Not heard much about this yet but you've got absolutley nothing to lose from having a go. Have a look at the link: Reebok CrossFit Fitness Championship 2012.
You have until 21 April to complete the workouts and submit your score. The finals are in Birmingham on 2 June.
On Sunday 25th March, CrossFit Harrogate will be raising money for Sport Relief by trying to break the World Record marathon rowing time!
This is a team event it would be great if we can get as many people involved as possible, therefore please sign-up on the form in the box, the more people involved the less everyone has to row! Rowing starts at 1030, and there will be a family fun workout at 1130 with some 'Paleoish' refreshments afterwards. Everyone is welcome so please bring yourselves, family, friends and anyone else you can find along to join in the row, cheer on the team, get involved in the family workout, meet the rest of the CrossFit Harrogate family, and/or just eat cake!
We would be very grateful if you would make any donations to Sports Relief through this link, thank you.
We would also like to say a massive thank you to Rachael and Suzanne for organising what is hopefully the first of many such events for our growing community.
Registration is live for the CrossFit Games 2012 Open. The first of five weekly workouts will be announced on 22 Feb 2012. This should be accessible for everyone so go on, give it a go and experience what it's like to be part of the Worldwide CrossFit community.
For an emplanation of how the Games Season works please have a look at this link and video below.
Update on the CrossFit Open
For those that still want to register please do so as soon as possible (it must be before the first workout is released, see below). Please also ensure you select 'CrossFit Harrogate' as your affiliate otherwise we wont be able to validate your score.
The first workout will be release at 0100 our time on Thursday 23 February 2012. We will programme this as the 'Workout of the day' for all classes taking place on Fri 24 Feb, that means everyone can have a go whether you're registered or not. This process will continue every Thursday and Friday for the next five weeks.
For those that are registered for the Open on the CrossFit Games website you will have until 0100 our time on Mon 27 Feb (which realistically means close of play on Sat 25 Feb) to complete the workout and have your score validated and submitted. You can complete the workout either in the classes or open gym sessions on the Thursday, Friday (with everyone else) or Saturday. You'll have to have a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer present to be able to validate it. You can repeat the workout as many times as you like.
Additionally, we will be coordinating a joint 'Open Workout' with CrossFit HG3 every Saturday for the next five weeks where those that are registered will be able complete that weeks Open workout in more of a competition, though still fun, style environment that should hopefully elicit some personal best performances. There should also hopefully be judges who will count your reps etc. This is optional and we know some of you wont be able to make it but it would be great to get as many of you to these events as possible. Also, if anyone else would like to support those competing then please come along too, the more the better!
On Sat 25 Feb the workout will start at 1200 at CrossFit HG3. The following week, Sat 3 Mar, it will be here at CrossFit Harrogate. The following Saturdays are still to be confirmed.
Hopefully that makes sense, please let us know if there are any questions.
The best laid plans rarely survive contact... Update v2 on the CrossFit Open
For those that still want to register please do so as soon as possible (it must be before the first workout is released, see below). Please also ensure you select 'CrossFit Harrogate' as your affiliate otherwise we wont be able to validate your score.
The first workout will be release at 0100 our time on Thursday 23 February 2012. We will programme this as the 'Workout of the day' for the class taking place at 0900 on Sat 25 Feb, that means everyone can have a go whether you're registered or not. This process will continue every Thursday and Saturday for the next five weeks.
For those that are registered for the Open on the CrossFit Games website you will have until 0100 our time on Mon 27 Feb (which realistically means close of play on Sat 25 Feb) to complete the workout and have your score validated and submitted. You can complete the workout either in the classes or open gym sessions on Thursday and Friday or on Saturday with everyone else. The Saturday classes have been very well attended recently so hopefully we can create a really good atmosphere to help those competing do the best that they can. You'll have to have a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer present to be able to validate your score. You can repeat the workout as many times as you like.
It wasn't possible this time but scheduling constraints permitting, we will hopefully coordinate some of the future workouts with CrossFit HG3.
Hopefully that makes sense, please let us know if there are any questions.
Well done to Alex H on finishing 199th out of 900 in the Hellrunner race this weekend without doing any running training; however, he's not doing very well on hiding his pain face in this photo!
Massive congratulations to Rachael and the rest of Britannia CrossFit for coming 5th in the London Throwdown. Well done eveyone, awesome effort, you did yourselves proud. Hopefully we'll be able to put a team of our our own in next year, time to get practising!
