Last couple of years, we had missed the voting.  During that time Edward’s Fitness has won 2 years in a row.

I think it would be fun to see if we can take the title back this year.

Here is where you can vote:  http://www.glancermagazine.com/readerschoice2012votingform.htmlWhile we are at this we might as well see if we can get Naperville Magazine’s

Best of Naperville award too.

The Chicago way….Vote early and vote often!!!!!!

The current CFNA Barbell Club will be ending mid May.  Please let Neil Know if you would like to participate in the next session.

Check out the CFNA Barbell Club page for pricing and schedule.

Get your shirts or make your donations HERE:  http://guestli.st/91416

In benefit to Loaves and Fishes

CrossFit of Naperville Presents:

 The THIRD ANNUAL

  Green Beer and Burpees

When:

March 17^th St. Patrick’s Day

Meet between 8:30AM and 9AM

Who:

OPEN to ANYONE

Whether you are and avid CrossFitter or haven’t been doing

anything physical…we will try and make sure that you are challenged

to your fitness level\.  The workout will be scalable to ANY fitness level

and monitored by Crossfit of Naperville trainers.

Where:

We will be meeting at Naperville North High School – 899 North Mill Street, Naperville, Illinois

The Workout (WOD) will take place in Naperville’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade

The after Party will take place at Black Finn Naperville immediately after the parade.

16 West Jefferson, Naperville, Illinois

Cost:

It is FREE to participate!!!

But since this is a charity, please find it in your heart to donate to this great cause!!!!!!!

The cost of our GREEN BEER and BURPEES shirts will include a raffle ticket.

For more information

about donating and shirt purchases:

CrossFitNaperville.com

Join us to end hunger in

our community!

Loaves and Fishes provides food to individuals in Naperville

and DuPage County whose financial circumstances make it difficult

to provide for themselves or their families.

Loaves and Fishes does this through the POWER of COMMUNITY:

the generous support of thousands of individuals, businesses, faith communities, and organizations who believe in their mission.

Here is another opportunity to play and compete with others within the CrossFit world.

(Luke should be there.)  So lets get our workout on!!!

Event Information

As a hybrid of a human and a t-rex, I sport 6 inch long arms and legs. Thus I hate running. 400m, 800m, ew. Death by pull ups please. I’ll walk 200m. Maybe I’ll sprint 40m, and hustle on a 100m run. That’s about it. 800s just give you too much time to think about how bad they are. And then when you try to go to your “happy place” you end up dealing with your subconcious. And for those who know me, that’s a scary place. But here’s what I found on this week’s 800m run… A story from the “Life Experiences of Luke Summers.”

I’m sprawled out on my parents kitchen floor, freaking out; like panicking… bad.  I’m worried. How the hell I am going to manage raising a family?  What am I going to do for work?  How am I am I going to handle that responsibility?  There I lay, begging and pleading to my mom and dad, bearing a tear here and there, desperate for advice.  My mom, stepping over my limp panting body (think post Fran) and attempting to cook dinner responded with a sincere “I don’t know Luke.  That’s part of life.  You’ll have to figure it out.  But you will be okay, I promise” or something along those lines.  What kind of answer was that?  I want a tangible plan that I can EXECUTE.  But I was 8 years old. I was concerned about a family I didn’t have, and a job I didn’t need for two reasons. One, I had a loving and caring set of parents who provided for me at 8 years old, and two I couldn’t legally work anyway. So what else was she supposed to say?

What am I going to do when I grow up?
Am I grown up now?
Who am I?
Do babies really come from THAT thing?!

Life is full of questions, and I guess we are supposed to spend our time looking for answers.  Well some people do, and some don’t. But whatever, I do. And in our pursuit for answers we learn all of “life’s lessons” and it shapes us into our eventual selves.  What plops me here behind this keyboard spewing out these words now was the pursuit to an answer to a question I asked myself back in October of 2008.

What is CrossFit?

It lead me to the doors of Tri-Cities for my first WOD, which was terr-awesome-ible, as are most of our first WODs. So kudos to Mark Reinke and his crew at Tri-Cities for sinking the hook. But more importantly than that, it had me eventually knocking on CrossFit of Naperville’s door. And then there I was; anxiously waiting for it to open and hours later clawing at the measly five mats on the ground as Neil drug me out of the door so he could close the bay door and go home to his family.

My persistence, resistance, and assistance earned me a gig as an “apprentice trainer” under Neil in Spring of 2009. I can still remember the first group I helped put through our Elements program: Nate, Big John, and another cat named Paul. Nate and John stuck to it, and are STILL tearing it up two years later.

Then the rest is history (for some of you). I warned Neil that if he is giving me a green light to give input on operations, he was going to get an ear full. And he brought me on anyways. Since then we have butted heads and held hands over the past 2 and a half years to take the gym from a 2,000 sq ft space with 500 sq ft of club house with 5 clients flowing through the doors on an average day (2 of which were Neil and I), and grew it to a 2,000 sq ft gym that is pushing through 30 bodies on a solid day. And we’re still growing.

We grew from a part time staff of only Neil to a staff of 7 trainers at our peak. One of which has branched off to start his OWN gym (congrats Mark, now you got the weight of the world on those rubbery shoulders!) and another who is heading out to run CrossFit Balboa in Orange County California and train under THE John Welbourn.

That second trainer would be me, Luke (aka Batman, aka Colossus the Brilliant).

