S.O.S.

Suffer on Sunday!

If you were here for today's WOD you suffered greatly. Everyone pushed their limits and overcame the pain. It is great to see everyone smile even when there was an ugly WOD waiting to eat them alive. Those of you who were here you know the WOD and your time. We had a guy come in after the class who did it in under 10 minutes. It was fun. Have a fun and safe super bowl weekend.

Deadlift

The Olympic Snatch

We just wrapped up our 1 rm of Olympic snatch. We had some good hard one on one battles with the iron. Some left disappointed while others finished with a classic Jersey Shore fist pump. You can not be discouraged if you did not hit the number that you expected. This lift in particular takes some time to develop.
Keep this in mind, you all know how to execute an Olympic lift. Walk to your neighbors house and ask them to attempt an Olympic Snatch. Odds are they have no clue what hell that is. Be proud that you all can execute a lift that few will ever attempt in their lifetime. We have some great footage of our attempts, once I edit it I will post it on the site.

Nice Snatch

Today and tomorrow we will be testing the 1RM snatch. Here is Coach B with some tips on the snatch.

Intensity

Wow, what a great way to finish. From our rookies to our vets everyone kicked ass tonight. Its great to see everyone got a taste of the airdyne. That is truly an underrated piece of cardio equipment. I challenge the "I do an hour on the elliptical, no problem," group, to 30 sec work 30 sec rest for 5 minutes on the airdyne. If you can do this without falling off that damn medieval torture device or puking I will give you a high five.
We are coming very close to moving into our new facility, we are wrapping up the final details and should be relocated by March 1. Chanel Dickson (Kiki's Mom) is baking cookies with 75% of all proceeds going to Haiti relief. I hate to say it but we (Derek and Darlene) had about 6 a piece last night and they kick ass. If you are interested in ordering them please contact Chanel @ 714-470-2445 or via email @ Chanelliscookies@hotmail.com. Trust us you will love them.
We would like to welcome the following to the CrossFit Brea Family; Otto, Carrie, Becky, Hannah, Luis, Jeff, Bianca, Tyler, Trever, Nanci, Lori, Chris. We have a lot of new faces in here so make sure you introduce yourself and make them feel welcome.

Mental Game part II

My workout yesterday was heavy back squat. I decided to warm-up a little heavier with more reps than normal. From there I went into heavier load for 6x2. By my third set I was struggling a little, I racked the bar and during my rest period I started to wonder what was going on with me. Here is the deal, I was physically doing the work prescribed by I had not mentally arrived yet.
The mind is such a powerful muscle, and we need to learn to make sure it is firing at all times. My problem was that I had not turned my brain on yet. My mental state was one that allowed me to perform the lift but not actually perform it at my full potential. During my rest period between sets I had to mentally recover just as much as I did physically. As my workout went on I was able to accelerate out of the "hole" and I finished stronger at the end.
I physically made myself stronger by activating my brain. I had to leave all the outside pressure and stress "outside". Sometimes its hard to come in here when the wife/husband is mad or the kids are sick or you had a shitty day at the office. If one can train the mind to overcome mental barriers than the daily grind of life will not be such a grind.
For some of you with physically demanding jobs your life may depend on you being mentally "ripped." Simply put, I would rather walk down a dark ally with someone who is a mental giant rather than a physical giant. The physical giant has never been put to the test and might run when the shit hits the fan. My little buddy with the mental edge has tested themselves time and time again, and will be capable of pulling the trigger if necessary. Train the full body everyday.-Erik

Mental Game

Barbie told me that after round one of the workout today she was convinced she was going to do three, once she got to three, she was convinced she could only do four. Once she did four she was determined to finish the fifth and final round. Everyone had a great time pushing their limits. Once you find that you can push through even when you want to quit, you will find that it is the mental limit that you put on yourself not the physical.