Your Friends, In Action

Have you seen Chris L.'s new blog? Or read Vanessa's words on "when is a workout, just a workout?" ?

Take a look at our friends in their own words:

Chris' Blog: HERE
Vanessa's Page: Here

Suffer On Saturday, Free Saturday Class

Chris L., enforcing the standards
Med Ball Toss
Warrior, thank you for visiting us
Brooklyn, Texas style
Ball Slams
High Five Push-Ups
Thank you for coming out you two
Great workout guys

Free Saturday CrossFit Workout

Please join us Saturday morning at 9am for our free Saturday CrossFit class. All ages and abilities are welcomed and encouraged. Each workout is scaled to match your current fitness abilities and designed to challenge you to improve. Stay afterwards and work on your muscle-ups, lifts, or kettlebell techniques.

Rain or shine.

Friday October 9

Shoulder Press 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Push Press 3-3-3-3-3 reps
Push Jerk 5-5-5-5-5 reps

Jason and Chris have you all set up on http://www.beyondthewhiteboard.com/ , have you checked it out yet? Track your times, stats, and improvements all on us.

Thursday October 8



1000m Row
10 Bodyweight Deadlift
12 Kettlebell Swings
500m Row
10 BW Deadlift
12 Kettlebell Swings
500m Row
10 Bodyweight Deadlift
12 Kettlebell Swings
1000M Row

When is a workout, just a workout?

Denmark, In Photos

CrossFit Gymnastics Certification
Tucker in Denmark

Wednesday October 7

Heels
Grip
3 x 3 Front Squat
Max Handstand Push ups between sets

2 rounds of:

Thrusters at 135 lbs for 1 minute
Rest 1 minute
Ball Slams for 1 minute
Rest 1 minute
Row for Calories 1 minute
Rest 1 minute
Burpees for 1 minute

The Command Center is slowly being restored to full function.

Party Pics

Fire, always a crowd pleaser
Wild Man
Super Trev
Running for Governor
Running for President

Tuesday October 6

100 Pull-Ups for time

Video of the Day



Submitted by Ken

Monday October 5

4:30 Crew
Allow 20min to find 1RM Snatch

21-15-9

Sumo Deadlfift High Pull
Ring Dips

Picture of the Day

Buzzard, FGB 2009

GSX Social Tonight

6:30pm, in the yard. Bring firewood if you have some to spare.

Free Saturday CrossFit Workout

Please join us Saturday morning at 9 AM for our free Saturday CrossFit class

Friday October 2

3x3 Back Squat

3 rounds for time of:

15 Overhead Squats
15 Pull-Ups
15 Power Cleans

Party Like A Rockstar: HERE

Thursday October 1

15 Thrusters
21 Toes 2 Bar
10 Thrusters
15 Toes 2 Bar
5 Thrusters
9 Toes 2 Bar

Wednesday September 30

3x3 Power Clean

3 rounds for time of:

7 Push Jerk
21 Pull-Ups

The Blog...

Love it? Hate it? Check it often? Ever look back a few months? A year or more?

Post thoughts to comments.

Tuesday September 29

400m Run
50 Sit-Ups
400m Run
40 Sit-Ups
400m Run
30 Sit-Ups
400m Run
20 Sit-Ups

CF Running & Endurance Cert

We're giving away a spot to the upcoming CrossFit Running & Endurance Certification, at GSX on November 7th & 8th. Want to go? Send me an email by October 11th and tell me why it should be you.

But, if I've ever seen you in a pair of Five Fingers...

miked@gsxathletics.com

A Note From Jason

Everybody mark your calendars for our next GSX CrossFit Social to be held this Saturday at 6:30pm.

We will be meeting at GSX for a group workout and cookout. We will be hosting a secret team workout to start promptly at 7:00pm with prizes for the winning team! Post workout we will be grilling up hamburgers and hot dogs and will have plenty of water on hand (all provided by GSX). Everyone feel free to bring plenty of beer and wine! We invite everyone to bring friends and family out to the event as well. GSX will be offering our Parents' Night Out services to our CrossFit members for FREE that evening, so the kids can't be an excuse!

As added incentive, we will be offering body composition testing for anyone that would like to know what their body fat percentage is. This test will be done by Chris' dad, Mike Lofland and co-worker Jennifer Wines from Harris Hospital. The testing will cost $20 per person and will begin at 5:00pm. We will have a sign-up sheet located in the box for those interested. This is something Mike has agreed to come out and do for GSX every couple months and will be another excellent way for everyone to track their progress and finally stop worrying about what that damn bathroom scale says!

