4 Years and Counting

This photo was snapped a week after the 2007 Crossfit Games. If you notice my prayer position by the banzai tree! Well if you take a closer look at my biceps they are swollen. Yes I had rhabdo after the games and my arms didnt straighten for 7 days. I have competed in all three crossfit games and 2010 is a big year. I will compete in 5 weeks at Regionals then move to the games in LA!

After watching the video released by Crossfit HQ! I have never been hungrier to compete on the big stage!

The Garage Gym Revolution

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This video gets me jacked up! The big box industry is getting left behind and unlimited possibility is the future!

Get some!

One Strip!

One strip will change your life! Just like your first crossfit wod. Testing your Alkaline vs acidic level will make you look at your insides on a cellular level in a whole new light.

Did you know that the pH of your body affects every aspect of your health? pH levels regulate, effect, and control practically everything in nature, including your body.

When your body is pH balanced, it is full of vitality. You’ll find that you have increased energy, mental clarity, and you’ll even notice that your skin has regained that healthy glow.

pH balance of the body can be simply summarized as your internal balance of Acid and Alkaline.

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If you want to be educated on this topic and your a current client of Crossfit Central. Sign up for your free nutrition lecture at www.crossfitcentral.com

Portrait Society Competition and Panel

My portrait of Danielle will be on display at the PSOA annual portrait conference and competition April 22nd-25th at the Hyatt Regency in Reston VA.

Also Friday 23rd 4pm EST Im moderating a panel discussion, Realist Revolution and Critical Relevance. Watch it LIVE on Ustream

Stand up or sit down

When you set a goal obstacles will appear no questions asked. It all comes down to how you view the obstacles and if you will let them stop you.

The three ingredients that are a cure all. Faith Hope and MASSIVE ACTION!

Massive Action is the hardest ingredient to come by. How do you Get it Done?! GID

1. The Road Not Taken

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same, 10

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back. 15

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. 20

Primal Yep thats Primal

So this is my boy Greg he was a State Champion in High School Football 12 years ago. My point he is an athlete and a hard worker. He is an attorney now and works 80 90 100hrs a week!?$@##

The last couple of weeks we have been focusing on a few key thing. SLEEP, EAT, DRINK H20! Now I know the primal thing has really taken off but it doenst get much more primal than that!

Greg keep up the hard work and remember to sleep eat and drink h20!

Are you a trainer and all you focus on is a phenominal squat clean and jerks. Stop every once in a while and check out how your clients life is going WORD?!

Team

#11 The law of the inner Circle John C Maxwell If you want to be your best you must surround your self with the best! Web Smith and Travis Holley are the tops when it comes to Crossfit the sport and Crossfit the life style. The breath authenticity when it come to living the code.

Thanks to you guys you push me to be the best!

The Future of Art Criticism and the Most Symptomatic Panel at MOCA

“It is not criticism’s job to move Art forward, it’s Art’s job to move Art Forward…It used to be in the past – not any more.” -Bennett Simpson MOCA curator

Alexey Steele and I attended this panel discussion at MOCA last month while we were preparing for our own panel on a similar topic as it relates to the realist movement coming up in D.C next week. Here's some of what Alexey wrote on the Novorealism blog.

funeral of Art criticism

AS WE KNOW IT

Anybody who ever wondered just how bad things really are in the formerly mercurial Arts Valhalla of fate of the art and artists weighing in their divinely guided hands demigods - just had to attend that panel.

Curious and excited about the forward looking premises of the panel, a really top-notch level of participants and primarily the uniqueness of the fact that the panel was sponsored and initiated by the venerable Annenberg School of Communication & Journalism of USC, no less, Jeremy and I just decided, yeah…we gotta see that and just jumped into our cars to dive into the pain of LA’s rush hour. What wouldn’t you do for a freebie. What we came to experience was nothing short of shock…well nothing less could be expected from MOCA after all…yet likely not in a way participants intended.

Instead of a welcoming party for the new, it turned out to be a funeral for the old.

On the other hand, don’t get me wrong(unless you really want to and that’s fine too) it is precisely the sky-high level of participants that made the totality of this experience possible….like the never scoring soccer match of equals, don’t expect goal after goal – that’s mostly for light-weights, but enjoy the swift and unnoticeable subtlety of moves.

To say that the mood was far from joyous excitement of welcoming that strange “new”, is to say nothing. In fact it was so heavy, you could cut it into bricks and it had the feel of a press conference of a short-lived August Putsch at the end of a Gorbachev era that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union or as we say in Russia “the flies were dying”…yet below this apparent dullness of dead water, I felt a tectonic shift of plates in the ocean floor of ART. Nothing less. Exciting – you bet, at some point, I wanted to jump up from my seat screaming “yeah!” Almost did. Cannot really believe some were leaving half way through.

