CrossFit Scottsdale is holding the 2nd Annual Jump Rope-a-Thon during every class Monday June 28th and Tuesday June 29th.
Come to class prepared to Jump Rope for a great cause. All classes on 6/28 and 6/29 are free if you participate. 100% of the proceeds raised will go to Arizona Baseball Charities so that all kids that play Little League in the state of Arizona can have new and safe equipment to play with. Some kids are sharing one set of catchers equipment for an entire league, we want to change that. Participants can come to any of the classes on either day and see how many jumps they can complete in 45 minutes. Jump until you are tired, rest and jump some more. This event is open to all ages and fitness levels, so bring your friends and family and raise money by a flat donation or in the amounts of $0.01, $0.05, $0.10, and $0.25 cents per jump! Pledge forms are available for pick up at the gym or can be emailed to you, just send us a note and let us know that you need one. 1 month of free unlimited CrossFit Scottsdale training will be given to the top fundraiser and top jumper…. the top fundraiser will also receive a signed Mickey Mantle Baseball.
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The Spring Paleo Challenge was a huge success! 50 CrossFit Scottsdale students underwent the task of eating meats, veggies, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and NO Sugar, and came out looking better, feeling better and performing better. It was LIFE CHANGING to say the least. This Paleo challenge was based on collecting points, improvement in performance on the WOD “Cindy” and improvement on measurements of body fat, inches and weight.
So here they are…WINNERS OF THE PALEO CHALLENGE:
The Ladies:
First Place: Hallie F.
Second Place: Alison N.
Third Place: Stephanie B.
The Guys:
First Place: Bob H.
Second Place: Ryan M.
Third Place: Roger Z.
WOW!! They rocked it!
Congratulations to everyone who participated. Ultimately all of you won. In reading your goals for the challenge and what you accomplished I am so proud of each and everyone of you. The hardest part of getting and staying healthy is your nutrition. If you changed even 1 thing about your daily routine from what you learned in this challenge you are better off because of it and that is a win for a longer, healthier life.
So you cut out your favorite Kettle One Lemon Drops for 6x weeks or you switched from Frappachinos to Americanos. Whatever it was it worked. Your leaner, meaner and more aware of the crap you put in your body. Now what? No… not the pizza, wings and cold stone you had Saturday night to celebrate the end of your prison sentence. But how do you move forward? I for one decide how extreme I want to live my “Paleo” or “Practically Paleo” lifestyle. I only eat grass fed beef (when I cook) I eliminated all dairy (except for ice cream 1x week) and I try to eat meat, vegetables, little fruit, nuts and healthy fats (olive oil, avocados) at every meal. I know that I can maintain this sane lifestyle every day. I also know that when needed (60x days out from competition) I can HTFU and get extreme for MAX results. *Never in my life have I been stronger, leaner and faster than I am today because of CrossFit and Paleo. I have also learned what battles I choose to fight (no dressing on salads ever and only water at retaurants) leaves me to decide if I want dried mango and cashews for dessert.
What works for you? Your family, business, pocket book and lifestyle will all be different. Just remember everything in moderation… including moderation. It’s o.k to fall off your routine and have cookies and milk. Just don’t let cookies and milk become your routine. As I left Costco today after a grocery store tour with a neighborhood CrossFit family. I realized just how many opportunities we have to eat junk and that it’s readily available everywhere. At the entrance they were selling sodas, juice (contains zero juice) and sugarade AKA Gatorade. At the start of every isle they handed out samples of pasta, cake, bread and cheese. Then they try to trick you and have cool shiny boxes that say low- fat and sugar free. Ha… Do they think we are all fools? Yes they do! Not anymore. We have just released 50x CrossFitters into the world with the knowledge and mental strength of a 6x week Paleo competition. Prove these food and drug companies wrong and eat good whole foods daily. Stay healthy, fit and happy into your sixties. Feel better, sleep better, perform better (everywhere) and Look better naked.
WOW!!! So you set out 6 weeks ago to look better, feel better and perform better…and that is exactly what you did!
