I know it’s been a while a while
but life, school, career, and the holidays all have seemed to get in the way of
my blogging. Quick update, I am getting
transferred to Hawaii in a few days, I did move all my thing from Pittsburgh
already, got another tattoo, and graduated Columbia Southern University, Cum
Laude, since my last blog. So now I’m
gonna do my best to catch up on the 22 boxes I’ve visited since then and do it
rather quickly. Here we go!!!
(11/10/12) My bestest friend Ms Susan Mopper decided to pay
me a visit before the start of her 2nd year of med school. I decided to have some fun and show her some
boxes she or I had never been too. First
stop was TeamBSS CrossFit
(302) in New Middletown, OH. Here I met Shaun and Brandy Schumaker, owners and
trainers at TeamBSS. TeamBSS was more
than a CrossFit box, they had a crew that loved “HEAVY” and I was just in time
for the strongman intro class. Actually,
I was the only one in the class. Having a little bit of experience, we got
right to work “playing” with kegs, axel bars, and log bars. Then we hit some
front and back loaded yoke work. This
was all super fun for me. I did get to
stay and help some of their new crossfitters who were transitioning from the
power world. We even did a 440 farmers
carry, which just looked bad ass! I have to say that TeamBSS was a great place
to “play” and work hard. There was a
totally great atmosphere, awesome people, and a great attitude. To visit TeamBSS is something you have to
mean to do and I recommend meaning to do it with them. Take a chance, get off the beaten path and
have a ball (atlas stone) with them.
Thanks for having me, you guys and girls were awesome!
(11/11/12) Now that Mopper is here, we headed over to see my
buddy Dia and her new baby CrossFit 724 (303)
in Greensburg, PA. It was grand opening
day and there was a party going on. Lots
of people hitting demo WODs and trial WODs and people just getting work done,
it was awesome! The WOD we tackled was a 15m AMRAP of (5) pull ups, (10) 24”
Box Jumps, (15) 20# Wall Balls and (20) 70# Kettlebell High Pulls. It was a lung and shoulder burner but it was
more fun encouraging those new athletes taking on these skills for the first
time. Mopper and I both hit around 4
rounds but it really was not about the score.
We had a blast and hope that 724 does well in the community. Congrats on the new venture!
(11/12/12) From one new box to another, we headed south for
Mopper’s first time in the great state of West “BY GOD” Virginia. My good friend Johnny Layne, opened up his
second venture in the CrossFit world, CrossFit Morgantown (304) in Morgantown,
WV. What was super cool is that it was Columbus
Day and my favorite WV girl, Meghan E., could join us in the fun. Johnny had a fun WOD in store for me, hoping
that I would have my way with it. 50
Wall Ball buy in and then 3 rounds of 30 double unders, 15 toes 2 bar, and 10
front squats @ 135. He was correct in
his assumption and I finished in just under 8 minutes. I had a blast cheering on everyone until the
last person was complete. CFM has a
great space and some cool people.
Congrats on the new place, I’m super excited for you brother! This is the new hot spot in Morgantown, if
you are close by, it is worth the visit.
Well that’s 3 of 22. Here comes some more! I’m glad I have lots of free time at work now
that I am on my way out the door! Sorry
again that it took so long.
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