You will be seeing lots of naked bodies on the weekend in Milford. Good friends of ours Dave and Lozza Plumey...BEASTS!

Elements /Level 1 athletes completed the 1st WOD from the sectionals this morning in sensational style. Every athlete pushed to the wall and the coaches are very proud of your performance. Tomorrow is WOD 2.

 For time:
800 meter run
30 Snatches, 115/75
800 meter run

We have 12 athletes competing at the Northeast Sectional CrossFit Games Qualifier on the weekend ;

Lauren ‘Lozza’ Whyte

Julie ‘Precious’ Magli

Amy ‘Pistol’ Mandelbaum

 Jenny ‘Rock’  Morris

MelMull

Diego ‘Afro’ Delan

Tommy ‘Vinny Barbabaarino’ Baker

Anthony ‘Bosco’

Andrew ‘Spider’Yahn

Jeremy ‘Jezza’ Kosbob

Brian ‘ Quickie’ Cilento (always coming up ‘quick’ with nicknames for everyone else)

Our  crew have put in countless hours driving headlong  toward this event and are very excited about the fun ahead.  Please get up to CrossFit Milford at 49 Research Drive(OFF ‘95 EXIT 40 ) to support the team, we would love to your  familiar faces . We will have a CFP tarpoline outside so bring a deck chair and come hang out with us and enjoy the insane atmosphere. If you have never seen a CrossFit comp…drop everything and get up to Milford….YOU WILL BE BLOWN AWAY FROM WHAT YOU SEE! Over 200 of the fittest women and men on the Northeast  are all  vying for the coveted 3o spots to regionals in May …on the road to the ranch for the World CrossFit Games in  Aromas, California,  July! 

Saturday

6:30 – 7:30am: Athlete Registration
7:30 to 8:30am: Movement Standards Review
8:30-9:00am: Opening Ceremonies
9:00 am – 12:30pm: WOD 1
12:30 – 1:30pm: Break, review of the standards for W.O.D #2
1:30 – 6:30pm: W.O.D #2
6:30 to 8:00pm: Announcements for Day 2, Final WOD revealed.

Sunday

9:00am – 12:30pm: WOD 3
12:30 – 1:30pm: Break and announcement of heats for final WOD
1:30 – 4:30pm: WOD 4
5:00pm: Closing Ceremonies, Top 30 men and women honored

Good luck to all athletes this weekend.  Remember we will be going over the movement standards Friday night at 7 pm, early registration runs from 5:30 pm to 8 pm. 

We will have all the heats prepared and posted for Friday Night. 

Again, here is the link for the movement standards… http://games2010.crossfit.com/qualifiers/new-england-sectional-movement-standards.html

Vinny Barbbbarbbbarino is rocking Milford this weekend, and would love plenty of CFP support .

Get Some Rest
Written by Calvin Sun

It seems to me that sleep has become an inconvenience in our lives. We are all so busy with endless lists of obligations to work, school, friends, family, and so much more. We have become a society of overworked, caffeine-addicted zombies. As a result, most of us don’t sleep enough. And it’s not just an issue of quantity, quality is affected in that many of us are also stressed to the point where we aren’t able to achieve adequate amounts of deep sleep.

Sleep is not simply a continuous state of unconsciousness, rather it is a physiological process that occurs in cycles of approximately 90 minutes. Each of these cycles can be broken down into five different stages. The first four stages are considered non-REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep and the fifth stage is known as REM sleep.

Stage 1
The first stage of sleep lasts about 5 to 10 minutes and varies between drowsiness and light sleep. Muscle activity slows down, although you may see some occasional muscle twitching. Most are easily awakened in this state and will not feel as if they have slept.

Stage 2
The second stage is a period of light sleep where respiration and heart rate slows. Body temperature will also decrease slightly during this period. EEG readings will show larger brain waves and occasional bursts of activity.

Stage 3
Stage 3 marks the beginning of deep sleep, it occurs approximately 30 to 45 minutes after the sleep cycle begins. The brain begins to produce slower, high-amplitude waves known as delta waves.

Stage 4
Stage 4 is a very deep sleep. It is characterized by delta waves and is also known as slow-wave sleep. Physiologically, breathing is more rhythmic and muscle activity is limited. If you are awakened during deep sleep, you will probably feel groggy, confused, disoriented and may be unable to function normally for up to half an hour.

Stage 5 – REM
As its name suggests, rapid movement of the eyes distinguishes REM sleep from other stages of sleep. Brain activity during REM sleep is similar to that during waking hours. Intense, vivid dreaming occurs during REM and most of the dreams you can recall occur during this stage. Studies suggest that REM sleep is essential for processing and consolidating emotions, memories and stress.

While every stage of sleep is important, stages 3 and 4 – or slow-wave sleep, seem to be of particular importance. Several studies have shown that when deprived of sleep, there is an increased amount of slow-wave sleep the following evening. Many neuroscientists have suggested that this indicates there is a physiological “need” for slow-wave sleep as it may be the most “restorative” form of sleep. Sleep is still not completely understood as there is an abundance of on-going research on the subject. We do, however, know that sleep is essential to your health as sleep deprivation can result in a variety of undesirable conditions.

Tomorrow we will review some of the various conditions associated with sleep deprivation, and will provide you with a few tips for improving your quality of sleep.