Eye of the Beholder

Join in on the conversation?! Ever since I joined Twitter I really stepped up my 2.0 web usage. I have blogged more frequently visited my facebook page and posted my times on www.crossfit.com and left comments on other bloggers web sites. It is actually a lot of fun and quick to do!

I am in town until Thursday then headed to Atlanta GA for a Business Conference! Visited with Mike G from Crossfit Atlanta and plan to work out with him when I am in town.

Moving Video

I am really looking forward to 2009 and all the adventures! I am ready for all the great things happening and coming!

2009 The year of Destiny

My Promise

Thank you Thank you Thank you. I will give all I am.... at all times.....with all my strength, heart, and mind!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Charisma

Does it take charisma to be a good coach/trainer? If you say that word ten times is doesn't even sound like a word!
The word charisma (origin from the Greek word χάρισμα (kharisma), "gift" or "divine favor," from kharizesthai, "to favor," from kharis, "favor") refers to a rare trait found in certain human personalities usually including extreme charm and a 'magnetic' quality of personality and/or appearance along with innate and powerfully sophisticated personal communicability and persuasiveness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charisma

I am Crossfit

I am Crossfit Challenge. LINK

Travel with me

One of my favorite things to do at the end of the year is to look back at all the experiences I have had. I wanted to list some accomplishments and experiences and write a few lessons I learned along the way. Listen to Explosion in the Sky and make your own list!
1. Opened Crossfit Central in a 3,500 sq ft facility with my family and best friends
2. Found the woman of my dreams
3. Placed third at the Crossfit Games July 5th and 6th
4. Lance Cantu moved to Austin
5. 200+ of the best clients in the world
6. 100% credit card debt free (still owe on my pretty little Land Rover/pay off in 09)
7. Found Jesus Christ in a whole new light
*Not in order of importance
Some lessons learned
1. Calm down, no really calm down and go with the flow
2. If you always get what you want it takes a whole lot of patience
3. It is a great thing to have strong women around you
4. Pain is relative
5. All the good things in my life don't have to come through pain
6. People think I am weird, obnoxious, too loud, too intense and that's ok
7. Women and men really do speak different languages even when they speak the same language. Who would of known?
8.

Lean Turkey Challenge

Lean Turkey Team Los Muertos! We showed up, gave it our all and came in third! I am proud of all my Lean Turkeys!

77 fit CrossFitters will have completed the group workout! The teams will complete the challenge as a group. All the details will be discussed in the morning.

The Workout

800 Meter Run, 1000 Meter Row
300 Thrusters, 200 Pull Ups, 200 Burpees
500 Sit Ups, 300 Box Jumps, 300 Kettlebell Swings

800 Meter Run/1000 Meter Row

The Teams: Los Muertos (Jeremy Thiel's Team), Ichiban (Carey Kepler's Team), Semper Fidelis (Lance Cantu's Team), Fear The Turkey (Randal's Team), Vicious & Delicious (Jessica Sharratt's Team), We're Gonna Smoke You Like a Turkey (Therin Smith's Team), Showouts (Sarah Mount's Team), Resilient Heart (Michael Gregory's Team), Tabata Turkeys (John Del Peral's Team), and Chris Hartwell's Team

Crossfit Texas Affiliates

Crossfit Austin Crossfit A&M and Crossfit Central Austin Texas
Crossfit Austin a new affiliate in Austin Texas will host its Grand Opening
December 6th
CrossFit Austin Grand Opening
CrossFit Austin
Austin, TX
10am - 3pm

Vanus my man!

Trigger Point is the secret candy I use each day to get ready to wreak havoc on the Crossfit.com Wods.  http://www.tptherapy.com/ Range of motion issues? Pain in your shines? Pain in your knees? Trigger point is the Candy!

Pirates

Recently there has been lot of bootleg art instruction DVD's sold on ebay. This seller or sellers are making money off of the hard work of many artists including me, Richard Schmid, Greg Kreutz, Burton Silverman and Scott Christensen. Surprisingly some of these DVDs listed as "Like New" are selling for close to retail price. If you purchased one of these you probably wouldn't even know it was a bootleg copy because it looks pretty close to the real thing. The easiest way to know it is an illegal copy is to look at the back . The legal DVD's are silver like a regular movie dvd and the bootlegs are purple on a DVDR.
Here is a list of the known ebay sellers of bootleg DVDs, it is most likely they are different accounts set up by one person. If anyone knows who this douche-bag is and kicks his ass, I'll give you a Free drawing.... and an "official" DVD too.

Thanks,

Jeremy


sotakashimamanko

esterhan2010

continuallearning888

Return Address:
Continual Learning
PO Box 344
Burley WA 98322-0344

For more about this same subject, check out the article on Clint Watsons Fine Art Views blog.

