OK-there were some memorable sights tonight…I will get the excellent photos Shannon took into the gallery this weekend.
We had 22 women do the Challenge and 20 men. In 70s get up. Very fun. Followed by burgers and vanilla shakes as instructed.
Here are our top 5 women:
Kate Wells
BW 160
Squat 40
Bench 22
Deadlift 64
Total 126
Jenny LaCoss
BW 155
Squat 50
Bench [...]
Seriously. Weighted pullups just seem funny to me. I like figuring out how to attach the weights. It was like a weighted pullup fashion show in here this morning. Bryon’s 7am class had the metal plates roped around their weights in various styles that looked like belt buckles. How is it not cool watching Mike [...]
One of my favorite, non-CrossFit women’s fitness blogs is Krista’s over at Stumptuous. She keeps an eye on all things dirty, heavy, real and womanly. She punches, lifts heavy weights, looks awesome and shares smart stuff. She brought my attention to a study regarding women on birth control pills and muscle building. This is an interesting [...]
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 [...]