08.28.09

FOR TIME:

Sprint 200M**
50 Knees to Elbows
Sprint 200M**
40 Knees to Elbows
Sprint 200M**
30 Knees to Elbows
Sprint 200M**
20 Knees to Elbows
Sprint 200M**
10 Knees to Elbows

** We will be offering modifications of rowing or burpees instead of running. This workout will be scaled accordingly.

OVERHEAD SQUAT

3-3-3-3-3 reps

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday to you…happy birthday to YOU! Happy birthday dear Julia! Happy birthday to YOU!

GETTING REAL ABOUT THE HIGH PRICE OF CHEAP FOOD

I don’t know about you, but when I go to the grocery store and read the labels about “organic” meats or “free range” eggs, I envision a beautiful farm with a red farm house, birds chirping, animals freely roaming…life is good and simple. Unfortunately, not so much in the modern American Food Industry.

This article from Time.com delves into the high price that we pay for cheap foods. If you are eating Paleo, I highly encourage you to buy local, grass fed, as high a quality food as you can find. Read the full article here

Somewhere in Iowa, a pig is being raised in a confined pen, packed in so tightly with other swine that their curly tails have been chopped off so they won’t bite one another. To prevent him from getting sick in such close quarters, he is dosed with antibiotics. The waste produced by the pig and his thousands of pen mates on the factory farm where they live goes into manure lagoons that blanket neighboring communities with air pollution and a stomach-churning stench. He’s fed on American corn that was grown with the help of government subsidies and millions of tons of chemical fertilizer. When the pig is slaughtered, at about 5 months of age, he’ll become sausage or bacon that will sell cheap, feeding an American addiction to meat that has contributed to an obesity epidemic currently afflicting more than two-thirds of the population. And when the rains come, the excess fertilizer that coaxed so much corn from the ground will be washed into the Mississippi River and down into the Gulf of Mexico, where it will help kill fish for miles and miles around. That’s the state of your bacon — circa 2009.

Horror stories about the food industry have long been with us — ever since 1906, when Upton Sinclair’s landmark novel The Jungle told some ugly truths about how America produces its meat. In the century that followed, things got much better, and in some ways much worse. The U.S. agricultural industry can now produce unlimited quantities of meat and grains at remarkably cheap prices. But it does so at a high cost to the environment, animals and humans. Those hidden prices are the creeping erosion of our fertile farmland, cages for egg-laying chickens so packed that the birds can’t even raise their wings and the scary rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria among farm animals. Add to the price tag the acceleration of global warming — our energy-intensive food system uses 19% of U.S. fossil fuels, more than any other sector of the economy.

And perhaps worst of all, our food is increasingly bad for us, even dangerous. A series of recalls involving contaminated foods this year — including an outbreak of salmonella from tainted peanuts that killed at least eight people and sickened 600 — has consumers rightly worried about the safety of their meals. A food system — from seed to 7?Eleven — that generates cheap, filling food at the literal expense of healthier produce is also a principal cause of America’s obesity epidemic. At a time when the nation is close to a civil war over health-care reform, obesity adds $147 billion a year to our doctor bills. “The way we farm now is destructive of the soil, the environment and us,” says Doug Gurian-Sherman, a senior scientist with the food and environment program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).

Some Americans are heeding such warnings and working to transform the way the country eats — ranchers and farmers who are raising sustainable food in ways that don’t bankrupt the earth. Documentaries like the scathing Food Inc. and the work of investigative journalists like Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan are reprising Sinclair’s work, awakening a sleeping public to the uncomfortable realities of how we eat. Change is also coming from the very top. First Lady Michelle Obama’s White House garden has so far yielded more than 225 lb. of organic produce — and tons of powerful symbolism. But hers is still a losing battle. Despite increasing public awareness, sustainable agriculture, while the fastest-growing sector of the food industry, remains a tiny enterprise: according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), less than 1% of American cropland is farmed organically. Sustainable food is also pricier than conventional food and harder to find. And while large companies like General Mills have opened organic divisions, purists worry that the very definition of sustainability will be co-opted as a result.

