Another happy customer

Here is a testimonial from one of our clients.  Adam and Heather trained here through the Christmas season and where a pleasure to have as part of our community.  Come back soon guys.

"I was lucky enough to train with Jason in December over the Christmas holidays when I was home for a visit. It was my first introduction to CrossFit... what an amazing experience! It was an awesome combination of a first class trainer and a first class facility. I highly recommend Jason and his gym to anyone...no matter their current fitness level or weight lifting experience."

Thanks again Jason,

Heather

Matt Hartery

Big congrats to Matt Hartery for completing his first Rx WOD today!  Well done Matt, love watching you progress on a daily basis.

Get on Camera

Hey guys,

We will have a professional photographer taking pictures of our facility and of your training.  This will be done on Saturday Feb 18 from 11-1.  It's a two hour class and we will be doing a fun benchmark WOD for the camara.  Bring your biggest smiles and get on camera!

The Open

What is our second favorite season of the year (after Christmas, of course)... The OPEN SEASON!!! And we don't mean hunting, Brett;)

The CrossFit Games Open starts Febuary 22nd, registration opens Febuary 1st. Our goal is to have 306 well represented in The Open, Regionals and The Games. This can only happen with the whole communtiy participating, because together we are stronger! Starting Febuary 25th, and the following 4 Saturdays, we will be hosting an all day throwdown with pot-luck. So come support our athletes, participate in the Wod and cheer on our fellow teammates! Join an estimated 100000 CrossFit athletes worldwide. Sign up, compete and lets represent Reebok CrossFit 306!

Check out the crossfit Games link: games.crossfit.com/

Cleanse Group

Cleanse Group: Tomorrow we will weigh-in and take measurements. If you don't have a chance to get into the gym, no problem! Since most of you participated in the throw-down this weekend, we will take today off and pick up tomorrow! Happy cleansing!

Throwdown Success

Well, you did it - your first crossfit competition at 306:)!  I want to thank all of the ladies that participated - so inspiring to see you work so hard, doing extra WODs to ensure that you could get them all in.  Great job to everyone, because you all actually did the WODs...I hope that you enjoyed them and had fun pushing hard this weekend.  Rest up and we will see you next week!

New Classes Added

We are very excited to announce that we are adding classes to our schedule.  As of Monday, January 09, 2012, we will be offering the following classes:

Monday/Wednesday/Friday - 6:00am
Tuesday/Thursday - 7:00pm
Saturday/Sunday - 9:00am

As our community grows, we will continue to offer new class times.  On another note, be sure to register for our Grand Opening Celebration on line.  Tell your friends...it will be a great afternoon with WOD demos, paleo food and 3rd place finisher at the Games - Rebecca Voight! 

January cleanse group

Monday evening at 7:00pm will be the first group meeting for our cleanse group.  It's all ladies this time, and an amazing group.  I am so excited to see how the cleanse will work for each of you.  The December group did an amazing job and they look and feel great.  We will go through all of the products and the process with you.  We will take before pictures and measurements and then you will start your program on Tuesday.  If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact me.  Looking forward to it!  See you tomorrow!

Welcome 2012...New Years traditions

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  We hope that you had a great holiday season - lots of good family, friends, food and WODs;).  I love New Years.  Not for the late night champagne toasts (I can barely stay up that late), but because it marks a fresh start.  We can look at the past year and reflect on what we learned, smile on some memories, perhaps cringe on a few.  Then, we can look ahead and plan for the year.

We started a tradition probably 10 years ago now, where we do family goal setting.  These aren't New Year's resolutions, but measurable goals that we want to achieve in all areas of our lives.  We have a family white board that we write the goals on and hang it up in our office.  We look at what we want to achieve in our relationships, physically, spiritually, financially, etc.  It is funny, but when we put 'date night once per month' on our goal board, we are more committed to making it happen.  We want to able to check off our goals at the end of the year, so we look at our board regularly and check in on our progress.  It is amazing how well it works.

It is great to use this same philosophy in CrossFit.  The WOD journals are a great tool to set goals and track your progress.  It is fun to check in and look back, even a month and see how far you have come.  I find it helpful to keep me positive and celebrate my accomplishments and motivate me to keep striving for more.

What are your New Years traditions?   We would love to hear what you do.  Post your thoughts to our comments section - We would love to see what others do :)

We wish you nothing but health, happiness and success in 2012! 

Happy New Year! Schedule info...

Happy New Year Everyone!  We hope that we will see you for our NYE WOD at 10:30am.  That is the only class of the day.  We will be closed on New Year's Day and on January 02nd, we will have 2 classes - one at 11am and one at 12 pm.  Then, that is enough of all this holiday fun and we are back to regular schedule;).  See you tomorrow!

Canadian Ladies of CrossFit - THROWDOWN!

There is a group of 3 women; Michelle Letendre (Canada East), Louise Hodge (Canada West), and Erica Livett (Canada West) that all train and compete in CrossFit, 2 at the Games level.  They have a mission to grow the sport of CrossFit among women in Canada.  They have created a group to support each other, share successes and challenges as well as host some friendly competitions.  

They have just announced the 1st competition is taking place on January 14th and 15th.  It is structured much like the open last year, where you need to compete at an affiliate or send a video in to be judged.  They will announce the WODs in the morning of the 14th and you have until the evening of the 15th to submit a score.  There will be 50 women from the East and 50 women from the West competing, so let's get our ladies registered to represent the West and support this group.  This is the first event that they are hosting and registration is FREE!  We will program the WODs as the weekend WODs, so you'll be doing them anyways;).  Go to www.crossfitladiesofcanada.yolasite.com  to register and to get more information.  It will be a ton of fun, so please register and let's show them how strong the ladies of Reebok CrossFit 306 are!  If you have any questions, feel free to ask Jason or I at the box.  See you soon!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 306 CREW!!

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today,
at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least
we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so
let us all be thankful."

- The Buddha

During the Christmas season, I always find myself reflecting on life, on the past year and wondering what the new year will bring.  This past year has been nothing short of crazy, including a new baby, a cross-country move, career change, athletic triumphs, closing of a business and starting a new one.  Sometimes, when life feels like it is out of control, all of a sudden, you end up in the place that you are meant to be.

For us, that is here in Saskatoon, at Reebok CrossFit 306.  We are thankful for being in a great city, close to an amazing and supportive family, old friends and new ones.  We are greatful to each of you for welcoming us and building this community with us.  Crossfit has given us so much and we love that we are able to share our passion of sport, health and wellness with you.  Thank you for allowing us to be on this journey with you.  We always say, to quote a wise woman (Debbie O'Rourke), that "CrossFit gives you gifts everyday", and that is so true.  Our gift is to be a part of this journey with each of you.

Thank you all for your thoughtful gifts!  We appreciate them so much and are touched that you did that - just another testament to the quality of the people that we have here.  So, THANK-YOU members at Reebok CrossFit 306!

Remember that there is only one WOD tomorrow (Christmas Eve) at 10:30am - Noon.  Bring out your festive gear and we will enjoy a fun, team workout to kick off Christmas.  We will be closed on Christmas Day, but open Boxing day for 2 classes at 11am and Noon.  Then we return to the regular schedule.  See you in the morning!