2/26-3/1: It's CrossFit Open Time!

It’s that time of year again and the CrossFit Games Open kicks off THIS WEEK! On Thursday, 2/29 they will be announcing the first workout.

What is it?

The CrossFit Open is a yearly event where we all get to test our fitness. Each week, CrossFit releases a workout that everyone completes. There are divisions for Rx, Scaled, Foundations, Masters, Teens, Adaptive, and more, so there's a place for everyone! You don’t have to be registered to complete the workout; however, the more people that register and participate, the more fun we all have together! It’s also pretty cool to be doing the same workouts as a few hundred thousand people around the world. Want to learn more? This article has a great summary of the Open and why it’s exciting for everyone: “What Is the CrossFit Open, and Why Should I Sign Up?”

Logistics

We’ll be running Open Heats on Saturday mornings instead of our usual partner WODs. Sign up in MindBody for 8:00, 9:15 or 10:30am each week. When you get to class, it’ll look a little different: We’ll go over the workout, provide scaling options, get you warmed up and then we’ll start the official heats!! We’ll have judges to count your reps and sign off on your participation.  If you aren’t able to do the workout on Saturday, post to Slack with a proposed time to see if others could join and swap judging/counting.  We’ll try to accommodate those who are officially entered as best we can.

Participate & Celebrate

If you haven’t participated in the CrossFit Open before it is A LOT OF FUN and ALL LEVELS are WELCOME! The energy in the gym is amazing, athletes often get their “first” of different movements, and of course there’s cheering and encouragement from the whole community! If you just want to come and help out by counting and cheering, please come on down.

Register to participate on the CrossFit website and don’t forget to select Fog City CrossFit as your local affiliate.

We’ll be celebrating the end of the Open with a party with prizes for performance and fun! Join us at Barebottle from 3-5pm in the lounge – it’s open to everyone, even if you didn’t register for the Open.

SEE YOU ON SATURDAY!

And here are this week’s WODs. (Friday and Saturday will be available on Thursday night, after the first Open WOD is announced.)

Liz Terry
2/12 - 2/17: Happy Lunar New Year!

Observed for centuries, Lunar New Year is closely linked to the Chinese New Year, and is marked by the changing of the zodiac animal to represent the year ahead. On Saturday we welcomed in the the Year of the Dragon. A central figure in Chinese culture, the dragon represents vigor, strength and good fortune, among other powerful attributes.

Around the world people celebrated by enjoying a meal with family and friends and eating traditional foods to help bring prosperity and luck into your life.

Fish = an increase in prosperity

Dumplings = wealth

Longevity noodles = longevity & happiness

We wish all our community and friends a prosperous new year or 新年快乐!

This week’s WODs

Alice Pollard
1/22 - 1/27: So Far, So Good?

Seeing as we are over halfway through January we thought we should check in and see how’s everyone going with their Healthy Habits?

You may be crushing it but if perhaps you’ve had a wobble and that’s ok!!!! It’s actually to be expected. The key is to climb back on the proverbial horse and keep on going. Every day is a new one and we won’t ever stop preaching consistency.

That’s because consistency is the actual magic. It’s you showing up for yourself and your family, friends and community. That how you’ll achieve your goals, whatever they may be.

We got you and we are here to support you. Have that in your pocket the next time you might need it :)

The week’s WODs:

Alice Pollard
1/8 - 1/13: Healthy Habits

Don’t forget to sign up for the annual FCCF Healthy Habits Challenge! Pick a habit (or a few!) you want to strengthen or start anew, write it on a January calendar, and add a sticker/mark for every day you meet your goals. Some examples:

  • Less/no booze

  • More sleep

  • More water

  • Less refined sugar

  • No phone in the bedroom

What better way than to kick start 2024 with some great new habits

Alice Pollard
1/2 - 1/6: Happy New Year!

Happy New Year folks! We’ll be kicking off our traditional Healthy Habits competition this week, so keep an eye out for challenge sheets in the gym.

Chose 3 habits to start or maintain for the month of January. Every day you keep the habit place a sticker on your sheet. At the end of the month we’ll do a lottery draw of our participants and you could win yourself some swag!

Here’s to kicking off the year on a great note :)

Alice Pollard
12/18 - 12/23: Happy Holidays

To our wonderful community thank you for being part of FCCF. It was delightful to see so many people attend our end of year / town hall last week at Barebottle. At this time of year the board likes to reflect and we truly are grateful to each and every one of you!!

Don’t forget we’ll be running our annual 12 days of Christmas WOD so sign up with MindBody as this a FUN one.

Enjoy the time you have and spending it with family and friends and make sure you also take time for yourself to relax and recharge. We are looking forward to 2024 and will be kicking off the year with our traditional Healthy Habits competition.

Alice Pollard