A good amount of you have already met me and know me, but why not give a quick history/bio. I’ve lived in Naperville my whole life, and this is where all my family resides. I have a lovely girlfriend and two dogs. I “moon light” as a trainer at CrossFit of Naperville, and help out with operations. Two weeks ago I was a 28 year old Pricing Professional who had spent 6 years in “Corporate America ” putting in 50-60ish hours a week and making a decent living, and loved coaching. A year before that, I was a 27 year old Pricing Professional who had spent 5 years in “Corporate America” and was putting in 45ish hours a week and making a decent living, and loved coaching. A year before that, I was a 26 year old Pricing Professional who had spent 4 years in “Corporate America” and was putting in my 40 hours, and was TEARING it up nightly at CrossFit, and loved coaching!

As you can see, as the years passed, the hours piled up, and my job was not affording me the time to do the thing I love. That is helping you kids accomplish the impossible… Wiping away tears of doubt and instilling a sense of confidence and accomplishment… Refocusing the “go getters” who always want to get better, and looking back at all the great stuff they have already accomplished … Instilling a sense of urgency in those who thought they “had it made” already or there was “no hope” for them.

My years at CFNA have been ALL about the people that we help get better at life on a daily basis; all of you. It’s all of your persistence, resistance and assistance that has instilled in me the confidence to sever ties with the cozy certainty Corporate America and follow my heart. I am absolutely ecstatic to now be on the brink of doing what I am most passionate about.

As I look back on those years there abso-freakin-lutely are events that stand out as the good, the bad and the ugly that made this place so special. There are all sorts of special moments I’ve shared with specific individuals that I could go on for hours about, but won’t.

Okay maybe a couple things: Justin “kicking” Neil in balls at Kristina’s, Ben’s first FGB, Kalsu, Rae, Shasha, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, is Cheese paleo, feats of strength, sheltered turkey fry, men in skirts, Andrew’s Fran, and the toys from the pain cave.

My last day in Illinois is September 27th. What I leave behind is a deep rooted network of people that I consider family and friends. I can assure you that these people, many of which spend a good amount of time within the brick and mortar of CrossFit of Naperville, will be severely missed.

But I’ll be in the gym the next two weeks as often as possible, so please stop in and say goodbye. We also have a little shin dig set up for Thursday the 15th, so we can share laughs and libations then too.

And to Neil, thanks for taking me in as a trainer, as if you really had a f*cking choice! But more importantly thanks for having confidence in my abilities and for being a great friend and mentor.

We had a good run.

http://crossfitnaperville.com/programs/cfna-bootcamp/

It’s time to get FIT!

Ditch the Elliptical, forget about the treadmill, and get rid of the exercise ball.  Because our trainers are going to deliver the workout you have been looking for.

CrossFit Bootcamp is a class style program that will deliver a great workout three time a week.

The Bootcamp will include a group warmup, Skill work and workout.  No boring repetitive classes!!!  Each day will be different and challenge you, no matter what your fitness level is.

Bootcamp will meet at at the base of Rotary Hill downtown Naperville.  (Near the Carillon, also know as the Bell Tower.)

Tuesday and Thursday from 6PM to 7PM and Saturday from 11:00 to Noon.  Try and get there early as we will try and start classes on time.

• This program will be developed around all skill and fitness levels.
• Classes will be lead by CrossFit Certified Trainers
• We will bring any equipment necessary, all you need to bring is water and a good attitude!

Bootcamp will meet 3 times a week at a cost of $150 a  month.

If you are interested in joining the CFNA Bootcamp just come out and give us a try.  First workout is FREE.

Just arrive a little early to fill out a waiver and don’t forget to bring your water!!!!

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WHEN:
Saturday March 12, 2011

WHO:
OPEN TO ANYONE.

Whether you are an avid CrossFitter or haven’t been doing anything physical…we will try and make sure that you are challenged to your fitness level.  The workout will be scalable to ANY fitness level and monitored by CrossFit of Naperville trainers.

WHERE:
We will be meeting at Lululemon in Downtown Naperville at 10:30am

21 West Jefferson, Naperville, Illinois

The workout (WOD) will take consist of stations located throughout the Downtown Naperville area
The workout (WOD) starts at 11:15am (Rain or Shine)

The after Party will be at Black Finn at approximately Noon.

16 West Jefferson, Naperville, Illinois

COST:

It is FREE to participate!  No cost to participate in the  Workout!!!
Shirts are no longer on sale.  PRE ORDER ONLY!!

The cost of the shirt will include a gift bag from Lululemon Athletica.
But the party is still on at Black Finn!

Please leave a comment on the page, or send an email and let us know if you that you will be attending.

CrossFitNaperville@gmail.com

AGAIN, Shirts were PRE-ORDER Only!!!!!!

We may have extra shirts, but we will not guarantee availability!

This will be a good time… Just ask anyone that actually remembers last year’s GREEN BEER and BURPEES.

There will be food and drink specials available at Black Finn!

Do not DRINK and DRIVE!!!!!!

Set up a designated driver or use one of the many cabs throughout Downtown Naperville.

CrossFit of Naperville has grown for the most part because of our members.  Each time you bring in your friends and family our community grows.

If you know of anyone that would benefit from what we do here?  Maybe they are going to a lager gym and not getting the result that they were hoping for.  Or maybe they are bored of what they are doing now.  Or maybe they need a little nudge to get themselves off the couch.

Maybe they have wanted to come and just haven’t made the move, because our old hours just didn’t work for them.

I’m sure you can find a couple of people that you would like to see whipped into shape.

Bring in a friend or family member now through the end of January and get up to $50 off.  $25 off the following month’s dues if they join Elements Class and another $25 off the following month’s dues if they join the gym.

Contact us to schedule an intro session.   CrossFitNaperville@gmail.com