CrossFit Oakland

Jonathan Mayzc, a new crossfit member, is an experienced film maker. Perhaps he would be interested in work for trade.

hijack!

Tom (and anyone else who cares about Clutch). check this out

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=38609519

Lau,

I grabbed your ipod by mistake. I can't believe you actually have you name engraved on it. That is so...I just realized that I don't want reprimand via e-mail.

Editorial corrections to my last post.
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Lance,

Your continued domination of the WOD's almost makes me want to start zoning. Excellent F'in work.

I think the video should feature everybody killing their best work out. We can release that to the world and then welcome all challengers.

I volunteer to be the soundtrack consultant.

Ah, Clutch. I remember listening to that tune in college. Thanks for the link, Jonatahn. I have to say the last time I saw Clutch live, they did not impress. Their singer was the only one who looked mildly interested in anything going on. I like a lot of their recorded output, but most of their latest album bores me. One exception to that is Electric Worry, which represents songwriting at its finest.

With regard to the video, I think you should get Sevan from the main site to do the video. He can point the camera at the wrong people during workouts. Khalipa who? :)

Ok putting my name on it wasn't necessary. But is it necessary for me to drink my own urine? No! But I do it anyway, cause it's sterile and I like the taste.

Jonathan-
After watching 10 seconds of that video before turning it off I've decided I want that 10 seconds of my life back. And since you probably don't have a Flux Capacitor, I've devised a formula to determine how much 10 seconds of my life is worth so that you can be finacially responsible for it going to waste. The formula is as follows:

4.25 (minimum wage when I started working at age 15) MULTIPLIED BY 2 (number of grocery stores I worked at) MULTIPLIED BY 5 (number of hot chics I wanted to hook up with while working at these two grocery stores, all of which resulted in epic faliures) MINUS 40 (amount I found in a basket for discarded crab shells in the dishroom of Red Lobster one night while working during the "All you can eat snow crab" promotion) MINUS 450 (approximate value of the homemade chocolate chip cookies I ate(including express shipping and the custom box, which happened to display the words "Gourmet Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies" that were being shipped via UPS while I worked as a unloader in the warehouse) PLUS 18 number of pounds I lost in the 4 months as I worked for UPS due to the extreme heat and high intensity work, despite the +2000 calorie surplus from the cookies) MULTIPLIED BY 5 x 2488 (number of years I was in college multiplied by the approximate cost of retaking classes that I had failed due to playing Madden '99 and Bond Golden Eye (N64.. of course) PLUS 130,000 (amount of money which I firmly believe I should be getting paid for my current job)

...shit, I think that actually comes out to be a negative number, which means you don't owe me any money for my 10 seconds of life I pissed away on that Clutch video. Just know that I will get my 10 seconds back, one way or another. Even if it means taking 10 or more seconds away from your day. I think slashing the tires and breaking all the windows on your Saab will make us even. Sure the broken windows won't really take any extra time away from your day considering your car will already have 4 flat tires, but I think it would be a nice touch.... aesthetically speaking.

Brandon,

this guy was in the gym today looking for another serving of your
milkshake.

Hannah - awesome job on the pullups, lady! Your patience and persistence paid off - you'll be ready to do Angie as rx'd the next time it comes up!

Nice work Hannah! We've gotta capture that on film! Getting stronger and stronger 1 pull-up at a time.

Yeah, Hannah. That was cool. You got up on the box, said something like "I don't think I'm going to be able to do it" then did a pullup!

Kim

Yeah, Hannah. That was cool. You got up on the box, said something like "I don't think I'm going to be able to do it" then did a pullup!

Kim

Lance - Awesome work yesterday! You're a true inspiration to me. With a lot of the other hotshots at CFO I can attribute their excellence to youth (and hard work, dedication, determination, skill, diet, genetics, freakishness, etc.); but, given that we're the same age.... Well, you kill all my excuses. Thanks for setting a high bar!

I'm officially protesting Bill's characterization of me as one of the young guys.

Bill- Thanks for the kind words.. Us old guys just have to work alot harder than the hotshots(Mike Minium not included).11 months left of training baby!!!
Mike, you better watch out BRO!!

Lance-
Distinguishing your Fuel2Go meals by blocks is nice, but I want to know which ones have the Human Growth Hormone added!

Awesome job, not just on yesterday's workout, but on your, day in, day out hard work!

Lance,

You have your shit together. I was reading through the comments and you and OPT had the same score on this WOD!
You have proven consistant hard work at the gym and good nutrition pay off big. Big respect!

Nabil, are you on coke? or possibly meth? That seemed like an "all night coke binge" rant. I know because my old roommate would do at least one all night coke binge a month. Good times. Anyway, I clearly stated (and anyone who cares about Clutch) in the post. So the 10 seconds is your own.

Lance, you killed it. Thanks for the push while I was suffering through that ridiculous wod. Last round of dips I had to resort to the 2-kip singles. Mike knows what I'm talking about.

OH, and double-props to Lance AND Sierra for both giving top performances this week. Just goes to show that hard work, and whatever performance enhancing drug you're putting in your meals-to-go, absolutely pays off. Keep it up.

Thanks! I'll try to figure out what Lance is putting in my steel-cut oats in the morning and I'll pass along the recipe. Not that any of you other beasts need it - I saw last night's 6pm class, very hardcore. That class was all muscle, man.

re: the video/commercial

I see a broadway style musical format. The stage is of course the gym. Elaborate LuluLemon costumes for the woman, men in ballet shorts (stuffed) no shirts.

Filmed from the top of the stairs.

Synchronized C2B pull-ups, a group of bear crawlers in the middle of the floor, pairs of dead-lifters facing each other in a cherographed up/down rythmn. We need one woman in a red dress (think Cirque de Soleilo Le Reve) floating from the rafters.

I'll leave the music to Brandon with Nabil providing the lyrics.

The message of growth, self-discovery thru self-applied torture will be evident.

Thoughts?

what kind of commercial is this if the women have more clothing on than the men?... fancy colorful costumes aside, It sounds like your'e voting for a homo erotic montage with brandon and Daniel at the power exchange? could bring good business, just dont know if it's the niche we were looking for Brad

Brad,

There is but one word to describe your vision: Art.

Lance, I know this is piling on, but you are just killing it. 7+ rounds of that beastly thing? I see that you're serious about starting now to get ready for the '09 games.

Hannah, Queen of the jungle gym. Nice work. You got kip written all over you.

Nabil -

Try to write a scene for Nicole. I'm thinking a "Evita Peron - Don't Cry for Me Argentina" type solo on the top of the steps.