Basic mobility is a must. Maintenance on your own equipment is not only your responsibility and duty to yourself as an athlete, it’s essential for peak performance and recovery. So come on out and see Joe. Topics he will cover include Assessment, Mobility and Corrective Exercises, as well as advanced Mobility and Core Re-Training.

Think you got a shot at taking the 2012 Reebok Crossfit Games? Register.

Wanna see how you stack up against the elite of the elite? Register.

Want to see what it’s like to go through these (sometimes) brutal workouts, just like the Big Dogs do? Register.

Just want to have fun and experience some great camaraderie with some great folks? Register.

It’s just that easy.

Register for the 2012 Crossfit Games Open here: https://games.crossfit.com/mygames/

Name:

Sports/Fitness Background: Climbed trees and did a lot of double unders as a child, tennis, cross country running and track in high school, ultimate frisbee in college, 2 years of hardcore aerobics classes post-college.

Favorite Lift?: Snatch, C&J

Least Favorite Lift?: Deadlift

How Long have you been Crossfitting?: Feb 2006-Oct 2010

How Long have you been a Crossfit Trainer?: Two years+

Why CrossFit?: Because it taught me to eat right. Because it taught me how much pain I could tolerate. Because it gave me friends. Because it gave me Olympic weightlifting.

Why Weightlifting?: If you have ever intensely loved something or someone, you know how I feel about weightlifting. I love weightlifting so much so that it sometimes feels like I am being unfaithful to my husband.

Workout music of choice?: The music of a heavy barbell dropped on the floor, the grunting that comes from rising out of a heavy squat, and the victory scream after a PR lift.

Current job outside of Crossfit?: Japanese interpreter/translator

Certifications: CrossFit Level 1, USA Weightlifting Sport Performance Coach

Motto: Set a goal and everything you do should be to achieve that one goal.

Favorite thing about Ultimate?: The UCFers are so purely and completely awesome. I’ve never met a group (of 350!) with such positive attitudes and drive. I love that everyone makes an effort to get better and regardless of how much I hurt you, you always come back with a smile on your face. Another one of my favorite things about Ultimate is Lance, whose vision of UCF is something I completely trust and believe in. I will gladly jump off a 24 …inch box for that man. I also love that we have more barbells than most gyms in the U.S.

Nickname given to you by the other trainers?: Snatch Dragon, Yoshi, that little Asian girl

**Led by Irwin Carmichael’s Martial Arts Training Institute’s Family Training Center.

Course content:
- The profile of an attacker
- Blocking and striking techniques
- Home security and safety outside the home
- Defense against grabs, holds, and chokes
- The laws and legalities of self defense

2-Hour Self Defense Seminar
Sunday, February 19, 2012
3:30pm-5:30pm

Open to all Females ages 12 and up FREE of Charge.
For more details and registration: See Bryan Russell or email him at bryan@ultimatecrossfit.com.

MORNING OPEN GYM BEGINS: MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS FROM 7-9AM IN THE PIT

THE 3PM CLASS: WILL BE 5 DAYS A WEEK!

NEW SATURDAY SCHEDULE STARTING ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 21:

8AM CROSSFIT CLASS

930AM CROSSFIT CLASS

11AM CROSSFIT CLASS PLUS INTRO CLASS

12-2PM OPEN GYM

2PM CROSSFIT CLASS

FULL SCHEDULE HERE.

This will be our first ever 60-day, team challenge. For this challenge, participants will choose to follow either the Zone or Paleo diet. Workouts, rest days and sleep will also be factors in the challenge, as they are necessary components of a healthy, balanced lifestyle.

For the first 30 days, we ask that participants adhere to a strict diet. This means absolutely no alcohol and no cheats during this time. The purpose of these first 30 days is to allow your body to rid itself of all of the toxins and essentially hit its “reset” button.

