Saturday, March 29, 2008
RAINSTORM VII: FIGHTSTORM
FIGHTSTORM I
(run FGB style)
1. Goblet Squat
2. Wall Ball
3. Press
4. Box Jump
5. Pullup
Adrian D. 258
Adrian H. 293
Andrew 326
Dwinson 276
Jed 238
Jesse 267
John 304
Laura* 298
Marc 267
Marlon* 228
Mike 205
Nate 230
Nick 192
Shelle* 169
Tammy 251
Congrats to Laura, Marlon and Shelle for their first CrossFit workout! Also Nicholas, who had the best kipping pullups for the day! Big thanks again to Jesse and John of Local's Gym for coming by and bringing some toys. My bad about that shadow!
SEE YOU NEXT SATURDAY!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Clean & Jerk
"Grace"
for time:
30 Clean & Jerks
Adrian 3:25*
Andrew 3:10*
Today's finisher was a 'pinching farmer's walk' around the building.
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RAINSTORM THIS SATURDAY!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Rainstorm
The Overhead Squat
Elite level athletes can squat 15 reps with their bodyweight overhead.
21-15-9 reps for time:
OHS, 95 lbs
Pullups
Tammy 5:55*
Nate 8:09*
Mike 4:07*
Andrew 4:13
HQ did an experiment with this. Watch the video here (WMV).
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Article:
"This. Is. Sparta's Workout." - The Bachelor Guy
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Impossible is nothing.
Think about a time when you held yourself back. Don't you usually think "Damn. I could've done better,"? Don't let there be a next time.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
RAINSTORM VI: Rain Harder.
5 rds for time:
30 kb swings
sprint to the stoplight and back (~300m)
Adrian 14:23
Danielle 13:44
Dorian 14:58
Elizabeth 16:02
Eric 10:55
Jessie 16:08
Mike 17:40
Nate 13:24
Tammy 13:04
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Rainstorm VI

Friends, come and join us this weekend for another Rainstorm! We'll be hosting a FREE workout at noon, March 22nd. Bring a friend and come out for some serious fun, Prince-style. Afterwards, why don't we purify ourselves in the waters of Lake Minnetonka?
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The other day a bunch of folk tried Roxanne for the first time. A few who've met her before worked for PRs.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
The 22nd Annual Big Climb for Leukemia
Adrian, Tammy, Marc, Mike, Andrew, Amy, Charlotte, and NateBig congrats to Amy for placing 115 out of 2650 overall (placed 8th in ladies alone, 2nd in her age group!) and to Nate- I owe you lunch! See the rest of the results here.
Great people, good times, wonderful cause. See you next year!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
RAINSTORM V
5-3-1 min for reps
push press
pullups
Great job to Jed, Mike, John and Marc for being crazy!
Big Climb tomorrow! DONATE HERE! (=
Thursday, March 13, 2008
The 10 General Physical Skills
2. Stamina - The ability of body systems to process, deliver, store, and utilize energy.
3. Strength - The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply force.
4. Flexibility - the ability to maximize the range of motion at a given joint.
5. Power - The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply maximum force in minimum time.
6. Speed - The ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement.
7. Coordination - The ability to combine several distinct movement patterns into a singular distinct movement.
8. Agility - The ability to minimize transition time from one movement pattern to another.
9. Balance - The ability to control the placement of the bodies center of gravity in relation to its support base.
10. Accuracy - The ability to control movement in a given direction or at a given intensity.
The first four are improved through training. The last four are improved by practice. The middle two are improved by BOTH training and practice.
Training: the process of bringing a person to an agreed standard of proficiency by practice and instruction
Practice: to do or perform something repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill
The difference is INSTRUCTION!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Free RAINSTORM this Saturday
RSVP: info@foundationcrossfit.com
RAINSTORM IV!
