"Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks."
-Johann Gottfried Von Herder
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| Above: Jeffrey "Jeff" King has been with 808 since the second month of us opening. He is a Chief in the Navy and will be leaving for a 6-month deployment next month. His wife, Jamie, also CrossFits at 808 and even took a trip out to the CrossFit Games this year with the 808 crew. Jeff loves strength days, including Olympic Lifting, and is also solid in body weight movements. Jeff is excited about Sunday's team competition and hopes to represent 808 well. Today he Deadlifted 375 lbs. for 3 reps and completed 9 rounds and 5 reps in the met-con! Awesome! |
Strength:
Deadlifts 3-3-3-3-3
Met-con:
AMRAP in 15 minutes, of:
10 Wall Balls (20/14 lbs. to 10 ft.)
10 Toes to Bar
10 Box Jumps (24")
CrossFit 808 featured in the CrossFit Journal
"Making Room for Fitness: CrossFit 808"
“In Hawaii, the unique thing about it is you’re obviously on an island and limited by the amount of space, warehouse space,” Elyse Umeda says.
The 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games competitor is the owner of CrossFit 808 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Join her on a tour of her box, which opened earlier this year.
Umeda and her coaches worked with the space to find nooks for equipment and the office. She has been accumulating equipment and made sure her gym was equipped with GHD machines from Rogue Fitness, despite the cost of shipping.
The whiteboard-painted wall is one of the newest features of her box. On it, athletes write down their workout tallies and results, as well as their 30-day goals.
“Anyone’s welcome to write on the board and get a little extra coaching from me, just so I know what they’re really trying to achieve in the next 30 days,” she says.
Among her unconventional equipment are homemade slosh tubes used as a training tool. She even has a novelty Shake Weight.
“If you ever rob a movement in our gym, you get put on the Shake Weight,” she says.
Umeda also filled windowpanes by the ceiling with motivational quotes.
“I have always been motivated by quotes,” she says. “I wanted that kind of atmosphere where anywhere someone looked or turned, there’s something motivational on the walls.”
Saturday's WOD Board:
Thanks for posting us on the blog, we are very thankful we found such an awesome gym as soon as we got here! You all have been so welcoming and kind to us! p.s. Jeff doesn't leave until June, so you have some more time to torture him before he's gone, haha.
ReplyDeleteYay! Let's bring it! ;)
ReplyDeleteYou guys rock and are such an awesome couple to have as a part of CrossFit 808!