  Come out to Stone Mountain and enjoy the fun.  Competition starts at 9 AM.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Blake, part of the army of lawyers

Workout of the Day

"Linda"

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of the triplet:

Deadlift: 1 1/2 body weight
Bench press: body weight
Clean: 3/4 body weight

Set up three bars and storm through for time.

Post time to comments.

"I know you can’t be perfect. No one is perfect. But making the effort to be perfect,trying as hard as you can, that is what life is all about."--Vincent Lombardi

NOTICE

We will be closed this weekend for the CrossFit Games Sectionals!

But you've been invited to visit our friends at CrossFit On The Move for their morning session. 

Because of the large number of trainers and and members who will be participating as competitors or volunteers in the CrossFit Games Sectionals this weekend at Stone Mountain we won''t have anyone to staff the gym, and probably no one to come workout.  We have two teams entered in the Affiliate team competition, too many to count entered in the individual competition, and many others volunteering in one way or another. 

15 men and 15 women will qualify to move on to the Southeast Regionals, from which 4 men and 4 women will qualify for the 2010 CrossFit Games to compete for the title of "Fittest Man & Woman on Earth."  Come out to Stone Mountain and enjoy the fun.  Competition starts at 9 AM.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Rolling out the kinks with PVC.  We'll have a PVC party sometime next week.  In addition to building more parallettes for the gym, we'll be making 4" rollers for $3 each.

Workout of the Day

"Tabata This!"

Tabata Row
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Squat
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Pull-up
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Push-up
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Sit-up

The Tabata interval is 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for 8 intervals.
Tabata score is the least number of reps performed in any of the eight intervals. Unit for the row is "calories".

Post Tabata score for each exercise to comments and total for final score.
E.G., 10, 22, 9, 15, 15 = 71

Epigenetics involves the study of how lifestyle, habits, nutrition, etc affect not only gene expression, they can change your DNA and affect your children.  Watch the videos here, and make up your mind to stop bad eating habits.

NOTICE

We will be closed this weekend!

Because of the large number of trainers and and members who will be participating as competitors or volunteers in the CrossFit Games Sectionals this weekend at Stone Mountain we won''t have anyone to staff the gym, and probably no one to come workout.  We have two teams entered in the Affiliate team competition, too many to count entered in the individual competition, and many others volunteering in one way or another.  15 men and 15 women will qualify to move on to the Southeast Regionals, from which 4 men and 4 women will qualify for the 2010 CrossFit Games to compete for the title of "Fittest Man & Woman on Earth."  Come out to Stone Mountain and enjoy the fun.  Competition starts at 9 AM.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Russ is one of 7 current or former members who attended the CrossFit Level 1 certification this past weekend.

Workout of the Day

2010 CrossFit Games, Georgia Sectionals workout #2

For Time:

60 KB Swings (1.5/1 pood)
50 Box Jumps (24")
40 Wall Balls (20/12lb)
30 Pull-ups
20 GHD Sit-ups (2009 Games ROM, details available in video format below)
10 Snatches (115/65lb squat or power, no press out)
100ft Overhead Lunge (45/25lb)

NOTICE

We will be closed this weekend!

Because of the large number of trainers and and members who will be participating as competitors or volunteers in the CrossFit Games Sectionals this weekend at Stone Mountain we won''t have anyone to staff the gym, and probably no one to come workout.  We have two teams entered in the Affiliate team competition, too many to count entered in the individual competition, and many others volunteering in one way or another.  15 men and 15 women will qualify to move on to the Southeast Regionals, from which 4 men and 4 women will qualify for the 2010 CrossFit Games to compete for the title of "Fittest Man & Woman on Earth."  Come out to Stone Mountain and enjoy the fun.  Competition starts at 9 AM.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Brandon Conner

Workout of the Day

For time:
155 pound Squat clean, 15 reps
30 Toes to bar
30 Box jump, 24 inch box
15 Muscle-ups
40 pound dumbbell Push press / push jerk, 30 reps
30 Double-unders
135 pound Thruster, 15 reps
30 Pull-ups
30 Burpees
300 feet Walking lunge with 45lb plate held overhead

Post time to comments.

Top men's times from the 2009 CrossFit Games:
Mikko Salo (19:46), Jason Khalipa (21:35), Michael Fitzgerald (22:13).

Top women's times:
Charity Vale (18:24), Kristan Clever (20:27), Carey Kepler (21:06).

The 2010 CrossFit Games, Georgia Sectionals are this weekend at Stone Mountain.  CF ATL has two teams entered in the Affiliate competition and many athletes entered in the individual competition.  Come out to support them and enjoy the event.

CF ATL had lots of folks at the Level 1 seminar this weekend, check the photo at crossfit.com and see if you can ID them all.

"Mary's Story" Part 2 by CrossFit Again Faster, a CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Beach workout at the CrossFit Affiliate gathering in Miami Beach.  That's Allison NYC on the left.

We are closed today & tomorrow while hosting a CrossFit Trainer Certification Seminar.  Please visit our friends at any of the nearby CrossFit gyms.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Hallelujah!

Workout of the Day

Louise"

3 Rounds for time:
10 Power Snatch @ 50% bodyweight
25 Wall Ball 20/14
10 Pull ups

NOTICE

Saturday March 13 is the 2010 Team Georgia Weightlifting Open Championship, which will be held at Flowery Branch HS, Flowery Branch, GA. Many will come as first-timers and get their feet wet in a local competition.  Awards will be given for the top 3 in each weight class and age division.  Deadline for entry is Tuesday, March 9. Email Chandler Alford for more info, chandler@crossfitatlanta.com.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Mike G. gets a PR in the deadlift, 215 kg

Workout of the Day

Five rounds for time of:
Row 500 meters
135 pound Power clean, 12 reps
95 pound Thruster, 15 reps

Post time to comments.

NOTICE

We are closed this weekend in order to host a CrossFit Level 1 certification.  Please visit one of the friendly nearby CrossFit gyms, or go for a run at West Palisades.

New Harvard study shows barefoot runners land differently and with much less impact forces than runners with cushioned shoes.  Daniel E. Lieberman, the co-author of the study and a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University said, "People who don`t wear shoes when they run have an astonishingly different strike. By landing on the middle or front of the foot, barefoot runners have almost no impact collision, much less than most shod runners generate when they heel-strike."  In response, we say, "Duh.  How about we get a grant to do a study that gives a scientific imprimatur to the blatantly obvious."