MOVESKILL MEMORIES

By Dave Werner View all photos for this blogpost at SmugMug here Basic gymnastics skills were part of CrossFit and training.  Thanks to Nick we were able to get our hands on some great gymnastics equipment. We had a pommel horse, parallel bars, a balance beam, and old...

By Nancy Meenen View all photos for this blogpost at SmugMug here After the CrossFit Challenge we realized we wanted to have more throw down workouts and mini competitions but also use it as a vehicle to invite people to experience CrossFit for themselves. Then they...

By Nancy Meenen View all photos for this blogpost at SmugMug here The kettlebell tool was one of the first things Dave used when he was rehabbing his back.  He loved the movement and skill of the kettlebell and how nicely it complimented what CrossFit North was doing...

By Nancy Meenen View all photos for this blogpost at SmugMug here Somewhere along the way it was decided that Greg Glassman and his then wife, Lauren, would come up to the first CrossFit affiliate on the planet, Greg would give a seminar, and we would put on a...

By Nancy Meenen View all photos for this blogpost at SmugMug here Shortly after moving to our 3rd location at the hangar at Sand Point Magnuson Park, we started to advertise for our first big event.  Little did I know that events would dominate my life for the next 15...

By Nancy Meenen View all photos for this blog post at  SmugMug here. A long long time ago, just yesterday, in a little garage in a north Seattle neighborhood, an idea drifted in through the rafters. What if we started the first CrossFit affiliate, a Box, right here in...