Azam providing Brian with what is known as Erg Moral Support
- Happy birthday, Kristen G.!
- CFSBK’s softball team, Las Calaveras, has their first game tonight at the Red Hook ball fields. Word on the streets of Brooklyn is that they are not to be messed with. Come cheer them on at 6:15pm!
Weekend Alternative Programming
We are hosting Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength Seminar again and the gym will be mostly closed tonight through Sunday night. As an alternative, we’re offering off-location workouts. Below are the programming options available. Please note that all classes require preregistration, so please sign up ahead of time HERE.
Friday 4/25
Morning and afternoon classes are on as normally scheduled. Open gym is cancelled.
Saturday 4/26
All normal in-house group classes are cancelled. We are offering yoga and active recovery classes upstairs in the annex, along with a Prospect Park WOD. Your group class membership will apply for any of these classes, including yoga.
Upstairs Annex Classes
9am Yoga for Athletes
10am Yoga for Atheltes
11am Active Recovery
12pm Active Recovery
Prospect Park WOD
9:00am Park WOD
10:30am Park WOD
Meet Coach MeLo on Long Meadow Field as you enter from Garfield Place. Look for orange cones. WOD will include handstand practice and sprinting. Bring your own stopwatch to keep track of interval times as well as a water bottle. Email Melissa [at] CrossfitSouthBrooklyn.com if you have any questions.
WEATHER UPDATE: If it is lightly raining tomorrow, MeLo will still hold the Prospect Park WODs. If it is pouring and we do need to cancel, we will have a notice posted by 7:30am.
Sunday 4/27
All normal in-house group classes are cancelled, including open gym. We are offering three track workouts located at the Red Hook running track.
10am Track WOD
11am Track WOD
12pm Track WOD
Support Vanguard High School’s Backpacking Program
CFSBKer Matthew E. has been backpacking, climbing, hunting, and enjoying the outdoors since he was a child. When he began teaching at an NYC public school, he was horrified at his students’ limited exposure to the outdoors. Some of them had never been outside the city, let alone in the woods. To reconcile this deficiency, Matthew helped organize and lead a backpacking trip for 20 students to the Appalachian Trail. It was an incredible experience. All materials were donated or loaned from teachers, staff, and friends. To make this a sustainable project, Vanguard is hoping to raise $5,000. They are currently half way there! Help them out by making a donation or spreading the word! Learn more here.
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