Next week Tues and Thurs (6/1 and 6/3) will be "bring a friend to class" days. Have a friend who's been on the fence about CrossFit? Want to show them how awesome and instructive the classes can be? Well, this is a great chance to introduce them to CrossFit Elysium for FREE! We'll run a regular class that anyone will be able to participate in and your friends will get a chance to see what badasses you've all become.

In addition, the month of June is "referral bonus" month for our athletes. Any person you bring in who signs up will be considered a referral. At the end of the month, we'll add up everyone's referrals. Anyone who brings a new athlete in will get a 20% discount on their next month of dues. The person who brings in the MOST referrals will get 50% off their next month! Let's see how many new members we can bring in!

Deadlifts!!!

To our members-

we've had several people drop in expressing interest in joining our family after reading some great reviews on yelp.com! We are formally asking you, our athletes, to take a couple minutes of your time to review us. Please tell others what you love about CrossFit Elysium and let's keep making this place grow! Click on the yelp link in the first sentence to go there directly.

Some hot Elysium women...

Paul and Anthony.

Warmup: CF x 1

strength: overhead squat 3 x 3 reps (15 min max).

metcon:

It's Paul's Birthday! See if you can figure out how old he is. The time cap is a suggestion only- there should be enough time in the class to finish the wod, even if you go beyond the cap.

24 kettlebell swing, 1.5/1 pood

24 box jump, 24in

24 power snatch, 75/55lb

24 chest-to-bar pull ups (yes, these are done exactly as they sound- just the chin over the bar is NOT enough)

24 double unders

2 rds 4 time. 24 minute suggested time cap.

Post loads and times to comments.

Congratulations to Paul who took 34th in the CrossFit Games Southwest Regional Qualifiers this past weekend! For those of you who don't know, this region was comprised of the best of the best athletes from all of the Southwest US (CA, AZ, HI, etc), all people who had qualified from their own sectionals. To even qualify for the regionals is a feat in itself. The Southwest region is arguably the toughest region on the planet, as CA is the birthplace of CrossFit and boasts more affiliates than any other region in the world. Paul has distinguished himself as the 34th fittest man in this entire region by CrossFit's standards. We are lucky to have him as a coach. Lots of pictures to follow!

Warmup: CF warmup x 1

strength: press 3 x 3 reps.

metcon- "Elizabeth"

For time- 21-15-9 reps of 135/95lb squat clean and ring dips.

These are full squat cleans, from the ground each rep. Post loads and times to comments.

Looks like there is going to be a good group of people heading up to UCI this weekend to cheer on Paul at the regional qualifier!

I know that there are several of you already on planning on carpooling up for the drive. Lets all communicate about who and when you are planning on going as to make the most out of the available cars! Below is a schedule of events from the southwest regional info page.