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Tex | 27.09.2012
Redefining Sexy
I’m sure all of us have been to a CrossFit gym or seven since discovering this way of constantly varying suffering. What have you seen that is similar across all, different but cool, straight up badass, or…please don’t? That is the greatest thing about CrossFit! Each gym creates its own set up, culture, program, goals, anything and everything! Most importantly, inside jokes. Welcome, Sexy Friday.
Sexy Friday dates back to June 2011, CFDu was roughly three months young and we were peaking close to 20 of our own members. Back then, the biggest crap shoot classes were those on Friday nights. Will anyone show up?! Most resulted in Med Ball Tennis Tournaments between Johanna and I. Our attendance on Fridays was struggling to say the least, and we needed some help. Searching for inspiration, I found some in post workout coma. A workout in Kalorama heat entrapped court in midst of the high noon June heat took me back to a terrible place of pain and suffering during lacrosse conditioning, most likely after a night out. One of my teammates, John W. Hart, an ex marine who was just happy to be playing lacrosse after providing us with a blanket of freedom, drops a quote at the peak of suck I will never forget, “This is not conditioning guys, it’s getting sexy!” There it was, ‘Sexy Fridays’. The first recorded Sexy Friday came on July 22nd, 2011, although the name dropped long before. I started to tease members I only saw Monday-Thursdays about how I couldn’t believe they missed Sexy Friday! This worked somewhat entrapping a couple more Friday nighters, but still wasn’t good enough. We needed more, and the one thing the sexiest gym east of the Mississip was missing was a t-shirt…
We needed to separate ourselves from the mass of skulls, C*r$e words, Snatch jokes, and ‘I’m better than you, and I know it’ attitude shirts. Sexy Friday was the theme, no doubt. I opened design to our members to piece together, and enter the unicorn. Shirts debuted one year ago today, a couple weeks before the Mid Atlantic Hopper. A lot of people were turned off by the shirt, very few sales outside of our inner circle of members, but understandably, they didn’t get it. The shirt was all about displaying our approach at CFDu to others who have never trained with us or always had an excuse not to. As I explained in this post, ‘we can have the drive, focus and competitive fire, but still have our jokes and fun on the side.’
Over 14 months of Sexy Fridays have got us looking good, over 100 Sexy Friday T’s wondering around the country, and 3 for 3 on CrossFit Competition ‘Best Dressed’ winners claiming the national reputation of First in Fashion, I think the message is pretty clear on the power of a sea of PRple. Sprinkled throughout this message are some of my favorite Sexy Friday moments. This is what CrossFit represents to me; a community we built, goals set and matched, always challenging ourselves and others around us and coming together as team; all behind a tease about getting sexy so I wouldn’t be in the gym alone on Friday nights. Thank you, CFDunicorns.
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SWOD:
Deadlift 5RM
DWOD:
Complete the following:
30 Toes to Bar
30 See Saws (Left and Right is 1)
30 Athletic Position Burpees
*Break up as needed.
*No time component, quality.
then…
3xMax Bicep Curls AHAP…you’re welcome.
Post loads and you’re favorite Sexy Friday moments to comments.
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I want a Sexy Friday shirt, are any available?
Awesome post. I miss Sexy Friday’s at CFDu but I assure you that they live on in Newport Beach. Four of us on the left coast will be rocking the purple proudly tomorrow.
I miss this gym. I miss these people. Tex, Jim and the crew have done such a great job keeping the training fun, challenging, and most of all, sexy.
So. Much. Sexy.
SWOD-
Deadlift 5RM: 255#
DWOD-
Completed
Bicep Curls 8,5,7 @ 40# My grip was gone at this point!
5RM Deadlift to 315# (smoother than last time I did this weight)
DWOD: Completed – broke up into 3 sets
Bicep Curls – 12 @50#, 8 @60#, 3 @70#
SWOD
– Deadlift 5RM = 215#
DWOD
– Completed 30 of each exercise. Knees as high as possible on toes to bar
– Bicep curls: 7,5,3 @35#
The morning classes did an awesome job with this. I look forward to doing it at 6. In no particular order, here are my top 5 Sexy Friday t-shirt moments –
1. Johanna Murphy, not having competed in a Crossfit competition before and not having completed more than one or two (2) pull ups at a time did 15(!) during the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Hopper.
