Hello Again Team!A cold week but no crazy rain so that has been a great help for those waiting to get in the gym before class starts!  Please dress for the weather, hats, coats, umbrella’s whatever you need, so you can keep warm and dry out there.  Below we have attached a healthy recipe to warm you from the inside out as we move into proper autumn/winter weather!  Thank you all again for continuing to adhere to social distancing as you queue for class, wearing a face covering both outside and inside the gym when out of your workout bays.  This is a massive help to us and continues to serve our community to keep us open! We are expecting an inspection over the next week or so and we are really confident that, because of your help, we will be absolutely fine. REFER A FRIEND Refer a Friend!  A post went up for this already, but just to remind everyone that we have this running for the month of October.  Deal is if you get a friend to sign up you will receive £10 off your next invoice and your friend will get £10 off their first month with us! LATE CANCELLATIONS & NO SHOWS The 06:30 and 07:30 classes (along with a few evening classes) are starting to fill up fast with bookings.  However, we have seen a trend of last minute cancellations which leave spaces in our classes and prevent other members from booking those slots.  These late cancellations [...]

Hey Team!That’s now 2 weeks in the books!  We are delighted to welcome many new members into our community within the last 2 weeks and happy to see everyone settling into the new routine so well with both the new class structure and COVID regulations.  So if you see a new face - please say hello!Most of you have taken very well to the new guidance of wearing masks outside the gym whilst queuing for class and until you are in your workout station.  Please keep it up!  We also would like to highlight the tops off situation just now.  Moving forward, if we could all be vigilant in keeping our tops on, this minimises the cleaning for our team and also helps keep the workout bays dry for the next class coming in.  Skipping RopesWorkouts with skipping, we do have ropes, however it’s tricky to get the adequate ropes to you during a workout with different height requirements.  Ideally if you could bring your ropes to class that would be appreciated.  If you don’t have ropes, we have some low budget ropes that will be available to purchase early this week on our online store to get you started.  They won’t take you to the games but they will do the job just now!   CrossFit Glasgow ShopBike Racks:Bike lock-ups are now in place outside the building.  There will be locks available this coming week (they are on order) to borrow if required.  We would ask you to utilize these lock-ups [...]

Hey Team!Wow - what a week!  We have had such a positive response to reopening and are loving seeing all of you with a barbell in your hands and smiles on your faces . . . . even on bike days!  Everyone has been brilliant and on board with the new COVID procedures in the gym and it has made turning the room around much easier on our team.  Thank you.  We are keeping up to date with all the latest guidance on the Scottish government website, and there is one to add in this week. The new guidance is to wear a mask while lining up outside the building, keep it on while we record your temperature and remove it once in your workout space.  Please put it back on when leaving.  Our team will be doing the same.  If you don’t have a super cool mask, we happen to have some CFG masks still in stock!   CFG StoreCheck out our CFG Shop - we would encourage you to utilize this online purchasing store and then pick up your order when coming for class. Just mention to a member of our team that you have an order to pick up and they will get it to you at the end of your session. We have Nocco, FitAid, all clothing items and vitamins currently available. Reminders:Most of you have returned your equipment, thank you!  Please let us know if you have missed out on getting your deposit back, we think we have caught everyone but [...]

Hey Team!It’s been a busy week of preparations for the big reopening day on Monday for CFG!  We can’t wait!  There is not a tonne to update you on this week other than a few reminders and a layout of what this coming week is going to look like.Reminders:Please return equipment tomorrow if you haven’t already, we will be in from 12:00 on Sunday until 16:00.  For those who have returned their kit already, thanks so much!Anyone on hold who has not been in touch with us, please let us know how you would like to proceed with your membership.  Those who have been on an extended hold, the hold is set to come off on the 14th of this month.  Please be aware that when you come off hold, it is very likely that your monthly payment date will have changed. Main points surrounding the new training protocols for all programs:Ensure you have signed into a class BEFORE you arrive.  There will be no opportunity to sign-in at CFG.  Classes will open 40 hours prior to class start time and close 15min before classes start.You will need to have filled out your COVID-19 Waiver before wodify will allow you to sign into a class.  You can access that here:  COVID WaiverArrive prepared/dressed to workout. The changing facilities are out of bounds until further noticeBefore the start of class, please queue up outside CFG, there will be lines marked out on the pavement with 2m spacings. You can also wait in your [...]