"Tabata Intervals ( 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest repeated 8 times) is applied in turn to the Squat, Rower, Pullups, Sit-ups, and Push-ups with a one minute rotation break between exercises. Each exercise is scored by the weakest number of reps (calories on the rower) in each of the eight intervals. During the one minute rotation time allowed the clock is not stopped but kept running. The score is the total of the scores from the five stations."
Tabata This!
Jessie 34 M
Nate 41
Mike 43
Tiff 53 M
Marc 40
Justin 47
Andrew 63
I made up a Tabata This! alternative mix and posted the link to download on my blog. I also made this nifty little score sheets which I'll put up for download as soon as I can. For now you can email me at Andrew@foundationcrossfit.com.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Brutal
Tabata intervals are defined by doing 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest per found for eight roundsfour minutes. This video shows "bottom-to-bottom" tabata squats. They're as crazy as they look but if you're up for the challenge it's fast, effective, and damn good.
More reading on tabata intervals:
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Hella Filthy

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today's workout, courtesy CrossFit.com
Filthy Fifties
for time:
50 box jumps, 24"
50 jumping pullups
50 kb swings, 16 kg
50 walking lunges
50 knees-to-elbows
50 push press, 45 lbs
50 back ext
50 wall ball shots, 20 lbs
50 burpees
50 double unders
View a video demonstration (Windows Media Player / Quicktime)
post time to comments!
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Heavy legs - It's like walking with kids wrapped around them
400m walking lunge
for time and # of steps
Tiffany 15:09, 398
Andrew 15:10, 374
Mike 16:08, 370
Ann Marie* 13:12, 407
Elizabeth* 11:02, 178
Dan* 14:06, 380
*notes in comments
We finished up with some basic gymnastics work/goofing around (handstands, headstands, forward rolls, dive forward rolls). Good stuff. Expect to see some RAINSTORMS there come summertime!
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Help us out and DONATE to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Donate!
As I've been posting before, Foundation Fitness (now Foundation CrossFit) has a team for The Big Climb for Leukemia in about two weeks. Our goal as a team is to reach $1000. Won't you help us out? It's for a wonderful cause!
To help out:
http://www.active.com/donate/2008bigclimb/foundationfitness
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Grace and little Cindy
Instead, we'll be meeting up on Thursday @ 6:45pm to go run some stairs in preparation for The Big Climb for Leukemia! Let me know if you'd like to join in!

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Tomorrow is a rest day if you're following CrossFit HQ's schedule. They put up a great article: "Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business", by WIRED
READ IT!
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"Grace"
30 c&j, 135 lbs for time
Adrian 4:40
"Little Cindy"
amrap in 10 min
5 pullups
10 pushups
15 squats
Sam 5 rds
Sheena 8 rds
Tiff 9 rds + 5, 8
Nate 6 rds + 3
Mike 8 rds + 5, 4
Marc 11 rds + 5, 3
Andrew 14 rds + 5, 10, 14
Saturday, February 23, 2008
RAINSTORM III
3 rds, one-minute stations:
Double Unders
KB Swings
Push Press
Burpees
Box Jumps
Sheena 234
Sam 118 (2 rds)
Stacie 320
Jessie 281
Melissa 389
Rachel 415
Tammy 405
Marc 267
Nate 289
Mike 309
Wonderful jobs to Rachel (thanks for coming! visit again!) and Melissa (enjoy your time here in Seattle) for doing so well and to Sam (come by more often) and Stacie (hope you enjoy CrossFit) for doing an amazing job on their first workouts!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Adrian came up with this bouncy one
5 rds for time:
15 push press
21 box jumps
Jessie 10:11, 30 lbs DB
Tammy 10:02, 45 lbs BB
Mike 9:44, 50 lbs DB
Adrian 8:31, 95 lbs BB
Andrew 7:13, 70 lbs KB
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
We're back!
