CrossFit Ireland Fitness Invitational, Feb 6th

Colm_OReilly

Hey all,

The next Fitness Invitational - your chance to test your fitness in a fun, friendly a supportive environment - is scheduled for Saturday, February 6th.

After the roaring succes of 2009 we're hoping to continue that trend in 2010.

We're hoping to host a good few guys from outside CrossFit Ireland and welcome anyone, regardless of your fitness experience, who wants to give it a go. There's already a positive buzz amongst our guys, so if you're interested, please get in touch with either myself (086-8151092/colm at crossfit dot ie) or Tom (086-6077771/tom at crossfit dot ie)

Here's the boards.ie thread from the September Invitational

Here's our Invitational site

Hope to see you in Feb!
Colm

cmyk

Balls....I can't think of an excuse good enough to get me out of this!

Roper

Will be in Belfast with a fighter but I'll mention it to the rest of the folks at the gym.

Best of luck with it!

crossfitincork?

There better be muscle ups, and lots of them!

Edwardius

crossfitincork? wrote: »

There better be muscle ups, and lots of them!

Hi Ger, are yourself and Pat competing this time? Also, are you bringing your consignment of scary-fit super-langers ?

crossfitincork?

Ed, Im coming up anyway and i presume Pat is too. There is already one langer in college in UCD so he might compete if he is not playing Sigerson cup. I've said it to the other langers but most of them are playing schools rugby so i doubt they will compete.

LightningBolt

I'll be along, expecting to do scaled down versions of whatever it is you decide to have us do...

cardio,shoot me

LightningBolt wrote: »

I'll be along, expecting to do scaled down versions of whatever it is you decide to have us do...

i did a 16 minute scaled fran. nothing to be a shamed of!

Transform

i am sure a few of my clients will man or woman up and do it!!

Awaits post from them

Hanley

I'm actually gonna train for this one!!

I'm stuck in fcuking Mayo for the last week before the comp so it'll probably mostly be bodyweight metcons and compulsive double under practice down there.

Transform

crossfit jackie today for me in the lads new place (which was excellent) - 6.53mins

thats row 1000m, 50reps on thrusters with 20kg and 30reps on pull ups.

Hanley

Transform wrote: »

crossfit jackie today for me in the lads new place (which was excellent) - 6.53mins

thats row 1000m, 50reps on thrusters with 20kg and 30reps on pull ups.

Crikey. That's ugly. Gonna have to try it this week. Will deffo be miles off that time tho. What sorta 500m split times on the row?

I did this yesterday in 4.29, was good fun but my forearms were dead by the end of it;
5 rounds w/ 60kg bar
9 deadlifts
6 hang power cleans
3 push press

Anyone got any suggestions on 15-20 minute metcons that I can do???

Colm_OReilly

Finished Jackie in 7:59. Dominic was about 20 seconds faster than me on the row, about a 1:43 split. I did the thrusters in 20,10,10,10 whereas he got through them in 25,25. Couldn't catch him on the pull ups.

Fun.

We've a good few girls from our place entering as well so it'd be awesome to get some of the boards girlies down. We can scale everything on the day for you.

If you've never tried CrossFit before, or anything similar, sure give us a call and you can call down and do a session with us before the Invitational.

KevinH

What do you lads think of thrusters ?

Have to say i don't like them; hurt my wrists and shoulders.

I'd rather do sets of front squats and push presses seperately, then do burpees or swings/dumbbell snatches if I wanted a "metcon" workout.

What do you think you get out of doing eg 50 reps of them ?

Colm_OReilly

Thrusters force a compromise in grip position between the Front Squat and the Push Press, which means two things. One, your front squat has to be very upright so you can transition into the push press. Two, if you push too early, you generally hurt your wrists.

The benefit to a thruster is how taxing it is, because you've to hold your breath for longer than just a front squat or push press. The longer range of motion is one advantage, as well as the large eccentric component to the lift.

All that said, it's just one tool amongst many.

Transform

Hanley wrote: »

Crikey. That's ugly. Gonna have to try it this week. Will deffo be miles off that time tho. What sorta 500m split times on the row?

I did this yesterday in 4.29, was good fun but my forearms were dead by the end of it;
5 rounds w/ 60kg bar
9 deadlifts
6 hang power cleans
3 push press

Anyone got any suggestions on 15-20 minute metcons that I can do???

emmm crossfit angie will take a good while!

crossfit michael is long enough also

Colm_OReilly

Over 20 guys registered now for Feb, promises to be great!

We've Davie Easton from CrossFit Hobo/CrossFit Central Scotland and his mate flying over. Also Dominic Beardwell from CF Central Manchester competing. Closer to home we've Pat & Ger, too die hard CrossFitters from Cork (Ger a former long distance runner, Pat a former competitive powerlifter) making the trip. And Hanley has been hitting the double unders hard in anticipation for this. Also making his return to metcons and cardio is The Shane, the guy who got me into CrossFit in the first place.

Really shaping up to be a great day full of displays of awesome fitness and comedy banter that we always bring. Hope to see you there on the day, either to compete or spectate.

TTT!

