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2010-09-25 Fight Gone Bad 5 Fundraiser/WOD

We’ve raised over $3,500!  “Thank you” to those competing and to our donators!

The Boneyard will open at 9:00 a.m. Those competing need to be there no later than 9:30 a.m. to warm up. If you are not a CrossFit Montgomery member, please arrive between 9:00 and 9:30 a.m. so you can warm up and review the exercises with a trainer.

When you arrive, go to the registration table to check in, get your name tags and receive instructions. The “Hello, my name is” name tag is for you and the tags with a gold border are for the names of the persons you are honoring. Place your tags on the back, front, or sleeves of your shirt. There will also be a place on one of our whiteboards where you can write the names of the honorees on the board. FYI – The workouts will be recorded and we’ve hired a photographer.

The Fundraiser kicks off at 10 a.m. We have more than 24 competitors who have signed up to compete! We will have two sets of heats (one heat consists of 5 competitors) going at the same time. Each competitor will be partnered with another competitior. When one is working out, the other is counting reps and cheering for him/her. We will have clip boards and paper for the counter.

The first two heats will begin no later than 10:30 a.m. Everyone is beginning the workout at the wall ball station. We will be calling “rotate” at each station when there is 5 seconds left on the clock. We will have designated on-deck and rest areas. Your towel and water bottle will remain in these area at all times. When the 17 minutes is up, the counter will give the designated person(s) their clipboard. The designated person(s) will calculate the reps and place the scores on one of our whiteboards.

Prizes will be given to the top competitors. Integrity…that is all we are going to say with regard to counting good reps, whether they are yours or someone else’s reps. You know what is a good rep and what doesn’t count. If you don’t know, we’ll cover it with you tomorrow.

We will have apples, bananas, and water (and stretching!) for you to have after the workout. Be sure to hydrate before and after. The prescription for water is half your bodyweight in ounces per day plus an additional 16 ounces for every one hour of physical activity.

It’s not too late to donate! We will be accepting cash and check at the fundraiser. You may also donate online using Rapid Giving. You have until October 1 to donate.

Contact us if you have any questions or concerns. Good luck to the competitors!

Visit our Fight Gone Bad page for more information about the workout and fundraiser. Post questions, comments, or your FGB score to comments.

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Community Events Workouts

2010-09-18 Open Gym & FFS

Saturdays are open gym from 9:00 a.m. until noon. You can come in to work on specific movements, particularly ones in which you need practice and further instruction. We will have a WOD that you can do or you can choose to do a WOD that you missed this week.

Free Fall Saturday
Join us at 10:00 a.m. for a free tour and workout and encourage family and friends to come. Be sure to bring a sweat rag and water bottle.

Fight Gone Bad Practice
There is one more week until Fight Gone Bad 5. Join us at 9:00, 10:00, or 11:00 a.m. so you can familiarize yourselves with the workout. If you know people planning to attend our fundraiser that aren’t members of CrossFit Montgomery, please let me know and invite them to join us.

(Saturday is CrossFit Montgomery member Chris Kay’s birthday!)

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Events Workouts

2010-09-11 Open Gym and FFS

Saturdays are open gym from 9:00 a.m. until noon. You can come in to work on specific movements, particularly ones in which you need practice and further instruction. We will have a WOD that you can do or you can choose to do a WOD that you missed this week.

Notice to our regular members:  If you are wanting to work on a specific skill in the morning and want some personal training from one of the coaches, please arrive at 9 a.m.

Free Fall Saturdays
We are hosting Free Fall Saturdays every Saturday in September at 10:00 a.m. Join us for a free tour and workout and encourage family and friends to come. Be sure to bring a sweat rag and water bottle.

We will have a Fight Gone Bad practice day on Saturday, September 18 (one week before the event) so participants can familiarize themselves with the exercises. If you know of people planning to attend our fundraiser that aren’t members of CrossFit Montgomery, please let me know and invite them to the Sept. 18 Free Fall Saturday.

(Saturday is owner/trainer Jennie’s birthday!)

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Community Events Rest Day

2010-09-05 Rest Day & Labor Day

Sundays are rest days at CrossFit Montgomery. 23:1 …  The ratio 23:1 represents 23 hours of free time (time spent not working out at The Boneyard) to your one hour workout (including warm-up, WOD, and stretching). That’s 23 hours that includes hydrating, eating (nutrition), sleeping (recovery), working, playing, etc.

