Crossfit 360 Long Beach and Tustin: April 17, 2009

Front Squat
3-3-3-3-3
Now's your chance to practice that front rack position that we all struggle with. Remember, you're working to try to get your triceps parallel to the floor-- you just need to fight for position (like they do in groundfighting!) Think about bringing your elbows up to the ceiling.
5050:
3-3-3
Buy-in: above plus 3-3-3
Everybody ready to rumble this weekend?!
Remember Cherry is CLOSED on Saturday. I'll post the details of what went on both Saturday and Sunday night.
Feeling kinda mushy today, and just wanted to let you guys know how proud I am of all of you for coming in and putting it down with the intensity and drive that you all do. We all have good WOD days and bad WOD days. Remember that on those days you are feeling down about your fitness level, maybe you finish last, or maybe you don't finish at all-- remember who you are comparing yourself to. Sure, not necessarily Olympic athletes (unless Allison is in your class that day)- but people at some very high levels of fitness. Put things in perspective by widening out your term of comparison to the bigger population, and you will soon realize, "Damn! I am in SHAPE!" :)

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Call us at 562.427.9597 or send an email to info@crossfit360.com to schedule a private introductory class, and we'll hook you up! Check out the testimonials video on our youtube channel to see what you're getting into!

Class times are as follows:

Long Beach:

Monday: 530 am, 11 am, 5 pm, 6 pm

Tuesday: 530 am, 9 am, 6 pm, 7 pm

Wednesday: 530 am, 11 am, 5 pm, 6 pm

Thursday: 530 am, 9 am, 6 pm, 7 pm

Friday: 9 am, 11 am

Saturday: 10 am

Tustin:

Monday: 12 pm, 6 pm, 7 pm

Tuesday: 7 pm

Wednesday: 12 pm, 6 pm, 7 pm

Thursday: 7 pm

Frequently Asked Questions

Ask Away! What's Crossfit? Can you do it? How do you get started? If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it, does it make a sound? Are you doing what you were meant to do in life? The answers to all (well, most) of your questions!
1. These workouts sound gnarly and impossible. Do you have to be an Olympic athlete do to Crossfit?
a. No! All Crossfit workouts are scalable. Can’t do pullups? We have an alternative. Can’t deadlift 385#? Don’t worry- start with 10#, and if you stick with it, you’ll watch your strength grow exponentially. Coaches are more than willing to work with you to adapt the day’s WOD to challenge you at a level you can handle.
2. Speaking of WOD’s, what’s a WOD?
a. You’ll find Crossfit has its own lingo. The WOD is the Workout of the Day, which changes daily. Some days are single modality (one type of exercise, e.g. lifting or cardio), others are dual modality (e.g. cardio and body weight (“gymnastic”) exercises or lifting), while still others are triple modality (cardiovascular, gymnastic, and lifting). WODs are typically for time, for rounds, or for weight, meaning: for time- pretty self explanatory, the WOD will say something like “Five rounds for time of…”; for rounds- as many rounds as you can complete in a given time period; for weight- again, self explanatory- you’re going for the heaviest weight you can lift safely and successfully.
3. Does everybody do everything in unison, like step-aerobics?
a. Nope. You’re pushing yourself at your own pace- trying to be as fast as you can, or complete as many rounds as you can. You’ll still be working out with other people in class, but they may finish before or after you.
4. But what if I finish last?
a. So what? You did it right? DFL>DNF>DNS. Odds are that you are going to be last at some point, whether it’s because you are having a bad day or what we are doing that day isn’t your strong suit. But the point is, you came in, you tried, and you put yourself out there (rather than staying home and eating doughnuts). You’ll find that everyone who Crossfits has respect for anyone else who does- it doesn’t matter if it takes you 5 minutes or half an hour to do something- we’re all in this together.
5. What the heck does DFL>DNF>DNS mean?
a. Dead F*cking Last beats Did Not Finish beats Did Not Start. It’s the Crossfit360 motto.
6. Who does Crossfit? Am I going to fit in, or will I be the only (female, male, over 40, LE officer, firefighter, overweight, underweight, superfit, unfit, good-looking, bad-looking, insert adjective of your choice) person there?
a. Everybody can do Crossfit- we get people from all walks of life (seriously). Some of us are superfit, some of us have set a goal to become superfit, and some of us just want to not suck at life, as they say over at Crossfit One World in northern California. We have men, women, police officers, students, older adults, overweight people, underweight people, and people from all walks of life and backgrounds- some are former or current athletes, while some have never played sports. And hey- everyone at our gym is good-looking!
7. How does this fit with Krav Maga and Thai Boxing?
a. Crossfit is a great compliment to our other programs because it emphasizes explosive power, in addition to 10 other components of fitness. Chances are, if you either elect to put yourself in the ring or find yourself in a street fight, you’ll be doing something very intense for a relatively short duration. That is Crossfit! For example, a police officer frequently won’t chase a suspect for 10 miles. So why train to run 10 miles? Why not train to run 2 miles FAST? Real life doesn’t involve bicep curls (well, unless you live in a frat house), elliptical machines, and giving your leg muscles a day off every other day. So why would you exercise that way?
8. Why do you have rest days/skill days/make up day? What’s the reason for that?
a. One of the recommended Crossfit splits is 5 on, 2 off, which is the split we use at our gym. We realize that because of work, life, interpretive dance classes, etc. that you might miss a work out on a weekday, or that 5 on, 2 off might not work for you for other reasons. Since we predict you’ll turn into a workout junkie, you’ll be disappointed when you miss a WOD. So the Saturday class is the day we give you to make up a missed workout the previous week. Don’t feel like it, but still want to come in on a Saturday? That’s OK- make it a skill day, and use it to focus on a weak area, like running, pullups, muscle-ups, handstand pushups, you name it. Practice a few dozen of those, plus your warm up, and there’s your workout. We find that the exercises that are tougher for people to execute don’t come up often enough to allow people to focus on them, and when you’re doing the WOD for time, it’s often hard to also focus on learning.