But we don’t have the luxury of philosophizing about food. With the exhaustion of the soil, the impact of global warming and the inevitably rising price of oil — which will affect everything from fertilizer to supermarket electricity bills — our industrial style of food production will end sooner or later. As the developing world grows richer, hundreds of millions of people will want to shift to the same calorie-heavy, protein-rich diet that has made Americans so unhealthy — demand for meat and poultry worldwide is set to rise 25% by 2015 — but the earth can no longer deliver. Unless Americans radically rethink the way they grow and consume food, they face a future of eroded farmland, hollowed-out countryside, scarier germs, higher health costs — and bland taste. Sustainable food has an élitist reputation, but each of us depends on the soil, animals and plants — and as every farmer knows, if you don’t take care of your land, it can’t take care of you.

Read the full article here

August 28, 2009 | Filed Under W.O.D.

Comments

105 Responses to “08.28.09”

ray on August 28th, 2009 8:48 am

Beer fridges are lookin hungry!

Notice we are going to celebrate our one year anniversary with a few drinks on beer Friday the 11th. What a crazy year it has been!!!
bridget on August 28th, 2009 8:52 am

Casey – you out there? Can you post the link to that food coop/delivery that we were chatting about?

Gracias…
bridget on August 28th, 2009 8:53 am

And mad props to Brandi L for the awesome photography lately
Taylor on August 28th, 2009 8:58 am

OHS. Sweet.
Joey on August 28th, 2009 9:19 am

CFE wod looks delightful today if anyone feels like crying themselves to sleep tonight.

Me on the other hand, I’ll just be nursing my bloody hands after these K2E’s…
I am Matt's spasming back on August 28th, 2009 9:26 am

after not coming in for two days to try to heal my back I got up at 5:45 to come in early, rolled back over, got up at 6 then heard the sweet rumble of the lightning and went back to bed. So I am buzzing through all this shit piled up on my desk to make it in at 6. Who’s coming then?
AK on August 28th, 2009 9:31 am

I am Matt’s spasming back, there’s a good chance the 5:15 class will still be doing KTE at 6 so i’ll be there.
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 9:33 am

Did I miss where we chug a beer in between each round? Surely there’s some sort of trick here? It’s double day? Everything you do counts twice? Opposite day? Something? Anything?

Ryan, thanks for the encouragement yesterday! Great energy in that round fo sho!
Mike D., and I get respect on August 28th, 2009 9:36 am

Rey, I am just trying to think of a way you could have appeared more gay in the picture above, and I am drawing a blank. Not a judgement, just an observation…I should be there at 5 and I will feed the Yuengling Fridge.
Taylor on August 28th, 2009 9:37 am

Ray, I think we need to program in some tabata dead lift sometime in the near future.
Adam on August 28th, 2009 9:38 am

I’ll bring in some beer Ray, I have a good feeling about breaking the 2 minute mark on the run and chug.
Daniel formerly known as not AK Dan on August 28th, 2009 9:40 am

You’re good Matt, there was no 0600 this morning anyway, so you would’ve been REALLY pissed if you dragged yourself in for nothing!
bridget on August 28th, 2009 9:45 am

I believe Joey and Todd remeasured the 400M from the garage door and it’s a bit longer than what we originally had marked…

have fun on those run-n-chugs
Brandi Long on August 28th, 2009 9:49 am

Looks like it’s going to be OHS for me today b/c I am not insane!
Thanks for the shout out B! So no one be creeped out by my lurking around and taking pictures
Jenny S on August 28th, 2009 9:51 am

Great photo, and it is in keeping with the “Where’s Todd?” theme.
Mike D., and I get respect on August 28th, 2009 9:53 am

We are going to need some official run and chug rules….Wind aided 400 times should be noted, and if you are wearing gloves to hold your beer so you don’t get blisters, you are kicked out of the men’s division.
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 9:54 am

Can we partner on the run and chug? Say one person chugs while the other runs? I’m an excellent chugger? Any bonus points for post R&C belch? Or am I just stacking the deck here?
Joey on August 28th, 2009 10:03 am

I think it is a much greater feat if you chug then run…probably make for some excellent belches.