Deep Eddy Boot Camp

GRRRRRRRRRRRR Tiger. Deep Eddy Boot Camp getting it done early in the am. 530 - 630am Tuesday Thursday http://www.crossfitcentral.com/

Judy Paul

Tuesday and Thursday 5:30am boot camp- Me and Judy Paul! Judy is an artist and will be featured at the Big Red Sun art show. Judy is an awesome woman and I am looking forward to seing all of her work! East Austin Studio Tour

Classical Underground

I have to mention this, one of the coolest underground art/music events happening in Los Angeles right now are the monthly concerts at my good friend Alexey Steele's studio. Every month some of the top classical musicians in LA get together in Alexey's 7500 sq ft Grand Atelier to perform chamber music, sometimes until early morning. Last night David Chernyavsky and Serge Oskotsky played Martinu, and the very sexy Yana Reznik played alone on piano a very sexy Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue.

Thomas Kinkade's 16 Guidelines for Making Things Suck

An interesting Vanity Fair article about Kinkade's movie, and his list of instructions for the production crew on how to make the movie look like his paintings. The article is amusing but still not as amusing as this LA Times article.

Is there a reason.....

Julie Ward a mother of three daughters referred me to a commercial from http://www.dove.com/ put together called Dove Onslaught. In the past year I was fortunate enough to help over 60 Girl Scouts earn their fitness badges. I am so excited in December that we have 60 more young girls coming through Crossfit Centrals doors to learn about Crossfit Kids and how much fun fitness can be! I have a personal mission to positively impact the youth of our nation and the World! If your ready to make a difference join me....

Trainer Therin Smith is heading up our kids program at Crossfit Central and I am proud to work with her.

CrossFit Central is excited to announce a new program just for kids! The new program is designed to expose 10 to 13 year old boys and girls to fun fitness through games, challenges, and relays. The kids will meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:00-4:45 pm at the CrossFit Central Facility on Burnet Road. This pilot program will run from November 24th through December 17th - Find Out More

Lululemon Bizarre Bazaar!

Crossfit Central had a great time at the Lululemon Free workout and the Bizarre Bazaar Festivity! Lance Cantu and I did strong man demos from 12 - 2pm. After meeting all the people from Lulu I have to say they rock! Thanks to all the Lulu folks and we look forward to joining you guys again in fun fun fun functional workouts! Lululemon Austin Texas

Crossfit Central and Lululemon

Our friends at Lululemon are holding their Grand Opening this weekend! Beginning Friday, November 14th there will be tons of fun festivities including jugglers, strongest man demonstrations, yoga much much more!

There will be a Free CrossFit Central workout - open to everyone! Come Join the community at this great event!

Saturday, November 15th
8:30am-9:30am
@ Lululemon Store 6th & Lamar

kryptonite

Kryptonite

Muscle Ups, Double Unders, GHM sit ups, hand stand push ups and now inverted burpees are movements needing focus and skill work. The muscle up picutred above has an extreme kip to it! The photos are from my last 5 Reps of 50.

Progress!?

In the last two weeks I have started setting my personal and professional goals for 2009! There is a lot of emotion of uncertainty in the air as our country and the world goes through challenging times via wars, economics, and natural disasters. I have chosen to take on an attitude of determination and resilience and stand in hope!

My theme for 2009 is The Year of Destiny!
If you want to join me in confidence that the best is yet to come start setting your goals today!
I started the Magic 100 by Dax Moy if you would like a program. I found him through Zach Even Esh Owner of Under Ground Strength Coach

Fight Gone Bad III

Fight Gone Bad III Photos

Youtube Video FGB III Voted 2nd Place In Crossfit FGB Video Challenge!

Youtube Video FGB II Last Years video

Crossfit Central Article by Nicole Hughes

Crossfit Central raised over $30.000 for the 2008 fund raiser coming in third place over all!

Following www.crossfit.com WODS scored 425 yesterday!

The Unfinished Painting

This is the 6x8 painting from the video.

Possibilities

http://www.twitter.com/jeremythiel

Today I thought I'd share with you one of my favourite quotes...

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear
is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light , not our
darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be
brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of god. Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people
won't feel insecure around you.

Adventures in Plein Air Painting

This is a video from a painting trip in the Sierra's last July. Tony Pro and I paint outdoors, lighting, hail and mosquitoes get in the way and hilarity ensues.

Austin High Lacrosse

The Austin High Lacrosse Team.

The Coming Change

If anyone has been living under a Rock the last couple of days the United States recently elected a new president. "Change" has been the word of choice used by both candidates leading up to election day. I ponder what this really means for my life and what it will mean for future generations. I have one prayer and that prayer is that President-Elect Barack Obama will truly live up to his promise.

God Bless you and keep Crossfitting!

Go Bulldogs!

 

Emily and Tootie are regulars at Sherry Matthews Corporate Wellness Program. The Sherry Matthews program is one of my favorite programs to work with!

Go Bulldogs!

Leave Nothing

I was able to read The Alchemist these past week. If you havnt picked up a good book in a while you should try it out.

Collective Thought

Humility and Gratitude

This past week a great friend past away I want to honor his life.
Robert Heath Stewart
November 10, 1981 - October 29, 2008
"But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."
Isaiah 40:31