24 comments:

Luis said...: Day 3 done, only 97 days left to go.; April 17, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Carmen said...: 3-3-3, baby!; April 17, 2009 at 7:36 AM
Anonymous said...: 3s

Will be actively avoiding the Internet while in Ecuador. So, I'll post days 4-14 when I get back.

Jahn; April 17, 2009 at 7:51 AM
Jason Hanks said...: done, done, done; April 17, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Jonathan said...: Three 3's; April 17, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Andy said...: 3's done...; April 17, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Mustafa said...: "Come and knock on my dooooooor.
We've been waiting for yoooooooou.
Where the kisses are hers and hers and his,
THREE'S COMPANY TOOOOOOOO!"Did 3 for Jack, Janet and Chrissy.; April 17, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Steven said...: 3-3-3 done for the day; April 17, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Steven said...: Lizen 75/95/95/95/85
AL 165/175/180/190/200
Tom 115/135/165/165/135
Jesse 95/105/115/125/145
Lily 45/75/95/95/110; April 17, 2009 at 11:55 AM
Tom said...: 3-3-3
done; April 17, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Jeff said...: Ok. First time blogger here. Forgot to post the 2's. So, 2-2-2 and now 3-3-3 are done. Whew!!; April 17, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Anonymous said...: wendy and dave 3-3-3; April 17, 2009 at 4:35 PM
jay said...: 3's done; April 17, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Anonymous said...: 3-3-3 done

Lisa and Dan; April 17, 2009 at 6:10 PM
MikeV and Grisselle said...: Finished finished and finished!!!; April 17, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Alec said...: 2-2-2
And
3-3-3

Done done and done!; April 17, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Jason A said...: 3's all done.

Hope to see everyont tomorrow at the qualifier!; April 17, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Anonymous said...: I have a question about the qualifier? I registered online & never received anything in the mail ... would I just check in with my i.d, if I were to go, then? do they have a list?; April 17, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Chrisley :] said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; April 17, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Efren said...: Efren and Adrianna
3-3-3; April 17, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Lara Boyko said...: 3 - Strikes and you are out!

3 - rd time is the charm

3 - the number of times good things come in.

Then there's the song '3 times a lady' but I figured Moose would post this as tribute to today's number in the 50/50 club.; April 17, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Chrisley :] said...: Almost forgot!
C & H.D. 3-3-3; April 17, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Anonymous said...: 3, 3, 3 done

-Margo; April 18, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Lily said...: late post.. but got our 3's done for today..; April 18, 2009 at 2:10 AM

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