Thursday October 15

50 Push Ups (through the monkey bars)
400m run (through the monkey bars)
200m Walking Lunge (through the monkey bars)
400m run (through the monkey bars)
50 Push Ups

Expanded Saturday Offerings

News Flash!

Beginning Saturday, November 7th, we will be offering an Advanced Level Class starting at 10am for GSX CrossFit members only.

The workouts will be under strict time, load, and movement standards, and not intended for those new to CrossFit. These classes will feature some beastly offerings from the CrossFit Main Site, CrossFit Football, and challenges of our own design. You've been warned.

The "Heroes", the lifts, the benchmarks. It's on.

All for a purpose. Talk to an instructor for more information. Join us in the suffering.

And the Winner Is...

GSX CrossFit is proud to announce that Candice Ruiz has been selected to attend the CrossFit Running & Endurance Certification on us, next month here at GSX. Please join us in congratulating her spirit, effort, dedication and results!

Seen at GSX

Do You Know Us?
Come Say Hello

We Miss Mo


Let's Help A Friend

Gillian at GSX
Support Gillian's effort to complete 100 Muscle Ups as she raises funds and awareness for Hope for the Warriors™. Visit the Charities page and make a donation today. The event will be MC'd by Tucker.

More information: HERE

A brief video: HERE

Wednesday October 14

3 Rep Max Deadlift

3 Rounds of:

40 Push Press
30 Squats
20 Ring Dips
10 Double-Unders

The New GSX Referral Program

Dear GSX friends and family,

We at GSX have always considered word-of-mouth to be the best form of advertising. We love hearing that our members appreciate our classes and programs so much that they are willing to share their positive experiences with others. A great many of our current clients are with us today as a result of hearing good things about us from friends, family, and coworkers.

Because we know that many of you are working hard to tell others about our facility and the programs we run, we would like to give something back.

Introducing the new GSX Referral Program!

How it works:

You recommend someone to our facility for any of our programs
They come by to sign up and tell us you referred them
Their first full-month's tuition gets applied as a credit to your account

A few rules:

The referral must be new to GSX, prior members won't apply
The referral mush give us your name at the time of sign up

That's all there is to it! And we won't limit the number of people you are able to refer. The more people you bring in, the more months you get free.

Thank you to everyone who helps promote our programs!

Tuesday October 13

Hang Power Snatch, 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1

10 Clean, 200m run
9 Clean, 200m run
8 Clean, 200m run
7 Clean...

Monday October 12

The 0600 Sock Club
3 x 3 Back Squat

“Josh”

21 Overhead Squats
42 Pull-Ups
15 OHS
30 Pull-Ups
9 OHS
18 Pull-Ups

Did you enter your time on Beyond the Whiteboard?

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