Hello all,
An exciting discussion took place last week as we worked on hashing out who was competing as an individual and who was going to be on the team. There were points for and against competing as individuals for those who qualified – enter the individual competition and free up more spots for Zoners to compete on the team OR get on the team and make a strong push for the Games…
It was a tough decision for sure but the end result is that most of the athletes who qualified ended up electing to go solo – which means we’re going to have a much larger crew competing over the weekend and more people can join in the “fun” :). Most agree that it is the right decision for this year and as a result we’ve got some strong individuals and a very talented team for Vancouver at the end of May.
Here is the team as it stands right now:
Men: Paul “PR” Prsala, Adam “Abzilla*” Giles, Warren “Dub” Reeves, Jer “Jerbear” Bomhof (Alternate – made the very honorable decision to step aside to help allow his shoulder to heal and Adam to come in and compete).
Women: France “Francey Pants” Legault, Deanna “Angry Kitten” Whiteley, Lindsay “FemBot*” McCardle, Sarah “the Warden” Warder (Alternate – after a very solid performance in the Open).
* not actual nicknames, but I like them 😉
It will be very interesting to see how the team competition pans out as we have some athletes with some excellent strengths that could be strategically utilized as well as some solid all rounders.
With the team selection done, that means that the following athletes will be competing as individuals:
Women: Charly “Chuck” Thivierge – Lortie
Men: Lucas “Scoots” Parker, Mike “Iceman**” McCabe, Tom “TeeJ” James, Cam “Turts” Birtwell
*
** due to a passing resemblance to Chuck “the Iceman” Liddel of UFC fame (without the beer gut 🙂
So there you have it gang, your Regionals competition team for 2011!
Today’s Workout
Buy-in: 10 minutes practice of floor to overhead – demo by coach then progressions as needed
WOD: “Gandalf”
Continuing in the theme of repeating some of the May 2010 wods, Gandalf is a great interval workout. Remember to scale adequately so that you aren’t eating up too much time in each individual time interval.
Rx: Part 1 – 4 rounds for individual time of:
- 250m row
- 6 floor to overhead – clean and jerk/push press (95/135)
- each successive interval starts on a 4 minute timer
Immediately follow with part 2 – 4 rounds for individual time of:
- 250m row
- 15 wallballs
- each successive round starting on a 4 min timer
Combine your slowest times from both Pairings to get your total time for the workout. The faster you work, the more rest you get!
Zone 4: scale floor to overhead to 75/115
Zone 3: scale floor to overhead to 65/95
Zone 2: scale floor to overhead as needed (45/65), scale wallball weight
Zone 1: scale as needed
Cash-Out: Pullup and ring dip practice – scale as needed, play around.
GAMES PREP – men: 4-5 sets of 20 pullups (unbroken); women: 4-5 sets of 15 pullups (unbroken). Practice chin-over-vertical plane, chest to bar etc.
Jer could be an instuctor for the navy seals… It will be awesome to have him coaching, cheering and yelling. You is a scary man!
i agree with you dub, despite his pretty face, jer can be pretty scary if you are trying to take a breather between reps!
want to support the team but can’t make it to van? mark wednesday, may 25th on your calendar-we will be sending the team off in style! details next week!
Ohh, I like the team, I feel like no-one has a real weakness, but we definitely have a few specialists. ie, Lindsay for gymnastics, Paul for heavy lifting, Jer for the rowing (shoulder permitting). Then everyone else is a good mix of fast and strong.
Have you thought about having a coach for the team? just someone that isn’t competing that can help you guys strategize, pick who competes in what so there’s no arguement and generally manages everything but doing the actual WOD…. And someone that is going for the whole weekend anyways (so not me 🙂 )
Congrats gang!
haha I love the nicknames that just emerged from this. They’re gonna stick!!!
and I agree with Dubs, Jer you definitely have a way of pushing people to the max! it’s awesome!!
Hey Zoners,
Can’t wait to see you at the games in a couple of weeks. It is pretty awesome to see SO many strong, capable, powerful and passionate atheletes will be taking part. I am looking forward to seeing you in action. (with a hint of sadness (little tear) that I won’t be a part of the team this time).
Dee & Cam you must be so proud of your family!!!
I just want to squeeze all of you xoxoxo
H-Bomb
Wow, Cam! Excellent work on the nicknames.
And I definitely have to agree with the Jer comment…a yelling Jer = no slacking off.
This is going to be a really great and really interesting weekend!
In case you haven’t seen this AWESOME video yet:
http://games.crossfit.com/features/videos/lucas-parker-teen-wolf
congrats to all you beasts! and for the ladies i mean that in the prettiest girliest way possible!
you have all showed me what true fitness is – good luck at the games! ps, keep dub away from the booze for that weekend.
P.S. This workout looks spectacular.
The team is registered!!!
Who’s headed over in the cheerleader section? I’m heading over Friday night…
I’ll be there all weekend – well I coach until 7pm in Van on friday night (I don’t know what the schedule will be…) I said I would volunteer because they are still short of people. So if you’re going over & can lend a hand I know they need awesome people (like everyone @ the Zone) to support the community and make Regionals happen successfully.
That said I am really going because I can’t wait to see our incredible athletes kick some ass!!!!
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