Done!

Platform is done, just pick the height and get ready to load some stones

Our two new 24kg Kettlebells arrived so.....

...... now I have more to paint.

Work in progress

This should work, just need some 4x4's to use as the main supports

What's hanging in your yard?

The girls enjoy the mid winter sun

On the ropes and then in the gym
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My workout today was Jen Conlin's birthday wod:
Ten Mins to go for a 15-20 rep Back squat at 50% or 65% of your 1Rm
I got to 20 @ 100kg
MetCon
Run 800m with bumper plate (25#/15#) 10kg plate
20 Box Jumps 24 inch
20 Power Cleans(95#/135) 60kg
10 Ring push-ups
Run 800m With Bumper plate
15 Box Jumps
15 Power cleans
10 Ring push ups
As Rx 18:38 :-)

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Brilliant idea!

Strongman stuff at MaD

Toys :-)


Good shoulder but then a miss on pressing the 45kg stone

Stone loading

Teaching the tire flip

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Good day at the gym, great crew from CrossFit Mana. Thanks AJ and Jenn for coming down to play.

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Workout

Run 400m

4 x 45kg stone loads

Run 400m

10 x 90kg Tire flips

Run 400m

10 x 90kg Fat Bar Deadlifts

As Rx 5:22

More pics here

Dogs, some wod's and stones.............

Some new artwork at the gym, thanks to my brother Dan and his family Kat, Esme' and the newly arrived Cordy for the Blik pugs.

We think the one on the right is Ging!

Everything in it's place.

Wednesday 16 Jun

Clean 5 x 5 - 60-70-80-85 x 4 - 60kg
Then 6 minute AMRAP:
3 Muscle Ups
6 Thrusters 43/30
As Rx 5 rounds
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Thursday - Rest

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Friday

Press 1 x 5 – 60-62.5-65-67.5-70kg Fail
Front Squat 1×15 80kg (these were nasty)
AMRAP in 8 minutes:
8 box jumps (mid thigh)
8 OHS (43/30)
8 KBS (1.5/1)

As Rx 5 rounds + 20 reps.

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Saturday and Sunday were rest days but I did manage to move some concrete and soon we will have another baby stone :-)

Empty and full
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Monday

Back Squat 5 x 5 - 60-80-100-110-110

21-15-9

Deadlift 100/75kg

Push Ups

As Rx 2:32 :-)

New toys and somewhere to put them.

2 new bars one 20kg with bearings and 17kg with bushings.
12 new change plates 4 each of 5,2.5 and 1.25kg


New bar holders :-)

Todays workout:

Cleans 1 x 5 - I used the new 17kg bar, seems to spin ok.

77-87-92-97F-92Kg

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Back squat 1 x 20 @ 102kg
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Met Con 3 RFT

6 Ring Dips

6 Power Snatch 42kg

250m Row

All done in 5:50

Rest day car shopping and more.........

The girls make good use of their rest day.

We on the other hand spent a few hours looking for a car for Donna.

This is what we got, a Toyota Corolla Wagon, tinted windows and all :-)

I finally got around to making another rope for the gym using the 1 inch dia rope that I brought back from Tulsa, Ok in March.

Another gym toy.

I also found a small tyre that is perfect for the 10 inch stone mold, time to make some more rocks!

Cute or what?

Bombing and new T's

A busy weekend at the gym so no time or energy to workout.

Before and After the bombing

New letter box and wall ball targets
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The new T's finally arrived.

Mens - (L to R Front and Back)

Ladies - (L to R Front and Back)

Back in the groove..................

So a few days to catch up on.

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Monday: MetCon only 4 Rounds For Time:
Row 200m
10 Toes to Bar
Time:5:28

Tuesday:Bench Press 5 x 5
60-70-80-85-91kg x 4 (trying for an even 200lbs x 5 but not quite there today)
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3 Rounds For Time
10 Kettlebell Swings 30% Body Weight
50m Sprint, due to the torrential downpour I subbed shuttle runs for sprints and used the 2 pood bell
Time: 1:58

Today our new bumpers arrived from the US, we now have 4 more 20kg and 10kg plates plus 6 more 5kg plates, should be enough for a while.

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Then I did the MaD workout:Deadlift 3 x 5

130-140-145-150-155kg PR :-)
Then:
3RFT
20 Steps Walking Lunge 20kg Overhead
10 Box Jump 70cm

Time: 4:24

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Donna is on her own program from Catalyst Athletics, sporting her CrossFit Harlem T on the row, sandbag clean and half moon workout tonight :-)

"Murph" and releasing the stones..............

Yesterday we hit "Murph" as the MaD CrossFit workout of the day. I quite like this workout in a sort of perverse way. I wore my issue frag vest, made for a whole other level of suffering, as Rx 47:28.

"Murph"

For time:
1 mile (1600m) Run
100 Pull-ups
200 Push-ups
300 Squats
1 mile (1600m) Run
Partition the pull-ups, push-ups, and squats as needed. If you’ve got a twenty pound vest or body armor, wear it.
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Then today after the ANZAC Day dawn service in Upper Hutt we headed to Makara to the womens only MTB series to give away a spot prize and meet some more local ladies who ride.

After that it was time to hit the gym for some rowing, some cleaning and some running repairs. A few clients joined us as well, there are only 5 days left in our 100,000m challenge.

Once we finally made it home it was time to release the stones. Not the greatest in the world, but a good start. Next time more vibration required.

A busy weekend, but all good stuff!

Yesterday was Hopper Deck day at MaD CrossFit, we ended up with the 6 of Diamonds
50 Wallballs
40 Double Unders (or 160 SU’s)
30 KBS
20 Walking Lunge
10 Box Jump

This one was the 3rd choice, Joshie, and 150 KBS went the way of a 10 Burpee penalty.

Great wod
5:17
160 SU’s -1.5pood KBS-24″ BJ
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We also hit some max effort box jumps- didn't quite make this one at 115cm

Then today we headed out to Makara to check out the trails.

After that it was time for a quick 5k row and to clean the gym, before I finally got around to making a couple of Atlas Stones.

In a weeks time we will know how these ones worked out :-)

Sleeve and a T

The replacement sleeve for one of our York Barbells arrived from Again Faster today so I spent the evening fixing that.

Then I got to coach a great Fight Gone Bad session. Nick (279) and Sovita (266) rocked it as Rx :-) Great stuff.

Again Faster also supplied a great new T.