FORGING ELITE FITNESS IN THE LAND OF THE MORNING CALM

TECHNIQUE. CONSISTENCY. INTENSITY. RESULTS.

We are now CrossFit Yongsan!!!

CrazyWife and I are both full-time Active Duty Army Officers that are hooked on CrossFit. CrossFit is literally changing our lives and we are excited to spread the word and offer others a taste of the "Kool-Aid".

We have gotten approval from HQ to make the first Military Affiliate in Korea a reality... come see us at CrossFit Yongsan.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

FREE Saturday Workout

Saturday 0800 Trent Gym

Bring a towel!

CrazyHusband


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Friday, January 23, 2009

Workouts coming soon...!!!

CrazyWife and I are getting settled in to our new quarters in
Blackhawk Village on South Post. We will definitely be ready to start
up the workouts NEXT Saturday, 31 January at Trent Gym. It will be at
8am unless we receive some interest in a different time.
We are excited about all of the emails we've already received from
many of the CrossFitters across the penninsula and we look forward to
working out with all of you future "Crazies".

Mike and Lillian
010-3219-0405


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Friday, January 16, 2009

Change 37

After getting on ground and checking out the place a little bit, CrazyWife and I are going to head to Collier Field House for our workout today at 1000.

If there are any future crazies out there that want to get some today, come join us. We will work out a better schedule as we find fellow CrossFitters.

FREE CrossFit workout
Collier Field House, Yongsan, Korea
1000 hrs

P.S. our gear is here and we will get it next Friday so we can start bring "toys" to the gym starting next weekend, stay tuned...

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Crazy Grandma

Crazy Wife took her mother and sister to the local Globo Gym to show them a few ways to get in a quick workout.

Crazy Grandma's priceless quote: "You mean I don't have to spend two hours at da gym?"


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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Tracking your Progress

TRAINING: 7
Quality Day (Dan John - lifted heavy, PR'd front squat, press was too easy)
RECOVERY: 6
Sleep (2) 4.5hrs + quality sleep despite going to bed at 1am
Nutrition (2) one cheat (nachos and fountain pepsi)
Active Recovery (0)
Stress (2) alone time + shopping for shoes

Found a re-hash of a great way to track your training and recovery at a great site, CrossFit Portland. It was basically taken from the Lifting/Throwing Coach Dan John and I had seen it before and it's pretty simple so I think I'll break it out and try it again. It is ironic (creepy) that I had just got through doing my favorite Dan John Workout yesterday and then found this tracking modality (again). I love this "creepiness" of CrossFit, it just leads you down the right path if you just keep your eyes (and heart) open.

Progress is tracked on a 1-10 scale. On days with a WOD, you want the TRAINING number to be high with RECOVERY at least equal if not higher. On Rest Days, you want the RECOVERY score to always be higher so that you know you are getting high-quality recovery so you can effectively see gains and get ready for more training. Pretty simple (I hope).

TRAINING score (1-10)
1-3: no training
4-5: active recovery (no workout but beneficial Rest Day)
6-8: easy through medium workout
9-10: sweat angels through OMFG

RECOVERY score (1-10)
Nutrition (0-3)
- basically 3 is perfect day; minus 1 per cheat
Sleep (0-3)
- <4.5 hr = 0
- 4.5-6hr = 1
- 6-7.5hr = 2
- 7.5hr+ = 3
- Sleep Quality Bonus = +/- 1
Active Recovery (0-1)
+1 for extra stretching, yoga, massage, foam roller, etc...
Stress (0-3)
+1 for no relationship stress
+1 for getting some alone time
+1 for doing something fun that day

Okay, here goes. Recovery Tracking Day 1 (again)

TRAINING: 7
Quality Day (Dan John - lifted heavy, PR'd front squat, press was too easy)
RECOVERY: 6
Sleep (2) 4.5hrs + quality sleep despite going to bed at 1am
Nutrition (2) one cheat (nachos and fountain pepsi)
Active Recovery (0)
Stress (2) alone time + shopping for shoes

Overall, not bad, good training day, not too taxing but still saw progress. Recovery was a little weak, sleep and nutrition could have been better but considering we are camped out at the in-laws it could have been worse. Just need to keep track of this and make sure Rest Day is all about recovery. I guess my cheat days can't be when I'm not working out. Not sure if that makes better sense but it might be easier to not cheat at all on the Rest Days and allow for a little cheating on days I workout (seems fair?)

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Crazy Inversion

CrazyHusband volunteers to be one of the first to pull off a one-armed handstand. The CrossFit Gymnastics Cert in Las Vegas has been amazing. Once again, we have been blown away by the in-depth instruction and the ease at which the movements can be broken down and learned as quickly as possible. This will take our "Skills & Drills" training to a whole new level. The Crazies are going to learn things they have done since they were just little kids horsing around on the playground. Way back when all these movements were loads of fun and nothing was impossible because no little voices in our heads told us we couldn't do something.
We will teach you to ignore that little voice in your head and do some amazing things that you never dreamed possible. Going upside down is hard for almost everyone but once you learn that you are indeed strong enough and you learn how to progress safely through the movements, the sky's the limit. In the immortal words of Coach Jeff Tucker from GSX Athletics, and I'm paraphrasing, "find your weaknesses, master them, and make them your BITCH!!!"
Thanks for all the masterful coaching and friendship. I hope we can get you out to Korea one day...
 

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