It's here, it's here, CFM Kidz Korner!

CFM KIDZ KORNER

Well, it’s finally here!

CrossFit Youth (ages 6-11)

Mon and Thurs 8:30 am (effective July 5, 2010)

Mon and Thurs 6:00 pm (effective July 12, 2010)

I really wanted to start this on July 5^th, but I have already made a commitment to coach the sports camps at church. So, the afternoon sessions will be available July 12 and on.

CrossFit Teen (ages 12-17)

Will fall into our regular scheduled CFM Classes

I have been asked over and over and over when do we get to have CrossFit for our children. When are you going to start a children’s program? Can my child try this also? So you ask and you shall receive.

Effective Monday July 5, 2010, I will start coaching a CrossFit youth program here at CrossFit Michiana. To make this as cost effective as possible we have come up with a punch card system for our children. The punch cards will have 12 punches and be sold for $60.00. The way it works is you will pre-buy the punch card. Your child will bring their card to class and I will punch a hole showing they have used one of their days. I know that kids schedules are constantly changing so it is not required that your child attend all classes in a given month.

I will not only be working with your child in reference to healthy exercise but I will be incorporating healthy eating habits into our classes. What we teach our children today, makes them who they are in the future.

The pricing for CrossFit Teens will be the same as CrossFit Youth; these kids will feed into our regular CrossFit classes. We will limit each CF class to 4 teens, so get your spots NOW!

So, if you have ANY questions, please DO NOT just respond to this e-mail. You need to e-mail me at carole-stevens@sbcglobal.net , and I will take good care of you!

Thanks,

Carole Stevens

www.CrossFitMichiana.com

I'm Addicted to Sugar

Sunday evening I am sitting in my living room stuffed full of every sugary carbohydrate that my house has to offer. I decided instead of throwing it all away, I would "eat" it all away! I was SO very sick. So, I decided right then and there it HAS TO STOP! I spend my day's coaching all of you on nutrition and help guide you along the path of eating correctly and found myself hoarding sugar like a drug addict looking for his next fix.

SO, I decided to put myself out there in front of my Spartans and let them know what I was going to do to "break my sugar habit!" I woke up Monday morning hungover as hell, sugar was seeping out of my pores and sent an e-mail to my Spartans to let them know that for the next two weeks, NO chai latte's for Carole Stevens!

I had asked that my Spartans join me in this challenge and at any given moment to test me and remind me that I cannot have a chai. I need the accountability of my fellow Spartans. So, I heard from a few of them. Crystal, who I am putting out there today has decided to give up sugar for the next two weeks. I will have her back.......and what I love about CrossFit is that I know she will have mine!

Here's to all my Spartan's and the next two weeks, work hard and we will play hard.

Here are Crystal's own words on how the Spartan Challenge has changed her:

"The Spartan Challenge has been a blessing in disguise for me. Physically, I have already dropped one dress size and my family and friends have noticed changes in my appearance as well. My friend, Holli, actually told me that since I have been doing the challenge that she has seen a change in my appearance. She commented how much younger I looked. That was such a nice compliment. However, in actuality I do feel younger because I am stronger and I have more energy. I have also noticed muscles in places I have never seen before. I am lifting more weight now then I have ever done my entire life. During my workouts, I am able to push myself and use heavier weights. I also shaved 5 minutes off my time from last year on the Memorial Day Murphy workout.

Mentally, I feel secure, energetic, alert, and determined. As a Spartan Challenge member, it has given me the determination to push myself and strive for goals. I use to look at the workouts of the day and wonder if I would make it through, now I look at the workouts with the mindset of "I am ready, let's go!" I also look at my fellow Spartans and I see them pushing themselves, reaching their goals, and/or exploring unfamiliar territories they have never seen before and that motivates me mentally to keep fighting. They are my mentors and I appreciate all of them!

Spartan Challenge has also helped me emotionally. It has taught me to fight fear straight on. I have decided that I will not succumb to fear and/or give up. I will not let life pass me by or watch myself wilt away. I want to be able to enjoy my time here with my family and friends.

I am grateful that I signed up for the Spartan Challenge.

Crystal Lam"

You know your CrossFit when.....

You do a push press with your 13 yr old daughter to retrieve a football from the roof............

So, this weekend I had some eye opening experiences! Some, that were blatantly brought to my attention and some that just after the fact made me realize I might be obsessed with CrossFit. I use obsessed lightly here as we all know that you just can't help it.

So, coming home from the Spartan workout on Saturday I received a call from Brooke...she was taking a bike ride and wanted to show me how quickly you could get to the river from our apartment. So, I ran in the house, grabbed Alvin, and met Brooke outside for our adventure. We were walking home from our little adventure and lo and behold there were two children outside playing and their football had landed on the roof and it was stuck. I took the smallest child and tried to hold him up to reach the football and he was too short. So, the next child I put on my shoulders and told him to stand up...he was petrified - still no football. So, I looked at Brooke and said "We have to do this!"...she passed Alvin to the boys and I told her this: "ok, I am going to do a squat, climb on my back" so she did, straddling my shoulders I easily stood up with my 110 lb "back squat". She couldn't reach the football, so I told her "I am going to do a push press, when I press you over my head I need you to grab the gutter, hold onto the gutter and pull yourself up to the football!" So, I then push pressed my beautiful daughter and saved the day!

Bragging to your boyfriend, he tries to one up you with a story about muscle ups and diapers.....

So, on our way to South Haven later Saturday afternoon I decided to relive my push press experience and started bragging to Jim about pressing Brooke over my head. This is what he said to me, "That's nothing, when I went to buy Gabby diapers this morning there were no size 6's on the shelf in the front so I had to do a muscle up on the shelf in WalMart in order to reach the diapers in the back!" Oh, ok so my 110 push press was nothing compared to a muscle up....I should have known.

Your at the park with your child and you tell her to go get on the pull up bar....she quickly turns her head and says, "Mom, those are MONKEY BARS!"........

Yeah, true story....Saturday evening we were enjoying the fun and sun at South Haven and because you just can't help it when you see them, practicing our pull-ups on the monkey bars. There is nothing better in the world than showing up all those rugrat kids doing kipping pull-ups on monkey bars at the park. You don't think I'm crazy now, do you?

So, yeah...Is CrossFit an addiction? Have you ever tried doing your CrossFit moves somewhere other than the gym? How does CrossFit apply to your every day life?

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