BossArky

For anyone who is in two minds I'd recommend you go along and watch even if you cannot take part. The last invitational was great fun - you will learn something, meet new people and hopefully come away with renewed enthusiasm to train. What more could you want at the beginning of the year?

Check out this video of the final workout from the last invitational:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX6TZt-7IHY

Colm - best of luck with this. Sorry I won't make it, I'm moving to Australia next week.

d'Oracle

I might head over and sit around watching whilst drinking milk.

token

Wow this invitational is going to be off the chain! Some big hitters are making their way down for this one. Hopefully someone from Ireland takes the title this time I'd be cheering for Will but being a CFI coach he can't place afaik so I'm gonna cheer for Pat from Cork.

Hanley

I'm gonna make a bold prediction;

Heavy snatches of some sort will appear, and double unders won't.

I'll anticipate Colm's reply too; "Maybe they will, maybe they won't. Who knows?"

Edwardius

Snatches would be good. Hopefully there's no high rep deads.

Transform

Dead Ed wrote: »

Snatches would be good. Hopefully there's no high rep deads.

hopefully there is any kind of deadlifting!

Edwardius

Transform wrote: »

hopefully there is any kind of deadlifting!

I think regardless of what's included I'm gonna want to lie down in a dark room with 2 litres of milk and a cheesecake afterwards :pac:

Colm_OReilly

Haha! It'll be an awesome day. And when the workouts are released I anticipate the following responses;

"Interesting"
"YES! Just what I was hoping for!"
"Ah f*ck!"
"I'm out!"
"I think I can win this"
etc

and my personal favourite

"Jesus Colm, what did we ever do to you!"

Just remember that while some people on this board *cough*Hanley*cough* take this thing really seriously we see it as a great opportunity for people to come together, try their hand at a new challenge, and get inspired for their fitness.

Our girls are looking forward to it, and if people have to scale, scale away. Like Dominic said to a friend when we were talking about it. "From someone lifting 7 kilos to 70, everyone cheers you on because we understand the common struggle."

Col

token

Hanley wrote: »

I'll anticipate Colm's reply too; "Maybe they will, maybe they won't. Who knows?"

Colm knows! :pac:

Transform

token wrote: »

Colm knows! :pac:

its the shared collective pain that is involved and the respect that everyone gives it a shot.

There are many people out there that think they are 'fit' or in great shape so with that in mind i suggest you man or woman up and get involved.

Always a super day and I guarantee you will learn lots

Hanley

Colm_OReilly wrote: »

Just remember that while some people on this board *cough*Hanley*cough* take this thing really seriously we see it as a great opportunity for people to come together, try their hand at a new challenge, and get inspired for their fitness.

Yeah yeah yeah.... community... friendship... opportunities... challenges... etc etc....

I'm a competitive pr*ck. I make no apologies for it.

I do enjoy being at comps for the shared spirit of it all tho. It's nice seeing people hit PR's and sh!t, pushing themselves right to the end, and I'll probably cheers louder than anyone and offer whatever coaching advice that I can, but once it gets to within 5 minutes of my time to go, I'm not nice to be around. I'm the same at powerlifting competitions!!

Consider yourselves warned

(and I'd damn well better do at least decently or I'm gonna look like a serious knob)

EDIT: I should probably point out for those of you who haven't met me - I'm not a total a$$hole. I just love lifting and competiting in anything physical!! Hell I spent a good while teaching some lad how to front squat in TF Sandyford last week, and held Cardio's hand thru some power cleans as well.

Transform

Hanley wrote: »

Yeah yeah yeah.... community... friendship... opportunities... challenges... etc etc....

I'm a competitive pr*ck. I make no apologies for it.

I do enjoy being at comps for the shared spirit of it all tho. It's nice seeing people hit PR's and sh!t, pushing themselves right to the end, and I'll probably cheers louder than anyone and offer whatever coaching advice that I can, but once it gets to within 5 minutes of my time to go, I'm not nice to be around. I'm the same at powerlifting competitions!!

Consider yourselves warned

(and I'd damn well better do at least decently or I'm gonna look like a serious knob)

EDIT: I should probably point out for those of you who haven't met me - I'm not a total a$$hole. I just love lifting and competiting in anything physical!! Hell I spent a good while teaching some lad how to front squat in TF Sandyford last week, and held Cardio's hand thru some power cleans as well.

Yea yea just because you did your good deed for the day does not let you off the hook - competitive a hole!!!

cardio,shoot me

Hanley wrote: »

EDIT: I should probably point out for those of you who haven't met me - I'm not a total a$$hole. I just love lifting and competiting in anything physical!! Hell I spent a good while teaching some lad how to front squat in TF Sandyford last week, and held Cardio's hand thru some power cleans as well.

i gotta vouch for this, altho there was no hand holding as much as hed like to believe :P. but he helped out a completlely random guy who asked for advise, pretty damn cool if you ask me

Hanley

cardio,shoot me wrote: »

i gotta vouch for this, altho there was no hand holding as much as hed like to believe :P. but he helped out a completlely random guy who asked for advise, pretty damn cool if you ask me

Sssh you or I won't help you with your power cleans anymore. Should be up again on Wednesday by the way.

g'em

I'll be coming up for this too, and fully anticipate having my ass kicked by the CF girls

gabgab

Brillaint, be great to see you again G'em

cardio,shoot me

Hanley wrote: »

Sssh you or I won't help you with your power cleans anymore. Should be up again on Wednesday by the way.

cool, im doing pretty much everything that day :P

Colm_OReilly

That's awesome g'em, can you make sure you fill out your reg details for a competition profile?

