FCF Baseball Night!
Let’s get the gym family together for a night of baseball, food, drink, and good times! The Mariners are playing the KC Royals on Sunday, June 30th at 7:10pm.
The 2017 crew & supporters!
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How to Spectate (Game Only)

1) Purchase a game ticket with our group by sending your payment ($40) to “info@foundationcrossfit.com” via PayPal and select “Friends and Family” for the payment type.
$40 for main level ticket to the game in the evening – this also includes entry to spectate at Battle at the Ballpark earlier in the day.
2) Show up at Safeco Field to support our teams competing!
3) Celebrate and hang out at FCF Baseball night!
DEADLINE to purchase spectator tickets: Monday, June 18 6pm. If you have additional questions, please contact Coach Sheena at sheena@foundationcrossfit.com
This FB event is to advertise and collect RSVPs for group seating to the Mariners game for Saturday June 30th, at 7:10pm. 
Note: if you plan on participating in Battle at the Ballpark, you do not need to purchase a spectator ticket.
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What is Battle at the Ballpark?
Battle at the Ballpark is a 4 person team competition with CrossFit-style workouts designed for ALL levels of athletes! Grab some swole-mates (2 men, 2 women) and sign up to participate in either the RX division or scaled division!
Stacey, Mikey C., Scott, and Lauren at last year’s event

How to Participate at Battle at the Ballpark

 

1) Create a 4 person team!
2) Come up with a cool/fun name and REGISTER to participate. See website for more information.
3) Train as you would (or extra) for the competition!
4) Show up and have fun!
5) Celebrate and hang out at FCF Baseball night!

The past 5 weeks of the CrossFit Games Open flew by! If you’ve been participating in our nutrition challenge this year, then it’s been an even longer past 8-9 weeks! Some of you took a Body Fat Test at the beginning of it and now the re-test date is here!

First let me just say, HOW is it already April?!

So.. some of you may be looking forward to retesting and some of you may not.. but let me remind you why to still show up for it.

  • You committed to it and paid for it, so follow through! Regardless what the outcome, you will have hard data to compare to 8 weeks ago and will have hard data to compare in the future.
  • If you retest and you met your goals, then AWESOME. Celebrate it! Keep up the good work. Use it to motivate you to continue well past the next few weeks.
  • If you retest and didn’t meet your goals, then better luck next time and keep working on it! This doesn’t DEFINE you. Numbers don’t define who you are or how you perform. Don’t be embarrassed. You can still improve and on your own timeline. There can be a number of reasons why you might not have met your goals but use this to motivate you to continue you well past the next few weeks.
  • It will help you determine your next steps. Do you want to continue on the nutrition lifestyle you chose for the challenge or try something different? We can take a look at your numbers, your diet, and workout frequency to see where we can improve.
  • If you didn’t take the Body Fat Test previously but would like to, now is your chance!

HOW TO SIGN UP

The process is similar to how we signed up last time: RSVP through your account with us via Zen Planner!

  1. Click HERE
  2. Select your preferred time slot.
  3. Log into your account to confirm your time and appointment.

Athletes who pre-paid for the test will not have accounts charged. Athletes who would like to test (for the first time) can still RSVP for an appointment time – your account will not be charged and you will need to pay Brian directly (cash, check, or cc). Non-members of the gym who are interested in testing may also sign up for slots through the same process of reserving an appointment time via Zen Planner and pay Brian directly (cash, check, or cc).

REMEMBER

The Body Fat Test truck will be parked outside on 12th avenue! It is parked across the street (on the east side of 12th ave), directly in front of Katsu Burger. There are two changing rooms in the truck and there is a possibility that an athlete will be in the truck (whether getting retested or changing to leave/get ready) the same time as you. Bring a swimsuit, towel, and change of clothes. Please try to get tested BEFORE you workout. You may also use our restrooms to change and our shower for before or after your test.

You can read more about the process of BFT here. Please send your questions directly to Sheena at sheena@foundationcrossfit.com

LASTLY

You are awesome and we are immensely proud of you. Finish out strong, we’ll see you soon!

2017 Foundation Climbers

There is one more week of the CrossFit Games Open season and one more week until the Big Climb!

