Brian A. is a smart cookie. He came in last night and the 4PM class was finishing their workout. He looked at the workout on the board and said,
"so a pistol is like a one legged body row?"
And you know what? He was right. Pistols, when done rx'd are squats on one leg, with the other leg held out straight in front. For those of us who can't do them as prescribed, we have to hang onto a ring or a ledge in order to maintain our balance. Brain was watching the 4PM'ers finish up, and indeed, they were doing one legged body rows.
Our strength work yesterday was single rep max for heavy pull-ups. I am officially naming June get-your-first-pull-up month. We had a few more people yesterday get their VERY FIRST pull-ups! Season, Hannah and Alyson all rocked their first pull-ups yesterday! GREAT JOB LADIES!
I want to give a BIG thanks to Sam and Kinsy for bringing in the 50lb weight vest; it's AWESOME! Check out Steph R. doing a 50lb weighted pull-up!
The metcon was another 15:00 AMRAP of power cleans, pistols and double unders. Everyone did a great job! Know who came back yesterday - Kilo! It's always good to see some of our old friends return, even if it's been a while. Once you're a part of the Fort Family, you are ALWAYS welcome!
Can my Fort Dads arrive on Saturday at 8:30AM with one of their kids? I'd like to do our big Father's Day picture (overhead squatting a child) on Saturday morning so I can post it on Sunday.
Ok - last thing, I promise. I just scheduled our next ramp-up to start 6/28. Tell your friends, family and co-workers about it so we can fill it! As a side note - do I have anyone interested in doing a morning ramp-up? If so, shoot me an email right away!



June 17, 2010, 2:36 pm
OOh Ooh...I wanna try the vest!
June 17, 2010, 6:47 pm
Great job Steph!!! Not bad considering it wasn't that long ago that you couldn't even do a single pull-up.
June 18, 2010, 8:13 am
Good point, Pete! Steph, you are SO STRONG!
June 18, 2010, 3:34 pm
Thanks Bro for taking the band away from me and pushing me until I got that first pull-up!!! That was back in the end of Feb!!! I'm trying to follow in my big brothers foot steps lol!!! I owe it you guys for pushing me and coaching me!!!
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