BTSCF Newsletter - July 2023
It's hard to believe how quickly summer is slipping through our fingers. It feels like just yesterday we were dusting off our flip flops and breaking out the sunscreen, yet now we find ourselves flipping the calendar to August and wondering where the time went. Check out what is happening at BTSCF!
The Port Jervis Stone Challenge
The Port Jervis Stone Challenge 5 is coming soon. Register today!
If you think you've seen it all in the world of fitness and athletic performance, think again (unless you’ve already seen the Port Jervis Stone Challenge of course). Enter the Port Jervis Stone Challenge, a grueling test of strength, endurance, and mental fortitude.
The challenge is simple in concept yet incredibly demanding in execution: participants must run down the mountain from Point Peter to collect their stone, then carry the stone back up the mountain.
The journey begins with a display of speed as competitors run down the mountain. From their they’ll collect and test their strength and willingness to keep moving.
The path laid out before them is treacherous and unforgiving. Uneven terrain, gravel, mud, and steep inclines serve as constant obstacles, threatening to throw them off balance and send the stone crashing to the ground. Each step must be taken with utmost caution and precision, as even the slightest misstep could spell disaster. OK, we are being dramatic here, but the terrain will test you.
It’s a lot of fun and the race helps raise money for a great cause.
Its Games Season
The CrossFit Games is the pinnacle of competitive fitness, bringing together the world's fittest athletes to showcase their incredible physical and mental prowess. This ultimate test of strength, endurance, and skill takes place over several days, challenging participants with a wide range of grueling workouts and unique physical challenges, all to crown the Fittest on Earth.
The games begin August 1st. For more information, check out The CrossFit Games website.
Nutrition: Support Exercise, Not Body Fat
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CrossFit’s nutrition prescription is simple. Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat.
That may be simple, that doesn’t mean it is easy. We are here to help and offer one-on-one personalized nutrition coaching. Talk to a coach for more information.
BTSCF Feature Athlete
Meet Jimmy Andersen
When did you start CrossFitting?
2018
If different, when did you start at BTSCF?
2021
What brought you to CrossFit?
My wife, Becky.
What have you learned from doing CrossFit?
It’s a journey.
What would you say to someone who is on the fence about starting CrossFit?
Jump right in, it’s literally made for everyone.
What do you like to do in your free time?
Soak in the sun.
What do you do for work and how has CrossFit impacted how you do your job?
I’m the chief expeditor for my family’s contracting company. CrossFit has helped with lifting things properly.
We threw some rapid fire questions at Jimmy, here’s what he had to say:
Q: What super power would you give yourself?
A: I married my super power!
Q: What's your favorite healthy food?
A: Overnight Oats
Q: What's your favorite not so healthy food?
A: Chocolate ice cream with chocolate sprinkles.
Q: What TV Sitcom family or group would you be a member of?
A: Cheers
Q: If you were famous, what would you be famous for?
A: Being an all around nice guy.
Q: If you could write your own fortune cookie fortune, what would it say?
A: Easy does it.
Q: If you were a professional wrestler, what would you finishing move be called?
A: The back breaker.
Q: Who do you look up to for inspiration at BTSCF?
A: All of the members that show up and continually keep coming, doing the work.
Q: What is your favorite and least favorite movement?
A: Favorite, Devil’s Press and Kettlebells. Least favorite, anything with a squat.
Q: What is the one thing you've done at BTSCF that your old self wouldn't ever believe?
A: Pretty much all of it!!