Brandi – great work here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crossfitpeachtree/3864934142/

This should be posted on the main site for M-Up form perfection.
Joey on August 28th, 2009 10:13 am

Blame Todd for the extra 20 feet we have to run on every 400 now…not me. I still think he is an asshole for doing that! I was just involved because I wanted to get an 800m mark on the street after making a left hand turn, but we ran out of pavement.
Jenny S on August 28th, 2009 10:13 am

Joey I think I can see your soul in that pic.
Jimbo on August 28th, 2009 10:22 am

Sprint through the pouring rain, slip, and bust my ass?!?! Not me! No way! OHS and chick for this guy!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jasmine on August 28th, 2009 10:24 am

Yea – I just looked at the CFE workout. . .and I am silent. How can all of that be ONE round?

3 + Hours After CrossFit Main Site WOD

Choose ONE of The Following Sports:

Swim, Bike, Run, C2

Sprint/Recover:

3 rounds of (20sec on/60sec off, 20sec on/50sec off, 20sec on/40sec off, 20sec on/30sec off, 20sec on/20sec off, 20sec on/10sec off) Start next round after 10 sec rest..

All out Efforts!
SaraH on August 28th, 2009 10:34 am

Hahaha “where’s Todd theme”? Love it – can we get a montage? Happy Beer Friday! I tweaked the hell out of my neck yesterday, I’m cursing everytime I have to check my blind spot in my car. And sneezing hurts like a mofo! Hope I can WOD tonight!
Adam on August 28th, 2009 10:35 am

Brandi and I did that CFE workout a while back. It wasn’t nearly as fun as you might think.
SaraH on August 28th, 2009 10:41 am

This could be the new and improved “Rey fist the manhole” picture. Just sayin!!!
bridget on August 28th, 2009 10:50 am

This just in…Ray just did the WOD (row instead of run) and it took him 28 minutes

There will be some heavy scaling for newbies
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 10:53 am

Sarah you might want to watch the sneeze/curse combo tomorrow! I can’t imagine your friend being happy when her kids get the fall cold and go “aaaaah-chu! EFFFFF!”
REY on August 28th, 2009 11:01 am

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!! WOW that looks a tad gay
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 11:05 am

B – thank goodness I have nowhere to be tonight…Ray 28 min = Jen 1 hr +.

Are yall ordering pizza for us or something so we don’t starve to death while we are in there for 4 hours? Is this a lock in?!
Mike D, with your bad self running things on August 28th, 2009 11:10 am

Two issues with the article above:

I am not sure that meat/protein rich diets are a leading cause of obesity in the US. I think sugar and inactivity are the main causes.

My eyes glaze over whenever anyone starts blaming global warming for anything. Even Al Gore now refers to it as “climate change” with the earth cooling every year since 1998.
REY on August 28th, 2009 11:16 am

A lot of people also blame technology. People say it has made our lives a lot easier and more convenient. But then again, what about the Japanese? They are far more advances and superior in terms of technology. Who is to blame?
Adam on August 28th, 2009 11:22 am

I blame Xenu. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenu
Joey on August 28th, 2009 11:27 am

So Ray took 28 mins…how much of that time was him jumping and not getting high enough to grab the pull up bar? Need to prepare accordingly…
Joey on August 28th, 2009 11:27 am

You’re welcome everyone having a bad day and bored on the blog…
ray on August 28th, 2009 11:33 am

Well I was by myself this morning and bored so I thought I might knock this one out…went the other way.

Rowing 300 is not the best sub. Standards for RX tonite no kipping the KTE…straight up and down. You can use a box to help you from swinging. Knees touch the elbows not just get near. Be honest with yourself.