Hanley popped up to check the terrain of our new Sandyford location yesterday, blitzed the wod and then gave us a quick interview of what he predicts will come up. It's on our Facebook event page now.

Really looking forward to this, promises to be a lot of fun.

LightningBolt

Did y'days wod in 6mins flat. Feck me it was hard, was talking to Tom Colm, a lot of the stuff I'd be useless at so might just head along and watch the whole thing. have a mate who's with you over there so gonna head along in the next week and see what the place is like!

By the way between the wod, goblet squats and other stuff I was doing I got some mighty weird looks in the gym yesterday!

Transform

LightningBolt wrote: »

Did y'days wod in 6mins flat. Feck me it was hard, was talking to Tom Colm, a lot of the stuff I'd be useless at so might just head along and watch the whole thing. have a mate who's with you over there so gonna head along in the next week and see what the place is like!

By the way between the wod, goblet squats and other stuff I was doing I got some mighty weird looks in the gym yesterday!

dont worry - if you do more crossfit workouts most people will just vacate the area you are in after the first round or two OR they will stop to look an wonder "oh its chest day emmm no back day, feck it he is doing legs now, mad that guy is mad!"

celestial

Heheheh put it this way if you ain't doing a bench press, a shoulder press, a bicep curl or a lat pull-down then you are defo gonna look craazyy...

Transform

the best is burpees - so old school and wayyy overlooked.

Killed doing them again with pull ups today as arms still hanging off me from the crossfit lynne i did 2 days ago- got 155reps but scaled from 90kg to 80kg, yes i am a big girls blouse to have done that buttt i did not drop below 20reps on the pull ups every round and was super strict on taking excactly 3mins break between the 5 rounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0hz3cAN_OQ

One of the guys in the gym said - so back and chest today eh

d-gal

Hanley wrote: »

I'm actually gonna train for this one!!

I'm stuck in fcuking Mayo for the last week before the comp so it'll probably mostly be bodyweight metcons and compulsive double under practice down there.

Forgot to say if you want you can make the trek down to Galway and I'll train you no problem, would be a pleasure. Round 45/60mins journey, worth the ass-kicking I would give you!

Hanley

d-gal wrote: »

Forgot to say if you want you can make the trek down to Galway and I'll train you no problem, would be a pleasure. Round 45/60mins journey, worth the ass-kicking I would give you!

How far are ya from Kiltimagh? (think I spelled that right!)

It'd be 7ish before I'd make it to ya, dunno if you train that late?? I'll deffo pop down tho if ya do. Thanks man!

d-gal

Hanley wrote: »

How far are ya from Kiltimagh? (think I spelled that right!)

It'd be 7ish before I'd make it to ya, dunno if you train that late?? I'll deffo pop down tho if ya do. Thanks man!

39 miles according to google! around 45mins, all depending on traffic. Ya can train that late, or you could try a couple of 6am sessions, easy traffic wise and freshly fcuked for work

Colm_OReilly

One week to go until the Workouts for the Invitational are announced!

There's a great buzz down at CrossFit Ireland amongst all our guys, and everyone's looking forward to it. We've always maintained that competition, or having something to aim for, helps focus your training and getting more out of it, and last night really proved that. Pat got a 20Kg PR on his snatch and Louise tried her (bad) hand at one handed snatches and lifted 20Kg, the first time doing them.

As Hanley said if you're on the fence about this just register and have a great day with it all. Full details of everything so far is on www.crossfit.ie/invitational/

We'd welcome anyone who's got a bit of time on Saturday next to come down and even watch what we do, chat to the guys and experience a great day.

I'm actually giddy looking forward to this!
Col

Colm_OReilly

Just a quick bump with a few days to go. The schedule is up here for those that are interested.

We've still a few spots open for anyone who's interested in giving this a go. G'em, are you still planning on taking part?

Transform

wow cant wait for the events to be announced

d'Oracle

Found out on Saturday night that a mate of mine is doing the essentials class over in CFI at the moment.

If he is headin over to watch, I will join him.

g'em

Colm_OReilly wrote: »

We've still a few spots open for anyone who's interested in giving this a go. G'em, are you still planning on taking part?

Yup and am coming to terms with the ass-whipping now to save me the embarrassment on Saturday

Edit: Colm I tried registering but I didn't work for some reason

Colm_OReilly

Hey g'em,

I got your registration in my inbox there so you're good to go. No photo came through so if you want to mail one on separately I'll post it with your profile.

d'Oracle, that's cool, everyone's free to watch.

g'em

cool, will you PM me your email address?

Colm_OReilly

colm at crossfit dot ie will do fine

Colm_OReilly

Invitational Workouts Announced!

http://crossfit.ie/invitational/2010/02/04/invitational-workouts/