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CFM Upcoming Events

Thursday, April 18th Bring-A-Friend Day! CFM Bring-A-Friend Day! Invite a friend or family to join you for a beginner friendly partner workout. Send us their full name, contact email and the time you will be attending to reserve their spot in advance. #BYOF Bring Your Own Friend!

Thursday, April 18th 8:45 pm Join us for a special edition of Candlelight and Lavender Yoga on Thursday evening starting at at 8:45 pm. Part of Bring-A-Friend Day too!

Saturday, April 20th 7:30 pm CFM April Babies Party at Fado’s! This is open to all CFM members and guests. Come to Fado’s to celebrate all our birthday’s in April and meet your fellow CFMers for a fun night in Midtown!

Thursday, April 25th 8:30 pm: CFM Avengers Endgame Movie Premiere. We are assembling an incredible team of CFMers to see the 4th installment of the Avengers when it premieres!! We have a group of tickets for sale and a reserved section of seating for for the evening showing on Thursday 4/25 at Midtown Art Cinema. Sign up for your ticket now at the front desk or click here for details!

Saturday, April 27th: CFM Marvel Galaxy Team WOD. During the morning group classes we will be doing a Superhero WOD inspired by the heroes from the Marvel Movies. Wear your CFM or Superhero Shirt to come workout! #CFMersAssemble!!

Sunday, April 28th 12:15 – 1:45 pm: Handstand and Inversion Workshop. In this workshop, Yoga Instructor Priscila Baptista will be guiding us through progressions and drills for getting inverted including arm balances, headstands, and handstands. Time to get upside down!!

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Ellen
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Ellen
8a: Open Gym- Ellen
12p: All Levels CrossFit- Pat
3:30p: Open Gym- Anthony
4:30p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
5:30p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
6:30p: All Levels CrossFit- Damon
7:30p: Weightlifting- Anthony

Workout of the Day (WOD)

Bring A Friend Day!!
A. 500m Row For Time

B. Partner WOD
16 Minute AMRAP

3000 meter Row
Partners switch every 500m

While 1 partner is rowing the other completes as many rounds and repetitions as possible (AMRAP) of the following. Partners continue where their partner finishes. Once the row is finished, in remaining time continue AMRAP with one partner working at a time:
10 Russian Kettlebell Swings (70/53)
10 Jumping Lunges (alt)
10 Abmat situps

Post time for 500m Row, team time for 3k Row, and total rounds and reps of AMRAP.
Ex: 1:45, 12:10, 17+5 Rx

And coming tomorrow…

A. Weighted Pull Ups
5-4-3-2 Increasing weight

B. E3MOM 21
50 Double Unders
2 Squat Snatches (increase weight each round)

Post weight for pull ups and highest snatch. Ex: 75#, 185# Rx.

THUR 04.18.19 Bring-A-Friend Day!! Read More »

CFM Anniversary Party!
CFM Anniversary Party!

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Ellen
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Ellen
8a: Open Gym- Ellen
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Richard
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Anthony
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Anthony

Workout of the Day (WOD)

Complete 8 Rounds for Time of:
8 Burpees
8 Air Squats
8 AbMat Situps
8 Power Clean (75/55)
8 Push Press (75/55)
8 Jumping Lunges (Alternating. 4 each leg)
8 Pushups
8 Parallette Lateral Hops

24 minute time cap. Post time to complete 8 rounds. If time cap is reached, post total reps.
Example 1: 18:10.
Example 2: (24:00) 501 reps.

And coming Saturday…

Partner WOD

20 Minute AMRAP
200m Run
9 Hang Power Clean (m = 115/155, w = 85/105)
15 Pullups (Rx+ = C2B)
25 Air Squats

1 Partner working at a time. All reps and distances are team totals. 1 partner runs the full 200m. Rounds and reps may be partitioned any way.

Score total rounds and reps complete (200m = 1 rep). Ex: 6 + 22 Rx+

Saturday Schedule

7a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
8a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael

Sunday Schedule

9a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
10a: All Levels CrossFit- Richard
11a: Open Gym- Richard
12:15p: Yoga- Kathlin Kleem. Click here to reserve

FRI 5.20.16 Read More »

Why do we do CrossFit? People join CrossFit for fitness and health benefits. And we see results for new athletes in their first 3 months, continued improvement at 6 months, and further progress at 1 year across all physical skills, performance benchmarks, and health markers. Beyond a year what is the long term benefit of resistance training and CrossFit’s prescribed high intensity, functional movements, constantly varied? What is the benefit for continuing to train as we age past 30-40-50-60-70+ years old regardless of how old we are when we start?

