Scaling options (and a bit of commentary) from the CrossFit BrandX forums:

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Big D and I have done a few WODs with the inverted hang to lever work. Way harder than you would think.

Big Dawgs:
As rx’d
good luck

Porch:
Complete three rounds of:
On the rings, lower from an inverted hang, slowly, with straight body and arms, 7 reps
15 Ring Push-ups

or

Complete five rounds of:
On the rings, lower from an inverted hang, slowly, with straight body and arms, 4 reps
9 Ring Push-ups

Pack:
Complete five rounds of:
On the rings, lower from an inverted hang, slowly, with straight arms and one leg straight, 5 reps
10 Ring Push-ups
* switch legs each rep

Puppies:
Complete five rounds of:
On the rings, lower from an inverted hang, slowly, with straight arms and tucked legs, 3-5 reps
5-10 Push-ups

(Reposted From Yesterday):

Court, Josh, and I are discussing two ideas related to the membership increase scheduled for January 1:

1) We are considering allowing current members who buy a six-month membership before the end of the year to buy subsequent six-month memberships at the same rate (i.e., the six-month rate would not go up for those who buy and maintain this type of membership).

For example, someone who buys an $800 six-month membership ($133 per month) now to cover them from, say, January 15 through June 15, would then be able to buy again within 14 days of June 15 for the same $800, as opposed to the $1000 ($167 per month) six-month rate that will be in effect after January 1.

Effectively, we would be “grand fathering” current members who buy six-month memberships, so long as they continue to renew and not let their membership lapse. We would not have a similar program for monthly memberships.

(Note: We do allow people to suspend their six-month membership when they travel or are injured; this does not count as a lapse. We do not give refunds on the six-month membership.)

2) We are considering using some of the additional proceeds from the rate increase to open the Manhattan Location for seven or eight hours on Saturday, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM or 5:00 PM, with four WOD classes (probably at 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM, and 3:00 PM) and a Beginner Class at 10:00 AM. During the other hours, we would have “open gym” time, allowing members to schedule private training, practice, make up WOD’s, etc. If this approach proves popular, we might expand it to Brooklyn on either Saturday or Sunday.

Our objective is to provide maximum value to our members. We are aware that there are areas where we can improve, and we are listening to your suggetions, whether they are conveyed to us personally, through our coaching staff, through the blog, or through the grapevine

Please post comments on these two proposals.

Both ideas sound great to me.

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Best quote ever: "If you aren”t enjoying eating your eggs, you aren”t eating enough bacon with them."

I think its a great idea to grandfather people in at the old rate.

Impressions? This was hard, but a lot of fun! I defintely can't lower myself as Rx'd, even with my knees tucked going slow is hard. I would love to do more workouts like this in the future.

I'd buy into the grandfather clause.

Hey Hari - I like the grandfather clause, I think I'm currently on a 1 year membership, would it effect that as well or only 6 month?

also, any chance the beginner class could be at 9 or 11 to get a WOD at 10?

I am a fan of both ideas and would definitely consider buying a six month membership if you do go with the grandfathered rates.

I agree with Tim and feel that a 10am WOD class on Saturdays and Sundays would be great.

Hi Hari (and Josh and Court)-

I am certainly a fan of the lower six month rate and would absolutely join up for the next six before Jan 1st.

I do have a few questions though, and hopefully this is the correct forum for them. If your all-in cost per member is $180 (fixed costs + personnel), and you are only getting $133 per member, how long can you continue to run the gym, especially with longer hours, more equipment, etc.?

There are two reasons I am asking this. One - I would hate to see the gym close due to ability to fund, despite the fact that we are all gaining in the short term. Two - a six month deposit would be quite a sum for some people to lose if the gym were to become insolvent.

Hari - I like the idea!

Hari - I like your idea!

the descents were pretty tough. Scaled back to bent knees. Ring pushups got tiring too.

Impressions:
1 / cos (x) gets big very quickly!
(68,54), (55, 42), (61, 48), (47, 25)

I love playing around on the rings, so I had fun with this WOD. Very odd to do a WOD without a time or weight
component.

As Rx'd

Black Box (258,258)

Tim B, Yes, you are covered under a one-year option.

Ed, It is necessary to differentiate between average and marginal costs. Our average cost is approximately $180 at our current membership level. If we add one person, our fixed costs don't change, only our variable costs, and our average costs fall.

For example, if we add 50 people, we will need to add approximately $80 per person in coaching costs, but we will add zero in rent, utilities, etc. (Anything we get beyond $80 contributes to our bottom line.) In addition, you should keep several other points in mind: (1) If we lose members, our average cost goes up, not down. (2) While some members will be paying $133, others will be paying $200; as time goes on, there will be fewer in the former group and more in the latter. (3) Our personal reputations are worth a great deal to us, certainly more than the amount that we have put into the business to date and may put in in the future.

In terms of putting your money at risk, if you are uncomfortable, don't do it. We're happy to have you stay and pay the monthly rate.

Aside from being a Crossfitter, I am a consumer rights attorney. I am currently litigating cases against food and beverage manufacturers who misrepresent their products as "all natural". If anyone is interested in motivated to make a difference for people,and you've purchased "all natural" agave products please contact me.

Impressions - Front levers are hard in general (though I'd like to get it one of these days), and maintaining enough tension to come down controlled gets harder as you go.

(41,39)

Ended up doing most of these tucked, and all but the first ring push ups were from my knees. Cash out was 10 walking lunges holding kettlebell to chest, then 10 swings; five rounds. 3:28. Then I did 4 sets of 5 knees to elbows, just to practice.

RX'd

Greatings, Im depressed...
Have a nice day
Truden

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