Major Demo Has Begun

Major demo has begun. All of the pipes that made up the light mounts for the studio are down already. This was a HUGE piece that had to happen before many other pieces could get started. On Friday I went out and picked up our scaffolding. Expect…

Nasty Girls vs. Nasty Gymnasts Spoof: We need your help!

Ok, so if you’ve been here long enough by now you may have figured out that I have a twisted sense of humor.  I came up with (admitedly with a little help from Roge) a twisted variation of  “Nasty Girls” a few years back.   For…

Bottoms Up Turkish Get-up & Wifey TGUs

Here is a video series of Jeff Martone, founder of ”Tactical Athlete“ performing Turkish-get-up’s and variations.  In the 4th video he does one “bottom’s up” and then he Turkish get-up’s his wife!  Some of you have heard Roger…

Coleman Elementary’s “Run for the Gold” is only 3 days out!

A few of the families that have kids at Coleman are: Wallenstrom: Susannah, Turner, Samantha & Lucy Wheeler: Malinda, Lucas & Katie and of course, Cabrales: Kela, Carlos, Amelia & Gaby. All the proceeds to benefit the…

Newest CrossFit Marinite… Baby Pommier!!!

Here’s a message from Steph: “Hi everyone! Our beautiful baby BOY arrived yesterday, Monday, April 19th at 2:44 p.m.! He was 7 lbs. 14 ounces and was 21 inches long! We are still determining a name. He is absolutely perfect and I’m…

Emily's Games Experience

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Most of you know Emily. Because of the kids she can be found in our gym at varying times of the day. Her presence is always a good thing. Fun and high spirited, and always one to support anyone who is present. If you haven’t met her first…

High Fructose Corn Syrup

I would do a post about how the pressure of sport and competition drive us toward working harder and are a fundamental part of the CrossFit program.  However, I’m bitter about not being able to go to the Games sectionals, so I’m going to…

Day 2 Final Results

Final results are in. The final workouts were clever. It required some strategy between the two to maximize the results. Roger ended up hitting 175 on the Squat Clean and Overhead with a Power Clean, Front Squat and Push Press (Saving his poor…

Ok, we’re off. IT’s the CrossFit Games Northern California Sectionals, after all…

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We’re leaving tomorrow morning.  Roger, Emily, Bill, and myself will be competing from CFM.  Martin signed up, but he is recovering from the flu or something.  Some of our other girls and boys will be competing at the Affiliate Cup, but…

Day 1 Final Results

Day 1 is done. Our athletes performed pretty well overall. Here are the rankings. For the men, of 278 athletes Andres came in 72nd, Roger at 141st and Bill at 237th. For the Women, of 141 athletes Emily came in 65th. And yeah, she was worried…