Great work to all of the CFD teams that competed in “Twas The WOD Before Christmas” competition this weekend!
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Happy Birthday Kristen!

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WOD

“Lead Foot”

AMRAP 4:
27/21 Calorie Row
27 Burpees 🙂
27 Chest to Bar Pull-ups

Rest 4 Minutes

AMRAP 4:
21/15 Calorie Row
21 Burpees 🙂
21 Toes to Bar

Rest 4 Minutes

AMRAP 4:
15/9 Calorie Row
15 Burpees 🙂
15 Pull-ups

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DAILY MINDSET

“If you aim at nothing, don’t worry… you’ll hit it.”

A clear and defined goal seems like an obvious first step. It is however often missed.

It’s not that we don’t have any general goals or directions in mind… it’s that we tend to lack crystal clear specificity. We lack the concrete intentions. And when we hit the chaotic storm that is life, we don’t have the foundation we need to stand on.

If we have to pause to think about what our goals are, we haven’t yet defined them to the extent we need. Something is missing. They need to come to the mind in the blink of an eye, as if it’s a subconscious reaction.

Let it be specific, measurable, and actionable.

“I need to get better with money”, turns into “I will have $40 of each paycheck transferred to my retirement account.” “I want to get fitter”, turns into “I will eat 3 quality meals per day, 6 days per week, and go to the gym on Mon/Tue/Wed, Fri/Sat”. “I want to have better presentation skills”, turns into “I will take the improv class in my city every Monday for the next six weeks”.

Be intentional. Specificity is everything.

Stoner and Klae are working on their beach bodies with a little Bench Press!
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WOD

Power Snatch + Overhead Squat

On the Minute x 10:
2 Power Snatches
1 Overhead Squat

“All That”

21-15-9:
Power Snatches (75/55)
Overhead Squats (75/55)

50/35 Calorie Assault Bike

9-15-21:
Power Snatches (75/55)
Overhead Squats (75/55)

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DAILY MINDSET

“Water the flowers, not the weeds.”

Imagine your vision being a water hose.
And wherever your attention goes, you water.
Because whatever we end up watering… grows.

Every day, we are going to spend our water (our thoughts), on something. And there is a finite amount that we get to spend. If we choose to spend it on the weeds, those thoughts will grow stronger. Purely for the visualization, imagine gossip, and where that takes us.

Check in with ourselves today.
Are we watering the flowers, or the weeds?

Don’t forget to get your weekend Mobility on!
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Reminder: Shayan will be running Open Gym today from 8:00am to 10:00am. Come get your weekend WOD on!
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WOD

“Overdue”

For Time:
100/80 Calorie Assault Bike
80 AbMat Sit-ups
60 Step Back Lunges
40 Box Jump Overs (24″/20″)
60 Step Back Lunges
80 AbMat Sit-ups
100/80 Calorie Assault Bike

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DAILY MINDSET

“Hope and despair are both self-fulfilling prophecies.”

~Ernest Hemingway

If you are in the market for a blue Honda, all you see on the road are blue Hondas. It’s as if they are seemingly everywhere. In every intersection, passing us on the highway, and at the gas station.

Yet, they were there the whole time. We as humans have what’s called the “Reticular Activation System”, which helps us see more of what we’re actively thinking about.

It’s actually a survival mechanism. If we needed to look for food because we were about to starve, we prime our senses to find it. Or if danger was close by in the form of a man-eating predator, we’d prioritize our senses to be very aware of potential attackers. It’s an incredible level of focus that we don’t realize we’re using, where our subconscious and conscious work together.

We’ve witnessed the effects of where our focus goes. It’s an absolute weapon, and has the ability to bring whatever we’re focused on, into reality.

Today… are we focused on what might go wrong?
Or are we focused on what we need to do, to make it go right?

Lauren is feeling the rainbow as she comes in from a sunny fall run!
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Attention: There will be NO yoga this morning, it will be back next Saturday!

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WOD

“New Level”

For Time:
800 Meter Run
20 Power Snatches (115/85)
20 Pull-ups
800 Meter Run
20 Clean & Jerks (115/85)
20 Pull-ups
800 Meter Run
20 Thrusters (115/85)
20 Pull-ups

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DAILY MINDSET

“Roses that are left unpruned can become a tangled mess of old and new canes, all competing for air and light.”

~Elizabeth Roth

As the rose bush grows, it grows buds. It doesn’t grow like a tree, as it’s physical size is limited, but the buds keep on coming. To the point where if it grows too many, the bush can actually exhaust itself and die.

Ideas are like rose buds. They constantly need to be “pruned” or trimmed. If we don’t trim our ideas, just like the rose bush, we can overwhelm ourselves.

Growth ideas are natural and it’s completely normal (and a very good thing) to have an ample supply. But if we want to reach our full potential, it will require the pruning, trimming, and critical look on what ideas can stay… and what can go.

Christian is looking strong and focused as he works through his Overhead Squats!

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Good luck this weekend to all the CFD teams that are competing in the “Twas The WOD Before Christmas” competition!

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It’s Benchmark Friday!

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BENCHMARK WOD

“Filthy Fifty”
Compare to 1/3/20
For time:
50 Hip Extensions
50 Box Jumps, 24 inch box
50 Jumping Pull-Ups
50 Kettlebell Swings, 1 pood
Walking Lunge, 50 steps
50 Knees to Elbows
50 Push Press, 45 pounds
50 Wall Ball Shots, 20/14 pound ball
50 Burpees
50 Double-Unders

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DAILY MINDSET

“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible to your approach.”

~Tony Robbins

Is it a change of plan, or a change of vision?