Please direct any questions regarding the social and/or testing to chris@gsxathletics.com.

We'll look forward to seeing everyone out there!

Monday September 28

"Karen"

150 Wall Ball Shots for time

Fight Gone Bad IV

Fight Gone Bad IV, in the books. Word is many new PR's were had. Congrats, and thanks to all that participated.

Friday September 25

Allow 20 min to find 1 RM Clean and Jerk

Max Strict Pull -Ups
Max Box Jumps

Thursday September 24

1 mile run for time

5 Rounds
10 Knees to Elbows
10 Ring Dips

Wednesday September 23

My friends at the 1830 class
3x3 Press

AMRAP in 10min of:

5 Burpees
10 Med Ball Cleans
20 Double Unders

Why?

I overheard a conversation the other night, and it got me thinking.

The question going around was "why do we do it?". The "it" being CrossFit with all of the stressors, demands, heavy weights, high reps, etc. Is it competition? The ego or the Id? The social side of a good class? Suffering or competing with friends? Maybe you're going in to the police academy or getting ready for BUD/S. Perhaps trying out for CAG?

Maybe it's part or all of these things. Or none of the above.

What else out there gets folks counting almonds and dudes shaving their chests?

Post thoughts to comments.

Tuesday September 22

We all have choices to make. When will you choose to get fit?



Muscle Up Progression Work

Tabata Deadlifts

3x max L-sit Holds

Monday September 21

"Fran"

21, 15, 9

Thrusters
Pull-Ups

Fight Gone Bad IV News


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This just in from Jason. Next Saturday's 'Fight Gone Bad IV' fundraiser WOD will be held at the new Luke's Locker location at Montgomery Plaza, starting at 9 AM. All ages, abilities, and affiliates welcome.

Saturday September 19

“Daniel”

50 Pull ups
400m run
21 Thrusters
800m run
21 Thrusters
400m run
50 Pull ups

Announcing the 2010 CrossFit Games

The 2010 CrossFit Games will take place at The Ranch in Aromas, CA on July 16 - 18, 2010.

Stay tuned for more details. This year, you will have to qualify for the Regionals by being a top performer at one of many smaller Sectional competitions. That is, unless you competed in the 2009 Games, in which case you are automatically qualified for the Regionals.

There are not quite as many regions, and most regions will not be sending quite as many competitors. Only 100 athletes will make it to the Individual competition in Aromas '10, fifty men and fifty women.

The events and scoring system for the 2010 Games will be kept a mystery until right before the competition. Only one thing is known: they will be different from any of the past CrossFit Games.

How do you prepare for a competition of an unknown nature? Easy! Specialize in not specializing. Overcome your weaknesses. Fortify your strengths. Get comfortable being uncomfortable. And, develop tremendous power across broad time and modal domains.

Friday September 18

Allow 20min to find 3RM Front Squat, followed by:

3 Rounds (1 min stations)

Row
Knees to Elbows
Overhead Walking Lunges

Failure is always an option.

Thursday September 17

Allow 20min to find 3RM Deadlift

Followed by:

800m run
4min rest
800m run

Followed again by:

3x max Handstand Holds

Wednesday September 16

AMRAP, 20 min.

3 rds of Cindy
5 Clean & Jerk

Tuesday September 15

Allow 20min to find 3RM Back Squat

Followed by:

5 rounds

Bear Crawl
5 Deadlift
10 Burpees

RHCP: HERE

Monday September 14

7 rounds for time of:

7 Overhead Squats
7 Box Jumps
7 Clapping Push Ups

Suffer On Saturday, Free Saturday Class

It paid to be a winner today at 'CrossFit Baseball', great work by all.

September 11, 2009

Respect and Honor
Please join us today as we remember those lost during the attacks of September 11, 2001. We will be performing a CrossFit "Hero" WOD as a small sign of respect.

Happy Birthday Ken

Happy Birthday to Ken C.

Thursday September 10

"Tabata Fight Gone Bad"

Complete 8 rounds of each exercise before moving to the next station. One round consists of 20 seconds of work, followed by 10 seconds of rest.

Wall Ball Shots
Sumo Deadlift High Pull
Box Jump
Push Press
Row

"Preparation for Fight Gone Bad" : HERE

Tomorrow

Have you registered for Fight Gone Bad IV? Don't miss out on tomorrow's WOD...

Wednesday September 9

As Many Rounds As Possible in 15 minutes of:

10 Power Snatch (45lb, 75lb)
200m Sprint

"Randy": HERE