First the panelists:

Andrew Berardini - a cool very young dude, wearing black, of course in super-cool glasses

Sharon Mizota – a sharp as a tack, calm and concise heroine of Tarantino movies

Bennett Simpson – now…that was a surprise…but that later…solid, polished, refined corner stone of the establishment…he really did carry the panel in so many ways.

And, the best for last, moderated or rather “inquired” by an enormously intelligent

Sasha Anawalt of Annenberg – booooooy what a lady…. gotta love democracy and its so very few remaining despite all journalists.

And here IT began....... read the rest here

Project Mayhem!

7 days ago Crossfit Centeral hosted Project Mayhem! We had 30+ men come and throw down on two Wods + some great indivudaul challenges. We had a lot of guys complete there fisrt muscle up! Also we finsihed off the night with BBQ and some cold drinks!

Project Mayhem from CrossFit Central on Vimeo.

Girl Talk

I am officially a Girl Talk Fan! I want to be on stage next time he is here in ATX!

Fran Today 2.29Rx
Helen Today 7.36rx
Oly lifting Technique Squat Clean 205lbs. now comes off the ground like butta! More load less work!

My goal is to be the most efficient crossfitter in the world. Moving threw space and time with eas of mind and body.Working at max intensity making work look like play. Moon Walker
Thanks to my Coach John Del Peral My acupuncturists Rachelle Webb My nutritionist Lisa Thiel Olympic Coach Chad Vaughn

All the folks help me see the world from different eyes!

Sell Out

Ok I resisted as long as I possible could but I did it I bought Vibram 5 fingers! Its funny to think there is no other reason to buy vibrams but performance. Vibrams are probable the goofiest shoes I have ever put on my feet. HHHHMMMM are they even shoes?

Well after going to a stretch specialist and her describing my lower leg muscles as asleep. I figured it was time to step it up. More to come on this topic.

Thanks Web for doing things first so others can follow or not.

6 Key Reasons to Wear or Train in Vibram FiveFingers:

1. Strengthens Muscles in the Feet and Lower Legs - wearing FiveFingers will stimulate and strengthen muscles in the feet and lower legs, improving general foot health and reducing the risk of injury.

2. Improves Range of Motion in Ankles, Feet and Toes – no longer ‘cast’ in a shoe, the foot and toes move more naturally.

3. Stimulates Neural Function Important to Balance and Agility - when wearing Vibram FiveFingers, thousands of neurological receptors in the feet send valuable information to the brain, improving balance and agility.

4. Improves Proprioception and Body Awareness – those same neurological receptors heighten body awareness, sending messages about body mechanics, form, and movement.

5. Eliminates Heel Lift to Align the Spine and Improve Posture – By lowering the heel, our bodyweight becomes evenly distributed across the footbed, promoting proper posture and spine alignment.

6. Allows the Foot and Body to Move Naturally, Which Just FEELS GOOD.

CRUSH IT

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Mind Bending

My preferred method of communication is verbal(talking) I am very able to articulate what I am thinking and seeing in my minds eye through word. I believe the world is a place of unlimited possibility and anything is achievable with the belief/faith + massive work ethic. In the past couple of weeks two things have occurred that I have been working on for 5+ years.

1. The Jesus WOD - I am a lover of God and am not always open or verbal about my passion for Christ. On holly week I had a flash of insight to an idea to create a workout after the Passion of Christ. Not until this morning did it hit me what a long time dream of mine it had been to put something together like this to express my love!

2. Project Mayhem - Last night the male coaches of Crossfit Central came together to host a challenge for Men only. This was an EPIC event in my mind. Many of the guys who showed up were former athletes and hadn't had this environment to be involved in since they played high school or college sports. When I say environment I mean a group of people that encourage you and support you and cheer you on for challenging your self. On another note some of the men had never gotten to be apart of an event like this one. Congratulations to all who participated!


Last, the video posted is the story we all living the great adventure the great passion of the human race. Connecting with one another and enduring all the challenges and obstacle that face us.

Game Face For You!

Ok who they hell cares anyway! My favorite thing to do in life to get people to see the unbelievable.

212 F Watch and See

Green Feed

Little Stone is getting started early. Stone turns 2 in April and he is on his way to being a tough little bugger! You can all ready see his dogged determination and focus. The gator ran out of juice while my nephews were cruising around the farm. After Papa pushed it in Stone gave it a last push.

Finished

Crossfit Central coaches after the Jesus WOD on Friday. It was a great mental challenge that left me thinking about the 2009 Crossfit Games. The wod was long and began to feel pointless. Mental workouts are the best challenges for athletes to see if you have the determination to do what ever it takes to finish what you have started. Time and time again I have heard Crossfit atheltes say this wod is dumb I am not doing it..... me included. That is an excuse and usually why you wont stick it out to the finish. I also put up a couple of great shots my sister Kelly took. Hope every one had a great Easter and Celebrated life!

Thats my momma in the back ground with baby Pierce!