“Personally, I didn’t consider myself an athlete in high school or my younger days.  Sure, I played softball, tennis, volleyball….but I honestly wasn’t ever very good at any of them.  I never thought of me and “athlete” being one and the same, until I heard it everyday at CrossFit Verve, and felt it in my

The Throwdown Series starts this weekend on Friday and you will have 3 days to complete the workout and post it online for the worldwide results.  If you want to join in, you must go to the website, by clicking here , and registering.  Our Affiliate is on there, Mission CrossFit SA (not just Mission

Neal just always has fun doing things that normal people find impossible. BUY-IN: 400m Run Drills WOD: 3RFT 10 Deadlifts (155/105) 10 KB Squats (24/16kg) 10 KB Snatches (24/16kg) 400m Run 10 Pull-ups 10 Toe-to-Bar 10 Ring Dips 400m Run  

BUY-IN: 1:00 High Knees Scale 10-1: Straight Leg Sit-ups Lunges (each Leg) 3 Rounds of Cindy Max Handstand Hold WOD: Trust Your Teammate 5 RFT (each) 12 SDHP (115/75) 8 Chest-to-Bar 12 Hang Power Cleans (115/75) 8 Burpees Some great pictures from today and the past weeks

With the CrossFit Open coming up and the time of the year competitions become the norm, I thought I’d throw something together that makes you feel like you’re competing a little more!  If you fall behind after the first workout (“The Decision Maker”), then you will have a real hard time catching back up. BUY-IN:

You wanna know what CrossFit really is?… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzD9BkXGJ1M] This is a great video from the Arnold Classic last year.  If you don’t know what the Arnold Classic, its a world wide expo held every year in Columbus to honor athletes in all physical activities, and for the past few years, CrossFit has been there. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpSQfokZBVo&feature=related]

BUY-IN: Foam Roller PVC Burgener Work 15 Push-ups 10 Pull-ups LIFT: 3 Rep Max Bear Complex (20min) WOD: For Time: 8 HSPU – 20 Pull-ups – 40 Double Unders 8 HSPU – 15 Pull-ups – 30 Double Unders 8 HSPU – 10 Pull-ups – 20 Double Unders 8 HSPU – 5 Pull-ups – 10 Double

There are two “Mud/Fun” Runs that are coming up in Texas and near by!  I would love to see a big representation from our gym there.  I’m quite sure I am going to be doing the Hell Race on April 30th, and more than likely the Spartan Race on March 26th.  I believe there is

BUY-IN: 1:00 Jacks 10-1 Scale of: Squats Sit-ups SKILL: 50 Hip Cleans at your weight of choice WOD: C&J Cindy 1 Round of Cindy 1 C&J (155/105) (No Split Jerk) ———- 1 Round of Cindy 2 C&J ———- …1 Round of Cindy 10 C&J Great form of doing continuous C&J. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5upXcK5XDw] Jason Khalipa and Chris Spealler