AMRAP 20 Minutes:
400m Run
10 Deadlift 185/115
5/2 Muscle Ups
Here is a bi-annual rant about keeping our box clean. The past couple of weeks I have seen an array of equipment, clothes, shoes, and spilled chalk (see pic above) left out after classes. The worst, albeit funniest, thing I've seen was a coffee cup in the pullup bar structure. Let's all do our best to leave the gym better than when you arrived. That's all folks.
brother mike
Was that really even a rant?
Aaron, you don’t have to be so nice. September 30, 2010, was a rant:
Guess What Time It Is, It’s Rant :30!
You all are intellegent human beings. Some of you are the tops in your fields, and some damn good athletes too. However many of you turn your brains off when you come into CFES. I know the movements are overwhelming, and the workouts are deleriously nauseating, but there are a few things going on around here that need to stop.
1) CHALK STAYS IN THE BUCKET! You may put some on your hands to dry them out, but you may not drop and clap chalk all over the gym. “The trail of chalk in the gym leads to the rookie.” The chalk bucket is to be used in the same manner as you would wash your hands in the sink at your mother’s house. You don’t go flinging chalk all over the gym, keep it in the frikin’ bucket! If you make a chalk mess, you will be publicly humiliated and made to vaccuum it up. In the picture above someone left a rock on chalk on the floor and it got stepped on. We are coaches here people, not janitors.
2) Use the markers nicely. Every day I pull a marker out of the bin and the tip is smashed in. These markers are about a buck a piece even when bought in bulk. They write just as well with a light touch, infact they write even better than if you smash the tip in. When using a marker to count rounds or reps in a WOD, number your reps and rounds first, then wipe them off the board as you go. That way you won’t freak about losing one second on your time and ruin the 1000th marker at CFES… I have one on a string behind the front desk that I have been using for over a year and it is still perferct because you all don’t use it.
3) Stop sliming the glass on the front door on your way out of the gym. Didn’t your parents tell you not to touch the glass on the doors when you were a kid because somebody has to clean it. Shame on them if they didn’t becasue I am the person who has to clean up after you every time. PLEASE use the door handle, not your greasy sweaty shoulder to open the door on the way out. (I tried to get a picture of the slime, but it wouldn’t come out on the glass.)
4) Lost and found… Sometimes I feel like this place is a Goodwill. I know you leave here in a fog and not cold like when you got here, but take your shit home. I have donated bags and bags of your stuff to Goodwill as it has accumulated here. There is a Goodwill drop station at the corner of my block, and they know me by name because I bring them so much great stuff. I will be visiting the drop station when I get back from Colorado on Monday, so take a look in the pile to see if your are a contributor to the mess. If you want to keep it, take it home by the end of the week.
We work hard to run a 1st class facility here. Please help us by keeping your brains turned on when you come to the box.
Rant over, and have a gread WOD today.
Chris
OMG! Shall we speak of Mike’s driving rampages? I personally have seen this guy get out of his car and almost kick the crap out of a 120 year old man. Another occasion Mike pulled up behind me as I pulled out on Elvis blvd. Apparently I inconvenienced him as he had to slow down from 100mph in his souped up Saturn. He raised his arms in disgust as he didn’t realize it was me who could see clearly in my rear view mirror who it was. As we pulled up to the ensuing light, I proceeded to roll my window down and ask him if he wanted a piece of me… Perhaps think twice before you show road rage, not everyone is 120 years old.
Moral of the story here… Clearly Justin can change. Can you?
BOOM!
Ron Gates
Thanks Aaron for the reminder. Yesterday Linda placed some clean rags next to the white towels by the front desk. These rags are for cleaning up liquids,(coffee,beer,whatever)please use these instead of the nice clean white towels.
Thank you,Ron
Bryan Turner
Eventually, their periods will become synchronized. It’s weird how that happens.
Cherie Nabeta
LOL
Matt P
Anyone else pick up on some animosity between Bro Mike and Lene?
Jamie P
Awkward….
Steller
C’mon boys, it’s the holiday season. Hug it out.
Matt P
Steller- if they “hug it out” I dont want to be around… one of them will cop a feel, for sure.
brother mike
No animosity, as Matt knows Lene is our new dad. It’s just a little friendly familial ribbing.
Donna
Hey, for all of us 40-49 yr olds, here’s a little inspirational video for the NorCal 40’s!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI5CkNo_yvc
Just sign up . . . you know you want to! 😉
http://norcal40s.com/
brother mike
Donna awesome video and there was a Momma Honey Badger sighting at :40, 3:04 and a Cori sighting at 3:05.
Steller
Right on, Donna! There are a few great shots of our resident studettes, Cori and Liz, competing last year in that video! I’m super excited to be eligible for this event this year! The ONE positive thing about turning 40 this year.
salenorthface
Right on, Donna! There are a few great shots of our resident studettes.
Hermes Replica
Tried to post this last night, but didnt work…
Thnks to hollis, ryan and alice for helping me with unbroken toes to bar. Hopefully, i’ll get the feel for it soon! That’s a strange one.