Welcome to CrossFit NYC
CrossFit NYC is the oldest and largest CrossFit gym in New York. Our programs are designed to get you in the best shape of your life, under the guidance of highly skilled coaches. No wandering around the gym wondering what to do, endless hours running on a treadmill, or months of using the same machines without seeing real results. At CrossFit NYC, you’ll be guided and coached every step of the way through unique and structured workouts that will get you fit, fast.
We’ve crossed the 300 mark!
UPDATE! Since posting this last night we’ve crossed the 300-person mark. Help us keep it going and sign up now if you haven’t already signed up. (And if you have signed up, convince your fellow crossfitters to sign up!)
Thank you to our latest members of Team CrossFit NYC for the 2012 CrossFit Games Open! Sign up now! (If you need motivation as to how and/or why to sign up, READ THIS!)
Brett Goldslager
Matthew Wesley
Breta Kennedy
Isaac Bauer
Annie Banfich
Joe Miller
Jonathan Kovis
Ryan Schafer
mark menard
Stephanie Brooks
Wayne Mareci
Georg Dauterman
Joe McCann
Bailey Robinson
Joshua Haney
Hannah Rosenthal
Total athletes: 288. We’re in the lead, help us stay there as other teams grow!
Thursday 120216
A: Snatch deadlift – 110% (of snatch) x 4 x 5
B: 4 rounds for time of the following:
20 Overhead Lunges with a 45#/25# Plate
20 Push presses at 95#/65#
NOTE: Tonight’s NYC Endurance running class meets at 6:30pm at 25 W. 26th St.
No more excuses: Coach Will holds your hand on how to sign up for Team CrossFit NYC
Northeast Region CrossFit Games scouting report (co-written by CFNYC members Heidi Jones & Kyle J. Smith!!)
New study puts final nail in the “saturated fat causes heart disease” coffin
Lamb boom has sheep farmers flocking together
Why you may need to exercise less
You’re only as good as your recovery
War-zone Marines eating like cavemen
Our latest Elements grads, both photos courtesy of Coach Sully!
TEAM LINSANITY!
TEAM MAYHEM!
Tell us your Paleo Challenge story!
Newest sign-ups for Team CrossFit NYC for the 2012 CrossFit Games Open!
Charlotte Goins
Heather Forester
Brad Hinkelman
Andrew Zmich
Kristin Glaudel
John Matthews
Kent Bailey
Erik Laney
Travis Paquet
Matt Dunne
Total athletes: 272
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Wednesday 120215
A: Push press – 87% x 4 x 2, 87% x 3 x 3
B: 3 Rounds for time:
10 Overhead squats @ 135#/95#
50 Double-Unders
NOTE: This morning’s NYC Endurance running class meets @ 6:30am at 25 W. 26th St.
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Here’s our first of (hopefully) several write-ups by members who took part in our 3rd Annual 30-Day Paleo Challenge. If you’d like to tell your story (with or without pictures, though preferably with), drop me a line at Allison AT crossfitnyc DOT com. Thanks!
My 30 Day Paleo Challenge Experience by Andrew L.:
Day 1: 214lbs
Day 30: 200 lbs
I’ve been crossfittng for 3 months, and I’ve completed 17 WOD’s during the paleo challenge.
First, I would have never been able to do this challenge without the support of my wife. My wife actually started the Atkins diet at the start of the month, which made it a very opportune time to start the Paleo challenge since our diets are very compatible. Even when she was on Atkins, she ate the same food as I did 98% of the time.
In the first week, the withdrawal from the carbs and grain made us both very cranky and short with each other. Eating a lot more fruit helped ease the transition off of the carbs, and by week two things were back to normal. What surprised me the most about the diet was just how quickly I progressed with the weight loss. Even my wife who does not work out, lost a lot of weight, and the entire time we never counted a single calorie, weighed anything and neither of us had to go hungry at any point. My favorite aspect about the diet is that it is self-regulating, I eat as much as I want, when I want and I don’t have to budget a thing: no math! no measuring! no setting timers to eat! Although this sounds easy, figuring out Paleo meals is probably the most difficult aspect of the challenge. The daily articles on the blog were a big help, and not just the recipes but also the science articles. FitID.com is also an amazing resource which I used it to get ideas on what to eat, and what I can snack on. I also used it to stay accountable by posting pictures of all of my meals to it. The diet has not affected my recovery time or my energy levels, I feel like every calorie I consume on Paleo is packed with good proteins and nutrients. It just makes me feel better. As far as I can see, there’s no reason to go back… well except to eat cake and fried chicken once in a while.
-Andrew
Andrew before, then Andrew after!
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Put your dancin’ shoes on!
Instinctive sleeping and resting postures: an anthropological and zoological approach to treatment of low back and joint pain
The beverage wars move to coconuts
Secrets of ancient Chinese remedy revealed: Two-thousand-year-old herb regulates autoimmunity and inflammation
Could squirrel meat come back into vogue?
CFNYC <3′s its members!
UPDATE: Our new space at 44 W. 28th St., 2nd floor, is now useable again starting tonight. If you’re signed up for a Beginners’ Class, Elements Class, or Post-Elements Class that’s scheduled for that new space, please go there, not 25 W. 26th Street. Thanks for your patience!
IMPORTANT NOTICE! Because of painting going on at 28 Street, we may need to combine all classes at 25 West 26 Street tomorrow night. We did not see this coming. (This is fireproof paint being applied to the structural columns by the landlord, not something we scheduled ourselves). Therefore, it may be extremely crowded at 26 Street tonight. We are not certain, but this is what happened last night. We will keep you posted as we figure this out. Thanks for your patience.