(Click to enlarge image)Big thanks to all the trainers- Tony, Pat, Dave, Nicole, Tosh, Lisa, EC, Mike, Jimi, Mallee, Freddy and Adrian for the all work you put in and all that you taught us during those two days.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Happy Valentine's Day
for time:
1000m row
50 thrusters, 45 lbs
30 pullups
Tammy 10:20
Mike 11:57
Andrew 7:48 (1st rd), 29:38 (3 rds)
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Adrian and I will be heading down to CrossFit Headquarters down in Santa Cruz for the weekend so no RAINSTORM this week. Hope everyone enjoys the extended President's Day weekend!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Fran and a Quote
21-15-9 rep rounds for time:
thrusters
pullups
Andrew 5:24 (PR)
Joshua 8:00 30 lbs
Mike 10:45, 65 lbs
Nate 8:52, 45 lbs
Big congrats to Nate for getting your first consecutive set of kipping pullups!

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And something to take to heart:
"CrossFit Journal: What about Nutrition?
Coach Greg Glassman: Meat and vegetables, nuts and seed, some fruit, little starch, no sugar. End of subject."
- The CrossFit Journal
Dietary discipline (I'm currently writing something about this)- Get it going and stick with it!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
RAINSTORM
3 rds for time:
10 goblet squats
20 swings
10 oh lunges
20 push press, alternating
lap around the building
Adrian 11:45, 20kg
Amy 10:16, 25lbs
Andrew 8:21, 16kg
Charlotte 12:25, 15lbs
Daniel 9:31, 25lbs
Dwinson 9:38, 16kg
Jessie 12:42, 25lbs
Marc 10:49, 16kg
Tammy 13:03, 30lbs
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Happy Lunar New Year!
Events being held in the Seattle area:
YEAR OF THE RAT CELEBRATION
Union Station Great Hall
401 S. Jackson St. Seattle, WA 98104
Saturday 02/09 12 pm - 6 pm
Tet Fesitival
Center House and Fisher Plaza (Seattle Center)
02/09 - 02/10/08
10:30 am - 5:30 pm Saturday & Sunday
w/ Opening ceremony on Saturday
Lunar New Year Celebration
The Marketplace @ Factoria
4055 Factoria Blvd. S.E., Bellevue.
Saturday 10 am - 8 pm
Don't forget RAINSTORM @ 12:00 pm on Saturday!
Sunday 11 am - 6 pm
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Free Saturday?
This Saturday 02/09 we will hold RAINSTORM @ Noon.
Please RSVP! FoundationFitness@gmail.com
Sore backs!
Hope you had fun today. You did a fantastic job (10:29) on your workout. I hope the next couple of days treat you well!
"Christine"
3 rds for time:
500m row
12 deadlifts, BW
21 box jumps, 24"
scale as needed!
Adrian 15:45
Andrea 15:56
John 13:53
Mike 12:23
notes in comments
Monday, February 4, 2008
Let's start the show
GREAT JOB EVERYONE!
for time:
21 deadlifts, 225 lbs
42 pullups
15 deadlifts, 225 lbs
30 pullups
9 deadlifts 225 lbs
18 pullups
Tammy 8:23
Mike 17:35
Josh 9:26
John 14:06
Andrew 12:11
Adrian 14:03
*notes in comments
Post load, time and experience to comments.
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... and as promised, The Hawaii Chair!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Week of 02/04
this week at Foundation Fitness we'll be focusing on the back, glutes and hamstrings!
some exercises you can expect: KB Swings, Deadlifts, SDLHP, Stiff-Leg Deadlifts, Pullups (dead hang, jumping, kipping), Hip/Back Ext, Supermans, Good Mornings and of course, rowing on the Concept 2.
a demonstration of "Christine" which utilizes some of the above mentioned:
click here to watch a demo (WMV)
Saturday Past
Squats / B2B Squats
Jumping Pullups / Pullups
Pushups
Situps / Knees-to-Elbows
KB Swings
we took the lowest score from each exercise and added them to get a total:
Hanh 38
John 42
Mike 32
Marc 45
Justin 39
Andrew 56
Great job everyone!
Friday, February 1, 2008
RAINSTORM (free workout) TOMORROW!
