First Anniversary - Fight Gone Bad

We had a great turnout for the workout and the Open House that immediately followed. Thanks to everyone for coming out and celebrating our 1st year anniversary. We would not be here without all of you.

Check out the video Sean made and posted on our Facebook page. CrossFit Cleveland Fight Gone Bad 12/03/08

Sean has a look of disgust on his face at the end of the vid, anyone get why without reading the Comments? Doooh, so close! Here are a few more pics of the group.

Member Spotlight - Pat Graham

Pat started working out with us in January of 2008. He was a part of our first Executive Fitness Starter Program, along with four fellow members of the Westlake Bay Village Rotary Club.

Pat warned me early on that he might be my biggest challenge yet. He informed me that he never exercised a single day in his life and that he didn't know what one wears to a workout. By the end of the first few weeks he admitted that we had him doing things he never thought imaginable. I have yet to get him hanging upside down on a set of gymnastic rings, but he can do pretty much anything else now.

He now works out 3 or 4 times per week in the evenings and Saturday mornings. You'll be able to see him in action in our upcoming CrossFit Cleveland video commercial as well as hear his awesome clip on why he joined CrossFit. Stay tuned!

Pat lives in Avon with his wife Ann and new pup Sam. He is a Real Estate agent with Howard Hanna, working with people both buying and selling residential and commercial property. I know from personal experience that Pat is one of the hardest workers around. If you need something done, ask Pat. It will get done. You can view his Howard Hanna webpage here.

BTW-Pat claims to have lost approximately 40 pounds and feels much stronger and faster. He has made a lot of new friends and fits in perfectly with our crowd. Also - adding 30+ yards to his drives has helped his golf game and more specifically his wallet.

New shirt logos

Here are the two images for the long-sleev t-shirts and hoodies. The RAW Fitness logo with the barbell and KB will go on the front left breast and the CrossFit Cleveland logo will be centered on the back across the shoulder blades. You can click on the logos to see a larger image.

Executive Fitness Group and Saturday Free Class

The current Executive group works out together every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:00pm and Saturdays at 7:30am. They are all doing a great job, pushing themselves harder than they thought they could. I've added a few pitcures of a recent Saturday class also. We hold free CrossFit intro classes every Saturday morning at 9:00am.

Happy Hour Workout and Cookout

We had a great time at our first Happy Hour Workout and Cookout earlier this month. About a dozen of us showed up for 'CrossFit Baseball" and a cookout on the patio.

CrossFit in the Metroparks

Ed puts is a good showing competing against his fellow CrossFitters, see how it ends.........

Who stops working out when it rains?

Not Kory!

CrossFit Cleveland on YouTube

You can watch all of our videos and subscribe to our CrossFit Cleveland youtube channel here.

CrossFit in the Metroparks on Saturday mornings

Here are some photos of our members working out together in the Metroparks on a couple recent Saturday mornings. It doesn't require a lot of fancy equipment to get a great workout and a little creativity goes a long way. Pushups, pullups, squats, walking lunges, lateral pipe jumps, burpee shuttle runs - it's all good!

Recent CrossFit Cleveland Workouts

Ed has lost 20 pounds since starting with us. He says he's going to lose a bunch more. We'll let you know each time he sheds another 20 LBs. Way to go Ed!

That tire is seriously heavy.

This is really hard to do!

I told you it was really hard!

Chris and Todd flipping the big tire. Todd is one of our newer members and Chris was visiting from the CrossFit affiliate in Kent.