Our next morning On-Ramp starts tomorrow, Feb 8th at 6am. There is still room.
The Women’s Get-Some Challenge benchmark was yesterday. It was wildly wonderful. 26 women came in yesterday (8 bench marked on Tuesday) to see how many squats, situps, strict pushups, pushups for time, strict pullups and jumping pullups they could get done. Carl and I noticed many things about the bench mark: Firstly, an all women crew has mad skills when it comes to building energy and motivating someone to get one more pushup. This I LOVED!
Secondly, I think almost every single woman surprised herself with how much she could actually get done. This I DID NOT LOVE! Come on Sisters!!-imagine if you could surprise yourself like that at every workout. We all gotta get better at looking at each other and knowing there is one more rep within and just telling each other-you have it, you must do it.
Dave, has the worst life doesn’t he?
Thirdly, it was so shockingly bad a** how many pushups some of our Goddesses can do that Carl suggested we might want to have a men’s challenge so they don’t get left behind (or was that “feel left out”?).
Fourthly, at dinner later that day, Carl and I observed that so many of the women we watched walk by us downtown did not have the vibe of the CrossFit Works’ women. We basically decided that all the women we saw yesterday morning at the benchmark had a certain ”je ne sais quoi” (Shannon, is that right?). You all have a certain beauty that comes from being strong and authentic. Solid in your own skin. You could genuinely offer support to each other and dig deep because you know yourselves and you have that to give to each other. When my ship goes down and I’m stranded on a desert island I’m gonna hope it is with you guys!
Fifthly, I know what I am talking about. Betty F. knocked out 9 dead hang pullups and although it might have a little to do with how hard she works and how strong she is, it mostly had to do with the fact that she DRESSED PROPERLY. Pink pirate shirt and pink leg warmers. I wonder if pullups are genetic?
Check out some of the top stats:
Heather: 14 strict pushups, 12 kipping pullups
Aimee: 28 strict pushups, 9 kipping pullups
Karen: 21 strict pushups, 7 kipping pullups
Danielle: 43 strict pushups!!, 5 kipping/deadhang pullups
Betty: 35 strict pushups, 9 deadhang pullups
I cannot wait to see what happens on April 10!! $340 in prize money will be at stake.
Nice work ladies…get some Mom!
Awesome! Well done!
This was a really awesome event…and I do feel inspired watching Betty knock out those pullups. It was also great to see how many women are at the gym! I don’t get a chance to see everybody that often so it was fun (and encouraging!) to work alongside so many inspiring women athletes.
Hey Jen, I think I’m the opposite of your second point. I’ve been beating myself up a bit all weekend because I did far worse on most of those tests than I thought I’d be able to do. The only thing I was pleased with myself for was my single kipping pullup. Maybe I just have super high standards (me == perfectionist). But I just see it as a good wake up call for me to get my butt moving to get where I want to be again.
You go girls! Way to represent. We’ve got some kick ass CrossFit women. I look forward to seeing all the improvements!
I was truly happy to get to be present for this great event. You all pushed hard and were really fun to watch as you cheered each other on to grind out each rep. THANKS for the inspiration.
I wish I was there to watch and cheer you all on ladies! Awesome work!