We know some of you like getting wet and muddy whilst undertaking challenging events so here's another one for you: the Major Series.
The Major - North
From £22.00 includes free event t-shirt and goodie bag
Date: Saturday 3 March 2012 (10:00hrs start time)
Venue: Bramham Park, Nr. Leeds, LS23 6ND.
There will be a European CrossFit Masters Competition, "Raising the Bar" at Dragon CrossFit on the 14th April 2012.
We know there are a few of you that fall into this category though we're not going to give any names away. You'll see they're going to allow scaling so you've got nothing to lose; get involved with the rest of the CrossFit Community and we're sure you'll witness some inspirational performances.
Some of you may have seen Rachael, Chris and Ben doing some strange looking movements i.e. 'throwing their shapes'. They come from James Jowsey who trains out of CrossFit 3D in Manchester.
He prescribes movements to each individual according to their own bio-mechanical dysfunction. This is performance enhancement, warm up, recovery, injury pre-hab and re-hab all rolled into one.
The best news is that he's coming over especially to see us at CrossFit Harrogate on Sun 19th February 2012. You will be able to book a one-hour one-to-one session with him where he will address your own specific movement dysfunction and give you your own unique warm up/performance enhancement/recovery/injury prevention and treatment routine.
There will only be six spaces available (CFH members only); therefore, let us know as soon as possible if you want to book a slot (timings will be released very soon and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis when people book). The one-hour session will cost £60 and you will need to pay £30 of that as a deposit.
We can't say enough good things about this, it changes everything. If you're serious about getting results (be that performance, health, body composition or longevity) you should definitely be looking into this.
CrossFit Clitheroe will be hosting Rob Orlando and his Strongman Seminar on Saturday 24th March 2012. This will be a lot of fun, is open to everyone and isn't too far away.
There will also be a 'Rob O Strongman Challenge' on Friday 23th March 2012 at CrossFit Clitheroe - you never know until you have a go!
For those who want to take things a bit further, in terms of coaching or personal performance, the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course is a great thing to do. You'll meet some great people, you'll have loads of fun and you'll learn a huge amount (and no you don't have to be a 'CrossFit Firebreather' to attend, it can be for absolutely anyone as long as you're willing to learn).
It's taking place at Reebok CrossFit Stockport in Manchester, 14-15 April 2012. Click on the link above to book your place. If you want to get on this you will need to book straight away as they always sell out very quickly.
Here is a link with dates and details of the CrossFit Games 2012 - this is going to be huge! Registration for the Open starts on 1st February. Have a look here at the video.
There are going to be a LOT of competitions this year. Here are a few more dates for your diaries.
CrossFit Central Manchester UK Games Invitational:
Online qualifier 9-15th April 2012
Finals 7-8th July 2012
For those who want to take things a bit further, in terms of coaching or personal performance, the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course is a great thing to do. You'll meet some great people, you'll have loads of fun and you'll learn a huge amount (and no you don't have to be a 'CrossFit Firebreather' to attend, it can be for absolutely anyone as long as you're willing to learn).
It's taking place at CrossFit Central London on the 17th and 18th March 2012. Click on the link above to book your place. If you want to get on this you will need to book straight away as they always sell out very quickly.
Thank you all for the support.
Group Induction Course 12.1 has sold out already! If you want to join CrossFit Harrogate and didn't make it onto this course, please Contact us straight away to express your interest, if we get enough people we will put on another group induction course that starts during the week beginning the 9th January (likely times either Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 0800-0900; or Tuesday and Thursday at 1800-1900 and Saturday at 1000-1100; continuing at those times for 12 classes spread over four weeks).
The induction course is a lot of fun, you'll learn a huge amount, you'll meet some great people and you'll achieve some very impressive results (see the improvements our existing athletes have achieved). Go on, give it a try, we promise you won't regret it. Have a look at the photos below for an idea of what to expect and the Getting started page for details.
For those who want to take things a bit further, in terms of coaching or personal performance, the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course is a great thing to do. You'll meet some great people, you'll have loads of fun and you'll learn a huge amount (and no you don't have to be a 'CrossFit Firebreather' to attend, it can be for absolutely anyone as long as you're willing to learn).
It's taking place at Reebok CrossFit Stockport, Manchester, UK on 28 and 29 Jan 2012. Follow the link to book your place.