AFSCrossFit, Andover: Happy Birthday To Us!!

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Some of you have been with us since the very beginning and will remember opening the doors on the 19th April 2010 after working around the clock and praying the yellow paint on the floor had dried (which it did).  We kicked off with Fran and AFSCrossFit was up and running.  The following two years saw us throw Hampshires Fittest and stress me out a lot making things run smoothly.

This year we are going to throw a little BBQ.  No thrills, no spills and other then having to clear the back no stress.  My last couple of posts have focused on moving, about the gym surviving, and about the difficulty the last four years has proven to be in establishing a new business and keeping it going.  You have to look back on what you have done, you have to look at your success but you also have to look at your failures to be able to grow.  I find it true in training as well as in life that being honest with yourself, fronting up to your mistakes and using that knowledge to move forward is something we all find tough to do.

We have been in the new digs for 6 months now and the future is looking bright.  Our classes are getting busier and I can see our little community blossoming beautifully.  Our newest members are being warmly welcomed and brought into the cult I mean fold and the atmosphere in every session is buzzing.  The attitude and application is bearing some serious improvements.  I’m really looking forward to our squat re-test in 3 weeks as technically I have seen some fantastic improvements which is carrying over into our wods and our lifting.

For me the most important part of the gym is fun.  Personally I’m really enjoying coaching the classes.  Each session is providing new challenges for me in terms of delivering our message but each session is full of smiles.  The banter is fantastic and I love seeing the newer guys coming out of their shell and joining in.  One of the goals I set myself when we moved and got cracking in the new gym was to drive our community forward and get more socials.  We are a team and we are a community that is built of friendship, support and motivation.  We are moving in the same direction and working together to get fit.  This drive sadly hasn’t been for everyone but we make no apology for this.  As coach’s and as a gym we have a goals, we have targets that we want to achieve and we want all of you guys to pull with us to achieve them.  With this in mind, and hopefully with an awesome summer just around the corner we will be holding a couple of community days where we would like you to bring a friend to try a WOD with us and the BBQ is going to get fired up a fair bit as always.

So remember the BBQ fires up at 1230 on Sunday 27 April.  You are all warmly welcome.  Bring a burger or whatever paleo food, maybe some beers, the bouncy castle has been booked so bring the kids and let’s put the world to rights.  No politics, no religion allowed lol.

GET AFTER IT TAFS!!!

AFSCrossFit, Andover: Happy Birthday To Us!!