CrossFit Carson Valley Blog

It's Camping Time!

For those of you who follow us on Facebook, I posted a couple of pics yesterday of our sites out at Topaz. For those of you familiar with Topaz Lake park, we have 6 sites across from the kids playground/grass area (burpee friendly if you must). We are right on the lake with plenty of beach (lots of gravel) and somewhat sheltered from the wind. We also have some awesome trees for shade.

This is supposed to be a CFCV camping trip as Carrie announced on Facebook etc. so come out and join us for the day or bring a tent and stay the night. All are welcome and we have quite a bit of room. And I've got all my paddle boards and I've heard rumors that Dave T. is going to bring his jet skis out.

The schedule for June is looking somewhat iffy. There are several afternoons that have not been filled to my knowledge so keep an eye on the calendar on this blog as I try to keep it as up to date as I am informed.

In a perfect world we would be very consistent but with my job at the FD and other unknowns we will have some challenges for a little bit. I will keep you informed and give this my best effort!

 

Mindy is making the transition from Bootcamp and came in for her first session this morning. She brought Pete with her who is "kicking the tires" They both worked hard and learned some stuff I trust.

Jen A. is also transitioning to CF from the Bootcamp. As a previous long term CFCV member she will not need the transition program but will fit right in. Welcome Back Jen!

It sure is awesome to see full Bootcamp classes at all times of the day!

As you know we have several Carson Valley teachers at CFCV and Janae is one of our strongest supporters and a great athlete as well:

 

 

 

Weighing In Again

This time the subject is the Fittest of the Sierra competition coming June 16th to South Tahoe CrossFit.

I should start with some background; Three years ago they held the first competition and CFCV was well represented. We took several podium spots that first year and it was fun as hell. There was of course controversy but I'd like to think everyone shook it off and got over it.

Last year Jim, Andrew and I were the only representatives of CFCV. Mark had just opened RAD and Dalay was up from SoCa, l so they were reps if there was a team comp (sorry if I took any liberties here). They had a scaled division for both men and women which made it work for those of us that don't have any business competing against Myles, Mark, Jim and the like.

What I really enjoyed that first year was the family atmosphere and the fun competition aspect. We had a bunch of our members come just to support and hang out. It was very cool.

Last year, only our competitors and their families, Adrienne and Tami as judges and Rachael showed (if I left someone out, please correct me as my memory sucks in old age). Although it was fun, the competition has become much more serious and the family atmosphere is not as prevalent.

This year it was announced that there were only going to be prescribed and masters categories. While we certainly have athletes that can and will be competitive in prescribed events, this in my opinion changes the dynamic of the event as a whole. This is certainly not South Tahoe CrossFit's fault as the Sport of Fitness has arrived and events like FOTS and other "throwdowns" have become very popular and now attract the real "wodkillers" of the community. I am sure the decision also had a lot to do with the size of the event and logistics.

So the bottom line for me is I don't want to be exclusionary of the majority of our folks who just wouldn't have that much fun trying to compete with the athletes the event will attract. Nothing against the wodkillers or our folks, just kinda the way I see it. I continue to support South Tahoe CrossFit and the event in principle I just am not going to try and pressure anyone into participating in competitions anymore. If you want to compete great, if you don't, great.

We do however have a couple of great athletes that will be competing; Jim and Nicole. I have the utmost confidence that they will do well and know they have been working hard in preparation for the event. I hope that we will have a strong contingent to cheer them on.

I do love competition and will be competing in the paddleboard events this year, one of which is on the same day as FOTS. I pretty much suck at this as well but am working on improving.

I would like to organize a for fun competition for teams from local affiliates in the fall. It seems to me that most folks like to compete as a team and we could have different events and levels. I have talked to Mark about the idea and would like input from ya'll on the idea.

That's enough for now, my next weigh in will be on muscle ups, stay tuned.

Mother's Day 2012

Happy Mother's Day to all the members, coaches and bootcampers! We hope you have a great family day in this epic weather.

Haven't had the opportunity to watch much of the regional action but from the accounts I have seen there's lots of superstars competing. Good luck to Rachael and Nicole on their adventure next week to the NorCal regionals.

CFCV will be experiencing some schedule issues in the near future. With the girls heading to NorCal and some commitments they and I  have it will be important to review the schedule regularly and sign up for classes that are on the sheets at the gym. For instance this coming Friday the 18th there will likely only be a 6am on Friday the 18th.

Beginning the first week of June, the 2:30 class will be suspended. This means that those that regularly come then will have to attend either the 4:30 or 6pm or one of the morning classes. Once school is back in session we will reinstate the 2:30.

CFCV will also be camping at Topaz Lake beginning Saturday 6/2. The idea is to have a couple of sites and come and go for the weekend and the first week of June. We will also be there for the 2nd weekend. So far it's Peny and I and the McGills. Anyone interested should join in!

