North Shore CrossFit

We will be open on Saturday for the 8am running club and 9am Team workout and closed on Sunday for Memorial Day weekend.  On Monday we are having our 6th Memorial Day Murph and BBQ.

Murph kicks off at 10am on Monday.  Remember, everyone can complete Murph.  Either prescribed, modified or as a team.   As always, there will be a BBQ immediately following the workout.  If you are able please bring food and beverages.  We will have the grills fired up at 11am for a great party.  Bring your friends and family, everyone is welcomed.

Here is a video from last years Murph.  This is going to be the best on yet.

It’s About Time!

Announcing NSCF 4^th Team Challenge!  Click Here to register

Another great opportunity to join some of your fellow NSCF members and show your stuff!

The challenge will consist of 2-3 workouts to be announced 24 hours before.

Date: Saturday, May 21^st

Time: 10:00-1pm

Cost $60 per team

Teams of 3 people (any combination of Male female athletes)

Prizes will be awarded to The top two teams and winning team will have their names added to the NSCF Team Challenge cup and hold bragging rights…at least until team challenge 5 arrives.

Workouts will be designed so that a majority of our members will be able to complete as required but scaling will be allowed but not for placement.

Grand Opening of North Shore CrossFit in Danvers

By Naomi Peirce

High-intensity, community-focused fitness has come to Danvers.

On Saturday, North Shore CrossFit (NSCF), formerly located in Beverly and Topsfield, hosted the grand opening of their new Danvers facility. The day was celebrated with a Team Challenge competition and raffles for both members and non-members.

Eleven teams entered the competition, which began at 10 am. The Team Challenge included three WODs, “The Motherload,” “The 500,” and “WOD 3”. As participants readied themselves for competition, friends and families browsed the vendor tables and admired the new gym facilities.

“There’s a great feel about the place,” said member Scott Berger. “It’s often full of different activities. There might be a CrossFit workout, O-Lifting session, and Grid Iron Training going on at the same time.”

This opinion was echoed by others who enjoyed seeing people from different levels and programs. Friends or family who are in different workout levels can still come at the same time, which is often more convenient.

The friendly atmosphere of the gym is also appreciated by many members.

“[CrossFit] has such a great community,” said new member Liisa Hall. “It’s natural that you want to hang out with your friends and work out at the same time.”

This friendly environment was reflected in the spirited competition of the Team Challenge. Although most participants were in competition mode, there was plenty of encouragement heard from teammates, judges, and spectators.

“The Jerks,” Jimmy Hannon, Mandy Capobianco, and Adam Brown, took an early lead in WOD 1. They got through the first set of wall balls almost a minute ahead of the next team and finished in 11:13.

WOD 2, “The 500” was finished first by “Ninja Turtles” (Marco Martinez, Gregg Spiro, and Lew Conley).

The last WOD required teams to move their team gear through an obstacle course, then do a combined 3000 meter row with Burpee sprints between rowers, and finish by moving the team gear through the course once more. Starts were staggered, allowing teams that did well in the first two WODs a head start in the final round.

First place in the Team Challenge went to “The Jerks,” with a time of 18:13, “Invictus” took second with a time of 18:48, while third went to “Ninja Turtles” with a time of 19:12.

Vendors who were at the event were Hall Family Chiropractic, Paleotrition, Vita Coco, Franson Family Chiropractic, Beadcrable, and Clean Foods, a Paleolithic diet cookbook written by member Diane Frampton.

The day culminated with the Grand Prize drawing for one year of unlimited membership at North Shore CrossFit. The winner was Jake Duckworth, who had stopped by the Grand Opening to check out the gym and was not yet a member. He and his wife have since joined the CrossFit community.

The smiles and laughter mixed with frenzied cheers from members and visitors alike was a true testament to the CrossFit atmosphere: challenging, yet welcoming.

North shore crossfit is ready for the CrossFit Games open!

On March 15^th the first of six workouts will be announced for anyone interested in competing for a spot at the North East regional as an individual, to qualify a nscf team or in the masters division at the games.

Although all the details have not been disclosed by h.q.   Your coaches have been meeting to plan how we will accommodate interested members while keeping it an event our entire community can participate in.

We are planning on running the workouts every Friday at 4:30 and Saturday at 9am.  Although during these 6 weeks the Saturday team workout will be on hold, all members whether interested in qualifying or not can join in on the fun, support their fellow members and get in an extra workout for the week.

Members that are interested in competing must register with H.q. by March 20^th and with us each week, so we can ensure every competitor has their own judge as instructed by H.q.

As more information is revealed we will keep you, our members, up to date on how things will run.

NSCF at the 2009 CrossFit Games.  Let’s work hard to send NSCF back to the games!