Winners will be announced Wednesday but here are some of the highlights from today:
The top improvements on “Cindy” were
Scott H. from 10 to 18
Jeff Z. from 7 to 12
Mel from 18 to 24
Alison N. from 16 to 20
The guys averaged as a whole a 2 round improvement while the ladies averaged 3! Stellar work CrossFit Scottsdale! Enjoy the weekend and get your plan together on Sunday for the week.
CONGRATULATIONS Tiffany, Carolina, and Katie on passing the Level II test. It was a great night filled with ups and downs. More than anything it was a reminder of why CrossFit Scottsdale is so special. Thank you Jaz, Roger, Matt, and Hallie for judging and supporting the athletes taking the test. Paul and Ted, your performance tonight will inspire other students to take risks and push themselves to their limits without fear of failure. Your orange bands are waiting.
As we near the end of the Paleo Challenge, the question has to get asked, was this just a “diet” for you or has your lifestyle changed?
Paleo for me has become a lifestyle. It is the way that I eat most of the time. My old habits of pizza on Fridays and baking cookies on Sundays are things of the past. Instead I spend my Sunday’s making Paleo muffins, turkey burgers, meatballs, better barbeque sauce and roasted vegetables. On Friday’s we grill out and maybe make some coconut ice cream. I am certainly not Paleo 100% of the time but the majority of my food is Paleo. I feel better, look better and perform better when I eat foods found in nature. This is what keeps me eating this way about 90% of the time. Ultimately I am 100% aware of how the food I eat affects me. There is the occasional time when I decide to eat whatever I want, Paleo or not. Sometimes its worth it. Most of the time its not and so I go back to my normal routine of eating Paleo and all is good again.
My advice to you as the Paleo Challenge comes to an end is to eat whatever it is that you missed the most. Eat a really good quality version of that food. Enjoy it. But before you do, before Saturday think about how this challenged affected you. What have you learned? How did it change how you think and feel about food? What parts of the Paleo diet have you turned into a lifestyle?
~Coach Tiffany
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
In today’s fitness industry you can go online register for a certification pay $199, pass an open book test online and call yourself a certified personal trainer and get a respectable job that pays well at a local “Globo Gym”. As a member of that globo gym you could sign up for a membership and get sold a package of personal training that can cost as low as $50 an hour and as much as $95 an hourmost of these packages are usually sold in 10x and 20x sessions ranging from $500-$950 a month.
This new-bee personal trainer could be the 1st person that takes you on a tour of your new gym. Show you a few machines, bicep curls and crunches. Put you on the elliptical at an easy setting that you wont forget the next time you have an appointment with him/her. This model of fitness is why you’re still overweight, sick or unhealthy.
Ya… your trainer is HOT, most are… but how much longer are you going to be able to afford him/her before you finally give up and say to yourself. “I know how to use these machines and can set the elliptical on my own”
At CrossFit Scottsdale we take pride and ownership of our continued education. All Coaches must have a CrossFit Level I certification and have passed the new written test that will allow CrossFit to be a Globally accredited certification. Coaches B.K, Najla, and Katie all passed the new test. Skip and Erin also passed and will be the 1st of our students enrolled in the Instructor Training program that we will unveil to the greater student body early next week.
This past weekend we had the honor of hosting a Level I certification at CrossFit Scottsdale. We hosted 7x Coaches from the H.Q. training staff including the 2008 “Fittest man on earth” and winner of the 2008 CrossFit Games Jason Khalipa and this year’s winner of the Mountain Regional Matt Chan pictured below with Coach Luke Kayyem.
“It was amazing just to be able to Hang with with 2 of the top CrossFitter’s in the world”
At CrossFit Scottsdale we also believe in Coaching specialties. Olympic lifting, Kettle Bells, Gymnastics, Endurance and Mobility are a few that we have. Coach Tiffany was in Ramona, California at Brand X learning the CrossFit Kids programming and how to scale for all athletes. She will be tackling the “Future of Fitness” and leading the charge with our CrossFit Kids program. 50% of America’s children born after 2004 get Type II Diabetes. THIS IS OUR MEDICARE PEOPLE GET YOUR KIDS OFF THE SUGAR AND PLAYSTATION AND GET THEM IN TO SEE US AT CROSSFIT SCOTTSDALE.
