Site was a bit messy so I went out and arranged some of the material in an orderly fashion, like this wee steel beam.
Site cleanup Day
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© 2011 andy. All rights reserved.
70% foundation finished
© 2011 andy. All rights reserved.
Getting there with the foundation for my current project, a five story building in NY’s Chelsea neighborhood.
Active Rest Day
Last week I did pullups everyday. My shoulders took a beating and were really sore on the weekend. This week we did overhead pressing movements Monday and Tuesday. Today another over press was scheduled and I thought a day of … Continue reading
CrossFit NYC Black Box
Every CrossFit gym has an individual name, ours, The Black Box. Here is Sara training a man that comes really early every morning (like 5:15AM early!). Sara is the coach/trainer Tues-Fri in the morning. She has been a major part … Continue reading
Power Cleans
Today’s WOD at CrossFit was the power clean 1-1-1-1-1-1-1, which means we were supposed to do 7 sets of 1 rep each for a max weight. Trouble is the power clean is a pretty technical move. You start from the … Continue reading
Double Unders
In CrossFit the workouts are varied everyday. There are workouts that are repeated but only infrequently, something in the order of months or even years apart. There are countless exercises and many are a main stay, repeated frequently in the … Continue reading
tearing hands
Todays WOD (remember workout of the day) was an AMRAP (as many reps as possible) in 15 minutes. The exercises were 15 chest to bar pull ups (which I was forced to scale to throat to bar) and a 30 … Continue reading
CrossFit journal
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The fair with which I began the blog are missing, India travel, Buddhist monasteries and Tibetan language study. Currently in the work phase of my yearly routine. One aspect that has been of interest to me is the fitness I … Continue reading
Snow and quiet
Home in Minnesota for a few short days. Love it, cold or warm. Wish I had more time.
Shelving continues, and continues and continues…
Spent five hours out in the shop tonight. Giles caught me eating dinner again. That makes about five or six times straight. He thinks all I do is eat out there. Got some small pieces cut that are fussy and … Continue reading
Shelving work continues
Continuing with my shelf building. First I glued up the front and back halves of the shelves. I like that, halves of the shelves. I really need to clean up my mess before I leave so any gluing should be … Continue reading
Eurostructs new shop
I have worked for Eurostruct since January, 1996. I quit a couple times, taken some fairly long holidays but keep on coming back. There are many faces that are still around since I first started which is a testament to … Continue reading
