How were you introduced to Crossfit? My fiancé, John G and I have been athletes our entire lives, however by the middle of last year, we realized our athletic activities were few and far between. At that point, since we both knew a ‘normal’ gym would only bore the tears out of us, John researched Crossfit gyms in the area. …
Trainee Profile: Charlie B.
How were you introduced to Crossfit? I found Crossfit through my friend Amy McFadden. I would see the pictures and read her status updates on Facebook and thought “I would like to try that.” I didn’t think it was a possibility having had both shoulders operated on, chronic pain in the right and besides the occasional drumming, absolutely no upper …
PNC II After Party
We’ll be hanging out at the gym Friday, October 29th starting at 8:30pm to celebrate the end of the Performance Nutrition Challenge. Bring some Paleo goodies as well as non-Paleo drinks, and we’ll have a good time.
PNC II WOD Retest
We’ll be retesting the PNC II WOD on Monday, October 25th to determine our winner! The workout is: Run 800, 70 push-ups, 60 box-jumps, 50 pull-ups, 40 wall-balls, 30 burpees, 20 sandbag get-ups, 10 sumo dead-lifts (115/65)
October Bring a Friend Day
Our October Bring a Friend Day is 10/20! Bring some friends by, and let them share in the misery.
Broadview Ranch Meat Pick-Up
CrossFIt RVA has organized a monthly meat pick-up from Broadview Ranch! Broadview Ranch is a quality, local farm, supplying grassfed beef To order, head to the Broadview Ranch website, and during checkout, select CrossFit RVA under the shipping portion. All orders must be placed by Thursday, October 21. Pick-up will be after the 9am class on October 23rd (10-11am) From …
Miles for Smiles 5k
Miles for Smiles is a charity 5k, helping supply dental care to under served areas of Richmond. The race will take place at 8am on 10/2/10 at Bryan park. Click here to register
Charlottesville SuperFit Games
On January 22nd and 23rd, CrossFit Charlottesville will be holding their second Superfit Games. This will be a CrossFit games-style competition, with 3-5 events over two days. We encourage everyone who is looking to go to sectionals this year to participate, if only for the competitive experience. This will be a great event, and hopefully we’ll have a enough people …
Performance Nutrition Challenge 2
On August 30th, our next Performance Nutrition Challenge will begin. Our last PNC was extremely successful – those who stuck with for the entire 8 weeks saw significant performance and body composition changes. With 20+ participants last time, we’re hoping to get even more RVA trainees involved, and see even more progress. Simply put, most of us at the gym …
Maryland State Open
Jeff, Brian, and myself went up to Maryland today, where Jeff competed in his first weightlifting competition. After months of hard training, Jeff successfully completed 5 of 6 attempts, hitting a PR clean and jerk of 300#!