A good place to start to sub is cutting the KTE reps in half. Bring a towel so you don’t slip off the bar from rain or sweat. Don’t want another Flying Dan/Kit incident. If you do land on your head we’ll just roll you out the door and continue the wod!
Ryan on August 28th, 2009 11:38 am

The only picture more gay than REY above – is the one from R&B’s facebook album wher RAY has a pretty pink flower in his ear, and is giving the camera “im shy but maybe if you talk to me I would let you bang me look” perfected by the church girls of the southeast.

Happy Friday!
bridget on August 28th, 2009 11:42 am

Ryan, you know that look all too well don’t you ?
ray on August 28th, 2009 11:42 am

That was shot right before I donned my leopard thong a played volley ball with the Top Gun Soundtrack playing. I mean Joey Likes Top Gun right? It has to be cool!
bridget on August 28th, 2009 11:44 am

If anyone cares to see Ray demonstrating the ISBMIFTTMIWLYBM look

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=30642163&id=1126819898
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 11:47 am

Uggghhhhhh, foiled!! I thought it was on Flickr so I clicked and BAM! BLOCKED WARNING BLOCKED!!!
Mike D, with your bad self running things on August 28th, 2009 11:49 am

Bring a towel so you don’t slip off the bar from rain or sweat.

Did we ever figure out if the T shirt guy can make a CFPT Bathrobe?? Would save a lot of wiping and swiffering….
SaraH on August 28th, 2009 11:50 am

BAHAHAHA! That’s just cute.

Oh yes, and Jenny…I did pull several grape stomping ladies noises while in Fresh Market last night. Epic. I think people probably thought I was suffering from Benjamin Button Syndrome with mad arthritis or something.
FJ on August 28th, 2009 11:51 am

Wait…We really cant kip KTE anymore?
SaraH on August 28th, 2009 11:51 am

Mike D, that’s right…you never did get your CFPT bathrobe. Maybe for Christmas. Along with a nice pair of the webbed running shoes you so dearly love.
SaraH on August 28th, 2009 11:52 am

Mad swiffering tonight.
Joey on August 28th, 2009 11:57 am

I kip L pullups…not sure if I kip KTE. I definitely hit the ground each rep since I ate my veggies as a kid…so I hope that garbage counts.
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 12:01 pm

Joey, I’m gonna go with NO REP!!! I’ll do ya a solid and stand there and count for you and if your shredded ass knees dont touch your elbows (which I am sure shred, as well), I’ll scream NO REP just for you!

I kip KTE. Calling myself out here. Thought I figured out some sort of secret. I also have trouble getting the wonky (not shredded) knees to touch my wonky (definitely not shredded) elbows…but I dont think that’s wonkiness, it’s wimpiness!
Mike D, and I'm the Ladies Choice on August 28th, 2009 12:04 pm

Jenny, are you talking about the Freak Show knee?? That may touch the elbow of whoever is working out two people down from you before it touches yours..that is some crazy shit…
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 12:08 pm

I’m putting vodka in my water bottle, that’s the only way I’m getting through this… Kind of like Ryno and a south ga church girl…only not sure who needs the vodka!
ray on August 28th, 2009 12:10 pm

Here you go FJ…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqOgtFcqWbE&feature=related
Ryan on August 28th, 2009 12:20 pm

shit im screwed.
SaraH on August 28th, 2009 12:26 pm

That m-up picture of Joey is phenom. Kicking, looks like screaming, fighting for that one – way to go Champ! Did your Tupac Rock photo sesh ensue after that??
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 12:26 pm

Ha Mike! I’m glad you can vouch for Wonky Knee… at least you know I’m not faking!! There’s no fakin the circus knee swing… PS – that’s controlled movement and it’s about 20 times better and more in line than a year ago! ha ha ha! Now can you see why squatting on that thing is such a huge victory!?

