Fran! - 3rd test for Paleo Spartans. 21-15-9 Thrusters Pull-ups The rig is up, so it's time to say hello to one of our favourite ladies. Please note that on Monday 26 Sept we will be running classes at 9am, 10am and 11am only, there will be no early morning, lunch time and evening classes. We'll update the class times on MindBody Online soon.
Well done to all who did the multistage fitness test! From tomorrow you will see signs of the rig being built in the gym, we hope to have this finished before Friday for the final physical test for all the Paleo Spartans. If you have a few hours to spare, please stop by and lend a hand as this will be heavy and mucky work! The second Paleo Challenge seminar will take place this evening at 20.30 for those who were unable to make the first session. WOD 12 min AMRAP 6x power clean @60/45kg 10x kb swing @24/16kg 14x sit ups
We're happy to report that we will be open for business from Wednesday 7 September. The online booking system is not yet active, so you can book in for the next 2 weeks of classes in person here at the gym. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Firstly a huge thank you to all who have visited and helped out over the weekend. The place is looking great so far, however unfortunately we will not be opening on Monday as planned. We think that there is still another day or two's worth of work to go, so keep on checking the website and Facebook page for updates. We hope to start running classes this week - we'll let you know as soon as we're ready to go!
There has been a lot of progress at CrossFit Glasgow since our last update on Sunday. The flooring arrived on Monday, the wall ball/hspu wall went up on Tuesday (and came down again and was rebuilt on Thursday, but it's best not to mention that in front of Gavin), wood for boxes arrived and the steel was sent off to the welder on Wednesday, and the Rogue gear finally arrived on Thursday. It fell off the back of a truck. Literally. We've been painting the walls, glossing the skirting and doors and cleaning furiously in hope of reaching our goal of opening on Monday 5 September. A huge thanks to all who have helped, whether it was painting, sawing, hoovering, driving a van or just popping by to say hello, your support is greatly appreciated. Apologies that we did not put the membership prices up on the website or activate the MINDBODY class booking system yesterday as promised, but we were too busy unpacking our new toys, hammering nails into boxes and getting high on gloss paint fumes. We aim to get this up and running by Saturday. As mentioned above, if all goes to plan we aim to be open on Monday and will offer a week of free membership, so please do come in and visit and get a feel of the place. We do hope you like it! Flooring arriving Box building Karen, anyone? Kit, yay! For more photographs please visit our Flickr page.
Work begins at CrossFit Glasgow! After a fantastic weekend at Stuart and Elaine's wedding (awesome) work started today at the new gym. A large number showed up in support and the space was quickly dusted, mopped and cleaned multiple times in preparation for the flooring arriving on Monday. Equipment follows on Tuesday. We are well on track to be open by September 5th however if you can't wait until then please contact me on my mobile number and stop by and see the space. We are always looking for willing painters, tilers, welders etc so if you have any skills and some free time then let us know. Membership prices will be published from Thursday and the online booking system will also begin to work from the 1st of September to give you time to familiarise yourself with the system. For more photos from today please see our Flickr page.
Cycle 2 of the 90 Day Palaeo Challenge will be available for sign-up soon. We had some great results for those who completed the previous cycle and for the pilot cycle and we hope to build on this success. A summary of the previous results will be released on paleospartan.com in the near future. We hope to start the challenge as soon as the new facility is up and running but if you want to start 'tapering off' your normal diet to a more 'palaeoesque' one now, by all means do so. It will carry a normal price of £120 but a one-off discount may be applied if you sign up upon taking membership at CrossFit Glasgow - thereby reducing the price to £90. More information will be released in relation to the challenge via facebook, paleospartan.com and crossfitglasgow.com over the coming days to weeks. In addition, the Elite section of paleospartan.com has had some important updates so, if you think you're up for the cut, check that out too. Looking forwards to seeing you all at CFG, Gavin and Iain
Watch this space... 'Like' us on FaceBook to keep up to date with all the developments at CrossFit Glasgow Please remember folks, the website may be in the process of going up but the gym is not quite finished! More photos and posts will follow.
Hey everyone, Just an update on things that have gone on in the past week. Saturday, the Highland Games were hosted at Glasgow Green along with the piping championships. The rain stayed away and it turned out to be a fantastic day. Davie Easton (for those that know him) competed in the Local Heroes team events for Strength Shop and finished 2nd place. Events included log lifts, atlas stones, deadlift and farmers walks. On Sunday the staff of CFG were at the Kelvinhall raising the profile of CrossFit and participating in Roots of Movement, Scotland's National Parkour Event. It was a tremendous success with almost 150 participants coming from as far as Japan, a special thank you is in order to Chris Grant for inviting us along and for hosting such a well-organised event. If you're interested in next year's event or curious to see what it's all about then please check out Glasgow Parkour's Webpage I'm certain pictures of the event will be up soon. As for developments at CFG there have been a few hold-ups. The construction of the toilets and showers by the owners is taking a little longer than anticipated and pushing the projected lease signing back towards the end of the month. Equipment is still looking good to arrive around next week. The flooring is waiting to be delivered and the steel for fabricating the rig has been ordered and arrives on Thursday. As soon as we have the lease we will let you all [...]
Hey everyone, First of all I'd like to thank you for your patience and the fantastic response we have had to the mailing list! Things at CFG have been moving fairly steadily and it is looking promising for a soft launch mid/late August and an official launch come September. As some of you know already the intended address is 27/29 Commerce Street, just 5 minutes walk from Central Station and a few minutes from Bridge Street underground. I am not prepared to give away all of the details, however the gym will be licensed to operate 7 days a week, with suitable membership options and offer a variety of specialist services such as Olympic Lifting, Parkour, Powerlifting and Palaeo Challenge with hopes to host football and nutrition certs in the near future. I have sourced a large range of equipment from Rogue Europe, have bought the flooring and steel and even found a welder to start building the rig. All I am waiting on is the landlord's construction of the showers and toilets before I finalise and sign the lease. We are always on the look out for new staff and CrossFit enthusiasts so if you fancy coaching or wish to learn then please get in touch. Gavin will also be registering a weightlifting club which he will operate from the gym with the help of Harris and Raymond. It is only £18 to become a member for the year and it would help us greatly in establishing ourselves in Glasgow. As [...]