At 788 feet of vertical elevation, the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle stands as the second tallest building west of the Mississippi. It takes 69 floors, or 1,311 steps, to reach the highly acclaimed observation deck with breathtaking views of the entire Puget Sound region. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Big Climb event raises money through individual and team fundraising, sponsorship and entry fees which is then invested in its mission to fund blood cancer research and support services for patients. In 2014, the event sold out in 13 hours and raised $2.42 million for blood cancer research and patient services. Registration for the 2015 Big Climb sold out in 9 hours and raised a record-breaking $2.92 million! Big Climb 30 sold out in a record-breaking 8 hours and raised an incredible $2.74 million. Big Climb 31 raised a record breaking $2.95 million. Big Climb Seattle will be taking place this year on Sunday, March 25, 2018.

We have an awesome group of athletes with their family/friends participating as our team, Foundation Climbers:

  • Anthony A.
  • Jake A.
  • Paul B.
  • Conor B.
  • Lauren B. – fundraising goal of $150
  • Michael B.
  • Vanessa B.
  • Doug B.
  • Andrew B. – fundraising goal of $150
  • Ryan B. – fundraising goal of $1,000
  • Guillaume C. – fundraising goal of $200
  • Michael D. – fundraising goal of $150
  • Joe D. – fundraising goal of $150
  • Brian D. – fundraising goal of
  • Jon E.
  • Ilene F. – fundraising goal of $200
  • Jeff H. – fundraising goal of $1,000
  • Abhi H. – fundraising goal of $1,000
  • John H.
  • Patrick H. – fundraising goal of $1,000
  • Jo K. – fundraising goal of $300
  • Tony L. – fundraising goal of $150
  • Hugh M. – fundraising goal of $350
  • Brannon M.
  • Kris M. – fundraising goal of $150
  • Doug M.
  • Nathan M. – fundraising goal of $300
  • Randy M.
  • Margy M.
  • Artur R. – fundraising goal of $150
  • Olivia R. – fundraising goal of $150
  • Ryan S. – fundraising goal of $200
  • Andrew S. – fundraising goal of $150
  • Stuart W.
  • Corinne X. – fundraising goal of $1,000

The names highlighted with fundraising goals are our athletes and are linked directly to their donation pages. If you are able to please consider making a donation through any of their links to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. Since the first funding in 1954, LLS has awarded more than $1 billion for research specifically targeting leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. LLS has invested $3.6 million in ten research projects in Washington state, including eight at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and two at the University of Washington. Since the mid-1990s, LLS has invested over $30 million in local research.

We are proud to have so many of you participating in a fitness event that benefits our community. Wishing everyone the best of luck at this year’s race! Climb, climb, climb and get those PRs!

The first FCF Big Climb Team in 2008

CGO 17.2

The CrossFit Open is a worldwide online CrossFit competition and we’ve done it every year as a gym since its inception in 2011. As we have in the past, we are performing the online competition as an intergym challenge. This fantastic idea came from Catalyst Fitness’ Intramural Open.

Also on Monday 2/5 we also start our Nutrition Challenge to help us gain ground in better health, better understanding of how our bodies work, better body composition for movement, and better energy! If you are serious about your performance you also need to be serious about fueling. Don’t regret not eating well when your workout results are on the line!

 

CGO 16.2 at FCF

At Foundation CrossFit we want to help you get to another level with your physicality. Competition can help inspire you to go harder than you’ve ever gone before. The pressure to perform pushes you to take training more seriously; the social boost of dozens of your best friends cheering for you will help you reach a higher plane. Heck, watching your teammates GO is inspiring!

Can we bring that worldwide thrill home to FCF? Can we deliver all the fun of competition without causing any anxiety attacks? We think so. I’ve created three teams with leadership groups. The leadership and I will have a private draft and you’ll be put onto a team. These Teams will go through the Open which will ultimately lead us to our intergym throwdown VERSUS X.

Which team will claim the Golden Hammer?


CGO 15.4 at FCF

REGISTRATION

Registration for the Open can be done NOW until 5pm on Monday 2/27 at games.crossfit.com, Choose ‘Foundation CrossFit’ as your Affiliate!

Also take the 2018 Online CrossFit Judges Course. If you register for the Open, take and pass the Judges course, complete all 5 workouts, you’ll receive $20 off of your April membership!

