I see a mother, a wife, someone who has transformed her body and her life. She wears her heart on her sleeve and battles her demons, but she puts all that she has into everything she does. Her passion inspires. I see a blue-collar Crossfitter. Nothing comes easy to him. Each of his accomplishments comes...Read More
Westside Powerlifting is back! Time to get HUGE! Coaches Andrew and Chantelle are ready to get you strong. This is a closed nine-week course using Westside methods. The focus is on increasing your lifts, primarily the Squat, Bench and Deadlift. The course meets Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and begins May 13th. If you are interested in...Read More
“Clash of the Classes” was a huge success last night! Special thanks goes out to Murphy, James, Patrick, and all of the judges Desire, Julie, Kat, Kerri, Mary, Lynn, Susan, Jason, Anthony, Shye and volunteers (Kim) for making the event possible. There were so many highlights last night including a rock, paper, scissors duel to the death and PRs for days. Some highlights include Tiffany Szemplinski‘s clean and jerk at...Read More
Broken Foot? Hernia Surgery? Nothing can stop Jason Murphy! No one on the planet works harder than this man. Be sure to thank him for all he does. Read More
“They’ll tell you “failure is not an option.” That is ridiculous, failure is always an option. Failure is the most readily available option at all times; but it’s a choice. You can choose to fail or you can choose to succeed.” We all have days, weeks, and hell, even months that plague us with injury,...Read More
Friday May 9th Friday Night Fights Clash of the Classes! Have you ever felt that you trained with a special group of people? This is your chance to prove it to the rest of the Albany CrossFit Community. Teams of ten will compete to claim the title of greatest class. Declare which class you belong...Read More
I was describing a strongman WOD to a friend the other day; they looked at me and said, “that sounds hard.” Without thinking I said, “yeah, it was great!”, his response was that I was crazy, and it got me thinking, easy is crazy. I’ve done easy, I’ve sat and watched life go by without...Read More
This weekend I attended CrossFit Gymnastics Training. Two full days of body mechanics and movements and learning the art and sport that is gymnastics. I signed up for the cert. to challenge myself. There is no part of my body or experience with gymnastics that says this will come easy to you. I was that...Read More
She may seem sweet and innocent, but hand this girl a barbell and take a step back, because you are about to witness something amazing. This month’s MOM goes out to Samantha Carr. Although she has been a member of Albany Crossfit for a few years now, it wasn’t until last summer that Sam began...Read More
