Alternating Tabata:
Double Unders
Handstand Push Ups
Ok we all know a lot about Cori, she is frequently shown on this blog as making a PR for something. What about her "BETTER" half. It is about time we pay tribute to the big man himself… Dave Mering. This guy started training with me about 5 years ago down the street at Lean On Me. Comes here and proceeds to complain for about a year or so about blah, blah blah as to why he doesn't need to do this or compete at that. He acutally injures himself pretty early on because he didn't want to lift less than the girl next to him. Ok, you get the point, this is a typical beginner crossfitter who doesn't buy in to the whole program. We have seen it hundreds of times. Here is when this story changes immensely. About 2 years ago Dave turns his whole approach to CF around, begins to scale WODS, complete full range of motion, listen to pretty much anything we told him to do… About a year ago, Dave came to me and completely changed his nutrition as he said he had comfortably krept up in weight on the scale and wanted to hit his ideal performance weight of just under 180lbs. Dave stepped up his workouts and started hitting Double DAYS and training in some boxing as well. Recently he sponsered Travis and Myself to coach his entier office of employees in a CF conditioning style program. There were days Dave would litterally workout at 6am here at Crossfit, come over to Lean On Me and bang out a boxing lesson and finish the day with a bootcamp style workout in which he would smash some of the times and movements of employees 15 yrs younger.
Dave, NO JOKE, there were days I thought you would seriously be "OVER TRAINING" and this would lead to injury. 3 years ago, your body could never have handled that type of volume without giving you a big FU and send you to the sidelines. Not only has your body handled this volume and you have PR'd many WOD but it has literally reversed the chronological aging process. If anyone doubts the powers of CROSSFIT, take a look at what it has done for Dave.
Thank you for all your years of support and dedication.
Brian
Who is that great looking guy? Oh! Oh! It’s Dave! Awesome job man!!!
dave
I still have that pink shirt
Blake
Good stuff dave. Lene, I’d very much not like to reverse the chronological aging process. Will crossfit do this to me?
Chris Lene
You have to AGE before you can reverse this Blake… Can you even buy alcohol yet?
brother mike
Dave is one heck of an athlete, just one question: when did he stop complaining? Dave will complain before the WOD, stop long enough to crush it and congratulate others for doing well, then complain about the WOD some more. Of course with 3 workouts a day, he has earned the right to complain.
Keep up the good work Dave!
Scott
Blake: it’s too late. But the good news is you won’t get much younger.
Granpa John
Thank you for sharing your story – Dave.
Making time as a business owner, executive or other driven personality types toward ones own health can be a very challenging, if not impossible to shift energy from professional ambition, mentally weighing the potential loss of time away.
Congraduations – you’ve seemed to not only have made the investment but have LISTENED to our CFES coaches’ advise (another personality type issue).
I challenge you to make sure you balance your intensity with proper recovery.
brother mike
Blake, if you reverse the aging process much you’d become a fetus. Ask that question when you have as much gray hair as Matt P.
harlan
Dave boxes? Oh crap I better stop flirting with Cori
Cherie Nabeta
I better stop flirting with Cori too. Good job Dave!
Chris lene
Harlan, just stop flirting period!
Matt P
That pic was taken on Friday. Amazing.
Bro Mike.. you really want to talk about the signs of age and hair in the same sentence? … really?
harlan
Lene- taking advice from you on that subject just doesn’t have a lot of credibility
Brooke
Daaaammmmnnnnn Dave you look good:) Love that you are still kickin ass!
Matt P
Little known fact, Dave Mering was an extra on LA Law… its true… Google it.
Scott
Matt P: you google it and post the link.
Dave: nice work!
Steller
Well, now we see why he deserves a badass wife like Cori. Way to go, Dave. 🙂 Always fun having you in the 6 AM class.
Blake
Thanks for all the support today guys… I was getting pretty worried there for a moment when I realized what crossfit might be doing to….ope I think a testicle may have just climbed into my stomach (that’s where they’re located at first right?).
Scott: I’m with you… I think he might be playing a joke on us.
Harlan: I agree with Chris
Chris: Harlan’s got a point regarding your credibility.
Justin Riley
Did a short but hard Wod with Dave this morning at a hotel gym. Although Dave is notorious for complaining, the progress he has made is very impressive. There are few people his age/size who are as physically capable as he has become. He was hitting deep back squats unbroken sets of 10 after 400m rowing sprints. The gym attendant who was about Dave’s age (not nearly as fit) was looking at us funny as we rearranged the gym for a Wod. He’s was looking even funnier as Dave was squatting his ass off and grunting and going for it.
Good work brother, even thought your hair is not quite as good as it used to be, you are even more studly than you were at 29.