https://youtu.be/BD7sqZnB5bM Team! We are delighted to announce that we will be opening our doors to physical classes on the proposed date of Monday 31st August, unless told otherwise.  Also the outdoor classes for this week coming will have a capacity of 12 per class. The past six months of closure was incredibly hard. We are so thankful for all of your patience and support, without this amazing community we could well have lost everything we have worked so hard for!  In order to express our gratitude we have made very definite plans to create the best CrossFit training facility in the world and hope that you will join us as we move into a bright new future together. We have been busy during lockdown making some much needed changes to both the exterior and interior of the gym; purchased some kit to ensure we can provide classes without the need to share any equipment and made some wide reaching changes to our systems processes and core objectives. We have made physical changes to the gym in order to clean and update the interior and make it a more efficient, welcoming and attractive facility and we have taken steps to improve our local environment by updating and restoring the outside of the facility and the street, removing weeds and graffiti. We are committed to making CFG a place that everyone is proud of and an asset to the City of Glasgow. There are more immediate changes, but these ones are different. [...]

Hi All, First official day of ‘Clydeside’ Outdoor HomeWOD was a great success this past Thursday!  Classes are open to reserve 36 hours prior to class starting and must be booked through Wodify under ‘HomeWOD’.  Meeting point is in front of CFG, please come prepared with whatever equipment is required and be mindful of social distancing.  We have programmed for Mon/Tues and Thurs specifically with these outdoor sessions in mind.  Hopefully the weather holds out this month and into September for us!  Look out on Wodify, FB and your email if the weather is particularly bad as the class may be cancelled. ACCOUNTABILITY CHALLENGE With us entering what is hopefully our final month before re-opening the gym there is a mix of excitement and concern, not just over the pandemic but over how much we have let ourselves go. In order to be ready I (Iain) am starting a 30 day challenge which kicked off this past Thursday, however it is not too late to join in!  The purpose of this is to start developing better habits before getting back to the gym, to get my body into a routine so I can hit the ground running. So for the 30 days I will try to train 5-6x a week, eat 3 balanced meals a day, get 8 hours sleep a night and minimise intake of some vices (alcohol and crisps for me). I want to invite you to join me, this is an opportunity to get as healthy as [...]

CFG WEEKLY UPDATE Hi All, This week has had it’s ups and downs but let’s get the not-so-great news out of the way first: Gyms will not be open before the 14th of September. We cannot express how disappointed we are with the latest release of guidance for gyms; but neither can we express how grateful we are for the support that our community has shown us. We are blown away by the ongoing support we have and can’t thank you all enough. This announcement puts us 6 weeks away from opening our doors.  So that’s what we can’t do: get back together in the gym for training.  What we can do (and we did it on Friday) is meet up in small groups.  The trial on Friday was a great success and very much enjoyed by all who took part!  The situation is far from perfect as with the current guidance we can only meet up once a day with 4 other households, which doesn’t do a good job of servicing our 400 strong community (even with our lower numbers). Legally, we aren’t able to provide a full service to sufficient numbers but we are doing what we can within the guidance. With this in mind, we would encourage you to meet with one another to train responsibly within government guidelines. Hopefully we will know on Monday what changes might be put in place to help us and potentially look at expanding to a few informal classes through the [...]

