CrossFit Mean Streets

265 S Main St Los Angeles CA 90012 (NW corner of 3rd and Main) (213) 290-2367

Blog Posts worth sitting down for:


No Regrets in life

Achievement is as simple as trying over and over and over again.

The CrossFit Open and the Cheaters

Moving Properly

Why we crave sweets, and why carbohydrates make humans FAT

“I believe and know there is only One, and how I do one thing is how I do everything.”

The Body Mind Connection

Accountability

2010 Year in review

WODing to Learn

Competing: Is it for me? When will I be ready?

The Diet of Ronnie Teasdale.... and CrossFit Mean Streets Los Angeles SUNDAY MASS

The importance of Focus Part Deux: Controlling your mind and body through blistering workouts

The Importance of Focus. Part 1 heavy Lifts

The World Sucks, But You Don’t Have To: A Badass Introduction

Do not feel bad for people who do not succeed

Things with Brains move, things that don't move don't have brains

The more you hurt in here, the less you hurt in life.

The World HATES you

Winning is the only option

The Mystery of Stretching and Flexibility:

Critiquing your life to optimization

Chronic Cardio is Forcing Your Body to Kill You and How You Can Save Yourself

Insights from inside the Global Gym....

A Word to all Competitors who train at CrossFit Mean Streets:

“Foods” that are commonly thought of as healthy but are really just killing you

CrossFit is Striving to be the BEST

It's not about the workout, It's about the effort,.... that will change lives

CrossFit at Mean Streets,… or anywhere in the World

Being functional all the way through life is important.

What Should You Avoid Eating?

You are human, and humans are amazing:

How to make a Sumo Wrestler
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FREE WORKOUT!

1st CrossFit Intro class is free!

CrossFit Mean Streets is a gym operated by Competitors. We compete in the sport of fitness and are ready to do the unknown and the unknowable full time. We train our athletes in the gym the same way. We want our people capable of all tasks this world has to offer. This is a gym made for people who want to be good at everything and make no excuses about it.

World-Class Fitness in 100 Words:

■ Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds,
some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep
intake to levels that will support exercise but
not body fat.

■ Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean,
squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly,
master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups,
dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to
handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds.
Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast.

■ Five or six days per week mix these elements
in as many combinations and patterns
as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy.
Keep workouts short and intense.

■ Regularly learn and play new sports.

-Provided by CrossFit.com

12-1-10

A Nation of Wimps

Warm UP:

3 rounds

350 row
50 double unders
15 PVC Passthroughs
15 Parallete pushups (see below)
15 Back Extensions

Strength WOD::

Overhead Squat (Compare to 11-19-10):
3-3-3-3-3

Post WOD:

MAX Effort Tabata Row/Ski

-8 rounds of 20 seconds on 10 seconds off

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Downtown LA

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Next 4 Free Intros at CrossFit Mean Streets:

Wed: Dec 1 9pm
Fri: Dec 3 7pm
Tues: Dec 7 10 am
Fri: Dec 10 7pm

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Downtown Los Angeles

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Tuesday

Warm Up:

Ski/Row/Run
-1000m

Work on handstand/handstand walking/handstand pushups for 5 minutes

3 rounds:

10 step duck walk forward/then backward
15 Overhead Squats
15 Burpees (competitors do 180 degree)
15 Knees to elbows
15 Back Extensions

WOD 11-30-10:

“Heavy Fran”

For Time:
12 Thrusters 135 lbs
21 Pull-ups (use Weight Vest if you are a stud)
9 Thrusters 135 lbs
15 Pull-ups (use Weight Vest if you are a stud)
6 Thrusters [...]

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Monday WOD

WOD 11-29-10

4 minutes to complete:

3 rounds:

185lbs Clean and Jerk X 3
7ft broad jump

Rest one minute

4 minutes:

Max 180 degree burpees

1 minute rest

4 minutes:

Max Row/SKi

1 minute rest

4 minutes:

Max double unders

1 minute rest

Then:

Run 1 lap
30 knees to elbows

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Downtown LA

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Sunday Mass

Warm Up:

We will start snatching at 10:20. Everyone must spend 20 min minimum with Mobility on there own as a buy in.

Strength: 2 Rep Snatch

-Find your 2RM Snatch. Can be Power, or Full. Both reps must take place within 20 seconds.

-Work up slowly

Strength WOD: NOT FOR TIME

2 Rounds:

-With 90% 2RM complete 10 Snatches
-1 horizontal Revolution [...]

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Events in January that will be sold out soon

Everyone who wants to be competitive have to sign up for these two events. There are different divisions, so your abilities are not as important as your willingness to put yourself out there in a competitive environment. The events themselves will pull way more out of you than the workouts in the gym, and are [...]

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Thanksgiving Schedule

We are closed Thursday and Friday.

Classes resume as regular schedule Sat and Sunday.

Big shout out to Nate for making the tshirts. You all should check out his and Alana’s store: Number-a. Its a few blocks from the gym and has some pretty styling clothes. It is located on the corner of second street and Central.

WOD:
The [...]

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We have new Tshirts!

We have tanks and tees….Quality. Cost is 25 dollars. We are rocking the downtown scene:

WOD:

Shoulder Press
1-1-1-1-1-1-1

if you have more time:

Jerk Jumps:

3-3-3-3-3

CrossFit Mean Streets
Downtown LA

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“Farmboy Strength”: Strength is Vital and Strongman will kick your ass

By Justin Seltzer

Today, the Mean Streets crew ventured out to Burbank for Dave Lipson’s strength development workshop. But this was no ordinary lifting seminar. This was something totally new for all involved. Ladies and gentlemen, get ready for the dawn of Strongman techniques at CrossFit Mean Streets. Before you roll your eyes at images of [...]

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IMPORTANT: Saturday WOD will Be at 8:30am instead of 9:00am

Sorry for the inconvenience and I hope this finds everyone. On Saturday all of our coaches and some of our clients are going to be at a seminar starting at 10am. So we must alter the class start time…

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