We finally headed over to Reebok Crossfit 5th Ave for the noon Wod which actually was the 1230 Wod so we were early. When we walked down the stairs the place seemed pretty quiet but we met one of the coaches and one of the owners, who gave us a quick rundown of how the class would go. Basically their class at this time was an "express Wod" and would only be 30 mins long with our warmup being done by ourselves.
Next we walked into the main gym area and are immediately greeted by a rig that is easily 50' long and is painted bright green and black (picture to follow). Tons of equipment there as we walk around and see what they have that's different from what we have (pretty much all of the same gear).
We thought we were warming up on our own but the coach comes in and asks everyone to find a rower. He then puts everyone into a little further of a warmup that was challenging and got the blood pumping.
300m row in 1 min rest 1 min
250m row in 45 sec rest 45 sec
200m row in 30 sec rest 30 sec
15 burpee penalty if any of the distances are not completed in time.
We were sweating pretty good and well warmed up.....now a little time for mobility then the Wod will follow.
Wod - 4 RFT
400m run
21 abmat sit-ups w/45# plate
21 kb sdhp @ 70#
Time - 22:06
First thing running through my mind when the Wod came up was; where is the 400m? The answer, up the stairs and down the street to the end of the block and back. This was gonna be fun! The Wod started and the rain had began to come down harder so I was given the option to row the 400 but there was no chance I was gonna not take the opportunity to run in NYC!!!
With the workout in the books, its time to get back on the road. We hop in the car and head a little ways down the road to Edison, New Jersey. We stopped by the Underground Strength Gym owned by Zach Even-Esh but he wasn't there. Took a quick look around, grabbed some food and it was back on the road. Now we had a much more important (for me anyways) destination ahead: Lys and Rae's house.
We get to Lys and Rae's house and bring our stuff inside, shower up an hang around for a bit while trying to come up with a plan for the night. We decided to go grab some food then go check out Rae's new expansion at the yoga studio. Food was pretty good, but Im just enjoying being around old friends. When we arrive at Rae's new studio it looks just like I remembered it but now she has 5 Pilates towers and 3 chairs in where her yoga studio used to be. Obviously we couldn't leave them alone so we hop onto the towers for a quick how to and play around while taking some interesting pictures. After we've had enough monkeying around on those she leads us into the expansion which is going to be her new yoga room. It's probably twice the size of the old room. Another 30 mins are spend upside down trying out various handstands or scorpions long enough for pictures like always.
Long day complete, back to the house for some rest. Back at it tomorrow.
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