CrossFit Moncton

11 rounds of:
11 Wall ball
11 Med ball lunges
11 Med ball cleans

Some of the crew sporting their new CrossFit Marina gear

Complete as many rounds as you can in thirty minutes of:
Five pull-ups
Five ring dips
15 Sit-ups

The reputable Duncan from CrossFit Kids

When was the last time you ate at McDonald’s? This video shows how their “food” breaks down over time.

Found some rings at Venice Beach

Have you ever found yourself doing a CrossFit move outside of the gym? Just the other day, I was doing box jumps on a concrete slab, just to see if I could.

5km run

Tamara, Mom and I got to play with a dolphin

The Shamu show

High flying dolphin, Deke

“Jackie“

1000 meter row
45 pound Thruster, 50 reps
30 pull-ups

I went to another CrossFit gym today. After visiting, I’ve come to realize how privileged I am to have a great group of people at CrossFit Moncton. I don’t want to name the gym I went to, but I didn’t feel welcome at all. There was a well-known CrossFit personality there who didn’t introduce himself. Only one of the members approached me as I entered the gym. Maybe it’s the LA attitude. I left after 15 minutes of standing around.

On the other side of the spectrum, CrossFit Marina has been like a long-lost family to me. They’ve welcomed me with open arms and I feel very welcome there. Their members are very friendly and inviting and remind me a lot of back home. If any of you get a chance to come to LA, you MUST visit CrossFit Marina.

Check out Mom hammering out Helen at CrossFit Marina.

Image courtesy of CrossFit Marina

“Diane”
21-15-9 reps of:
Deadlifts – 225#
Handstand Push-ups

This is where Arnold used to workout in Venice Beach

Modified “Helen“

Three rounds for time:
50 Lunges
21  Dumbbell swings (55 pound )
12 Pull-ups

Standing in the Pacific Ocean!

I started my day at 6am at CrossFit Marina with Steve and Denise. They put me through the 21, 18, 15 etc back extensions with the 400m runs in between. Compared to the time last week with 45# good mornings, I managed to pump it out faster (slightly) in 15min flat.  I was talking to Steve and Denise after the WOD, and they suggested I check out CrossFit Balboa.

So I drove down to CrossFit Balboa and met John, Max and Gillian. It was cool to see a CF gym with their own programming. Asked a few questions and got to see some people go through a deadlift/ring dip WOD. Very nice place.

As the picture shows, we went to Huntington Beach (AKA. Surf City) and went in the Pacific Ocean. It was 57 degrees…not too bad. Saw a lot of surfers too. Now they were cool!

And for my evening expedition, I ventured down to Coach Burgener’s gym (AKA. Mike’s Gym). I got to spend a fair amount of time with the olympic lifting guru himself, getting coach through the basics of the Burgener warm-up. Let me tell you, we’ll be starting to do this warm-up at the gym very soon on occasion. I learned so much and would love to get to one of his certs.

“Barbara“

Five rounds, each for time of:
20 Pull-ups
30 Push-ups
40 Sit-ups
50 Squats

Rest precisely three minutes between each round.

He's just angry because everyone from CrossFit Moncton beat him at Barbara