Foundation has its newest National Champion as of today!
Jo just captured the National Champion Omnium title in Invercargill on the South Island of New Zealand. This is one of the first big steps on the long road to securing the opportunity to represent New Zealand in her third Olympic games in London next summer. The omnium is a new track cycling event for the London Olympics and consists of six different events contested over a two day period – rider with the lowest points total from the sum of all their placings wins. It is the decathlon of cycling and the winner can claim the title of top cycling athlete.
Jo took no chances and dominated the competition by winning 5 of the 6 individual events enroute to the title. She credits all of the squats and deadlifts, box jumps and burpees at Foundation with making her stronger than she has ever been. Burpees Rule!! She is ready to take this challenge on.Check out these links!
Thanks as always for all the great guidance and coaching. She is obsessed with Olympic lifts at the moment. I have to remind her once in a while she is an Olympic cyclist not an Olympic lifter but that hardly even slows her down.
The cool thing about this Championship for her was that except for just a few days before all the preparation was done on the road, on ergs and in the gym – very little on the track. She posted her second fastest times ever in each of the timed events – the flying lap, 3K pursuit and 500. She is pretty excited about where she will land with some more specific training if she is going that already. Thanks Foundation!
The 2012 CrossFit Games season will begin with the Open, a worldwide online competition with one workout per week. The Open will run for five weeks, from February 22 to March 25. Anyone can compete in the Open, regardless of fitness level or experience. More than 26,000 athletes from around the world took part in the 2011 season, and 2012 promises to be even larger.
In order to participate in the Open, athletes can do the workouts at their local affiliate or film their attempt from their garage gym. All scores and videos are then submitted to the Open website, which allows athletes to track how they match up with athletes in their region and around the world.
Athletes can choose to compete in three categories: Individual, Team, or Masters.
Individual athletes and teams that perform the best across the five Open workouts will earn a chance to compete at the second stage of the Games, the Regionals. Masters athletes (beginning at 45-years-old and older) will compete to be among the fittest athletes in their respective age division. The top Masters will earn an automatic spot at the Games in July.
Hey Ya'll!
Welcome to the most Informal Nutrition Challenge! Since the holidays are just around the corner Aimee P, Lillian, and Sheena decided to put a group together to go through a challenge to build smarter eating habits. There will be no points or prizes and logging your daily intake will be OPTIONAL. If you decide to log your food, feel free to write it in this group page. It has helped a lot of people in the past, especially with accountability.
There are a number of people who have experience with eating clean, including The Paleo (and/or Primal) Diet, who will be participating so if you have ANY questions at all -- please don't hesitate to ask Lillian, Sheena, and Aimee P.
Here are a few simple "guidelines" to the challenge:
- Eat lean meats, seafood, vegetables, some fruit, + nuts & seeds
- Work out
- Avoid processed foods, sugar, grains, and/or dairy
- Get enough rest/sleep
We'll also be providing more information as we go along (hence the "Informal") and will also be sharing our favorite recipes. Hope this will help those who have been meaning to eating more clean to see improvements in workouts, improvements in energy levels, and improvement with how clothes fit!
- Have fun!
THE SETUP from Pao Sanchez on Vimeo.
