Transmission resumes...............

Sorry for the break in posts, I guess me going back to work and working at the gym have got in the way.


Pics from Fridays "Filthy 50" which I finished in 26:44

More to follow...................

Boxing Day

A good boxing day, we only held a 10am class at MaD CrossFit and hit them with the "Filthy Sixties" like a "Filthy 50" but with only 60 seconds work at each exercise.

Box Jumps on Boxing Day and using the new Wallball targets

Val and Ralph joined in for a fast and furious 10 minutes of fun and games. Great effort.

Then it was home to throw more food on the grill as Liz, Craig and Bohdi joined us for lunch.

The girls enjoyed their play date with Bohdi so we left them at home as we headed to Te Papa to check out a Collosal Squid and an exhibition on a day in Pompeii.

Now we are back home catching up on the news and looking forward to a relaxing evening at home.

Progress report.................

Work in the gym continues, looking forward to spending some time there over my leave break from the Army.

The 3rd Olympic lifting platform is in and a new storage rack under construction


Making use of the toys, Matt and Anthony hit todays, MaD CrossFit WOD

It looks like Christmas........

No penguin on the roof this year, but the kitchen looks festive.

The other important piece of Christmas equipment the new grill :-)

At least I will be grilling in the summer sun this year, not snow like last year.

Is it Christmas yet?

Kiwi is not impressed with the approach of Christmas!

I spent the last week in Waiouru, blowing up unexploded ammunition (blinds or duds, depending where you come from in the world). This pic has an 81mm High Explosive Mortar Bomb in the foreground and Mount Ruapehu in the background. Some days the view from my "office" is actually pretty good.

More Oly Cert Pics and a video

Coaching Skye from Montreal, CA at an Oly Cert in Auckland NZ, how bizarre!


Snatching at lunchtime under Coach B's eagle eye!

Checkout Coach B's motivational consquences.

Motivation by Coach B from Matt Dyson on Vimeo.

Great 1st day at the Oly Cert in Auckland

A long day coaching, Coach B, Donna and Matt

Who else thinks Taz's pants look like frogs legs?

The girls at Cf Auckland

A good hamstring stretch!

The bar is done!

More work at the gym today. The pull up bar is finished, I have to say I am pretty happy with the MasterKlamp system from Fletcher Steel. We now have 8 metres of bar, more than enough to start with. We also got the wallball targets up. We intend to put a stencil of the snatching kiwi in the middle of each.

Working on the bar and the finished product!

Looking pretty good now

Now time to work on the extra space. Not sure of the exact layout, we are still working through a few options.

Great that we can drive in, one possible layout

We are picking up some good stuff on TradeMe the NZ version of E-Bay. Kiwi has been helping :-)

Kiwi checks her watch list

Free at last :-)

We went and released the girls from their 30 day quarantine experience. Now they are making themselves at home and shedding hair everywhere :-)

On the road home and exploring the yard

Everything smells different and adding their own smells

Yesterday was more work at the gym. The massage room is ready for clients :-)

Painting and cutting, those plyo boxes are coming in handy

Just need some carpet for the floor

Bruce and Marilyn for Lis and Aimee

MaD Crossfits new home gets some love.........

We spent the day fitting out the new box. Managed to get two platforms down and the massage room got a coat of primer.

BEFORE

The initial space

The extra space - very bare and basic!

Thanks Val and Ralph for the can of primer :-)

Cleaning up after priming the massage room

AFTER

Balls, barbells, boxes and rings, just need a pull up bar!

In case you are missing the pugs like us, watch this: http://www.raincitystory.com/flash/screenclean.swf

Two days on the road.................

We spent the last couple of days on the road. We headed up to Ngongotaha to pick up my stuff from storage. This meant 6-7 hours a day on the road and a couple of hours loading and unloading the car and trailer.

The weather on Wednesday was great, some great views. Today was not so hot but we dodged most of the showers when unloading the trailer.

Mt Ruapehu and Lake Taupo

The biggest trailer the car could tow. Starting to load......

Loading and loaded!

The girls are still in jail, but we hope to have them out this weekend.