Sasa is working through her Thrusters during last weeks “Beep Test”!

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To honor those who have given their lives for our freedom we will be doing “Hero” WOD’s all week! There will be options for scaling so please don’t let a hard looking WOD be an excuse to “Cherry Pick”!
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HERO WOD

“Coe”
Ten rounds for time of:
95/65 pound Thruster, 10 reps
10 Ring Push-Ups
*Time cap 20 minutes

Army Sgt. Keith Adam Coe, 30, of Auburndale, Fla., assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., died April 27th, 2010, in Khalis, Iraq, of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an explosive device. He is survived by his wife Katrina Coe, two sons, Killian and Keith Jr., and daughter, Klover.

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DAILY MINDSET

“The purpose of pain is to move us in action, not to make us suffer.”

~Tony Robbins

Pain gets a bad rap.
Not in our world.

Pain is purely a temporary feeling… where suffering is a state of mind.

As Tony Robbins puts it, its purpose is to move us forward. It’s leverage. An advantage, and a very powerful one at that. Few things in the world can get a human being to move faster than pain. It’s our body and mind telling us to go.

Pain is mandatory.
Suffering is optional.

Nick and Derek know how to team it up!

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To honor those who have given their lives for our freedom we will be doing “Hero” WOD’s all week! There will be options for scaling so please don’t let a hard looking WOD be an excuse to “Cherry Pick”!
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HERO WOD

“DT”
Five rounds for time of:
155/105 pound Deadlift, 12 reps
155/105 pound Hang Power Clean, 9 reps
155/105 pound Push Jerk, 6 reps

In honor of USAF SSgt Timothy P. Davis, 28, who was killed on Feburary, 20 2009 supporting operations in OEF when his vehicle was struck by an IED. Timothy is survived by his wife Megan and one-year old son T.J.

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DAILY MINDSET

“We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.”

~Bill Watterson

There’s a common misunderstanding that if we allow ourselves to feel happy about something, we’ll lose our drive to improve. That in order to reach our goals, we need to hard-wire ourselves 24/7 with thoughts of how to improve and develop. Ironically enough, full focus on the future is one of the most self-destructive things we can do to ourselves.

When we celebrate our victories, we feel good. On a biological level, there is a “dopamine” release. By feeling this emotion of accomplishment… we become hungry for more. We crave that next dopamine hit, moving even more aggressively towards that next accomplishment. On the other hand, if we constantly deprive ourselves of that dopamine response… we will lose our drive. This is the definition of burnout.

Take a moment today to think about how far you’ve come since last year. And since you’ve started this amazing lifestyle called CrossFit. No leaderboard will ever tell us the full story. While we maintain our fiery state of mind to find the next best version of ourselves, let’s celebrate today.

James is always coming up with great ways to use gym equipment!
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To honor those who have given their lives for our freedom we will be doing “Hero” WOD’s all week! There will be options for scaling so please don’t let a hard looking WOD be an excuse to “Cherry Pick”!
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WOD

“Blake”
Four rounds for time of:
100 foot Walking lunge with 45/25lb plate held overhead
30 Box Jumps, 24/20 inch box
20 Wallball Shots, 20/14 pound ball
10 Handstand Push-Ups
*You may choose to do this WOD as an individual or as a team of two.

U.S. Navy Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician David Blake McLendon, 30, of Thomasville, Georgia, assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group 2 Support Activity in Norfolk, Virginia, was killed September 21, 2010, in a helicopter crash during combat operations in the Zabul province of Afghanistan. McLendon is survived by his wife Kate McLendon, his parents David and Mary-Ann McLendon, his brother Chris McLendon, and his sister Kelly Lockman.

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DAILY MINDSET

“You make a living with what you get. You make a life with what you give.”

~Winston Churchill

Think back to a time in your life when you came in clutch for someone. One where your actions made a significant impact on someone’s life. Maybe it was a time where you showed up for a friend in a time of need. But you didn’t just show up… you went above and beyond. Not because of some expected return or alterior motive, but because you believed it was the right thing to do. You genuinely cared.

Think back to that day, and how that made you feel when you saw your impact. Think back to how it felt to know you made a difference. It felt good, didn’t it. Really, damn, good.

Science has shown us that one of the most powerful emotions we can feel, via serotonin, is released in mass at these moments. But what is even more interesting, is that it’s literally contagious. Think back to the last time you saw someone else doing something generous. Maybe it was as simple as holding the door open at the store for an elderly customer. Think back to that… How did you feel, witnessing that? Did it make you feel more generous?

