Ok folks, I have spent too much mental energy to let this one go.  I am building a 64 March Madness style tournament for our favorite sports movies (65 actually, as we have a Farrell vs. Farrell play-in game). We will add some spice as these movies go head to head, and we will encourage anyway to support your favorite movie: post a quote somewhere, wear a t shirt or whatever creative way you can think of to make it fun.  As you will see below, I have broken the movies down into specific categories: baseball, football, basketball, fighting sports, racing sports, ice sports, soccer and miscellaneous. Here are the parameters: overall entertainment value, connections to sports, cultural influence, and other stuff.  There are no documentaries in the tourney.  That is basically tournament in itself.  I have avoided sequels unless something is absolutely essential.   This bracket will be definitive...Read more

Workout of the Day Strength 3 Position Snatch Start Low – Position 3, then 2 then 1.5. Build to a heavy set of this complex in 15 minutes. Conditioning AMRAP 10 15 Toes to Bar 50 Ft. Handstand Walk* *Substitute kick ups or Bear Crawls  Read more

Ok, we have a lot of things going on in the coming weeks. The first one, and this is stupid, is we decided to do March Madness bracket for our sports movies.  We are going with a 64 movie bracket.  Each day or so, we will have a theme – one movie versus another, and they will battle it out for the next round.  August 31 – Body Fat Testing Friday 3p-7p Click HERE to sign up September 1 – Saved By The Barbell Workout September 4 – the 21 Day Detox Challenge begins. September 8, I am playing guitar at Ernie’s Tin Bar in Petaluma. On September 9, we have CrossFit Day at the Oakland Coliseum.  Austin, Damon, Amie and Victoria will be throwing down on the field.  September 15th – Hero WOD “Hughes” In honor of Captain Brian Hughes who died fighting the Ferguson Fire on July 29th,...Read more

CrossFit at 9am and 10am There have been some great CrossFit.com workouts the last few days.  Like 50 Bar Muscle Ups for time.  We will do that straight away at 10am.  If you can’t do the BMU, work on them for 10 minutes. Workout of the Day 5 Rounds 2 minutes 10 Wallball Shots 20/14 Row 200 meters Max WB Shots in remaining time Rest 3 minutesRead more

Come join us on September 1st for a fundraised to support the CrossFit Foundation. Proceeds from the workout will support the development and growth of CrossFit programs for kids in schools, recreation centers, and communities everywhere. Your efforts will fund training for teachers, put new equipment in schools, and support the health and fitness of thousands of children. Registration is $35 and includes a t-shirt and access to the Saved by the Barbell leaderboard. There is an adult leaderboard and a Teen “under 18” leaderboard. Registration is not required to attend Saturday’s class. You can bring kids and friends:) Saved by the Barbell 3 rounds for max reps of: 1 minute of burpees 1 minute of wall-ball shots 1 minute of deadlifts 1 minute of med-ball sit-ups 1 minute of hang power cleans Rest 1 minute Men: 20-lb. ball, 115-lb. deadlifts and cleans Women: 14-lb. ball, 75-lb. deadlifts and cleans Workout...Read more