..Lighten up..

..this morning we trekked it out to Rapid Crossfit West (how the f do I put a hyperlink in??????) for a little competition run by them for their opening.. had no idea what it was going to be like, was a wee bit petrified when we got there and saw how official it all was (eeeeeek!).. and to make matters even worse - neither of our coaches were there for the 2 WODs we did.. everyone else had their coach as their judge (yes all very official - coaches calling out NO REP etc etc as well as motivational words and tips on technique) which kinda sucked.. Tim (one of our guys) kindly stepped in to coach us for the second WOD and holy moly did it help.. he was FABULOUS! Coach Tim at the end of WOD2!

So WOD 1 went like this:

10min AMRAP

• 10 Front squat (25kg)
• 10 ab mat sit ups
• 10 hand release push ups

Amanda and I had a combined score of 15 rounds + 21.. Was GOOD! I really enjoyed that one - the front squats were good - 25kg was totally manageable!

WOD 2:

21-15-9

• 400m run at start of each round
• KB swings (American) 12kg
• Push press 20kg

Another really good workout which I enjoyed!! The 400m run was a killer - the last 20 meters was a bloody hill UGH and i couldnt get my breath properly in the last round.. We had a combined score of 12min something which I was totally stoked with!

We were privelidged to watch the big guns doing their thing in the rx’d group - woah mama, some machines man!!!! Totally something to aspire to be like.. oh yeah and plenty of eye candy of course uh huh mmmhmmm.. *swooooon* :D

eighttoinfinity said: Is Garry the one going to the Games? I’m going (as a spectator) so I’ll try to take a pic to post for you ;)

..oh my goodness I am so jealous! that will be one big perve fest hahaha! excellent! Yep Garry is going - Oooh a pic would be amazing but prob a bit of a mission I’d say! :)

..this is what we did yesterday - to raise funds for one of our coaches who is off to the CrossFit games in the States.. such a FUN morning :D

Over 100 people turned up to either participate or support our team workout which consisted of 5 WODs.. I can’t remember all of them but it was so well organised and run, and was SO SO cool seeing non-crossfitters getting stuck in and having a go!

The following photos were all taken by @thatchickistragic (shot bro)..

here is Garry! YAY GO GARRY! it was also his 59th birthday - he is amazing <3

Here is us! Team ‘Tite and brite’ - took a while for our brains to work and figure out all of the instructions!

Team Tite and Brite in action! We had to do a Team ‘Angie’, so here is us doing our pull ups woo!

This WOD involved a team relay - each person - 20 burpees, 20 air squats and then a 100m tyre drag (10kg).. DEAD LEGS MUCH?????

Team Tite and Brite gossiping no doubt hahahahah! we had a fair amount of eye candy to look at so just “taking a bit of a break” ;-)

Kirstin smashed her previous 1RM woo! YOU GO GURRRRL!

afterwards we had the biggest mama feed EVER! SO MUCH AMAZING FOOD mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!

some of the wonderful and amazing people of CrossFit Manukau - a few people missing though bugger it :( <3 my crossfit family xx

GO GARRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!