I'm hoping to improve, which would mean sub-5 minute! Woot!
March 2008 Archives
This should be a lot of fun. Fran is by far the most popular of the benchmark workouts - possibly because of how much of an impact it can do to you in such a short amount of time. T he last time I did Fran I did it in 5:04. You can see my video on my bodyspace under "my videos."
I'm hoping to improve, which would mean sub-5 minute! Woot!
I'm hoping to improve, which would mean sub-5 minute! Woot!
Continue reading Tuesday, April 1 - Fran.
This is the last time I did Fran. It took me 5:04. Lots of fun!
On monday we'll be hitting some fight gone bad. This is one of my favorites and have a long term goal of 350.
Here's a video from crossfit explaining more about the workout. It is a cardio beast!
I love watching MMA, but I don't think I'd like to get into a ring with any of them. I would, however, like to achieve their level of cardio-respiratory endurance.
Here's a video from crossfit explaining more about the workout. It is a cardio beast!
I love watching MMA, but I don't think I'd like to get into a ring with any of them. I would, however, like to achieve their level of cardio-respiratory endurance.
Continue reading Monday, March 31 - Fight Gone Bad.
I decided to change some things up on how I program my workouts. Crossfit's WOD (workouts of the day) are set up on a 3-day-on, 1-day-off schedule. I've tried to follow that but I think it may be a little too much for me and Sundays just are usually not doable.
So what I'm going to do is a 5-day-on, 2-day-off weekly schedule, with my rest days being always Sunday, and then another day during the week that fits in with my schedule (but will usually be Wednesday and Thursday, to ensure balanced breaks.)
This will mean that the 3on/1off Crossfit's WOD's will go faster, so we'll either skip one here and there depending on equipment and/or ability, or if we get too far behind we'll just skip a handful in a row.
So what I'm going to do is a 5-day-on, 2-day-off weekly schedule, with my rest days being always Sunday, and then another day during the week that fits in with my schedule (but will usually be Wednesday and Thursday, to ensure balanced breaks.)
This will mean that the 3on/1off Crossfit's WOD's will go faster, so we'll either skip one here and there depending on equipment and/or ability, or if we get too far behind we'll just skip a handful in a row.
Today's workout is 7 sets of 1 split jerks. Not very often will you see the split jerk on the WOD.
Two videos talking about the split jerk from Crossfit's exercise demo page, here and here. There is also a series of articles about the jerk in the May, June, July and Aug 2007 crossfit journal.
Two videos talking about the split jerk from Crossfit's exercise demo page, here and here. There is also a series of articles about the jerk in the May, June, July and Aug 2007 crossfit journal.
Today I did Helen for the first time as Rx'd - first time using a real 1.5 'pood' kettlebell. I thought it was going to be easier than using the 50 pound dumbell I used before, but not so. The kettlebell seems to let gravity pull the weight in a different way.
My new Helen time was 10:26 - previous was beginning of january 10:12.
It may not seem like a PR, but I'm going to count it. Like I said, first time with a 1.5 KB, and both in January and today I ran with my garmin to measure distances, and January was .7, and today was .85. (its supposed to be .75) Time to re-measure!
What workout did you do today, and how'd it go?
My new Helen time was 10:26 - previous was beginning of january 10:12.
It may not seem like a PR, but I'm going to count it. Like I said, first time with a 1.5 KB, and both in January and today I ran with my garmin to measure distances, and January was .7, and today was .85. (its supposed to be .75) Time to re-measure!
What workout did you do today, and how'd it go?
Now that the site is up, there is literally thousands of things to do to make it better. It's really rough around the edges and it doesn't help that it takes a while to figure out what to do before we do it. Look for some nice changes over the weekend.
2 changes we made on the gym last weekend:
1. We built a HIGHER pullup bar for you tall folks. It's anchored by a half dozen studs - taller and a lot better for hanging the rings than the eye-screws.
2. 15 lb Kettlebell (on sale at TJ Max)
3. Added some steel to the good ol' platform. It was feeling a little soft where the bumpers were hitting.
In addition, CrossfitHEL in Portland is putting in a big order for some equipment, and they asked if I would like a discounted price on anything. Heck yes I do!
The prices haven't come in yet to see how reasonable they are, but we're looking at adding a 6lb, 14lb, and 20lb dynamax medicine ball to the gym and a 2-pood Kettlebell.




What do you think we can do to make the gym/website better?
2 changes we made on the gym last weekend:
1. We built a HIGHER pullup bar for you tall folks. It's anchored by a half dozen studs - taller and a lot better for hanging the rings than the eye-screws.
2. 15 lb Kettlebell (on sale at TJ Max)
3. Added some steel to the good ol' platform. It was feeling a little soft where the bumpers were hitting.
In addition, CrossfitHEL in Portland is putting in a big order for some equipment, and they asked if I would like a discounted price on anything. Heck yes I do!
The prices haven't come in yet to see how reasonable they are, but we're looking at adding a 6lb, 14lb, and 20lb dynamax medicine ball to the gym and a 2-pood Kettlebell.

What do you think we can do to make the gym/website better?
So, Kristine got a little bit of time last week and helped me start the site! Its still new and as you can tell VERY rough around the edges. This site is really built so you can see the times a lot easier on when you can come to the gym, also as a workout journal for us.
Of course we're not affiliated with crossfit yet. Go to crossfit.com for all the details about what we're doing,
Of course we're not affiliated with crossfit yet. Go to crossfit.com for all the details about what we're doing,
"Tommy V"
For time:
115 pound Thruster, 21 reps (if no rope, 180 towel pullups)
15 ft Rope Climb, 12 ascents
115 pound Thruster, 15 reps (135 towel pullups)
15 ft Rope Climb, 9 ascents
115 pound Thruster, 9 reps (90 towel pullups)
15 ft Rope Climb, 6 ascents
Post time to comments.
To scale: (jumping towel pullups, and/or 95, 75, 45 lb thrusters)
Run 5k
Post time to comments.
- Thats 3.12 miles (12 1/2 laps around the track).
Scaled down: Run 1-2 miles according to ability.
Post time to comments.
- Thats 3.12 miles (12 1/2 laps around the track).
Scaled down: Run 1-2 miles according to ability.
Welcome to Eugene Fitness Training! My name is Jeremy Stecker and I'm excited to finally have this site up and running! Hopefully this site will become a valuable fitness resource to all of us. Feel free to leave suggestions on how to make this site even better.




