Be a badass and REGISTER before you miss your chance to be a part of Barbells & Handlebars 2012. Registration will be capped at 50 participants. Also, ‘like’ the BB&HB page on Facebook for daily updates all the way up until December 1st.

I’ve seen some pretty nasty ‘staches around the gym recently and I just want everyone to know that it only gets fuller. We are about half way through the month of Movember and that much closer to Barbells & Handlebars on Saturday, December 1st. I wanted to mention a few important details concerning the event…

The first WOD will be building up to a one rep max ground to overhead.

The Fight Gone Bad portion of the event (second WOD) is now referred to as “Fight Gone Mad”. The first of the five movements in it is the kettlebell swing for intermediate and kettlebell snatch for advanced. The other four movements will be announced soon.

Vydra from 102.1 The Edge will be our honorary celebrity mustache judge.

We are still in need of volunteers if you are not planning on participating. If you don’t want to volunteer, then you are encouraged to still show up and show your support. If you do want to volunteer, please register HERE.

Females will be judged on most creative mustache, too.

Origin Natural Food will be in attendance giving out awesome food samples. We will have some others out too who will be announced as we get closer to December 1st.

As of this morning we have about 18 spots left. Please register HERE if you going to participate. If you are still unsure, just go ahead and do it! It is for a good cause and will be fun.

 

 

Sign up for Barbells & Handlebars on the registration page located HERE. I am strongly encouraging all EDCF members to either compete or at least volunteer. Expect sponsors, mustaches, music, sweat, beer and one hell of a good time. The movements will be released soon!

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Free Saturday class tomorrow at 10am. Masters (50+) are welcome at 9am.

Robin Hawke has been religiously coming to the Masters class every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morning for exactly a year. Her attendance record is impressive. Now add in the factor that she has been doing it on only one “good” knee. She had her first knee replacement surgery over four years ago and besides opting to row instead of run, you would never know the difference.

She goes in for her second knee replacement surgery, a procedure she has known was coming since after first knee was operated on, tomorrow morning. Robin doesn’t make excuses as she has been at class both days this week including squatting 225 lb. past parallel on Tuesday and deadlifting well over 200 this morning. She actually wanted to take this morning “light”.

Robin is a badass, pure and simple. Add this to her awesome attitude and work ethic and it makes her one special individual. Ask anyone in the Masters class and they will tell you that it just won’t be the same without her yellow Mini Cooper in the parking lot or her warm smile even after a tough WOD. We wish you a speedy recovery, Robin, and know that you’ll be back with a vengeance when you return.

So being the nerd that I am with this kind of stuff, I decided to take your high bar back squat one rep maxes and compare them against your old ones. I wanted to look at how men and women increased separately as well as everyone together. The results are just what I was hoping for but there are some interesting things to point out.

The men increased there 1RM load by an average of 16.5 lb… Wow.

The women increased their 1RM load by an average of 13.75 lb… Still wow.

More interestingly though, the women showed a percent increase of  9.3% compared to the men’s 7.1%. Great job ladies!

All in all, yesterday was a success. I also want to point out a particular highlight of yesterday’s squatting. Heather N. hit a big 205# (up from 185). She has had her eye on getting over the 200 mark for a while. Great job Heather! Hard work pays off.

And now I present to you Adam dressed up like Spiderman..

The end of our high bar back squat cycle ends today. Come on in to find out how all that hard work has paid off by finding a new one rep max.

The new gym is coming along! Take a look at the fresh signage as you are making your way to the old place. A big thanks goes out to everyone who helped out again this weekend (Jeffrey, Jill, and Bryan). Now all we need is some lights and electricity…

Haven’t signed up for Barbells and Handlebars yet? Well why the hell not?! Click here to get set up.

A new CrossFit Prep Course starts tonight!

Registration for Barbells & Handlebars is now open! Cost of entry is $30 which also gets you a t-shirt. Register now because there are limited spots available! If you are hesitant because this is a “competition”, don’t be. There is an advanced and intermediate division and it will just be like any other WOD your have tackled in regular class except with a lot more hype around it! Still not convinced? We need volunteers and would love for you to come and help out! You can also sign up to volunteer by clicking the link.

Shave The Date was a success! Had a great group of people show last night to start fresh and shave their face in preparation for Movember. Click here to check out the photos.

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Free 10am CrossFit class tomorrow (Saturday) morning!

The Shave-Off. If you are competing for the Barbells & Handlebars‘s Golden ‘Stache award or are going all out for the month of November by manning up and growing a moustache, then you should be at the shave-off tomorrow night. Bring your own razors and shaving cream to the gym at 8:30pm. We will supply the water and beer. The rules state that you must start with a fresh shave on the 1st so we can see what you can pull off come December 1st at BB&HB. Women are definitely welcome too!