Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Numbers Announcement

Well we're up to approximately $440 thanks to our generous donors. We'll keep you posted as we progress further.

-Brian

Our numbers are growing

When Brian and I started training using the Crossfit methods a lot of people looked at us kind of weird, and made snide remarks about what we were doing.  In less than 90 days we have gone from 2 guys training Crossfit, to a total of 8, and I am proud to say that 2 of our 8 are the Company Commander and First Sergeant.  I can realistically see having 20-25% of our 108 man infantry company training Crossfit by the end of the deployment.  On a personal note, I finished Fran in 7:52 today using 100 pounds (dont have the ability to put 95 on the bar) which is a 50% improvement in time over the last time  I did it in the middle of March.  I've also dropped about 30 pounds, no big deal.  Thanks again to everyone that takes the time to check us out here on the blog.  

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Our Company Crossfit Board



Education is clearly one of Crossfit's greatest assets so we decided to make the materials found on the Crossfit website available to the rest of the soldiers here at JSS Sadr City.  Brian and I put together this information board and placed it directly across from our Crossfit area.  Today we had another soldier join the world of Crossfit with a taste of "Michael."  I think we've found another believer.