relief effort update 11/14/2012

Our first load of equipment from Again Faster was delivered last Wednesday night. Ian and Mike ( owners of Oside and King of the beach) were there to help us unload and give us an overview of the situation. Oside CrossFit is on the mend but still without power. Between donations from Again faster and Rogue Fitness we will be able to bring Oside a long way back to full operational ability soon. Oside’s biggest need now is rubber flooring and a good cleaning.

CrossFit King of the Beach is totally wiped out. Between the flood and diesel fuel spill that gym will be out of operation for some time. The good news is they have a second location in Island Park and all donations are going to get that gym up and operational.

Concept 2 and Jim Phelps from CrossFixit equipment repair services will have KOB’s fleet of rowers restored to like new by then end of today.

Steve’s Club generously donated a huge box of Paleo kits to keep everyone fueled.

Another shipment of equipment is due in from Rogue Fitness in the next couple of days and will be distributed between Oside, KOB and CrossFit Volition.

We are still in need of cash donations to help purchase rubber flooring for these gyms. If you would like to help please  click on the link provided and donaate today.

http://sandy-crossfit.eventbrite.com/

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to helping these guys get back on their feet.

a growing need

Our relief efforts have now grown to inlcude 3 CrossFit gyms damaged on Long Island by storm Sandy. Many individuals and several equipment companies have stepped up  to aid our community and we cannot thank them enough. However the scope of their needs are larger than any one company or individual can solve on their own.

So we are asking other equipment companies to please step in and help us out. Your company will recieve a big thank you on our site and Facebook page and the appreciation of the greater CrossFit community.

If you can help in any way please contact us at trainermerle@att.net

Storm Sandy relief effort update

So far we have identified 3 box’s located on Long island that need our help. CrossFit Oside, CrossFit King of the Beach and CrossFit Volition.  There were all pretty much beach front when the storm hit. We intend to do our best to help them all.

 

We are collection donations in Connecticut at CrossFit Relentless and CrossFit Milford for used equipment. Anything can help so please consider dropping off equipment by next Wednesday.

We are working with Concept 2, Again Faster, Life as Rx and other equipment suppliers to help these people regain their feet.

We are in need of money as well. To date we have collected a little over $500. We have a goal of collecting $25,000 by December 8th. Please donate if you can on the link below.

http://sandy-crossfit.eventbrite.com

Please pass the word and do what you can to help our community.

 

Thank you all.

A call to action for a sister box

As all have you have heard Storm Sandy has devastated much of the northeast with New york and New Jersey bearing much of the brunt.

CrossFit gyms including our own have banded together to help the victims with food,clothing and cleaning supplies. It shows the character of our community I believe.

It has come to our attention that one of our own is now in need. Oside CrossFit (the owner is Ian Berger) in Long Island found themselves under 4 feet of water once Sandy was through. They lost almost everything. I am asking each and every box owner and athlete to consider donating something to help them get back on their feet.

It does not need to be new. I’m sure we all have a used  med ball, kettle bell, bar or plates that we could spare. We need to do this fast to help them get back on their feet and start CrossFitting again.  I proposed a 3 prong strategy.

1. every box owner in the tri state area that can help out please considering dropping off 1 or 2 box items. They can be dropped at CrossFit Milford or CrossFit Relentless. Let’s try to get this done by Wednesday of next week. I will collect everything and drive it to them.

2. We will put a donation link up on the Beast Facebook page and you can choose to donate via credit card so they can put the money where they see fit. We will leave the link up for 30 days and then give whatever we collect to them at the end.

3. Jason Leydon and I are already talking to CrossFit equipment suppliers about helping them out in some way.

I know you all have your own needs and pressures. As do we. Think about if this was your box and your immediate CrossFit community. Then give what you can.