We’re a committed, hungry group. We don’t shy away from discipline… we actually embrace it. And that dedication often shows itself when we set goals. We hard-charge them.

Yet along the way, we will have detours. Sometimes they will be by choice – and sometimes by chance. Regardless, we need the step back to assess what we are feeling. We can beat ourselves up for losing the “original plan”, or we can embrace the new path ahead, well knowing the detour signs are ultimately leading us to where we seek.

Committed to the destination, while flexible on the route.

Luckey working through the Power Cleans during Tuesdays WOD!
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WOD

Bench Press

On a Running Clock:
[0:00]: 10 Bench Press
[3:00]: 8 Bench Press
[6:00]: 6 Bench Press
[9:00]: 4 Bench Press
[12:00]: 2 Bench Press

“Pirate’s Booty”

For Time:
500/400 Meter Row
50 Russian Kettlebell Swings (53/35)
500/400 Meter Row
50 Russian Kettlebell Swings (53/35)
500/400 Meter Row

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DAILY MINDSET

“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.”

~George Lorimer

“Win the morning, win the day” is something we’ve all heard a couple times.

It’s less however about winning the morning, and more about establishing the right habits. The most successful in life routinely draw back to a core staple of set daily habits.

Write a short list of healthy habits you believe push you forward. It could be reading, journaling, “no phone hours”, or anything in between. Where consistency is king, discipline is freedom.

Dustin is doing a great job of getting under the bar during the Power Snatches during Mondays WOD!
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WOD

“Buy Low, Sell High”

AMRAP 5:
Buy-In: 150 Double Unders
15 Lateral Barbell Burpees 🙂
15 Overhead Squats (95/65)

Rest 5 Minutes

AMRAP 5:
Buy-In: 100 Double Unders
10 Lateral Barbell Burpees 🙂
10 Overhead Squats (115/85)

Rest 5 Minutes

AMRAP 5:
Buy-In: 50 Double Unders
5 Lateral Barbell Burpees 🙂
5 Overhead Squats (135/95)

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DAILY MINDSET

“I would rather die of passion than boredom.”

~Vincent Van Gogh

There are times in our lives, whether it be during training, at work, or at home, where we question the choices we’ve made. They tend to arrive shortly after we make an important decision. A form of “buyers remorse”, where we wonder if we’re on the right path.

It is a human condition to seek certainty. We simply want to know we’re clearly on the right path.

But… do we really?
Think back to a moment of uncertainty. The first day we first talked to our significant other. The first time we went on a roller coaster ride. The first time we walked into a CrossFit gym.

Uncertainty makes us feel alive. Those moments are etched into our lives, and are some of our fondest memories. If everything was known, expected, and pre-determined… life would be so horribly boring. It wouldn’t be a life at all.

Where others may run from uncertainty, let’s embrace it for what it is, and create the life of memories we’ll look back on.

Eric is working hard to keep a good position as he works through his Dumbbell Clean and Jerks!
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WOD

“Jumper Cables”

AMRAP 18:
15/12 Calorie Assault Bike
12 Power Cleans (135/95)
9 Box Jump Overs (30″/24″)

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DAILY MINDSET

“What you resist, persists.”

What would you think about if I told you to not think of a pink giraffe?

The same effect takes place if I tell you “don’t slow down” as you start your final 400 meter run in a workout. Our minds don’t operate well when we focus on what not to do. We need to flip the script, and focus on what to do.

Turn “don’t slow down” into “I can hold this pace”.
Turn “don’t mess this up” into “focus on a clean jumpshot”.

If our thoughts become words, and those words become actions, we’re going to get what we focus on. So let’s choose wisely.

Sara is staying focused as she works through her Squat Snatches!
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WOD

Hang Power Snatch

On the Minute x 10:
2 Hang Power Snatches

“No Air”

AMRAP 15:
30 Air Squats
20 Hang Power Snatches (75/55)
10 Strict Pull-ups

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DAILY MINDSET

“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.”

~Reba McEntire

Three themes to take into our day.

To have a “wishbone”: Nothing is too great of a task. Nothing is out of reach. Faith (or doubt) are both self-fulling prophecies.

To have a “backbone”: The unbreakable will to give our best, regardless of the circumstances. Through the lens of the growth-mindset, every outcome is an opportunity to become better.

To have a “funny bone”: We do life for one reason: to enjoy it. If we aren’t enjoying what we’re doing, we need to find something else. As Oscar Wilde writes, “Life is too short to take things seriously.” Let’s enjoy the ride.

Getting ready to start the Thanksgiving 5K!
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Reminder: Shayan will be running Open Gym today from 8:00am to 10:00am. Come get your weekend WOD on!
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WOD

“High Horse”

AMRAP 20:
1,000 Meter Assault Bike
50 Russian Kettlebell Swings (53/35)
30 Box Jumps (24″/20″)

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DAILY MINDSET

“Trade your expectation for appreciation, and the world changes around you”

~Tony Robbins

Routines and habits become part of the norm. Morning coffee, listening to the radio, the drive to the field taking the kids to practice. We appreciate healthy habits, and let’s continue to reinforce them. There is however much to be said about taking a pause to our routine, to appreciate the fortune in our lives. The absolute abundance we are so lucky to have.

In a world where comforts are the “”norm””, we want to consciously remind ourselves how good our lives are.
The thought of losing those precious parts of our day is a sobering one. But despite it being a morbid thought, we will. There will be a final cup of morning coffee for us. There will be the last chance for us to listen to the radio. And if we are lucky enough to have kids, there will be a last time we get to wait in traffic as we drive them to soccer practice.

As Tony Robbins quotes, if we can remove expectations from the norm, and replace them with a sense of gratitude, our entire world changes.