Wednesday 081126
November 26, 2008
50 Box Jumps
45 Pull-ups
40 Dumbbell Thruster, 35 pounds
35 Kettlebell Swings, 1.5 pood
30 Push-ups
25 Double Unders
20 Front Squats, 115 pounds
15 Burpees
10 Turkish Get-ups, 40 pound dumbbell
5 L Pull-ups
Reminders
- Meet in front of the Starbucks at College and La Porte at 8:00 A.M. tomorrow for the Thanksgiving Day Race
- No classes Thursday. Happy Thanksgiving!
- The noon class will be the only class on Friday. Suffer on Saturday at 9:00 as usual.
Giving Thanks
One year ago today Mike and I did the first workout at EmerFit. The walls were not painted, there were no mats, and the equipment was piled in one corner. We did Diane, dead lifts and handstand push-ups.
Kitty and I spent the weekend after Thanksgiving 2007 painting and cleaning for time (12 hours a day, I think). Then December came and so did you. Of course, Jeff and A.J. came along for the move from the basement. Desiree was the first EmerFit athlete to never workout at my house. January ended and we celebrated more than 15 people coming in on one day. As all of you know things have continued to grow from there.
I wanted a cool place to workout and I wanted friends to workout with. I wanted you to realize what you were capable of and transfer that realization to the rest of your endeavors. I wanted you to learn about real food and that what you eat matters. I wanted you to see the beauty in being strong. I believed Greg Glassman when he wrote that “perseverance, industry, sacrifice, self-control, integrity, honesty, and commitment are best and easiest learned in the gym”.
To all of you that have been around for part or all of 2007: Thank you!
Thank you for the stories about how authentic fitness has changed your lives.
Thank you for bringing in your friends and families.
Thank you for telling everyone you know about EmerFit and CrossFit.
Thank you for inspiring me to work harder in my own workouts.
Thank you for the laughs.
Thank you for asking hard questions about why we do what we do.
Thank you for continual suggestions about how we can improve EmerFit.
Thank you for reading the blog and posting comments.
Thank you for caring about your coaches as much as they care about you.
Thank you for proving that we can earn a living by providing the best coaching we can.
Thank you for making all this possible.
Enjoy your holiday and remember to give thanks.
Doug climbs “Snowblind” near Ouray, Colorado.
Comments
8 Responses to “Wednesday 081126”
Happy thanksgiving everyone!
Thanks for making that leap of faith from software to running Emerfit so that we have such a great place to work out!
Hey Aaron……..17:16….
I hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving. See you guys at the race.
To Chris & the Emerfit wrecking crew; happy Thankgsgiving!
We are thankful for a great place to workout & push ourselves physically and mentally. We are thankful for all of the awesome people that we have meet and the lifelong friendships that we have made. We are thankful for the friendly competition recorded on the white board. (I’m thankful that the burpee challenge is over and no one got hurt!)
I am planning on eating in the zone tomorrow (NOT!)
See you all @ the Trot!
E
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
We are grateful for all of you at Emerfit. We feel so blessed to get know you! Thanks Chris and Kitty for believing in this dream (Emerfit) and sharing it with all of us!
Thanks Chris, Jeff and Crystal for encouraging us, pushing us and helping us on this journey of fitness.
Looking forward to a great 2009!
Jeff… HOLY @*%&! That was an awesome time. I will have to beat it next time. Thanks again for the gym Chris. By far the best in Fort Collins.
I am so thankful to be a part of EmerFit! Thank you Chris, Jeff, and all the members for welcoming me into such an awesome community! You guys rock
Hope everyone had a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! I’m sad I missed this awesome workout on the 26th… guess I will have to do it when I get back.. any takers?
I’m game!