Recovery is just as important as training. Your body needs time to replenish energy stores and repair damaged tissues. Recovery includes, but is not limited to: rest, sleep, hydration, good nutrition, stretching, self-massaging (using a foam roller), massage by a professional, and chiropractic care.

Weekly announcements are posted on Sunday. We email these announcements to those on our mailing list. If you want to receive these announcements and other updates, please email us at 41Fitness@gmail.com. We also provide updates on Facebook and Twitter throughout the week.

Weekly Announcements

The Boneyard is closed tomorrow for Labor Day. We will be posting a WOD that you can do at home or while on vacation. Our regular schedule will resume on Tuesday morning at 6:00 a.m.

– We are excited to say that we have recently added several new members. Over the next few weeks, we will be adding equipment and working on expanding/ renovating The Boneyard.  Good times…

– REMINDER:  Please continue to vote for the The Little Tree Preschool in the Pepsi Refresh Project until September 30, 2010.

– We are hosting Free Fall Saturdays every Saturday in September at 10:00 a.m. Join us for a free tour and workout and encourage family and friends to come. Yesterday was our first Fall Saturday. It was a pleasure meeting Russ and Randall. We look forward to them beginning our Foundations Program on Wednesday!

– CrossFit Montgomery is in the fight! Join us for Fight Gone Bad 5 on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Fight Gone Bad 5 is benefiting LIVESTRONG, the Wounded Warrior Project, and the CrossFit Foundation. We encourage you to attend and help us raise money for these great causes! Visit our Fight Gone Bad 5 page for more information.

– The Montgomery Half-Marathon presented by Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama and benefitting the Joy to Life Foundation will be held on Saturday, October 2, 2010 in downtown Montgomery. They are also hosting the Capital City 5K and Mayor’s Kids Mile. David, Jennie, Cody, Kelly, and four friends are participating in the Inaugural Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon that same weekend in Orlando, Florida. The Boneyard will be closed Thursday evening, Friday, Saturday, and Monday morning.

– CrossFit Montgomery is lifting barbells for boobs for the 2nd Annual “Amazing Grace” Fundraiser on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Amazing Grace is benefiting Mammograms in Action. This day is your chance to SAVE A PAIR. Visit our Amazing Grace page for more information. On this days, we will also be celebrating The Boneyard’s first anniversary (October 31, 2009).

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2010-09-04 Open Gym & FFS

Saturdays are open gym from 9:00 a.m. until noon. You can come in to work on specific movements, particularly ones in which you need practice and further instruction. We will have a WOD that you can do or you can choose to do a WOD that you missed this week.

Free Fall Saturdays
We are hosting Free Fall Saturdays every Saturday in September at 10:00 a.m. Join us for a free tour and workout and encourage family and friends to come. Be sure to bring a sweat rag and water bottle.

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Events Workouts

2010-08-28 Open Gym

Saturday Instruction:  Mobility Drills at 9:00 and 10:00 a.m.

Saturdays are open gym from 9:00 a.m. until noon. You can come in to work on specific movements, particularly ones in which you need practice and further instruction. We will have a WOD that you can do or you can choose to do a WOD that you missed this week.

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Events Rest Day

2010-08-22 Rest Day

Weekly Announcements

– We are hosting Free Fall Saturdays every Saturday in September at 10:00 a.m. Join us for a free tour and workout and encourage family and friends to come.

– CrossFit Montgomery is in the fight!  Join us for Fight Gone Bad 5 on Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 10:00 a.m.-noon. Fight Gone Bad 5 is benefiting LIVESTRONG, the Wounded Warrior Project, and the CrossFit Foundation. We encourage you to attend and help us raise money for these great causes!  Visit our Fight Gone Bad 5 page for more information.

– Save the date! CrossFit Montgomery is lifting barbells for boobs for the 2nd Annual Amazing Grace Fundraiser on Saturday, October 30, 2010 from 10:00 a.m.-noon. Amazing Grace is benefiting Mammograms in Action. More information coming soon…

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Events Workouts

2010-08-21 Open Gym

Saturday Instruction:  Running Drills at 9:00 and 10:00 a.m.