Yeah, Ray, does it matter HOW we get the knee to the elbow? I might be able to do this standing up with a quick swing of the leg!
REY on August 28th, 2009 12:28 pm

count me in
Matt's KTE is suspect on August 28th, 2009 12:37 pm

now that I see the youtube video, I feel like there will be a lot more taint in the air
Joey on August 28th, 2009 1:11 pm

You gotta do more than 3 muscle ups an hour to result in tupac level fatigue.
Joey on August 28th, 2009 1:19 pm

But let the record show, I did get that one. That ain’t no picture of failure.
REY on August 28th, 2009 1:24 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMx7rDE4m0w&feature=channel

Pfft! I can do so much better…. screw him
Jess Mc on August 28th, 2009 1:25 pm

Last WoD is for now still at 6? I can’t remember when the extended classes start…
ray on August 28th, 2009 1:26 pm

Next Friday Jess you can part take in Ryan’s house of pain at 6:30 and 7pm.

Tonite 6pm
Daniel formerly known as not AK Dan on August 28th, 2009 1:30 pm

wow how is that not child abuse?
Mike D, and I get respect on August 28th, 2009 1:55 pm

Child abuse, maybe, blog killer/Non Albino Dan..
Daniel formerly known as not AK Dan on August 28th, 2009 1:59 pm

you’re welcome
Matt on August 28th, 2009 2:02 pm

I wish that kid would yell out kelly clarkson after the squat
Rebecca on August 28th, 2009 2:12 pm

If anyone is interested … Nick, Katy and I are going to Wall Crawlers on Dekalb Ave. tonight to do some bouldering. They have a student special on Friday nights from 7 to 11 – it’s only $10 for the climbing fee and shoe rental. And for those who aren’t students – they have yet to actually ask to see anyone’s IDs when I’ve been there.
Matt on August 28th, 2009 2:16 pm

after crossfit?
Rebecca on August 28th, 2009 2:22 pm

I can’t make it to crossfit on Fridays because I don’t get off work until 6. But Katy came after crossfit last week.
Ryan on August 28th, 2009 2:28 pm

That little kid squats more than joey.
AK on August 28th, 2009 2:28 pm

Why are people so F’ing STUPID!!!!!!!!
ray on August 28th, 2009 2:33 pm

AK who pissed in your Cheerios?
Joey on August 28th, 2009 2:36 pm

Squating is for fags. I supine pull up.
Mike D. and I get respect on August 28th, 2009 2:38 pm

Becca, I think they would call me on being a student. What is the matter, Albino Kenyan??
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 2:41 pm

Mike – tell em you are a GSU student up for the weekend, they’ll believe it took you that long!
Brandi Long on August 28th, 2009 2:43 pm

AK did someone steal your cake from the breakroom?
bridget on August 28th, 2009 2:46 pm

Having a bad day AK?
SaraH on August 28th, 2009 2:47 pm

I’m going to have to go with AK’s distress having something to do with cake for sure…good call Brandi.

What’s tha matter AK???!!!
Mike D. and I get respect on August 28th, 2009 2:51 pm

Jenny, the problem is I have all my teeth and no cold sores; 25 years as an undergrad you know I would pick up something….

Maybe AK got only one donut after lunch or something??
Mike D. and I get respect on August 28th, 2009 2:51 pm

http://www.neversaydiet.com/blog-article/got-booze-how-beer-does-body-good

Oh, this is an article talking about how beer makes for stronger bones…
Mike D. and I get respect on August 28th, 2009 2:56 pm

OK, did your room mate mail the High School Musical Box Set back to Netflix before you were ready to let go??
Baby Noel on August 28th, 2009 2:57 pm

Hey guys, I think I accidentally grabbed a pair of sunglasses that look like mine. I will drop them off at the gym.
Joey on August 28th, 2009 2:58 pm

I’ll go ahead and thank you on Ryan’s behalf. He misses his Juicy aviators.
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 3:00 pm

Baby Klepto – it’s a wallet that came up missing…you were safe with the glasses!!