CGO 15.3 at CFSLU

DRAFT

Coaches and the rest of the registered FCF fam will be drafted onto an Intramural team. Once drafted onto a team you’ll be entered onto the public Team Rosters which will be shared outside the office.

If you’re reading this and you haven’t registered for the CGO you might be courted by one of our Team Captains to join their team – probably more than one. Sign up and you’ll be put on a team according to order of signup.

CGO 14.4 at CFSLU

POINTS

Points will be awarded by FCF HQ after every event and totals will be shared every Tuesday morning. The biggest points you can earn your team happen with

Registration for the 2018 CrossFit Games Open: Sign up and choose Foundation CrossFit as your affiliate!

Completing the Judges Course: Take and pass the 2018 Online Judges Course and email the PDF to info@foundationcrossfit.com. You must send the PDF as an attachment. If you send a screenshot, it doesn’t count. If you forward us a link, it doesn’t count. Get me that PDF and we’ll give you those points!

CGO 14.3 at Foundation CrossFit 5.0

WORKOUTS

Athletes competing in the Open will have only four days to complete each workout: Thursday evenings the workout and standards are released, Monday evening scores are due. The Open will have five workouts over five weeks, with the fifth week including in VERSUS X, where your team points entering the event may sway the standings and winners. Think about it this way: the Open is a sport season and VERSUS are the playoffs (and championship). Our competition schedule is as follows:

As per usual, we will program the workout that Friday for all CrossFit classes so you can be tested (or practice/run-through/see it) if you cannot make the weekend event. Just remember that there are point differences depending on when you do the workout. Being there for the event will put you in the best atmosphere to perform well.

This year we DO have schedule times for make-ups: Sundays at 11am during CompEx and Mondays at 1pm. That means you’ll have a chance everyday to get your points in. Try to bring your own certified judge- this is why it’s so important to come in on Friday or Saturday when the sheer attendance will allow you to have a judge, certified or not.

CGO 13.5 at CrossFit SLU (Foundation CrossFit South Lake Union)

PRIZES

We’ll have some random drawings each week for prizes, including gear, socks, water bottles, clothing, training packages, and more! The top team will also earn a GRAND prize. Details released later!

2012 at Foundation CrossFit 3.0

SOCIAL

Use the hashtags #FCFio2018 and #HYFRsquad on your social media! If we see and repost it you’ll be earning your team some extra points!

2011 at FCF 3.0

In summary, our focus during the Open is on FUN. We want participation because it increase your fitness, keep you accountable to all of your gym mates, and earn you high-fives! It’s also great being able to see your results from years past, and to see where you’ve improved over time and knowledge.

Register online at the CrossFit Games site and get this party started!

It has been an exciting week seeing all of your registration forms come in for the 2018 Nutrition Challenge! If you’re not signed up yet, go to the site and sign up! We’re asking for sign-ups to get you committed, accountable, and get some goals set for the next two months.

If you’re already signed up, we’ve already got some blog posts up on the nutrition-challenge-specific-website. Be sure to check it out and mark down the events we have planned. There are lots of things happening this month in addition to the challenge (ahem Intramural Open during the CrossFit Games Open.. look out for our blog post on that soon!) and you don’t wanna miss our check-in/event/potlucks planned!

This week has been a prep week for the challenge and we’ve set up a little mini challenge for you to clean out your pantry! Sarah set up a box at the gym for you to bring in your unwanted items and will donate the goods to NW Harvest Food Bank (Cherry Street). Last day to bring in these items will be Monday 2/5.

Lastly, I want to remind you all of our nutrition Q&A session happening this Saturday, after classes at 12pm! Bring your open minds and your questions! See you there!

You’ve heard us talking about it all month. You went hard this weekend and celebrated with us.

And now it’s time to gear up for our 8-week nutrition challenge!!

We’re kicking this week off with Hydrostatic Body Fat Testing today (there are STILL spots left) AND the launch of our challenge-specific website.

We wanted to create a separate site for the challenge so you have one place to go for all-things nutrition during the challenge. This is your home base for getting the support that you need to stay accountable, inspired, and motivated throughout the next eight weeks. Once you register to participate, visit the site daily! Food journals will be posted and shared with all, and we encourage you to interact with one another by posting comments on each others’ food journals and mini challenge submissions. Do not hesitate to ask questions to prompt conversation and discussion in your posts!

