San Diego CrossFit Weekend Warriors

Mission Bay Workout 2 Dec @ 10am

Annie demonstrates her beautifully executed kipping pull-ups

Join us this Saturday at 10am for a fun workout where your best friend will become the Kettlebell! 
For more information contact krista@crossfitweekendwarriors.com.

Zone Holiday Side Dish of the Week

Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta*
Pancetta is an Italian style bacon, and it is fabulous in this side dish.  Consider substituting this recipe for the traditional green bean casserole.
For this recipe you will need:

1 pound fresh Brussels sprouts, trimmed
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 ounces paper-thin slices pancetta, coarsely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3/4 cup low-salt chicken broth

Partially cook the Brussels sprouts in a large pot of boiling salted water, about 4 minutes. Drain.

Meanwhile, heat the oil in a heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add the pancetta and saute until beginning to crisp, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and saute until pale golden, about 2 minutes. Add the Brussels sprouts to the same skillet and saute until heated through and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add the broth and simmer until the broth reduces just enough to coat the Brussels sprouts, about 3 minutes. Serve.

*Courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis, Food Network.com

An Exercise in Stamina

We had beautiful weather and a nice turnout today of Weekend Warriors!  The WOD was "Murph": 1 mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 squats, 1 mile run.  Everyone stuck with it and fished strong...most still feeling the effects of their Thanksgiving Day dinners.  Thankfully, it seems as if Pukie the Clown stayed at home.

Doug, Marla and Sarah getting some!

 

Mission Bay Workout 25 Nov @10am

Come out for what may be your first workout after Thanksgiving dinner!  Bring your holiday guests, friends and family.  Being that this is one of CrossFit's more arduous WOD, it  will be scaled to your physical fitness level!

Zone Holiday Side Dish of the Week

Cauliflower Mashed "Potatoes"
This take on a classic side dish will satisfy your craving for spuds without all of the extra carbs!  I was surprised by how close to the real thing this tasted. 

For this recipe you will need:
1 head of cauliflower
1 clove of minced garlic-about one tsp
1/8 tsp of white pepper/salt
2 tbsp of butter

Bring a pot of water to boil (~4 cups) and place washed head of cauliflower (leaves removed) in the pot (alternatively may dice up head and place in vegetable steamer).  Cook the cauliflower until very fork soft.  Drain well.  Puree the cauliflower with the butter, garlic.  Salt and pepper to taste.  Try topping it with paprika and/or rosemary.*

1 1/4 cups = 1 block of carbs and 2 blocks of fat. 

*Special thanks to David Besachio for this recipe contribution.

Team Relay Race

Four teams battled it out during the "Annie R-U-Okay?" inspired relay race.  The exercises that each member of each team had to complete were: 50 reps of Thrusters, 800 meter run, 50 push-ups, 50 medicine ball cleans, 50 double-unders and 50 Burpees.  Pictured above is the winning team cf: Clay, Andrew, Eric, Nik, Cheryl and Tim.  Their time was 27:05!!  Great job, Lady and Gents!

Emily and Brye were on team 2.  There time was 27:56!  Outstanding effort ladies!

Doug, Tim, Jaimie, Dominick, Elika and Trey finished 3rd with 31:15...Strong work, guys and gals!!

Christopher, Marla, Dana, Karen, Terry and Kelly gave an impressive effort of 33:29 considering that this was the second workout of the day for 3 of them!!

Mission Bay Workout 18 Nov @10 am

The forecast for Mission Bay is sunny and 70 degrees for Saturday!  A great excuse to squeeze in one more Saturday workout before you eat yourself silly on Thanksgiving!  We will be splitting up into teams for the WOD.  So get ready for some fun and camaraderie!  Please email krista@crossfitweekendwarriors.com with questions. 

Mission Bay Workout 11 Nov @ 10am

As the weather starts to cool off, warm-up with an intense CrossFit workout this Saturday at 10am! 

Maximum Effort

We had a max effort day on Saturday.  5 Rounds of max pull-ups and max ring dips.  Numerous people got 40 plus pull-up and 20 plus dips.  Go Warriors!!

Mission Bay Workout 4 Nov @10am

Max out your pull-ups and ring dips with us on Saturday!  We'll warm-up, practice kipping pull-ups and ring dips, then you will have 5 chances to do as many pull-ups as you can in one set and 5 chances to do as many ring dips as you can in one set.