Week of Aug 18 - Aug 24
- Jocelyn Rylee
- Aug 17, 2025
- 3 min read
Watch:
and Read: CrossFit is the Cure
"There’s a moment, after years of ignoring a warning light on your dashboard, when the car finally gives out. You knew it was coming. You drove anyway. And now you’re on the side of the road, staring at a smoking engine and wondering how it got this bad.
That’s where we are as a society — only the dashboard is our healthcare system, and the engine that’s failing is our collective health.
The United States spends more on healthcare than any nation on Earth, estimated to reach $5.6 trillion in 2025, nearly 20% of GDP. Yet we are sicker, more dependent, and more disconnected than ever before [our note - Canada is really not doing much better]. Chronic diseases — many of them preventable — affect nearly eight in 10 middle-aged adults. Mental health disorders are climbing. Our primary care infrastructure is collapsing under the weight of burnout, administrative burden, and workforce shortages.
It is impossible to ignore the staggering financial clout of the pharmaceutical industry: Americans spend nearly $450 billion annually on prescription medications...."
42.2 With The Crew - A Fundraiser for MS Bike
Monday Sept 1 at 9am | a marathon row in teams of 4 | BBQ to follow
3 Ways to support the cause:
Register a team and participate!
Sponsor the event
buy BBQ ticket and come hang out and eat food
Workouts for the Week
Monday Aug 18
3 rounds
3 min AMRAP
3 Strict Pull ups
6 Push Jerk (135/95)
24 Double unders
3 min Row Cal
3 min Rest
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9:30am Legends class
3 Cycles of:
3 min AMRAP
3 Ring Rows
6 DB Push Press
12 Step ups
3 min Row Cal
3 min Rest
Tuesday Aug 19
🥳🎈🎁🎉 Happy Birthday today to Desiree Rusinski!!
OT2.5M x 11
1-5) 3 Front Squat
6-8) 10 Back Squat
9-11) 20/15 Bike Cals
Wednesday Aug 20
OT90 x 7: 1 Power Clean
"The Chief"
5 rounds
3 min AMRAP
3 Power cleans (135/95)
6 Push-ups
9 Air squats
1 min Rest
Compare to April 15/24, June 4/23
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9:30am Legends Class
OT2:00 x 5: 3 Deadlift
weights are 5/10 - 5.5/10 - 6/10 - 6.5/10 - 7/10 RPE (rate of perceived exertion)
5 Cycles
3 min AMRAP
3 Deadlift (3/10 RPE with perfect form)
6 Push-ups
9 Air squats
1 min Rest
Thursday Aug 21
Friends and family are welcome to join us for a free trial class at 8am, 5:30pm, or 7:30pm today. Direct visitors to crossfitbrio.com/tryaclass to fill out the waiver and RSVP to a class time.
OT90 x 8
Push Press 5-5-3-3-1-1-1-1
12 min AMRAP
10/7 Ski/Row Cals
15 KB swing (24/16kg)
20 Sit ups
Friday Aug 22
3 rounds
Run 400m
15 Thrusters (95/65)
Rest 3 mins
3 Rounds
Run 300m
10 Thrusters (115/80)
Rest 3 mins
3 rounds
Run 200m
5 Thrusters (135/95)
Beast weights
115-135-155
80-95-105
Compare to similar Aug 7/25
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9:30am Legends Class
3 rounds
Run 400m/Ski 400m/Row 500m (2:30 min cap)
15 Thrusters - barbell or dumbbells
Rest 3 mins
3 Rounds
Run 300m/Ski 400m/Row 400m (2 min cap)
10 Thrusters - Same weight
Rest 3 mins
3 rounds
Run 200m/Ski 200m/Row 300m (1:30 cap)
5 Thrusters - Same weight
Saturday Aug 23
🥳🎈🎁🎉 Happy Birthday today to Janelle Rieger!!
Skill time: Ring Muscle ups
For time:
Row 2000/1600m
45 Pull ups
90 Lunges
15 Wall Walk
90 Step ups (20")
45 Toe to Bar
Row 2000/1600m
Sunday Aug 24
3 rounds
15 Deadlift (each) (225/155)
60/45 Bike (shared)
15 Hang Power Clean (Each) (135/95)
800m Run (together)
compare to Aug 11/24
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