HOWEVER, you can still join Tony at Sequoia H.S. Saturday at 9 AM!

Hope you have a safe and sane weekend!

The Burgener Files VI—The Pocket

It was really great to watch the workout. The kids were super focused and, as you can tell from the movies and images, were (are) pretty good lifters. One of the most important lessons I learned was the power of visualization. You can see in the videos some of the athletes were practicing the lifts without a bar when they weren’t lifting. We have experimented in the Power and Strength workouts with this and it really helps when lifting with weight.

Charleston Weightlifting Club at MDF images

• First of all, we are knee deep in the push-up challenge. Today (Friday, July 23) is the LAST DAY TO BUY IN! We are currently on Day 16. Buy in like this:
  Friday – 46 push-ups
  Saturday – 47 push-ups
  Sunday – 48 push-ups
  Monday – 49 push-ups
  Tuesday you will be on schedule for Day 20. Easy, easy, lemon squeezy. If you haven’t done push-ups in a while don’t do them all at once, do them 5 at a time throughout the day. Remember 1 good rep is worth 20 skanky reps, raise your upper body until you can get the push-up correct. Schedule and rules

• Fight Gone Bad is happening both Thursday, September 23 and Saturday, September 25 (some people aren’t able to make Saturday and I would hate to deprive them of the FGB love). Please sign up and/or donate.
• We are hosting Amazing Grace, all day Thursday, October 28. Wearing pink is mandatory, but make it presentable cuz it’s going on the Internet. This is going to be a big party all day!
• Tough Mudder, in Bear Valley on October 9. I can’t believe the buzz about this event! I am not sure I can make this event, due to a previous engagement , but if you are interested, sign up before August 3rd and receive $10 off your entry to Tough Mudder Nor Cal, just use the code ActiveOffer when registering. There will be many, many other CrossFitters at this event so it should be fun. AND the post-event party sponsored by DogFish Head Brewery.
• We have been invited to participate in a CrossFit Weekend Warrior Series. This is sort of like a softball league but for CrossFit. The days of competition will be Saturdays: September 11 and 25, October 2 and 16. The playoffs will be on: October 30. Let me know if you are interested in forming a team, I think this will be super fun. UPDATE 7/25: Two people are on the team we need 4 more!
• Finally, after we have spent all summer building some physical capital, I was thinking about spending some on a trail run. There are four great ones coming up: Muir Beach (Nov 7), Stinson Beach (Nov 13), Woodside (Dec 4), and TNF Endurance Challenge (Dec 4 & 5). I don’t really care which one we do. I know Streeter has talked about doing the Muir Beach for training and then TNF Endurance Challenge. I don’t know that I am interested in doing a 50K but 33K would be fine (the 33K on the Muir Beach course is mostly on the TNF course so it would be good prep, or even a substitute, for the TNF EC).