After some skill work he did "Cindy's Tease"
amrap in 10 min:
5 pullups
10 pushups
15 squats
Dorian 7 rds
Great job man! Hope to see you at the gym more.
check out his show on KUBE 93.3 fm every Sunday night @ 10:45pm
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We ran the Greenlake 5k today!
RAINSTORM TOMORROW @ 11 am!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
NO EXCUSES!
01.25
"Nasty Girls"
Adrian 12:44 (M)
Mike 16:36 (M)
Andrew 17:29
01.30
"Mary"
Andrew 9 rds + 5 hspu, 10 alternating pistols, 1 pullup
"Med Ball Grace"
Mike 2:53
then
"Mikey"
3 rds for time:
1000m Row
50 situps
50 supermans
Mike 29:45
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WOD 01.31.08
Happy Birthday Holly!
for time:
1000m row
40 deadlifts, 95 lbs
40 pullups
40 SDLHP, 45 lbs
post time to comments.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
oh Cindy
John & I thought of that as a t-shirt design for the future. Maybe we'll see it someday.
CINDY
amrap in 20 min:
5 pullups
10 pushups
15 squats
Elizabeth 15 rds + 5
John 17 rds + 5, 10, 9
Mike 14 rds
Nate 14 rds
Sheena 10 rds + 5, 10, 7
Great job to everyone, especially Sheena for her first official CF Benchmark WOD!
I owe everyone both a Cindy and a Mary. Tomorrow is my sister's early morning 21 Run- we're really doing a 5k, not drinking.
If you did this WOD post your score to the comments (Dwinson, Marc- I'm talking to you fellas!)
Monday, January 28, 2008
an excerpt
- Stirling Silliphant (screenwriter, student of Bruce Lee)
from Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Playing Catch-Up
Tuesday was Adrian's and Josh's birthday so, of course, we celebrated with a workout!
reps for time:
thrusters
pullups
pushups
kb swings
ring dips
db snatches
walking lunge
knees-to-elbows
box jumps
squat thrusts
Adrian (28), 19:07
Josh (14) 12:35
Kristie (14) 18:00
Tammy (22) 14:44
Elizabeth (28) 23:11
Nate (28) 23:02
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We have some new members- Justin didn't like his big box gym so he tried us out and joined. He's a strong dude!
First time we met he did
3 rds for time:
75 squats
50 kb swings
15 pullups
Justin 25:02
The second time we met we did
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps for time:
Push Press, 75 lbs
KB SDLHP, 53 lbs
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On Saturday I went back home to Bremerton to the place where it all started- PSNS' Concourse West. Joe, Marc, Mike, and Dwinson all joined in. They learned how to get through the official CFWU and then a WOD
"Cindy's a Tease"
amrap in 10 min:
5 pullups
10 pushups
15 squats
Dwinson 7 rds
Marc 6 rds + 3 pullups
Mike 7 rds + 5 pullups
Joe 7 rds
Andrew 12 rds, 5 pullups, 2 pushups
Great job fellas! Big congrats to Marc on learning the continuous kipping pullup the first time attempted and to Joe for ripping his calluses!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
You ready?!
Team Foundation Fitness will be there. Will you?
Click here to register online!
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Yesterday was both Adrian and Josh's birthday! My gift to them was a workout!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Happy MLK Day
21-15-9 reps for time:
KB Swings, 16kg
Pullups
Push Press, 45lbs
Sit Ups
Marc 11:08
Mike 10:51
Joe 8:23
Andrew 7:25
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Today's WOD
Shoulder Press 3-3-3-3-3
Bonus Finisher: work on handstands!
Friday, January 18, 2008
3 rds for time:
20 KB Swings, 16kg
15 Pullups
10 Clean & Jerk, 95 lbs
5 Ring Pushups
Post time to comments.
