While August is usually a slow month, we continue to increase our CrossFit community. CrossFit Cheshire would like to welcome our newest members: Gene F, Lauren G and Andrea K. Gene is is being personally trained by Coach Dillon …

After a Saturday afternoon of hard labor, CFC member Steve C pretty much single handedly built our “Honest Wall Ball” station. This is a 2 stage project. The 10 foot station is now complete and ready for action, while he needs additional time to calculate how the 8 foot section will be assembled …

STOMACH CONTENT RECEPTACLES AKA PUKE BUCKETS
For those of you who may experience occassional temporary stomach distress or nausea during the course of strenuous exercise or extreme exertion, we have accessed our limited resources to provide you with properly marked receptacles for this specific purpose …

Our first month in business saw a big membership boost! CrossFit Cheshire would like to welcome our newest members: Steve C, Mark O, Amy V, Kathy K and her daughter Amy F, Frank C, and Ben T. All seven have completed their On Ramp sessions and have begun hitting both the WODs and the CrossFit Chaos classes hard! Please introduce yourselves to them when you see them in the gym and welcome them to the Cheshire CrossFit family.

A bird’s eye view of Mark, Amy F, …

I would just like to remind you, now that you are CrossFit training, you will begin to see results, some obvious and some subtle.

One way to track results is to simply have someone take a photograph of you in your bathing suit (or whatever!) — front and back — and then take another photograph in 90 days. A picture is worth a thousand words, as they say.

The scale helps, but as we have already discussed, losing fat while gaining lean muscle mass will not be accurately reflected on a scale;…

Frank tenaciously tackles the workout at the end of his 2nd On Ramp session, which covered the deadlift, back squat, and front squat.  Frank hit it hard, as usual, and was soaked by the end of the session.  Great effort, Frank, you will do well here and we are proud to have you!

One of our newest members, Mark, came in for his first WOD after completing his three (3) on-ramp sessions. He joined Pam and Linda for an intense workout that left everyone sweating and gasping for breath. Great effort by all!