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Elements Class: Evening Class will begin Monday February 6th (2 Spots Left). Morning Class will be scheduled on demand..

Neil — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:33:43 +0000

Evening Classes. February 6th (2 Spots Left.)

Sessions are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for two weeks. (Typically from 6:00 to 7:00PM) After Elements Classes, you will have two weeks of gym time included FREE.

Morning Classes. (Please call or Email if you are interested in morning session.)
Sessions are Monday Wednesday and Thursday for two weeks. (Typically from 8:30 to 9:30AM) After Elements Classes, you will have two weeks of gym time included FREE.

Please contact me if you are interested in a morning Elements Class:

If you need to reschedule a session, our trainers are flexible, and should be able to accommodate your schedule (Reschedule may result in extra fees). Contact us for more info.

Follow the link to sign up ASAP to reserve your spot. Spot is not reserved until payment is received.

http://crossfitnaperville.com/get-started/elements-class/

Garage Games–Naperville Games: Battle in the Burbs (Exercises Released)

Neil — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:32:17 +0000

http://www.thegaragegames.com/events/naperville-games/

CrossFit of Naperville brings you
The Naperville Games: Battle in the Burbs!!!!!

We are planning a fun filled day of competition.

We have made this one accessible all levels of fitness, so do not hesitate to sign up and join the FUN.

If you think you are “City Tough” or “Farmer Strong”…The Battle in the Burbs is where you can see where you match up.

This event is set to test your overall fitness and work capacity. We have fun WOD’s that will test your overall fitness.

Divisions
RX –(Butt Kickers) for those that can typically do movements and weights as listed

Scaled – (Mini-Butt Kickers) for those that typically scale workouts or have issue with skills and weights

Beginner – (Soon to be-Butt Kickers) for those that are new to CrossFit or Functional Fitness Programs.

The divisions will give you the ability to compete and have fun no matter your current Fitness level. (All levels earn points towards the Garage Games Series)

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO GO AGAINST THE AREA’S BEST?

Here are the exercises that we will use for the Garage Games:

Bear Complex

Broad Jump

Burpees

Ground to Overhead

Row

Sled

Step Ups

Tire Pulls

Wall Balls

Exercises to be spread between three workouts done throughout the day.

February 11th, 2012 – One Day Event.

August 11th and 12th – Two Day Event.

CrossFit Football’s Occupy Strength Competition

Neil — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:58:35 +0000

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

CrossFit Football will be touring the the USA in 2012 and putting on a CrossFit Football Total competition. The competition will consist of three events.

Event # 1 – CrossFit Football Total

The first event will be the CrossFit Football Total which consists of testing the one rep max of power athletes in the four primary lifts of the CrossFit Football Program:

Power Clean
Squat
Bench
Deadlift

Each power athlete will have 3 attempts to achieve a single max effort for each lift. The Total must be done in the order listed above. The sum of all three lifts will be your score for the CrossFit Football Total. All lifts will be preformed raw. Only shoes, wraps and belts will be allowed. Participation in this event is mandatory.

Event #2 – MetCon Challenge

The second event will be a MetCon event to be unveiled at the competition. Power athletes can anticipate the workout to be full body, the time domain to be under 15 minutes, and the conditioining will be multi directional and include some violent hip extension; as is tradition in CrossFit Football Conditioning. Participation in this event is mandatory.

Event #3 – 225 Bench Press Open

The third and final event will be the 225 bench press test. We will test the athletes max reps on bench press at 225 lbs. There is no scaling and only one atempt; go for broke. Participation in this event is voluntary.

Weight Classes

Athletes will be broken out in the the following six classes:

High School – Open weight class
Female – Light Weight – Up to 70kg/154lbs
Female – Heavy Weight – 70kg/154lbs +
Male – Light Weight – Up to 85kg/187lbs
Male – Middle Weight – 85kg/187lbs – 100kg/220lbs
Male – Heavy Weight – 100kg/220lbs +

Schedule

Once registartion closes, final schedule will be posted.