LATEST CrossFit Games Open Team CFNYC Update!
We’re still in the lead and are currently 262 people strong, and our most recent sign-ups are the following wonderful folks:
Michael Sullivan, Jenn Tang, Benjamin Weisenthal, Ari Meisel, Arun Ahuja, Ben Robbins, Brad Toborowsky, eric foster, Stephanie Killian, Christian Leue, Lisa Walsh, Stacy Johnson, Asya Tseytlin, Chris Strauss, Sanjay Amin, Eric Colton, Matt Muller, Kyle Seever, Jeff Kane, Benjamin Martish, Alec Hansen, Lukman Ramsey, Tayloe Dameron, Aaron Frank, Ian Gilbertson, Ross McNab, victoria tjoelker,Jeff Clinton, Jonathan Levin, Shannon Fish, Matthew Cooke, Joe Walker, and Joshua Grosbard.
Remember, our goal is 500 people–help us get there by signing up now for Team CFNYC!
Tuesday 120214
Jerk – 82% x 2 x 4
Back squat – 88% x 3 x
NOTE: Tonight’s NYC Endurance running class meets at 6:30pm at the south end of the mall at Central Park.
How to take accurate body measurements (PDF file)
Once again, first to the 86th floor
Potato vines, meat glue, poultry paste, and banana ice cream
How will you measure your life?
How to compensate for civilized life and become un-chair-shaped
From member Greg W.: “This past Wednesday I ran up the Empire State Building to raise money for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. 86 Stories / 1576 stairs. 17:37 was my time. It was an amazing experience….By the way, I will run those stairs vs. doing “FRAN” any day of the week. The Empire State Building is a walk in the park compared to some of the madness we get up to at the box. LOL.”
And on this Valentine’s Day…a big, romantic congratulations to Coach Eric for tying the knot with his girlfriend (and recent CFNYCer) Kim! Here they were on their honeymoon last week, soaking up the sun in Aruba:
CrossFit NYC: We’re one percent!
Monitoring the registration result for the 2012 CrossFit Games Open, it appears that CrossFit NYC may account for a full one percent of all participants worldwide! Our goal is to register 500 athletes, and we’re already close to half way at 229 athletes thus far. For those of you who have been hesitant to register, because you’ll be out of town, because you’re injured or planning to be injured, because you can’t do WOD’s RX’d, because you’re still in Elements, because you haven’t been to the Box in a month, because you’re no longer an active member, because the dog ate your homework, or whatever, do us all a favor: REGISTER. Here’s why:
1) We will be creating a special t-shirt for everyone who registers for the Open and does at least one WOD. These shirts will only be given from us to you. They will not be for sale. They will be a thank you for supporting our team.
2) If you are currently an inactive CrossFit NYC alumni, we will waive the drop-in fee during for the Open WODs, provided you are registered on the CrossFit NYC team. So, sign up for our team, come back and get you ass kicked a few more times. Don’t worry, we’ll work with you and get you through.
3) Unlike most contests, where the more people who enter, the worse the odds of winning, this contest is the opposite: The more of you who register, the more likely it is that all our members will win, win tickets to the Regionals and win tickets to the Games. We have high hopes of sending a team to the Regionals again this year, and many of our members will want to be there to cheer them on. We will be spending significant resources to support our team, but nothing can compare to having their fellow members there at game time. Whether you can be there or not, your registration in the Open is likely to make it that most easier for your fellow members to be there.
4) Registering for the Open will give you a great way to monitor your progress. If you do WODs RX’d, you will be able to see your ranking relative to tens of thousands of other CrossFitters. Even if you don’t choose to report your scores, you will be able to estimate you relative rankings.
5) We will be judging these WODs accurately, which means you will be able to use them as benchmarks of your progress going forward. Even if you scale, you will have a precise record of where you are. Over the next year, we will be integrating the Open WODs into our programming, allowing you to see precisely how much you have improved.
–Court, Hari, and Josh
Monday 120213
Three rounds for time of:
Run 400 meters
15 Pull-ups
50 Squats
15 Pull-ups
NOTE: Tonight’s NYC Endurance running class meets at 6:30pm at 25 W. 26th St.
Say hello to our newest members of Team CFNYC for the 2012 CrossFit Games Open: Paul Seltmann, Michael Wilkerson, Chimi Tornow, Andrew Brinkman, Carmen Cardenas, David Stogsdill, Damian Torrisi, Joanna Welsh, Jeffrey Werner, Jared Blank, Michael Senft, Kamil Szczegot, Will Hutchinson, Greg Moss, Paul Pai, Ben Fund, John Durant, Maggie Durant, TJ O’Brien, Schuyler Kaye, Jason Maier, Diego Gomez, John Tysseland, Bo Babenko, Chris Martalus, Austin Frenkel, Amelia Kutschbach, Annie Yearwood, Peter Boerboom, Timothy Huth, John Clarke, Craig Tamamoto, Matt Amalfitano, Joe Rosen, Angelika Jarosz, John Wolff, Allison Bojarski, Sophie Blahd, blake kimball, Judy Truong, and Deverell Smith.
Trying out for the Games from Mike Doyle on Vimeo.
20-step story of a typical CrossFitter
Trans-fat blood levels plummet after FDA food-labeling regulation
A brief intro to muscle fiber types and motor unit recruitment
No more angling for the best seat; more meetings are stand-up jobs
Why women need fat
45 seconds goes fast
Sunday 120212
Four sets for max reps of:
45 seconds of Weight Plate Burpees (45/25# plate)
45 seconds of Rest
45 seconds of Anchored Sit-Ups
45 seconds of Rest
Will coaches Erika on the rower:
