First Impression:
CrossFit Low Oxygen was pretty easy to find. They are just a little bit off of the main road taking you to Brekenridge in Frisco. The front of the building has two really cool glass roll up doors that I would have taken a picture of had I not been in a hurry to get to happy hour immediately following the workout.
"Cool gym, but the view is terrible." I utter to the very muscly tattooed guy that I can only assume was the owner. The only view that I have ever seen that can top Low Oxygen's is MBS in Broomfield. If you have been there you know exactly what I am talking about. Low Oxygen has a free drop in policy for visiting CrossFitters they simply ask that you reserve your class online before hand. I have been to a lot of gyms and I don't think that I have ever seen this before. The free part that is. While most gyms will encourage you to buy a shirt I have think of another gym that advertises a free drop in to out of towners. It was pretty clear within 30 seconds of the start of class that they are very accustomed to people dropping in. Low Oxygen is located just minutes from half a dozen of the countries best ski resorts.
The Warm up:
2 minutes of partner quad smash. (this was a basic myofacial release. Essentially we had a partner mash their foot into our quad.)
Row 500m.
10 kip swings
10 KB bottoms up press
15 Hand release push ups
The Workout:
21-15-9 of....
Right arm KB clean and jerk, Left arm KB clean and jerk, Pull ups.
There was no "RX" weight. I chose a 54lb kettlebell and it seemed appropriate. I haven't done a KB C&J in a while so I wasn't sure how this one was going to go to be honest. By the third or fourth rep I set my goal on doing every set unbroken including the pull ups. This proved challenging yet manageable. I finished in a time of 7:12 and met my goal of all unbroken sets. To my surprise they didn't record anyone's times on the board. We were in the 5pm class and it looked as though there wasn't a score recorded for any of the classes so far. This was a first for me. I have never been to a gym that doesn't record their athletes times. Many gyms are using software like CF Whiteboard to do online athlete score tracking but it didn't seem like that was the case either.
The Shwag:
CrossFit LowOxygen has no shortage of awesome shwag choices. They had a couple of different types of hoodies, fight shorts, hats, water bottles, and a slew of different shirts. Choosing which one to buy was just about as difficult as the workout! I went with a super sweet burnt red shirt.
The Score:
For allowing us to drop in for free, play in their space and take home a couple of awesome new shirts, I give CF Low Oxygen a score of..... Thirty second free standing handstand hold.