Still on the fence? We’re hosting a Q&A session after classes this Saturday, February 3rd starting at 12pm. Come by to geek out a bit about nutrition and get all of your questions answered (for example, YES you can still participate if you are counting macros). See you there!!

Come party with us!

Did you know that we have been in business for 10 years now? It’s true what they say, time flies when you are having fun (and busy busy)! Come celebrate post-2017-holidays with us at the Garage! We have a private area, the Echo Room, reserved for our party – bring a friend or two to come hang! We’ll have some appetizers for you early birds and Kristina will be DJing some dope tunes for us to chill and dance to.

RSVP to our Facebook Event! The venue is 21+ establishment, please remember your IDs! Looking forward to sharing a ‘cheers’ with you there!

Enjoy some photos of the very first FCF!




You’ve heard us talk about it.

You’ve seen it written out on the board.

And now it’s just around the corner, our first nutrition challenge of 2018!

DETAILS

  • The challenge will be 8 weeks long, starting on February 5th, no cost to participate. Registration begins Friday 1/26. We’ll have a separate blogpost with directions!
  • We will have a specific website for all things nutrition challenge. We narrowed down your choices in nutrition protocol to: Paleo, Whole30, Low-Carb, or Keto. Please email Sheena and Sarah if you have a different protocol in mind.
  • A week prior to the start, we will have an educational week sharing guidelines to each protocol. There will be a nutrition Q&A led by Andrew and Sheena on Saturday at noon February 3rd.
  • We will be hosting the Body Fat Test truck right outside, on Monday January 29th. This is not required to participate in the challenge, though there are benefits to getting it done (and we highly recommend it). The cost will be $84 for both BEFORE and AFTER. MORE information on Hydrostatic Body Fat Testing HERE. 
  • We have check-ins, activities, and events planned to help you succeed in reaching your goals and keep you motivated to continue on throughout!

Have you found yourself in class partnered up with someone for the WOD and gave them a tip (based on your own experience) as to how to do a movement better? Maybe it was just a cue that has worked for you and you wanted to share it. Did it make you wonder what it would be like to be trainer? If you’ve thought of it multiple times and may have some interest in learning more, we are excited to share that we recently created a Coach Development Program.

Our Coach Development Program is a 6+ month process in becoming a CrossFit coach. Whether you have experience in the field or may be brand new, this program is designed to help you become a trainer by observing, participating, and shadowing in our classes and having a mentor(s) to check-in with your progress. Our program will also allow you to learn the Foundation CrossFit history, mission, and values that are beneficial to potentially becoming a part of the team.

If this sounds interesting to you, we’d love to hear from you. Please send us an email [info@foundationcrossfit.com and cc: sheena@foundationcrossfit.com] with the subject line “CDP Letter” with a letter of intent explaining your interest and experience (if applicable).

Thank you again to everyone who contributed to our adopted families from the Swedish Cancer Institute program! Much love to: Leah W, Jason H, Sonja, Max, Teada, Sandi, Sarah M, Colin B, Sheena, Stacey S, Michi, Laura W, Elise, Alexis, Nnenna, Helen, Long, and Jen W.

Tony, Andrew, and Sheena dropped off the goodies to Sharla on Friday, 12/15.

The donations were delivered to each patient after their appointments before the Christmas holiday last week. Sharla was kind to report back their reactions:

Family K:
Patient K was very tired after her treatment, but had enough energy to express her gratitude for the donations, especially this time of the year. Her full time job and daily radiation treatment has left her feeling fatigued most days. She shared that her older children are planning to come home from college to spend the holidays with the family. They have no special plans except to cook dinner and spend time with each other. Thank you for your contributions so Family K can have a full and stocked pantry for Christmas!

Family X:
When the items were delivered to the Patient X and his children after his oncology appointment, he immediately started saying “Thank You”. Unfortunately, he had just received news from the doctor that his cancer has now progressed to Stage IV metastatic lung cancer. Seeing all the holiday items after this particular appointment put a large smile on his face. He repeatedly expressed that this was more than what the family had asked for. He certainly was not expecting all these items and shared how much the gifts were going to help him and his kids. Thank you to the donors who made this humble man beam with the biggest smile the staff has ever seen on him!

A little kindness goes a long way! Again, thank you! We are grateful for all of you and already looking forward to next season.