CrossFit Portland

Thanks to everyone that came to the open house! We loved helping everyone play around in the gym and had a little bit of fun ourselves with the “dream machine” on the rings. Looking forward to meeting all the new people in class in the upcoming week.

The Snatching Bear was intense. All that O-lifting gets you fired up no? We scaled the workout by using a variety of weights from a simple PVC pipe to 100 lb loaded bar (yikes Jay). After the workout, we watched Rochelle take flight!

Superwoman takes flight from CrossFit Portland on Vimeo.

Saturday 10-25-08

“Snatching Bear”

The Bear Has Teeth

20 minutes, each minute on the minute perform the following.

5 Snatch grip deadlifts
5 Hang power snatches
5 Overhead Squats

Our grand opening open house is tomorrow! Bring your friends, enjoy some brew, and play around in the gym. We are already putting the beer to good use Kamal gets 91 lb pony keg up, ended up at 99.5 lbs for a new PR!

The crew push pressing away at noon on Friday. Congrats to Tom for finishing his first four classes at CrossFit Portland. Looking forward to seeing him progress as he turns it up!

Friday 10-24-08

Push Press to max

2 Rounds
60% of Max Push Press
Press to failure, then push press to failure, then push jerk to failure.

“Karen” was wicked. Adam sets a new gym record at a fast 6:25 on it. Mary, on her second workout, gets it done under 6 minutes! We scaled it appropriately for her by reducing the weight of the ball and still managing a tough workout. Mary is also a natural overhead squatter. Great mobility through the thoracic spine and hips to support the load.

Thursday 10-23-08

“Karen”
150 Wall Balls for time

OHS 3 x 3

Last night, many new PR’s in the deadlift. Nice job everyone.

Mike 320

Chris 385

Nick 285

Nathan 338

Steve 330

Travis 309

Jay 425 and Jay C 265. Refer to pictures above

Tonight, we paired up and raced around the block with farmer’s walk, deadlifts, and push ups. This one sneaked up on you.

The finisher was spicy. 10 Rounds, 10 seconds of floor L-Sit/20 seconds rest.

Wednesday 10-22-08

with Partner
4×400 M heavy Farmers Walk
10 push ups for the person putting down weights
10 deadlifts for the person picking up weight
25 minute time cap on workout

Sorry, no photos of the deadlifts yet from tonight but I got a good feeling some PRs were set. Earlier in the day though, Kamal increased his OHS PR from 170 to 200! His BW is 165-170 so this was a HUGE breakthrough.

CrossFit Portland Girl’s Day Out #2

WOW! What a great time we had on Saturday learning about our AM (against me) and FM (for me) conversations that we carry on in our minds.  For those women who were new I am proud of you for jumping out of your comfort zone and diving into an actual CrossFit workout!

Another thanks to Pat for leading our day! To find out more, and how Pat dealt with being alone in a room full of 36 women, check out the CrossFit Portland Girl’s Blog.

New Women Only Classes Starting!

Starting this week we will begin offering CF classes JUST FOR WOMEN!!! WOOHOO! We will be doing the same WOD as everyone else that day, but feel free to do it while complaining about your cramps at the same time.

Wednesdays at 7:30pm

Saturdays at 11:15am

Note: The Open House is this Saturday, so we will not be having the Women CrossFit class on 10/25/08.

Come play with the REAL CF girls!