Hellllloooo Dana & Hector. Get on with your bad selves.

all i can say is what a night, had a blast.

14days off+a few extra pounds=very sore, if i laugh it hurts; the best part of the pic is Bob in the background looking like security :)

LOL!!!! Just making sure everything was on the up & up, Doug, with Rullo to my left as my second in command. And by the way my hand are positioned was probaly drumming on my legs.

Here is another Mud Race in NY which some of you may be interested in: http://www.downanddirtymudrun.com

What happened at Bash II stays at Bash II - But I feel a bit responsibile.....

Took 2 (count 'em!) TWO rest days. As for the party, had an awesome time with everyone. As was probably obvious, love to dance, and will do w/o a partner, self-consciousness, or measurable alcohol intake. I DID make an awesome playlist though held in reserve, so maybe post WOD on some Friday night, instant dance party? :) Back to it today--135 PP 3x5, 14:23.

Don’t forget if your interested the Spartan Race is Aug 15th in Brooklyn. I am registered for the 10AM heat. The early registration discount ends this weekend. Let me know if your in and we can coordinate transportation. http://www.spartanrace.com/queens_ny.php

Scott - we must be operating on the same wave length

Doug - you are going to get me fired for screaming out loud in my office. Bring it on Krumper - I'm known to like a few dance parties!!

*tongue sticking out pic* Aww.. come'on.. LOL!!! Had a great time!!! Good dance partner Hector... Nice to meet you... All I need is music (System of a Down... The Roots... Metallica... KRS-One... I don't care)... and IT'S ON!!!

Lol same here great meeting you dana. Those are all good choices. Throw some house on and im defintely hitting an UP ROCK on the floor.

Makes me wanna switch teams

doug, why would u wanna got to another crossfit?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHA, Doug, so good to have you and your humor back from vacation!!

Doug that was perfect.

I just came to say that it was a totally different Rich and Cynthia in Montclair NJ that were arrested for being Russian spies. For the record, as a young boy I cheered mightily when Rocky beat the piss out of Ivan Drago in Rocky IV.

God Bless America

A) Doug, that was pretty funny B) to any of those folks from the 5:30 last night inquiring about the hand protectors I was wearing: I dug deep into my forgetful brain to recall where i got them to no avail. However, if you google gymnastic grips you will be provided with a variety of locations to purchase them.

Doug you will be accepted with open arms!

Does anyone have a bike rack that attaches to a trunk of a sedan that they are not using this weekend?

wow, i'm about an inch away from scandal in that photo! So funny

Rebecca- if i didnt squat a lot, and if my legs werent as massive, im pretty sure there would be scandal in that photo!!! too funny!

WOW Today sucked, but tomorrow is another day, remember that. @Caitlin, I nahmane HAHA!

who doesnt luv a good scandal?

Two things, first pics are up
Click here for Club GFCM pics

And two, TIME TO GET STRONG!

Saturday night was so much fun! Besides being amazing athletes and all very nice people, it appears that GFCM also has an abundance of talented dancers in the group!!! Thank you so much to Gregg, Ruth, Wendy and everyone else who helped organize Club Guerrilla.

*in tears!* LOL!! Thanks for the pics Mike!

Oh no... I'm afraid to go through the picture link--hehe :)... Saturday night was a GREAT GREAT night! THANK YOU Gregg and Ruth for Such an AWESOME party! Its always a blast to be surrounded by such genuine, light hearted people! I had so many good hard laughs with so many different people...JUST FANTASTIC! Can't wait for next time!!!

Fun times at GFCM! Thanks for the memories Mike!

Thanks GFMC for a nice nite out. My wife feels better that I am not in an actual cult and the people I am always talking (bragging) about are all fun, easy going people.

Thanks Gregg for opening up club Guerrilla! So much fun - hope we don't have to wait a whole year to do again??!!! Great pictures Mike! You didn't miss a beat!

In all seriousness thanks to all who helped put this together and especially Gregg for opening up GFCM in the first place. We had a great time.

Mike, fantastic pics thanks for taking them.

