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Reflections On Extraordinary

Peter — Mon, 02 May 2011 03:28:57 +0000

It is amazing what can be accomplished in a relatively short amount of time, given an extraordinary group of individuals. A much gracious thank you goes to everyone who gave their time, money and resources to help our Flip 4 Zane event raise over $12,000, more then doubling our projected goal! Our dedication and compassion, when mixed with a little competition has proven once again to be able to move mountains… take a moment to boast on that.

Specifically I would like to recognize the Goodyear Police and Fire departments, the team captains Kelly and Clay McGuire, Brandi Kalafat and Will for bearing the responsibility of meeting and surpassing a difficult goal. Without Fury’s amazing staff this event never would have happened and we are pleased to announce that almost every single member contributed in some way-money, flipping, volunteering, food donation, something-everyone at Fury did something to make this event happen!

Shout outs need to be given to our own Stacey Frederico, Hilgers Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Ground Control Coffee, Absolute Screen Printing, Lighthouse Fellowships and the West Valley View and Good Morning Arizona on Channel 3. Communities with leaders and businesses such as these is the backbone of our great country.

And to Zane Treguboff, who has the ability to unite so many people for a single cause we send our love, support and best wishes into the future. Thank you and remember together we can make the world a better place.

We must also keep focused on the future with Sectionals now over we are training for Regionals that will be held in Denver on June 10th-13th. We will update you on our team and individual standings in the upcoming week, for now we can relax with the pride of accomplishment… that is until tomorrow.

Have a great rest of your weekend and goodbye Bin Laden!

Sectional Saturday 11.2

Peter — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:49:49 +0000

This Saturday marks workout number two of six in the 2011 CrossFit Open! After the first week our team is ranked 6th with plenty of individual scores ranked in the top fifty of our region… not a bad start if you ask me. This weekend we are looking at a slightly longer AMRAP of Deadlifts, Pushups and Box Jumps with similarly great rankings!

The plan as usual will start at the track at 7:30am and we expect to see alot of new faces with this new paleo challenge…. Afterwards we will meet back around 9:30 at the gym for some olympic lifting and then crush another sectional workout starting at 11am. There will be great food and fun so we hope to see all of our competitors and spectators this Saturday!

Also just a heads up on something that was not clarified previously but now will be. These six workouts are also acting as our Rubber Chicken Competition. The top placing male and female after all six workouts will receive the coveted rubber chicken…

Recover

Peter — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:07:48 +0000

Embrace rest and recovery as an important part of your training regimen, without it you will never come back stronger from your training.

This Friday Josh, Will, Brian V. Marcus and myself will be headed to Luke AFB to compete in a Military/CrossFit PT challenge along side Air Force Personnel and other CrossFit Affiliates from around the valley. The format is two Hopper WODS utilizing the Air Forces CrossFit facility as well as outdoor training areas. Expect a strong showing from our team and up to date results on our FaceBook page. Good luck tomorrow fellas!

This Saturday lets get back out to the track for some sprint work in the cool morning air. Running will start around 7am at Desert Edge and we will meet back at the gym around 9:30 for the WOD. CrossFit Kids are at 8am and 8:30 then our CrossFit Free Intro class is at 9am. We have had some great attendance for this over the last few weeks, lets keep it up!

The Third Annual Furious Fundraiser is fast approaching and we are pouring our hearts into this event! We will be opening registration up to day of volunteers and judges in the next few days. Keep training strong (and resting) because October 23rd will be here before you know it!

3rd Annual Furious Fundraiser

Peter — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:18:51 +0000

Continuing on with Fury tradition we are planning our 3rd Annual Furious Fundriaser benifiting the family of Phoenix Police Officer Travis Murphy. This all day event will start in the morning with a 5k run which will be open to everyone. After the run, interested CrossFit athletes will compete in two additional unknown workouts to see who finishes all three events in overall first place. For members of CrossFit Fury, the top placing male and female will win the coveted Rubber Chicken (and other prizes) until the next competition…

Some History

We have held two fundraisers in our twenty some odd months of operation, this will mark our third. The first Furious Fundraiser in 2008 was a competition supporting public service in general and the winner chose a charity to donate the winnings! The winner Preston from a Chandler Affiliate choose the 100 Club.