Hi All,For those that took part in our Paired Solidarity Series Electric Boogaloo 2 - well done!  The workouts were great fun and a great excuse to meet up with a friend for some fitness. Top 3 winners of each category are:Teens:1st Place:  Azul (Kevin Garcia & Breiner Narvaez - Colombia)Adults:1st place:  Team Double Decker Appreciation Society (Dave Reid & Christos Kynigos - Glasgow)2nd place:  Double Blunders (Iain MacIntyre & John Devlin - Glasgow)3rd place:Gav Wants our Calves (Emma Wilkins & Rob O’Neill - Glasgow)Masters 110+: 1st place:  Cloudberries (Ian & Lesley Curle - Glasgow)2nd place:  CFG Young Team (Martin O’Neill & Christine McFarlane - Glasgow)Masters 80+:  1st place:  Hangry Auld Birds (Alison Nightingale & Gillian Armstrong - Glasgow)2nd place:  Auld Alliance (Alexis Allen & Andrew MacIntyre - Glasgow)Well done to all who participated!  We have been working hard in the background to get our movement library going on our website.  If you are struggling with any particular movement or want to work on your weaknesses but need a little direction, pop into our website, CFG Website, Members Home and check out our movement library!  Password is:  #wearecfgMovement LibraryWe also have our nutrition section up and running, ‘An Introduction to Nutrition - The Why’. Nutrition ArticleAlso worth checking out is the supplement articles on Vitamin D and also Omega 3, great articles explaining what these supplements do in your body and why you may need more to support your body in training. Supplement Articles WEEK AHEAD Tuesday July 14th 17:30-18:00: CFG Healthy Home Cooked Dinners - [...]

Hi All,News this week wasn’t what we had all hoped for.  Unfortunately this means another 3 weeks for us to hang on and see what the government has planned for phasing us back in.  There are many businesses also in the same boat, it’s not an ideal situation for any of us but it is necessary to be compliant with the guidance that has been laid out.  What we can do is meet up in small groups within our community as stated in the guidelines: ‘a household can meet up outdoors up to 4 other households at a time - up to 15 people in total.’  So if you need that extra push or are tired of solo training get into the park and meet some friends!  Certainly healthier than meeting up at the pub!We have put in a very large T-shirt order to celebrate coming out of lockdown hopefully soon!  Check out the design below.  We have every colour under the sun from canyon pink, plum, burgundy, black, heather blue and lava grey.  There are tanks and T’s :)  We also have ordered some branded facemasks and towels! Last chance to get your Solidarity Series workouts done this week!  Find a buddy and sign up here: https://competitioncorner.net/events/4032/register   Scores are due in on July 16th.  WOD 2.1:  https://youtu.be/_hxaUl-EUxc WOD 2.2:  https://youtu.be/jaaUIqzlx7o WOD 2.3:  https://youtu.be/uTNYw2BNI4E  WEEKLY SCHEDULE  Tuesday July 14th 17:30 : CFG Healthy Home Cooked Dinners - Mexican Steak and Rice dish with side salad. Instructions below. Zoom ID: 832-6695-7674Friday 17th July [...]

Hi All, What a week of rain we’ve had and looks like another one to come!  Just in time for kids officially breaking up from homeschool in true Scottish style.  If you find yourself not getting outside as much, tap into the HomeWODs and we will keep you moving indoors. IN-HOUSE COMPETITION There is also still opportunity to sign up to our online paired competition that can be mostly done over Zoom.  (Just WOD 1 you need to meet up in a park!).  All 3 workouts have been released and you can sign up below. Sign up here:  Solidarity Series: Electric Boogaloo Two All three workouts have now been released, the deadline for all workouts is Thursday July 16th. To view the workouts and the descriptions click here SHOWER REFURB - ARCH 1 When we first started CrossFit in days of yore (2008/2009) it was extremely rare that a CrossFit box would have a working toilet. I remember attending my level 1 in London during a cold December and using a portaloo outside the door to the gym. It was dark after the course and the attendees had to leave the door open just to see what they were doing. Back then, that was a part of the appeal - that it was about training not comfort. Nonetheless, the lack of showers represented a major hurdle to getting members into the gym; as one of the peak class times was immediately before work. People look weird enough leaving classes all [...]