CrossFit Cleveland Fitness News and Updates - 01/14/2010

CrossFit Cleveland January 14, 2010

There is a saying I learned in martial arts that goes "you can't fake it on the mat". You can talk about all of your training and what you can do but when you get on the mat and the pressure is on your real ability and skill level shows. There's no faking it on the mat. I think it's also true at CrossFit gyms. Your dedication also shows on the mat. You can't fake that either, not for long anyways. Getting better, in our case increasing our physical work capacity, is all about showing up over and over, practicing, training hard and learning from others. Getting better also requires that you keep learning. You can learn from people who are better than you and from those who sincerely want to help you. It's fascinating that you can learn from both types of people.  Your coach or trainer does not have be able to perform better than you, but he or she needs to be willing and able to teach you and get you to do more than you would without them.  It's great if you have a coach who has a list of certifications a mile long and is better than you at everything, but if they don't teach you or care much about helping you improve, what's the point? It's not about us, it's about you and what we can help you to achieve. As we mentioned in the last newsletter, Kate Rawlings is now a trainer at CrossFit Cleveland. She will be helping Staci and me run the weekday morning workouts. Kate is great at teaching proper technique and pushing you harder than you would push yourself. She is also very passionate about helping you get better results with CrossFit. Staci and I are pleased that she has joined the team at CF Cleveland. Please stop in to meet her and welcome her aboard. BTW- I have a few new pictures on our Crossfit Cleveland Facebook Page, check them out. You don't have to have a Facebook account to view these pictures. New Expanded Hours We will be staying open later in the mornings and opening earlier in the afternoons beginning Monday. We will be open until 7:30am during the week and will be opening at 4:00pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Here is a list all of our workout times: Mornings: Monday-Friday  - 5:00am, 5:30am, 6:00am & 6:30am Monday afternoon - 5:30pm (just one workout on Monday afternoons) Tues-Thurs - 4:00pm, 4:30pm, 5:00pm, 5:30pm, 6:00pm & 6:30pm Saturday - 8:30am, 9:30am 10:00am & 10:30am Saturday - 9:00am Basic Group Workout-First 3 visits FREE

Advocare products - Mixer on Saturday 1/16 Jeff Koha, a previous participant in our Executive Fitness Program, has introduced us to Advocare products to help with our health and fitness goals. There will be another "mixer" at the gym on Saturday 1/16/2010 at 10:30am for those of you who want to sample some of the products and learn more. You can also learn more about their health and nutrition products on Staci's Advocare website   Shoes - Please bring 'em dry! Please bring a dry pair of shoes to workout in. We would appreciate it if you don't workout in the shoes you wear into the building if it's snowy or rainy outside.  Thanks! CrossFit Gymnastic Certification Seminar in February We're excited to be hosting a CrossFit Gymnastics Certification Seminar in February at CrossFit Cleveland. It is both for trainers and people interested in learning more about performing and teaching the gymnastic movements that we use in our workouts. This training seminar is taught by Jeff Tucker and his crew from GSX Athletics.  I've had a beer or two with Jeff and have watched him in countless videos - he's great and funny as hell. We are limiting on-line sign-ups to the first 15 people. Please check out the Crossfit Gymnastic Cert registration page for more details.  Please let me know if you have any questions about this event. We are also hosting a CrossFit Endurance Certification Seminar on the last weekend in August. I'll have more details once the registration page is online.  Toby Jurging of SPC CrossFit in Hudson is also hosting a CF Endurance Cert in early June in case that better fits your schedule. Member Spotlight - Troy Bratz Troy Bratz, also known as "T-Roy" "Gump" and/or "Forrest", has been with us since the early days of 2007 in the Metroparks.  Since then he has become one of the top performers at CF Cleveland. I've included excerpts from the book he sent me the other day! Somehow he forgot to mention he holds the gym records for the number of times attending a Dave Mathews concert, he's over 100. See and read all about Troy here on the CrossFit Cleveland 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