We have had a few newbies join. Nick, Hal, and Shane passed the gauntlet to enter regular classes and Suni and Angela are in the on-ramp.

Our Jackie numbers from Friday:

 

 

Mayday 2012

Hard to believe another month closer to summer. It's great to spend a little more time outdoors and soon it will be alot.

Just wanted to give a heads up that Lilly is arranging for a climbing outing this Saturday in Kyburz. I am sure it will be a blast. See Lilly or contact him for more info. There is a signup sheet on the board so please signify your interest by signing up.

Looks like our friends at South Tahoe Standup Paddle have successfully won the contract for a paddleboard concession at the newly remodeled boat house and park at El Dorado beach. Their Wednesday night series will be starting soon and the park is really nice now.

Penny, Rhonda and I went out to Topaz and paddled this past weekend. The stoke is on and AVISO is RAD.

Speaking of RAD, Mark should be moving into his new space soon. It is more accessable, bigger and they now have some pretty cool art on the walls. Congrats!!

The bootcamps are going well and I can't say how pleased I am at their success and the job the gals are doing. I feel the new space is working well and is coming along.

I have completed a few more atlas stones so we shouldn't have to wait for 90 lbers anymore. I hope to acquire a couple of more molds, one lighter than 90 and one heavier than 150.

Penny has been working on finishing up the stripes and will be spreading a little more paint around in different places.

We were gifted a couple of more spinning bikes we'll figure out something to do with them.

By this time next week we should have a few more new members that have finished the on ramp program.

Contemplating a camping trip. Maybe Topaz lake for paddling and other family fun or maybe back to Walker River Resort or both. Let me know your interest.

4/24/2012

Good thing I didn't promise to post more regularly.

Business is booming, lots of full bootcamp classes and regular CF classes.

We will be debating the discontinuance/rescheduling  of the 2:30 class once school gets out. I need your input as to whether a time change would make a mid afternoon class more appealing.

Last week I posted on the board that we would be holding open gym at noon on my off duty days from the FD. The thought was that Penny and I will be in the gym as that will be our designated WOD time so folks could come work on something they wish to improve in or complete a WOD they missed. The offer is still good but there is a caveat. This is for experienced members that are regulars and not meant for those that need or expect coaching during that time. You must be cleared by me to be welcome to open gym at noon. I also need to know if you plan on coming ahead of time in case our WOD is a hike or something out of the gym.

As we move close to summer, sign ups become very important. Once again if no one is signed up for a scheduled class there is a good chance there will be no coach available. And that doesn't mean call 10 mins before the scheduled time and expect someone to answer/show up. There are lots of outside activities I like to participate in in the summer months.

We are finishing up a couple of on ramps and midway through one. Dave, John and Kyle will soon be attending regular classes and Adam and Rene are about half way there. If there are folks out there that are contemplating starting an on ramp the time is now to come see me. We have also done a few bootcamp to CF transition programs  and I think they will work well. They have been whittled to 3 sessions.

The paddle season is here and I will be paddling every chance i get in preparation for the  racing season. If you're interested in coming along let me know, I have a few extra boards and have a connection at the lake to get more if needed. I make no promises that they will be free if we have to use the shop at the lake but I will not charge you to use mine.

 

April 12th

Yep, it's been awhile again..... Sorry I'll try to get better.

All the added activity with the bootcamps and on ramps is a welcomed change, but I realize it becomes a little much at times. My experience at other boxes is this is part of the program, so I'm sorry if folks have an issue with it. However, we have finally gotten to a point that worrying about how the rent will be paid next month is only a sporadic event.

The real positive thing is the cash flow will help to buy some new equipment (which some has been ordered already) and free up some cash for things like stickers and shirts and cool stuff like that.

I promised I'd report the Games competitors final standing in the open so here they are:

Carrie 266 out of 967 in the Southwest region, 12,802 individual females in the world finished all open wods.

Nicole #335

Nicolette #373

Christine # 719

Rachael #813

Jim # 212 out of 1554 in region, 22,183 athletes finished all 5 wods in the individual men's class

Lilly #272

Tony #1151

Andrew # 354 out of 1103 in the !st masters division with 1,103 competing worldwide.

I finished #116 out of 312 in my masters division of 55-59.

Dain, Rhonda, Kara, Janae and Dani had life happen during the 5 weeks and unfortunately had to bow out along the way. They gave their all during the events they did enter.

Our team finished #88 in the south west region out of 126 teams that finished the competition and #1125 out 1768 worldwide.

Bottom line for me is everyone left nothing on the table and we did quite well for a small affiliate in a rural area. I know that our movements were more legit than some and probably allot. I am proud to have all of you on the CFCV team as well as friends and family. We did better than lots of other individuals and teams than I expected. Great Job and Thank You!

