Amazing story
***Check the site tomorrow before you come. Possible blizzard on the way.
30 Burpee Clean and Jerks
Please, take 20 minutes out of your day to listen to Aimee’s story of adversity. Let me know what you think in the comments.
Newsletter is here!
3 rounds of:
5 Deadlifts (225/155#)
10 One-arm Push Press (each arm)
15 Dips
Congrats Team Canada!
Did you watch the Gold Medal Game? What a game it was!

Paleo Challange starts soon
For all those participating in the Paleo Challenge, remember to start writing down your food in a journal starting on Monday (even if you’re on vacation).
Reminder: Meat, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds are the good stuff.
Anything that’s processed needs to be highlighted in your food log.
You’re allowed one cheat meal per week.
Bookmark the Paleo Challenge website for quick reference to the resources, such as Recipes and Links.
And you can also check out the contestants profiles!
Olympic Lifting Cert
CrossFit PEI will be hosting an Olympic Lifting certification on August 28/29, 2010.
You can register by clicking here. The course costs $595 US but you can hold your spot with a deposit of $250 US. This course has not been posted on the main CrossFit.com site but has already started to fill up quickly.
Ryan Kells from CrossFit Kinetics has secured a deal with Best Western for rooms at $135 per night.
Let me know if you’re going!
WOD
7 rounds of:
7 Burpees
7 Deadlifts, 185/135#
How’s your snatch?
Hang squat snatch 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps
Yes, that will be enough.
Check this link to Sage Burgener’s Hang Snatch
Another video showing two guys trying to lift the weight with their arms (notice it doesn’t work). Then Natalie Woolfolk shows them how it’s done.
An experiment
Recently, some people have been taking a long time to complete the warm-up. It’s only 10 reps of each exercise for 3 rounds. So, as an experiment, let’s see how many rounds you can do in 10 minutes when it’s the workout of the day.
AMRAP in 10min of:
10 Overhead Squat (stick)
10 Good Mornings
10 Pullups
10 Pushups
10 Knees to Elbows
*Reminder of the stretching session tonight at 7:30pm