Wes good job in getting her to lower her guard, she will make an excellent addition to the collective. One of us... One of us...

Excellent time at Bash II last night. If you were there & weren't having a good time, you were going something wrong; Go back and work on your form. Have a great Sunday everyone.

EPIC memories,good times,great peeps.Gregg ur box rocks! moving foward,i will remeber, expect great things! thank you 4 that!

I 2nd your sentiments @Bob and @Renel (nice to meet you Renel)... Had a fun time last night!!! Music + Liquor... + Music (I loooovvvee music!) is a GOOD recipe for a fun time... Add in cool-ass people.. and you have the PERFECT recipe for a great time.. Great job to those who organized it... KUDOS GFCM!

So many thanks to everyone who worked to make last night happen. The gym looked awesome and it was a ton of fun. Pics coming soon.

Club GFCM! Nice job everyone. Bumper Plate Bar= classic. Great people, good times. Thanks for the invite!

"Guerrilla good" times last night. a big thanks to Gregg for making ALL of this possible and being a catalyst in our lives.

If we could, I would throw that down every Saturday night!

Caitlin, that was it. I thought of DOWN after I posted. All if Anselmo's bands are awesome and WoD'erific !

@ GF Summer Bash II - BRING THE PAIN!

*Sadface* I REALLY wanted to come this morning... I missed it and now my whole day feels incomplete!!!!

After yesterdays palm shredder I was talking to a friend of mine who is a P.A.. He told me I should go ahead pee on my hands that the 'Urea' helps build calluses. Now I have to weigh my options, chalk or pee. One of life's more difficult decisions.

Note to self: Say Hello to all members with my hands wrapped in the Purell sanitizing wipes.

*laughing* @Drea .... want me to bring you some cute gloves?

@Joe G -- Waht are you wearing tonight?

@Michele and All - Shorts, flip flops and tight t-shirt. Underwear optional.

@Drea that made me laugh. @ everyone else, mild adult content warning:

After reading the pee on your hands comment I am never leaving my house again and cutting off all human contact. Best of luck to all from here forward.

I'm feeling FIRED UP!!! Everyone look out.

LOL Rhabdo...did you just finish your first 40 of the night?

HAHAHA to all of the above!!!

My knee-high sox are here!!!

Sean, 5 minute wod?

my wife and I are going to go to Halceon prior to the party (around 6:30)if anybody is interested give me a ring.

Tonight I will be giving a free clinic on "Elf Stance." Any questions feel free to ask. Elf stance is key for those with hips made out of glass while performing overhead squats.

Explaining blak n' Blues', rope burns and raw palms at 38 to a bunch of people is cool. Make you feel like a kid again. That n the Goose. Sent from my iPhone. GFCM application.

Reiko, Ben, Wendy and Gail are all celebrities…they are in the Montclair Times. On the back page of the community section in the Who’s Who in Montclair Section. You guys all look fierce and if I wasn’t a member I would join just to be with you kool kats:)

6AM with the Reo Duo was fanfriggentastic. Thank you both for some good times and incredible coaching. We did a different rep scheme then is posted on the blog – 15/12/9 instead of 12/9/6.

Can’t wait to see you all tomorrow night in non-woding normal clothes mode.

Caitlin, was that Superjoint Ritual playing this morning ?

@Anthony - Best post ever....even though you like everybody. :) @@@Joe G.

Scott- I thiiiiiiink you commented on the song "Hail the Leaf" by Down (maybe?) ...let me know if it wasnt, and ill scroll through my playlist.

JOE ROSALES – aka: the other Joe R. He was my first partner in a Saturday team work out almost 2 years ago. Sweetheart and so flippin (as Caitlin says) nice. Glad today was my rest day…a 5K row…in this heat…seriously???

oh and as for yesterday - I LOVE MICKEY TOO.

Michele you rule for pushing me out the door on that last round yesterday. I needed it. In other news my hands are destroyed.

Rowan men unite, this is our WOD.

This could be titled, "The Unexpected but Happy Consequences of CrossFit and Social Networking". A friend of mine from high school sent me the following email (unedited).

