Group Pic's

I have been going through some old pic's, and found some great group shots. We are where we are now because of a great community, and the great thing is, our community keeps getting bigger and better. Its not just talk, its real. Love it.

2 Years

I started Bayou City CrossFit 2 years ago in July, with some help from some great friends we have been able to grow tremendously. The following pics are from the beginning to now and some of our past locations.

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Next pics I put up are going to be a bunch of group pics of old clients and some of our current clients.

Back from the Games

Back from the 2010 CrossFit Games, damn what a time. Learned a lot about myself, its crazy what it takes for you to learn more about yourself. Even through all the other stuff I have been through in my short 28 yrs, I'm still learning.
This years Games was completely different then last year. I feel lucky that I was able to be a part of both in 2 completely different venues.
For me, I'm not happy about my performance. But I have been trying to tell myself the same thing I tell my clients and friends that compete, "you learn from every competition, take the good and the bad and get better". So here I am 3 days after the Games chomping and the bits to start training. I WANT IT.
I have to say congrats to CrossFit Central, CrossFit Dallas Central, CrossFit Albuquerque, their teams did amazing. To all from our region that went and competed yall did amazing. To the Crew that came out and supported me, yall are amazing, thank yall. To all the peps that could not make it out, I felt the support, thank yall.

On the list of upcoming events:
Fran Day at the box July 31
LuLuLemon CF comp. Sept 11
Fight Gone Bad 5 we will be hosting Sept 25
Half Iron Man in Austin Oct 17
Barbells for Boobs we will be hosting Oct 23
more info will be coming about all events

As for me, I'm going to change up my training a little bit, and come back stronger and faster then ever before. The want and the drive are there, the hard part is acting on it, and being willing to do what it takes.

My Road's to The CF Games

So I'm bad on my blog, I don't keep it up to date. I know, I get on my coaches for them to and I don't. I'm working on it. So for my road to the Games I am doing a little video blog and everyday going to try to post it on here.
First of all I have to say a few thank you's. To my mom and dad, yall are the best and I love yall. To Katie for always being there for me and supporting me, I love you. To all the coaches at Bayou City CrossFit. All those that came to support me and for all of yall supporting me back home. Thank you.

Vic's Road to The CF Games 2010 from Vic Zachary on Vimeo.

Limitations

Where does limitations start???

I hear it all the time, I can't do that, I'll never be able to do that, or its to heavy. Not just at the box but every where. People like to say I can't or I won't ever be able to. Why is that???

We limit our selves by putting these thoughts in our heads. Why can't we say, I'm going to or I'm going to bust my ass until I get it. When it comes to the box and movements or nutrition, you have so many resources there, use them. I will gladly stay late or meet you early to help you. It drives me up the wall when I hear "I CAN'T". Why can't you? Find the problem and figure out how to fix it. For some its Fear in your head, fear of failure, or even fear of actually succeeding, sounds crazy but its true. Its, O if I can do that I'm going to have to go heavier, I'm going to have to work harder.

Limitations start in your head. Never doubt the human body and the human spirit. We are stronger then we will ever comprehend. Live your life that way, train that way. Whats the saying "no your limits and break them", Don't even make limits just push through the hard times, everyone has them. Figure out how to blow through them, if you need help find it. Push Through, Work Hard.

There are NO Limitations.

Paleo Chow

There is a lot of things I hear from people starting Paleo, or in their first couple weeks. Most of it is: I don't have enough energy, I'm tired, I'm hungry or it goes into what should I be eating, how much should I be eating?

Something every one needs to know is that your body is an equation. The trick is to find out which formula is the best so that you can get the best out put and recovery from your body. I'm not the smartest tool, but when it comes to this I will be the first to tell you, you must look at it like a Jr high science project. Take measurements and pictures of yourself. You need to take notes, you need to document what you eat and how you feel. Make sure you write down how you feel before the workout, during, after, when you go to sleep, and in the morning.

Once you have evidence of what your eating and how your feeling, you should be able to move things around. When I say things I mean, meal times, how much fat you eat or carbs you eat before or after the workout. Keep taking notes because its all going to come back to that. You should be able to go back and look at your notes and know what happens if you eat 3 blocks of fat 3 hrs before your workout or if I eat 4 blocks of carbs after my workout. How should I feel?

Every time some one ask me one of those questions, the first thing I say is "do you have a food journal", 99% of the time its no, but the funny thing is they say O OK I'll start one, and I tell them I'll look over it in a week. A week comes around and nothing not even a question. I know it takes time to input it into a journal, but if you want the results and don't just want to talk about them, then its what you need to do. I would be happy to go over anybodies food journal, don't bring me you personal journal or diary, because I might just put it on Facebook.

And to every one at Bayou City CrossFit, you have Jess there at the box. Use her, ask her questions, she loves talking about this.

What is you equation?

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What's Up

So what can I say, I'm not great at updating my blog. I will be spending more time on here.

My topic for this entry is Regionals and Fun. We are 2 weeks out from an amazing competition. The funny thing is I just started hitting it hard this past Monday. A couple weeks later then I wanted to. What can I say my best friends bachelor party was just a little more important.
I know a lot of people are burned out of training their asses off, and some just lose the fun of it. People get stressed out days, weeks, and months before the event. Having any or all of these is not going to help you get better, stronger, or faster.
Every one that is going to compete individually has already won, they have made it to Regionals. Not just anyone can do that. So there is something to be happy about. Sometimes when I workout I push out any thought of Regionals, I look around and try to have fun. I think that is one big reason why I love to workout with a team (Team WOD's). You have to find the FUN in it. Some of y'all might say, this is CrossFit it's not suppose to be fun. CrossFit to me is nothing but fun. The WOD of the day, seeing people's reaction when they first look at the WOD, the small celebration every one has when they complete the WOD, and one of my favorites is listening to people cheer on other people.
If you are competing in Regionals or just training hard at the box, and you fall under the song from Top Gun " you have lost that loving feeling", or in our case the fun feeling. You need to find it, change your approach to the WOD's, maybe take an extra day off, find away to get it back, their are plenty of people I know that will help, including me. FIND the FUN!!!
So for my case with Regionals and Fun, if any of y'all are going to Regionals, if you look at me before the WOD, and see a serious, mean looking expression on my face know that I'm having fun, to me that is fun. All the emotions all the thoughts all the nerves, if I didn't have that I would be doing something else.

Train Hard Train Smart and Train to have FUN!!!