Fran at the Cottage

These four ladies each got there first run at Fran. They all experienced that trip to the dark side however they still came out with great times in the end. It only takes about 10 minutes to regain consciousness after a WOD like this. Great job through each of your Fran's. Your thrusters all looked strong and those jumping, kipping pull-ups are looking very polished. Keep up the great work, Until the next time keep the intensity hiGH.

Left to Right (name, thruster wt, time) All did jumping pull-ups
Eileen 45lb 4:35, Angie 65lb 6:08, Missy 45lb 4:05, Khara 45lb 5:33

Pick a Card, Any Card!!

Jodie and Mike were our first card pickers because of their stellar performances with Cindy. Mike put up 20rds +5pull-ups, Jodie completed 15 rounds 5 pull-ups and 10 push ups. Great job to everyone Saturday Morning. He were the cards picked. Look for each of them in the upcoming week. Enjoy your day of Rest tomorrow.

First Card Picking Ceremony

Hopper Deck INTO the Weekly WOD

Our new Hopper decks have arrived. We do have a few extra decks if you are interested in purchasing one for yourself ($20).

CrossFit Apex will use the hopper deck to program 2 WODS each week. Starting this Saturday we will have 2 people choose a card from our 54 card deck. These 2 cards will be photographed and placed on the website for the week. At some point during that week you will be performing these WOD's. We will not disclose what day of the week it will be. The 2 cards selected each week will be removed from the deck. The last Saturday of each month all previously selected cards will be added back into the deck and become a possible card selection again. Let the Hopper Deck anticipation begin. Starting this Saturday we will chose our first 2 cards for the week of 7-28 - 8-3.

Overall Great day with many new PR's

5:30 crew in Hatfield, I heard alot of good things from Mike. Way to take another step in the right direction completing your first Grace (30 Clean and Jerks)

6:30am Q-town group, Anita and Sylvia great job with Kelly(run, bj and wall ball). Anita Pr'd by 7 min from last Kelly 6 weeks ago with a new time of 29:39, and Sylvia Pr'd by 4 min with a new time of 33 and change.

Noon clan in Hatfield, TJ and Karen great job with your first Kelly and only your second CrossFit WOD. There looks to be alot of potential! These beginner crossfitters really stayed tough and worked through the WOD. Their cut off time was 28:00.
Karen-3rds +run, 9 box jumps
TJ 4rds +run, 2 box jumps

2pmCottage group, Angie, Elaine, Khara and Missy did Grace. Outstanding times for your first major olympic lifting WOD. I looks like next time we need to add a few plates to your bars.
Khara 2:57 45lb
Elaine 3:33 45lb
Missy 5:58 65lb
Angie 4:33 Rx'd(85lb)

The Main Event was Tanya taking on Grace with 95lbs. It sure was an ass whoopin!
Tanya 2:14

Saturday Morning

We had a fun time playing at the park this morning. Thanks for always making CrossFit an
enjoyable and fun place to hang out.

Heavy Weight

Today was an impressive showing of heavy deadlifts and squat cleans mixed with a few 400m runs. We loved the determination of both am groups in todays WOD. Can't wait to see our future CFT's.

Tanya on the Games Website

CrossFit Games Website

Led off with a nice comment from our buddy Sevan!!

The games were filled with kind warm hearted people. And some how Tanya's presence stood out in this crowd of mega people. Carey, Hayley and I all had the same impression after meeting TANYA... "WOW", that chick is fooking cool! If you get a chance, go up and say hi to this amazing HUMAN being. She radiates warmth. I am really looking forward to seeing her again.

By sevan on July 12, 2008 8:47 PM

A Video for the Memories

CrossFit Games 2008 with CrossFit Apex

Back From the Left Coast

What an experience. Words can't describe the level of competition and the physical and emotional torture that these people fought through. I'm proud to be a CrossFitter. Pictures are posted on the link to the left.

If you haven't seen it already on the main site, check out the video of 14 year old Kallista Pappas finishing up her final WOD. This kid is a warrior.

Kallista Video

Mike Interviews the beating heart of CrossFit

Day 1 at the CrossFit Games! Tanya Ends Day 1 in 2nd place!!!

What can I say. These two poured their hearts outs on some seriously painful WODs!
The First WOD was the Thruster - Pull-up. The chest to bar standard was such a difficult task for many of the compeditors. The Trainers were strict and rightly so. There would be no doubts about the best of the best. Tanya won her heat and set herself up for a 3rd place overall for that flight. Josh had a rough go with Pull-up standard and lost around 8 hard earned reps. His time reflected the double work on a lot of that.
The second WOD was the Deadlift Burpee. With some seriously torn up hands, Tanya showed what it is like to compete like a champ. Zero breaks and zero left undone. She posted a stellar time and was the second girl for those who had done the 2 wods she completed (4:10). Josh went beast on a heavy workout and went straight through the workout with a stout time (3:24). Both represented well for the 2nd WOD.
The last WOD for the two was the hill run. Imagine a ski mountain in the summer time. Tanya provided the lift with a time of 4:35. This was the 2nd fastest time for all the girls who completed the WOD to that point. Josh took a spot in the back of the pack and proceeded to pass everyone in front of him and then put about 30 seconds on the nearest competitor. He finished with a blazing time of (3:42). So much for not liking to run.

Tomorow's WOD is 30 clean and Jerks for time. More to come. Enjoy the pictures.

Before the excitement begins.

We took a drive to the Ranch after arriving in California of Friday around 4:00pt. Here are some pics of the pre-game. You can feel the storm beginning to stir. Nerves are a building!:/EXCITING!




























Games Set up!!

THE TIME HAS COME!

CrossFit Games Format

There will be four timed events, and the overall winner of the Games (“Top CrossFitter”)
will simply be the athlete with the lowest combined time for all four events. There are only
two award categories for Top CrossFitter, Male and Female. There will be cash prizes for
the top three competitors in each category. There will also be prizes for the top male and
female finishers in each of the four events.
The first three events will take place on Saturday, July 5th. Competitors will not necessarily complete the three events in the same order.

Workout A
Three rounds 21-15 and 9 reps for time of:
Thrusters Male:95lbs Female:65lbs
Pull ups (chest must touch the bar)

12 minute limit

Workout B
5 rounds for time of:
5 Deadlifts Male:275lb Female: 185lb
10 Burpees

12 minute limit

Hill Climb
The hill run is a steep, off-trail run approximately 750meters in length over rough terrain.

20 minute limit

Sunday’s workout will be announced on Saturday evening after the final heats have been
completed.

Click on link below to see official formats and videos for the exercises.
CrossFit Games Format