"Just wanted to stop by and say thank you for the inspiration bro. 5 years ago i was involved in a near fatal motorcycle accident. which left my body all messed up. i was perfectly health 260lbs, in shape and had a career in corrections and that all was taken away from me. But I am doing great now and from time to time i look at ur pics of u working out and get amped to get back to the way i used to b. Now im back in the gym heavy and shocking myself everyday as to how much i can still do and how strong i am now and getting even stronger. So thanx bro for giving me the motivation to get back in the best of shape. God bless u and i hope all is well with u..."

It felt good to receive this letter. It reminded me that we live in relation to others. And what we do has influence on others so it may as well be positive. Remember, when you wod day in and day out, and your hard work pays off, people are payng attention to you. You may be giving them the spark they need to may a positive change in their lives.

To the wood-shed via Concept 2.

Bob- Regarding Tennis camp in Montclair- www.bwta.biz it is week to week 1/2 or full days 235 per week for 1/2 day 420 per week for full day week to week if she goes let me know so the instructor will giver her some extra TLC

WES: Thanks for the info.

Bob 20:55 Big Rob R 22:55 (tho he said it might be 21:55, he got confused). The wood-shed!!!!

@Mike-no problem! I've got a fire in my belly these days and I loved your immediate response! You kept me chasing you. My hands are wrecked too. @Ben - thanks for sharing that. "We live in relation to others." I love that. Building community with others is one of things in which I most truly believe if not always live up to.

I row row rowed my boat for 19.24 and felt great, nice to be outside in 90 degree heat.....Irish guys bake nicely in that weather!!!!

Reiko, in case you are out there . . . GO JAPAN!!!!!!!

I love Mickey.

so do i

me 3

HELP!!! I'm looking for a local volleyball and or a tennis camp for my daughter. Anyone have a suggestions? Thanks

STRENGTH embodied.

This picture is now my screensaver at work. Is that weird? :)

She's Jacked!

Joe R., thanks for the tape man! I'll have something for you Saturday. Thanks again.

Woman above crushed me in a WOD yesterday.

Gregg she crushes me everyday! @Ben no problem i hpe they help.

Mickey is a great athlete, mother, friend, wife, teacher, American, New Jersien, West Oranger, and I'll think of other stuff later. Also TO ALL FORM NAZIS, you are going to be disgusted with my performance tonight. Just let me be and enjoy my life, I haven't injured my back yet....b-ball style kid!

Bob - we just signed James up for a low-key tennis camp in Maplewood. www.Maplewoodtennis.com

Mickey is one of my favorite Guerrilla Super Heroes...

@ DAVE: Thank you! I'll look into it right away.

Great 6:30 class tonight - the people, the coaches, the energy. And it was an amazing workout even though my hands are a mess from those pullups! I'm still on my post guerrilla workout high right now!

The "@" thing is new. I like it. Keep it going.

@ JG here you go

BEN!! I just got to watch that video from yesterday. I LOVED IT!! When I was getting ready for my first tri this past weekend, I was pouring over last year's results trying to analyze who I could draft off of in the swim, where I placed last year, where I could pick up time, etc. I e-mailed my CFE coach, Max Wunderle about all this and this is what he wrote in response:

"Chase her [someone I planned to draft off of in the swim] or anyone else you can hang onto in the swim...as for the rest of your race, ignore everyone and just get in the pain cave and hold on as long as you can. Stop rationalizing your fitness and simply race with everything you've got..that's all we can ask..." It resonated with me as this amazingly simple yet freeing advice for EXACTLY the reason that ad speaks to -- the race is about your response in the face of pain, nothing more and nothing less! You can have all the best stats in the world but what do you so when the pain comes? Do you face it head on or do you let it scare you and back off so you don't have to feel it? In the last two miles of the race, I kept saying to myself, "This is just like a WOD, keep pushing, keep pushing."

Lately because of various stresses in my life, I know there have been many workouts where I have not pushed it as hard as I could. No more. No matter the stress or other crap in your life, when you give everything you have to these workouts, for at least those 5 to 30 minutes, all else fades away and you touch greatness.