The second 30 days will focus on how to make Paleo/Zone less of a diet and more of a lifestyle. To that end, we are going to allow participants to re-incorporate sanctioned items such as protein shakes and certain alcohols, in addition to allowing two cheat meals over the course of the second half of the challenge.

Our hope for this challenge is for participants to commit to a length of time that will allow them to reach past a basic diet to reap the benefits of an actual lifestyle change.

Also, by being accountable to other teammates, we hope to push the challenge a bit beyond a personal commitment – in addition to making it a fun experience!

Get a team of 4 and get on board to kick-start your new year!!

Once you create your team, have your team captain sign up by emailing: challenge@ultimatecrossfit.com

*Challenge meeting: Saturday, January 14th following the 10am class. This is informational but NOT mandatory to do the challenge.

*Challenge start date: January 22nd

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From our very own Heather Obleada, owner of Iron Butterfly Pilates:

“I would like to offer all members
of Ultimate Crossfit and Ultimate Crossfit Bootcamp
UNLIMITED mat classes, NOW – January 31st for $30.“

Email or stop by for details or to get started.

visit: ironbutterflypilates.com
email: ironbfly@bellsouth.net
call: 704-661-6778

Name:

Crossfitting Since: April, 2011

How Often: 3-4 days a week.

Favorite Workout: Anything that makes me sweat.

Least Favorite Workout: Any workout that involves rowing.

Personal Fitness Goal: It was to run a 5k, which I’ve done twice. New goal – Run a 10k.

Who at the Gym You Admire Most: Everyone that keeps me coming back to Crossfit.

Favorite Workout Jam: Jay-Z, Rihanna, or anything with an awesome beat that will keep me moving.

Slogan for My T-shirt: Strong is the New Skinny.

Why Ultimate:
Every year as my New Year’s resolution, I said I was going to lose weight (as do a lot of other people). In January 2011, I made this same resolution, but I was determined to make a change and prayed it stuck. My New Year’s resolution started my journey on Weight Watchers, where I learned portion control and monitoring my eating habits. In addition to the portion control, they also communicated the need to exercise. In addition to, I re-started my journey at the gym, running on the treadmill and elliptical. For a couple of months, I was seeing results in my weight loss progress, but it wasn’t consistent. I knew the consistency wasn’t there because when I would go to the gym, I would get bored running on the treadmill and instead of staying for the hour planned, I would on do 45 minutes, which then turn into 30 minutes, to not really going at all. I was BORED and I was only focusing on cardiovascular work and missing something else.

When I began working in Charlotte for work, a co-worker and I were talking about working out and I mentioned to her I was looking for a gym to join during the week while I was there. She told me how a lot of friends go to a gym called Crossfit, she described it as a cult and very intense. I checked out the gym online and the information I found online was exactly what I was looking for in a workout program, so I tried it out one day back in April 2011 and I’ve been hooked ever since. The thing that attracted me to Crossfit was the diversity in the WODs, the trainer involvement, the continuous encouragement from the others working out alongside you, and the intensity the atmosphere of the gym embodied. My body structure has totally changed. I’ve seen parts of my body evolve and become sculpted like I couldn’t imagine. It really excited me to see that my body is able to look more defined because it’s something that I would have never believed before finding Weight Watchers and Crossfit. I went from 176 pounds to 139 pounds in 10 months (total weight loss of 37 pounds) and now I’m a lifetime member of Weight Watchers. This is amazing to me because from as far as I can remember; my lowest weight was 150, which was back in middle school. I’m sure I’ve been in the 140 range (probably in my younger, younger days), but I just don’t recall, in my eyes, it didn’t exist until now.

I just recently had an interesting conversation with a friend. It started off by me telling her I was headed to Crossfit after work. She stated, “You’re still working out althought you reached your goal.” (interesting/funny comment) I responded, by saying, of course because meeting the goal is one thing, but maintaining the goal is the key to complete success. This journey has transformed my mindset to know that I can lose weight and I can keep the weight off because I have the right tools!