2. Being randomly asked at a bar where they could get that amazing shirt.
3. Complete domination by the sea of PRple at the #OccupyStrength throw down in Baltimore.
4. The “Best Dressed” three-peat. I am looking to make it 4 for 4 next weekend at the Hopper.
5. Having such an awesome gym and group of misfits to workout with. These shirts brighten the shittiest of days. When I am down and out and don’t feel 100%, CFDu motivates me to get off my ass.
Happy Birthdee to the Sexy Friday tee!
I love this tshirt so much that I own three. Without a doubt, these are the best crossfit tshirts that can be found… ANYWHERE (Sorry Cali and Quint- add a rainbow), and it really reflects how awesome our gym is and the CFDu crew.
Dance like no one is watching. Make every day a Sexy Friday.
I own two!
Its amazing how much this gym has grown into a family. Like Tex said last year some days classes would only be a couple of people, now classes are packed!
Similar to Eric no matter what is going on in my life I know I can come to CFDU work out and be around some really amazing people.
I’ve met some life long friends here and I love saying Crossfit Dupont is my gym, my community and family.
Happy Birthday Sexy Friday.
I went to the gym today expecting to crush this SWOD. Something much more magical happened. After finding my 1RM box jump safely, by jumping over a hanging a jump rope instead of landing on a box, I decided to take just one more jump and this time onto a box. I jumped over the box, landed on the back edge, and it all came tumbling down. I’ve scoured the internet for a comparable box jump fail but nothing I’ve found comes close. I had to be extracted from the pile of tipped over box, decimated pride, and and cold, hard ground using the jaws of life (Tex’s biceps…1RM Max Bicep Curl @ 190#…you’re welcome). Most memorable sexy Friday by far.
Took an extra rest day this week but still wanted to catch get the Wed and Thurs workouts in. The extra rest definitely helped.
SWOD:
Bench 5RM @ 190# (10# PR), 8 @ 170#/90%
Squats 3 x 5 @ 230# +5 from last time
Broad jumps 3 x Max – 101″ (4″ PR)
DWOD:
1 power clean @ 135
Death by ball slam*
Failed at PC on minute 13
My favorite sexy Friday shirt story came while I was in the Netherlands this summer. I was wearing it at the at the strange euro gym I joined while there where I was one of five people I saw who ever touched a barbell. As I was finishing up, the largest Dutch guy I saw while I was there walked past, saw the unicorn and gave an enthusiastic thumbs up. This guy was Arnold big. As he walked away I saw that he a gigantic unicorn head tattooed on the back of his calf. And that’s how the Sexy Friday shirt fostered international diplomacy.
Workout #2
Playing Card Pushups-if anyone is ever interested in this let me know and I’ll break it down for you but you’ll be using the whole deck. We do weekly workouts at work and this was today’s. Neededless to say my arms are shot.
Favorite Sexy Friday Story
I don’t have a specific Sexy Friday or t-shirt story but when we get the PRple Milita together we get work done and our platforms cry. For that reason alone I love CFDu and repping our box when I travel.
I’ve been at Kalorama for over 6 1/2 years. They didn’t even have a squat rack when I first came here. They had a platform though! So I already knew this place was something special.
Things were built up piece by piece – squat racks, platforms, rings, and tires. And as the gym grew more awesome, the community surrounding it grew too. Stepping into the gym on any night and knowing absolutely everyone working out (and liking most of them ;o) ) makes our gym an incredible place to be.
With the advent of CrossFit Dupont, it just felt like the natural progression of that awesome community. I’ve been fortunate now for the past year and a half to coach and become friends with some kick a$$ people here. Everyday is Sexy Friday, because everyday at our gym rocks.
When we shut our doors at the end of November, I know that the shirt will become a symbol of that legacy. Of all the hard work and good times that we shared. When I see someone wearing the Sexy Friday shirt, I’ll know they were one of the lucky few to be at this place and this time. No one can take that away from us.