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It’s that time of year again. The seasons they are a changing. Running workouts are back on the table, the 6am classes flirts with daylight, vacations are on the horizon, and your training schedules start to change.

This winter we put in a 1pm class at your requests. It was a great apres ski time. But now, it’s an eye sore. It’s smack in the middle of the day, and it seems to no longer be a desired class time. I am going to move that class time back to 11:15am. As always, I anticipate any kind of schedule change met with some back lash. But, hopefully this time around, there are more yay’s than nay’s.

I eluded to this earlier, running is now on the table. And regardless of your fitness level, it’s pretty easy to do a little damage if your body isn’t ready. Trust me when I say, you are not ready. Don’t get me wrong, I believe all of you are fit enough to do a half marathon tomorrow. But, i surely wouldn’t recommend it! When you do hit the trails for the first time, keep both your volume and intensity on the light side. 5km would be a little on the high side. I dare you to run for 5-10 minutes. I also dare you to revisit your pose running drills before you go for that run. And, I triple dog dare you to run to a metronome.

Schedule:
If you looked ahead, you’ll see classes on both saturday and sunday. I hope to keep the volume of classes up during the next couple of weeks. Sunday we have an olympic weightlifting class. I’ve done this for a couple of reasons. I love weightlifting! We all can use more practice in the lifts. We are on thin ice with noise complaints with the liquor store, and they are closed on sundays. I will try to keep this going as long as it’s well attended.

For this week, and maybe next, I will add a running class on sunday before weightlifting. It’ll be a way to create and refresh your pose running skills.

Saturday there’s now 2 classes. Open gym, and a team WOD. I am open to adding more, if the demand is there. But, after 4 years of operating, I do have plenty of evidence that shows an early morning class, and a late class is good in theory, but poorly attended. If enough of you convince me otherwise, I’m willing to see if history is bound to repeat itself. I am all ears.

It is more than important to know that Crossfit, and training in general, requires rest and recovery. So, in short, that means I do not want to see you more than 5 days/week. PERIOD. There can be exceptions, there are always exceptions to rules, but keep that mind when scheduling yourself in. I will discuss training schedule in detail, but I will save that for another post. In the meantime, pleas, do not overdue it!

Jordan

Oh, and before I forget. There is a new website in the making. If you experience a few glitches sometime soon, it’s most likely because the website is being switched over. You can always access the schedule via the mindbody site:

https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/adm/home.asp?studioid=4472

or you can try your luck on crossfitwhistler.ca
However, the website will officially live in the exact place it does now. It will remain a .com site, so there’s no need to change your bookmarks.

Amanda and I want to send a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you! We were blown away by your generosity! (Sorry for all the explanation points, but I mean it!) Upon our arrival to Kenya, Michelle informed us that there was a gift waiting for us. It was a photographer for our wedding. In case you are not sure what that meant to us, and what it entailed, here it is:

A photographer followed us through our wedding day and provided us with over 600 photos. He was there to shoot us individually as the Masai tribe picked us up from our respective tents. From there to throughout our ceremony. From ceremony to reception, and from reception to our Tribal BBQ Bush Dinner. Needless to say the photos and those memories will last a lifetime!

We have a list of people of whom to thank. But, Michelle’s not too sure if there’s a name or 2 missing. If you’re missing, please let us know, we don’t want to leave you out!
Tyler Mills
Don
J Dub
Allison Sewall
Ru Mehta
Jess Smith
Larisa
Joey Houssain
Lisa Nguyen
Meredith Hodder
Judith Fletcher
Jayde Quilty
Sophie
Yoko
Nicole Leddy
Candice Masson
Phil Gaudin
Karine Sera
Pat Dagg
Jane Hague
Eloise Eaton
Teresa McVety

And of course Michelle Leroux who helped organize!

Once, again, we can’t thank you enough! Proof that this community is more than just a gym, more than just a job. It’s a huge part of our life, and we are more than grateful that you all are a part of it.

Jordan and Amanda Steel

We’ve got some sweet new Hoodies! They arrived last week, as most of you know since we’re already limited in sizes. If you are interested, get in there quick before the sizes are all gone!

Some of you have been asking when the new shorts will be arriving. And the word on the street is imminent. We hope to see them in a week’s time.

And the last piece we are working on are new T-shirts. They are still a while away. A month will be pushing it. If it’s anything like the hoodies, when boxes show up, they’ll be no hiding them.

Jordan

After almost 3 weeks away from coaching and training, it’s great to be back! The only difference now is that we have the regionals to look forward to! Congrats to Steve, Ray, and the CrossFit Whistler Team that has nailed down their opportunity to compete with the best of the west at the Regional Qualifiers, as the last step to make it to the CrossFit Games. Yes, it’s kind of a big deal! The event is 4 weeks away, April 27-29th at the Richmond Oval.

A few things here to be reminded of:

The gym will be closed that weekend.
Cheerleaders will be required to fuel our athletes!
Volunteers are always the key to even making the event happen, if you are interested please let me know.
And, we need to solidify the roster for the team. 3 men and 3 woman. Your interest, combined with your performance in the open (as well as overall CrossFit competency) will help Steve and I determine who will make the roster. Which will be no easy decision!

Lastly, I am often asked about when we’ll start running again in our programming? Let’s just say, Mother Nature is highly unpredictable, but start getting yourself prepared. It could happen any day!

