If any of you have had the chance to meet Lloyd, you would know he is one of the most adorable dogs around. Kyla and I would never have been able to get him if it wasn’t for B.C guide trainers and puppy raisers’ hard work in training and bringing him up. On average, the cost to bring up and train one dog is $35,000. My wife, Kyla, who is legally blind, then receives the dog free of charge. Well almost free- it costs her a loonie.
Obviously training dogs for the blind is close to my heart. So, on February 22nd, I’m taking part in the B.C. Guide Dog’s Fundraiser. It starts at 9 am and goes until 11 am. There is a 2 km, 5 km, and a 10 km option to walk or run. The 5 km and 10 km runs expect a $20 minimum donation, with all proceeds go directly to B.C Guide Dogs.
It would be great if some of you would join Kyla and me. If you are interested in running, next Tuesday (February 10th) and Saturday (February) 14th, I’m hosting training sessions free of charge to get out there running! Meet at MadLab at 6 pm on Tuesday and/or 11 am on Saturday if you’re interested.
Not only does this support the cause, it’s also a good kick start to running if you have been thinking about trying a 5 or 10k this year. I’ll be running alongside you so you can watch me huff and puff my way through my first 10k!
You can register individually on the website provided at the bottom. There is also a sign-up on the white board at the gym.
Brandon
Links provided
http://bcguidedog.com/index.php
http://dashfordogs.rungoapp.com/
Tuesday
Warm-up: Andy’s Choice of pulling and snatch warm-up (10-15 minutes)
Skill: 10 minutes
Choose 1 of 3:
25 strict pull-ups (in as few sets as possible)
3×10 kipping pull-ups
3 big sets of butterfly pull-ups
Strength: 15 minutes
Hang Power Snatch (3 sets of 5)
Conditioning: 8 minute time cap
60 Hang Power Snatches for time with a partner (135/95 lb.)
*Break it up however you like. Scale load to approximately what you did your 3 sets of 5 at.
Brandon and Kyla - I missed the run but made a donation this morning. It was a nice day to run!
Reto, my 14.3 score begs to differ. #stepups4lyfe
Yes I was ranting. Mainly frustrated with how off-my-game I've been lately and I inappropriately channeled that unwelcome energy. They are definitely different movements but I can get behind giving the class the option to A. Step down to save achilles (I always do this now) and B. Step-Up to reduce the risk of Shin (or other) injury, particularly in an exhaustive grinder. RX is RX though. Police oneself for safety accordingly.
Absolutely a progression - they are two different movements. A box jump tests explosive acceleration of your mass and is more taxing on your cardiovascular system and neurological capacity. You don't want to shin yourself after all, so you gotta keep your shit together. You can scale the height of the jump to your ability. A step up is a progression for those with a movement limitation or injury, or perhaps competitive hikers...
As someone who has also signed the edge of a box and had a round of antibiotics to boot, you have to do what's right for you... but that doesn't include lying to yourself that they are equivalent movements.
@bashful. Yup NO MORE Pocket Coach - Everything is entered on the Ipads or you can access the back end at home via the link I sent on Friday (it would have been a password reset email). Hoodies are being printed as we speak we had a delay in the shipment arriving, sorry!
So does this mean we don't input our scores through the pocket coach anymore? Just on the ipads at the gym?
Annnd when do the ordered MadLab hoodies come in? :)
Step ups are way slower and less efficient than properly executed jumps. I say if you want to step up and post rx'd, no problem. I'll beat ya anyways :-)
Hey Brandon - thanks for sharing. I'm definitely going to look into that!
On the side note of box jumps as a progression - yes, I agree that they are a progression. HOWEVER, as a member of the "scarred shin club", there is a time and place for box jumps - such as when they are required in a competition, madlab tournament, testing your FGB or if you are super proficient at them. Under fatigue (as in yesterday's wod) box jumps are much more risky so never feel bad if you decide to step up instead of jump. Sure, consider it a progression, but I think we all agree that longevity in Crossfit is more important than posting an Rx time. Just my two-cents.
Hey Brandon, can you donate, but skip the run? If so, I'm in!
PS. Panda, was it really Dave running around in anger or is that how you wanted to communicate the story so no one pictured angry Panda?!
Agree with Dash. They were only acceptable for 14.3.
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED box step ups are a progression.
This is not the Open. This is not Bangkok. There are rules! Gym rule has always been that step ups are a progression unless specified. Confirmed by TBear.
I believe step ups are a progression, they did them in that open WOD but still a box jump is a box jump, you can step down but a step up unless specified is a progression in my book.
Brandon - I might be in.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MQR7O66uZw4
In the standards for 14.3 Box step ups were permitted and were not a progression in a workout that called for box jumps.... Progression or not at MadLab?!?
Here's a PSA for Monday's WOD. Box step ups are supposed to be a progression for box jumps. Dave Meyer was stomping around the gym ranting about punks doing step ups and saying they're RXd. Don't make Dave angry!