Crossfit Richardson, Richardson, TX - Sept 13

Pretty exciting Crossfit Experience for this post. I was in Dallas again this week and stopped by Crossfit Richardson to see the owner John Marshall and get in a WOD. The exciting thing was one of my colleages (Silvia Wessels) went along with me for her first Crossfit experience. John was very hospitable and let me put together a couple beginner WOD's for Silvia. After getting warmed up and going through some movements, we got to work. WOD 1 - 500m row, 40 Air Squats, 30 Sit ups, 20 Pushups, 10 pullups, 250m row. After a short break, we moved on to WOD 2 - 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 - KB swings, Box Jumps, Wallballs. Silvia did great, I think she now has the Crossfit fever! Special thanks to John for welcoming a new athlete! Pictured below is John and Silvia.

Crossfit OneWorld - Union City, CA - Sept 5th

Finally after 4 years, I was able to visit Crossfit OneWorld (www.crossfitoneworld.com) in Union City, CA. I have known of Freddy Camacho, the owner, since I first started Crossfit back in 2008. I was finally able to meet him at a couple of the NorCal 40's competitions that TJ's Gym put on. And no, I did not beat him. I was also fortunate enoungh to see Chyna Cho, who had just finished up a workout. Chyna has been doing awesome, just recently Chyna took third at the Summer Crush in Miami; great work Chyna! Anyway on to the WOD. After warming up with some jump ropes and burpees; we moved on to a pretty fun WOD. It actually is a little harder than it sounds. 3 Rounds of: 400 meter run, 21 DB Clean and Jerks, and 500 meter row. (Choose you own weight for the DB; I used the 35's) Time was 17:38. There are a lot of CF's in the Bay, but if you get to the Bay Area, make sure you stop by OneWorld. It is kind of like getting back to Crossfit's roots.