Saturdays are open gym from 9:00 a.m. until noon. You can come in to work on specific movements, particularly ones in which you need practice and further instruction. We will have a WOD that you can do or you can choose to do a WOD that you missed this week.

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Community Events Rest Day

2010-08-15 Rest Day

Happy Birthday to trainer David! He’s the big 3-0 today!

Sundays are rest days at CrossFit Montgomery. 23:1 …  The ratio 23:1 represents 23 hours of free time (time spent not working out at The Boneyard) to your one hour workout (including warm-up, WOD, and stretching). That’s 23 hours that includes hydrating, eating (nutrition), sleeping (recovery), working, playing, etc.

Recovery is just as important as training. Your body needs time to replenish energy stores and repair damaged tissues. Recovery includes, but is not limited to: rest, sleep, hydration, good nutrition, stretching, self-massaging (using a foam roller), massage by a professional, and chiropractic care.

Weekly announcements are posted on Sunday. We email these announcements to those on our mailing list. If you want to receive these announcements and other updates, please email us at 41Fitness@gmail.com. We also provide updates on Facebook and Twitter throughout the week.

Weekly Announcements

– We completed the affiliation process with CrossFit Inc. in July and changed our name from 41Fitness to CrossFit Montgomery. We are excited about joining the CrossFit community of 1,700+ affliates worldwide and look forward to spreading the CrossFit movement.

– We are hosting Free Fall Saturdays every Saturday in September at 10:00 a.m. Join us for a free tour and workout and encourage family and friends to come.

– CrossFit Montgomery is hosting Fight Gone Bad 5 on Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 10:00 a.m.-noon. Fight Gone Bad 5 is benefiting LIVESTRONG, the Wounded Warrior Project, and the CrossFit Foundation.  We encourage you to attend and help us raise money for these great causes!  For more information, visit our Fight Gone Bad 5 page.

– Trainers David, Jennie, and Cody competed at the Faction Games 2010 this weekend in Memphis. Members Kelly and Z, and friends Christina and Scott participated in the 5K Trail Run/Obstacle Course Saturday morning. This was the same course used by David, Jennie, and Cody in their third event that day. Congrats to David who placed 16th and Cody who placed 39th (out of 50+) athletes! Kudos to Jennie who placed 12th out of 17 advanced females! We will continue to add videos and photos from the competition.

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2010-07-18 Rest Day

Sundays are rest days at CrossFit Montgomery.

23:1 …  The ratio 23:1 represents 23 hours of free time (time spent not working out at The Boneyard) to your one hour workout (including warm-up, WOD, and stretching).  That’s 23 hours that includes hydrating, eating (nutrition), sleeping (recovery), working, playing, etc.

Recovery is just as important as training. Your body needs time to replenish energy stores and repair damaged tissues.  Recovery includes, but is not limited to: rest, sleep, hydration, good nutrition, stretching, self-massaging (using a foam roller), massage by a professional, and chiropractic care.

Weekly announcements are posted on Sunday.  We email these announcements to those on our mailing list.  If you want to receive these announcements and other updates, please email us at 41Fitness@gmail.com.  We also provide updates on Facebook and Twitter throughout the week.

Weekly Announcements

– We completed the affiliation process with CrossFit Inc. last week and changed our name from 41Fitness to CrossFit Montgomery.  We are excited about joining the CrossFit community of 1,700+ affliates worldwide and look forward to spreading the CrossFit movement.  We are celebrating by doing CrossFit Inc., A.K.A “CrossFit HQ” WODs posted on CrossFit.com.

– CrossFit Montgomery (CFMGM) will be taking a group to the Faction Games 2010 August 7-8.  David, Jennie, and Cody are registered to compete.  We are reserving our hotel rooms this week.  Let us know if you are interested in competing or being a spectator.  Beginners are welcomed to compete!  The Boneyard will be closed that weekend, which includes Friday evening classes and Saturday’s open gym, and Monday morning classes.  We will have WODs posted on our Web site on these days.  The WODs will be workouts that you can do at home.

– Congrats to Rich Froning, Jr. who is the 2nd Fittest Man on Earth and Michelle Kinney who is the 10th Fittest Woman on Earth!   Rich and Michelle were the top male and female winners of the South East Regional Qualifier.  They displayed impressive athleticism and sportsmanship this weekend at the 2010 CrossFit Games!  Articles and archived videos are available at the 2010 CrossFit Games Web site.