- Athlete of the Month - Kim Riggs!
- Committed Club Winner for August 2023
- Athlete’s Corner
- New CrossFit Preferred Monthly Challenges
- CrossFit Preferred Calendar of Events!
- The Preferred Experience Podcast
- Welcome New Members
- Birthdays & Member Anniversaries
Athlete of the Month - Kim Riggs!
This months member spotlight goes out to Kim Riggs! 🥳👏🏻Kim has been with CFP for a little over a year but she’s been doing CrossFit for 10 years! She loves the fact that she can just show up and do the work, without having to plan.. She says, “ I like pushing myself and CrossFit naturally provides that opportunity.”
CrossFit has helped Kim in all aspects of her life. “I feel like it’s sort of paying it forward to yourself to stay active.” 🏃🏻♀️💪🏻
To get to know Kim a little better we asked her to share some unique facts that we might not know about. “I have been married for 21 years and have 4 kids, 19, 17, 16, &12. I have a nursing degree and played soccer but being a mom is the most challenging and rewarding thing I have ever done.”
We asked Kim what advice she would give someone who is thinking about starting their fitness journey, Here’s what she said. “I would recommend CrossFit to anyone who’s thinking about it. I have been in classes with 8 year olds to 80 year olds. Everything is scalable! Don’t be intimidated, and always come back no matter how sore you are. CrossFit is a worldwide gym that becomes part of your family.”
Kim, we love having you in our classes. You’re strong with crazy endurance! Keep it up!
The August Committed Club winner is Kacie Garrison!
CONGRATULATIONS KACIE!!
Kacie has won $50 worth of product credit to use in our retail area.
Your $50 retail credit will be applied in Wodify!
We love seeing all of you work towards attending at least 15 classes or doing at home workouts in a month!
Learn more about the Committed Club
https://crossfitpreferred.com/august-2023-committed-club-who-made-the-cut/
Athletes Corner
Congratulations to Coach Andrew for getting a new job at Banner health in their Banner Neuro Wellness.
Congratulations to Baron and Allie's engagement!
The Preferred Experience Podcast
Did you know that CrossFit Preferred has a podcast! It is available on any of your favorite podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and many more!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0l5Z2ZzYZ7rtbMhJtY1mk1?si=e43bef5fb5a1…
CrossFit Preferred Calendar of Events
New CrossFit Preferred Monthly Challenges
Monthly Challenges: Each month there will be a new challenge that we can all participate in together!
Congratulations to everyone that participated in the AB Challenge in August! Vadim Zaliznyak has won the drawing for August! Vadim you have won $50 in retail credit!!
October monthly challenge….is going to be a step up challenge! 😃🥳🍑
You may be asking why Step-ups?! We are training to get us ready for our Veteran’s Day (November 11th) Hero WOD “Chad”. 😎
Chad was created in honor of Navy SEAL Chad Wilkinson and is performed across the world to raise awareness for suicide prevention.
The workout “Chad” is 1,000 box step-ups for time, wearing a 45/35 pound ruck pack/vest.
Each week through the month of October we will accumulate step ups, the step ups goal will be different each week.
🍑Week 1 - 10/1-10/7 - Accumulate 200 step-ups
🍑Week 2 - 10/8-10/14 - Accumulate 400 step-ups
🍑Week 3 - 10/15 - 10/21 - Accumulating 600 steps-ups
🍑Week 4 - 10/22 - 10/28 - Accumulating 800 steps-ups
The step ups can be performed on a 20” box. If you are planning on performing Chad weighted then the challenge reps should be weighted as well, but not a requirement.
Any step-ups performed throughout the week will count towards your weekly total. They can be in a workout, at the gym, from home, outside, anything counts! 🥳
Halloween Costumes for all classes October 31st, 2023
"Chad" Hero WOD Saturday November 11th, 2023 8:00am & 9:00am
Desert City Classic Competition November 10th-11th, 2023
Looking for an event to challenge you?! Checkout the Desert City Classic!
https://www.desertcityclassic.com/
November 10th-11th at ASU Sun Devil Fitness Complex
Desert City Classic is Arizona's biggest Fitness Competition - Bringing together our love for Community, Fitness, and Fun into an action-packed Fitness Competition.
Desert City Classic is a comprehensive test of fitness for all levels of athletes for two days. Any athlete from the Beginner athlete to Elite athletes will face an appropriately designed test for their division and fitness level.
With experienced event and athlete programming from Self Made Training Program, Desert City Classic has partnered with Taylor Self (@selfmadetrainingprogram), J.R. Howell (@crossfitcrash), and Brian Friend (@bfriendlyfitness) to deliver the best test of fitness and athlete experience for all divisions.
Individual Divisions:
- Elite
- Rx
- Intermediate
- Beginner
- Masters Age 40+
- Grand Masters Age 50+
3-Person Same Sex Team Divisions:
- Elite
- Rx
- Intermediate
- Beginner
Spartan Race Trifecta Weekend November 18-19th, 2023
https://race.spartan.com/en/race/detail/7950/overview
Join our group for a fun weekend of racing!! There will be Sprint Distance (5K), Super Distance (10K) and Beast Distance (Half Marathon)
This is the time to start training to get in your best shape for this fun weekend!
Fall Festival Saturday November 18th, 2023 - Save the Date! More Details to Come!!
New Members for August
Jo Shipman
Kalyssa Cauthen
Mike and Adden Jarman
Birthdays & Member's Anniversaries
Ashley Bruno September 7th
BJ Castro September 9th
Jessica Dixon September 10th
Becky Preece September 11th
Jo Shipman September 18th
Brian Fleming September 19th
Maya Rorke September 20th
Matt Olson September 22nd
Jessica McMurtry September 26th
Austin Nguyen September 29th
7 Years!
Amy Hunsaker
Jason Hunsaker
4 Years!
Kacie Garrison
Travis Trible
3 Years!
Anna Wisiewski
2 Years!
Ravi Teja Gadde
Monica Johnson
1 Year!
Jessica McMurtry
Dylan Zucco