Two big announcements for everyone!

1. The Nutrition Challenge winners are...

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Nutrition Challenge. We've seen a lot of positive changes in everyone, including multiple pounds lost, favorable body fat % changes, and drastically increased performances! Hopefully everyone learned a lot about themselves and how to lead a more healthy lifestyle.

Three categories will be awarded- "most points", "best/most BF% change" and "best performance improvement" as measured by improvement in the Cindy workout. The winners are-

TJ Murphy- TJ won the point total category in a close race. He will receive a 30$ gift certificate to Whole Foods. Congratulations TJ, and great work!

Virginia Bays- Virginia just happened to win BOTH of the other categories. She experienced a 6% BF reduction to win that category; that's right, she lost a BF percentage PER WEEK of the challenge. In addition, she went from getting 11 rounds on the Cindy workout with a purple band assisting on her pull ups to... 11 rounds with NO BAND, ie 55 full pull ups!!! For winning two categories, Virginia will receive a 60$ gift certificate to Whole Foods.

Everyone's participation has made it possible for us to purchase two more men's and two more women's kettlebells, as well as install squat pins directly into our pull up rig. This will allow us to accomodate more athletes and these movements and at time. Congratulations to everyone!

2. Alessandra Wall PhD, Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach

Many of you know Alessandra from working out alongside her or from her pregnancy blog posts. What you may not know is she is a licensed clinical psychologist with a busy private practice, and that she specialized in eating disorders and anxiety. Alessandra is now officially available to help anyone with lifestyle, weight loss or eating goals. Her initial consultation is FREE and she is offering a 50% discount for CrossFit Elysium members! She can be found under the "coaches" tab and be reached by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or at the gym.