Check-in: Week 2

Two weeks into vacation.  So good to hear about everyone's continued training!

Skye:  We see you're learning some new tricks at Crossfit Minneapolis, and it's fun to read your comments.  That wallball/rowing WOD looks killer!  R & I have had some real "hit-or-miss" Crossfit experiences so far this summer.  Some classes are too big, coaches are too hands-off to do any real teaching, we don't agree with the programming, etc.  I guess we just prefer to program for ourselves, and we definitely prefer our small-class coaching model where everybody gets the attention they deserve! 

Robyn:  Congratulations on making some *incredible* strength gains!  At a Crossfit Austin class yesterday, I met a couple women who'd been training for several months and had not yet reached your level of strength.  I attribute your success to your consistent hard-core work ethic and athletic genes!

Phil:  Those deadlift + bench numbers are amazing, and topping your strength training off with mini-leg blasters is NO JOKE!  Those things annihilate your thighs.  I hope you're feeling recovered enough to keep pushing on your next training day.  We can't wait to hear how your training with Skye goes next week.

Ahmed:  Glad to hear from you, though it's so sad to hear that your training feels lonely.  Think of it as working on your mental toughness by getting in there and doing the needful on your own.  Meanwhile, we'd love to know more about what you're learning, how your weight training teacher is "traditional" (R&I are pretty old-school ourselves), and why in the world people are freaked out by you doing burpees + db swings, for crying out loud!

Us:  We've signed up at Crossfit Austin for the next 4 weeks, though we're not sure yet how much we'll do with the class and how much we'll just do our own programming.  The most amazing thing is that, every Tuesday, we get to take an Olympic lifting class with a 2-time Olympian!  We also really miss our friends at Atomic Athlete, where we trained last summer, so we might try to save ourselves some days to work with them.  Like I said, Austin's pretty much heaven for gym rats!

You'll notice on the right a new thing called "Links" -- This is where I've linked up a cool article I read on nutrition from a Crossfit coach somewhere in California.  It's long but easy to understand, and I think the guy does a nice job pulling together a lot of information pretty concisely.   We'll link up more fun summer reading here as we run across it. 

Meanwhile, keep up the good work everybody!  Hit us up with questions/comments ANY TIME; we're happy to help in any way we can.