Team CSC Newsletter - February 2025
Member of the Month - Tom Berry
Ever since he joined us at CSC, Tom has been a friendly face across our evening and weekend sessions. You may see him pulling 2000+ cal/hr on the rower, which carries over from his university days on the rowing team. His team spirit shines through in his presence around the box, making conversations with members old and new; and our coaches making it a positive environment for those around him. Juggling training around a young family isn’t easy, but we’ve noticed how consistently Tom is showing up at the box, making great progress in his all round ability. Next time you see Tom at the box be sure to give him a high five, and gun for him on the next partner WOD if there’s rowing involved!
Well done Tom, you thoroughly deserve January’s Member of the Month!
🏆 2025 CrossFit Open 🏆
2025 CrossFit Open - Friday Night Lights at CSC
The 2025 CrossFit Open is just around the corner. This is your chance to test your fitness, push your limits, and be part of the biggest global fitness community event.
Whether you’ve been with us for years or brand new to CrossFit, the Open is for everyone, and we can’t wait to hold some epic Friday Night Lights at CSC to get the team together! See important information about the 2025 CrossFit Open below.
Dates for Workouts:
* 25.1: Friday, 28th February
* 25.2: Friday, 7th March
* 25.3: Friday, 14th March
What to Expect: *The Friday Night Lights events will begin at 5PM:
* CrossFit Kids and Masters: Kick off the evening.
* Heats for Foundations, Scaled, and Rx participants: Follow afterward.
* This is a community event, so bring your energy to support, cheer, judge, and participate! Additional cheerleaders, members or not, are more than welcome too!
How to Sign Up: We will be running the CrossFit Open Friday Night Lights as an in-house battle against 4 teams which we will allocate you to prior to the first workout. Register for free by following the below steps.
1. Open the BoxMate App.
2. Click the calendar icon (second across the bottom).
3. Click the sign post icon (top left).
4. Select “2025 CrossFit Open” under competitions.
5. Register if you plan to complete all 3 workouts.
Note: You can still join Friday Night Lights without registering for the in-house competition if you can’t make all 3 workouts. Worldwide Leaderboard: Register on the official CrossFit leaderboard on the CrossFit website starting 15th January, if you want to compete globally. This is optional!
Important Notes:
* Arrive as early as possible to help us organise heats for the evening
* Participation helps create an amazing community vibe, so please lend a hand judging or cheering others on before and after your workout! If you have any questions, feel free to ask a member of the team for assistance.
Let’s make this year’s Open a memorable one!
🎓 A huge welcome to our latest Foundations graduates! 🎓
We have officially welcomed our first cohort of 2025, who finished their foundations course in January. Please say hello to new faces when you see them on your WODs ! 👋
Competition Round Up!
It’s been a busy month of competitions, with Rach, Catherine, Sophie, Hayley, Lacey, Liv, Max, Josh, Sam and Ryan competing at The Rainhill Trials and Tim, Ben.H, Rich, Viv, Carlie and Kait on the dancefloor over at Strength in Depth. Well done to all of you for your hard work. We’re super proud to have you represent #TeamCSC !
We love to shout out about comps outside of the box so please send us photos if you’ve competed, and if you’re looking to progress with some competition specific skills, get booked on our comp class ran by Coach Tim on alternating Sundays.
Clinic Update
The experienced Physio team from SYF will be available in clinic at CSC every Friday, starting on 14th February. To book an appointment, please follow the link below, or scan the QR code on the TV screen at the box.
1RMs and Benchmarks
1RM:
5th Feb - Overhead Squat
Benchmarks:
14th Feb - DT
25th Feb - Christine
