Spend eight quality hours at CrossFit Austin with Coach Carl Paoli and learn how to apply gymnastics and freestyle movement to your CrossFit training program. If you want to increase your agility, mobility, and the versatility in your CrossFit WODs, then this is the perfect workshop for you! This is an 8-hour session with lunch and breaks taken as needed.
When: Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 9:00am
Where: CrossFit Austin (8708 S. Congress Ave., Ste A-190)
This seminar is appropriate for athletes, coaches, and fitness enthusiasts at any skill level. You’ll learn how to safely perform, coach and correct basic gymnastic movements in order to enhance your performance and reach your personal goals. For more information, click here. To sign up, click here.
The men of CrossFit Austin will be getting together for a laid-back afternoon at Red’s Porch for the AFC Championship Game on Sunday, January 22, 2012. Come out for some fun and football with some friends!
Come support the CrossFit Austin Team as they compete at The Fittest Games on January 21st!
The athletes at CrossFit Austin will represent the Push-up Man at The Fittest Games on 01/21/12. We will have a group cheering them on and encourage everyone to wear their neon pink CFA shirts to #PaintItPink at The Fittest Games. We hope you’ll join us as we cheer them on – in the gym and at the event!
The Women of CFA will be having their first Ladies’ Night of 2012!
Please join us on Wednesday, January 11th at House Wine starting at 7:00pm. All CFA Ladies are welcome to come as we hang out, have fun, and catch up with familiar faces and new friends!
“If you look good, you feel good, If you feel good, you play good, If you play good, they pay good.”
-Primetime
Ah, yeah! If we’re quoting the patron saint, it can only mean one thing… CrossFit Austin’s annual “Circle of Awesomeness Challenge” is just around the corner. 2012 is here, so it’s time once again to crank things up to 11! Just like Neon Deion said, looking good, feeling good, and playing good is the motto around these parts, but sometimes we need a goal and proper motivation to keep us inside the “awesome.” So, once again, we are excited to present the Circle of Awesomeness Challenge (from January 28th – March 10)!
The COA Challenge consists of 3 Primary Competitions over the course of 8 Weeks(January 28th-March 10th):
Fitness Challenges
Nutritional/Body Transformation Challenge
Fun, random, weekly challenges
Fitness Challenges:
Challengers will be tested and retested in 3 different categories of fitness challenges. Each catagory is comprised of 3 tests, for a total of 9 tests.
The categories are:
Work Capacity
Power
Athleticism
Each test will be scored on initial top performance as well as most -improved on all tests. The tests will be announced on Jamuary 28th at the Challenge Kick off.
The initial test will be on the following days:
Saturday 1/28: Tests 1 & 2
Tuesday 1/31: Tests 3,4, & 5
Thurday 2/2: Tests 6 & 7
Saturday 2/4: Tests: 8 & 9 *You will be able to make up any and all tests if you can’t make it to the gym on these days. However, it will decrease your total training time between tests.
Nutritional and Body Composition Challenges:
Challengers will be tested and retested on body composition and nutritional accountability. Challengers will be scored for most improvement in the body comp score and best adherence to nutritional and lifestyle guidelines, as set forth in the initial Challenge Kick Off Seminar on Saturday, January 28th.
What’s in it for you?
You can win:
1st Place – $225 cash + 1 month of FREE group classes
2nd Place – $100 cash + 1 FREE advanced assessment and consultation + 2 FREE one-on-one training sessions
3rd Place – $75 cash, 1 FREE advanced assessment and consultation
Bonus Prizes (Think Awesome CFA Merchandise Packages) include: Most Improved Male and Female Top Male and Female Performances Most Accountable
More bonus prizes for will be awarded for to the winners of 3 fun, bonus challenges
You get:
A Kick-off “Success Seminar” with the CrossFit Austin staff
2 Body Composition Assessments
An official CrossFit Austin Nutrition Guide, complete with shopping guides and healthy recipes
Before and After Photos (not required, but recommended!)
Comprehensive conditioning tests with analysis
Comprehensive strength tests with analysis
Weekly Food Log analysis
6 weeks of accountability, motivation, and lots of fun(!!!)
How it works
Once again, you will be able to score points by initial score, improvement, and “effort” bonus points.
3 ways to score:
Initials Scores, Most improved, and Bonus Points
Primary points: Top performances on initial tests
For each test, the challengers will be ranked according to performance. They will then receive a corresponding amount of points according to their rank amongst there fellow challengers.
Primary Points: Most Improved
Challengers will be ranked for the most improvement by pounds, reps, or seconds. They will then receive a corresponding amount of points according to their rank amongst there fellow challengers.
Bonus points: Accountability Challenge
Challengers will be awarded bonus points for their participation in the Accountability Challenge. Each week, challengers will have the opportunity to earn up to 16 bonus points by adhering to the guidelines of the Accountability Challenge.
Total Score
The final score will consist of adding primary points (initial tests) + primary points (most improved) + bonus points.
The entire scoring system will be explained in full detail at the January 28th Challenge Kick-off.
Success Seminar and Challenge Kickoff January 28th Schedule of Events
10:00am – 10:30am: Fitness Test 1 Initial Body Composition Testing “Before” Pictures
10:30am – 11:00am: Fitness Test 2
11:00am – Noon: Challenge Success Seminar Detailed explanation and Q & A on Challenge Scoring System Detailed explanation and Q & A on Accountability Guidelines and Scoring System “Keys to Success” Seminar
Looking for something fun to do on New Year’s Day?
Join your CrossFit Austin family as we get together to watch the CrossFit Games Marathon!
We’ll be setting up camp at Third Base in South Park Meadows from 2pm to 6pm on January 1st. Hope to see you there!
When: 01.01.12 Where: Third Base (South Park Meadows) When: 2:00pm – 6:00pm
CrossFit Austin will be collecting food for the Capital Area Food Bank for the holiday season!
When: Now through Tuesday (11/22) Where: CrossFit Austin’s Box What: *See below*
The mission of the Food Bank is “To nourish hungry people and lead the community in ending hunger”.
For every five pounds of food donated, CAFB can provide the equivalent of FOUR meals!
Possible food donations can include:
Healthy, non-perishable food
Items with intact, un-opened, consumer or commercial packaging
Items with non-breakable packaging (no glass, please)
Food within the expiration date on the packaging
Most requested items include:
Canned meats like tuna, stew and chili (pop-tops preferred)
Canned vegetables
Pasta & pasta sauce
Beans
Healthy cereals
Peanut butter
*Thanks to Ruth Untermeyer for volunteering to help with this project!
Questions? Contact us at info@crossfitaustin.com or talk to us!
These all-level classes are a great opportunity for women to get in shape in a safe and supportive environment. All ladies, moms, and little ones are welcome! If there are enough mothers interested, we will try to facilitate a rotating schedule where the moms can take turns watching the kids for the group.
Classes meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:00am and are a part of your CrossFit Austin membership!
Please contact us for more information and to get signed up.
