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CFC’s First Annual 1 Ton Lift Off Challenge!

06.01.20

We are hosting our first ever Member’s Only 1 Ton Lift Off!!

Partners of 2 (mixed or same sex) will compete together with the goal of reaching 1 ton (1000 kg) in 5 lifts.

Deadlift, back squat, bench press, clean and jerk and snatch totals will be tabulated for each team. Each team will have 2 minutes to perform their maximum weight in each lift. Lifts will be judged and scores will be recorded.

Winners will be announced for same sex and mixed teams and an after party to follow to celebrate all the PR’s. This is also an excellent opportunity to set benchmarks for the year so make sure to keep your scorecards!

So, grab your WOD Buddy and SIGN UP

Friday, February 7
5-8 PM

$40 per team

 

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Discovering the 4F Challenge

08.08.19

For the last two years I knew I wanted to make a change. I love CrossFit (that will never change) and for the last nine years have been a regular class attendant, but I have always been far less disciplined with my eating habits and nutrition. We’ve all heard that, “abs are made in the kitchen” and “you can’t out train a bad diet” but I lacked the motivation and will power to start my own health transformation because it seemed unattainable and difficult.
In my state of limbo, I looked for inspiration. I followed several CrossFit athletes on Instagram for months and soon noticed that several of them had many things in common; one of them being that they followed RP for their nutrition regime. It was when I discovered RP Strength and RP Transformation where I found motivation to initiate some real change for myself. I was excited by the countless examples of people just like me (CrossFit loving, general fitness enthusiasts) who after completing a RP cycle had experienced many of the goals that I hoped to achieve for myself. I read that these “regular Joes” achieved incredible body composition changes, discovered more energy, saw better WOD results, and experienced improved moods just to name a few.
So, it was 12 weeks ago that I began the journey that is now called the 4F Challenge. After only 10 weeks of 90% RP Diet compliance and supplementing my regular CrossFit routine with a targeted training program involving isolated, functional bodybuilding movements, I achieved the strength, body composition and lifestyle goals that I previously thought were out of reach. I lost 10 pounds of fat mass while gaining lean muscle mass. I noticed more definition in specific areas of my body and certain clothes fit better. More importantly and most notably however, the biggest improvements I saw were in my WOD performance. I was no longer breaking up my sets as often, I had better endurance and increased strength. Weights that were previously too heavy now felt appropriate to use in my daily WODs. Outside of the gym I noticed improvements too. I slept better, relied on coffee less, had more motivation and enjoyed a consistently positive outlook throughout the day. I was all around happier! As a previous skeptic to all the benefit claims of “clean eating” I learned for myself what all the fuss was about. Now I stand as a true convert and I want to share my experience with you!

What is 4F? Drawing from my francophone background I coined “Femme Forte Forme Fitness” which is loosely translated from French as “Strong Women Fitness.” The 4F Challenge is a health and lifestyle transformation challenge designed for strong, fit women who want to take their fitness and health goals to the next level by supplementing their current CrossFit regime with targeted programming while dialing in their nutrition.

The 4F Challenge includes:
– 3x/week supplemental targeted group training (with me) and programming (by Brett Marshall)
– RP diet app access at an exclusive discounted rate
– Weekly accountability checks and RP guidance
– Access to private group forum to share recipes and tips
– Custom 4F Challenge tank top
– Invitation to our formal “CHAMPagne Night” at the end of the cycle celebrating the 3 months of hard work with a much deserved “cheat night” of champagne, hors d’oeuvres, and awards!

Program will run Mon/Wed/Fri at 7:00-7:45 am starting Monday, September 9 until December 2. Maximum 12 registrants.

Special Introductory Price:
$300 plus GST for members

Come WOD with me ladies!
-Rhiannon

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Top of the Box!

25.03.19

The 2019 CrossFit Open is a wrap and we would like to thank all our Crew for making it such a memorable and uplifting experience filled with PR’s, inspirational performances and boundary breaking moments!

The CFC Leaderboard is complete and we would like to congratulate the top 3 men and women of our box with the Top of the Box podium list! Thanks you to the generous contributions from our in house massage therapist Katrina MacKay and Recover YYC we are proud to offer awards to these finishers. First place winners will each receive a one hour massage from Katrina MacKay. Second place winners will receive a 30 minute Custom Recovery Session from Recover YYC. Finally, third place winners each receive a 15 minute Economy Treatment from Recover YYC. To claim your prize please check in with Natalie at the front desk.

Your podium men and women winners are;

1. Erica S. and Brett

2. Kim L. and Stephen K

3. Elizabeth R. and Derek M.

Congratulations to everyone on an impressive 2019 CrossFit Open and we’ll see you again in October! :0

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Attollo Cup Goes Team!

