CrossFit News and Updates - 08/13/10

I'll keep it short and sweet this week, but I need to let you in on a few things and remind you about the picnic this Sunday along with showing you a video of what really happened during Kate's obstacle course trial (see link below). Most of you missed her, but Dr. Amy stopped in to visit this week. She was in from Chicago to see the BNL concert and dropped in for a workout. Speaking of past members who have moved out of sunny Cleveland, Sean Kufel is in town visiting and will be at the gym tomorrow morning. Get there and go head to head with him - I have a great CF "Girl" workout in store for those who dare. FYI - We will be resuming our Hapkido/MMA training in the early fall.  Its looking like Hapkido on Monday and Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings plus Jujitsu and ground grappling two or three mornings a week. We will have black belt instructors for weekly classes as well as guest instructors for specialty seminars and workshops. We'll post additional details soon.  Please let me know if you have any interest so I can better plan the schedule. If you have a specialty and are interested in teaching, please met me know.     Crossfit Executive Fitness Program - new dates for September   We have four new group times beginning next month for the CrossFit Executive Fitness Starter Program.  You can get all the details here on our website, Crossfit Executive Fitness      CrossFit Summer Picnic this Sunday 8/15/10   Kim Williams has quite an event on tap for us all this Sunday August 15th at her home in Berlin Heights.  Kim works out with us in the evenings as well as belonging to Nick Strazar's CrossFit Box. She has invited CrossFit Cleveland members to join the CrossFit Box members for a cookout and Obstacle Course Challenge in her backyard.    Yes, I said Obstacle Course Challenge.  Kim and her husband have a full-on land of crazy shit constructed in their backyard, surrounded by hundreds of acres of farmland. There is a wall to scale, 20 feet of bars to swing across, a rope wall to climb, hurdles to hurdle and a few other objects guaranteed to test your mettle. Competition is optional, fun is mandatory.  I posted a video of Kate Rawlings scaling the rope wall, but here is what really happened.  It's a must watch. Kate's infamous dismount Here are the details:   When: Sunday August 15, 2010 from 11:00am to 4:00pm   Where: 9703 Reiger Road, Berlin Heights, OH 44814   What:  Crossfit Picnic and Obstacle Course Challenge, along with volleyball, corn hole and other picnic activities   What to bring:  bring a side dish to share and your favorite beverage.  We will be providing burgers, grilled chicken and non-alcoholic beverages. You are welcome to bring your own items to throw on the grill if burgers or chicken aren't your thing.   Who: all are invited, but please R.S.V.P. so we can have the right amount of food.   CrossFit Cleveland folks R.S.V.P. to me at bill@crossfitcleveland.com or write your name on the sign-up board at the gym.  Members of other CrossFit gyms should R.S.V.P. at their gym or directly to Kim. Evening Waiting List removed this month We have opened up a few new times slots and had several members switch out of the evening workouts so now there is room for a handful of new members to attend the  5:00pm, 5:30pm, 6:00pm and 6:30pm workouts.  If you have joined in the recent past and had been subject to the evening wait list, you are now able to attend any of our morning or evening workouts. Thanks.   We are getting closer to having new larger digs right here in Lakewood.  We'll announce the details once they are finalized. Thanks to everyone for helping us grow this fantastic community. Jim Kukral's new book is out, ATTENTION! Jim Kukral, one of our Executive Fitness Program veterans, has just published his first book titled Attention! this book will make you money. If you want to read a book chocked full of money making ideas, strategies and tips on using free and low-cost on-line services to grow your business, this is the one for you.  I will be giving away a free copy of Jim's book tomorrow, Saturday 8/14/10, at the gym.  Jim was kind enough to include CrossFit Cleveland in his book, telling how he was motivated to sign up for our Executive Fitness Program after watching our online video, "What is CrossFit"  Just tell us how you found us and why you joined Crossfit.  The person with the most interesting answer wins the book. Jim is a web marketer & business web coach, speaker, long-time award-winning blogger, customer evangelist, writer, online monetization expert, and well, a bunch of other things. Jim Kukral has experienced just about everything web related you can think of. That's why Jim has become one of the Industry's most sought after consultants and public speakers. You can get more info and order your copy at Attention! this book will make you money Patrick Flannery approved as a new Crossfit Affiliate Our very own Patrick Flannery has been approved as a CrossFit Affiliate, Great Lakes CrossFit has been hatched.  Staci and I will be working closely with Patrick as he makes his entrepreneurial debut as the owner of his own CrossFit gym.  He will be opening a rather large facility in an eastern suburb this fall, hopefully soon after Labor Day.  We plan on having some reciprocal membership privileges between Great Lakes CrossFit and Crossfit Cleveland to benefit our members who work on one side and live on the other side of the bridge.  The "Crossfit Passport" seems to be a logical name! More details to follow as they unfold.   Patrick is highly motivated and extremely passionate about CrossFit training.  We are certain he will be a smashing success. CF Cleveland's Organic Produce Co-Op - every Wednesday Staci and Tricia go down to the Cleveland Food Terminal every Wednesday and purchase organic fruits and vegetables by the case. They get a boat load of food for not a whole lot of money, then they split it all up into 6 equal shares. They spend $300 total, making each 'share' cost $50.  The minimum buy-in is $25 for 1/2 share of produce. If you are interested, please add your name to the sign-up sheet at the gym or email staci@crossfitcleveland.com. Payment must be received no later than Tuesday of each week. You can see a few pictures of the past couple batches of food here on our Organic Food Co-op post on our website.

Previous newsletters on our website You can read all the past email newsletters on our website.  I've made a Crossfit Cleveland newsletter archive page here, or you can find the link on our CrossFit Cleveland home page.

That's all for now. You can find all the stuff that used to be down below my signature here on the 'Old Stuff Archive" page. Regards,  BR 440-915-7856 (Cell & Text)    CrossFit Cleveland - RAW Fitness, LLC www.crossfitcleveland.com  My LinkedIn Profile  - http://www.linkedin.com/in/billrussellohio BR on Facebook = http://profile.to/billrussell/ CrossFit Cleveland's Fan Page on Facebook at http://www.companies.to/crossfitcleveland Follow us on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/CFCleveland