Weekend Review: Sick Sounds, Strength and Soccer

For some reason this old lady went out a lot last week. In my previous post, I told you about the Joe show I saw on Wednesday. It doesn't stop there! I went out the next evening to see A-Trak! My sister Jill turned me onto to A-Trak not too long ago. We saw him for the first time last year in Atlantic City and he knocked our socks off! Everything from his song selection, to his scratching skills and his awesome visuals make for a great show! For all of you jaded with DJ/EDM culture (although he spins more than EDM), I highly suggest you check him out! He will show you what true DJing is all about!

Here is a shot of the master at work!

They even tossed out 8-bit fatheads of him...how fun!

Barbra Streisand!

Mr. Goldbar! The mascot for his record label, Fools Gold! Did you know that you can volunteer to dress up as Mr. Goldbar at his shows? Girls can even be t-shirt tossers!

Gahhh! Being a former member of the Nat Pack I knew I could have done that, but I didn't get the memo! That was my first #FOMO moment of the evening. Wah wah. But if I did do it maybe it would have looked something like this?

 

One of the lucky people that caught one of the fatheads let me take a picture with it!

My second #FOMO moment was that I learned that he sticks around after his shows to take selfies with his fans! And again I found out too late and they wouldn't let me back in after I left. :( Despite my #FOMO moments I had the best time! As he says on his Instagram, "Go to an A-trak show!" I say, "Go to an A-trak show! You won't be disappointed!"

That wasn't the only thing I did over the weekend. On Friday my crossfit box held its first Rubicon Smackdown. The Smackdown was a friendly competition of strength between other members of the box.

I got volunteered to judge a portion of the competition. Luckily, it didn't involve counting! I judged overhead squats so you either have it or you don't! Here is Kate going for max reps!

PJ lifting a sh** ton of weight!

The Smackdown wasn't without some tasty barbecue, dessert, and brews! Check out this Rogue bottle opener!

Cheers!

Prowler pushing time!

This event also served as a farewell party for Kendra, one of our crossfit coaches. After living here for about a year, she was moving back home to Oregon! I'm really going to miss her and I'm also going to miss her taste in music! Her dubstep selections really pumped me up during my workouts!

After all those fun filled events, the rest of the weekend was low key. We checked out this sub place in NE DC called Mother Ruckers. 

And then we watched U.S. Men's Soccer Team play Portugal. #WorldCup #IBelieveThatWeWillWin (on Thursday! :).

I hope you all had a fun weekend too! Have a great rest of the week! :)



My 2013 Crossfit Games Recap

Hi Everyone! Before I jet back to the West Coast (yes, again!) I wanted to give you all a recap of my experience at the Crossfit Games! Since I was going to be in in Southern California anyway for my family reunion I figured I should try to go to the Games as well. 

One day while I surfing twitter I saw that Wfit Nutrition was having a contest for Crossfit Games tickets. I entered and wouldn't you know...I won! 

Here is the shot of the winning email! Woohoo!

Scott and another one of his Wfit team members met me up at the gate to give me my tickets for the weekend. #winnerwinnerchickendinner

I took a lot of pictures so I'll let my photos to the talking!

Of course we had to take the quintessential shot in front of the marquee. 

We came in just in to to see the Men's Burden Run which consisted of:

• A 2.1 mile run
• Flip the pig 100 yards (this huge weighted thing!)
• 600 yard log carry
• Drag the iditarod 66 yards

I love how they had huge screens on either end of the stadium! The emcees were great too--always keeping the audience tuned in on the action!

 

Sorry for the teeny weeny pictures but I believe that this is Jason Khalipa as he reached the iditarod sled first...

 

Khalipa and another competitor...

 

And a wide angle of all the guys...

 

And much like the WODs at our boxes at home, the finishers were there to cheer on the others who were still going at it!

 

Look at these lovely ladies I found in the beer tent! CF Rubicon Represent! :)

Look who else I bumped into at the Games! One of my favorite coaches at Rubicon, Coach Rick! He was at the Games to help one of his friends at the Crossfit Experience area. The Crossfit Experience was a workshop type of area for spectators that showed you great demonstrations on mobility, defense, endurance, etc.

 

 

 

Here's a shot of Justin in front of the food truck area. Unfortunately, a lot of the lines were really long! We missed the zigzag sprint event waiting for Justin's food. Wah wah. 

The next day we woke up bright and early to catch the group competition. Here is a shot of the team workout area.

Their WOD was called Squat Burpees and it consisted of:

• 30 squats with the worm shouldered
• 30 squats over the worm

 

It sucked when a team was "no repped" (aka: didn't count) for a particular movement! You had to do each movement correctly and for the most part in unison. It looked exhausting!

 

Team 808 from Hawaii (one of the strongest of the "non-elite" teams) watched the other heats compete...

More shots of the team competition #wheresjesse?

Between the team and the individual rounds we decided to visit the Rocktape booth since Justin's wrist had been bothering him for a while...

 

Surprisingly, when the lady wrapped it, she didn't wrap the the actual wrist area because she said that pain usually originates from the tendons that surround the wrist.. You learn something new everyday. ;)

 

Luckily, right near the Rocktape booth was a German food truck with a short line. Unfortunately, although the line was short, the wait was still long! Drats!

 

 

After we grabbed a bit to eat we headed back into the stadium to women's clean and jerk ladder (cleaning and jerking ascending weights).

 

Amanda Goodman won this round! Man can she lift heavy!

 

Then it was onto the guys!

 

A shot of the eliminated guys in the middle and other shots as the competition wore on...

Froning and Khalipa going head to head!

And the cheese stands alone ;)

And although Jason Khalipa started out strong early on the competition, in the end Rich Froning Jr. wins it all for the third time! And Sam Briggs from the UK wins it in the women's competition!

Overall, my time at the Crossfit Games was an amazing experience. Seeing all of these athletes at the top of this sport compete was awe-inspiring! We had a great time and I would love to go again!