Then in 2009 came the Bill Milender Memorial Fundraiser where supporting gyms from all over the valley came in to support the family of fallen MCSO Officer Bill Milender. This competition was crushed by local affiliate CrossFit North West Tuscon. The third and forth competitions were purely “in-house” and used to determine affiliate teams for the CrossFit Games.

This Fundraiser and Competition is going to be the biggest and best so far. There are going to be workouts for everyone to participate in, including the kids! Mark your calendars for Saturday October 23rd to join us in our 3rd Annual Furious Fundraiser benefiting the family of fallen Phoenix Police officer Travis Murphy. Registration information will be available shortly.

Final Stats

Peter — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:21:19 +0000

After another great competition and the stats are in. Here are the final standings with their placings in each of the following workouts: 20 min skills test- Jump, Sprint, Double under- The Hill Wod.

1st place overall Josh: 3rd-1st-1st

2nd Ben: 1st-3rd-2nd

3rd (TIE) Mike: 4th-4th-3rd

3rd (TIE) Brian:5th-2nd-4th

5th Brandon: 2nd-5th-7th

6th Alfred: 6th-7th-5th

7th Vince: 7th-6th-6th

Women Standings

1st Overall Lisa: 1st-1st-3rd

2nd Leah: 3rd-2nd-1st

3rd Ariel: 4th-4th-2nd

4th Elissa: 2nd-6th-4th

5th Aimee: 6th-5th-5th

6th Carren: 8th-3rd-6th

As usual when we have a tie we immediately went to a tie breaker which was max rep burpees in 2 min with a jump and touch to 1ft over head. Unfortunately after the fact we realized the heights were not the same so we are redoing Mike and Brian’s tie breaker Monday morning at 6am. From there we will have our Affiliate team!

We were honored to have a great showing and support from Michael Moseley and CrossFit NorthWest Tucson this weekend. Thanks to everyone who came out, showed their support for our cause!

What Are You On?

Peter — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:15:42 +0000

Seriously I feel what we are doing should be controlled by the government, like opiates…. this stuff is just too good! There is such a sense of pride while looking at the record board lately, all of the performances are top notch! Today for example, we had nearly a dozen people with around 5 minute Fran times knock over a minute off… Thats huge!

The Forth Rubber Chicken has been announced on our Road to the Games page. This competition will determine who is going to Regionals on the CrossFit Fury Affiliate Team!

Basics Members: Tomorrow we offer barbell training that is required before you can move on to the CrossFit Class. This is additional training included in the CF-Prep class along with the basics workouts. If you are interested in attending CrossFit Classes one day, speak with us about the CF-Prep Membership.

Paleo Challenge Two is off to a much more aggressive start than the first. The food logs are excellent! We are seeing a good variety of vegetables, meats, fruits and nuts, along with well proportioned meals.

Did somebody cut you guys in on what works?…

We are trying to get individual emails to you, watch for them. Sponsors this is also a good time to read through your sponsee’s logs.

Lastly if you don’t know about Beyond the Whiteboard listen up. Whether you are a Basics Member or CrossFit (soon we will post CF-Prep workouts) you can log your workouts and track your progress from day one! We as a gym have opted to cover this fee for you, so take advantage. Also the workouts are posted the night before so you can get a heads up if it helps you sleep…

Chicken!

Peter — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:10:23 +0000

After four long workouts Lisa came out on top for the females and there was a tie for the mens spot between Brian and Josh! We had two options, one was to go back and see who placed better more often then the other (boring) or have a tie breaker!!! The choice was obvious.

The tie breaker was 2 rounds of 10 burpees and 2 legless rope climbs. Needless to say it was a powerful finish to an excellent competition and Brain V will be holding on to the chicken for the next month or so! Along with the chicken the winners won a free month at the gym!

