Archive for Special Events

10 ways to be a better CrossFitter

by Forrest Personal Records and Goals, Special Events, Workout of the Day on January 21st, 2010 38 Comments

1. Have fun – Whether it be in CrossFit or your favorite sport or shopping with grandma, make sure you try and have fun. Honestly, you can do CrossFit just about anywhere with anyone or by yourself. You choose to come to CFSB for a reason. You work hard all day, make the time at [...]

Busy Weekend

by CrossFit South Bay Announcements, Fight Gone Bad, Special Events, Workout of the Day on September 25th, 2009 5 Comments

CFSB is teaming up with CrossFit Thrive in Hermosa Beach to do Fight Gone Bad. The WOD will be during our regularly scheduled Saturday morning class at 9am. There will be no class at CFSB on Saturday September 26th. We will all be at CF Thrive tearing up FGB.
Please RSVP to max@crossfitthrive.com (310-819-2933) or mariessa@crossfitsouthbay.com [...]

It's That Time Again

by CrossFit South Bay Announcements, Special Events, Workout of the Day on August 28th, 2009 No Comments

The month has flown by, hasn’t it? End of the month equals FREE beach WOD in Hermosa! This weekend at 11am we will be offering our monthly session at 9th Street. Invite your family and friends to come and join us for our last offering of the summer.
Speaking of fun in the sun, take a [...]

6-Week Paleo Challenge

by Al Nutrition, Personal Records and Goals, Special Events, Workout of the Day on August 21st, 2009 No Comments

Who is up for a little challenge? Of course you all are, you’re CrossFitters, right? Back in April, Marcus encouraged us all to join a 100 Day Challenge started by CrossFit Virtuosity. That challenge allowed you to set the parameters for your chosen diet (Zone, Paleo, See-Food, etc.). Our new challenge, beginning September 1st, will [...]

July Challenge

by CrossFit South Bay Announcements, Special Events, Workout of the Day on July 2nd, 2009 No Comments

Reminder: CrossFit South Bay will only be hosting a 10am class this Friday, July 3rd. There will be no classes on Saturday, July 4th. Enjoy your holiday weekend!

Last month we mentioned that Dutch Lowy was hosting an online challenge among affiliates. Unfortunately, we didn’t really press the issue and change programming around to work towards [...]

June Affiliate Competition

by CrossFit South Bay Personal Records and Goals, Rest Day, Special Events on June 7th, 2009 No Comments

Dutch Lowy recently threw down the gauntlet amongst CrossFit affiliates and challenged us all to a monthly competition.  Here’s the June WOD:
Max Thrusters at your Fran weight
(i.e.  if you scale Fran to 45#, it’s your max thrusters at 45#)
Rule:  If bar drops below your shoulder rack position at any time, your set ends.  Scoring is [...]

Event Reminders

by CrossFit South Bay Announcements, Special Events, Workout of the Day on March 27th, 2009 No Comments

We’ll be holding our FREE beach workout tomorrow morning at 11am at 9th Street in Hermosa Beach. Come on down and enjoy some CFSB fun in the sun!
After you’re done getting your Saturday workouts on, get over to The Crest in Torrance and support Tori’s band, EOIQ! First bands start at 9pm but EOIQ will [...]

Save the Date – CFSB Breast Cancer Fundraiser

by CrossFit South Bay Announcements, Saturday Morning Workout, Special Events, Workout of the Day on January 24th, 2009 No Comments

On Sunday, February 22, CrossFit South Bay will be holding a Breast Cancer Fundraiser Workout for Rose Huertas. Rose is Michelle’s mother and is currently battling breast cancer. Although insurance covers most of her treatment, her medication does not fall under that coverage. So we will be holding a 3 person team workout to raise [...]

On-the-Go Eats

by CrossFit South Bay Rest Day, Special Events on November 20th, 2008 No Comments

Sometimes it’s hard to eat well with the frantic schedules that some of us keep. Robb Wolf pointed out an excellent new product called Paleo Kits on his site the other day. They come in 8 differently packaged assortments of mixed nuts, free-range jerky, and berries. The proceeds go to fund Steve’s Club, a non-profit [...]

"Big Girls Don't Cry" Challenge

by CrossFit South Bay Special Events, Workout of the Day on October 19th, 2008 No Comments

Normally CFSB is closed on Sundays but a few months back some of us found out about the Big Girls Don’t Cry Challenge that CrossFit Unlimited was going to do. So we thought it would be cool to do it on the same day as them at our gym since we couldn’t make it up [...]