A Family Affair
July 24, 2008
My family decided to stop by and check out exactly what it is we do here at Albany CrossFit. My two sisters hopped in and gave the WOD a try while my parents and nephews chose to observe (wise decision). I would consider both of my sisters pretty athletic. My older sister Corey live in Texas and plays for the HellCats of the Texas Roller Derby, and my younger sister Carly attends Colgate University and “works out” on a daily basis…so “Jackie” won’t be a problem for either of them, right?
Niki took them along with Jen and Yasar through the warm-up which is enough for someone to say, “there is more than this?” We had 8 people in class including Mike, Abby, Lenora, and Niki, so all the rowers went down, and 3-2-1-GO! Everyone was off hitting the 1k hard, Mike was off the rower first in under 4 minutes, Corey was not far behind being a strong rower back in high-school (twenty years ago). Everyone was off the rower and ready to hit their 50 thrusters, this was the breaking point, most get through 10 no problem and then think to themselves, I have to do 40 more of these?
Nonetheless, everyone finished their thrusters and attacked the pullups. Everyone always wants to scale a little more than I would like, but I encouraged everyone to challenge themselves with a harder band than they are comfortable with. Yasar and Jen both used blue and finished very strong. Jen was amazingly strong in her first WOD. She is going to be an absolute firebreather…look out ladies!
I’m glad everyone had a fun time this afternoon. Nice to finally give my sisters some abuse after years of dealing with them! Not easy being the only boy!
If you can’t do it, don’t blame yourself, blame your parents. They gave you weak genes.
Just don’t pass them on.
Just don’t pass them on.
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Great to see your family, and have your family see you in your milieu. “My Big Fit Family Workout”!