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RossTraining.com just put up a new article on The Homemade Wheel. Click here to read it and check out the video:
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
RAINSTORM I, Diane
RAINSTORM I
3 rds for time:
500m Row
10 OH KB Lunges (L)
10 OH KB Lunges (R)
20 Pullups
20 Ring Pushups
20 KB Swings

Tammy 19:30 (no ring pushups)
Andrew 22:28
Adrian 23:38
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Yesterday everyone did Diane and PR'ed
Diane
21-15-9 reps for time:
Deadlift, 225 lbs
Handstand Pushups
Adrian 9:12
Andrew 5:00
Josh 17:00
Kristie 16:21
Mike 13:25
Tammy 8:15

A huge congratulations to Josh & Kristie for being such great athletes! Welcome to CrossFit!
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Today's WOD from HQ- the Filthy Fifties. Results will be posted later.
Monday, January 14, 2008
RAINSTORM
It's quite simple, friends. RAINSTORM is Foundation CrossFit's free weekly workout designed to introduce people to CrossFit! You'll learn some cool exercises, how to do them and see how they can make up a workout. These workouts may demand a lot of work, but they always do the body good (although it may not feel like that). Come enjoy the fun! If you just want to come and watch PLEASE DO! We're always in need of more folks for score-keeping, photography and cheerleading!
Click HERE for all of the RAINSTORM news and results!
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Huge Thanks
More pictures from the Grand Opening can be seen here in our Photobucket Album.
We also recieved some snazzy pullovers (Tammy was lucky enough to get a jacket!) from Adrian & John's sister Andrea (THANKS AGAIN!)


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We haven't posted in a while, but now we're back into it!
Yesterday we were at 'capacity' and I decided that we should then try something a bit hectic...
... maybe FGB?
Fight Gone Bad (from the CrossFit.com FAQ)
- 4.2. Explain Fight Gone Bad
In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. We've used this in 3 and 5 round versions. The stations are:
- Wall-ball: 20 pound ball, 10 ft target. (Reps)
- Sumo deadlift high-pull: 75 pounds (Reps)
- Box Jump: 20" box (Reps)
- Push-press: 75 pounds (Reps)
- Row: calories (Calories)
The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. On call of "rotate," the athlete/s must move to next station immediately for good score. One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is one point.

Adrian 338
Andrew 410
Grant 404
Mike 215
Tammy 262
And then because Adrian and Grant are crazy, our finisher dealt with lugging our 70lbs sandbag around the building (exact distance has yet to be measured) in four different manners:
1. Over-Shoulder
2. Bicep
3. Bear Hug
4. Fireman
(Numbers are seconds it took to get around, X = passed)
Adrian 37, 69, 59, X
Andrew 33, 100, 53, X
Grant 43, 47, 42, 36
Mike 35, X, X, X
Monday, January 7, 2008
Grand Opening Photos
Thank you all for coming and supporting us yesterday!
Have a fantastic New Year, train hard and be healthy!
-Foundation Fitness staff
Friday, January 4, 2008
GRAND OPENING UPDATE
We're just three days out from our Grand Opening and have received an overwhelming response from all of you who plan to attend. Thank you so much for your support. We're excited to see you all on Sunday and just wanted to give you a heads up on what to be prepared for. First off, as you'll come to see our gym is modest in size so space is limited. Our roll up doors will be up to accommodate everyone, so be prepared with warm clothing, extra layers and maybe something waterproof to stay dry (just in case). We'll do our best to keep you warm with pizza and beer, but it is January and this is Seattle after all.
Also parking is limited at our location on Lake City Way. So we recommend that you carpool with friends if possible. Otherwise come early to look for a spot.
Let us know if you have any questions before Sunday. We'll see you then!
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On the 1st, Grant & myself went through our own version of the CrossFit Total:
Squat 5-4-3-3-3
Press 5-4-3-3-3
Deadlift 5-4-3-3-3
Grant's back was still recovering from Elizabeth so he couldn't go on with the deadlifts (the eccentric phase was killing his back), so he came up with
5 rds for time:
20 OH Walking Lunges, 45 lbs
15 KB Swings, 1.5 poods
10 Pullups
5 HSPU
Grant - 10:20
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Today we finally got a Concept II Rowing Ergometer (Thanks a bunch Janelle!), so Mike and I met with
"Christine"
3 rds for time:
500m Row
12 Deadlifts, BW
21 Box Jumps, 25"
Mike 19:10 (M), 115lbs DL, BW = 135lbs
Andrew 12:40, BW = 145lbs
Great job Mike, especially because this was your first time rowing!
