April 2023 Newsletter
April 2023 Bells & Bars
The Monthly CFTC Newsletter
CFTC Team-
Thankfully the weather is warming up, and with that comes a reason to get together outside of the gym. We encourage everyone to come out to a happy hour this Friday right after the 530PM class at The Perch / Star Hill Biergarten in Tysons.
Congrats to the Blue Team above for winning this year's Team Intramural Open.
Keep reading for some other news and notes.
For April, the rest of the highlights are:
Welcome new coaches - We welcome to new female coaches to the roster - long-time member Coach Alyson, and Coach Sam, another experienced CrossfFtter
Murph prep continues - Murph is an annual Memorial Day challenge involving running, pull-ups, push-ups and squats. We will be incorporating these movements in various ways leading up to the May challenge. We are an official Murph Host for the tenth year in a row, meaning we also welcome friends and drop-ins to complete the workout with us for an official score and support of The Murph Foundation.
A review of the Open at CFTC - check out our awesome competitors
Congrats to Coach Meg - for completing the next round after the Open. More below.
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-Jon & Marcus
Events
Happy Hour at CFTC: Friday 4/14 ~6:45PM
We encourage everyone to come out to a happy hour this Friday right after the 530PM class at The Perch / Star Hill Biergarten in Tysons.
Future Events - Ever Heard of Hyrox?
We're exploring participating in an upcoming Hyrox event as a gym. Stay tuned for more details, but think of Hyrox as a mix of an obstacle course race but heavier on the CrossFit side of things and much less mud (OK, no mud). There are individual, partner and team options. We'd love to know what you think about joining in this fitness race.
CrossFit Kids Continues
Our CrossFit Kids class continues to meet Thursdays at 4:40PM. We have a great, motivated group these days, and they are making great progress. There are 2 remaining weeks (4/13 and 4/20) for the Spring session, we'd love for you to join and will make an announcement for the next session soon.
Programming Corner
The next programming phase is a strength-building phase that begins on April 10th.
Be sure to log your strength numbers this week as we start out!
Announcements
Welcome to Our New Coaches!
Welcome to long-time member and new Coach Alyson (pictured above)!
Alyson started CrossFit in 2017 as a lover of group fitness classes and quickly got hooked on weightlifting and strength training. She is enthusiastic about helping athletes get stronger than they ever thought possible.
Welcome to new Coach Sam (picture to come)!
Sam started her CrossFit journey in the beginning of 2018 with the goal of getting stronger. She fell in love with the variety and camaraderie that CrossFit has to offer and hopes to exude that passion when she coaches.
Coach's Eye - Meg
Congrats to Coach Meg for qualifying for and competing all of the Age Group Online Qualifier (AGOQ) workouts - this was the next step after the CrossFit Open for the top 10 percent of athletes.
Some feats of note:
Meg's best finish for the AGOQ was on a workout that had 14 rope climbs. Meg achieved her first rope climb at CFTC a few years ago
One workout had wall-facing handstand push-ups, an unusual movement that still got Meg her second-highest placing of the weekend
The last workout was a repeat workout from 2015, and even after all of the work for the weekend, Meg improved by over 2 minutes on the workout below, finishing in just over 11 minutes. Do you want to give it a try?
27-21-15-9
Calorie Row
Thruster (95/65)
Meg has made great progress at CFTC as an athlete and coach, and all of us can make great strides with consistency and dedication.