According to recent studies resistance training (which includes: weightlifting, gymnastics, plyometrics, and yoga) increases your life span, adds functional, active years to your life, and reverses the aging process at a cellular and genetic level. Click here to read more: Why getting physically stronger will help you live longer “io9 publication” by George Dvorsky

Coach Casey cueing corrections for the bottom of the front squat.
Coach Casey cueing corrections for the bottom of the front squat.

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
8a: Open Gym- Michael
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Richard
4p: All Levels CrossFit- Richard
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Justin

Workout of the Day (WOD)

“8 Cubed”
Complete 8 Rounds for Time of: [24 minute time cap]

8 Bar-facing burpees
8 Air Squats
8 AbMat Situps
8 Power Clean (75/55)
8 Push Press (75/55)
8 Jumping Lunges (Alternating. 4 each leg)
8 Pushups
8 Barbell Lateral Hops

Post time to complete 8 rounds. If time cap is reached, post total reps.
Example 1: 18:10 Rx.
Example 2: (24:00) 501 reps Rx.

And coming Saturday…

Team WOD: “Jungle Race”
3 Rounds: Teams of 3
200m Medball carry 2x (20/14)
4x30ft Broad jumps to targets (6ft)
4 Rope climbs**
4x30ft Balance foot hand crawl
100m KB farmers carry 2x (32/24kg)
20 Tire flips
20 PVC toss 10ft
12 Burpee wall jumps (48”)

**Must wear long socks or pants to protect shins/legs on rope climbs.

All reps and distances are team totals. All team members may be working at the same time.

Post time for team to complete WOD. Ex: 32:10 Rx.

Saturday Schedule

9a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
10a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
11a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
12p: Restorative Yoga- Monica

Sunday Schedule

10a: All Levels CrossFit- Dyer
11a: Open Gym- Dyer

FRI 06.05.15 Read More »

Heavy Deadlift Day!
Heavy Deadlift Day for the Ladies!

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Casey
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Casey
8a: Open Gym- Michael
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
4p: Open Gym- Ben
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Ben
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
7p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
8p: Open Gym- Michael

Workout of the Day (WOD)

A. Deadlift: 3 Rep Max

B. 12 minute EMOM:
ODD:
5 Sumo deadlift high pull (32/24 kg)
14 Jumping Lunges
AMRAP Double Unders

EVEN:
Rest

Post load for Deadlift. Post total reps of Doubles Unders for the WOD. Ex: 415#, 220 Rx.

And coming tomorrow…

A. Weighted Pullups: 3 sets of 7. Same weight on all sets. Max Reps on final set.

B. Tabata Holdata: 4 Rounds (20 seconds work : 10 seconds rest)
Air Squats
Hold at Bottom of Squat
Power Clean (m = 115/135, w = 85/95)
Hold barbell in front rack.
Hand release pushups
Hold plank on elbows
Ring rows
Hold deadhang on pullup bar

Post weight and reps for pullups and total reps from WOD. Ex: 25# x 9 reps, 128 Rx

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Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Mike
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Mike
8a: Open Gym- Mike
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Mike
4p: All Levels CrossFit- Amy
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Amy
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Amy

NicaFit Retreats at CrossFit Midtown Saturday 6/7

NicaFit Retreats has just returned from San Juan Del Sur and is pumped to visit CrossFit Midtown. They will give new updates on adventures through Nicaragua where they spent days surfing, working out, and serving the local community. Our Workout of the Day (WOD) on Saturday will be inspired by the same beach partner workouts accomplished in Nica. Kelly Becker and Lauren Polivka will be available all morning to answer questions and show videos and photos. Currently, on adventure website, The Clymb, Coach Becker’s retreat is offered at a discount. Click here to check it out.

Sandbag carries up a jungle mountain side.
Sandbag carries up a jungle mountain side.

Workout of the Day (WOD)

8^3 “8 Cubed”. Complete 8 Rounds for Time of:
8 Bar-facing burpees
8 Air Squats
8 AbMat Situps
8 Power Clean (75/55)
8 Shoulder-to-overhead (75/55)
8 Jumping Lunges (Alternating. 4 each leg)
8 Pushups
8 Barbell Lateral Hops

24 minute time cap. Post time to complete 8 rounds. If time cap is reached, post total reps.
Example 1: 18:10.
Example 2: (24:00) 501 reps.

And coming Saturday…

Jungle Gym
3 Rounds: Teams of 2-3 people

*200m Medballl carry 2x (20/14)
*20ft Broad Jumps to targets (aka: stepping stones)
*20ft Balance beam walks (aka: fallen tree river crossing)
4 Rope Climbs
*50m Kb farmers carry 2x (32/24kg)
*50m Mat carries
20 Tire flips
20 Burpees over the wall (48”)
20 pvc toss 10ft (aka: log toss)

*Asterisk Indicates Per person. Otherwise rep count is team total.

FRI 06.06.14 Read More »

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