Today's WOD was fun guys, right? At least that was the intention of it, remember the old CrossFit slogan, "it doesn't have to be fun to be fun." I know none of you will admit it, but I can tell some of you, actually most of you were having a little fun and maybe even enjoying yourselves! You can't help it when working in teams and pushing each other, it's bound to be a little fun.
We tried to set up the teams with members of equal ability in order to keep the flow smooth and have the same weights for all team members. I think we did a really good job of that with all of the teams same gender except Kelly got tossed in with some of the tough guys, but she definitely held her own. Viv did a great job coaching her teammates Keith and Cindy not only to push themselves, but also to use better form. By the time they completed the WOD Keith and Cindy were squatting better, rowing stronger, and doing some pretty good medicine ball cleans!
After class everyone was getting excited for the POSE Running Clinic. A few crazies came and did class first. Matt and Donna led us through an awesome clinic and based on everyone's enthusiasm I would say it definitely improved everyone's running. Matt and Donna gave us great tips, recommendations, and drills to practice in order to improve our POSE running technique. After the Clinic a few of us stuck around for some interval work and everyone was thrilled with their running and some even set some new PRs. It is definitely going to take time and a lot of practice to learn how to POSE better and more efficiently but it is definitely worth it. Those of you at the training should definitely try to stick with the 6-week training program and I will do my best to incorporate it into the schedule.
It was great to finally meet Joy and her daughter Stacy. Joy is one of Brett's star morning members, and she was definitely looking awesome with her running. We look forward to having Stacy drop in to some of our evening classes!
Today was a great day. I look forward to seeing everyone tonight at Beff's!
Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction. --Al Bernstein
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Just want to thank Matt and Donna for a great POSE running class. I found many good tips and techniques I can use while running. Not only did they come well prepared to teach and coach 16 of us they were great teachers. Correcting our form, and encouraging us made the class very enjoyable
Look forward to seeing you in Great Barrington!
Posted by: Joy Smolinski | July 27, 2008 at 06:05 PM