Wishlist: CrossFit gear

Tis the holiday season! The other day we talked about the discount you can get from The Shoe Mart. Let's chat about other things we can utilize within CrossFit:

DISCLAIMER:
By NO means are we telling you that having all this gear will make you a better athlete. We're NOT saying go out and buy all of these things or you'll suck. You've become a better athlete because of your dedication to fitness (and because you have the best trainers in the world). We just want to share some apparel ideas with you since the holidays are approaching.

BTW your trainers like gift cards and coffee (;

Building Your Own Home Gym
The CrossFit culture started out NOT in big warehouse spaces, but in garages (ourselves included). You won't always be able to make it in the gym, but you should have a contingency plan for your fitness.

• gymnastics rings. You can set these up over anything. Rogue makes a an excellent doorway setup.
• Our gym uses the following: Rogue, Xtreme Rings, AgainFaster, EXF
• a jump rope. Any jump rope. Cool ones here, here and here.
• a kettlebell. 16kg for gents, 12kg for ladies. Unless you're J. Evans, in which case you'll need two 32kg kbs. You can hopefully find one at a Play It Again Sports near you.
• rubber bands aka jump/stretch bands. You've learned how to mobilize at the gym and by watching all the videos on Mobility WOD. I recommend blue bands (small)

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Get away from tedious shopping and stop wasting food! Most CSAs will allow you see what you'll be receiving and substitute your foods as necessary. I'm posting a few, but there are plenty around Seattle.

• Full Circle Farm
• Local Roots Farm
• Tiny's Organic

Save some cash for cow. Tami has a rancher friend who's going to have a cow ready for the new year. Sign up for some steak at the gym!

Here are some other resources for some gear we recommend you look into:

• Weightlifting Shoes
• Adidas (Iron Work III, AdiStar, Power Perfect II)
• Rogue Fitness (Rogue Do-Wins, The Rippetoe Boot, Nike Romaleos)
• Again Faster (AF Talons, Pendlay Do-Wins, VS Athletics, Ristos)
• Nike Romaleo
• A bunch of other options and reviews of many listed above
• CrossFit Apparel
• Us! (Duh- represent your gym! New apparel coming very soon)
• LifeAsRx
• CrossFit.com
• Rogue Fitness
• Again Faster Equipment
• Us again!
• Books!
• We've recommended a bunch here.
• Lululemon Athletica
• Men: Smash pant/Letterman pant, Pacific Beach Hoodie
• Ladies: everything.
• MEMBERSHIP at the gym. Get one for a loved one (remember we have a domestic partner discount!)

Yup.

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WOD

"ISABEL"

for time:

30 snatches, 60/44kg

compare to 18OCT2010.

and/or

"GRACE"

for time:

30 clean & jerks, 60/44kg

compare to 06AUG2010.

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Another reason heavy consideration of what type of shoes are important in our type of training:

Shoes - I Am UnScared