Cindy left town

First I’d like to welcome you to the box…it’s an exciting time to be new to Crossfit, but also an awkward time to come into such a huge transition period for the gym.

After posting here far too often (ask anyone) Ive come to realize that the most effective posts (especially ones that criticize the box or staff) are the ones that provide details which will allow people to improve themselves or their services. Just saying that someone or something sucks will not really effect much change. Maybe you could hit the edit button and add some helpful comments like “Avery doesnt pay attention to people’s hips” or “that Kevin P really needs to brush up on his olympic lifting knowledge” or “man Sara’s lack of intensity really leaves me feeling uninspired”.

You dont have to, but I guarantee you will get more out of your comment if it gives people more to work with.

Philosoraptor (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/philosoraptor) would say that a mass exodus of frustrated new people would alleviate the congestion problems and return the box to homeostasis.

But don’t do that!  Growing pains aside (and nothing grows forever — particularly in the fitness industry), the community at CFNYC is EXTRAORDINARY.  Ninety percent of my social interactions are with friends I’ve made at the box — I’ve literally alienated everyone else from my life (which makes putting the birthday invite lists easier, that’s for damn sure).

Here’s how I deal with CFNYC frustrations:
1. I privately e-mail the owners. 
2. I vent through group iPhone chats, mostly to coaches who are very dear friends; they get it, don’t worry.  Everyone’s on the same page. 
3. On a day I know will be crowded, I’ll do the WOD at my company gym, which pays dividends in terms of making me look more bad-ass than I am.
4. Tequila.

So, hopefully you’ll stick it out, and maybe if schedules align I will be one of your mentors in the evening.  If nothing else, and I’ve said this before, there’s always SoulCycle.  (I’m “that guy” who feels cool when he spins next to celebrities, and will post about it on Facebook.)

July 26th, 2011. My first day at Crossfit NYC. My first WOD out of Elements was Grace. I finished her in around 8 minutes using 115# (AKA slow and weak)
My overall fitness has changed considerably from when I first started. But something that has improved even more has been the mental side of things; being able to go to that dark place that you don’t want to go and finish the workout faster than what you did the previous time.
I owe a lot of my success to the coaches at CFNYC. They have not only been masters at teaching me the finer points of CrossFit, but they also serve as babysitters, therapists, sheep herders, motivational speakers (R-Rated or otherwise) and DJs. They even inspired me to get my CF-L1 certification. I’ve really missed coaching athletes since I quit coaching golf out of college. There’s something quite special seeing improvement in someone who has gone through hell and back trying to achieve it. Even as a fellow athlete in a class seeing Will Lanier knock off over a minute in his Fran time, or watching Adena get her first kipping pullup and now doing Fran Rx’d – it’s really fun to watch.
We at CFNYC are experiencing growth that is outpacing the resources and personnel needed to tackle said growth. This is the perfect storm of getting a new and improved box up and running, operating the old box, welcoming a record number of new members on a weekly basis, and doing all this with the same number of employees. I am surprised that both boxes are even operating as well as they are. 
Aside from the official full time coaches, there are many members who have received their CF-L1 certification because they see it as an added value to helping themselves and their own practice along with the ability to train others. Many of these members are volunteering their time to be an extra set of eyes and ears during busy times in the box. This will enable each and every athlete to get the attention he/she deserves.
I look forward to helping out our great coaches and meeting many of our new members who are as eager as I am to be a part of such a great community.

Think about all they could do if they raised our membership prices!! 

P.S. Nice job getting all Chloe (#24 #CTU4Ever) on the games data.  Impressive.

favorite cologne/perfume/toilette water

Brings on the DLs!

I double checked, the two shannons and emily Picon are listed on the  games.crossfit site as male. *shrug* 

I ranked each athlete by their score for each WOD, then summed each rank on each WOD to come up with a total score, then ranked the total score. the numbers say you’re awesome!  

There are a few athletes who were doing awesome but for some reason, did not have a verified score for 12.4, I added in a huge penalty (500) for missing scores to move them to the bottom of the rankings.

Do they grill up OK? I don’t season fresh salmon at all, but I’ve been put off by the thought that frozen fillets might turn a little musty as they leave cryogenic stasis.