Seriously, I’m glad you just confirmed my good sumaritan theory for CFPT! I left my Fendi sunglasses at the gym for 2 days and swore they would be there when I went back…not so much good sumaritan as way too easy to get caught sportin someone else’s stuff!
Baby Noel on August 28th, 2009 3:00 pm

That’s really sweet of you, Joey.
Joey on August 28th, 2009 3:04 pm

Damnit, I really hate working on Friday afternoons.
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 3:10 pm

Joey…semantics… GOING TO WORK… get it right!
Joey on August 28th, 2009 3:17 pm

True statement…
Baby Noel on August 28th, 2009 3:17 pm

I’m going to drop the sunglasses off today in my 1920’s flapper outfit.
Joey on August 28th, 2009 3:19 pm

wtf is a flapper? not to be confused or associated with a fluffer?
Mike D. and I get respect on August 28th, 2009 3:24 pm

I sense a 1920’s = Mike’s sophomore year of high school comment heading this way from the AT&T Headquarters….
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 3:25 pm

They showed their knees when it was considered slutty…clearly, if GSU were around in the 20’s flappers would have congregated there!

They also drank during prohibition. Flappers were skanks of the 20s.

And they wore fringe dresses.
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 3:26 pm

Nah, Mike, I was trying to hold back from making some comment about how you’d be fine with no cold sores as a 25 year undergrad at GSU – one look would tell anyone even a wasted skank wouldn’t go there!

Whoops!
Joey on August 28th, 2009 3:33 pm

OK, so all my talk about supine not using my back…I can barely freaking move today. Lats are tore up.
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 3:42 pm

What does supine mean anyway?

BRB – Google is about to help me kill 3 minutes!
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 3:44 pm

Supine – how Mike D prefers his women in addition to having vocal chords!!

Ryan – you should start incorporating that into your pick up lines!! “Hey ladies, wanna go back to my pool house and get supine!?!?!” They’ll think you said something about some wine!
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 3:45 pm

Just when you thought CrossFit was done giving you terms with innuendo and double meaning!!!

Supine -

1. Lying on the back or having the face upward.
2. Having the palm upward. Used of the hand.
SaraH on August 28th, 2009 4:05 pm

So Ryno would have to say “Hey ladies wanna go back to my pool house and get supinED?!”…we can totally make that a verb.
SaraH on August 28th, 2009 4:08 pm

Ok, so I used to have Beyonce crowned as the most annoying human being. I’m pretty sure Shakira surpasses that with this video. Girl looks good, but song is terrible and at moments she looks as though she’s having a seizure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aEW_Z5Va5s
Jenn Mc on August 28th, 2009 4:10 pm

Since skanks are usually on their backs and supine means on your back …. Should we call them skank pull ups next time?
Jenn Mc on August 28th, 2009 4:12 pm

Oh… And just for the record… Jimbo fell of 36 inches yesterday. Amateur.
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 4:21 pm

Jenn Mc – Ryan bullied my husband into getting sweaty with the biggest box he could find… almost got offended.

Skank Pull Ups — pretty sure this is a set for Mike…Mike?? Anything??
Jenny T on August 28th, 2009 4:21 pm

What does it mean to have a shewolf in your closet? I’ve really been wondering but I’m scared to Google it.
Joey on August 28th, 2009 4:31 pm

I dont know what that means, but I just came up with my own meaning and def. plan on using it in the near future.
Jenn Mc on August 28th, 2009 4:31 pm

Jenny… I’d be scared to google it too… sounds like something that ATT is gonna block.

I wouldn’t like to admit that my husband could handle big box with a little coaching from Ryan… understandable how you were offended.
Jenn Mc on August 28th, 2009 4:35 pm

SaraH… seriously with that video?? BLEH! Beyonce, Shakira…. they ALL suck!!!

I have to go listen to some drowning pool now.
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