The boys preparing to enter the gladiator pit.

First off I want to say a huge Congrats to Man Child and AJ for winning the Gold Medal at the California State USRowing Southwest Junior Championship!! Thats my boys. you guys are killing in and out of the water. Cannot wait for the photos.

So another day another dollar. Hope you all enjoyed your weekend with mom. Now its back to the drawing board for me. Got to make this the place to work out in Orange County. The best way to do that is by making you guys fit as f#ck! When your fit people around you are going to want to get on board. Everyone is looking for the magic pill and guess what we have it.  Who is going to commit to getting in here at least 3x this week? 

Talking about commitment there are a few events  coming up which I need your support. First off we have the Trevor WinE memorial challange on Memorial Day. We have our team of 4 and need as many of our members to come out and show support for Orange Coast CrossFit. Check the event sections for more details. 

Second up we have the Sage Burgener Olympic Lifting clinic on June 20th. The seminar will be from 9-3pm here at our gym and cover both the clean and jerk as well as the snatch. Both of which are extremley important to the development of y0u guys as athletes. We are limited to 15 people and there are only eight slots left. Please reserve your spot before its too late. Contact us for more details. 

Third we are doing a big hike this weekend on Sunday. It is called the Cactus to Clouds and is considered by many to be the toughest one day hike in all the continental U.S. It starts in Palm Springs and climbs over 10,500 ft. to the top of Mt. San Jacinto. It is the single largest elevation gain of any day hike in North America. I have done this hike about 4-5 times before and each time it kicks my ass. It is quite literally 6 miles straight uphill on a never ending stairstepper. Truly CrossFit style   Its also beautiful as you climb out of the desert up into high desert and finally into alpine country. Another great thing about this hike is there is no downhill hiking required. To come back you just hop on the Palm Springs Tram and in 15 minutes your back at the car.  We will be going out there on Saturday night and camping as we will need to start hiking around 5:00 am to get off the desert floor before it gets too hot. Trust me you do not want to start the hike any later than that. Heat stroke is a major possibility. Leave a comment if your in. RSVP with me as soon as you can so we can figure out transport.

http://www.backpacker.com/may_2005_feature_hardest_dayhikes/destinations/8485?page=3

WOD

“Grace”

30 Clean and Jerks for time. (135#m, 95#w)