P.S. The song in that ad is awesome to run to. I have it on my ipod. It's from the Friday Night Lights soundtrack if anyone is interested.

"Stop rationalizing your fitness and simply race with everything you've got..that's all we can ask".

Excellent quote....I picked up on it too.

Michele that was a great read. I actually liked the "pain cave" comment the best. Pain Caves just need better marketing:

As you can clearly see in the picture above, I'm a very gassy person. See you at 5:30 PM.

RICH!!! HAHAHAHA!

@Gregg: How bout some "pain cave" clothing? We could have a slogan contest on saturday night...

BTW...anyone heard from Lugo Lately?? LUGO - You out there!??! Hope you are taking care of yourself! Your GF peeps miss you!

Nice Michele.... I have a long term Tri goal--- one of those "bucket list" goals. Gotta remember the pain cave the next time we do "that WOD."

Hey Guerrillas! Let's all get together on Saturday, July 24th with our cowboy hats (reiko) and boots and do some line dancing and bull bucking. Let me know if you are interested in dinner around 6pm. The line dance lessons start at 7:30pm and I believe the live band starts around 10pm. If you have never experienced the mechanical bull it's lots of fun. to buck the bull

Click the "to buck the bull" in red for more info on Colorado Cafe.

Rich, that's the image &m going to place in my head from now on when I enter the pain cave. Thanks!

Gollum lives in my pain cave!

Michele - I loved what you wrote. I've got more stress in my life than ever before, and now is the time to dig even deeper. I'll remember that during my next WOD and my next tri. Thank you!

Ben I left a right and left shoulder spider tape with gregg tonight.Was not sure what side you needed,hope it helps let me know.

I was in the pain cave for the last 2 WODs. There are no nice lights but it is good in a pain cave kind of way. @Rebecca--another triathlete in our midst! I love it. We are growing in numbers among the Guerrillas!

Michele Crushed it tonight

Guerrilla Ladies are Strong!

Hahahahaha!! I love this picture for so many reasons.

JOE G is going the the GAMES. Does Armani make crossfit t-shirts and knee high socks?

Joe, I heard and I am really happy!! No words can do this picture justice; with just over two years worth of "photos of the day" this one is definitely in my top 5....wow, i love it.

This Ain't No Math Test

Ben-Awesome video...Very inspiring! You DA man!

Ben- that was so awesome. It gave me goose bumps and it pumped me the "F" up!!!! Holy S! how am i supposed to go to work now and talk to non-guerrillas?

If anyone is interested Anne Giblin and I are participating in the Fitzgerald's 1928 Lager Run - this Sunday 6/27 at 6PM in Glen Ridge.

https://www.compuscorereg.com/register/default.aspx?event=1504

Great "SWAG": Commemorative Tech Top to the first 600 registered runners plus a post-race party featuring beer (lager), hot dogs with fixings, watermelon, and much more.

The sweetest "three little words" I've heard today while sitting in Middlesex County Courthouse.... full...open...bar...

That video reiterates what I see in the gym everyday. Sometimes the one that never comes in first edges out the one that never comes in last.

@Joe G: I would like to dedicate this WOD to Reiko! I think it is quite fitting. I've got your knee highs even though they're not Armani - the designer is "Jonze" :-) @Drea: Awesome effing job!!

Im working.

6 packs will be coming in days with this heat! I'm back on track!

HAHAHAHAHAHA Sean!!! funniest post of the day.

Nice spot Ben.... I say we, lift the video and replace every shot with GFCM members!

Ron, I fully endorse that idea.

GUERRILLA IS MAKING BETTER HUMAN BEINGS THAN IT IS ATHLETES....

I HOPE EVERYONE KNOWS HOW AMAZING EACH AND EVERYONE YOU ARE!!!!

http://library.crossfit.com/premium/pdf/CFJ_Platek_Painkiller.pdf?e=1277174815&h=9c6d1394cab9ee134df816eb3fd3d95a

i agree with jason i could not be involved with a better crossfit family.