30.04.17

CrossFit Calgary’s Annual Competition is now a Partner Competition!

Date: Saturday, September 30, 2017
7:30 am –Registration and warm up
8:30 am athlete briefing- movement standards discussed and questions answered
9:00 am First heat going at.
*If you would like to expedite the sign-in process, bring a completed copy of the waiver:

Link to waiver coming soon

REGISTRATION
Teams of 2
Male/Male OR Female/Female
50 Team Cap

REGISTER NOW

Registration fees options:

Early Bird- Until July 31- $165/team
August 1- September 29-$185/team
Competition day-$215/team

NO REFUNDS will be issued. If you or a team member are unable to make it you can switch out team members or find a team to sell your spot to. CrossFit Calgary is not responsible to try to find new/replacement team members or to try to sell your spot to another team. This responsibility solely falls on the registered team. The shirts order with the registration may not be the correct size if team members are being switched out.

WORKOUTS & HEATS:

Heats times coming soon

The top 5 teams in each category will compete in the final WOD. This WOD will be released the day of the competition
*Please note, the final WOD is not winner take all, but based on your accumulated points from throughout the day.

WODs will be released one/day starting on Friday Sept 22. The final Wod for the top 5 teams will be release at the completion

Uncommon Movement Clause:

Any movement deemed uncommon, out of the ordinary or used to amend, shorten or change the accepted movement standard or range of motion including line of action of any event movement can and will be disallowed.

EVENT INFORMATION

Location:
Crossfit Calgary is located at 17-141 Crowfoot Way NW

Phone 403-202-5559

Spectators: Spectators are welcome. CrossFit Calgary t-shirts are $30 plus GST.

Parking:  LIMITED to stalls directly in front of the building. Other parking is available at RONA

RX OR SCALED Divisions

RX:
RX athletes should have the ability to perform all fundamental skills of CrossFit and be comfortable completing CrossFit Open level weights and movements. If you have been able to compete in the RX category of the Crossfit Open over the past 4 years you are capable of competing in the RX division at ATTOLLO

Below is a list of weights and movements that could appear in the RX Division.

*Please note these are only guidelines, and are not guaranteed weights & movements to be included in the competition.  The weights will not exceed any of the weights listed below. Strength event (ex. Max clean) are exempt to limits

Movements/weights you should be comfortable with are:

  • Front Squats (185/125#)
  • Deadlifts (255/170#)
  • Shoulders to Overhead (165/115#)
  • Cleans (185/125#)
  • Snatches (135/95#)
  • Thrusters (95/65#)
  • Double Unders
  • Chest to Bar Pull Ups
  • Toes to Bar
  • Wallballs (20# to10ft, 14 to 9ft)
  • Handstand Push Ups
  • Muscle Ups (ring and bar)
  • Rope Climbs

SCALED:
Scaled athletes should have the ability to perform the basic fundamental skills of CrossFit and be comfortable completing CrossFit Open scaled division weights and movements.  If you have been able to compete in the Scaled category of the Crossfit Open over the past 4 years you are capable of competing in the Scaled division at ATTOLLO

*Please note these are only guidelines, and are not guaranteed weights & movements to be included in the competition.  The weights will not exceed any of the weights listed below. Strength event (ex. Max clean) are exempt to limits

Movements/weights you should be comfortable with are:

  • Front Squat (115/75#)
  • Deadlift (155/105#)
  • Shoulder to overhead (95/65#)
  • Clean and jerks (115/75#)
  • Snatches (95/65#)
  • Thrusters (65/45#)
  • Skipping singles
  • Jumping Pull Ups
  • Hanging knee raises
  • Pushups
  • Wall Balls (20/14# to 9′)
  • Box Jumps (24/20″)

Stay tuned to our Attollo Cup Facebook page and CrossFit Calgary Instagram account for updates and more information on this exciting event!

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Lift Up Challenge

14.12.16

Six weeks to a new you!

CFC LIFT UP CHALLENGE • Jan 9 – Feb 17
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays
12 PM – 1 PM
Includes a nutrition info session with Bill Tillapaugh

CrossFit Calgary’s Lift Up Challenge is 18 one hour classes designed with you in mind. We will meet 3x per week and introduce participants to the proper mechanics for functional movements. Our in house nutrition expert Bill Tillapaugh will get you off on the right foot with your nutrition. The program will be progressive in nature, so it is great for the novice fitness participant looking to make some changes in the new year in a supportive group. We look forward to seeing you!

$300. Sign up today!

Phone: 403-202-5559
Email: admin@crossfitcalgary.ca or,
Register Online under “CFC Events” (scroll on right triangle in top right corner)

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Coach Ken shares his Open experience

28.02.16

After the 2014 CrossFit Games Open, I set a benchmark for my fitness and after, I found myself excited to see how far I can develop my fitness after another year. That first Open was challenging, but I’m glad I did it. It wasn’t about how well I did or what I could or could not do, it was about putting myself in an uncomfortable situation and seeing how I can handle it.