I tried posting an article to the Facebook group on shift work. I'm not sure it worked so I'll post a link for those of you who are or are anticipating shift work:

http://t.co/OqrXAQvp

We had a great showing at the CVMS Health Fair last night. We had kids compete in a burpee challenge which consisted of as many burpees in one minute as possible. We also had the video I shot during the wods over the past two days showing on a couple of laptops. I think it went well and want to thank the usuals for helping out so much, Nicolette, Chris, Carrie and Penny and Nicole for covering the 6pm class.

Since my last blog, we have finished up a few on ramps and started some new ones. Welcome to regular classes Paul and Laura and new on rampers John, Kyle, Talia and David.

March 25th

Been a long while since I posted, been super busy.

I wanted to recognize the hard work by all those who competed in the CF Games Open as well as those who completed the wods just to experience them. This year several folks significantly improved on the final wod which was the same one as last year, congratulations to all!!!

The  Open process has affected everyone in the gym as I tried to program the wods for what I anticipated was coming on the open wod and when I anticipated folks were going to do it. All the while trying to program for everyone's needs at the same time. I will admit to some sketchiness so I apologize to those that may have issues. Now it's time to move on but not without posting the final wod totals:

And those that did 12.5 that weren't registered:

Looking forward to next year and the remaining events this year, those that seek competitive opportunities have been reminded of where they can focus their efforts to improve.

I will post where everyone ended up on the leaderboard after all validations from other affiliates have been complete on Tuesday.

 

 

 

 

 

March 7th 2012

Here is the late celebration of February PR's:

Folks continue to impress me with their improvements in both strength and capacity.

We also have been experiencing tremendous growth with the addition of the Bootcamp classes. It is humbling to see folks in both classes working so hard simultaneously. We will be acquiring some more matting and moving some of the blue matting into the other space in an effort to make the new space more usable. I am hoping this will alleviate some of the congestion and confusion.

The other growth that is occurring is the addition of new members to CrossFit classes. In addition to Dan, Andi just started this week. She is an experienced CrossFitter from other affiliates and please welcome her when you see her. Sal sneaks in and out with some of his coworkers as does Lilly with some of his.

We have also had some of Jim's coworkers in for Open workouts on Saturdays as they are part of the CFCV team. They work very hard and we're glad to have them.

Here is the CFCV participant's scores from 12.2:

We will be doing 12.3 the next 2 days for those that wish. Saturday's schedule will again be at 10:00 to allow those from down south to make it up well rested.

I encourage everyone to review the videos I shared on Facebook on the CFCV page, the group or my personal page. Great info that certainly differs from concepts I was taught originally.

Good luck to everyone!

Welcome

We have some new members of both the CrossFit and Bootcamp families. Dan has just been re-assigned to MWTC and joined the CFCV family yesterday.

Paul and Laura are 3 deep into their on-ramp program and Lou, Robert and Sean are settling in to regular classes.

There will be returning bootcampers as well as newbies in all the classes that start this Friday.

And the snow.

And paddleboard season. Was up visiting our friends at http://www.tahoestanduppaddle.com/ Chris has been working on an additional paddleboard race for the season in Tahoe. The website for the race is:Tahoe Standup Paddle

The open is in full swing with the first WOD done. All CFCV athletes did well especially the superstars. I posted the scores to Facebook but for those of you that don't frequent FB here they are:

We eagerly await the next WOD to be announced tomorrow.

Congrats to Nicolette for completing her CrossFit Level I certification this past week at UNR. I am confident in her abilities as a coach and she will be doing classes as well as her bootcamp classes starting immediately. And thanks to husband Chris for letting her take this journey!

And thanks to all the coaches whochipped in to purchase a Clock Gone Bad for the new space. It was definitely needed and is appreciated by all.

February 19th

Been having some great training and fun over the past weeks. Friday we played with the stones in another strongman type WOD. It's impressive to see folks shoulder the stone that don't believe they can do it when they first walk in. Case in point:

And then Scott tackles the 150

These are in no way the only exceptional efforts with the stones-only the ones I captured on film.

Things have been way busy at CFCV. The girls are doing an exceptional job with the bootcamps. Participants are working hard, having fun and meeting their goals consistently. Several folks have signed up for the sessions in March and February is only half over.

We have also had quite a few folks "kicking the tires". This is true in both our programs. Three are finishing up their on ramps this coming week with 2 more starting on Wednesday. There are 3 still working towards completion and a few that have come to me with questions etc.

With the additional space we are able to support this added business and more so bring a friend and let's grow!

Rachael and I attended a CFCV demo at GE last week. Thanks to Rachael for the help and to GE for the exposure. There were lots of cool reps there from other facilities.

On a positive note, here we go into the CrossFit Games Open beginning the coming week. i think we're prepared, bring it!