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We are super excited to announce that we will be adding some new classes to our schedule. As we continue to grow as a business and community we are constantly looking for valuable new ways to expand our offering and make this the best possible place for you all to exercise. We’ve learned a lot over the years and have also seen, heard, and read a lot about the fitness landscape. While traditional CrossFit will always be out bread and butter, we understand that some of you would love to see some different options at Champlain Valley CrossFit. We recently added our Movement and Aerobic Capacity class. In addition we understand that for some past, present, and current members, our traditional CrossFit classes aren’t an ideal fit. These new classes will be something quite different, and they will also lower the barrier of…

We’ve been a bit behind getting this together, but we’re getting some new tops printed. Sorry ladies and gents, just T-shirts and 3/4 Baseball Tees for now. Order will be going in this coming Monday, May 9th. Everything is being printed on Bella Unisex Shirts, same thing we’ve printed on for years so sizing is the same as the past. Please put in your order on the Google Docs spreadsheet HERE. 3/4 Basebell Hawks T-shirts will be as pictured (note the shirt will be Red with Red Print not, Pink with Pink Print). We will be printing the Hawks Logo also in T-shirts in the same color scheme as the “Plain” shirt. Don’t wait, put your name down, it’ll take 60 seconds, don’t wait, forget, and then miss out.

Movement and Aerobic Capacity Coach Jason Wolstenholme will be leading this new class at CVCF. 15 min of Movement instruction for the Endurance athlete and anyone looking to gain better understanding of how their bodies should be able to move. 25-35 minute Aerobic conditioning/Met-con designed to help individuals find their ideal aerobic training zone. This will be outside and use a combination of Kettlebells, Medicine Balls, Agility and of course, Running. Why Is This Type of Training Important? If CrossFit is your only exercise you are building an amazing engine that runs on mostly glycogen (sugar). While this is in short supply, you probably don’t run out unless you are doing a WOD like Murph. The two factors that probably slow you down the most are the acidic environment around your muscle cells and your brain anticipating you will run out of sugar….

We just finished off a block of programming this past week, and then Open also ended last week. What the means, we are jumping into a new block of programming. Often, after certain blocks of programming we take 1-2 weeks to hit a bunch of “random” stuff, but we are going to be jumping right back into another block. While I don’t program our gym for the Open, that doesn’t mean we don’t focus on specific movements and elements throughout the year. As always we are looking to help turn you all into well rounded fit athletes.  The Fitness programming will be more geared towards our foundational movements, improving raw strength, and keeping the skill side of things lower. The Sport programming will continue to embody the wide range of what CrossFit has to offer including most everything there is aside from the high…

Yeah that’s right, can you believe it, the Open is already here. Wow time flies, it seems like just yesterday my nerves were jacked up thinking about what the workout was going to be, waiting on pins and needles on Thursday night. This will be Champlain Valley CrossFit’s 6th year competing in the CrossFit Open. That’s right, the 6th year, we’ve partaken in the Open every year that it has run, and have been fortunate enough to be graced with some incredible talent in our gym. That incredible talent has helped get individuals and teams to the Regionals and the CrossFit Games every single year we’ve participated, and I’m confident we’ll do the same again this year. I don’t think there are more than a handful of gyms in the world that can say the same. With each year of the Open comes…