8:00am – Weigh ins
9:00am – Mandatory Rules Briefing
9:30am – CrossFit Football Total
1:30pm – Break for lunch
3:00pm – WOD
6:00pm – 225 Bench Test – Voluntary – Open

Luke, You will be missed!

Neil — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:30:25 +0000

(Here is a picture with some of Luke’s old crew at CrossFit of Naperville with some of his new crew at CrossFit Balboa.)

I was driving home from our Sunday football games reflecting on a couple of things. First off this would be the last game for Luke in our football league out here.

A long time ago in business, I learned that one man can not be so important to a company that if they left everything falls apart. Well what happens when you are the company? When you are the sole employee? No matter what, you must be there…All hours, all days! This is where CrossFit of Naperville started.

I opened the doors in 2008. I loved CrossFit and wanted everyone to know about it. I wanted others to get the same benefits that I was getting. One of the first people to walk through the doors here was Ken Fullerton. And it began.

Soon after, this kid walks through my doors, Luke Summers. He tells me that he has been doing some workouts at Tri-Cites and that he would love to try our gym out. Back then I was giving the first week free. I think I did some of the first few workouts with him. I do believe I kicked his ass…Just sayin. I could see he wanted more! So he signed up and started bringing his friends. Luke kept getting stronger and faster. Which pushed me to become stronger and faster. (Here is where Luke started making me a better person.)

I started this gym to change lives…I had no idea that the people in this gym would change my life!

It really did not take long before Luke became a fixture in the gym. Seriously, the kid would never leave. Luke would be waiting by the door when I opened and would look at me strangely when I would tell him I was ready to lock up. Then I would catch him helping out the newbies at the gym when he thought I wasn’t paying attention.

I still remember the day when I asked him if he ever thought of training here. I told him that if he was interested I would front the cash and send him. I’m pretty sure his response was,”Sure dude, that would be awesome.” (Luke, all you need to do is get rid of the midwest accent and you will fit right in when you get to Cali.) I had a couple people question my business sense when I told them that I did not make him sign a contract to make sure he didn’t leave as soon as he had the trainer certificate. I just had a feeling about Luke and really didn’t feel I needed to worry. Looking back, That was the best money I ever spent on the gym!

Going back to where I started. No one man should be so important that it can’t stand without them. This is still true at CrossFit of Naperville. But I am losing my “right hand man”. Although we will be standing…It will be harder without a right hand.

We are losing a great trainer here. I am losing a great friend and my right hand man.

Luke, Good Luck. You will ALWAYS have a home here at CrossFit of Naperville.

(There are so much more I can say, but you get the point. Also, this is not the end, just another change.)

Really? A “good” run?!

Luke — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:47:00 +0000

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.

CFNA Bootcamp…Watch for it next Summer!!!!

Neil — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:00:51 +0000

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!!!!

GREEN BEER and BURPEES II Pictures are up!!!!

Neil — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:40:29 +0000

GREEN BEER and BURPEES II

https://picasaweb.google.com/crossfitnaperville/11_3_12_GREEN_BEER_andBURPEES_II

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.

WHEN YOUR FRIENDS JOIN, YOU SAVE!!!

Neil — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:06:50 +0000

WHEN YOUR FRIENDS JOIN, YOU SAVE!!!

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.

Adding new hours!!!!!

Neil — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:09:55 +0000

Beginning of 2011 CrossFit of Naperville will be adding hours to our schedule.

The new schedule will begin January 3rd 2011.

At this point all hours will be added and none of the current hours will change.

Here is the schedule as follows:

Monday: 6AM to 7AM, 9:30AM to 11:30AM, 4PM to 9PM

Tuesday: 6PM to 9PM

Wednesday: 6AM to 7AM, 9:30AM to 11:30AM, 4PM to 9PM

Thursday: 9:30AM to 11:30AM, 4PM to 9PM

Friday: 6AM to 7AM, 6PM to 8PM

Saturday: 10:30 to noon

Sunday: Closed

CFNA meet Delilah!

Neil — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:02:32 +0000

CrossFit of Naperville would like to congratulate Jenn and Mike Smith on their second child.

Delilah with her proud dad!!!!