Northwest CrossFit Bellevue will be starting an On-Ramp series! The On-Ramp Series is a set of classes designed to introduce people to the fundamental movements and concepts of CrossFit. The emphasis of the On-Ramp sessions is skill development and exposure to the basic elements of our program. It is designed to prepare you to enter our ongoing CrossFit group classes. We will be emphasizing technique and lay the foundation that will ensure success at the next level. This is the safest and surest way that we can help those new to CrossFit get started. The Next On-Ramp series starts February 15th. Mondays 7:30pm Wednesdays 7:30pm Saturdays 11:00am Email darren@nwcrossfit.com to register or for more information

Our goal for all our members is that fitness becomes a lifestyle. We want to transform the idea of going to the gym from something you have to do into something you get to do. Part of that has been our work in transforming peoples idea of what a "gym" is and what it means to be fit. This takes time and commitment. With this in mind we want to offer an incentive for those wanting to make that long term commitment to a lifestyle of fitness. We're offering a 10% discount on our CrossFit classes for all new members who can commit to a full year of training. Save money and stay fit all year long and for the rest of your life!

Northwest CrossFit has been working to provide as many classes as possible to help you find a class time that fits your schedule. We're committed to helping you meet your fitness goals and having times that are convenient and allow you to get in to the gym is half the battle. New class times are being added periodically per request or class size demand so check the schedule for the latest updates.

Come join Jeff Bates and Scott Schactler for a free introduction to Northwest CrossFit's new Greenlake Running Club on Sunday the 24th at noon. Topics covered will be efficient running mechanics and proper speed and endurance development programming. If you are looking to run faster, longer, and injury free, or simply looking for a community of like-minded runners, this clinic is for you. Plus, it's free! There will be a combination of lecture and drills, so come prepared to learn and practice! Email Jeff Bates for additonal info... jbates@eracepoverty.org

Hey CrossFitters, The gym will be closed on Christmas eve and Christmas day so we all can enjoy time with friends and family. Take the time to relax, enjoy and get rested so we can hit it hard again on the 26th! The gym will also be closed on New Years Day. Happy Holidays.

Northwest CrossFit will be closed on Thanksgiving day and will have a 9am and 10am class on Friday. Normal scheduled classes will begin again on Saturday at both Northwest CrossFit location. Have a great holiday with friends and family and we'll see you back at the gym for more fun CrossFit training after the feast.

Join us for a very special Halloween "Trick or Treat" Hopper Workout at Noon this Saturday at Northwest CrossFit Greenlake. The workout will involve crossing streets and running to multiple locations around the Gym so all children must be accompanied by an adult, please. There will be NO morning classes at the Greenlake gym in preparation for the Noon workout. The Bellevue gym will have normally scheduled morning classes. A little note about "the hopper." -- If you've been doing CrossFit for a while you probably know all about the hopper. It illustrates, in part, what fitness mean to us. It's a type of fitness that prepares us for the unknown and unknowable, one that does not overly favor one metabolic pathway over another. Image a big hopper into which we could put all the possible athletic tasks imaginable and then randomly draw one out at a time. How the athletes performed at these randomly chosen tasks would be an accurate measure of relative fitness. But really we're not so concerned with how fit you are compared to others we're concerned with how and where we can improve your fitness and the hopper is a way of thinking about this. I'm sure you're like me ...

Thanks to all our members that came out and participated last Saturday in the CrossFit Fight Gone Bad fundraiser! We had approximately 60 people do the workout and everyone did amazingly well with several outstanding personal records. Zak Middleton shattered the 400 barrier with a PR of 412!!, Laura Asbell rocked it on the women's side with a FGB total of 369!! There were many other personal bests as well and it was great to see everyone getting after it. Check out the score board picture below for all the scores. This was the first FGB fundraiser NW CrossFit has put on and it was a huge success thanks to you. We raised approximately $5,500 for charity which more than doubled our fund-raising goal. Yay!! I've uploaded a gallery of pictures from the event which can be seen on the photo page.

One Day. One Workout. One Purpose. Fight Gone Bad isn't just a benchmark Crossfit workout. Over the past 3 years it has become a very powerful fundraising event. The first three additions of Fight Gone Bad have raised a combined total of more than $1 million to provide funding for Athletes for a Cure and the Wounded Warrior Project. Your support will help fund valuable scientific research to find a cure for prostate cancer, as well as help severely injured service men and women receive the support they need to transition to civilian life.Through the community of Crossfit has shown what a small, totally committed group of people can accomplish when they put their mind and body to work. NWCrossfit, like many affiliates all over the world, will host a Fight Gone Bad IV workout on Saturday, September 26 at 2pm at the NWCF Bellevue gym. For those who don't know, FGB is a workout where you move from each of five stations on the minute. Once all 5 stations are completed there is a there is a one minute break. The workout is three rounds. The clock never stops. One point is given for each rep/calorie. Wallball: 20 pound ball, 10 ft target. ...