Congratulations Brian and Lisa and all competitors!

There will be more posts that follow with pictures and videos from the comp and a few cool stats we noticed. Stay tuned through the weekend.

Competition Info!

Peter — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:17:45 +0000

Alright here it is: Everything will start at 5:05pm and the heats are listed below. There are 4 workouts and the scoreing will be exactly the same as 2009 Games. 1st place gets 1 point, 2nd gets 2 points 3rd gets 3 and so on. The winner at the end of the night will have the fewest points.

The workouts in general are as follows. The specific reps, rounds, weights and standards will be discussed at the start. Wod 1 Snatches and Wall balls. Wod 2: Three attempts at a 1 rep max lift. Wod 3: A run. Wod 4: Dead lifts and Air Squats.

Wod 1 will have a 15 minute cap. The heats are as follows.
Heat 1: Jess, Evan, Perham, Aaron, Sal, Alfred, Tim, Vince
Heat 2: Adriane, Kaila, Becca, Lisa, Kammie, Carren, Leah
Heat 3: Josh, Brian, Ben, Mike, Carl, Brandon, Kreed

At the conclusion of the run we will calculate current leaders and adjust the heats so that the top 6 men will be in the final heat.

Nutrition is going to be pretty important… duh! Personally I would suggest eating a nice variety of fruits and veggies (zone balanced) through the day with plenty of water. Try to have your last meal around 2pm and again personally I would pack some type of fruit from the unfavorable side of the Zone chart. Midjul dates, Bananas, and Yams are my competition carbs and there will be a small opportunity after Wod 1 for some refueling.

GOOD LUCK!!!

7 days and Counting….

Peter — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:50:59 +0000

Competitors, not much longer until the chicken is up for grabs…. There is quite a bit riding on this competition and we are doing our best to make the victors truly deserve to hold the prize!

If you are going to compete on Friday the 13th, please let us know so that we can be as organized as possible Also if you would like to be a judge holla. Scaling as always will be permitted!

Also remember this Saturday is the flag football game at Goodyear Ballpark. Sunday there are some whisperings about running some hills before or after the workout… Stay tuned for more info regarding that!

Legacy

Peter — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:54:23 +0000

The Rubber Chicken Legacy lives on…. Ben retains the trophy until the next competition and Lisa is the new keeper. Congratulations to all who competed from our gym and around the state!

A few stats from the competition:
Top 3 Clean and Jerks for Men were Michael Mosely (CrossFit Northwest Tuscon) 260lbs, Marcus Neal (Fury) and Johnathon Kauffman (CrossFit Scottsdale) tied for second with 245.

For the Ladies our own Elissa Allen pulled 135. Second was tied between Jennifer Lawrence from Northwest Tucson and Lisa Covey (Fury) at 125lbs.

The Pullups were pretty tight at the top, Mosely again took first with 80, second was Nick Wakin with a close 78 and third with 75 was Bryon Maxwell.

Lisa Covey had 52 pullups, Aimee Berensci from LifeTime Fitness (guess they have pullup bars there?) got second with a whopping 47 and Lawrence came in with 45.

The third workout which was a 400m run, 30 burpees and 10 pushjerk/pushpress at 155/95 turned out to be quite the test… There was a range of about 7 minutes between the best times and the worst and honestly every second was spend with that barbell (or looking at it..)

On the mens side Mosely finished first in 3:40 Kauffman second at 4:06 and Ben Wegner (Fury) 4:39.

Lawrence crushed this workout in 5 minutes flat, Covey and Berensci rounded out the top three with 6:10 and 6:15 respectively.

It was an honor having such fine athletes competing at CrossFit Fury! Know that our doors are always open to each and every one of you. Big thanks to all the volunteers (judges!) your help was greatly appreciated and without you things would have not ran as smoothly as they did. Thanks to everyone who donated to help the Milender’s, it feels good to do what we can.

Thanks to all the hard working, selfless, top notch athletes!! We must all do our part to put AZ on the map, and remember we are now competing all over the world! REPRESENT