If generosity is contagious, it just needs to be started.
Let it be us.
Be the change we want to see in this world.

Attention: We will be running a holiday schedule today July 4th to observe the “4th of July” holiday. There will be an 8:00am and 10:00am WOD. The rest of the week/weekend will be the regular schedule. Thanks for understanding, and we hope you all have a great holiday!

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“HERO WEEK”

To honor those who have given their lives for our freedom we will be doing “Hero” WOD’s all week! There will be options for scaling so please don’t let a hard looking WOD be an excuse to “Cherry Pick”!
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HERO WOD

“Team Bull”
In teams of two, with only one partner working at a time, complete two rounds of the following for time:
200 Double-Unders
50 Overhead Squats 135/95#
50 Pull-Ups
Run 1 mile
*You may split up the run however you choose, including running it together.

U.S. Marine Corps Captain Brandon “Bull” Barrett, 27, of Marion, Indiana, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, was killed on May 5, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He is survived by his parents Cindy and Brett Barrett, his sisters Ashley and Taylor Barrett, his brother Brock Barrett, and his grandmother Carmen Johnson.

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DAILY MINDSET

“Don’t tell me who you are. Tell me what you are.”

When we are asked “who” we are, we default to our past. We define ourselves by our resumes. Although our past may give us insight of where we’ve been, it cannot be what defines us… for it’s the past.

When the question however asks “what” we are, we tend to give a different answer. We describe who we really are. It’s one of character, values and beliefs.

Will we be defined by who we’ve been in the past, or by what we stand for today? Let character be our loudest statement.

Shuttle Sprints!

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Reminder: There will be Open Gym today from 8:00am to 10:00am. Come get your weekend WOD on!

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Attention: We will be running a holiday schedule tomorrow, July 4th. There will be an 8:00am and 10:00am WOD. The rest of the week will be the regular schedule.

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WOD

“Sweaty Sunday”

[RUN]
3 Sets:
1,600 Meter at Moderate Pace
3 Minutes Rest

2 Sets:
1,200 Meters at Moderate Pace
3 Minutes Rest

5 Sets:
60 Meters Sprints
1 Minutes Rest

[ROW]
3 Sets:
2,000 Meter at Moderate Pace
3 Minutes Rest

2 Sets:
1,500 Meters at Moderate Pace
3 Minutes Rest

5 Sets:
75 Meters Sprints
1 Minutes Rest

[BIKE]
3 Sets:
4,000 Meters at Moderate Pace
3 Minutes Rest

2 Sets:
3,000 Meters at Moderate Pace
3 Minutes Rest

5 Sets:
150 Meters Sprints
1 Minutes Rest
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DAILY MINDSET

“I want to see it, before I believe it.”

We are visually oriented people.
We seem to trust our eyes more than our other senses.

It’s why we call our ultimate direction our “vision”. It’s why in the middle of the night, if we think we hear something, we want to take a look before we feel safe enough to fall back asleep. We can hear news through the grapevine, but we doubt it until we see it.

Recognizing this, we can leverage it to our advantage. Many of us will agree that there is power to writing down our goals, and this is why. We begin to believe it that much more. It feels that much more real.

Write down our vision. Write down our goals. Write down anything that is important, not because it’s a mundane task… but because we need to see it, before we believe it.

The 8am crew working through their Farmers Carry!

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WOD

Team “Cross Breeze”
[TEAMS OF 3]
5 Rounds x AMRAP 6:
600 Meter Run (Together)
60 Double-Unders (Each)
Max Power Snatches (115/85)
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DAILY MINDSET

“If you fight for your limitations, you get to keep them.”

~Jim Kwik

Our harshest critic is in between our ears.

We’ve all been there… telling ourselves we suck. That we’re simply not good enough. Too old, too young, not good looking enough, not smart enough.

Each time we tell ourselves these things, we add one more vote to become them. The mind has this incredible power to bring into this world whatever we fixate on.

Yet what can be the harshest critic, can be the most powerful ally. Let’s leverage those thoughts to our best advantage.

Ian is making sure to tag CrossFit Draper in his post WOD instagram story!

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WOD

“Smoke Alarm”

On the 2:00 x 15 Rounds:
15/12 Calorie Row
AMRAP “Bergeron Beep Test”

“Bergeron Beep Test”:
7 Thrusters (75/55)
7 Pull-Ups
7 Burpees 🙂

*Score = Rounds + Reps
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DAILY MINDSET

“If failure is not an option, neither is success.”