It’s great to do a Girl (or any benchmark WOD) that you have never done before. We did Annie on Monday and today it’s Elizabeth’s turn. We have not done this one in class so there are 6 Leader Board spots up for grabs. Go get her!
Warm Up: Jump rope
Skill:
Burgener Clean Warm Up
Girl WOD: Elizabeth
21-15-9
Squat Cleans (135#/85#)
Ring Dips
Dear,
CrossFit Scottsdale. I would like to thank each and everyone of you for your part in this past weekends Regional Games at U.C Irvine. It was without a doubt the most successful showing of our “School of Elite Fitness”. It’s all about progression… 2 years ago I was a Newbie, last year you guys were Newbies and now… 3x Regional Qualifiers, a competitive Team and countless fans who all individually told me that they want to compete next year and we have the sport of fitness and all of you are on the team.
B.K, Sarge and Erica you showed us all just how fit Scottsdale is and that you all have no fear. Competing against the world’s best athletes in the games most difficult region. Flipping the #250 tire over 75x meters twice and carrying an 8″ log on your back displayed CrossFit’s mantra of “move large loads quickly”. Muscle ups, sprints and power cleans displayed all three elements of CrossFit. Olympic lifting, gymnastics and conditioning. Sunday’s triplet and Monday’s wod at CFS of 1000x meter row, 30x OH Squats #135 and 1200x meter row gave even the most seasoned vets a tough time. Sarge finished 2nd in his heat behind our friend Chris Lalanne.
The Affilaite Cup Team including myself Coach, Matt, B.G, Eileen, Ilana and Mel were loud and proud in orange. The 1st wod consisting of shuttle runs, D.B Thrusters and ring dips surprised everyone and the called reps shook us up. We bounced back blasting past our competition in the relay 900x coming in 27th pl and the tire flip log carry had the girls saying “that was easy” and giving us a 29th place score. Finishing 46th/83 overall.
Coach Najla and Katie led the crew… cheering our athletes on at every station and giving us the inspiration to dig deeper. The beautiful Jill, Don, Jaz, Carolina, Kaufman, J.Zerb, Ashley, Michelle (+baby) and Katies mom and dad screamed and shouted to GO GO GO. We were 20+ deep and it showed. Everyone commented on how well our Team uniforms were. Black on black AKA murdered out and how much fun we were having. You will soon see why in the Murphy Fran chronicles.
I would also like to thank all of the Internet fans who watched us from CFS and at home via the web cast. You can check out all the highlights from the live feed at the CrossFit Games. Training for 2011 starts now.
Join CityCenter of CityNorth for Free Fitness Friday's with CrossFit Scottsdale. Bring a great attitude and get ready to jump start your fitness routine.
9:30am at Fountain Court across from Mojo Yogurt.
Level 1 Test for the White Band at CrossFit Scottsdale
08/12/2010 - 06:30 PM
Come one come all…if you are ready to move into the next stage of your training and want to wear the white band join us on Friday evening at 6:00pm for the L1 test…if you want to see what it’s all about, come and cheer your teammates on. Please be sure to bring your Success Journal so that a Coach can mark off what you pass/fail and your times. To qualify, your baseline time must be under 5:15 (men) and 6:30 (women) at the intermediate level. You will only be allowed one attempt at each exercise.
Free Class at Lululemon Sat 11am
08/14/2010 - 11:00 AM
Free CrossFit class at the Lululemon Showroom at the Borgada 6166 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale. All fitness levels and ages welcome.
