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Yesterday in our CFR kids class we decided to have some fun with a small obstacle course. In this we included some Kettlebell swings,monkey bar climbs,box jumps,over/under a bench,some tire flips and broad jumps and at the end of the course the kids had to kick a soccer ball into the net. We ran through this course a few times. The kids have alot of fun with these obstacle course WOD's!!! We ended the class with a fun game of musical medicine balls...we even had Caitlin and Emily playing!!! Here are a few pics from the class.

This morning at Crossfit Relentless we had a visitor in for class. Raul is home in CT. on a brief leave from the military and he decided to join us for class. He is a member of Crossfit Oahu in Hawaii. Raul fit right in with class and we all enjoyed talking with him today. And by the way....he has the top time for today's WOD so far!!! Awesome meeting you today Raul,safe travels and thank you for your service to our country,you are welcome at Crossfit Relentless anytime!! Here are a couple of pics.

I spent the better part of the Saturday with some CFR and CF USA peeps cheering on 2 of our coach's at Rob Orlando's summer strongman challenge. The competition ultimately had 5 wods of various strongman type exercises and barbell movements. They ranged from yoke carries to Atlas stones couple with double unders and death by thrusters. Coach Jonathan did well early on and finished somewhere  in the middle of the pack in his division including hitting all 10 barbell weights on the Bear complex wod . He has a nice rasberry on the back of his neck to show for it. Viking's do...dominate! Coming out of the first 2 wods he was in first place and ultimately ended up second in his division. All this took place in Rob's newly expanded gym and he is going to need the space because his competitions are getting bigger each time he throws one. Thanks for putting this on Rob and congratulations to Jonathan and the Viking!

So not only do we have a great group of kids during workouts, but also post-workouts!  Annalise was so gracious enought o help us with cleaning after we were all done having an awesome time working out! Thanks a bunch!

Great news!!! The Martin's will be holding a cookout at their house on Saturday, August 28th from 11am-2pm. This is a great way to wind down summer and have a great time with our Crossfit family...outside of a WOD!!!!! The cookout is for all CFR/CF USA members and their families/guests. The Martin's will be taking care of the meat,waters,beer etc. We ask that everyone bring a side dish or dessert to share. Also,bring a swimsuit and towel. We will hold our usual group classes at CFR at 8am and 9am and will then close at 10am so that we can all head over for the cookout. Looking forward to seeing you all there and see us in the box for more details i.e.address,phone# etc.