We fear the one who is willing to lose it all. The one who is willing to play full out with no reserves. The one who swings for the fences.

That’s a dangerous person. Dangerous enough… to accomplish something great.

We all have a comfort zone. A status quo. It’s warm, cozy, and familiar. But it’s a box, with a ceiling and walls that we can see and touch. It’s a world that cannot grow further than what it’s already grown to.

If we want to grow, we have to climb out of that world into the unknown. To face that chance that we may fall flat on our face, because we’re walking in new ground. Yet, as much as a “swing and a miss” may sting a bit, there’s something far worse. Worse than any of that is the pain of knowing that we didn’t try.

Life is so short.
There’s no time to bunt.
Let’s swing for the fences.

Ellen, Derek, and Coop are going all out during Wednesdays Bike WOD!

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Happy Birthday Estee!

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WOD

“Battle Scars”

6 Rounds:
1 Minute AbMat Sit-Ups
1 Minute Farmers Carry (10 Meters)
1 Minute Box Jumps (24″/20″)
1 Minute Shuttle Runs (10 Meters)
1 Minute Step Back Lunges
1 Minute Rest

Farmers Carry: (50’s/35’s)

*Score = Total Reps

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DAILY MINDSET

“75% Emotional, 25% Physical”

It’s said that the hardest part about anything is starting. And that once we just take that first step, the successive action seems to just fall into place. And there’s absolutely merit to that… an object in motion tends to stay in motion (Newton).

But beyond the surface we want to recognize the truth about us as human beings… that we are emotional creatures. And that our ultimate success is less dependent on the physical actions we take, and more on the emotional backings behind them.

We can conceptualize “successful action” in this way: 25% of it is the physical side. The actual hands in the dirt, grunt work. This stuff matters, of course. But these specific and granular “whats” only account to a quarter of the recipe.

75% of it is the emotional side. The story that plays between our ears as we’re underway. We’re going to hit bumps in the road, and how we internalize obstacles determines our path forward more than anything else. How do we respond when it’s a “bad day?”, and we’re missing every single snatch attempt?

When we think about it that way, successful action isn’t just about what we’re doing, and far more about how we’re doing it. Despite the battle being in our hands, it’s won in our mind.

Ian is pushing hard to maximize his score on the bike!

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WOD

PART 1: Push Press

5 Sets of 4

*Score = Lowest weight used

PART 2: “Dirty Work”

AMRAP 6:
60 Deadlifts (115/85)
Max Calorie Bike

Directly Into..

AMRAP 6:
45 Hang Power Cleans (115/85)
Max Calorie Bike

Directly Into..

AMRAP 6:
30 Shoulder to Overhead (115/85)
Max Calorie Bike

*Score = Sum total of calories on the bike
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DAILY MINDSET

“Your obsessions become your possessions.”

~Ed Mylett

The word “obsessed” gets a bad rap.
And there’s indeed some merit to that.

But let’s try to define “to be obsessed” a little further. What it’s not defined by is “hours put in”. That may be correlation, but not causality. One is truly obsessed with something when their passion and fire for “that thing” is so great, that their willpower will see them through even the harshest of storms. Where every other person quits… they push on. To one who is obsessed, failure is simply not an option.

Be obsessed with reaching our dreams.
Be obsessed with becoming a better husband. A better wife.
A better son, a better daughter. A better friend, a better neighbor.

Be obsessed with what we care about the most. Our fiercest willpower, pointed in the right direction, is the most powerful thing in the world.

Julie and Sara are keeping great form as they work through their Push-Ups!

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Happy Birthday James!

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WOD

“Severin”

For Time: [45 Minute Time Cap]
50 Strict Pull-Ups
100 Hand Release Push-Ups
5,000 Meter Run

*Score = Time it take to complete the workout
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DAILY MINDSET

“There will never be a better you, than you.”

There is a lot to be said about authenticity.
The first definition inside Merriam-Webster reads, “worthy of acceptance or belief.”
If there’s one sure way to find failure in something, it’s through not being ourselves. It just doesn’t pan out in the long run. While we always remain a student, the harm lies when we blur the lines between emulating the traits of our mentors… with trying to actually be them.

Our mentors do not wish for us to follow in their footsteps.
Our mentors wish for us to go further. To blaze the path further than before.

We have incredible leaders to guide us. But it is now on us to push even further. And there’s no one suited better for that, than you.