Food as Fuel Class at CrossFit Scottsdale
08/14/2010 - 12:00 PM
new students....or those that just want to brush up and get back on track with their eating habits. Learn what to eat, when to eat and how to do it for optimum results. We will be reviewing the ins and outs of the zone and paleo diet. Plus tips and tricks to make eating optimally a lot easier.
CrossFit Scottsdale Connections Networking Luncheon hosted by Calistro Bistro
08/17/2010 - 12:00 PM
Come network with your fellow CrossFit Scottsdale students and learn their professions and see how we can all help eachother with business. The next CrossFit Scottsdale Connections Luncheon will be held at Calistro Bistro hosted by Devin Walsh at 18221 N. Pima Road #140, Scottsdale, AZ.
If you are interested in joining, please rsvp to Ashley; ashley@crossfitscottsdale.com
Free CrossFit Class at CityNorth
08/20/2010 - 09:30 AM
Join CityCenter of CityNorth for Free Fitness Friday's with CrossFit Scottsdale. Bring a great attitude and get ready to jump start your fitness routine.
9:30am at Fountain Court across from Mojo Yogurt.
CrossFit Scottsdale Anniversary Party!
08/20/2010 - 06:30 PM
time Flies when you're having fun and getting fit! Hors d'ouvres and beverages, lululemon athletica fashion show, CrossFit and CrossFit Kids Workout demos, Raffle, Live Music and Team Awards! Come join us in this GREAT celebration of success. Thank you to all of our amazing students for making this possible. Friends and Family are welcome!
Back to School Meals with Chef Rachel Albert
08/27/2010 - 06:30 PM
Eating healthy meals doesn’t have to take endless hours of labor. If you know where to shop, what to buy, and how to cook with multiple meals in mind, you can pull together great meals for the whole family with leftovers to spare. Chef Rachel will show you how to simplify meal planning with satisfying salads, easy protein dishes, dressings, and mix and match menu ideas. Wheat free, gluten free, dairy free cooking demonstration.
Menu
Curried Chicken Salad with Grapes & Nuts
Steak Salad with Roasted Vegetables, Avocado & Lime Dressing
Baby Greens with Toasted Pecans & Poppy Seed Pineapple Drizzle with Turkey Breast
The Everlasting Salad
Homemade Beef & Bison Jerky
Toasted Nuts with Herbs & Spices
Food as Fuel Class at CrossFit Scottsdale
08/30/2010 - 07:00 PM
new students....or those that just want to brush up and get back on track with their eating habits. Learn what to eat, when to eat and how to do it for optimum results. We will be reviewing the ins and outs of the zone and paleo diet. Plus tips and tricks to make eating optimally a lot easier.
Here's to the Heroes
09/11/2010 - 08:00 AM
CrossFit Scottsdale will be having its 2nd Annual Here's to the Hereos WOD event on Saturday September 11th in honor of our Heroes from 9/11. Come train for FREE alongside soldiers from Luke Air Force base, National Guard, Scottsdale police and Fire fighters. Classes will be at 8am, 9am, 10am and 12pm. Be sure to RSVP now as space is limited!
CrossFit Scottsdale Connections Networking Luncheon hosted by The Tousley Team
09/21/2010 - 12:00 PM
Come network with your fellow CrossFit Scottsdale students and learn their professions and see how we can all help eachother with business. The next CrossFit Scottsdale Connections Luncheon will be hosted by Devra and Carol Tousley, our preferred residential real estate team. Details and location to follow!
If you are interested in joining, please rsvp to Ashley; ashley@crossfitscottsdale.com
CrossFit Scottsdale Connections Networking Luncheon hosted by Perry Chrisler of Concierge Communications
10/19/2010 - 12:00 PM
Come network with your fellow CrossFit Scottsdale students and learn their professions and see how we can all help eachother with business. This month's CrossFit Scottsdale Connections Luncheon will be hosted by Perry Chrisler of Concierge Communications. The meeting will take place at Telesphere 9237 E. Via De Ventura, Suite 250, Scottsdale, AZ 85258.
If you are interested in joining, please rsvp to Ashley; ashley@crossfitscottsdale.com
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