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Wednesday, 05.16.12: This Weekend’s 2012 REGIONALS Details

Regionals weekend is finally upon us! Come spectate and cheer on your Atlas Team!!
Events will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this weekend.  You may find detailed information about each day’s schedule of events: Here

Tickets are $10 per day, or $25 for a 3-day pass.

*Atlas will have  a caravan leaving on Friday at 8:15 am.

 

The Venue:

McCook Athletic & Exposition
4750 South Vernon Avenue McCook, IL 60525

 

 

 

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Tuesday, 05.08.12: POW!

Atlas is making some exciting leaps forward lately. By both expanding, adding an additional 3000 sq. feet to training space, and by adding new classes to the schedule. The month of May features several POW kickboxing teaser workouts for you to try:

Monday, May 7th: 7pm POWFit

Thursday, May 10th: 5:30pm Boxing MItt Drills

Saturday, May 12th: 10am Krav Maga

Tuesday, May 15th: 12:15pm Thai Boxing

Wednesday, May 16th: 7pm Krav Maga

Wednesday, May 23rd: 6pm POWFit

Wednesday, May 23rd: 7pm Kickboxing Drills

Friday, May 25th: 6:30am POWFit

Wednesday, May 30th: 7pm Krav Maga

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Thursday, 04.19.12: Nutrition Lecture

healthy food

Please come to our FREE nutrition lecture Saturday, April 28th and 12pm where we will talk about the benefits of following a Paleo and Zone diet. Follow this link to sign up!

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Wednesday, 04.18.12: I Am CrossFit Challenge Winners!

Eugene and Jill

Congratulations to Jill Rodriguez and Eugene Granovsky on their amazing efforts in the I Am CrossFit Challenge! These two earned first place and yielded the most change in body composition and fitness level!

Jill’s Results:
-Lost 10lbs and 4.5% body fat
-Changed overall body composition by 16%
-Increased 7-minute burpee test by 20 burpees, a whopping 28% change!
-Added 5 lbs to Front Squat

Eugene’s Results:
-Lost 7 lbs and 1.5% body fat
-Changed overall body composition by 9%
-Increased 7-minute burpee test by 8 burpees
-Added 10 lbs to front squat

 

Scores during the challenge are calculated based on percent change in weight, body fat, circumference measurements, and fitness gains. Scores are then ranked, with the male and female with the lowest overall rank taking 1st place.

Every single participant should consider themselves a winner as each of you worked extremely hard and witnessed improvements in body composition, strength and performance! Way to go everyone!

In case you were unaware, “I Am CrossFit”, or “IAC”, is a  challenge we do at Atlas every six months or so. This challenge asks that you dedicate yourself for 6 weeks to CrossFit workouts and Paleo/Zone eating. The best part, is that you aren’t on your own throughout this challenge, but you are on a team with a dedicated coach and teammates to help you succeed. Our next challenge kicks off June 9th. Follow this link to sign up!

Cost is $165 and includes:

  • Strength and Conditioning Benchmark Workouts (Before/After)
  • Before & After photos
  • Before/After body comp (weight, girth measurements, body fat calculations)
  • Weekly workout accountability (min. 4x week)
  • Weekly grading of food logs
  • Nutrition guidance
  • An Atlas Coach to keep you accountable to your goals
  • 1 skill clinic (available to non-IAC athletes for $20)
  • An “I Am CrossFit” Challenge t-shirt
  • A customized “NEW” Atlas workout journal

 

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Thursday, 04.12.12: Murph Day 2012 At Windy City

windy city

Windy City CrossFit will be hosting Murph Day 2012 on June 2nd.  Plenty of your Atlas buddies are already registered and would love to have you fighting along side them!
A portion of the proceeds go to the Navy SEAL Foundation. Even if you don’t want to participate in the WOD, come and cheer on your friends and support this great cause! Follow this link to register.

“Murph”
For time:
1 mile run
100 pull ups
200 Push ups
300 squats
1 mile run

When:

Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 7am – ???

Where:

Windy City CrossFit
4043 N. Ravenswood #106
Chicago, IL 60613

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Wednesday, 04.11.12: Recipe Book Launch!

On of our very own members, Amelia Levin, is launching a recipe book at Province on Tuesday, April 17th! We encourage you to go support her and also enjoy a (mostly paleo) 5-course dinner.

Below is the link to register and view details!

Amelia Levin’s Book Launch Party

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Wednesday, 04.11.12: 2012 Regionals T-Shirts

Regionals womens white 2

Sport your Atlas pride at the 2012 North Central Regionals! T-shirts are now available now for pre-order for $20 at our Online Store! After that they will be available for $25.

 

Each shirt will have the Atlas logo on the back with “North Central Regionals 2012″.
Below are the color/style options:

-Men’s Navy Tee
-Men’s Black Tee (not seen)
-Women’s White Burnout Tank
-Women’s Purple Burnout V-Neck Tee

This year’s North Central Regional competition will be held on May 18th-20th at
McCook Athletic & Exposition
4750 South Vernon Avenue McCook, IL 60525

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Tuesday, 04.10.12: HSPU WOD

Men
Jay G 13:45
Brian C. 14:18
Cliff 17:36
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Tuesday, 04.10.12: 800m Run

Men
Patrick T 2:30
Dave T 2:33
JJ C 2:34
Women
Kristen Sm 2:38
Amelia B 2:40
Jess W. 3:12
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Tuesday, 04.10.12: Boxing Class Tonight!

Hey everyone! Sorry for the late notice, but tonight we are going to have a trial boxing class from 5:30pm-6:00pm. We are considering adding new programs so please feel free to jump in and see what you think. There will be no cost for this class. See you in a bit!

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