It is hard to imagine that we opened our doors just under 10 months ago. In the past months I have been inspired by so many of you and by what you all have accomplished. Just about all of you came to our affiliate with a totally different background yet all of you have accomplished things that I am sure you never thought possible.

We sometimes forget that the community and the results we see in CrossFit Boxes are not normal for a "gym"... I guess that is why we don't consider ourselves a "gym". We get use to seeing ladies doing pull-ups, deadlifting 200+lbs, the men are expected to be big and strong, muscle-ups are something everyone tries to learn... didn't everyone know your name at your old gym?

The other day I was in total amazement from watching a few athletes go after a workout that it made me think about all the things that our athletes have accomplished. Below is a list of some things that are on the top of my brain... sort of a "best of" moments so to speak. These are the types of things that make doing what we do so fun and a labor of love!

- brandon losing 35lbs and still dropping weight

-  Irene losing 40+lbs since starting with us and that will probably be 50+lbs by the time she reads this.

- Tiffany losing 15+lbs and tons of inches

- Big Ben droppin 20+lbs

- David dropping 10lbs and tons of inches

- Bill & javier gaining 13+ lbs of solid muscle

- First pull ups... 8+ athletes, more then half of which were ladies!

- First muscle ups!! Anthony Kimpo, with other getting crazy close!

- Watching the skinny guys like Bill and Javier work their way up to 315 deadlifts!

- Watching Tiffany build her shoulder up to fully functional from almost nothing is still mind blowing.

- Tiffany getting the first supra 200lb squat for the females and sneaking up on our first female 300lb deadlift!

- Witnessing the development of Coach Stacie... from getting into crossfit only months before we opened to the great coach and athlete she is becoming.

- Brandon getting his level 1

- Brandon getting 10 dead hang pulls a few weeks ago.

- Watching Irene complete Grace with 33lb for her first class ever... then watching her complete Grace at 77lbs a few months later and still getting a faster time!

- Watching Irene do any workout really... she has more fight then any one in this place... including me.

- Working with athletes like Brian, Danielle and Karla who have been crossfitting for some time... but still helping them break into new levels of training that they weren't hitting before.

- Seeing all of you hang out before class and after, the relationships and friendships that have developed are amazing.

- Watching Sherrie become 300% stronger then she was only a few months ago.

- Getting pictures of Javier Clean & Jerking a boulder on his camping trip.

- David sending video of a burpee on top of a mexican pyramid.

- Does any one remember the Left Coast Invitational?

- Karla and Alessandra going from 1 muscle up and now getting multiples in a row.

While there are many more things I could think of and list, I will leave you to remember what you have accomplished so far and what you still want to do!  Our space like all CrossFit facilities... is something special. Sometimes you need to remember that our idea of normal or average is so far beyond what most people consider advanced that we can get down because our numbers aren't jumping as fast as they use to. Keep working hard and keep having fun.

I love this video below. Everything that is said in it could be applied to our gym. Just change it from CrossFit New England to CrossFit Elysium!

Coach P

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