Jordan

Friday’s class will once again be the Open WOD. So for those that are registered be sure to prep accordingly, if you can’t make Friday there will be Saturday morning at 10:30 but the 6:00pm class will be cancelled.

We will have to run heats for the workout so please be sure to arrive on time and ready to hit it hard to cheer! It’s going to be a fun one

Steve

Small change in plans, but the SKiNS event has moved to Thursday night. Which, also happens to be on the same night as the Paleo Potluck Dinner going down at the UBC Hostel in Nordic. I am hoping the change of events will encourage everyone to do both! Get some gear at 50% off, and head over for a social gathering of great culinary proportions.

If it’s anything like the last time we had a potluck, prepare to have some of the best food of your life. Honestly, it’s better than any restaurant you can go to. Huge variety, quality (Paleo) ingredients, and best of all, someone willing to share the recipe and tell you how they prepared it.

The paleo potluck is an event that Jayde created on facebook. Yes, there I go again, telling you about how to stay in the loop with all things Crossfit Whistler. You don’t have to be doing the paleo challenge to join the potluck, but, you do have to bring something paleo to participate!

Jordan

I would like to know, by way of your voice, what you’d like! Not that long ago I posted about having a paleo nutrition talk, and I had one response. So, I assumed there wasn’t an interest. Apparently, I am dead wrong! In the last 48hours, I’ve had a ton of people ask when I’m going to do my next talk. My answer was, I had no plans because there was no interest. So, I’m going to give you another chance to get what you want. I have set aside a few hours in my schedule on Monday evening. From 7-9pm, is when I “Could” do another talk. If you are interested, comment below. I’m looking for a minimum of 8.

Speaking of comments. I need to know if you’ll be coming to the SKinS Event. We need to place a minimum order for us to get the deal. So, if you are coming (You don’t have to commit to purchasing), please let me know. Some of you joined the facebook event, so I already know you’re coming. But if not, please comment below to let us know your intentions.

Overall, the common theme here is that everything we do here is for you. All of you help guide and influence the decisions we make on all levels. Often the blog is a great forum for this, but, not the only one. Don’t be shy! The culture should be: speak and be heard, or you wind up following the herd!

Looking forward to your replies,

Jordan

There’s so much going on right now, it’s hard for me to keep up. The gym is busier than ever! We’ve got the CrossFit Games Open! A Paleo Challenge! 50% off SKins Compression Event! Free Range Organic Eggs! And plenty of exclamation marks to go around!

For all of you who are hip facebookers, you well ahead of the curve. Crazy thought, but nowadays, the more you stay glued to technology, the more you know.

First thing is first! There’s a Paleo Challenge on the go. It started today…….or on the 15th. Jayde has spearheaded the charge, and there’s a way for everyone to participate. Join the facebook group to get started. It’s really simple, challenge yourself to make a positive change in the way you eat. And just in case you weren’t aware, a paleo diet is a macronutrient agnostic way of eating. In english, Paleo does not mean high fat, or high protein, or high carb. So if you think a paleo diet isn’t for you, I’m willing to challenge you on that. And so is everyone else doing the 30 day challenge. It’s written on the whiteboard, “You can’t exercise your way out of a poor diet”. Well, it’s time to find out first hand what it’s like to get whole picture of health. Not just half.

Did I mention a 50% off deal on compression gear. I am surprised that there hasn’t been more buzz about this one. Maybe I am not selling it very well. Maybe my previous pitch of Men in tights was the wrong angle to get you enticed. Perhaps I need to discuss the function aspect, not the fashion side, so here goes:
There are a number reasons why you fail to get another rep in a workout. The most obvious one is lack of oxygen, and lack of nutrients going in and waste products going out of muscle. No fuel means no more reps for you. Compression gear is designed to help blood flow in and out of the muscle. An increase as small as 5% is a big deal in the world we live in.

The date is Tuesday, and it’s not exclusive to the members of the gym. So you are welcome to bring a friend. Come in to try on the gear, meet our SkiNs Sales rep, and see if it’s something you’re interested in. Talk to anyone who uses compression, and you’ll find out they all own more than one piece. They like it! It works. And it works for recovery, as well as performance. There is an event created on facebook, but, it’s as simple as showing up on tuesday at 6:00pm.

And lastly, we’ve got eggs! Albeit not all that many. Every tuesday Rootdown Organics have been dropping off approximately 15 dozen eggs. We are letting them go on a first come first serve basis. There’s nothing more appropriate than eating locally produced foods. And they are delicious

I am going to sneak a little rant in here, as there’s a lot of you who are pretty new to the gym as well as some of the policies and procedures that go along with being a member here. And, what happens when you can’t make a class, what do you do? We’d love, if you can, to cancel online. But, I can appreciate that when you run out of town to come to a class, you probably run out of time to get on the computer to cancel. Although texting me seems like a great idea, it only works if I am coaching the class. The more appropriate thing to do is call the gym number, at 604 935-2500. Then, you are off the hook. If you have my number I am open for business 24/7, but within reason. Don’t feel like you can’t call, or text. I like knowing that you have someone there who is willing to help, listen, or whatever. But in the above case, you are responsible for your own booking, in and out of classes. If you have texted me, don’t feel like I am calling you out, I am putting it online because it happens more than you’d think. Plus, I’ll be away for 2 weeks, and when I am gone, those texts won’t be all that helpful for Steve and Jayde.

Good luck this week to all athletes competing this week. From burpees to snatches.

Jordan