Rhonda

Gopi

Tyler

Welcome aboard guys!

I look forward to working with all of the kids in the CrossFit Champions community & hope that we have an even bigger turnout at the next free CrossFit Kids WOD (to be announced).

Parents, remember that CrossFit Kids classes are held regularly on Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 4:30pm.

Tracy H.

For time:

200 Thrusters (m:75lb,f:45lb)

Post time and thoughts to comments.

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CrossFit Champions is proud to once again participate in this incredible awareness WOD for an incredible cause!

We will be hosting this WOD on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at our gym.

From Shane and Karen Gibson of CrossFit Albuquerque:

Please join us as we do this special WOD on August 28th in memoriam of Benjamin “Bugaboo” Abruzzo III to raise awareness and donations for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). “Bugaboo” lived for just 200 days before he lost his battle with SMA on December 29th, 2005.

So many other children and families are affected yet knowledge and awareness is very low.

Please read the words in the post below from “Bugaboo”s father who has lost 2 children to this terrible disease. Also take a look at previous posts below from our efforts with this cause last year and the list of CrossFit affiliates who helped out last year. We hope to grow this event each year with your help.

I believe everything happens for a reason and I believe that the CrossFit community has the power to spread the word and raise some donations to fight SMA.

The first step in fighting for any cause is raising awareness by spreading the word. This year we are asking that each participating affiliate raise $200, one dollar for each day that “Bugaboo” was alive. All donations made online will come with a receipt and will be tax deductible. If you are interested, please find a participating affiliate near you, or find an affiliate near you and ask them to participate!

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FSMA DONATION SITE PLEASE!

If you can’t make it to a participating CrossFit affiliate, all we ask of you, is wherever you are on or around August 28th, do this WOD and PLEASE COME BACK TO THE SMA SITE AND POST YOUR TIME, LOADS AND THOUGHTS TO COMMENTS so we can see who all we reached, then go to the donation site and give what you can. Tell everyone you can why you are doing “Bugaboo” and send the link to this site to everyone you can.

3-2-1-GO!

For more information, please visit the SMA Awareness Blog.

Full album on Picasa: http://picasaweb.google.com/cfcmatt/82810Bugaboo#

Most of you that have been with us for a while know that at one time we stocked and sold a protein powder called ProtoWhey by a company called BNRG.  We liked it, it was a good product and it tasted good.  But, during this last winter/spring, right about when we moved into the new building, ProtoWhey started having lots of problems keeping product in stock.  With that, we started looking around for a replacement product.  Ultimately, as you know, we decided to get out of the selling supplements/protein powder business for a while.

It’s not that we have anything against nutritional supplements in general.  Some nutritional supplements we consider highly valuable.  But you also know, if you’ve read our recent blog posts on our personal CFC blog, Matt & Pam Munson, that we hate supplement products/companies that market such bulls–t hype that they should be completely ashamed of themselves.  One thing we make clear in those recent posts is that you will never find us, myself and Pam, or CrossFit Champions, carrying, endorsing, recommending, stocking or selling any nutritional product that we don’t use ourselves and that we don’t believe to be the highest quality available.

When we stopped selling protein powders and the BNRG Power Crunch bars, we asked ourselves if a) we wanted to continue to carry and/or sell any nutritional supplements at all, and b) if yes, what would we carry?

Well, the answer is simple, and here is our criteria:

1. Items that we take personally and would not have the slightest hesitation in having our kids take as well (believe them to be safe and effective).

2. Items we believe actually have some benefit to our health and athletic performance (believe them to be safe and effective).

3. Items that are from a company we believe is of the highest quality and integrity (believe them to be safe and effective).

4. Items that we can carry and sell without losing money doing so (we want to be able to offer these products to you at the most competitive price we can) (i.e., believe them to be cost effective).

The nutritional supplements you may find CFC carrying and selling in the future will fall into one of the following categories:

1. Multivitamin/mineral.

2. Specific vitamins or minerals (such as magnesium).

3. Essential Fatty Acids (such as fish oil).

4. Supplemental protein.

5. Creatine and/or other proven athletic performance aids (such as branched-chain amino acids or other specific amino acids).