The 2015 CrossFit Games Open was another opportunity for me to test how far I’ve come since 2014, and it was quite the ride. Looking back, it seems like there is a lot that is different between 2015 and 2014. In 2014, I had only been CrossFitting for just about a month. I fished CrossFit Calgary’s Intro to CrossFit at the end of January. I was still really new to the movements and I felt like I wasn’t ready for the Open. After conversation with Jason, who assured me that no one is every really ready, I signed up and competed in my first Open after 4 weeks of actual classes.

Fast forward one year to 2015. Movements felt a bit better but still struggle with a lot of the gymnastics movements. Engine still needs work. Mental fortitude is questionable at times. The toughest part about the Open in 2015 was that leading up to it, I had no motivation! I was really looking forward to the Open all year and at the beginning of February, it felt like I had nothing in the tank, no fire for the Open, no desire to train.

One of the biggest things that made a difference for me in 2015 was that I knew much more of the community than I did last year. I’ve built strong relationships and great friendships at CrossFit Calgary, and if it was for the community, I may not have done the Open that year.

15.1 – T2B, DL, Snatch…o and a 1RM C&J

One of the cool things that I like about CrossFit Calgary is that when the Open workouts are announced, some of the membership get together at CFC and watch the live announcement.

I was really hoping that the repeat workout for the Open was going to be the Chipper from 2014. I had a grudge with that workout because I couldn’t get past the T2B portion and i wanted to do it again so I could crush my score…but with T2B in the first workout, I had a feeling that the repeat workout wasn’t going to be what I wanted.

Interestingly enough, T2B being in the first workout, I felt like I had something to prove to myself. There were some parallels though, Mike Sydoryk was my judge for the 2014 chipper and he was my judge again for 15.1! This workout felt great because the T2B went way better this time around than it did last year, it was a light deadlift and relatively light snatch too. At the end of the first 9 minutes, I was pretty tired, breathing heavy, trying to collect my thoughts, and trying to regain focus because, for the first time ever in the Open, there was a 1RM. This was right up my alley.

I was thinking about keeping the loading on the bar the same 115lbs just so that I know I would get a score. But after feeling good about how things went for me in the first part of 15.1 I decided to up the ante a bit. I can’t remember what my clean and jerk opened at but I remember my last lift. I turned around and asked Kimmer, “what does he have on the bar?!” Trying to figure out what one of the other guys was attempting on their clean and jerk. I looked to Syd and said “255!” Indicating a 255lbs clean and jerk attempt.

Sweat dripping down my face, huffing and puffing, I get to my setup position, gripping the bar, locking in my lats. And as if all of this happened in slow motion, I move through the first pull, just past my knees in the hang position I sweep the bar into my launch position and pop my hips! Landing in a deep squat I catch the bar on my shoulders…only problem is, I only have one hand on the bar. My right hand slipped off the bat when I caught my clean and there I am, bottom of a squat, my left arm on the bar, my right arm extended out with this look of desperation as if I’m asking for someone in the crowd to take my hand and pull me up out of the bottom position.

I stand up from my clean arm still extended thinking “how am I going to get my hand back on this bar to finish the jerk?”. Using a pop of my hips and launching the bar up just enough to squeeze my hand back under the bar. It seemed so quiet, I don’t think I heard anything even though I can see the crowd I front of my cheering on me and the other athletes, but there was no sound. I took a deep breath, good solid dip and a strong hip extension gets the bar moving off my shoulders, my left foot kicks back while my right foot jumps forward and lands to help support the 255lbs over my head. As I bring my feet back together for the lift to count, it’s as if it was like a scene from a movie. As soon as my feet were back under me, the sound kicked back in, I could hear people cheering for everyone lifting. I drop my bar as time expires and give Mike a hug, signing my score sheet and and thanking him for being my judge.

15.2 – is 14.2

If there was another workout that I was hoping to do other than the 2014 Chipper, it would have been 14.2. I had Michelle as my judge and I got my first ever C2B pull-ups in that workout. I got 15 reps in 14.2

This year Jason was my judge and I couldn’t have asked for a better person to judge/coach/get me through this workout. Jason has been the coach that has taught majority of my classes at CFC. 3-2-1-Go…seemed like in no time I beat my 2014 score of 15 reps! I got out of the first round which was my goal in 2014…the cool thing about 15.2 being a repeat is that I had a direct comparison of the same workout and knew that I wasn’t satisfied! I heard everyone cheering me on knowing that they wanted me to do better than the previous year. I heard Michelle come over and cheer me on, Cody, who was doing the workout beside me was cheering me on, it was an amazing feeling. In the end I finished the workout with 63 reps, which is nothing really to write home about but here is the bigger picture. In the grand scheme of everything I got a 48 rep PR on this workout. After one year of training, I was able to improve some of my weaknesses and eclipse my old score four times over! How crazy is that?

