You've heard us talk about it, and here it is.  The Body Fat Challenge is back!

We have Mike from Mobile Body Fat Testing coming this weekend.  He'll be back 6 weeks from now.  Who has the focus and the drive to stick to a plan for six weeks?  

Details:
Start date: May 5
End Date: June 16
Entry Fee: $50 + the cost of the dunks.

First Place: Wins the money
Second Place: Free monthly membership (Donated by Mark Speelman)  You can contact Mark at MarkSellsFolsom.com
Third Place: T-Shirt of your choice.

You must get dunked by Mike on those dates.  No exceptions.  Sign ups for the first dunk are sitting in the back of the gym on the office wall.

Scoring:
Each full pound of lean body mass gained is 3 points.
Each full pound of body fat lost is 2 points.
Each full pound of lean body mass lost is minus 1 point.

In other words, eat clean, work hard, win money.  Ask Greg, he's a past winner of this individual competition and won $950.  Ask Derrick, Ed, Scott, and their captain, Kevin Parker.  They split $7,000 when we did this with a couple of other gyms.  

Donate to Jessica here.

Most people wonder why CrossFit has become a worldwide fitness force.  It’s hard.  Nothing in life worth having is easy.  It’s heavy.  It makes you stronger.  It makes you want to give up.  And you don’t, and you smile with pride at what you just accomplished.  It hurts...but it’s nothing compared to cancer.

I’ll tell you why CrossFit is growing...community.   If you don’t get this at your gym, leave.  Now.  There is a whole community waiting for you. 

If you have read the last couple of posts, you know about our friend Jessica Banks.  She is a massage therapist who works on not only CrossFitters, but runners, swimmers, and cyclists.  She embodies the spirit of giving and is a true asset to all of the fitness communities she is involved in.

Currently, she is in ICU fighting for her life.  She was diagnosed with cancer only three weeks ago.  She has minimal insurance and is going to have to take the brunt of her medical costs.  

On less than a week’s notice, the community of CrossFit, which included CrossFit Centurion, Folsom City CrossFit, CrossFit Anywhere, and Good Times CrossFit joined together and raised over $3500 dollars in two hours.  Some of them only know Jessica’s story, but all of them gave up their Saturday morning and some of their hard earned money to help out another person.  This is what the community is about.

Jessica’s fight is not over.  We are continuing to collect money for her.  100% of the funds donated go straight to her and her family.  We have set up a donation account for continuing donations. 

The PayPal link is located here.

I know I speak for her and her family when I say to each and every one of you a heartfelt thank you.  The support has been nothing short of spectacular.  We are very proud to have each of you as part of our community.

HERE'S A LINK FOR SIGN UP!

See you all there!

~Souther

We've been talking to her daily and she is at home and in good spirits.  She's told us the docs are just trying to contain it at this point.  They've also told her to go on her previously planned and paid for vacation to Hawaii.

We've known her since 2005 and she's an absolute sweet heart with only the best intentions for everyone.  She has done so much to help us try and fix our broken selves, it's time to help her.  

We'd like to get everyone together for a fund raiser on Saturday, April 21st.  We are thinking a simple 'fill the boot' scenario, with a donation jar and a good old fashioned ass kicking.  Sorry about the short time frame, but she leaves on April 28, and we'd like for her to rest a little easier.

Details are easy:

Saturday, April 21
10am
CrossFit Folsom Lake
1126 Sibley Street, Unit C
Folsom, CA 95630

We are asking for a $20 donation to help the cause.  This would also be an excellent time to introduce your friends to CrossFit and let them see what the community is all about.  We would GREATLY appreciate you signing up so we can prep.

It’s time to do what we do folks.

SIGN UP HERE!

If you have any cooking skills, her friends have also set up a schedule to take her family meals.  Please check this link for more info.

Also, there has been a change to the Saturday morning YOGA CLASS.  The new time will be 8:30-9:30am. 

Attention ladies...are you interested in a women’s only body shaping class?  We are almost 4 months into 2012, and summer is right around the corner...have you thought about the summer wardrobe?  Are you looking for that something extra to help get you into that bikini?? Do you have a high school reunion, wedding, or a trip to the beach coming up?? Do you need some accountability to get you/or keep you on the right track...then our 8 week better body challenge is for you!!

CrossFit works wonders for everyone, but some of us want to focus a little more on the ‘looking good’ and a little less on the ‘performance’.  If this sounds like you, then this class could be a great fit.  Using CrossFit and figure modeling workout methodologies, Marcie is going to help you realize your goals.

Marcie has been a figure competitor for 7 years.  She now incorporates CrossFit into her training regimen, but continues to use the best aspects of her figure model workouts to create a great program which not only increases performance, but also gets her ready for the figure season.  Plainly put, having a female figure competitor train you for a better body is the best you can get. 

These workouts are not meant to replace your normal CrossFit workouts.  They are meant to compliment them. 

The program will run April 18, 2012 to June 13, 2012 (no class May 23).  If you elect to have ‘after’ pictures taken (see below) they will be done on June 23.

The classes will last one hour and be held on Wednesdays at 1pm and Saturday mornings at 7:30a. 

All packages include:

• Training from Marcie in a women’s only group session.  There will be no other classes going on in the gym during this time.
• Meal assistance (only licensed dietitians can say ‘meal plans’)

The pricing is a one time amount.

Better body bootcamp 1x/week only*: $160

Better body bootcamp 2x/week: $320

Do you want to see proof of your results?  How about some photos to show off the new summer body?  Try one of the premium packages!

Premium Package with 1x a week workouts includes:

-1x/week better body bootcamp (must choose one class)

-before and after pictures

-before and after body composition

-On-site tanning and make-up by NorCal Performance Tanning for the “after” pictures.

-30 min. mini-photo shoot

$330

Premium Package with workouts 2x a week:

-2x/week better body bootcamp

-before and after pictures

-before and after body composition

-On-site tanning and make-up by NorCal Performance Tanning for the “after” pictures.

-30 min. mini-photo shoot

$490

Also, starting this week, the yoga class is moved from Tuesday to Wednesday nights at 715p.  Great for folks who want to workout Mon-Tues, yoga rest day on Wed, and back to work for Thurs and Fri.

We all have someone we love affected by the air we breathe, my grandmother Opal died of lung cancer back when I was 19 years old.  Had there been more awareness and programs fighting to provide the nation with healthy clean air, maybe she would not have left us at such an early age.  I do believe that fighting for our air today will teach our children the value of clean air and a healthy lifestyle. 

If you would like to become a part of this great event, you can either join the team and climb the stairs with us OR you can offer your support through a monitary donation.  Both can be done by clicking on this link.  We hope to see you all there!

~ Shauna

My point by showing you this video is not to get you to eat nine cups of veggies a day.  More along the lines of thinking about what you are doing to yourself when you toss back that slice of pizza, another fork full of pasta, or that lovely biscuit (with honey and butter.)  

80% paleo...100% of the time.  :)