Give'em Hell 'CrazyWife'

CrazyWife has her biannual Army Physical Fitness Test tomorrow morning and we are anxiously anticipating how much a month with CrossFit Sparta in Tampa has helped her preparations (Thanks Shawn and Master Diaz!). This is the first test she has taken since having our baby and having surgery (almost two years total). All fingers are crossed but we know she will do magnificently well. Her farewell workout with the Warriors at 'Sparta' last week was an unofficial APFT and she smoked it. We will actually be looking for a PR in her 2-mile run with a time of 17:00 minutes or 90 points out of a possible 100 for the run. The 2-min of push ups worry her a little bit, but now that she is focusing on going for 90 points (47 push ups) rather than just barely passing (17 push ups), she is not going to have any problems. Sit ups are no problem since she got 87 sit ups last week and she only needs 77 to max that part of the test. Her change in attitude while in Tampa is the key to her success, she was always capable to doing what she wanted, she just never believed she could. Now she feels like she can do anything so this APFT is going to be the easiest one she has ever taken. I'll show her this post and post her scores tomorrow once she has rocked her test...wish her luck!!!! ---CrazyHusband

Crazy Wife Workout Numero Uno

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of each exercise with a 200m hill sprint in between each round.
Burpees
Pull ups
Box Jumps
Push ups

Kearson 27:32 (1-6)
Matt 41:10
Mike 36:32
Lilly 40:17

"Lemme guess...they're called 'Burpees' because they make you throw up a little bit in your mouth..."

"How many times we gotta run up this hill...???"

"We don't need no stinkin' boxes..."

"Thank goodness for those fitness bands"

"We love monkeying around..."

"What do you mean no cry babies?"

FREE Saturday Group Workouts

If you made it this far, you must be the adventurous type. You are the kind of person we want to workout with. My wife and I have been "CrossFitting" for only a few short months and we are hooked. This stuff flat out works!!! That's why we've applied to become an official CrossFit affiliate and why we are traveling to Houston in May to get CrossFit level I certified. My wife has been working out with CrossFit Sparta in Tampa, Florida for the past three weeks and she is loving it. At first she was scared, she was still carrying a lot of her baby weight and with school, she's found it hard to workout or get motivated to do anything. In just three short weeks she has lost inches off her bust, hips and waist and she's putting on lots of fat-burning muscle and loving how she feels. She is the inspiration for our gym and now our "business". She wants to bring CrossFit to as many people as she can. It really works. Come out and see for yourself. Saturday workouts are absolutely FREE. No pressure and no obligation what so ever. Newcomers can come at 9:30 am for an introduction and warm-up and at 10:00 am we will "Go For It" in a group setting that provides an amazing energy and motivation to do the best that you can. We both have full time jobs in the Army so we won't have much time to train someone that really, really wants to go more than once a week, but we are interested in finding out if there are any other people "crazy" enough to train their butts off (literally) and have a blast doing it...

"Honey you wanna do WHAT...?"

Within a few short weeks, my wife has become addicted to CrossFit. She has "drunk the Kool-Aid" and she is as hooked as I am. That's why we are opening our "garage gym" to our friends and neighbors and we are in the process of opening our own CrossFit Affiliate. These are smaller, more personal gyms that are cropping up all over the U.S. and around the world. There are more than 300 affiliates that are qualified to teach the relatively intense CrossFit methodologies that have caught on in the communities where fitness can be a matter of life and death: police officers, firemen, and especially the military special operations communities are singing the praises of CrossFit's effectiveness. The beauty of CrossFit is that it is scalable for any age or ability group. On their website (www.crossfit.com) you will find videos of little ole' ladies, kids, and (above-) average housewives getting into the best shape of their lives. The beauty of their system is that there are no "gimmicks" or short cuts. Elite levels of fitness are gained through hardwork and determination. If this all sounds overwhelming or too much for you, just check it out. That's why we are offering FREE group workouts on Saturdays. Once you try it, you'll love the results. Stop throwing your money away at those "Globo" gyms that don't care whether you show up or not. They only want your membership money. They don't care if you get results. We do. Come on out and you'll see. Bring a friend. Suffer together, that's all part of the secret of CrossFit...