Pretty sure after the workout I spent (what felt like 10 mins) on the floor recovering, Tyler came over to congratulate me and all I heard was “hey buddy…good job…o…you’re turning blue!” I got up and signed my score sheet…gave Jason a big “unwanted” hug and thanked him for helping me get through that workout. Another amazing experience, and it left me feeling pretty good about the 2015 Open.

15.3&15.4 – Scale City

Feeling pretty good about how the Open was going so far, I was getting pretty excited for next workout. However I was not expecting the announcements to go the way they went! 15.3 had some typical movements that we normally see in the Open, Wallballs Shots, Double Unders, and Muscle Ups. Here’s the kicker, Muscle-Ups were first! Now, if you know who I am, you know I’m not exactly the lightest person in the world, and as disappointed as I was hearing that Muscle Ups were first, I got over my frustration and had this goal to get my first ever muscle up in the Open.

I tried for the better part of 40 minutes to get that first muscle up but it just kept eluding me. It was awesome to see a few people to get their first muscle ups! There were lots of people there cheering and I don’t think I’ve ever been in the gym when it has been so loud, it was amazing! In the end I had to move from an RX athlete in the open to the Scaled athletes in the Open.

That was another new thing about the Open this year! There was a Scaled division! I thought this was awesome because it gave anyone who had reservations for doing the Open an opportunity to compete which is one of CFC’s core vales “Compete to be better.” For 15.3 the scaled workout seemed way worse than the RX’d workout in my opinion but alas I finished the workout and submitted my score.

For 15.4 it was movement we hadn’t seen in the Open before handstand push-ups. The standard for the HSPU was different too, your heels had to clear a line set up bases on your height when your arms are extended overhead. The day after the announcement I gave some HSPU a shot to see if I can do them to the standard set by the Games. I felt like during the workout I might be able to get one, but I opted for the scaled workout.

There were a couple of reasons for opting for the scaled workout. First, I was already switched to the scaled division from 15.3, second, if I were to get my first HSPU I don’t know how many I would get, and third and most importantly, I felt like if I could do the movement, I wouldn’t be able to do the movement safely. Frankly, the health of my neck is more important to me than getting 2 or 3 reps in a workout.

In the end I still got a couple of good workouts in and I still had a blast with everyone.

15.5 – Rowing and Thrusters

4 weeks and 4 workouts down. Only 1 left. I was scared that there were going to be Burpees in this workout…cause you know…buck furpees! Surprisingly there were ZERO burpees in the Open this year! I think everyone was excited that there were no Burpees…little did we know how brutal rowing and thrusters would be.

27-21-15-9 Row for Calories and Thrusters. Nasty little couplet. No time cap either…you had to do all the work! It was pretty awesome to do this workout and watch the other athletes finish. CFC ran this workout in a shotgun start. What I mean by that is since everyone was going to finish at different times, the first 10 or so people started at the same time and then when one of the finish, there was another athlete waiting in the wings to go.

One of the best things about this workout was if you were the last athlete to start, literally everyone is there cheering you on, motivating you to push yourself, everyone was suffering with you, and even though it hurt at the time, it would soon be over and you can just lay on the ground in the fetal position like I did and recover.

I can’t say enough about the community at CFC and how they run the Open. It’s a great environment, great group of people, great judges. If you ever wanted to know what your fitness is really like, the Open is an opportunity to test yourself each year and see if you built a better engine, got more gymnasty, develop better technique on your oly lifts, or just build more power and strength. You have no idea what you are capable of doing until you are put into a situation like that. It’s amazing.

For anyone who is still on the fence of doing the Open, just sign up. You won’t regret it! And if I can do it straight out of Intro, anyone can.

-Coach Ken

  • 2024 Intramurals Open

    We are hosting CFC’s Intramural Open again this year Crew!

    When: Friday evenings and Saturdays and Sundays during the day starting Feb. 29

    Time: Heats will be TBA

    What: compete in teams that will be picked via a Hopper and earn points and bragging rights for your team to be “Top of the Box” for 3 weeks during the CrossFit Games Open season (Feb. 29-Mar. 18).

    How: Sign up under CrossFit Calgary affiliate on the www.crossfit.games.com website to register on the CrossFit Games worldwide leaderboard. Then register with us for your heat times.

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Holiday Class Schedule

On every statutory holiday we offer

OPEN GYM from 10 am to noon

Celebrate the long weekend with fitness and the Crew!

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