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 CrossFit Ramstein offers members five separate opportunities to train:

Morning Session:        0715 - 0815 at the North Side Fitness Center (schedule as posted on website). Please contact Jason Lydon for participation.

Lunch-Time Session:  1130 - 1230 at the North Side Fitness Center (Wednesdays only, by appointment). Reserved to train beginners on foundational movements/workout methodology. Please contact Brian Bowen or Jason Lydon for participation.

Afternoon Session #1: 1500 - 1600 at the North Side Fitness Center (schedule as posted on website). Reserved for intermediate to advanced athletes.

Afternoon Session #2: 1600 - 1700 at the North Side Fitness Center (schedule as posted on website). Reserved to train beginners; be prepared for the WOD at 1600 sharp!

Weekend Workouts:    1030 - 1130 at the North Side Fitness Center. All levels are welcome to attend; however, you must have first attended either an Orientation/Fundamentals class or at least one  beginner's class.

Who loves routine? I for one must say that I thrive on routine; I almost need it for survival. Okay, that may be a bit extreme, but routine keeps my sanity in check. So what happens when we are forced out of our routine? Simply put, we must adapt and overcome. Of all the many changes and disruptions in our lives, we can be sure of one constant: CrossFit. As CrossFitters, we love nothing more than to share the WOD with people of the same mind. But what happens when we are away from our "box" or our CrossFit family? Again, we must adapt and overcome; we face this challenge willingly and without reservation. We do this because we live for the WOD...we live for the competition...we live for the PR.

There is quite a bit of pride knowing that what we do is far more demanding that what others do. Sound a bit pretentious? Perhaps, but I didn't say it to presume that we are better people; I said it because I want you to understand how proud I am of what you accomplish every WOD. But here I go again...getting off topic. Adapt and overcome, right? This is what I did today...and you can do it too. Heck, you probably already have.

For most of you, the main site WOD - "Nicole" - was what you did yesterday. Since I'm home on leave, I didn't necessarily have access to a pull-up bar and I didn't have a measured 400 meter run. Excuses, excuses...I know, please forgive me. I suppose I could have used a tree branch and just ran to about where I thought 400 meters was; however, I thought I'd try something different - I thought I would adapt and overcome.

I ventured into my parents' garage to find whatever I could in order to assist with the WOD. I drug a 40 pound bag of cat litter and a 60 lb cement survey marker out to the backyard. After much consideration, I finally came up with the WOD.  I won't write the whole thing down because it would just take up too much space. But I'll describe it for you: I did some hill runs (carrying the 60 lb survey marker on my shoulder), some "kitty litter cleans", handstand push-ups, and "ledge jumps" (in lieu of box jumps). Needless to say, this WOD totally kicked my butt!

So what did you learn from my message? Something that you already knew: as CrossFitters, we will get the WOD done. Maybe it's not the main site WOD, or our own posted affiliate WOD...but it's a WOD nevertheless. We use the world as our gym...we get it done...we adapt and overcome.