Month: August 2008
Brisbane Crossfit Games
Some Squad Members competed at the Brisbane Crossfit Games this Saturday
See Photos At
http://picasaweb.google.com/mwydall/XfitGames
Joseph and Damien competed in the Open section
and Angie and Miles competed in the Novice Section
Matt did 30 Power Snatches for time
and also the Open Strength workout
Matt won the Open Strength Workout
Angie won the female novice Strength workout
and Miles tied for first place in the Novice Burpee Challenge
The Open Met Con Workout was Nasty Girls
3 Rounds of
50 bodyweight squats
7 ring muscle ups
10 Reps of 60kg Power Cleans from hang
The Novice Met Con Workout was
3 Rounds of
30 Squats
20 Dumbell swings 10/8kg Men /Women
20/10 Pushups Men/Women
30 Situps
This was followed by the strength workout
Open
Bodyweight Snatch Squats - max reps
Novice
50% bodyweight dumbell Thrusters
And to finish the Burpee challenge
1 min rounds of Burpees with the number of Burpees in each round increasing
in each minute, ed round 1 has 1 burpee round 2 has 2 round 3 has 3 etc
until say you get to 16 burpees in a minute and you cannot complete
them all in 1 minute
Damien completed in 14.30?
and Joseph just could not do the last muscle up required to finish
Miles did the MetCon in 11.33?
and Angie 10.33?
On the Strength Miles did 15Kg Dumbells - 7 reps
and Angie did 15Kg Dumbells - 4 reps
Damien did no bodyweight snatch squats
Joseph did i think 2 or 3
and Matt i think 7 or 8
It was a great day!
Olympics - Damo and Miles Travel Dates
Damo's last day in the Gym before the Olympics will be Tues 2nd August
I think he will be back in the country on the 25th
He lifts on Tues 19th August at 17.30 or 19.00 Australian Time - depending on what session he lifts in.
His Olympic Games Team bio is here
I leave on the 13th August - last Coaching Session Tues 12th August and return on Friday
22nd August - but will be coaching at the USQ Club Comp that evening
Weightlifting Shoe Sale
see
http://www.dynamic-eleiko.com/products/shoesFR.html
Ironwork 2 $109.00/pr USD
Miles
Final Chance to Qualify for Qld Senior Championships
HI All
Please note Craig has moved his Club Comp to Fri 22nd August to allow
lifters another chance to qualify for the states
Joseph Coyne is going to try and qualify thereSteve Duhig and David Lipman maybe you should also have a go
The Standard is Youth Grade see http://www.qwa.org/awfqualify/AWF%20Domestic%20Standards%202008%20-%20Final.pdf
For participation information or other enquiries about this competition, contact Craig Wegert, USQ Weightlifting Club; email: cdwegert@hotmail.com
Miles
Queensland Senior Championships
Entry form for the Qld Championships -
http://www.qwa.org/news/view.asp?id=1078
Qualification Period is 22 August 2007 – 22 August 2008
The minimum qualifying standard for entry in the Queensland Senior Championships is AWF Youth Standard.
see
http://www.qwa.org/awfqualify/AWF%20Domestic%20Standards%202008%20-%20Final.pdf
The following have qualifyed so far
Ben Turner
Brent Kahi
Damon Kelly
David Caruana
John Hanlon
Jordan Hardy
Luke Gardner
Matt Swift
Nathan Kahi
Peter Foster
Troy Hewkins