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
About
CrossFit is a methodology that seeks to define what fitness is and how to achieve it. As it pertains to exercise, a common definition of fitness is being "physically sound; healthy."
Digging further , we find that healthy is the condition of "possessing good health." Not much help when trying to quantify what it really means to be fit and healthy. Enter CrossFit. It uses continuously varied functional movements executed at a high intensity to achieve it's definition of fitness, which is increased work capacity across broad time and modal domains.
What the heck does it mean? Well, essentially combining pushing, pulling, jumping, throwing, swinging, lifting, and running into fast, intense workouts that will improve your performance across a broad range of activities When you commit to the CrossFit methodology, you will see a dramatic affect on your quality of life and experience a positive increase in your capacity for action and accomplishment.
WHO IS IT FOR?
CrossFit works for everyone. Yes, it includes lots of advanced movements and and skills that can take time to develop. Yes, lots of the workouts are fast and intense. Yes, it looks really really hard. But, the goal of CrossFit is to provide a structure for elite fitness that can be scaled down to meet any skill level from gradeschool to gradschool to grandparents. CrossFit is for anyone seeking to improve their fitness level and quality of life. People from all walks of life have used CrossFit to meet and exceed their own goals and so should you!
WHAT MAKES US BETTER THAN THE REST?
Our mission is to deliver professional CrossFit training to our clients safely and empower them with the means to achieve functional strength for life. We are not concerned with selling memberships. Each class and personal training session is given by an experienced, CrossFit qualified coach (and practitioner) who is dedicated to your success and well-being. You can come to our gym, have fun with a kick-ass workout and know that you have done something profound. Come revel in the comradeship of Foundation CrossFit and see for yourself.
HOW DO WE DO IT?
We have all these wonderful toys! Kettlebells, barbells, bumper plates, plyo boxes, gymnastics rings, medicine balls, dumbbells, weighted rods, a Concept II rower, mats, pullup bars, sandbags, paralettes, the parking lot, a hill, a big stereo, and , of course, our bodies.

SO WHERE IS YOUR PEC DECK?
Weren't you listening? Foundation CrossFit is a no bullshit operation. No mirrors, no equipment, no excuses, and especially no red man-thongs. Get it done!
Philosophy
Our program delivers a fitness that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive. Our specialty is not specializing. Combat, survival, many sports, and life reward this kind of fitness and, on average, punish the specialist.
The CrossFit program is designed for universal scalability making it the perfect application for any committed individual regardless of experience. We’ve used our same routines for elderly individuals with heart disease and cage fighters one month out from televised bouts. We scale load and intensity; we don’t change programs.
The needs of Olympic athletes and our grandparents differ by degree not kind. Our terrorist hunters, skiers, mountain bike riders and housewives have found their best fitness from the same regimen.
Thousands of athletes worldwide have followed our workouts posted daily on this site and distinguished themselves in combat, the streets, the ring, stadiums, gyms and homes.
We also publish the CrossFit Journal, designed to support the CrossFit community detailing the theory, techniques, and practice d by our coaches in our gym, in essence bringing your garage or gym into ours, making you a part of the CrossFit family.
We offer seminars, trainer certifications, and training and regularly provide consultation services to athletic teams, coaches, and police and military agencies throughout the free world.
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Our mission at Foundation CrossFit is to empower you with the means to achieve functional strength. Whether your goal is to compete in a triathlon or simply weed the yard without straining your back, we will condition your mind and body to attain your personal goals. Our fitness regimen is based on the proven techniques of CrossFit with workouts that are customized to your skill level. In the end, our goal is to provide strength for life and power for the people.









