Paige and Joe meet "Jeremy"

Robyn and Paige- Paige is visiting from North Carolina and chose Foothills CrossFit to get her WOD on! What a wonderful thing the community of CrossFit is! You know where ever you go- you've got friends to get a killer work out with! It was great meeting you Paige! Joe and Paige in the middle of "Jeremy" Overhead Squats and Burpees- killer!

This Week

What does it say about the CrossFit community that we cheer harder for the guy who finishes last than the guy that finishes first?! This week we will be highlighting the members of our quickly growing community, sharing their stories of success, frustration, gains in strength and self-confidence. (As well as their inevitable loss of weight and inches, which occured mainly in the men - what is up with that?)

Not to be outdone by either Alisha or Tony - Linnette shows up telling us about her pants that had shrunk and the fact that she was wearing 2 different colored socks. What is going on with these people that they can do crazy, killer workouts but they can't figure out their clothing situation?

Oh, great job on your double unders as well Linnette!

Not to be outdone by Tony who rolled up his jeans to do a WOD this week, Alisha wore her pajamas and kicked butt on her double unders.

Mike rests like a normal person (well, sort of) and Danielle rests like the freak she is.

Lori resting using her head, then her chest, then her stomach. Whatever works. For each of us.

Lucky 7's 2-16-09

Love(hate) those burpees! It was a pull-up party! Mike, Amanda, Sharon and Tony getting their 7 pull-ups/5rounds in. Nice outfit Tony!

Filthy 50!!

Amanda with her 50 wallballs. Feels so good to get those finished!

We don't know why Lida had hand prints on her butt after finishing Filthy Fifty, but we do know that she beat her previous time by 14 minutes! Lida, whatever you need to do to beat your time by that much, you go for it!

The toys are all out for Filthy Fifty

Trish in the zone during her Filthy Fifty double unders.

Robyn doing floor wipers from the pullup bars. Womens Health Magazine had a "fitness model" photographed demonstrating this move and noted that the man holding up the model's rear end had been "air-brushed" out of the photo because she herself could not do what was asked of her. They also noted that they found only a professional wrestler and a volleyball player that could pull it off. I wonder if those 2 do CrossFit because all of us CrossFitters could do this with no problem. Hmmmmmmmmmm....

This is Kyle Maynard. He is a CrossFitter. He is also the most inspirational human being we have ever met. He spoke at the FilFest Affiliate Gathering this weekend and left us speechless. He also made us realize that we can move beyond all of our limitations if we believe. And as CrossFitters, we do.

Tires are ridiculous. And there are so many things you can do with tires that really aren't that much fun, like flipping them and carrying them overhead and trying to pull them when they weigh 200#. Foothills CrossFit LOVES tires.

This is Murff, lover of running trails. He is showing his other love of thrusters (we think he likes running trails better).

This is Kevin. Superstud ice climber and lover of thrusters (we KNOW he likes climbing shear walls of solid ice better).

Victoria on her way to doing her first kipping pullup! We've been watching her practice this almost everyday. Commitment pays off in huge ways!

Tony successfully completes his 1 rep max deadlift of 300# after spending lots of time perfecting his form and moving up in weight. It was worth every minute of his practice time, as is everything we practice in CrossFit. Great job Tony!