We’ve spent the last few weeks looking around at various supplement companies and lines, doing quite a bit of research.  In an odd twist of timing, one company I was looking at, Integrated Supplements (and had mentioned in a blog post in the past), contacted me because their site was getting a lot of hits from our site.  The representative spent some time on our website and decided to contact me to see if we would be interested in sampling their products.

I copied our entire email exchange, unedited, into a PDF document and uploaded it here so you can read the whole conversation.

IntegratedConversation

Bottom line, we like this company!  They carry extremely high quality products, using high quality ingredients, backed by real research!
Take a look at some of the label from their Vanilla protein:

- Rich Vanilla Flavor
- All Natural Ingredients
- No Artificial Sweeteners
- No Artificial Flavors
- No Whey Concentrates!
- GMP Produced
- Certified Kosher
- No Lactose
- Ingredients: Provon® Whey Protein Isolate produced by patented CFM® Cross Flow Microfiltration method, Crystalline Fructose, Glycine, Non-GMO Lecithin, Inulin Fiber, Natural Vanilla Flavors, Lo Han Fruit Extract, Fine Sea Salt.

We will be carrying Integrated Supplements’ protein, creatine and magnesium supplements.  I’ll be bringing the box of sample sizes up to the gym so that if you are interested in trying them (please only take the samples if you are serious about potentially ordering products), you can before buying.

I will also have a pre-order sheet at the gym. I’ll place our first order with Integrated Supplements once we have a big enough order.

If you have any questions about how, why or when to use supplemental protein powder, creatine or magnesium, don’t hesitate to ask!

CFCMatt

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The 4th CrossFit Affiliate in the state of Texas!

We have been instructing athletes in the CrossFit method of training since 2006. Our staff has more combined knowledge and experience in CrossFit than most CrossFit affiliates in existence. We’ve helped hundreds of people, just like you, from all ages, backgrounds and fitness levels get into the best shape of their entire lives. And we can help you too!

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Check Out Our CrossFit Bootcamps!

Matzke Park – 13207 Copeland Rd., Houston, TX 77070 – M-W-F – 5:00am-6:00am
Click HERE For Info and Registration

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Check out our martial arts program, Champions Combat Arts!

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Check out our sister location, CrossFit Cypress!

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If you are new here, we hope you’ll spend some time on our pages, reading About Us, our Programs, How To Join and FAQ.

If you have any questions about what we do or how to get started, please don’t hesitate to contact us as we would like to help you in any way we can!

A quick note on the training blog (below): As you read the posts below this one and see what our training is like, please don’t let the workouts scare you away!  Keep in mind that the workouts posted are for our top level athletes.  Everything we do is scaleable to the point that we can work with anybody, including you, regardless of what fitness level you are currently at.

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Click here for details on Upcoming Events & Seminars.
(September 11-12, 2010: CrossFit Level I Certification Course – Info & Registration HERE)
(September 25, 2010: Fight Gone Bad V Charity Fundraiser – Info HERE)
(October 9, 2010: CFC Oktoberfest Obliteration II! Event Information HERE)
(October 14-17, 2010: Personal Defense Readiness Certification Course)
(October 23, 2010: CrossFit FX TX Games II – Allen, TX – Register HERE)
(November 6, 2010: Atomic CrossFit Hammer & Chisel – Stafford, TX)
(November 20, 2010: Seawall Half Marathon – Galveston, TX – Register HERE)

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Click here to purchase CFC Merchandise Online.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Who’s in?

Feel free to discuss in comments!

On Board Sponsors/Vendors

SicFit
www.sicfit.com

Yonder Way Farm
www.yonderwayfarm.com

Integrated Supplements
www.integratedsupplements.com

Nutrition – The Basis Of The Base Of Your Health

Probably the most common misconception in fitness, health and wellness is that exercise is the key to being fit, healthy and well.  While it is of course true that safe, functional and intense exercise is essential, its actually not the most important thing.  After all, exercise, or any other high intensity activity, is simply stimulus for change.

The body functions from the food and nutrients we provide it.  Our exercise and activities are fueled by the food and nutrients we provide it.  From exercise, or any other damaging stimulus, our bodies repair, regrow and recuperate from the food and nutrients we provide it.  Food and nutrients are the key to everything!  Food and nutrients are the fuel, the structure and the building blocks for every single function in the human body.

…continue reading here…