Sincerely

Merle Mckenzie & Glenn Perra

Beast of the East .CrossFit Relentless, CrossFit 033 and CrossFit Ironworks

2012 Beast of the East Men, Women and Team winners

The 2012 Beast of the East is officially over. Over the 3 day event athletes had stones,Olympic lifts, Muscle ups, 106 lb kettlebells and much much more thrown at them. At one point the dust from heavy so many heavy stones crashing over and over to the concrete floor made it look like a Roman era Gladiator arena. Epic battles to see who took first or second place we’re reminscent of an Ali vs Frasier match. Christy vs Gretchen, Daniel vs Christian and Shoreline CrossFit vs Bro’s and Ho’s.  In the end Bro’s and Ho’s, Christy Phillips and Daniel Tyminski were crowned the 2012 Beast of the East. This makes Boomsauce ( Daniel Tyminski) a 3 peat winner of the Beast. Congratulations to our winners.

Bro’s and Ho’s 1st place Team

Christy Phillips 1st place Women’s division

Daniel Tyminski 1st place Men’s division

Latest Scores and Athlete Arrival for Day 2

For the latest scores, go to beast.wheresthethrowdown.com

Athletes should plan on arriving at 8:00AM Saturday morning for the athlete briefing at 8:30AM. The first workout of the day will go off at 9:00AM

 

wod 2

Wod 2. Scheduled for Friday evening.

 

Athletes MUST bring their own jump ropes.

 

Masters:       8 minute AMRAP  of  100 double Unders,  30 Toes To Bar,  Max reps stone over shoulder in the remainder of the time

Age 40-47 stone weight=145/95
Age48-56 stone weight=95/65
Age 57+ stone weight=95/65
Score=total reps

Teams:     12 Minute AMRAP of  300 Double Unders (1 Working),   120 Toes To Bar ,   Max reps stone over shoulder for the remainder of the time 1 (Male/1 Female Working at same time)

Stone weight=145/95      Score=total reps

Individual:      8 minute AMRAP of   100 Double Unders,   30 Toes To Bar,   Max reps stone to shoulder for the remainder of the time,

Stone weight=145/95   Score=total reps

wods 1,3 and 4 released

We are releasing SOME wods today. Others will be released later this week and some will be released during the event. There are 2 wods on Friday for everyone. There are 3 wods Saturday for everyone. All athletes will have at least one wod on Sunday before cuts are made for the final ( there are NO cuts for masters).

Friday

wod 1. Individuals

Max Thrusters (135/95) in 10 minutes.

Every minute on the minute perform 5 burpees.

Score equals total Thrusters.

wod 1. Teams

Max Thrusters in 10 minutes:
10 Min AMRAP (135/95)

1   Male/Female Working Same Time. 1 bar for men ,1 bar for ladies.

Each team member will first perform 25 Burpees.

Max reps thrusters in the remainder of the 10 minutes.

Wod 1. Masters

Max Thrusters in 10 minutes. Every minute on the minute perform 5 burpees

Masters 40=47 135/95

Masters 48-56  115/75

Masters 57 and over 95/65

Score equals total Burpees

Saturday

Wod 3. Individuals 2k row.

Wod 3. Teams 2k row ( all team members rowing at the same time. Score is total sum of all 4 athletes.)

Wod 3. Masters 2k row

Saturday

Wod 4.  Establish 1 rep max snatch- 6 minute cap (power,split or full. athlete choice)

Wod 4. Teams.  Establish team 1 rep max snatch- 10 minute cap. Score equals highest score of each athlete combined.(power,split or full. athlete choice)

Wod 4. Masters . Establish 1 rep max snatch- 6 minute cap  (power,split or full. athlete choice)

More movement standards

Here are 6 more movements and standards you can expect to see at the 2012 Beast of the East. A big thanks goes out to head judge Jesse Cook for filming these movement standards.

Beast Thrusters

Beast Deadlift

Beast Snatch

Beast Hang cleans

Beast Toes to bar

Beast Chest to bar pull ups

movement standards

Starting this week we will be posting videos of most of the movement standards you can expect to see at the 2012 Beast of the East. We say “most” because some movements will be kept secret until the final wod and some movements need no explanation ( i.e double unders). Here is the first group of movements.  You can tell Jesse had little fun making these.