A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came to support our veterans in Saturday’s community workout, “Chad.” It was amazing to see so many of you push yourselves past your limits. Thank you, veterans, for everything you have done and continue to do for our country! Those of you who did “Chad” may be feeling a bit (or a lot) of soreness today and tomorrow. Muscle soreness typically peaks around one to three days after a tough workout. Remember to stretch your calves and quads — banded calf stretches, downward dog, toes on the wall stretch, standing quad stretch, and pigeon pose on a box are all good options. Drink your water, eat your protein and keep moving this week! You’ll be feeling recovered in no time. 🙂 Please reach out to a coach if you’re having any lingering soreness!
This week marks Week 1 of our new wave-loading cycle. We’ll be tackling push jerk, deadlift and back squat for the next five weeks. Let’s focus on dialing in our techniques before pushing the weights. Wave-loading cycles have high rep schemes — we want to make sure we’re moving safely and efficiently!
Lastly, and possibly most importantly: The energy at the gym has been so high, positive and fun lately — we can’t thank you all enough for being a part of our incredible community. I watched a talk given by CrossFit Games athlete Mia Gianelli last week. She mentioned how it can be easy at times to make CrossFit all about yourself — to be selfish in your endeavors, and forget about the people surrounding you. She went on to express how important it is to not neglect the friendships and relationships you build along the way, because in the end, those relationships are what’s most rewarding. “Your training matters, but so do the friendships you make along the way. Those who listen and put this mindset shift into practice will be rewarded greatly.” We not only make each other laugh and smile every day, but we also grow alongside each other and learn from each other. I, for one, couldn’t imagine my days without all of you, so thank you CFD, for being exactly what so many of us need.
Here are the lifts of the week:
Monday – Push Jerk, TTB and some other CrossFit stuff
Tuesday – Deadlifts and some more deadlifts
Wednesday – Lots of pull-ups
Thursday – “And we’re running!!”
Friday – Back squat and “You’re Thighness”
Saturday – Cleans, and you might want a partner for this one
Sunday — Open Gym
